I've Not Been On a Train During Lockdown
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2020
- It's spring 2021, and Covid-19 lockdown is here, which means I haven't been on a train since March 21st, which feels like forever!
But Govia Thameslink Railway invited me down to East Croydon to talk to their staff, and see what changes have been happening on the railway. So I got on my bike and cycled there.
My thanks to GTR, and those involved for helping me make this video.
Department for Transport Safer Travel Guidance for Passengers: www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavir...
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Geoff.
Geoff Marshall Thank u for keeping my spirits up with a good quiz with a pint, or just you out on the good old railway, come up to the Midlands some time on our metro
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I will Share it for you Geoff, :)
Stay Safe Everyone!
Geoff Marshall i want to go on a Eurostar to Paris And st Leu la Forret to to see my Aunt Lily
"I haven't been on a train in 57 days. I'm on a bridge just north of East Croydon station..." Don't do it, Geoff! "...so I can still look at them." Oh, phew.
Oh wow
😂
Anyone else notice u said 2 it’s
that's dark 😂
Brilliant 😂👍
You said last week that you'd like to go out visiting the railways. You also asked what we'd like to see. This was exactly what a few of us mentioned, so thank you. Thank you for doing what you do. Thank you for tirelessly being an advocate for trains and transit. Thank you for asking us to participate, inviting us in, and bringing this world to life. Thank you for putting faces and names on all the people that make the networks function, especially in these tough times. Lastly, thank you for giving us ways to escape, even for a few minutes at a time. To the trains!
thanks Jon. that's lovely. amongst the debris of inane comments, it's nice to get a nice one.
Jonathan Douglas. I'll echo that Jonathan, well said. And well said and done Geoff, that was perfect. No great fanfare, just sincere thanks and respect. That was exactly right. And what a lovely lady? For the Station Manager at a station the size and importance of East Croydon, I was expecting a grumpy old man, not a bright, switched on, self assured young woman. And it didn't hurt that she was drop dead gorgeous too!
I haven't commuted for many, many years and I've only used my car to take my dog for a walk on our favourite common, but I do use trains and buses and I miss them. I live just less than a mile from Streatham Common station and about a half mile from Eastfields (one of the newest and busiest stations on the network) so I can hear trains. When life is at its normal bustle, the sound of trains rarely breaks through, but in the last weeks, the sound of fast trains seems to have been more prevalent. Well done everyone for keeping them rolling. It is appreciated.
Really well. Said and very moving, carry on the great work Geoff!
@@geofftech2 Great story - looking in from New Zealand. I will say that I see the majority of comments are really positive as I scanned through them. Stay strong. Stay safe.
Jonathan - I completely agree with your comments and Geoff thanks for making this video. It showed the importance of the frontline railway staff and reminded us all of what matters right now.
Really nicely done, thanks for making!
2017 - All The Stations
2020 - None Of The Stations...
As a guard I used to love quiet trains. Now I'm desperate for some human interaction again! Can't remember the last time I sold a ticket. Even on the Morning Bristol to London services, the maximum I've had in one of my carriages is 7. Paddington is like a ghost town, even the mess room is split so we have to be 2 metres apart. Haven't been able to get my usual McMuffin breakfast for nearly 2 months it's been a lonely boring job these last couple of months
Very much the same for me. I used to love chatting to my regular passengers on the platforms. And working on a crowded platform kept it challenging, and providing customer service. Now there was almost no one on the platforms. Dispatching empty trains day in and day out, soul destroying...
Agreed. Quiet trains were something to look forward to at the end of the shift. Now I start to worry "what if these passengers never come back?", you start to think about your job and even the need for the whole infrastructure. I know I'm being a little hyperbolic, but I do worry.
@@regmemer9198 100% agreed. The Job isnt enjoyable with them!
Thank you for your continued service during these times!
