Berney Arms is such a legendary station! What a scenic location for a station! The pub closed in 2015 rather than 2019, as its owner wanted to turn it into a private house that year, but it was denied. The windmill is 21.5 meters tall and was built in 1865. It was built for the Reedham Cement Company and was initially used to grind cement clinker. Cement production closed down in 1880 and in 1883, the windmill was converted into a drainage mill. Today it's a scheduled monument under the care of English Heritage
Loved this video. I’m from the UK but live in the US and miss the trains. Glad you got to make the trip and glad the weather was nice, though the wind made the experience authentic! Enjoying watching your take on all the places you visit. Keep going!
Thanks for posting: it's always interesting to see familiar places through someone else's eyes. The station facilities at Berney Arms have had quite an upgrade since I was last there - I think the departures indicator, the help point, the seat, and the bike racks are all new. Class 755 units do run on electric power in some places: Ely - Cambridge - Stansted Airport, and Stowmarket - Ipswich.
brilliant video -- and props for correctly pronouncing Billericay haha if I was going to do a day trip to any city Norwich would be near the top of my list. I was on holiday in Norfolk this summer and Norwich was such a beautiful city to walk around, it's so densely packed with architecture (church for every week and pub for every day!) and history. my only regret is that I only had a day to look around there. the norfolk broads are breathtaking and berney arms is emblematic of that. the station is actually in the middle of the Berney Marshes nature reserve run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. part of the reason why it feels so deserted (and peaceful) is the fact that the nearest A road is two miles north of the station -- you can only access the marshes by the train, on foot or by boat.
Great video. It's cool to see the liquid paper timetable. I see that at Innotrans in 2022 and it's super cool to see it in use. Did it have a solar panel to power it? They can be updated remotely spa re always up to date.
Lovely to see your perspective on one of my favourite day trip areas - Anglia Plus Day Ranger very affordable and very cheap to access the region via the first train to Cambridge ,if you're ever back this way - FYI 'Ache'll' rather than 'Ack'll' - enjoy more random roaming \m/
Two years ago I took a train to Berney Arms with the intention of walking north. The path leading north from the station led up to a gap in a fence where a heard of cows were gathered. I did not fancy trying to make my way through them as there are reports of people having been killed by cows. I made my way to their east hoping to be able to avoid the cows but found that there was a watercourse there. I tried walking to the far east side of the field but there was a watercourse along that side and then another parallel to the railway. Because I was walking around the field the cows got interested in me and started coming towards me, even running. Most lost interest but one big animal with very large horns kept coming towards me until it stopped still and stared at me. I stood still as well as there was nowhere I could go. In hindsight I think this was exactly the right thing to do and after a while the cow turned away from me and I headed back to the station. I have never been so afraid for my physical safety as I did then. When I got back to the station, I saw another group of cows doing the same thing along the path heading south. I was prepared to walk along the side of the track as this was the only safe route (obviously waiting for the next train was not an option). A man taking wildlife photographs by the station took pity on me and accompanied me along the path heading south and the cows simply moved out of our way. The problem was caused by the fact that the farmer had placed the feed troughs for the cows right next to the entrance to the fields and so this was where the cows gathered, right over the public path. Although I love this part of the country, I will not be prepared to use the station again.
@@honajtransit Not if you intend to leave by train, no. You could probably do it if you take the train there, walk 5miles to Littleport, and then catch a train from there, but that's a very Miles in Transit itinerary tbh
Berney Arms is such a legendary station! What a scenic location for a station! The pub closed in 2015 rather than 2019, as its owner wanted to turn it into a private house that year, but it was denied. The windmill is 21.5 meters tall and was built in 1865. It was built for the Reedham Cement Company and was initially used to grind cement clinker. Cement production closed down in 1880 and in 1883, the windmill was converted into a drainage mill. Today it's a scheduled monument under the care of English Heritage
Your channel keeps getting better as you grow! Thank you for your educational content and all your hard work this year!
Beautiful landscapes. The wind added to the vibe.
