It was great to see you there this morning! Hope you enjoyed your costa voucher courtesy of Southeastern (and me!), and well done on creating another amazing video!
You should do Thanet Parkway that opened yesterday. Nice to see Portway Park & Ride railway station now officially opened. I would like to see Great Western Railway and Network Rail to reopen the Portishead Line with new stations being built at Ashton Gate, Clifton Bridge, Pill and Portbury. And for GWR to use their Class 165 & Class 166 Networker DMUs.
Being very local ( we live about 400m away), we have watched this station gradually take shape. It's been ready for ages.i thought it would never happen. It was lovely to meet you.
2:23 Thank you, Jen, for so clearly demonstrating how unusable ticket machines are. The screen on this one proved to be unusuable, and it's on a brand new station! What will they be like after passengers have prodded the darn thing for years?
There was a lot in that SouthEastern goodie bag when i went to Thanet Parkway and did had plans to rub it in that i got a Costa Coffee gift card until someone gave you one... but it has been a fun video to watch and nice to see you and the Station opening team yesterday as well, later on in the day, great video
i didn't realise the station was opening today, so i was thoroughly surprised to get off at my stop at Lawrence Hill in the afternoon and spot you filming in the carriage at the front of the train! sad i didn't get the chance to say hi but it was really nice to spot you out and about
Well I don’t think the editing was “shonky” at all! 😜 great video, Jen and well edited! I think I should go on the Jen diet - magnums and doughnuts for breakfast!
Hi Jen, excellent video as always, great to see the other "team players" there, even Geoff Marshall made an appearance...amazing how this particular pastime has now become a "thing"...who knew? Nice idea re' the doughnuts...👍👏 Good to see you all in a happy place. Have any of you bumped into Francis Bourgious yet? Now that would be fun(ny)... Take care and stay safe... Jon B. 🙂
Greetings from Australia. I saw one of your videos awhile ago but, after seeing you on Geoff's video (love his cameo) , I've now subscribed to your channel.
Firstly, yay for being able to watch one of your videos just minutes after you uploaded (hard since I'm in Asia). The new station looks great. Of course, so does the waterside view. Cheers for another excellent video !
Yay! Typical that that blooming Geoff should steal the limelight and be the one to feature on BBC Points West this evening, but great to see your cameo on his channel along with Stuart!
Geoff’s a friend and 100% deserves the limelight. I’m sure my time will come, and I’m very happy with where I am 🙂 Even so, as a trans person I would be avoiding the mainstream media like the plague right now even if offered… it’s a hostile place for us.
My regular park and ride for Bristol for a long time. Now I can get a train I may go back to it. I went over the M5 viaduct last Tuesday and had a sneaky side glance at the station, glad to see it open at last. BTW did you know there is a monorail under the Prince of Wales bridge?
This video made me hungry for doughnuts! I can't focus on the trains while hungry for doughnuts! This is also how I found out that Costa is Boycott of The Week presented by Terfy McTerfface on Channel TERF
Don’t worry, you’re safe - no penalty fares on this line as most stations don’t have ticket machines :) Buy-on-board or from the little on-platform kiosk once you arrive at Temple Meads.
im glad to see the bristol area get some new train stations, as Ashley down will likely be next in Bristol. I myself am waiting for them to get Charfield open again, as i grew up in the village and saw many rumours of it re opening, so it will be a sentimental station to me.
Great video Jen! Good to see you this morning - that was myself cycling through the car park and I actually surprised myself by recognising you! Glad you got some GWR free merch.
You know you've watched a few "new station" vids when, at 4:45, you think "Hi Geoff" expecting him to get off the incoming train before he actually appears. Also, I'd suggest Station Opening Dream Squad, but the initialism would be unfortunate.
Ann early start deserves D'oh nuts, early to post this Jen ,I arrived at just after ten by which time the sun was up and the station had calmed down quite a bit thanks for coming,why not give Pilning a try one Saturday.
2:31 - I had that same problem when I was in Liverpool back in May (yeah, it was for Eurovision). And just think: they want us all to use those machines. :( And I was completely unaware of the Boycott Costa thing. And I have one message to them: if you don't like it, don't go. I doubt they'll miss you.
