Llanelli to Llandybie - Heart of Wales Line Day 1
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- With a limited service of just five trains a day in each direction it’s always been a challenge as to how fast you can ‘tick off’ the 32 stations on the Heart of Wales line between Llanelli and Church Stretton.
So here’s day one of me attempting it over four days - and twenty two of the stations are request stops too, just to make it more fun! Will it all go according to plan, or will anything be cancelled or delayed?
Explaining the Heart of Wales Challenge : • The Heart of Wales Cha...
Glanryhd Bridge Collapse : en.wikipedia.o...
Download the Heart of Wales Line map here : geofftech.co.u...
Stations Visited : Llanelli, Bynea, Llangennech, Pantyffynnon, Ammanford, Llandybie, Ffairfach, Llandeilo
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Yes Aye
Wales is another part of Britain
@@BhagwantRai654it’s a different country than England. britain isn’t the country lol it’s the “larger area”
Yes. Welcome to our country.
AGREED!!!
As a Welsh person this is the series I need ❤
Same
Yup, same 👍👍
Just what the doctor ordered 🏴
❤ his pronunciations 😉
welsh is the worst language in the world people who stick up for welsh are those that can only say a couple of words in welsh ! i was born in cardiff i would rather learn any other language than welsh. all my friends also born in wales are white people but all like me dislike the racists welsh speakers and hopefully more immigrants from INDIA PAKISTAN AFRICA COME TO WALES ALSO OTHER COUNTRIES ALL ARE WELCOME WELSH SPEAKERS ? THANK YOU NO WAY WOULD I WANT TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH THESE PEOPLE.
I thought the hair was for a bet, but it's about 5 videos now😂. but really excited for this series, fantastically nerdy and also wales is just sooo beautiful
It's a single track between Pantyffynnon and Pontarddulais so you would've been able to make the connection if you got on the southbound train!
Problably didn't know that, would have made the rest of the day even more akward i'd guess.
I was thinking it's probably the same train that comes back again.
LOVING this series! Honestly ive been more excited for this series than any other series of yours since All The Stations in 2017! Brilliant first episode and im certain itll get even better!
I'm so pleased you're doing this. It's been on my mind since you posed the "best way to..." question some years back. Thanks Geoff - it's ticked off my brain list
Back in the day of working coal mines in South Wales, Pantyffynnon was a very busy depot serving several mines and washeries in the area. The depot had class 37s and 08 shunters based there. My dad was the depot manager there for several years and worked in the station building. My wife's parents live close to the GCG branch.
Haven't travelled the Central Wales since I was a child. It used to be a regular thing especially thanks to British Rail travel passes that Dad got as a perk of working for it.
"All kinds of fabulous!" is surely going to become the running theme of this wonderful little series! Loving it already, Geoff, thanks!
welsh is the worst language in the world people who stick up for welsh are those that can only say a couple of words in welsh ! i was born in cardiff i would rather learn any other language than welsh. all my friends also born in wales are white people but all like me dislike the racists welsh speakers and hopefully more immigrants from INDIA PAKISTAN AFRICA COME TO WALES ALSO OTHER COUNTRIES ALL ARE WELCOME WELSH SPEAKERS ? THANK YOU NO WAY WOULD I WANT TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH THESE PEOPLE.
I did the Heart of Wales line last week. I had to get a rail replacement bus from Swansea to Llanwrtyd as trains were running from there. I was the only passenger on that train until we got to Llandrindod so I had my own private train for 30 minutes.
HI Aussie fan here. Absolutely enjoyed Part 1 of this series. Would really like to see this format used to cover other lines, for example, the Far North Line in Scotland. You are certainly a creative genius when it comes to train programs. Looking forward to Parts 2, 3 and 4. The only negative was the cost of the Rail Rover ticket which is very expensive by Australian standards.
It would have been cheaper to buy an Explore South Wales pass. £73 for 4 days compared to £124 for 4 days on the HOWL ranger.
Very entertaining, great start to this mini four part series but I do agree that old semaphores signals, signal boxes and wonderful Railway Stations are always epic to see.... Also didn't knew that the train that never dies (Pacer) was there as well at Llanelli! Thanks Geoff and cannot wait to see the rest
I've always enjoyed a trio on the Heart of Wales Line. Looking forward to the rest of this.
This feels like a true TV series!
