Newcastle did have the first street lit by electric lights in the world! And Joseph Swan made the first incandescent light bulb and showed it off at the Newcastle Lit and Phil for the first time. And Newcastle invented the train (as in the Stephenson's 'Rocket' which was made in Newcastle)
For the full New Street experience you need: a) a delay b) To lose your driver (yes, has happened to me multiple times) c) a free taxi to your destination because of a) and/or b)
@@ironmantrains sadly last time i used XC to birmingham they swapped a hst for voyager although a traction change they still ran the bottom half derby-plymouth but XC sent me a rail voucher in the post so little victories.
Hello Geoff and Vicki. I'm only 30 seconds in the video but I've paused and replying to what I know regarding the Aln Valley Railway. They have indeed reached about 3/4 of a mile as mentioned by another viewer. They have are now on the original trackbed and have put down sleepers up to the viaduct, track is not too far behind and once this is done they intend on putting in a loop and halt at the road bridge marking the just over half way mark. Obviously more can be found on the Facebook page but I hope that has helped. M.
This is a very interesting series. I live in the USA and over here if you don't drive, well you may as well give it up. Yes, the large cities (New York, etc.) have rail transport, but most cities/towns don't. Either hope you have great feet or learn to drive around here! So this series was so fascinating. I fell in love with trains as a child in the 50s when I read Agatha Christie novels. Lots of things seem to happen in and around trains in her books.
You get just as good a view of Worcester Cathedral as you go between Foregate St and Shrub Hill. That is, if you're not distracted by the local supermarkets!
Lewis Carty in 1964 I was a young boy and for a treat I was taken to the top of Durham Cathedral it's when my mother & I found out I have a fear of heights just a silly fact
What a fun filled outing that was. And we can all find fun times on a train trip. It's the way we approach the outing. We can just sit in our seats with folded arms, looking bored, and hence, feeling bored. Bored to snores no less. Or we can look at a map. Pick out landmarks. Enjoy interaction. Time how long it takes from point to point. Share a sandwich and a giggle. Take a tour through the carriages. Thank the staff and make their day as we leave. And every outing needs a Vicky. And a Vicky by any other name is still a Vicky. Have to love her!
A good voyager tip I've found is that at the opposite end of the train to first class there's an extra large vestibule with large luggage racks. If you've got a big case that's definitely the place to head to even if your reservation isn't in that carriage. There's also cycle spaces which you can book.
Another great informative video, we Yanks have a long tough way to compete with GB's rail system. Looking forward to an "All the Castles" & then "All the Cathedrals" series.
I just checked Wikipedia, yes Newcastle did have the first street lit by incandescent lighting. Surprised me too! Also I love the Berlin Ampelmännchen shirt David is wearing
Fantastic video! i would love to make this journey someday! Its amazing just how many people you met on the way too! :D As for the early railways, i'd say the Stockton & Darlington was the first in 1825 (Which isnt easy for me to say as a Lancashire Man!) The Liverpool & Manchester railway wasnt even the first Railway in Lancashire, it was beaten by the practically forgotten Bolton & Leigh railway which opened its first stretch of track almost 2 years earlier then the L&M in 1828. The Bolton & Leigh's cheif engineer was no less then George Stephenson, and the first locomotive on the line was the "Lancashire Witch" built by Robert stephensons company in Newcastle as a development of Locomotion! Most of the railway is gone now, just a few bricks and stones remain aswell as a Railway road and a Railway street. Not even one plaque or heritage sign for the railway can be seen. Even though there is a plaque dedicated to the motorway bypass that now covers part of the route! It would be fantastic if you could do an "All the lost stations" :P although that would probably be quite a hard project as there are sadly a lot of lost stations :/ plus lost stations tend to have no service xD Looking forward to the next installment! and i hope you enjoyed the journey as much i enjoyed watching it! :D
Interesting factoid the Stockton to Darlington follows a line of pubs and taverns as George and Robert surveyed it on foot and it turned out to be a thirsty job. Most have gone now but your never more than about half a mile away from the site of one. Newcastle central deserves its own episode. That’s where Robert Stephenson and his team did most of their prototyping in station and points design.
