That viaduct at 7:08 that we don't see... so glad you mentioned it! You were about to pass through Somerton, which lost it's station on that line in 1964. (My bedroom window in Somerton had a view of that lovely viaduct!)
Stations in London that share their names with others in the UK - That is a GREAT pub quiz question. Can only think of Richmond? Is there a Charing Cross in Glasgow? ... Well that's my morning sorted anyway... :D
Norbiton Flyer True, although Clapham High Street was just plain "Clapham" at one time as well. I think they renamed it as too many people were confusing it with Clapham Junction, which is actually in Battersea !!
Adlington (ADC/ADL), Bentley (BTY/BYK), Bramley (BMY/BLE), Brampton (BMP/BRP), Earlswood (ELD/EWD), Garth (GMG/GTH), Gillingham (GIL/GLM), Hope (HOP/HPE), London Road (LRB/LRD), Millbrook (MLB/MBK), Moreton (MTN/MRT), Newport (NWE/NWP), Queens Park (QPK/QPW), Rainham (RNM/RAI), Reedham (REE/RHM), St Margarets (SMT/SMG), Swinton (SNN/SWN), and the best of all because there are three of them, Whitchurch (WHT/WCH/WTC). I think Gillingham's less good, though, because they're pronounced differently. Near misses: How Wood/Howwood, Lee/Leigh.
When you mention Southampton stations at 01:00, you were thinking of Redbridge, which is the next station down the line from Millbrook and shares its name with Redbridge at the eastern end of the Central Line...although of course that's not a NR station.
By coincidence I happen to have family that live in Greensborough, but don't worry, while I was out there I made it my mission to make sure people were pronouncing it correctly ;)
CambsIAM Yes, I've never been there, but I've seen it on a video. They used to have a 1938 Stock unit, but that was later replaced by some carriages from the 1959 Stock train that was painted into red and cream livery whilst operating on the Northern Line.
2:50 don’t know if this will count but the cousins of the Q and R stocks that ran in Toronto known as the G series built by the same manufacturer GRC&W and ran in Toronto from 1954-1990 two are preserved in Rockwood, Ontario at the Halton County Radial Railway
Other old Tube carriages are the new(ish) class 230 DMU, converted from D78 stock. They aren't in service yet but will carry passengers from Honeybourne to the Rail Live exhibition at the Quinton Rail Technology Centre on 19 July.
great to see you being discussed on sky news sunrise this morning. dissapointed the sky and the express have chosen to ignore that your not "train mad" but maybe "railway mad" though lol best of luck awaiting your upcoming arrival on Teesside.
There's a Clapham in West Yorkshire too, near Giggleswick, that's a funny name too!! The Fort William portion of the Caledonian Sleeper is the longest run, it doesn't arrive there until nearly 10am, well over 12 hours!!
I like it if things have my name. Not as much as Victoria obviously, but in a town nearby there's a bus line 609 (6 Sept is my birthday) to a place called Simonshöfchen (something like Simon's Yard), which is quite nice.
If you want gaps between train & platforms, wait until you get to some of the stations on the Settle & Carlisle line, where steps are provided to get on/off the train!!!
Monument tube station is on the District (green) and Circle (yellow) lines. Monument Metro station (Newcastle) is on the Green and Yellow lines. There is St James Park station in Exeter which is nearly the same as the tube station.
I forgot Northumberland Park which is a station in London (and the Victoria line depot) and also a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro. You really should do a bonus video on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
Rather pleased to hear that Vicki likes Barry Links - not very far from me ;) On another note, I strongly recommend that you perhaps travel on the Tayway route 73 bus service when you hit Dundee - it is the only conductor-operated route outside of London, and travels all the way along from Dundee to Arbroath via B/Ferry, Balmossie, Monifieth, Barry Links, Golf Street, Carnoustie, and Arbroath. :P
Caledonian Sleeper doesn't go to Kyle of Lochalsh as per www.sleeper.scot/resources/media/route-maps/csroutes.pdf - so Inverness furthest from London (around 560 miles). London-Inverness also has daytime trains too.
Geoff and Vicky there is station in Birmingham called Dudderston but this is not the original name when it opened it was called Vauxhall which is the same name as a London station.
