Love your random stations G Funny you picked Gospel Oak, I know it very well as my Aunt lived just round the corner and in early 1960s this line had class 47s running on it withh separate compartment carriage. Also gas lamps still in booking hall. 😂
Very enjoyable documentary, G. Informative, interesting and very engaging. Please keep making these random station videos (and other videos too). Greetings from Australia.
There’s a lot of good history around Gospel Oak station. It’s the start of the GOBLIN, which is an abbreviation of Gospel Oak to Barking LINe. It’s one of the last lines in London to have been electrified, and up to recently, it was one of the least used lines in London… not today though!
Brilliant video G, nice to see the random station generator has brought you to Gospel Oak, the start of the GOBLIN line (its a shame theres no goblins there lol). That Hampstead Heath park does look beautiful but busy thanks to that day being hot and it was I was out that day doing stuff with my brother. I'll always be looking forward to the next random station videos. :)
Absolutely enjoying these random station vlogs, and Hampstead Heath is certainly one of the nicer parts of London. If you visit that part of London again, I think you would enjoy a walk along the Regents Canal
Awesome vlog G, I was expecting another day of Exploring Yorkshire by Train, but still an awesome video. Plus, never expected you're name to come up randomly.
I imagine random stations will disproportionately land you on greater London somewhere. If you want more variety, you might just want to exclude anything in a London fare zone.
If you wanted to avoid the Underground, you could have taken the Watford DC line to Willesden Junction, either from Euston, or change further north from a London Northwestern Service, then the North London Line.
One of my first jobs years ago was in Upper Holloway and I had to change at Gospel Oak. In those days the trains were diesel trains, was an unreliable service with no electronic boards saying when the train was due.
Great video - yes, please, more Random Stations! Congratulations on braving the Underground again, and finding Gospel Oak, which has its mention in literature: in John Buchan's 'The Three Hostages' spy thriller, and also - with Hampstead Heath - in R Austin Freeman's Dr Thondyke detective mystery 'The Silent Witness'.
Fantastic again G this is Always gonna be a good adventure with a random choice 👌I know Gospel oak very well on my trips along the North London line to go trainspotting at Willesden and old oak Common here's to your next adventure 👍😊
I was hoping that the random station generator was going to send you to Glasgow Central there where I live but hopefully you’ll get to visit another time 🤞 . Thanks for always cheering me up on a choooosday! Look forward to next week’s vlog
I first visited Gospel Oak around 1999! I as on a very grubby Class 313 from west Hampstead, when I spotted an elderly Class 110 DMU in the Gospel Oak bay platform, so I caught that to Barking. The Goblin was only hourly back then!
HI G Mancunian in excile here . Live in Northwood and my daily commute is Finchley Road , Finchley Road and Frognal, Gospel Oak and South Tottenham . Hampstead Heath is a great walk and views of the city 😊
If only you got the Overground from Euston to Willesden Junction, then change there for the North London Line to Gospel Oak. Much faster (and cooler) than the Victoria line to Highbury & Islington.
G - save the date for the launch of the National Rail map on Friday November 10th at Hexham Racecourse. Perhaps you might like to make a video and review the new map which you will find useful on your travels. There’s even lunch and some horse racing to enjoy. Interested?
Love the idea and the series, a little chaos can be fun. Lol, G on coach G to station G... If you did that here in Rio de Janeiro (same letter), you'd have two stations on the metro/underground, both are quite touristy, so no problems. On the trains (local rail) you'd have two others, that aren't even in Rio city itself (but in what you could call "Greater Rio"), I haven't been to either, but one up in the foothills of some mountains would be lovely to visit for a day or two. The problem there is there are very few trains a day, so timing is a pain. On the light railway (VLT) there's one stop, but nothing really touristy around, tbh. It's close to the "English cemetery", which my old Lonely Planet guidebook said might be interesting for a visit; but there's much closer stations (one in front I think!). Still a lot to explore here, I should get back to having a wander 😅
If you spend time at Gospel Oak you will notice how eastbound trains often arrive about 10-15 seconds after the departure of the "Goblin Line", condemning the commuter who wants to switch to an extra 15 minutes of waiting for very little good reason (which is annoying when a total London area commute can approach 2 hours duration each way). On a brighter note, Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill Fields are excellent places to spend time.