LOOOOOOVE!! Vicki Explores In the Train is the best! So much better than trains in the US! I'm going from Boston to Baltimore in a few weeks & will try to show you!
The reason for red wine and champagne: We're on a train That's so english and I absolutely love it. No long train journey is complete without some wine or bubbly!
Earlier this month, I took a nine-hour train journey (it should have been eight, but there was a delay.) I went from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, British Columbia, and while it was certainly fun, it was a long ride. I wish the Amtrak trains were as nice as the ones you have in Britain. (Pacers excluded, of course.)
I was staying in the Corona area of California a few years ago and went into Los Angeles (Union Station) for a day out a few years ago. The train was pleasant and comfortable. However the service was limited, the last train back being before 7pm. Pretty useless really if you wanted a good night out or even if you were working overtime, long or unsocial hours or did shift work. Perhaps things have altered since, but probably not as the Americans don't really do public transport. Where I live just beyond the Greater London boundary the trains run frequently from before 6am until gone midnight as do most of the local buses. Indeed one of the local bus routes from central London runs 24/7.
For those trying to plan journeys to book tickets for this one, the Diagram will have to run until the end of the current timetable I would think (mid December). However, don't forget that planners will direct people onto faster services with changes unless otherwise instructed. So, go to additional options, select "Trains with no changes" and try again. It runs on Mondays-Saturdays. Note that the Saturday run has 46 stops, one additional from the 45 on Mon-Fri. Sat runs are dependent on engineering work of course. The future of the service is uncertain. I think Plymouth - Aberdeen / Newquay - Glasgow will continue, but I know there was talk of introducing CrossCountry back to Guildford with possibly a route from Scotland.
Cleveland existed 1974 to 1996. It was abolished at the same time as Avon and Humberside. It was formed from parts of North Riding of Yorkshire and County Durham, and was replaced by Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees, Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland councils.
I thought Cleveland might have been abolished in the 1970s when there were a few county boundary changes in the UK but it seems it was much later in 1996 that it was finally abolished. A little county/railway fact, Abingdon was previously the county town of Berkshire, however Reading became the county town when Abingdon was reluctant to allow a railway to built. A north facing branch line towards Oxford (the wrong way for commuting to London) was eventually built but this closed in 1963 and the station is today the site of a Waitrose while Abingdon is now in the county of Oxfordshire.
about your question about the first passenger route, the last documentary I watched just a few months ago that traced back the birth of the railway in Britain and the world they said that the first passenger route was Liverpool to Manchester, and the first time tabled route was Doncaster
Thanks to Jeoff and Vicky for the wonderful videos. I would prefer that you have taken a visit to Darlington Hall, which we have seen in the movie " Remains of the day" with Anthony Hopkins .. !!
I will be more than happy to stand corrected on this one but I think the Stockton and Darlington (1825) was the first for freight, and the Liverpool and Manchester (1830) was the first for passenger, like I say, I may be wrong on both counts.
In summary: - Mumbles Tramway (1804) -- Open to the public -- Mainly passenger (but designed for freight) -- Horse-drawn -- No stations or timetables. - S&D (1825) -- Open to the public -- Mainly frieght with some passenger traffic -- Partially steam-hauled -- No stations or timetables. - L&M (1830) -- Open to the public -- Mainly passenger (but designed for freight) -- Entirely steam-hauled -- Stations and timetables. A definitive answer is only really possible with a precise definition of "railway".
2:57 "do you know how much new signage costs?" One reason why the British road and rail networks are among the last places in Europe to use imperial units
Maybe you didn't get the memo to wear the t-shirt, but I am totally coveting that floral blouse. :D I look forward to the final leg of the journey. And so cool to have a nice, large map to lay out on the table and gather around to mark up. Digital maps just don't give that kind of immersion.