And when you go to Newcastle, you should definitely take the Metro to the beautiful station at Tynemouth. It has a flea market at weekends and is definitely Britain's best station, even if it's no longer part of the national rail network ;)
Norbiton Flyer Yes, I think Mathieu's comment arose because Geoff mentioned Kyle of Lochalsh. No sleepers go there of course, although Fort William sleepers have been diverted to Oban a few times recently.
Yes Vira Rail will be using the old D stock trains on their network soon. Will be interesting to see how it turns out, despite the fact that I am not a somebody from the UK.
Note for Vicki, The Snooty Fox at Three Bridges used to be called The Fox and was a really dodgy pub (1980's) Drugs etc. It was really dark and dingy inside and the road outside was just single carriageway, but after the rename and road improvements it got how it is today.....thank god!
The gap at Winnersh Triangle is pretty wide. I had to carry my dog onto the train. She's a weimaraner. Well one managed to jump on I had to carry the other one.
There is tube stock running on Alderney, It is a couple of 1959 stock coaches and a Drewry diesel-mechanical shunting loco. There used to be 1938 stock coaches but these were replaced by the aluminium 1959 stock because the steel 1938 coaches were being corroded by the sea air
Another duplicate name, you've got Earlswood (Surrey and West Midlands). An interesting fact on the Javelin trains is that they go right past Rainham in Essex/outskirts of London, although they don't stop there, then after Ebbsfleet, the ones that carry on through Gravesend and Medway actually call at the Rainham (Kent) station!! Anyone unfamiliar to the area travelling to Rainham (Kent) may well see the big tower on the left hand side with "Rsinham Steel" displayed on the top at the Essex Rainham, and think he/she has arrived already!!
In July 2017 the Class 230 trains will enter service. When the D stock got taken out of service they were bought and converted into national rail trains by Vivarail
Tina Onions/David Taylor They haven't been to Samford Courtenay or Okehampton yet though. That's going to be a big diversion via Exeter at some point. I imagine when they hit Wales.
We should... A) start a petition to have a station renamed in your honour, if only temporary. B) have an internet naming competition for that like the 'Boaty McBoatface' thing. My suggestion: Vickers Common.
Regarding the tube stock question, a company called VivaRail purchased over 150 D78 carriages which were formerly used on District Line services. VivaRail's project is to convert the trains to diesel-electric units for use on minor services. More info check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_230
The biggest gap I have ever had to mind, is the gap between expectation and reality.
That viaduct at 7:08 that we don't see... so glad you mentioned it! You were about to pass through Somerton, which lost it's station on that line in 1964. (My bedroom window in Somerton had a view of that lovely viaduct!)
The next station is The Mildly Annoyed Tortoise - change here for services to London Barry White via the Eword Line.
Charing cross in London Charing cross in Glasgow
Love the videos, wonderfully presented and always entertaining, thank you.
They have some on the Epping-Ongar railway!
Stations in London that share their names with others in the UK - That is a GREAT pub quiz question. Can only think of Richmond? Is there a Charing Cross in Glasgow? ... Well that's my morning sorted anyway... :D
there's 'Clapham' up in Lancashire ...
Norbiton Flyer True, although Clapham High Street was just plain "Clapham" at one time as well. I think they renamed it as too many people were confusing it with Clapham Junction, which is actually in Battersea !!
Adlington (ADC/ADL), Bentley (BTY/BYK), Bramley (BMY/BLE), Brampton (BMP/BRP), Earlswood (ELD/EWD), Garth (GMG/GTH), Gillingham (GIL/GLM), Hope (HOP/HPE), London Road (LRB/LRD), Millbrook (MLB/MBK), Moreton (MTN/MRT), Newport (NWE/NWP), Queens Park (QPK/QPW), Rainham (RNM/RAI), Reedham (REE/RHM), St Margarets (SMT/SMG), Swinton (SNN/SWN), and the best of all because there are three of them, Whitchurch (WHT/WCH/WTC). I think Gillingham's less good, though, because they're pronounced differently. Near misses: How Wood/Howwood, Lee/Leigh.
Queens Park London and Queens Park Glasgow
Sudbury, and Sudbury Suffolk....