Love it G. What a brilliant way to visit areas you would not normally go to, a random generated place. Not a bad place to go to and so plesed you discover Hampstead Heath. Does seem strange seeing you out and about down here in the south. Thoroughly entertaining as usual, great vlog G, keep up the great work, Ray xx
Great vlog G, now this time I had heard of Gospel Oak as I actually did ride part of the Gospel Oak to barking line last month. It was exceptionally hot that day I went out filming too and I was struggling with lack of shade at some stations! I enjoyed watching as always.
Mm one can no longer now actually get a thru ticket anyway to here, but it would, for moi, have been funny if yr generator had brought up say Galway or Gent..!!
You'd never heard of the Gospel Oak to Barking LINe, aka the Goblin? (albeit now it goes to Barking Riverside) Loving this series so far, and it gets you to new places which is always nice.
This is fantastic. I think suburban railway stations are often underrated, people just see them as something functional but there's often a lot to see. Especially at junction stops like this one.
i really enjoyed watching this ive never used Gospel Oak but ive stopped there maby once & ive ridden loads of the London overground 285s & im still looking out for the pride livery one & ive now been on a few refurbished Pendolinos since ive been up North & im loving them & they are Ace anyway awesome vlog keep up the awesome work & ill look forward to hopefully seeing more stations down south
Yay Random ! Hampstead Heath is lovely, lived in that neck of the woods for a couple of years many years ago. Maybe you could change your randomness to include a station density.
@@GLovesTrains Stations per area (I just invented it.) I would go into more detail, but my brain is a bit old and rusty. Your videos are wonderful and a breath of fresh air.
A vlog G. The random generator is a great idea, looking forward to seeing where you go next. The last time I was a Gospel Oak (about a year ago), there was a nice cafe on the platform.
Being from the north id never heard of this either until a few months ago, its not too far from my partners house and useful for changing on trains to stratford, cool station and cool content, gonna drop a sub
Just found your channel, love your vlogs... Can you clear something up for me... If you have a Poo in Crewe, do you have to have a Wee in Leigh-on-Sea... Keep up the good work anywayz
Definitely some potential here G for a spinoff series. You could do three series here by visiting stations beginning with letters from three particular words and phrases which we are all used to from your videos in GLovesTrains, Knickers and Squishy Boobies
The Goblin Line (Gospel Oak-Barking Line) should have be renamed as Gobrlin (Gospel Oak-Barking Riverside Line). Since the line has been extended to Barking Riverside since it opened in 2022 along with the new station as well at Barking Riverside. And it’s nice to see you doing London. 😁
Never been on an underground - always intend to go on the Glasgow one at some point in the future. You couldn't have asked for a better day for that day out - it was glorious! Where next?
I’ve had an idea for visiting a random station. If you’ve ever heard of the word game Scrabble why not simply pull out three letters and see if it corresponds to a station.
Many years ago I used to sometimes ride the North London Line from Broad Street to Richmond and back on a Sunday afternoon. There was a proper signal box at Gospel Oak, Gospel Opal No. 2 I think it was. One night there was a fire in that box in which the signalman on duty at the time sadly died. I don’t know why he wasn’t able to get out in time. For some time the points were normally fixed tor the main route, and manually moved for the rather infrequent freight trains running through towards Barking. A new signal box was later provided in a sort of metal box, but I think the line has since been re-signalled. I can’t remember exactly when this was, probably some time in the ‘80s.
Ive heard of gospel oak but i have heard of crewe and London euston, I can't remember if I ever told you about my story on the Victoria line when they pulled a passenger emergency alarm?
Welcome back down south! I’ve never stopped at Gospel Oak but I’ve been through it years ago before they had a decent service! Great video and I hope your trip home was good too :)
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Love your random stations G
Funny you picked Gospel Oak, I know it very well as my Aunt lived just round the corner and in early 1960s this line had class 47s running on it withh separate compartment carriage.
Also gas lamps still in booking hall. 😂
Very enjoyable documentary, G. Informative, interesting and very engaging. Please keep making these random station videos (and other videos too). Greetings from Australia.
Thanks from the Wigan!
I love this little Random Railway station series, keep this going please!!!