Vicky, another interesting fact is the door operating buttons are the wrong way around (like on the pacer and class 800) open should be top and close should be bottom :) Bombardier who build the Voyager, also build planes :)
Cleveland was created in the 1972 Local Government Act and came into physical being in 1974, it was abolished in 1996, Middlesbrough is now back in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, as the River Tees is the historic northern border of Yorkshire.
The first street to be lit by an incandescent lightbulb was Mosley Street, in Newcastle upon Tyne. The street was lit by Joseph Swan's incandescent lamp on 3 February 1879.
2:38 et seq. The County of Cleveland was created in 1974 and abolished in 1996 but Cleveland Police has continued to exist as the force responsible for the area covered by the former county.
I catch a train at sheffield around the time this train is due to depart. Announcements are made throughout the station that this train is due to depart from platform 6 and the announcement also lists every single station stop it is due to make. It takes about two minutes to announce this train! Then the announcement is repeated about a minute later! Its almost comical!
The first incandescent street lamps were installed in Moseley Street, Newcastle on 3rd February 1879. Newcastle consequently became the first city in the world to be fully lit by lighting
Stockton station as in 'Stockton and Darlington' is in fact Thornaby station, not Stockton's current station. Sadly Thornaby station was demolished and replaced with a bus shelter....
S&D was the first line and The Manchester and Liverpool was the first Intercity route. The Welsh one your trying to think of is I think the Talyllyn which was the first preserved railway
I think it was the Merthyr Tramroad, which -- in 1804 -- was the first line to use a steam locomotive. There is a replica of this locomotive in the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, which is very occasionally brought outside and steamed up to run along a short section of track. ruclips.net/video/SzYGgXibE6w/видео.html
Thank you for another adventure. Thank you for using the music again, so good to hear it again. I'd like to buy a CD of the music... is that possible yet?
Amtsf thank you for suggesting three membership formats I don't use.. I would prefer a simple purchase method and an understood quality standard. Your suggestion that CD is a heritage format made me smile, you may be right as Ali G may have said... is it coz I'z old? 😁
Yes, I think the fella starred in both Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy. Those were the days. Bring back the ZX Spectrum and cassette tapes for loading games :-)
Well he should actually be Teesside Willy. When Ted Heath & Peter Walker buggered up the map with their pathetic new places there was much debater about how you spelled Teesside . The Menomic most favoured was "Two EEs, Two Esses, no Hyphen and precious little else." (although the last bit often got changed to "bugger all else!") And before any protest I AM allowed to say such things as I lived there for many years! Grate plaace Marra!
Geoff and Vicky I love your videos they are so good 😊 always the best videos of your amazing amazing adventures they are so good and you are so good at it.Love from Kamil 😎 see you in your next video bye Geoff and Vicky bye see you later.
I'm sure that Vickie Explores was taking the mick a little, but hilarious, it's a real shame I was working that day, would had come to Birmingham to say hi but anyway, great video :) cannot wait for part 3
To add to the "which was first" debate, we were told in our History lessons at school (and it was part of our GCSE syllabus) that Stockton-Darlington was THE first passenger railway. However, I was educated on Teesside (which, technically is what one should officially class the otherwise county-less town of Hartlepool as being part of now, thus adding to another debate) and maybe our teachers were showing a bit of North East bias?
No, the window glasswork is not distorted, Chesterfield's church spire is actually curved - and according to local folklore, will straighten only "when a virgin marries in the church." (not my words).
you should get a train from London Euston to Blackpool north cause they run pendolinos to Blackpool now plus I think there are northern 319 there as well, correct me if I'm wrong
If you meant genuine castles and not castle named stations, I can easily beat 6 in a day in South Wales. There's 4/5 (depending on whether you consider southerndown 1 or 2) within 15-20 minutes of my house
Newcastle did have the first street lit by electric lights in the world!
And Joseph Swan made the first incandescent light bulb and showed it off at the Newcastle Lit and Phil for the first time.