I feel your pain with those dammed ticket machines, completely inaccessible for blind / vision impaired like myself, just utterly useless. Haha, not quite Dawlish, no, it's not :) love the vlog, x
I was unaware of the Costa issue (too busy birthdaying) so had to dash off and Google it. Am I right in thinking it’s last years image that some ignorant people have only recently discovered having crawled from their cave and decided to have a bigoted opinion about?? Thankfully we live in a modern, tolerant and welcoming community that is spreading love and kindness to drown out these pathetic squeaks. Keep raising awareness and we will keep supporting….. we will win in the end!!! ❤
Looking at Manchester have you seen TfGM and bits of Network Rail "upgrades" for a few (7?) rail stations , partly to accomodate an increase in population of Greater Manchester by 2.5million people. Do you think you should get out of high-rise Salford and off to North Wales as you have said you love it ,or are you a natural urban dweller ?
0:32 Yeah something tells me that that might be the donut allowance disappearing very quickly haha 2:27 I'm sorry, what was that word?! I know I have a habit of making up words on my vlogs but that one I might need a thesaurus for 5:05 Oh sorry Geoff, I ate your donut, I wasn't there, I was a ghost and I ate it 😛
Loved the Costa reference - I am making a point of going more than usual just to annoy anyone boycotting them. Every little helps…(wrong shop 🤪) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
While I do intentionally not talk on camera much about trans things, as I’m a firm believer that we’re defined by more than just being trans, sometimes you just have to!
@@JenOnTheMove half the (local) media were knocking Thanet Parkway, in part once it is unstaffed will women find it unsafe (in the dark hours) and others for a supposed lack of increase in speed to connect by rail to other places, I think they missed the point of that station to provide some relief of nearby town centres from cars. Would be interesting to see your views in due course (no rush)
First day of a new station and they can't even make sure the ticket machine works properly. The railway seems to be hard wired to NOT collect revenue at every opportunity
It was great to see you there this morning! Hope you enjoyed your costa voucher courtesy of Southeastern (and me!), and well done on creating another amazing video!
Excellent, brilliant to see you in the video!!
Thank you for the Costa! Great to meet you again today!
Loved to see the group together again. So much fun and respect amongst each other. And doughnuts this time 🎉
It’s what makes openings fun.
If we’re honest, Portway P&R isn’t the most exciting of stations, but visiting with a group of friends is great!
I wish I had popped down would have loved to have said hello to you and Geoff watch you two all the time
You should do Thanet Parkway that opened yesterday. Nice to see Portway Park & Ride railway station now officially opened. I would like to see Great Western Railway and Network Rail to reopen the Portishead Line with new stations being built at Ashton Gate, Clifton Bridge, Pill and Portbury. And for GWR to use their Class 165 & Class 166 Networker DMUs.
Being very local ( we live about 400m away), we have watched this station gradually take shape. It's been ready for ages.i thought it would never happen. It was lovely to meet you.
Being awake and outside at 5 in the morning definitely deserves a doughnut. Lovely video as always!
Portway Park & Ride looks amazing
2:23 Thank you, Jen, for so clearly demonstrating how unusable ticket machines are. The screen on this one proved to be unusuable, and it's on a brand new station! What will they be like after passengers have prodded the darn thing for years?
Whoever signed off that machine needs firing!
Great video Jen! I finally got round to visiting Portway Park & Ride the other day. Unfortunately no one was kind enough to give us doughnuts!
doughnuts and costa vouchers being given away? this is a very wholesome video!
Great video Jen. Portway Park & Ride is a nice looking station also RIP ticket machine 🤣🤣
There was a lot in that SouthEastern goodie bag when i went to Thanet Parkway and did had plans to rub it in that i got a Costa Coffee gift card until someone gave you one... but it has been a fun video to watch and nice to see you and the Station opening team yesterday as well, later on in the day, great video
Always good to see new stations open
Brilliant video Jen, it's good that you all got doughnuts. Portway Park and Ride does look like a nice station. :)
i didn't realise the station was opening today, so i was thoroughly surprised to get off at my stop at Lawrence Hill in the afternoon and spot you filming in the carriage at the front of the train! sad i didn't get the chance to say hi but it was really nice to spot you out and about
We were filming next weeks video at that point, watch this space ☺️
Great video Jen!
Your efforts to bring us new station openings are appreciated. 🙂👍
Thankyou! I can’t do every one but I try!
Classy move! I wanna free doughnut too ;) Your channel keeps getting better and better. Bonus points for the phrase "shonky editing" :)
Well I don’t think the editing was “shonky” at all! 😜 great video, Jen and well edited!
I think I should go on the Jen diet - magnums and doughnuts for breakfast!
A shame they didn't name it Portway Parkway.
Also. Solidarity with Costa!