As long as you can do the doors from the back. Having to plough through a packed train to work the doors is not so good, especially if passengers do not socially distance themselves. At the moment numbers are so low it is a non issue. Having commuted myself in the past I would have loved to work from home. I suspect far fewer people will use trains going forwards. Trains in North Yorkshire are expensive, infrequent and often cancelled anyway.
That was so poignant. Geoff staring wistfully through the bars at the trains he loves.
i would like but it is on 69 AGHHHHHH
Our tube announcements say "it's nice that you're back again" since it has picked up again.
To everyone reading, I hope you stay happy and healthy! Greetings from Vienna :)
aww thats so wholesome
Ours say "ONLY TRAVEL IF IT'S ESSENTIAL"...err, thanks.
Grüße aus Salzburg!!! Wir hatten das nicht!:-(
ours said "we missed you"
@@mats7492 that's so sweet! What city are you in?
The "thank you" message to railway colleagues at 12:28 made me smile. It makes me proud to be a part of the industry.
Also it was a pleasure talking to you yesterday, Geoff.
Stay safe,
Louis (the Platform Assistant, you was talking to through the fence)
hey Louis! aah that was you.. Hello!
Hi Geoff! Hope you are good! Listen I have a 4 year old boy Nnamdi who loves watching your videos. He has been watching your videos for over 2 years. He loves trains and knows a lot of train stations all over the UK. He introduced me to request stops which I never knew existed. I also know about the night train to Penzance! Just wanted to let you know that you are making one little kid from south london a very happy boy with your videos. Keep up the good work😊😊
As a railway employee for another TOC (not GTR), thanks Geoff, for recognising the efforts of all the railway staff, doing their bit to keep things running as best we can. All our timetable planners, crew managers, strategy managers, suppliers, and of course the front line station staff, drivers and guards are doing their utmost to help those that still need to travel.
Stay at home if you can. Stay safe.
thanks Matt, was aware that my list at the end wasn't comprehensive!
As Geoff said, thanks Matt. I may be on other TOCs + Tube next month if my wife gets on a repatriation flight because she'll arrive in Heathrow and I'll have to travel by train to meet her - she won't get on a UK train without me as she has this fear of falling asleep and missing her stop :)
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@@geofftech2 very Proffesional. And we all miss travelling Really.
Stay safe.
Reece.
Me thinking I’m a weirdo because I love trains then I come across Geoff an absolute legend. I no longer feel like a weirdo
Song at the start is "Andrew Applepie & Bjurman - Drowning World" for anyone wondering :)
MVP.
Just wanted to ask 😉
PaulL. If I didn’t know better, I’d say ‘Nodrog’ -Gordon - had a hand in choosing the music!😉
Thanks, I was.
Thanks, what about the one at the end?
"I haven't been on a train in 57 days. It's a sentence I never thought I'd say!" for Geoff that is a sentence in every sense of the word
I am a maintenance engineer and shunter driver at Electromotive at Longport, we have worked all the way through the lock down to keep locomotives running
As a key worker I would like to add my thanks to to all the transport workers for enabling us to get to our jobs. I would particularly like to thank my local bus driver's who have maintained such a helpful demeanor at such a stressful time. It is important to remember that bus driver have had some of the highest infection & mortality rates.
I work for TFL on the Underground, but I think the bus drivers are the true heroes. Thank you, Stephen, for your message, it makes our job worthwhile when there people out there who appreciate our efforts.
As a live-in care worker who doesn't drive, public transport is essential for me to get to & from work every fortnight. Thank you to all the staff who keep it going!
The ‘thank you’ message at the end is heart warming. As I work in the railway industry and is normally the last ones to be recognised for us still working to actually keep everyone that have to travel to keep hospitals, shops, police, fire, government (local or national), the railway in the whole open and available. 🙂
As Harry Potter once said to Dumbledore;
"I like riding around trains. Takes my mind off things"
Geoff can ride around trains, he just can’t ride on them. 😘
60 days. No trains.