And Newcastle invented the train (as in the Stephenson's 'Rocket' which was made in Newcastle)
What about Electric Avenue?
And of course Joseph Swan was from Sunderland ;)
what about Blackpool, it was the first municipality to get street lighting
@@SamuelFurse berk
The couple with the champagne is definitely Geoff and Vicky one day - celebrating because they're on a train
I think it will be all of us once back to normal
This comment makes me sad now... knowing about Geoff and Vicki. 😔
@@relaxinstillness4189What happened?
@@bwilliamson3887 they broke up i think
@@Hiros-OfficeI'm still in disbelief about that 😮😢
"We're having a slight delay at Birmingham"
Yep, welcome to New Street....
good thing my dad lives in Staffordshire next door In Stafford with one virgin train a hour COME ON VIRGIN MAKE ONE STOKE GO VIA STAFFORD PLS
For the full New Street experience you need:
a) a delay
b) To lose your driver (yes, has happened to me multiple times)
c) a free taxi to your destination because of a) and/or b)
It’s not New Street unless you’re delayed, and it’s not CrossCountry until you miss your connection because of said delay
They should've just replaced the service with an HST if the Voyager failed... I mean that would be great!
@@ironmantrains sadly last time i used XC to birmingham they swapped a hst for voyager although a traction change they still ran the bottom half derby-plymouth but XC sent me a rail voucher in the post so little victories.
Hello Geoff and Vicki. I'm only 30 seconds in the video but I've paused and replying to what I know regarding the Aln Valley Railway. They have indeed reached about 3/4 of a mile as mentioned by another viewer. They have are now on the original trackbed and have put down sleepers up to the viaduct, track is not too far behind and once this is done they intend on putting in a loop and halt at the road bridge marking the just over half way mark. Obviously more can be found on the Facebook page but I hope that has helped. M.
The halt and the loop are now in. I visited them in May. Hopefully they will soon be running to Greenrigg Halt.
This is a very interesting series. I live in the USA and over here if you don't drive, well you may as well give it up. Yes, the large cities (New York, etc.) have rail transport, but most cities/towns don't. Either hope you have great feet or learn to drive around here! So this series was so fascinating. I fell in love with trains as a child in the 50s when I read Agatha Christie novels. Lots of things seem to happen in and around trains in her books.
I have to put this train journey on my Bucket list for when the COVID madness ends.
1:28 The view of Durham Cathedral from the train. That is a beautiful view.
You get just as good a view of Worcester Cathedral as you go between Foregate St and Shrub Hill. That is, if you're not distracted by the local supermarkets!
Ely Cathedral too :)
Lewis Carty in 1964 I was a young boy and for a treat I was taken to the top of Durham Cathedral it's when my mother & I found out I have a fear of heights just a silly fact
I got so excited when you went past Chesterfield and videoed the Crooked Spire. Yay!
Yes!! That's me at Durham Station.
Don't care
@@geznicks well that's rude
That was the Gooner.... Well I'll be..
@@geznicks I care
@@slicedatdice8074 I've no idea. Got a bit excited I think! 😁
What a fun filled outing that was. And we can all find fun times on a train trip. It's the way we approach the outing.
We can just sit in our seats with folded arms, looking bored, and hence, feeling bored. Bored to snores no less.
Or we can look at a map. Pick out landmarks. Enjoy interaction. Time how long it takes from point to point. Share
a sandwich and a giggle. Take a tour through the carriages. Thank the staff and make their day as we leave.
And every outing needs a Vicky. And a Vicky by any other name is still a Vicky. Have to love her!
Thanks for this awesome journey, Geoff and Vicki. Loved that you did Vicki Explores too!
I was going to ask whether you had visited any of those stations. But of course, you have visited ALL OF THEM.
EinkOLED not isle of Wight tho
hahaha, i knew there would be an isle of wight reference in here!!
I visited York about six weeks after this video was shot.