Wow! That's amazing you went to England just to ride trains! How lucky are you! Awesome!
well not just to ride trains, i was seeing family friends, and i just was able to film a lot of content!
Loved this video. I’m from the UK but live in the US and miss the trains. Glad you got to make the trip and glad the weather was nice, though the wind made the experience authentic! Enjoying watching your take on all the places you visit. Keep going!
Thanks for posting: it's always interesting to see familiar places through someone else's eyes.
The station facilities at Berney Arms have had quite an upgrade since I was last there - I think the departures indicator, the help point, the seat, and the bike racks are all new.
Class 755 units do run on electric power in some places: Ely - Cambridge - Stansted Airport, and Stowmarket - Ipswich.
ah, thanks for that info - i didn't know they ran that far south!
brilliant video -- and props for correctly pronouncing Billericay haha
if I was going to do a day trip to any city Norwich would be near the top of my list. I was on holiday in Norfolk this summer and Norwich was such a beautiful city to walk around, it's so densely packed with architecture (church for every week and pub for every day!) and history. my only regret is that I only had a day to look around there.
the norfolk broads are breathtaking and berney arms is emblematic of that. the station is actually in the middle of the Berney Marshes nature reserve run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. part of the reason why it feels so deserted (and peaceful) is the fact that the nearest A road is two miles north of the station -- you can only access the marshes by the train, on foot or by boat.
Great video. It's cool to see the liquid paper timetable. I see that at Innotrans in 2022 and it's super cool to see it in use. Did it have a solar panel to power it? They can be updated remotely spa re always up to date.
indeed it did!
Great video :)
Lovely to see your perspective on one of my favourite day trip areas - Anglia Plus Day Ranger very affordable and very cheap to access the region via the first train to Cambridge ,if you're ever back this way - FYI 'Ache'll' rather than 'Ack'll' - enjoy more random roaming \m/
really? its Achll? that is hilarious!
@@honajtransit as in Ache then that stopped L, East Anglia does things differently 😊 \m/
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This station looks really nice! I also really like the scenery! I wonder what the most remote station in the United States is!
Two years ago I took a train to Berney Arms with the intention of walking north. The path leading north from the station led up to a gap in a fence where a heard of cows were gathered. I did not fancy trying to make my way through them as there are reports of people having been killed by cows. I made my way to their east hoping to be able to avoid the cows but found that there was a watercourse there. I tried walking to the far east side of the field but there was a watercourse along that side and then another parallel to the railway. Because I was walking around the field the cows got interested in me and started coming towards me, even running. Most lost interest but one big animal with very large horns kept coming towards me until it stopped still and stared at me. I stood still as well as there was nowhere I could go. In hindsight I think this was exactly the right thing to do and after a while the cow turned away from me and I headed back to the station. I have never been so afraid for my physical safety as I did then.
When I got back to the station, I saw another group of cows doing the same thing along the path heading south. I was prepared to walk along the side of the track as this was the only safe route (obviously waiting for the next train was not an option). A man taking wildlife photographs by the station took pity on me and accompanied me along the path heading south and the cows simply moved out of our way.
The problem was caused by the fact that the farmer had placed the feed troughs for the cows right next to the entrance to the fields and so this was where the cows gathered, right over the public path. Although I love this part of the country, I will not be prepared to use the station again.
wow, that sounds like a crazy story!
Hey you are in the uk. As am I. What did you think of the rail infrastructure?
compared to the US, very impressive!
The least used station in England was Redcar British Steel until it finally closed a few years ago.
Our infamous "oh god" station
Before watching this I was thinking "Is this Berney Arms or Shippea Hill?"
isn't shippea hill impossible to daytrip to? but also berney arms is just so much more iconic
@@honajtransit Not if you intend to leave by train, no. You could probably do it if you take the train there, walk 5miles to Littleport, and then catch a train from there, but that's a very Miles in Transit itinerary tbh
Wait, no Starbucks?!!
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Actually London Liverpool st is the most remote as there are trillions of hydrogen atoms between it and other buildings
But there are bajillions between Berney Arms and anywhere
A lot of jerky camera movement , hard to watch
thanks for the feedback!