Vcxdz😅😂😊
There’s a lot of good history around Gospel Oak station. It’s the start of the GOBLIN, which is an abbreviation of Gospel Oak to Barking LINe. It’s one of the last lines in London to have been electrified, and up to recently, it was one of the least used lines in London… not today though!
Saw you in Shrewsbury Station 😂
You should've changed at Milton Keynes Central, gone to Harrow & Wealdstone and then changed at Willesden Junction.
@ChilternTransportProductionsAh but most of the Manchester services don't stop at Watford Junction!
It's great to see someone challenging the stereotype of a trainspotter !
Brilliant video G, nice to see the random station generator has brought you to Gospel Oak, the start of the GOBLIN line (its a shame theres no goblins there lol). That Hampstead Heath park does look beautiful but busy thanks to that day being hot and it was I was out that day doing stuff with my brother. I'll always be looking forward to the next random station videos. :)
Lol thanks Reuben!
Absolutely enjoying these random station vlogs, and Hampstead Heath is certainly one of the nicer parts of London.
If you visit that part of London again, I think you would enjoy a walk along the Regents Canal
Thanks ill be sure to do that!
Fantastic way to travel G I really like these random station trips can't wait to see where you end up going next
Thanks Stuart!
Awesome vlog G, I was expecting another day of Exploring Yorkshire by Train, but still an awesome video. Plus, never expected you're name to come up randomly.
Very good video G. Gospel Oak is a good station plus you do get some freight trains there as well 👍👍
I imagine random stations will disproportionately land you on greater London somewhere. If you want more variety, you might just want to exclude anything in a London fare zone.
If you wanted to avoid the Underground, you could have taken the Watford DC line to Willesden Junction, either from Euston, or change further north from a London Northwestern Service, then the North London Line.
What you didn't pick Gourock
One of my first jobs years ago was in Upper Holloway and I had to change at Gospel Oak. In those days the trains were diesel trains, was an unreliable service with no electronic boards saying when the train was due.
Great video - yes, please, more Random Stations! Congratulations on braving the Underground again, and finding Gospel Oak, which has its mention in literature: in John Buchan's 'The Three Hostages' spy thriller, and also - with Hampstead Heath - in R Austin Freeman's Dr Thondyke detective mystery 'The Silent Witness'.
Getting progressively more sunburnt as the day goes on! I feel the pain...
Fantastic again G this is Always gonna be a good adventure with a random choice 👌I know Gospel oak very well on my trips along the North London line to go trainspotting at Willesden and old oak Common here's to your next adventure 👍😊
Hampstead Heath is massive and has a .... ahem.... certain reputation
I was hoping that the random station generator was going to send you to Glasgow Central there where I live but hopefully you’ll get to visit another time 🤞 . Thanks for always cheering me up on a choooosday! Look forward to next week’s vlog
Thanks a lot!
I first visited Gospel Oak around 1999! I as on a very grubby Class 313 from west Hampstead, when I spotted an elderly Class 110 DMU in the Gospel Oak bay platform, so I caught that to Barking. The Goblin was only hourly back then!
I didn't know our Calder Valley units got down to London! I always thought it was 105 Craven's units or ex-Blackpool 104's!
Love Gospel Oak as a filming location, well, I did when it was the Class 172s over on the Goblin Line
Gospel Oak is a great place, especially if you travel a few minutes further to Camden.
And Gospel Oak is (roughly) where Michael Palin lives.... pity you didn't see him!
HI G Mancunian in excile here . Live in Northwood and my daily commute is Finchley Road , Finchley Road and Frognal, Gospel Oak and South Tottenham . Hampstead Heath is a great walk and views of the city 😊
If only you got the Overground from Euston to Willesden Junction, then change there for the North London Line to Gospel Oak. Much faster (and cooler) than the Victoria line to Highbury & Islington.
G - save the date for the launch of the National Rail map on Friday November 10th at Hexham Racecourse. Perhaps you might like to make a video and review the new map which you will find useful on your travels. There’s even lunch and some horse racing to enjoy. Interested?
Railway Spice back in London - Yay! This random thing is working in my favor.
Love the idea and the series, a little chaos can be fun.
Lol, G on coach G to station G...
If you did that here in Rio de Janeiro (same letter), you'd have two stations on the metro/underground, both are quite touristy, so no problems.
