1. Railway challenge contest
PCS Day 2017

2. Questions

3. Name as many city as you can!
Cities – stations
You can find 10 railway stations on the sheet of paper. Each of them is located in a European city.
Name as many city as you can!
(1 point = min. 7 correct cities)

4. 1
On 3rd July 1938 on the slight downward grade of Stoke Bank south of Grantham on the East Coast Main Line a locomotive called Mallard set up the world speed record for steam locomotives.
How fast was it?
(in km/h)

5. When was PCS Next Generation released to Production?2
When was PCS Next Generation released to Production?
(Date)

6. Guess how many subsidiary timetables there are in the IM timetable!3
There is a dossier in PCS from timetable period 2018 that has a „couple of” subsidiary timetables and keeps a record. It's already in Active Timetable.
Guess how many subsidiary timetables there are in the IM timetable!

7. 4
Christopher and Wilbert Awdry created a fictional steam locomotive, a tale creature that has become very popular among the children.
Name the locomotive!

8. Guess how many letters in this name?5
There is a special town in the north of Wales. It has quite a long name. Actually it's the longest in the world. The station has also this name.
Guess how many letters in this name?
Hint: updateDossierRUIMPair = 21 letters

9. In which country is located the highest railway station in Europe?6
In which country is located the highest railway station in Europe?

10. 7
The longest international railway service in Europe is the train from Moscow to Nice.
How long is the route?
(in km)

11. 8
Most of us have already been to an FTE Conference in Ljubljana. Apart from the all day hard work, in the evenings there is usually time for fun too. Fortunately the city has a couple of restaurants, pubs and bars. In each place you can always find at least two types of beer.
Name those two beers!
1 beer = 0.5 point

12. Name as many as you can remember!9
At last year’s PCS Day we started the presentations with a short animation movie. It had a funny stat about the languages that the PCS Support has already used during its work.
Name as many as you can remember!
Attention! Wrong language -1 points!

13. Answers

14. Cities – stations Prague Berlin Budapest London Paris Madrid Milano
Basel
Ljubljana
Lisbon

15. 1
On 3rd July 1938 on the slight downward grade of Stoke Bank south of Grantham on the East Coast Main Line a locomotive called Mallard set up the world speed record for steam locomotives.
203 km/h

16. 2
25th January 2016

17. 24 subsidiaries (in dossier 177879)3
There is a dossier in PCS from timetable period 2018 that has a „couple of” subsidiary timetables and keeps a record. It's already in Active Timetable.
24 subsidiaries (in dossier )

18. 4
Christopher and Wilbert Awdry created a fictional steam locomotive, a tale creature that has become very popular among the children.
Thomas

19. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch5
There is a special town in the north of Wales. It has quite a long name. Actually it's the longest on the world. The station has also this name.
58 letters
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

20. 6
Switzerland

21. 7
The longest international railway service in Europe is the train from Moscow to Nice.
3315 km

22. 8
Most of us has been already on an FTE Conference in Ljubljana. Apart from the all day hard work, in the evenings there is usually time for fun too. Fortunately the city has a couple of restaurants, pubs and bars. In each place you can always find at least two type of beer.
Union, Lasko

23. English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Slovakian, Czech9
Last year PCS Day we started the presentations with a short animation movie. It had a funny stat about the languages that the PCS Support has already used during its work.
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Slovakian, Czech

24. Medal ceremony

25. 9
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