Great film! Thank you, as always. 🍩 😂
AAAHHH!!!! YAss! We don't have Costa in the Midwest US but I wish we did! I'd go buy some in your honor!!!!!!!!
Hi Jen, excellent video as always, great to see the other "team players" there, even Geoff Marshall made an appearance...amazing how this particular pastime has now become a "thing"...who knew?
Nice idea re' the doughnuts...👍👏
Good to see you all in a happy place. Have any of you bumped into
Francis Bourgious yet? Now that would be fun(ny)...
Take care and stay safe...
Jon B. 🙂
Looking forward to next year's station (re) opening marathon when the Northumberland Line opens.... hope to see you (and the team) there!
I’ll try my best! ❤️
Greetings from Australia. I saw one of your videos awhile ago but, after seeing you on Geoff's video (love his cameo) , I've now subscribed to your channel.
Geoff seems devastated by the donut situation, i suspect its a smoke screen ! but what is it hiding.... insert laughing winking emoji here
Oh ♪ we do like to be beside the seaside, oh ♪ we do like to be beside the sea.
Nice Video.
Firstly, yay for being able to watch one of your videos just minutes after you uploaded (hard since I'm in Asia). The new station looks great. Of course, so does the waterside view. Cheers for another excellent video !
Yay! Typical that that blooming Geoff should steal the limelight and be the one to feature on BBC Points West this evening, but great to see your cameo on his channel along with Stuart!
Geoff’s a friend and 100% deserves the limelight. I’m sure my time will come, and I’m very happy with where I am 🙂
Even so, as a trans person I would be avoiding the mainstream media like the plague right now even if offered… it’s a hostile place for us.
Never too early for doughnuts!
The station doesn't show up on the national rail app but shows up on the transport Wales app !!!
Is it just me or has there been an unusual amount of station openings recently? Great to see and a great video as always
Agreed
Just saw you on BBC Points West who were covering the opening.
I enjoyed the video as usual Jen! It's a good job Homer Simpson wasn't there, as he would of scoffed all the doughnuts by himself 😁😋
Lovely video Jen. The Doughnut part was wholesome. ❤
I love it when you interact with other train enthusiasts, you all seem like a family ^^ And I hate living so far from the sea.
We’re all friends and look out for each other 🙂
This is lovely
My regular park and ride for Bristol for a long time. Now I can get a train I may go back to it. I went over the M5 viaduct last Tuesday and had a sneaky side glance at the station, glad to see it open at last. BTW did you know there is a monorail under the Prince of Wales bridge?
This video made me hungry for doughnuts! I can't focus on the trains while hungry for doughnuts!
This is also how I found out that Costa is Boycott of The Week presented by Terfy McTerfface on Channel TERF
"It's not a TPE service because it isn't cancelled" 😂
The all important question is, do you prefer doughnuts or Magnums for breakfast ?
Don’t worry, you’re safe - no penalty fares on this line as most stations don’t have ticket machines :)
Buy-on-board or from the little on-platform kiosk once you arrive at Temple Meads.
im glad to see the bristol area get some new train stations, as Ashley down will likely be next in Bristol. I myself am waiting for them to get Charfield open again, as i grew up in the village and saw many rumours of it re opening, so it will be a sentimental station to me.
tune in next week for portway on the move lol 😂
Great video Jen! Good to see you this morning - that was myself cycling through the car park and I actually surprised myself by recognising you! Glad you got some GWR free merch.
Aha, that was you! Makes sense now!
5:56 You are going to seven beaches, not ‘a’ beach😂
that guy is a legend for wearing a mclaren hoodie
Great video as always. Also: thanks to the station opening team for my northern breakfast! 🍩☺️
Imagine if they called it Portway Parkway 😂
Be interesting to see how / if it affects the bus service
I’ll be surprised if it changes anything tbh
@@JenOnTheMove Got to be a race bus/train/bike in Bristol
You know you've watched a few "new station" vids when, at 4:45, you think "Hi Geoff" expecting him to get off the incoming train before he actually appears.
Also, I'd suggest Station Opening Dream Squad, but the initialism would be unfortunate.
Just came from seeing you on geoff marshall
Ann early start deserves D'oh nuts, early to post this Jen ,I arrived at just after ten by which time the sun was up and the station had calmed down quite a bit thanks for coming,why not give Pilning a try one Saturday.