Stay safe everyone
9 days no trains...I'm on 'annual leave'......
anyone else says "stay safe everyone" i'm going to throw my smartphone out of the window
@@AndreiTupolev Well that sure wouldn't be a safe thing to do...so best not do it. Stay safe Andrei
@@AndreiTupolev haha stay sane :-)
Love your videos, and enjoyed hearing how trains are doing in the UK. Live in the Portland, Oregon metro area. Retired from public transit a few years ago, bus and light rail. A family member still employed at the same company. Ridership has been down 65-70%, so a new schedule was put together to keep all employees coming to work, but no more overtime available. Slowly now increased ridership, but extra board drivers (who come in to cover for sick time, etc.) are filling those increased runs. In a few weeks a busier schedule will be started, but normal will likely not happen until fall. We have been hit hard in the US with 40+ million new unemployment claims since early March. It will take time to get all of those workers back to work, just like it will in the UK. Be careful when you are out on your bike, stay safe.
All the stations on a bicycle :) , you gotta cycle to every train station in the UK, might take a while tho.
Maybe just the tube 😂😂
He could also do least used santander cycles station
Andy Hume Maybe least used Cycle Superhighway :)
Least used interchange too
Get the idea from the Whitwicks for a day out on the bike?
Great video Geoff, we all miss travelling but we’ll meet again. I’ve been watching your videos since the days of Londonist (The Secrets Of..). I hope you and your family stay safe, you’ve inspired me from a young age and now I’ve built up the confidence to start my own aviation RUclips channel. You played a part in that, thanks
I commuted to work by train all through the lockdown. Enjoyable actually, services very timely and peaceful.
“There’s a certain part of me...that actually sometimes travelling on a train is a joy in itself” YES
“If you’re having a bad day you can just go for a train ride” 🥺 very true
Dang it Geoff, you made me shed a tear ;(
why?
I work in a supermarket so have been on trains constantly, I know it's been a while but thank you to people avoiding non essential travel, it makes it possible to actually keep others at distance while getting around. It's like an exponential graph; the fewer people to dodge, the far safer everyone is so thank you genuinely
Me too. I've taken London Underground & Overground everyday since lockdown. Still alive and healthier than the smokers half my age.
Beautiful, wonderful video geoff. We all feel your yearning, we yearn with you, trains, planes, our loved ones, the world, we will be as one again in time. Have faith and hope. Thanks for this video geoff. Stay safe.
James! hey dude. thx ... we'll get there slowly. Hope you're well.
Can't stop watching these, so addictive.
It feels nice to be recognised by someone for what we do. I work for GTR and cant say too much but thank you for recognising what we are doing to keep everyone moving:)
This is so thoughtful, and helpful. A lovely piece of filming. Like you, I MISS travelling. I miss the railway. Since 2017, the railway has been my second home. It hurts. But I know. It's the right thing, right now. I think every day about the people out there, who're keeping it going, keeping people safe, being incredible. You've not only shown what's being done, but shown your respect and appreciation for the staff. Thank-you so much for putting this together.
I've had 66 days of not riding on a train and being able to hear but not see them from my bedroom
Geoff, great to see you safe and well. A nice touch with the message at the end. Thanks.
Very interesting and helpful video Geoff, just exactly what I needed to watch at the moment, thanks. Can't believe how emotional it is, not being able to use the trains as much as we once did, felt tearful watching this, hard to come to terms with this strange world. Good to have updated news from railway staff on how they are adjusting to the conditions.
I'm jealous of you Geoff. I would love to mince about on trains and make videos about them. Maybe one day...
I love this video! It was really instructive but at the same time really sober and moving. I wish all the essential workers in the UK all the good they deserve. Please stay safe. Greetings from Italy.