When you mention Southampton stations at 01:00, you were thinking of Redbridge, which is the next station down the line from Millbrook and shares its name with Redbridge at the eastern end of the Central Line...although of course that's not a NR station.
some great questions . enjoy the rest of your journey and I do watching your video's.
There are two st Margaret's, one next to Richmond in SW London and the other just south of Hertford
2:55 Cue 500 people shouting "ALDERNEY!" at their screens
I'm so glad you corrected your pronunciation of Eltham! My heart sank but I wasn't brave enough to comment!
Charlie Murphy - Actually Vicky pronounced Eltham the way we do in Australia. :-)
By coincidence I happen to have family that live in Greensborough, but don't worry, while I was out there I made it my mission to make sure people were pronouncing it correctly ;)
Alderney in the channel Islands has a tube train
CambsIAM Yes, I've never been there, but I've seen it on a video. They used to have a 1938 Stock unit, but that was later replaced by some carriages from the 1959 Stock train that was painted into red and cream livery whilst operating on the Northern Line.
2:50 don’t know if this will count but the cousins of the Q and R stocks that ran in Toronto known as the G series built by the same manufacturer GRC&W and ran in Toronto from 1954-1990 two are preserved in Rockwood, Ontario at the Halton County Radial Railway
Richmond and Richmond (Yorkshire)!
Reedham and Reedham (Norfolk)!
There is only one station called Richmond the other is in Yorkshire but has been closed for 40 or so years
On that note, st margarets (one down from richmond) and st margarets hertfordshire
Vicki Brammall rainham in Kent and rainham on c2c
I love the green of the GWR set you got from Kings Sutton there.
1:19 I always thought it was King's Cross to Inverness if we're talking regular non sleeper trains. Journey of over 7 hours iirc.
4:48 - Feel free to visit Willesden Junction for the huge gap :)
Geoff. call your station Geoff. Then he can see his name in big letters as well.
Other old Tube carriages are the new(ish) class 230 DMU, converted from D78 stock. They aren't in service yet but will carry passengers from Honeybourne to the Rail Live exhibition at the Quinton Rail Technology Centre on 19 July.
Or possibly catch fire again. Not the best construction out there.
I love Londonist
great to see you being discussed on sky news sunrise this morning.
dissapointed the sky and the express have chosen to ignore that your not "train mad" but maybe "railway mad" though lol
best of luck awaiting your upcoming arrival on Teesside.
Theirs tube carriages in Alderney!
There's a Clapham in West Yorkshire too, near Giggleswick, that's a funny name too!!
The Fort William portion of the Caledonian Sleeper is the longest run, it doesn't arrive there until nearly 10am, well over 12 hours!!
I like it if things have my name. Not as much as Victoria obviously, but in a town nearby there's a bus line 609 (6 Sept is my birthday) to a place called Simonshöfchen (something like Simon's Yard), which is quite nice.
Longest distance is a cross country service from Penzance - Aberdeen. It is 722 miles long and takes an adverse of 13 and a 1/2 hours
Glad you got the 2 Gillingham's pronounced correctly, many thanks.
The Scottish sleeper does not go to Kyle of Lochalsh. It goes to Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William
North of Scotland Buses I think meant fort William
s125ish Maybe that's what he meant, but in terms of proximity, that's like saying Birmingham when you mean London.
There is a Charing Cross in Glasgow, it's a bit smaller than the one in London.
If you want gaps between train & platforms, wait until you get to some of the stations on the Settle & Carlisle line, where steps are provided to get on/off the train!!!
Monument tube station is on the District (green) and Circle (yellow) lines.
Monument Metro station (Newcastle) is on the Green and Yellow lines.
There is St James Park station in Exeter which is nearly the same as the tube station.
I forgot Northumberland Park which is a station in London (and the Victoria line depot) and also a station on the Tyne and Wear Metro. You really should do a bonus video on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
There's an idea: Do a tube map where the station names are replaced with the nearest pub name.
This is a genius idea
Charing Cross (Glasgow)
Rather pleased to hear that Vicki likes Barry Links - not very far from me ;)
On another note, I strongly recommend that you perhaps travel on the Tayway route 73 bus service when you hit Dundee - it is the only conductor-operated route outside of London, and travels all the way along from Dundee to Arbroath via B/Ferry, Balmossie, Monifieth, Barry Links, Golf Street, Carnoustie, and Arbroath. :P
There is a railway that uses old London Underground carriages. It is the Alderney Railway and is the only working railway in the Channel Islands.