Fantastic journey, loved Durham Cathedral and Chesterfield crooked spire.... used to commute to Chesterfield and saw this daily :)
Thanks for using the Crooked Spire at Chesterfield as the backdrop to “Vicki Explores” #hometown #proud can’t wait for the other parts too! :-)
I love how you captured my friend dispatching in Newcastle
A good voyager tip I've found is that at the opposite end of the train to first class there's an extra large vestibule with large luggage racks. If you've got a big case that's definitely the place to head to even if your reservation isn't in that carriage. There's also cycle spaces which you can book.
Another great informative video, we Yanks have a long tough way to compete with GB's rail system. Looking forward to an "All the Castles" & then "All the Cathedrals" series.
I just checked Wikipedia, yes Newcastle did have the first street lit by incandescent lighting. Surprised me too!
Also I love the Berlin Ampelmännchen shirt David is wearing
I like how you fit a Vicki Explores in 😆😆
Fantastic video! i would love to make this journey someday! Its amazing just how many people you met on the way too! :D
As for the early railways, i'd say the Stockton & Darlington was the first in 1825 (Which isnt easy for me to say as a Lancashire Man!)
The Liverpool & Manchester railway wasnt even the first Railway in Lancashire, it was beaten by the practically forgotten Bolton & Leigh railway which opened its first stretch of track almost 2 years earlier then the L&M in 1828. The Bolton & Leigh's cheif engineer was no less then George Stephenson, and the first locomotive on the line was the "Lancashire Witch" built by Robert stephensons company in Newcastle as a development of Locomotion!
Most of the railway is gone now, just a few bricks and stones remain aswell as a Railway road and a Railway street. Not even one plaque or heritage sign for the railway can be seen. Even though there is a plaque dedicated to the motorway bypass that now covers part of the route!
It would be fantastic if you could do an "All the lost stations" :P although that would probably be quite a hard project as there are sadly a lot of lost stations :/ plus lost stations tend to have no service xD
Looking forward to the next installment! and i hope you enjoyed the journey as much i enjoyed watching it! :D
Interesting factoid the Stockton to Darlington follows a line of pubs and taverns as George and Robert surveyed it on foot and it turned out to be a thirsty job. Most have gone now but your never more than about half a mile away from the site of one.
Newcastle central deserves its own episode. That’s where Robert Stephenson and his team did most of their prototyping in station and points design.
Vicki explores the voyager 221 was the best 😂😂😂
LOOOOOOVE!! Vicki Explores In the Train is the best! So much better than trains in the US! I'm going from Boston to Baltimore in a few weeks & will try to show you!
(via Amtrak)
Vicky's face of excitement at 6 castles in one day is just amazing
The reason for red wine and champagne: We're on a train
That's so english and I absolutely love it. No long train journey is complete without some wine or bubbly!
I like to think that was future Geoff and Vicki who came back in time to see this again, but couldnt tell them because time travel paradox.
2:50 Yeah! David is wearing a "Ampelmännchen" t-shirt. Only found on traffic lights in east berlin. So, greetings from the Spree ;-)
You can find it on traffic lights in the whole of east Germany.
Julian R. Ok! You're right;-)
But I'm afraid of the wolfes that roam around in Brandenburg again. So I keep myselve save within city limits 😂
There is one at Bismarckplatz in Heidelberg too.
Think what bugged me is its the walk symbol but it's in red 😂 love the shirt otherwise
@@JulianRyf It's been copied in west Germany now too; Saarland has adopted it, I'm not sure about anywhere else.
Earlier this month, I took a nine-hour train journey (it should have been eight, but there was a delay.) I went from Portland, Oregon to Vancouver, British Columbia, and while it was certainly fun, it was a long ride. I wish the Amtrak trains were as nice as the ones you have in Britain. (Pacers excluded, of course.)
Amtrak are far nicer for long journeys. I’ve done Seattle to Vancouver. Lovely trip with much more comfort than you’ll get on a british train.