My mother grew up in Llandeilo on visits to my grandparents I spent many days transporting at the station. In those days it had a number of beautiful Victorian buildings which were all knocked down in a modernisation drive in the mid 1980's!!! Great memories waling up the line on summer's days,, I even remember a Class 37 hauling coaches on one service.
Great to see the freight line get a mention! Unfortunately even the track is still there the supplier for the quarry is gone now
I wonder if an Explore South Wales pass would have been a better option? £73 for four days of travel in an eight day period. This would have covered your bus fare too.
Oh dear he isn’t doing his homework.
In an apocalypse, not only will there still be Costa cups, Jen On The Move will find a Costa Coffee that's still open.
I’m here for Geoff trying to learn the classic British Railway Station announcement in every possible language 👏🏽
I want to know it in Klingon ;)
@@Joseph2302 He got rid of them with Dixcel.
They do it in Welsh on the Chester-bound Avanti trains now!
@@stellwyn I thought they would have been killed off after Virgin screwed up Wrexham - Shropshire by introducing them.
@@boldford nope, the Chester route goes out to Wrexham/Holyhead sometimes. They really did screw up the Welsh routes during and post-COVID though. It still seems totally random whether certain services are going to run, and whether they will run all the way through to Wales
DD is a TH sound. The Ll you're going to have to have a Welsh person teach you in person lol. Love ya Geoff
Thanks Geoff for another great series. Looks very picturesque
Hi Geoff, I’m from Ammanford, now living in London. My grandfather was stationmaster at Pantyffynnon from 1936 to 1954. I maintain my GWR connection by playing in the GWR Paddington Band! I know the line well. Pantyffynnon is pronounced Pant-uh-ffuh-non. Your pronunciation of Ffairfach wasn’t too bad, though.
@@geofftech2 One tip on Welsh pronunciation if you're F-ing and Geoff-ing, is that a single F is pronounced V, and a double F if pronounced F. Fach (pronounced Varch) is Welsh for small.
The unbridled joy and excitement coming from Geoff in every video is just so infectious. 💎
welsh is the worst language in the world people who stick up for welsh are those that can only say a couple of words in welsh ! i was born in cardiff i would rather learn any other language than welsh. all my friends also born in wales are white people but all like me dislike the racists welsh speakers and hopefully more immigrants from INDIA PAKISTAN AFRICA COME TO WALES ALSO OTHER COUNTRIES ALL ARE WELCOME WELSH SPEAKERS ? THANK YOU NO WAY WOULD I WANT TO ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH THESE PEOPLE.
Could this be counted as part of the visiting every station series?
Yes!
The Glanrhyd Bridge collapse, the bridge was still intact, but the force of the water had weakened the structure, and sadly when the first train that morning went on, in the dark, the bridge collapsed. 18 months later, the Ness Bridge collapsed in Inverness after raging flood waters, but thankfully no trains were on the bridge, and a new bridge was built in 14 months.
Remember Glanrhyd Bridge collapse on TV. Very sad. A 14 year old boy, Simon Penny tried to save an elderly couple and the driver. The investigation suggested he was trying to get the driver out the cab when he drowned. There's a memorial plaque to him at the college he attended
Pantyffynnon for years and years (maybe six) didn't have station signage (disappeared in a previous refurbishment of the station building), just the BR Totem indicating the location, so I'm delighted to see its finally off "the naughty list" of stations without sufficient signage.
This is going to be great Geoff, I can already tell!
6:19 The person's reaction when he noticed that Geoff was talking to a camera hahaha. Great video Geoff, can't wait for the rest of the series!
@@conradharcourt8263That’s certainly an analysis of the situation…
You're not coming through Wrexham on this train, but at the Ruabon stop the old building is seemingly being converted into a house. It's very strange seeing a house directly backed onto a train stop.
Always love it when Ian Marchant pops up!
What a wonderful experience, sure the pronunciation will get better lol.
Llandybie - "Lan d beer" it's easy.
Or Llandeilo - "Lan Dai low" simples.
Have fun well done Geoff.
The bridge collapse in the great storm was Glanrhyd a few miles north of Llandeilo.
Great video! We need to see much more of Ian!