I can think of two stations - Victoria (London and Manchester) and Charing Cross (London and Glasgow)
Correct. Piccadilly Manchester. I know it’s a tube station and a tube line, and probably doesn’t count.
There are old tube carriages in use on the Alderney Railway
Victoria station in London and Victoria station in Manchester too
I know
Definitely agree with you about the gap at Kew Bridge - it's huge! No step-free access either :(
My favourite station name has to be - Sugar Loaf. Our least used station in Wales :-)
Caledonian Sleeper doesn't go to Kyle of Lochalsh as per www.sleeper.scot/resources/media/route-maps/csroutes.pdf - so Inverness furthest from London (around 560 miles). London-Inverness also has daytime trains too.
the west highland line has to be one of the most spectacular lines in the world . Here is also a bonus for Vicki it has a Harry Potter connexion
For question 1: There is Charing Cross (London) and Charing Cross (Glasgow)
I've been to Kew Bridge Station and that gap is HUGE!!!!!!!
The caledonian sleeper goes to Fort William (not Kyle). It's easy to go from London to Kyle though, just get the sleeper to Inverness and change.
Geoff and Vicky there is station in Birmingham called Dudderston but this is not the original name when it opened it was called Vauxhall which is the same name as a London station.
Why doesn't Londonist produce videos with you guys anymore?
Great Western Railway and Victoria & Pimlico Railway also contributed to the construction of London Victoria station for their own use.
Northumberland Park - station in London and also on the Tyne and Wear Metro :)
*also, Monument
And when you go to Newcastle, you should definitely take the Metro to the beautiful station at Tynemouth. It has a flea market at weekends and is definitely Britain's best station, even if it's no longer part of the national rail network ;)
St. Margarets and St. Margarets! Both are close enough that both are on the tube & rail map!
(Manchester) Piccadilly ?
One vid you mention a black heath in london, rowley regis is a train st but the closest town is black heath in Birmingham...
4:15 Mallard is just bae, love that train!
What about Charing Cross (Glasgow) and Charing Cross (London)
When you do the Bleaneau ffestiniog branch, North Llanwrest station has a pretty massive step down
Queens Park, Charing Cross
Also the Sleeper only goes as far as Inverness
Norbiton Flyer Yes, I think Mathieu's comment arose because Geoff mentioned Kyle of Lochalsh. No sleepers go there of course, although Fort William sleepers have been diverted to Oban a few times recently.
Viva-Rail soon!
The Transport Guide that's what I was thinking
Yes Vira Rail will be using the old D stock trains on their network soon. Will be interesting to see how it turns out, despite the fact that I am not a somebody from the UK.
The Transport Guide very exited
not since it caught fire, then was vandalised where it was dumped
Old tube carriages are the D-Stock currently being tested by VivaRail.
The canal that you were missing is the Oxford Canal and not the Grand Union.
Was just about to point this out myself, as I'm moving a boat there this weekend...
"Now arriving at...Mildly Annoyed Tortoise." Lol, very clever....
Note for Vicki,
The Snooty Fox at Three Bridges used to be called The Fox and was a really dodgy pub (1980's) Drugs etc.
It was really dark and dingy inside and the road outside was just single carriageway, but after the rename and road improvements it got how it is today.....thank god!
The gap at Winnersh Triangle is pretty wide. I had to carry my dog onto the train. She's a weimaraner. Well one managed to jump on I had to carry the other one.
New Clee has a HUGE gap between the train and the platform!
Reedham London in South Croydon and Reedham in Norfolk.
Aigburth and Cressington in Liverpool have quite big steps up on to the train.
The Jubilee extension already goes under the front of Buck House. Maybe there is a secret stop?
Both Oxenholme and Carnforth have large gaps because the platforms curve. Those are two near me
Millbrook, Bedfordshire and I swear XC run an Aberdeen to Penzance?
