NSW Rail Trivia Quiz

Clyde-GM · Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:33 pm

Not sure if this has been done before, but I couldn't see a recent one, so I'll do it anyway. Hope it is of interest. Perhaps it can be made a sticky if any of the mods like the idea.

Rules are:
1. Up to three questions on the ONE subject may be asked. Each question may have multiple answers, but it is suggested that the number of requested answers per question not exceed three.
If only one answer per question is required, up to five may be asked, keeping in mind the one subject rule.
For example: “Name three tunnels on the Main Southern Line” instead of “Name all the tunnels on the Main Southern Line”. Examples of one subject are "Central Station", "North Shore Line", "Steam Locomotives", "Level Crossings" or "Historic EMU's".
2. The first person to correctly answer the question/s will be declared the winner. The winner shall then be entitled to ask new questions (as in 1 above), declare the floor open (as in 3 below) or request that a participant deserving of the honour ask new questions (examples of deserving persons would be another person who answered the question/s correctly after the winner or who provided an entertaining post).
2.1.Once an answer has been deemed correct, the winner will have the rest of that day, and the next 72 hours (3 days) to post a question. If a question is not provided within that time frame, the floor is open.
3. If the floor is open, the first person to post new question/s (as in 1 above) shall have the floor, becoming the quizmaster.
4. The quizmaster's (person who has the floor) decision is final; unless evidence can be provided to suggest s/he is wrong. The quizmaster must decide whether they will or will not accept answers, all reasonable answers must be accepted.
5. It is unreasonable to guess more than one answer per question per attempt if for example the question is “which was the only streamlined C38 class locomotive to be preserved”. The quizmaster however reserves the right to accept up to two answers on harder questions than the example.
If for example the question is “name three locomotive classes of the NSWGR/SRA that didn’t live up to expectations”, then up to one more answer than requested may be provided per attempt, so long as the guesser explains the reasoning behind each answer.
No person shall be entitled to make more than one attempt in a row (i.e. a person may only make a second attempt after the quizmaster declares their last attempt incorrect).
6. Questions must relate to NSW only, except if for example the question was similar to "where did the Sydney Railway Company get their rollingstock from?".
7. Answers dealing with distance from Sydney, or the actual name of the station shall be ignored, unless for example the question is “what was the previous name of the station now known as Bombo”, or if for example the question is “***, *** and *** all have something in common, what is it” and the answer is “they are all 15km from Central”.
8. Trivial things such as "Central is the only platform with a 15cm gap" or "Minto is located at Latitude *** and Longitude ***" should be avoided, and may or may not be accepted by the quizmaster (as in 4 above).

Sorry for the long listing of rules. Wanted to make sure I covered everything though.
Modifications to the rules may be made if required. Please use the private message function to bring to my attention any changes you think should happen in the rules.
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Subject: Town Hall Station
Question: Name three unique features of Town Hall.
Notes: Past and present features shall be accepted. Answers including information about the physical location of the station, information about the concourse (both paid and unpaid) or including the recent fire shall be disregarded.

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Rules last updated 29/01/2006 at 1600.

Jas_3001 · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 12:16 am

town hall station...

1 its a station
2 trains stop there
3 the station is called town hall because it is near the sydney town hall.

wow.... that was fun... not.

All opinions expressed by me are mine only...

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CryptWizard · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 5:50 am

1. It's the only station called Town Hall on the CityRail Network
2. It's the closest station to the Town Hall
3. It's the first station on the City Circle going clockwise

You won't find another station with those features. =D

Clyde-GM · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 7:26 am

Come on guys, think about the ESR platforms and what they were in an earlier life. Wink

That'll give you two answers already.

Ben.

Jas_3001 · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:13 am

The esr would have just been clay and dirt in an earlier life. That is before the tunnels were dug.

All opinions expressed by me are mine only...

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TheLoadedDog · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:15 am

From my understanding, the ESR platforms are as old as the station itself. They were originally designed for use with Bradfield's proposed inner west railway. I don't know how this fits in with the expected answers though.

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Clyde-GM · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:19 am

It fits in because in an earlier life, the ESR platforms had an unusual use, and as far as I can tell, were the only platforms on the NSWGR to ever see this use. What was it?

CaseyJones · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:27 am

I'll play your game Ben.

1. Platforms 4 & 5 were originally intended for the Western Suburbs Railway, a plan that never eventuated.

2. The tracks ended up with the opposite names to those originally intended, the one thru platform 4 becoming known as the Up ESR, and the one thru platform 5 the Down ESR.

3. During the station's construction, the trams on George St were diverted to the kerbside as the construction process had left a gaping hole in the roadway.

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wurx · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:54 am

OK already, time to show yez how it's done.

1. Town Hall is the interchange point for more lines than any other underground station on the CityRail network.

2. More passengers go through the turnstiles at Town Hall than any other station in the network. To put it another way, it is the busiest station in the network.

3. I don't have enough knowledge re the ESR platforms and their previous history but I'll hazard some guesses. They were either used at one time for document storage, or as an air-raid shelter during WWII. Having said that, I think pl. 26 & 27 at Central may have also been used for document storage at one time; and also the never-used platforms at St. James might have been set up for air-raid shelter duty. And as TLD™ points out, pl. 4 & 5 (ESR) were originally intended for the Inner West line, as envisioned by Dr. Bradfield. Interestingly Bradfield's intended ESR platforms are the dead ones at St. James.

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4. I know this answer is a shade flippant, but it's true nonetheless - Town Hall also has the unique feature of having me there as a regular staff member!

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Clyde-GM · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:04 am

I'll pay those answers CaseyJones. Not too many stations can claim to have diverted trams!

I had originally thought of (in suppliment to the Western Suburbs Railway):
1) The ESR platforms were originally a shooting range.
2) Town Hall is the only completely ungerground station with only two levels of platforms. Wynyard has three (although only two are in use) and all the rest have one.

Also would've accepted that Town Hall has the only opposed platform on the ESR. The Down ESR platform is on the driver's side, and thus in my books counts as opposed. Wurx's first two answers are also acceptable.

Over to you.

Ben.

Edit: Yes, both of wurx's answers were acceptable. Razz

Apologies for not giving you mention when I posted this originally.

edison · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:40 am

DISPUTES!

1. The shooting range was in the abandoned tram tunnels between Wynyard and the Arglye portal, not at Town Hall. Before they were finished for the ESR, 4 and 5 at Town Hall were just roughly finished excavations with no platform faces, and were never used to store anything.

2. Town Hall is not the only completely underground station with only two levels of platforms. Wynyard is also a 2-level station (1 & 2 are/were on the same level as 3 & 4. The difference is that TH has the concourse above the platforms, and Wynyard's concourse is between the upper and lower platform levels.

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Clyde-GM · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:55 am

Well then, should be lucky I no-one mentioned those two. *smacks research aides*

None the less, CaseyJones's answers still stand unless someone can provide evidence to suggest he's wrong.. before he takes his turn.

CaseyJones · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:13 am

I know my info is correct, however I found wurx's answers to be just as interesting as my older material- so I'm handing him the peg. Off you go wurx, just try and stump us! Twisted Evil

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wurx · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 11:48 am

TTran · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 11:54 am

Righteo,here we go:

421 Class - Something to do with where they could run I think.

43 Class - Generally disliked by crews?

47 Class - Something or rather about the engines.Although I'm probably way off!

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