Two weeks ago I was in Wales (on an Alfa coach holiday), and went on the train from Criccieth to Aberdovey, stopped off at Harlech (Castle) on the way back to Criccieth. Also went to Porthmadog on the train, where there are two heritage narrow gauge trains (visited the stations and their shops, didn't have time to go on the trains). Also went on the Snowdon mountain (sadly only to 2/3 of the way up). The best thing about Criccieth, though, is the path down the side of the railway line, you cross over the line multiple times if you go east, really nice hill walks in that direction (or a long beach walk), beautiful.
You doing well with the welsh. This line is a challenge.
Love it !! You are so enthusiastic about your trips. Watch it from Australia, might just have to come to the Uk just to ride the trains at random.
You could look at the re-instatement of the Aberystwyth to Carmarthen line, apart from a new tunnel and millions of pounds, the route and enthusiasm is palpable.
You should have gotten the southbound train from Pantyffynnon as it's single track all the way to (and past) Portddulais (so the northbound couldn't arrive there before the late train was onto double track south of PD.
Omg, I'm so excited for this video!
Welshman ere, its amazing to see this!!!!
i used to take this service every day for college from Knighton to Shrewsbury and back. It was decently reliable pre covid. At one time they ran a class 175 (in the old blue-cyan colour scheme) on the line as the usual class 150 or 153 was in for refurbishments.
My wife and I just visited Knighton in May. What a lovely little town.
A 175 on the Heart of Wales line? I never knew that, that would have been good! 😊
@@iamjohnmc I haven't lived there for three years but yes it is quite nice,, stuck in the past perhaps but a nice charm to it nonetheless
The Heart Of Wales is one of the most beautiful lines in the UK, Especially once you head towards Powys. This will be a wonderful little series, I'm sure!
Lovely video. Thanks! And thank you for trying the Welsh. Diolch.
Beautiful part of the world. I go to Llandeilo and Llandovery each year to fish the Towy. Always find time for a ride on the train.
Bigup for Aaron!
Excellent video! We've recently been on the North Wales Coast Line. We got to have lunch on the beach at Colwyn Bay during the fab weather last week 😊
Did you walk the full length of the pier?
@@boldford if you mean the really tiny one then yep we did! ❤️
@@stephendaddysadventures7045 Something like 75% of the original fell into the sea. Whether or not they will extend it is open to debate.
@@boldford wow! It looked like there should've been a lot more to the pier
This was a trip my wife and I were going to do in 2021 (non-stop, though). You know why we didn't, of course. Trying to scrape the funds together for 2024. UK travel from western Canada is very expensive.
Hi Geoff already liking this new series! and looking forward to the next episode, have you finished end of the tube line for now?
Is there a map of the heart of Wales line we can download ? Anyways I'm so excited to watch the first video of this series I'll surely love !
Always read the description ... :-)
@@geofftech2 Oh sorry. Unfortunately I always forgot to check the description before asking anything. Apologies Geoff :)
loads more on the Download page too if you've not seen it before! :-)
@@geofftech2 Okay, thanks ^•^
I don't understand why you didn't get the late-running southbound train from Pantyffynon to Pontarddulais (local knowledge?) The NB train couldn't pass the SB train until Llangennech due to single lines, so you could have ticked off Pontarddulais without going back later and caught the same NB train.
That is great but we need one for GWR in Cornwall please. Thank you Geoff.
I love the videos you make you have inspired me
I think this is a line I want to travel on.
Normally use this service to get to Llandrindod from time to time, however I want to travel further down the line to Llandeilo to explore it, and the town, then return overnight stay Llandrindod. This is September; be keeping fingers & toes crossed with cancellation worries.
I don't know why, but it really irks me when a fellow Brit uses kilometres!
7:01 wow that is a very old letterbox. A Victoria reginea letter box, over 100 years old
Yes, I noticed that too.
Having a tough time and really needed some Geoff content to cheer me up
YES it's here!!!!
reminds me of a much easier trip(s) I did with a good walking mate. Church Stretton walk to Craven Arms walk to Ludlow walk to Leominster. Did it over a few trips lots of strange looks from train conductors!!!
Excellent but just need to ask a local how to pronounce some of the names of the stations.
10.16. Semaphore signals. Token exchange. Come to the Heart of Wales. It's better than THAT London 🤣🤣
Oh, Geoff! You've just criticised your own home city, oh man 🙃
Where does Geoff go,
Nobody quite knows,
Back and fourth he go,
With his 'end of the line' shows,
Playing his station bingo,
Where and whenever he goes,
Speaking in train lingo.