I was staying in the Corona area of California a few years ago and went into Los Angeles (Union Station) for a day out a few years ago. The train was pleasant and comfortable. However the service was limited, the last train back being before 7pm. Pretty useless really if you wanted a good night out or even if you were working overtime, long or unsocial hours or did shift work. Perhaps things have altered since, but probably not as the Americans don't really do public transport. Where I live just beyond the Greater London boundary the trains run frequently from before 6am until gone midnight as do most of the local buses. Indeed one of the local bus routes from central London runs 24/7.
For those trying to plan journeys to book tickets for this one, the Diagram will have to run until the end of the current timetable I would think (mid December). However, don't forget that planners will direct people onto faster services with changes unless otherwise instructed. So, go to additional options, select "Trains with no changes" and try again. It runs on Mondays-Saturdays. Note that the Saturday run has 46 stops, one additional from the 45 on Mon-Fri. Sat runs are dependent on engineering work of course. The future of the service is uncertain. I think Plymouth - Aberdeen / Newquay - Glasgow will continue, but I know there was talk of introducing CrossCountry back to Guildford with possibly a route from Scotland.
Which app allows “trains with no changes”?
@@RSDonovan National Rail Journey Planner had it under 'additional options', but you had to do it via a computer for it to be visible, not mobile.
Ah Darlington! Where our 4hour train trip from London to Edinburgh turned in to 9hours. Good times
I love this series sooo much 🔥🔥
Nice to see you back again - this week!
Looking forward to part 3 ...
Cleveland existed 1974 to 1996. It was abolished at the same time as Avon and Humberside. It was formed from parts of North Riding of Yorkshire and County Durham, and was replaced by Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees, Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland councils.
I thought Cleveland might have been abolished in the 1970s when there were a few county boundary changes in the UK but it seems it was much later in 1996 that it was finally abolished.
A little county/railway fact, Abingdon was previously the county town of Berkshire, however Reading became the county town when Abingdon was reluctant to allow a railway to built. A north facing branch line towards Oxford (the wrong way for commuting to London) was eventually built but this closed in 1963 and the station is today the site of a Waitrose while Abingdon is now in the county of Oxfordshire.
It is fun to see you traveling again. And another Vicki Explores!
Always compulsory to watch this 3 part series once a year, but only just realised: you missed Wakefield west gate between Leeds and Sheffield!!
It always amazes me how the UK's railroads are barely ever electrified.
about your question about the first passenger route, the last documentary I watched just a few months ago that traced back the birth of the railway in Britain and the world they said that the first passenger route was Liverpool to Manchester, and the first time tabled route was Doncaster
Thanks to Jeoff and Vicky for the wonderful videos. I would prefer that you have taken a visit to Darlington Hall, which we have seen in the movie " Remains of the day" with Anthony Hopkins .. !!
1:16 good job he has the torch on his phone switched on; it's pitch black out.
Awesome video Geoff and very interesting.
I will be more than happy to stand corrected on this one but I think the Stockton and Darlington (1825) was the first for freight, and the Liverpool and Manchester (1830) was the first for passenger, like I say, I may be wrong on both counts.
In summary:
- Mumbles Tramway (1804)
-- Open to the public
-- Mainly passenger (but designed for freight)
-- Horse-drawn
-- No stations or timetables.
- S&D (1825)
-- Open to the public
-- Mainly frieght with some passenger traffic
-- Partially steam-hauled
-- No stations or timetables.
- L&M (1830)
-- Open to the public
-- Mainly passenger (but designed for freight)
-- Entirely steam-hauled
-- Stations and timetables.
A definitive answer is only really possible with a precise definition of "railway".
2:57 "do you know how much new signage costs?" One reason why the British road and rail networks are among the last places in Europe to use imperial units
the first passenger railway was Stockton to Darlington
Maybe you didn't get the memo to wear the t-shirt, but I am totally coveting that floral blouse. :D I look forward to the final leg of the journey. And so cool to have a nice, large map to lay out on the table and gather around to mark up. Digital maps just don't give that kind of immersion.