On the trains (local rail) you'd have two others, that aren't even in Rio city itself (but in what you could call "Greater Rio"), I haven't been to either, but one up in the foothills of some mountains would be lovely to visit for a day or two. The problem there is there are very few trains a day, so timing is a pain.
On the light railway (VLT) there's one stop, but nothing really touristy around, tbh. It's close to the "English cemetery", which my old Lonely Planet guidebook said might be interesting for a visit; but there's much closer stations (one in front I think!).
Still a lot to explore here, I should get back to having a wander 😅
That's a London station that I've actually used. The only time I think I've used the London Overground to travel to Richmond.
If you spend time at Gospel Oak you will notice how eastbound trains often arrive about 10-15 seconds after the departure of the "Goblin Line", condemning the commuter who wants to switch to an extra 15 minutes of waiting for very little good reason (which is annoying when a total London area commute can approach 2 hours duration each way). On a brighter note, Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill Fields are excellent places to spend time.
OMG 😲 different colour knickers, what happened to the blue one's 😳 👍
Random is the railway equivalent of routes railtracks and rather enhoyable journeys G
Love it G. What a brilliant way to visit areas you would not normally go to, a random generated place. Not a bad place to go to and so plesed you discover Hampstead Heath. Does seem strange seeing you out and about down here in the south. Thoroughly entertaining as usual, great vlog G, keep up the great work, Ray xx
Love this video, I don't live in England, but stone the crows I like the manic pase of your video today .
I love Gospel Oak, great overground station next to Hampsted Heath with a great swimming pool
Great vlog G, now this time I had heard of Gospel Oak as I actually did ride part of the Gospel Oak to barking line last month. It was exceptionally hot that day I went out filming too and I was struggling with lack of shade at some stations! I enjoyed watching as always.
Haha yeah its hotter down there, thanks Sam!
Mm one can no longer now actually get a thru ticket anyway to here, but it would, for moi, have been funny if yr generator had brought up say Galway or Gent..!!
Highbury and Islington is also on the Moorgate to Welwyn Garden City line, G.
"chewing gum in my plug socket" - disgusting on several levels ha ha ha ha
nice video GLovesTrains
How about Going to every station in the UK beginning with G. So Gloucester next ?
Thank you for sharing a bit of your country and trains. Well done.
Cracking video.
You'd never heard of the Gospel Oak to Barking LINe, aka the Goblin? (albeit now it goes to Barking Riverside)
Loving this series so far, and it gets you to new places which is always nice.
Now I have heard of Gospel Oak, it a good station on the North London Line and the GOBLIN Line, Nice video G
Very good indeed 👍
Certainly none of us would question the randomness of the letter G. It's a perfectly sound and reasonable letter after all 😀
Georgemas Junction would be a good one beginning with G!
This is fantastic. I think suburban railway stations are often underrated, people just see them as something functional but there's often a lot to see. Especially at junction stops like this one.
Love this, especially as the Goblin line is local to me.
Really enjoying the random station generator videos 😊
Thanks a lot!
Haha I knew Gospel Oak from the blurred sign. I'm too london
Even this Yank has heard of Hampstead Heath!
Northern to crewe is only £3.50
Really enjoying this series, keep up the good work!
Fantastic video as always
Awesome Video G Loves Trains 👍😄
omg that was filmed on the hottest day of the year
i really enjoyed watching this ive never used Gospel Oak but ive stopped there maby once & ive ridden loads of the London overground 285s & im still looking out for the pride livery one & ive now been on a few refurbished Pendolinos since ive been up North & im loving them & they are Ace anyway awesome vlog keep up the awesome work & ill look forward to hopefully seeing more stations down south
Thanks Michael!
Nice one G! Another great video!
Gospal Oak is in London
Whats the website called?
Yay Random ! Hampstead Heath is lovely, lived in that neck of the woods for a couple of years many years ago. Maybe you could change your randomness to include a station density.
What is a station density? 😂
@@GLovesTrains Stations per area (I just invented it.) I would go into more detail, but my brain is a bit old and rusty. Your videos are wonderful and a breath of fresh air.
ha ha 666 person ti like.
"You can have a poo at Crew" sounds like something people would see on T-shirts, in your merch store. 😛
Rim,.😊😅 nbm.
Love the random station theme! I think you should stick with stations starting with G just so you get to Georgemas Jnct!!❤
Thanks!