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The hart of Wales line was scheduled to be closed in the 1960s. Harold Wilson's government was about to sign its closure when a voice of George Thomas came through saying "You can't do that Prime Minister. It passes through five marginal constituencies." As a result it didn't suffer the closure of many other railway lines at the time.
these old british diesel units sound so funny to me, since i'm not used to diesel trains at all, especially diesel multiple units
A new Geoff Marshall video series/project. Ei weld yn dweud ei fox, Wedi ‘i sortio
Brilliant geoff keep up the good work and the weeds are normall for wales
That music at the start is gangster
Love these train videos. Thanks for making them 😊
Geoff, it's official...you are barking!!!! But as I adore your vlogs, what does that make me???!!! Hmmmmm!!!
I was in Ammanford today at a meeting 😊. I was so tempted take the line north when it finished. Looking forward to this series 😊
7.01 Queen Victoria post box, nice find .
Brilliant. I love lein calon Cymru.
Llandybïe is pronounced Lland-ugh-bee-eh BTW 😘
I Used the Heart of Wales yesterday to Shrewsbury, the second time I've done it. The first was in winter so my early start wasn't very picturesque due to late sunrise. Both times my return train was cancelled, so had to go via the mainline through Cardiff, It happens so much, which is a shame. its a lovely journey, Great video!
Hello Geoff. I really don't understand what you're doing. Is this a new way to exercise going back and forth from station to station? Well I may try that as well. Thank you for the video!
Trying to get on or off at every station on the line. But with 32 stations and only five trains a day each way simply getting off at each station and waiting for the next train would take a week. By shuttling back and forth, (three forward, one back and repeat), and/or walking between stations, it can be done, as Geoff is hoping to demonstrate, in about half that time.
@@norbitonflyer5625 Thank you for the explanation.
Great video, Geoff. I must've been a nice adventure.
Unfortunately, It is (for me) almost impossible to hear what Stuart says. Could you please enter subtitles?
Great start. Good to see Ian too. I’d love to be traveling along.
Some pronunciations are not too bad, others are somewhat dubious.
You did get to meet my colleague Aaron though. Nice guy.
Brilliant. I've now learnt that I have a penchant for taking photos with a Dutch tilt. 😊
Philosophical/linguistic question:
Is a single carriage vehicle really a train?
You're an incredible and gem of a person, geoff. Love and respect. Your fan , and of course a rail fan too, from a very very far off place (southern india).
Bucknell massive are you coming in to Shropshire for a couple of stops? One after Knighton 🚂💨💨💨💨💨💨 great train journey to Swansea 👍
When you’re feeling low take a train ride - or watch a Geoff Marshall video.
That made me laugh the first shop you call is literally at the top of the road I live on
The branch to Gwaun Cae Gurwen hasn’t been used for a number of years, 2018/19 I believe. It served an opencast mine that is no longer in operation.
Why go on a road trip when you can just take a train
Semaphores a n d a token exchange!? All at the same station? You're one lucky guy!
Do you let us know your schedule? when do you get to Knighton? You have admirers everywhere!
Ah cool, @4:21 you can see the flashing red light directed at the driver for the crossing, followed by the flashing white!
Love this. Great to see Ian M, looking forward to meeting him soon via mutual friend
Super interesting, informative and entertaining, as always!!! Where can one get the ticket wallet at 1:09? 😊🤔
ah, Scotrail! picked it up in Edinrbugh many many years ago !!
Miss the 153 round here!
It really is totally awful that the British government is not funding that area of Wales to have more than four trains a day. I get that the Heart of Wales Line goes through some rural areas, but it also goes through some built up areas and you can see plenty of motor vehicles going over the level crossings and demonstrating that Welsh people need to move around.
Oh, he got the refurbished 153. Those ones are actually quite nice.
loving those rural stations...this is an instant classic!
Should of shown the foot bridge just off Llandilo train station aka swinging bridge
Not watched, but already excited!
Lord Marchant of Newhaven. Class guest for a class railway line. ✅
What a Lovely line with great views!!! 😉🚂🚂🚂
I enjoy the ghosted shots where a moving subject fades out and in to view.
A dual-150 isn't a train. It's a bendy-bus.
I passed down the line on a charter train a few years ago. We were stuck for an hour due to running late and having to wait for the stopper to pass going north.