Stockton and Darlington was the first passenger railway but The welsh one was the first ever railway though because that carries freight since 1823
Vicky, another interesting fact is the door operating buttons are the wrong way around (like on the pacer and class 800) open should be top and close should be bottom :) Bombardier who build the Voyager, also build planes :)
Scotland, to Birmingham, in one video... That's crazy!
S&DR was the first public railway to use steam power. The L&MR was the first public railway to be ONLY steam, as the S&DR also used horses.
Geoff & Vicki I got drenched in Croydon! But I'm watching!
Cleveland was created in the 1972 Local Government Act and came into physical being in 1974, it was abolished in 1996, Middlesbrough is now back in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, as the River Tees is the historic northern border of Yorkshire.
The Tees was also briefly, & I do mean briefly, the Anglo Scottish border.
I saw Ruth and thought Laura Tobin lookalike (weather girl on GMTV for you who don't know)
"Dazzle me with a fact"
Tells a fact about lighting.
Nice one
The first street to be lit by an incandescent lightbulb was Mosley Street, in Newcastle upon Tyne. The street was lit by Joseph Swan's incandescent lamp on 3 February 1879.
2:38 et seq. The County of Cleveland was created in 1974 and abolished in 1996 but Cleveland Police has continued to exist as the force responsible for the area covered by the former county.
I catch a train at sheffield around the time this train is due to depart. Announcements are made throughout the station that this train is due to depart from platform 6 and the announcement also lists every single station stop it is due to make. It takes about two minutes to announce this train! Then the announcement is repeated about a minute later! Its almost comical!
Thank you ☺️ that’s the very best video I’ve ever seen
I Think Cross Country Should do this trip with a HST !!
the amount of enthusiasts you could get would be ridiculous
Absolutely. Should be an HST diagram.
I think they use the Voyagers for the fuel capacity, but I agree that it should be a HST ran service. A buffet is much nicer than a trolley!
Oh really? That's really dissapointing. So they have the carriage still there, but no buffet inside?
If Cross Country did it, there would only be 4 carriages and it wouldn't have made it past Newcastle with a working toilet
The first incandescent street lamps were installed in Moseley Street, Newcastle on 3rd February 1879. Newcastle consequently became the first city in the world to be fully lit by lighting
That is the best video I have ever seen l want to go on cross country train with you guys.😺🚞🍻🍩🍇🍞🍜
Geoff whats the oldest bit of train track still in use since it opened ?
i.e. no closures or track lifted and then reinstated at a later date.
Stockton station as in 'Stockton and Darlington' is in fact Thornaby station, not Stockton's current station. Sadly Thornaby station was demolished and replaced with a bus shelter....
S&D was the first line and The Manchester and Liverpool was the first Intercity route. The Welsh one your trying to think of is I think the Talyllyn which was the first preserved railway
I think it was the Merthyr Tramroad, which -- in 1804 -- was the first line to use a steam locomotive. There is a replica of this locomotive in the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, which is very occasionally brought outside and steamed up to run along a short section of track. ruclips.net/video/SzYGgXibE6w/видео.html
My Grand Central train was delayed long enough for me to watch this at Wakefield Kirk gate, the one with Jerusalem playing in the underpass.
That got so annoying after about 20 minutes because it's not even all of Jerusalem, just a 30 second loop from the middle
Great Video! I loved part 2!
Love these videos
UPDATE - The 08:20 from Aberdeen today - Saturday 11th August 2018 - is running to Guildford. Early permanent change? We shall see.
That is because of the time of year. During the winter it only runs to Guildford. During Spring\Summer\Auttum\ it runs to Penzance.
Thank you for another adventure. Thank you for using the music again, so good to hear it again. I'd like to buy a CD of the music... is that possible yet?