We were there at 11pm the night before 😂
We were there at 11pm the night before 😂
2:31 - I had that same problem when I was in Liverpool back in May (yeah, it was for Eurovision). And just think: they want us all to use those machines. :(
And I was completely unaware of the Boycott Costa thing. And I have one message to them: if you don't like it, don't go. I doubt they'll miss you.
Geoff on his channel missed the doughnuts
I feel your pain with those dammed ticket machines, completely inaccessible for blind / vision impaired like myself, just utterly useless. Haha, not quite Dawlish, no, it's not :) love the vlog, x
Thanks!
I'd like to know what computer stuff is inside those ticket machines they make more noise than my pc playing flight simulator 😃
I was unaware of the Costa issue (too busy birthdaying) so had to dash off and Google it. Am I right in thinking it’s last years image that some ignorant people have only recently discovered having crawled from their cave and decided to have a bigoted opinion about??
Thankfully we live in a modern, tolerant and welcoming community that is spreading love and kindness to drown out these pathetic squeaks.
Keep raising awareness and we will keep supporting….. we will win in the end!!! ❤
Another great video, you just keep getting better and more confident with every one. Shame the goodie bag was a bit sparce to say the least!
Thankyou!!!
@@JenOnTheMove in fairness the station is a bit sparse too., functional, but sparse.
Looking at Manchester have you seen TfGM and bits of Network Rail "upgrades" for a few (7?) rail stations , partly to accomodate an increase in population of Greater Manchester by 2.5million people. Do you think you should get out of high-rise Salford and off to North Wales as you have said you love it ,or are you a natural urban dweller ?
New station lest go :0
0:32 Yeah something tells me that that might be the donut allowance disappearing very quickly haha
2:27 I'm sorry, what was that word?! I know I have a habit of making up words on my vlogs but that one I might need a thesaurus for
5:05 Oh sorry Geoff, I ate your donut, I wasn't there, I was a ghost and I ate it 😛
Dounuts yum
Cab the Station Opening Team be called that if they weren't keen/crazy enough to go to the opening Thanet Parkway yesterday? Slackers! ;P
We all get a bit of annual leave from RUclips occasionally 🙂
My mum always told me never to accept sweets from strangers ... but she never said anything about doughnuts 🤔🤣🤣🤣
Jen, Where's Barsh Marton ???
501st Like! I watched Michael C get you that Costa voucher, and I immediately came to make sure he gave it to you lol! Anyways, great video!
Jen - Where's Barsh Marton ???
5am are you sure!!!!I dont surface until 9am.
Loved the Costa reference - I am making a point of going more than usual just to annoy anyone boycotting them. Every little helps…(wrong shop 🤪) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
While I do intentionally not talk on camera much about trans things, as I’m a firm believer that we’re defined by more than just being trans, sometimes you just have to!
@@JenOnTheMove deffo agree
And I will too now that I am aware of the issue… I don’t need an excuse for more coffee 😂
Your video beat out London Boy’s again!
It’s not a race, we make different videos at different paces
@@JenOnTheMove, still fun to tease him, though
Mmm donuts
“It’s not quite Dawlish.”
So it’s Dawlish-ish.
Have you got any donuts for geoff
Where is my doughnut? 😢
Hi Jen, did you record the anne announcement at the station, it sounds really clear!
It was, but the camera was pointing directly at the speaker so it was super clear!
@@JenOnTheMove Yeah, I thought it was from the official files or something! Really clear. Loved the video. :)
You’ve already edited your video!
stingy gwr south eastern more generous in their goody bag - oh and i got to listen in on steve whites interview with kent fm
They started out strong at Reading Green Park!
🍩
Poor Geoff not getting a doughnut! 😂 And some sad losers are boycotting Costa? Doubt they'll be missed! 😚
the ticket machine segment (a) needs a short , and (b) needs to go on national TV and thoughourly embarass national rail policy
:)
Are you going to Thanet Parkway
I missed that I’m afraid, it was yesterday!
@@JenOnTheMove half the (local) media were knocking Thanet Parkway, in part once it is unstaffed will women find it unsafe (in the dark hours) and others for a supposed lack of increase in speed to connect by rail to other places, I think they missed the point of that station to provide some relief of nearby town centres from cars. Would be interesting to see your views in due course (no rush)
@@JenOnTheMove Yeah just wondering if your going there soon? or ever?
You Were On My Local Train Being The Class 165/1s 👍
First day of a new station and they can't even make sure the ticket machine works properly. The railway seems to be hard wired to NOT collect revenue at every opportunity
7:22 Well said! Sorry you got grief there. 🏳⚧