Photo Quiz 3.05 (NOW FINISHED)

[nozzacook]

Right Ive searched the internet & I cant identify this station from the picture so GOOD LUCK


Answers by 8pm Wed 16th July Please

Correct : 8
incorrect : 4

[tubeguru]

Now that's tough ...

[jbom1]

Think I've got it.

[Going Underground]

Now that IS tough......

[Starkey7]

Now that is indeed tough...

[Garion]

Assuming I'm correct, took me two seconds

Four easy clues in this pictire

[palkanetoijala31]

Its a shame u cant tell me what time u took the photo then i could probably work it out

[jbom1]

This information is in the data associated with the file and I was able to find the time easily on downloading it. This assumes that the camera's clock was not set wrongly.

[tangy]

Initially I was stumped on this one but believe I have got it by process of elimination. It wa sthen quite easy as I then worke dout which stations had side platforms and which had islands.

[tubeguru]

I know which line this is on but I really can't be arsed to investigate further ...

[nozzacook]

Well Done to all those who guessed Upminster Bridge.

Correct
Jonny
garion24wales
Jbom1
Starkey 7
Joy54
editorsfoot
Lancastergate
scrxisi


Wrong

Steeevooo
tangy
Going Underground
greatkingrat


Wrong Answers
Preston Road x2
Elm Park x2

[jbom1]

LU line (with probable central/island platform) running alongside an overhead electrified line (itself with no platform at this station); gardens of houses (some with loft extensions which turn out to be visible in aerial photos) back directly onto NR railway; distinctive shoulders on red-painted pillars; distinctive station tannoy speakers. Need to consider several District Line stations between Bromley-by-Bow and Upminster Bridge and some at the northern end of the Bakerloo. Visible train door suggests District.

Now the fun part. These two sections of line are approximately perpendicular, so it should be possible to use the shadows in the picture as a rough DIY sundial. The picture was taken on 30/1/08 at 11:06 GMT, assuming camera clock to be correctly set to GMT which is the correct local time in January. All stations on the network are close enough to the meridian for us to assume that the sun will be approximately due south at 12 noon GMT. Then the shadows should be pointing just a little to the west of due north at 11:06 GMT. If we look at the orientations of those two bits of line (although the Bakerloo curves a bit), it is pretty clear that the shadows will lie across the platform on this part of the District Line and roughly along the platform on the northern end of the Bakerloo. Looking at the picture, this seems unambiguously a case of cross-platform shadows, so it's District.

Upminster Bridge confirmed by comparison with 2 photos on the Wikipedia page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upminster_Bridge_station