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May I just say, Geoff? You are our family’s hero! Not an evening goes by without our 3 year old George binging on your earlier episodes ( Secrets of the Underground) ;) He is obsessed with trains, overground in particular as we live just by the section of the overground between South Acton and Gunnersbury. What’s more, we are now too fans of the tube. You are an excellent teller and we enjoy learning about the history and secrets of the tube while laughing at your occasional jokes👍🏼 please keep up the good work! You’re an enthusiast and it shows. Thank you for making our family time by the TV so entertaining! Snd best regards from George who might well take over from you in X years:)))))
thank you Olga, very kind ... and finally, someone that laughs at my jokes!! :-)
Thank you Geoff for the video!! And a big thank you to everybody working on the rail for doing their part to keep travellers safe!! Don't lose faith Geoff, all this be a distant memory soon, and something to narrate to our progeny someday...
All the B-Roll sequences of you staring at trains from behind fences, reminds me of the picture of the guy visiting his dad at a care home, hes sat on the other side of his dad's window, having a chat with him via his mobile phone. ITs great that you get to share your railway passion with us, and I look forward to seeing how your content evolves during this time of uncertainty and change.
Hi Geoff, I hail from Singapore. 🇸🇬
1:55 My last bus and train ride was March 23 2020, when my former workplace introduced the work-from-home. It would be 60 days, as of 22 May 2020. Singapore started their lockdown from 7 April 2020. And social distancing on public transport was only enacted after a few letters to the press (including mine) were published. For me, as a particularly fond person of buses, I too am very sad at what the effects of coronavirus has done. 😢I've been fortunate enough that both my parents and I are at home. So I am usually using my father's car to get the groceries and takeaways.
2:45 This speaks so much to me... Because for me, travelling on a bus is a joy! My best friend, great friends, and my relatives can testify to that. I sometimes used to wait at the bus stations to spot buses, and I myself have filmed the buses I enjoyed riding (some trains too). And I miss my bus enthusiast and bus driver friends.
I showed your video to my mother, and we think you're really awesome! You are one of the RUclips channels I admire a lot, so please do take care. Also we love Ramla! She's friendly and rockin'! ☺️
As of April, it is the law to wear a mask once you are outside your home with very little exceptions.
Otherwise, you will get a S$300 fine (£173) for the first offence, and S$1000 (£576) for the subsequent. No warnings given.
If you guys can, wear a mask no when you step out too! It will help flatten the curve! Stay strong! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
One of your best vids ever!
love the music! Keep up the videos, they relax me. Watching from Montana. 2020 sucks, but at least it's almost over.
This makes me cry 😢
Brilliant video, thank you (and GTR) for doing it. Not just in recognition of all the staff out there, but as a recording of history for when this is all over.
I miss trains too :-(
Loved the shots where a Southern train and a Thameslink train were racing.
I wonder who won the race? lol! keep safe and stay at home.
Last 30 seconds hit home Geoff. Forever a legend great video x
This video made me smile, the positivity that u have in this video makes it very pleasant to watch!
I teared up at the beginning, God I miss trains.
Sixty Days without a Geoff train video, it's tough, thank you for posting this, much appreciated, Stay safe and Well all the best
Wonderful video!
I really like how the music matches the images.
I wanted to let you know that every morning I re-watch an episode of All the Stations so I have the feeling of riding the trains while eating my cereals :)
Best regards to every one and stay safe!
Brilliant. This has to be the best video that’s come out of this lockdown.
I work in east croydon on one of the shops on the platforms its so heart warming to see ramla and many other station staff xx
Haven’t been on the train for a good few months , showing the home station east Croydon and the thameslink is a comfort
Thanks Geoff
I'm glad you are out, I love the railways over there. Greetings from USA
Things I never thought I'd say: "I would love to be getting on a rush hour train at East Croydon right now".. :-(
You're not kidding.
Try on a Bank Holiday! I went into uni library to study for exams last year on the May bank holiday, and I was shocked that there were only around 20 people on the usually crush loaded 17:14 service out of B'Ham Snow Hill!