Amtsf thank you for suggesting three membership formats I don't use.. I would prefer a simple purchase method and an understood quality standard. Your suggestion that CD is a heritage format made me smile, you may be right as Ali G may have said... is it coz I'z old? 😁
Nice to see Teeside Airport Dave again with his Manic Miner T Shirt.... ;)
Or is he Jet Set Willy?
Karl Johnson It's the same graphic isnt it??
Yes, I think the fella starred in both Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy. Those were the days. Bring back the ZX Spectrum and cassette tapes for loading games :-)
Karl Johnson I still use mine. Have all the original tapes also
Well he should actually be Teesside Willy. When Ted Heath & Peter Walker buggered up the map with their pathetic new places there was much debater about how you spelled Teesside . The Menomic most favoured was "Two EEs, Two Esses, no Hyphen and precious little else." (although the last bit often got changed to "bugger all else!")
And before any protest I AM allowed to say such things as I lived there for many years! Grate plaace Marra!
Geoff and Vicky I love your videos they are so good 😊 always the best videos of your amazing amazing adventures they are so good and you are so good at it.Love from Kamil 😎 see you in your next video bye Geoff and Vicky bye see you later.
Cleveland was abolished like many areas on 1st April 1996. Humberside is a good example where its still used in name but doesn't exist.
Geoff: How many castles could you do in a day?
Vicki: ALL OF THEM!
Real castles, you could probably do Newport to Swansea (approx 10-15) in one day. One is now a pub that Tennyson stayed in for a writers retreat...
When is the rest going up. Great so far thanks Geoff
What ticket/tickets did you get and was it the same train
I'm sure that Vickie Explores was taking the mick a little, but hilarious, it's a real shame I was working that day, would had come to Birmingham to say hi but anyway, great video :) cannot wait for part 3
what about Blackpool, it was the first municipality to get street lighting
great video guys
That couple at 1:36 knows how to live. I unironicly aspire to be them.
The 3rd part goes through my hometown, Bromsgrove ;) I think this train stops there, but not anymore. :(
why did you not show Derby?????
Get in. We are Leeds.
“There are toilets..........”. Phew! 😅. 😂🤣
The first street electric lighting.....INCANDESCENT... was indeed Newcastle! Arc lighting was first used in Paris.
3:01 cleveland is a borough now
what about Alstom. (Pendolinos for Virgin West Coast and Junipers for Scotrail and South Western Railway)
Best view of any cathedral in the UK ---------------- Truro. Forget the Norf! Cornwall wins by miles.
You missed out the Derby stop! (but you got the twisted spire.....)
The train absolutely stopped at Derby, and wasn't missed out!
I KNOW it did, but tou didn't film there.. :
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To add to the "which was first" debate, we were told in our History lessons at school (and it was part of our GCSE syllabus) that Stockton-Darlington was THE first passenger railway. However, I was educated on Teesside (which, technically is what one should officially class the otherwise county-less town of Hartlepool as being part of now, thus adding to another debate) and maybe our teachers were showing a bit of North East bias?
The border li e between north Yorkshire and county Durham is the River Tees
No, the window glasswork is not distorted, Chesterfield's church spire is actually curved - and according to local folklore, will straighten only "when a virgin marries in the church." (not my words).
been to the heritage railway... very nearly left my new ipad in the gift shop!! phew, it was still there
13:18 "Instagaram" and in the last one it was "Instragram"...!
At 10:40, were you at Derby station because I live in Derby
Great to see Roger French again.
Do go to Durham Cathedral and Castle.
you should get a train from London Euston to Blackpool north cause they run pendolinos to Blackpool now plus I think there are northern 319 there as well, correct me if I'm wrong
I find the leg room inadequate on the Voyager cross country trains. I suspect this is why you opted to travel First Class.
If you meant genuine castles and not castle named stations, I can easily beat 6 in a day in South Wales. There's 4/5 (depending on whether you consider southerndown 1 or 2) within 15-20 minutes of my house
So I have to wait for part 3 now. Will there be a part 4 as well?
To stop the inteference sounds, put your phone on flight mode when recording :)