RockTheChef they do, it leaves at 0820 and arrives at 2143
There is tube stock running on Alderney, It is a couple of 1959 stock coaches and a Drewry diesel-mechanical shunting loco. There used to be 1938 stock coaches but these were replaced by the aluminium 1959 stock because the steel 1938 coaches were being corroded by the sea air
Didn't they once have tube stock at MOD Pigs Bay (down that old track from Shoeburyness) - and also at MOD Marchwood.
Quite a lot of slam door stock was stored at pigs bay, so I think you are right there, not sure myself
Another duplicate name, you've got Earlswood (Surrey and West Midlands).
An interesting fact on the Javelin trains is that they go right past Rainham in Essex/outskirts of London, although they don't stop there, then after Ebbsfleet, the ones that carry on through Gravesend and Medway actually call at the Rainham (Kent) station!! Anyone unfamiliar to the area travelling to Rainham (Kent) may well see the big tower on the left hand side with "Rsinham Steel" displayed on the top at the Essex Rainham, and think he/she has arrived already!!
why does Geoff choose the 126mph blue cheesewedge over the Hogwarts Express?
In July 2017 the Class 230 trains will enter service. When the D stock got taken out of service they were bought and converted into national rail trains by Vivarail
I thought that you had visited the Isle of Wight or was this Q&A video done before the Island?
Tina Onions Thanks for the reply. It makes sense
Tina Onions/David Taylor They haven't been to Samford Courtenay or Okehampton yet though. That's going to be a big diversion via Exeter at some point. I imagine when they hit Wales.
Ham Street That's because National Rail trains only operate there on a few summer sundays.
Lewisham platform 2 has massive gaps to mind.
Richmond- London, Richmond-Yorkshire
I thought you have been to the Isle of Wight, there's a video on this channel 😞
They have, They were only joking.
No, we've still not been. that was all done with CGI and Green screen. FAKE VIDEO.
Lets see how long it takes for someone to answer this question? Which underground station has the same name as a station on the Paris metro?
Temple. There's also St. Paul's and Saint-Paul, which are close but not a match.
that was quick. correct. have a good friday
Charing cross - there's one in Glasgow
Geoff theres The D stock on Vivarail and theres Newport in Essex and Newport in Wales
They are trailing tube carriages on the Nuneaton to Coventry line
Charing Cross (also Glasgow)
Now feeling really chuffed at having adopted Barry White station.
Millbrook (Hampshire) and Millbrook (Bedfordshire). But neither are in London.
The Channel Island of Alderney has an old tube on it's working railway line.
Swinton in yorkshire and Swinton in Lancashire
I was on The Dublin DART and the gap was huge .
And now we get the sudden announcement of Crossrail 1.5, going via Buckingham Palace and Old Street :P
We should...
A) start a petition to have a station renamed in your honour, if only temporary.
B) have an internet naming competition for that like the 'Boaty McBoatface' thing.
My suggestion: Vickers Common.
Additional question from LondonIst, when are you coming back? Although these videos are so much better.
We have tube stops called "Swiss Cottage" and "Elephant and Castle" so I think Snooty Fox would be a fine name.
You forgot Charing Cross in London and Charing Cross in Glasgow in the first question
But you did a video of the trains on IoW..... am I missing irony?
Longest from London would be Caledonian Sleeper (Highland Sleeper service) to Fort William. It doesn't go to the Kyle.
what about Piccadilly and Piccadilly
(Manchester) Piccadilly and (Manchester) Victoria?
Moritz L But then you could claim Manchester Oxford Road too. Having a place name in a station name isn't the same thing
eh fair point
Earlswood (Surrey) and Earlswood (Birmingham).
Regarding the tube stock question, a company called VivaRail purchased over 150 D78 carriages which were formerly used on District Line services. VivaRail's project is to convert the trains to diesel-electric units for use on minor services.
More info check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_230
Waterloo London terminus and Waterloo (Merseyside) come to mind.
Waterloo in London and Waterloo on the Mersey line in Liverpool.
Their is a Waterloo in Merseyside.
The longest train journey (thats not a sleeper) is the train that goes from Aberdeen To Penzance, it takes 14 hours!
Doesn't touch London though.
Stephen Dines Then it would be the Aberdeen To Kings Cross service (7 hours)