Thanks for sharing this. I don’t know when I’ll be getting back to the UK, hopefully soon. This reminds me of all the great times I’ve had on the trains and in the stations there.
We're British, we know how to queue. We've got this.
*London enters the chat*
Great video, great channel...let's keep you around as long as possible ay....by fastening your helmet up!
Difficult times for one and all. Thanks for your dedication at the end of the video. The NHS and frontline have obviously taken the brunt, but there are many, many others, not immediately obvious, like railway staff, petrol station staff etc, all doing their unattractive bit to keep some sense of normality, and the rest of us may not say it, but we do appreciate it!
Incredible opening montage, Geoff. Really great video, thank you.
Stay safe Geoff. Thanks for presenting this. As someone who is both trying to ensure a person in my house remains shielded, but also suffering anxiety from opening back up again it is good to see the new normal and steps being put in place to help protect everyone.
Thank you Geoff, this is very useful information. I hope the time passes quickly so that it doesn't feel like an age when you are allowed to get back on the trains. I enjoy watching your videos as much as you enjoy making them.
I was slightly dismayed however about you not fastening your cycle helmet. I was hoping it might have been temporary for cinematic purposes so you could easily take it off for the shots but I suspect that wasn't the case. Far be it from me to tell you what/not to do but I would like to say that if it's not attached properly it doest work as well. I really like your videos so would like you to continue doing so and that might not happen if your hat falls off before your head hits something.
Rant over. Wish you both very well. Take care and I look forward to your next video :D
As a Ticket office clerk at Cambridge Station, I would like to thank you for helping out by posting this video. It's so important that people who do have to travel stick to the rules put in place to make travel at this time safe and smooth.
Keep up the great work and we will see you soon out on the network!
Wow! I really feel for you Geoff. What a situation to be in eh? Stay safe and keep healthy. Cheers from me in Australia
Great video Geoff, I really like the style and editing.
Sincerity is a hard emotion to deliver, the very end shows you are that...Great Video and thanks for posting whilst tied to the leg of the table....
wishing you well through this time Geoff excited for more content when lockdown is relxed
I don’t care for trains all too much but Geoff’s enthusiasm and energy towards trains makes his videos so very interesting. He’s like the boy who loved trains and grew up and still loved trains very wholesome content. Keep thriving mate.
Thank you for your words of gratitude and appreciation... from a grateful guard 👏👏👏👏
This was such a nice video. Thanks Geoff!
Geoff, you can be very proud of this video beautiful videography and wonderful editing. Your heartfelt message bought a tear to my eye. Wendy x
thank you, Wendy.
Well done. Good balance of informative, entertaining and a picture of the short term new normal. Make sure after this you don't spend 57 days without going on a train ever again! Cheers Geoff!
Geoff watching you on your bike has made me take mine out and planning on using it to get around and get some exercise. I find myself too static at home. Thanks!
Interesting stuff Geoff and very nicely done - no rules broken. 👌
It's going to be fascinating to watch as more and more people get back on the trains, still observing social distancing. There's going to be some odd situations arising.
Thanks for doing your bit to entertain us, a lot of folks are missing the trains (sorry, no pun intended😁) and the railway staff are doing a great job.
Cheers for now,
Dougie.
enjoyed the video nice to hear from the station manager and to see the precautions they have taken to protect the workers.
I travelled on southern rail this morning going into London, for the first time in 2 months. It was so quiet! There were only 4 people in the same carriage as i was in. It is not as busy as they say.
Well done Geoff, as usual a very fair and accurate report on what is really happening. You have a great knack of getting people to be at ease and talk to you.
Yay your out again. I miss the railway aswell :(
Same 😪😭😭 i wish going to london with my friends to go trainspotting.
I tried virtual trainspotting,it's not as great as IRL train spotting
@@gabri_maybe I do virtual trainspotting aswell, but you don't get the experience of the trains passing through!!