Gee! What a Day! What a video!
Thanks for this. It was fun seeing what the subtitles did to you: you went to Houston followed by Hybrid Institute!
😂
Gospel oak was my guess.
That was actually the second selection of random station. The first one chose the letter W and then Wigan Wallgate 😀🚂
G goes to Chelmsford
can you do glasgow clr
A vlog G. The random generator is a great idea, looking forward to seeing where you go next. The last time I was a Gospel Oak (about a year ago), there was a nice cafe on the platform.
Yeah it is still there haha
Being from the north id never heard of this either until a few months ago, its not too far from my partners house and useful for changing on trains to stratford, cool station and cool content, gonna drop a sub
Thanks!
Gujarat?
Just found your channel, love your vlogs...
Can you clear something up for me...
If you have a Poo in Crewe, do you have to have a Wee in Leigh-on-Sea...
Keep up the good work anywayz
Yes of course you must! 😂
@@GLovesTrains keep up the good work with the vlogs anyway, I've been hooked on them since I found your channe
Definitely some potential here G for a spinoff series.
You could do three series here by visiting stations beginning with letters from three particular words and phrases which we are all used to from your videos in GLovesTrains, Knickers and Squishy Boobies
Haha ill consider it!
I love that park at Gospel Oak! These random adventures are so fun! 😎
Thanks Bobby!
Its Hampstead heath and Parliament hill view point has great views of london (from a local)
@@mbradfield53 sounds beautiful!
The Goblin Line (Gospel Oak-Barking Line) should have be renamed as Gobrlin (Gospel Oak-Barking Riverside Line).
Since the line has been extended to Barking Riverside since it opened in 2022 along with the new station as well at Barking Riverside. And it’s nice to see you doing London. 😁
The Bakerloo has been extended at both ends since it ran from Baker St to Waterloo, but it is still called that, and not the Harcastle Line.
Indeed. Perhaps it should have been called the Harcastle Line.
Never been on an underground - always intend to go on the Glasgow one at some point in the future. You couldn't have asked for a better day for that day out - it was glorious! Where next?
Was a great day!
That was a cool Saturday morning adventure........ Northern Line from Kings Cross underground, Mmmm interesting.
And theres Parliament Hill Lido
I’ve had an idea for visiting a random station. If you’ve ever heard of the word game Scrabble why not simply pull out three letters and see if it corresponds to a station.
Thats a great idea!
@@GLovesTrains I’ll get on to it in due course.
Many years ago I used to sometimes ride the North London Line from Broad Street to Richmond and back on a Sunday afternoon. There was a proper signal box at Gospel Oak, Gospel Opal No. 2 I think it was. One night there was a fire in that box in which the signalman on duty at the time sadly died. I don’t know why he wasn’t able to get out in time. For some time the points were normally fixed tor the main route, and manually moved for the rather infrequent freight trains running through towards Barking. A new signal box was later provided in a sort of metal box, but I think the line has since been re-signalled. I can’t remember exactly when this was, probably some time in the ‘80s.
Ive heard of gospel oak but i have heard of crewe and London euston, I can't remember if I ever told you about my story on the Victoria line when they pulled a passenger emergency alarm?
Gospel Oak is also near the Forum Theatre -a popular music venue and notable Art Deco building.
Trains Station 🚉
Keep 'em coming... it's like the lottery now - never quite sure when one of 'my stations' will come up!
I grew up in gospel oak. I went to the primary school right by the station.
Fantastic random station vlog as always and as mentioned you should visit the new station at Barking Riverside as you will be near the River Thames
Lovely area, nice to see you have changed the colour of said undergarments
Please could you do more filming in the Midlands ! Great video as always 👍
Another brilliant video and there is so much to see down south!
Gospel Oak, the area is lovely. Hampstead Heath is a great place to go for a walk
Nice random series but we don't seem to get as many toilet references anymore 😥 See what you can do for the next in the series 👍
Geoff mentions Gospel Oak all the time.
Nice to see you down south again :)
Random lines is a great way to explore.
like the thought of a goblin line
Welcome back down south! I’ve never stopped at Gospel Oak but I’ve been through it years ago before they had a decent service!
Great video and I hope your trip home was good too :)
Thanks and ye good journey back!
Cracking video.