💭💀what a spooky episode
Me too ❤️😭
I love to travel by train, I know lots that miss riding trains. Thank you Geoff, made me shed a few tears.
how is it that you seem to be in like every single comment section I see
I thought i was the only one that noticed that lol i see you everywhere too, here, Resorttv1, TCDL and Offhand Disney, i guess we have common interests.
That was more informative, interesting and helpful than both train companies and news media. Thank you
In some respects one of your best ever videos, thought provoking and marks a time in our history where we can (hopefully) look back in 10 years and say ‘wow did we live through that?’
Echo your thoughts and well wishes to all those providing a fantastic transport service for not only our key workers but for everyone who needs it
Thank you Geoff
Hopefully this wasn’t a bad omen this was the 666th comment 😂
Thank you so much for the video. I lived in London for six months and of course, I enjoyed taking train and tubes there. Miss London every day. Take care Geoff.
Thanks Geoff, that was poignant and heartfelt and you spoke for many of us. Stay safe.
Shout out to Ramla, Steve and all other drivers and station staff - keep up the good work! We love ya!
I can empathise with your sentiment relating to rail travel being more than just a functional activity. My last day in work was the 12th of March, and as much as I commute by bike, I miss the leisure aspect of train travel - at least once a month I'd be on a train from central Scotland to the Highlands, a journey I've done 100s of times, however, one I'll never tire of. One poignant comment from the video is the phrase "the new norm", we are heading to a new norm, let's hope it's for the better. Stay safe and well, both of you and keep the videos coming I think they are therapy for both sides for the camera.
Great to see the station manager (Ramla) take time out, for you and the viewers. Thank you!
This your most heartfelt and poignant video. Please stay safe and well.
Fantastic work as always Geoff. I totally know what you mean about going for a wonder on the network. I used to do that in London all the time and watching this has made feel homesick now that I don't live in the country. Stay safe!
really been missing such high quality content
We were looking forward to a day return trip to London from Cheltenham 1st Class for a business meeting for a cool £160 (total), and then the meeting was postponed - so disappointed as we love travelling by trains. So "Thank You" Geoff for taking us on virtual trips around the UK!
1:30
Trainspotting With Geoff, Episode 1
Yes, very cool shot.
I just wanted to say Geoff, great music choice!
Nice to see you back on the rail !
Always interesting and informative Very topical this time. And as always, well made. Thanks.
An even more lovely report than usual, keeping us safe and we can all see you are really feeling this Geoff. Maybe to keep you and the rest of us going, you could do some videos cycling disused railways...Thank you!
Hi Geoff! I have just subscribed to your channel after watching this video. I have been watching your videos for the last ten days and I have to say that they are brilliant! They have distracted me and made me smile and I’ve been looking forward to having time in each day to sit down and watch a few of your videos! I have watched quite a lot now! I think you are a brilliant presenter and I love your passion and enthusiasm! I found this video really moving and thought provoking and I just had to comment on here. Well done!
I recently watched several of your videos about least used stations and particularly enjoyed the Havenhouse in Lincolnshire one as that’s not too far from where I live! If you ever come back to Lincolnshire, please let me know because I would love to watch you film or even be in one with you! I had to laugh when you were talking about how few trains there are in Lincolnshire and how flat it is! Everyone here has to have a car! You guys are so lucky with your transport in London! You have also made me want to visit Corrour! Thank you for your videos and making me smile!
I’M HONESTLY SOBBING AT THIS
I hope you are safe through these hard times
Last went on a train on weekend of 15th March to Kendal, lovely weekend, like you I am really missing getting away to somewhere for a few hours of escapism. Thank you for all your hard work over the last couple of months
Love the video, worried that you ended it with my favourite train watching spot during lockdown - it's just round the corner from my home - as I expect to see a lot more people there now. The railings with the view aren't long enough to allow too many people to stand there while maintaining social distancing. Best wishes to you both.