The Longest Train (Part 3)
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- June 21st 2018, and we're taking the Aberdeen-Penzance train for thirteen hours, and we're onto the final stretch all the way down to Cornwall for the end of the day!
We chat to the CrossCounty Comms Manager, a local Alan - with some local knowledge - as David continue to get a picture of every station.
Thanks also Phil from Modern Railways Mag, and Sarah and Robert too from the Rail Delivery Group who made the journey happen for us.
The Longest Train runs from Aberdeen at 08:20 in the morning. And remember, a third off your fare with a Railcard ...
All The Stations: www.allthestati...
Where have you two been all my life? I am over 70 years of age and retired from Scotrail as a conductor for over seven years now.My passion for the railways goes back to my school days and l have been up down and across the United Kingdom on trains over a number of years and thankfully still fit to be able to enjoy my passion with my wife’s permission 😀.Although we do travel together on occasions.l have just by accident found your UA-cam videos on my iPad. A great watch and even with my knowledge you both have given me inspiration when planning my next train trip. I will be looking out for you both on our travels so beware (l know who you are) be very aware.😂
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6:25 Most Railcards are sold at or below £30, so even if you don’t have a Railcard buying one along with this ticket, even just for this journey, will save you no less than £10. This is one journey worthy of buying a Railcard for.
For example: Grab a friend, buy a Two Together Railcard for £30, and both of your tickets are now £80. This is a net saving of £50 even with the price of the Railcard.
Can I get a railcard if I’m a tourist?
themerryrose yes, if you fit into one of the categories they list on their website you can. Just ask in a station.
You can't use the Two Together railcard before 0930 though, so it's not valid for this journey. You could split the ticket somewhere (Haymarket, maybe) and then use the 2TR on the Haymarket to Penzance ticket. Randomly picking 17th October, this gives £212 for two people vs. £240. So splitting the ticket more or less covers the railcard cost.
themerryrose If you're not already in the UK check if you can buy an all rail rover (or some such title) before you leave. In the USA the Britrail pass offers all line travel from just 155 Dollars!
The first Parkway station in the UK was 'Bristol Parkway' opening in 1972
Train Maniac Studios actually its didcot parkway which opened in 1844
_Actually_ it was renamed 'Didcot Parkway' in 1985. Originally it was known simply as 'Didcot' :P
Bristol Parkway opened in 1972 as the first Park & Ride station.
Didcot was renamed Didcot Parkway in 1985 when it became a Park & Ride station
@@itzjadencr3202 No Bristol Parkway was a brand new station when it opened in 1972 and has never been known by any other name.
Sounds about right for the Corporate Era of BR
so which is the best side to sit on, I assume the left going south.
when I hear this theme music it simply makes me happy inside
Martha Anderson The left-hand side. You’ll get the North Sea on your side until Newcastle, then Durham Cathedral and then the coast on your side from Exeter south.
That trip was the BEST. Very amusing, enjoyable, emotional.... totally loved it and the both of you. You took me many places I knew and many new ones. Thanks from a 76 year old ex-Pat from Kirkbymoorside, N. Yorkshire, a Canadian now, since 1984 , in Central Vermont.
Train ferries actually exist in some places in Europe, by the way. It's pretty cool.
George Kettleborough I believe Denmark has one on their main line from Copenhagen to the mainland
Have travelled on the diesel version of the DB ICE3 that travels between Berlin and Copenhagen on the train ferry. Sadly only went as far as
Hamburg
There's one between Germany and Denmark, as well as one between Sicily and mainland Italy.
Travelled on a few train ferries on a journey through Scandinavia in 1975. That was before they built all the bridges.
TXnine7nine
a bridge and tunnel was completed in 1997 on the line between Copenhagen and Jutland., so no ferry any more.
But the train from Hamburg to Copenhagen is with ferry from Rødby to Puttgarden. There are also plans for a fixed link but a tunnel is planned rather than a bridge.
Taking the ferry with the train over Storebælt was an adventure, but it is also very convenient with the bridge and tunnel.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Belt_Fixed_Link
This was a fun series to watch, thank you.
The station now called Didcot Parkway, is the original station built for the Great Western Railway. The original name for the station was just Didcot, and it is the same station that was in use when Isambard Kingdom Brunel built the line. The section from Paddington to Didcot is called Brunel's Billiard Table, as it is so flattering.
I do not know when Didcot station was renamed Didcot Parkway, but it is exactly half way from London to Bristol, has the branch to Oxford, and has its own museum, at the back of the station. You have to ask permission, at the ticket gates, to be able to go into the museum, unless you arrive at the station by train.
I think that might be Bodmin Parkway, which opened in 1859, under its original name of Bodmin Road. It was renamed to Bodmin Parkway in 1983.
Didcot Parkway opened as Didcot in 1844 and was renamed in 1985.
First station named 'Parkway' was Bristol Parkway in 1972.
When did it become Southampton Airport Parkway?
Mansfield Parkway - 7 may 1973 ;) Also known as Alfreton station today...
Just because a station is nowhere near the place it is named after does not make it a "Parkway". There were once lots of stations like that, and in the past were often called "[something] Road" especially for small country stations where it was not worth putting a bend in the main line just to go through a village. "Road" was the Victorian spin for : "Miles from the place, really".
I have the good fortune to be working on the railway and absolutely enjoy watching Geoff and Vikki’s rail explorations. Would love to meet them both.
Brilliant series Geoff and Vicky. What fantastic lockdown entertainment 👍
Just found these All the Stations videos on youtube this week, loved them, always loved train travel and I've made this journey several times many years ago, 70's-80's, but never on one ticket or in one day. We haven't been back to the UK for the last two years now (Covid etc), but I'm adding this to the bucket list for my next trip, along with the Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh line. Hopefully this year!!!!
I've done two variations of this journey, in 2001 me and my brother did a Virgin Cross country HST from Dundee to Penzance which was the the longest journey at the time and then about 7 years ago we did the journey in reverse from Penzance to Dundee on a Voyager which was the longest journey at that point, I preferred the HST. Well done to you all for doing this journey, was great viewing.
What a fun series of videos. I am doing this trip in 2020. Thanks Geoff and Vicki
Great video again guys
I've been writing a mobile phone app that has all the routes and photos of every station in the UK. I've never been to most of the stations but I feel I know them all a little better better thanks to Vicky and Geoff.
Did the cab cam go the whole time? If so, will we get to see a full-distance video?
See 11:49
Sorry Geoff typical of a GWR sprinter service, holding you up going towards Weston super mare(My home Town) between Temple Meades and Taunton. Nice of you to show a part of Taunton and the shout out for Weston super Mare. These three was a great set of videos blimey did you keep us waiting to see the whole thing. (but realise your a busy man) Once again a great box set of 3 showing the whole day.
Excellent as ever , that title music fills me with joy !
I would love to travel with these guys…they’re so much fun…and I love maps!
This video shows how incredible these trains are - amazing engineering.
Next up, Trans-Siberian?
Andrew ‘Andy’ Gwilt what will they be like after that one? i want to ride the California Zephyr.
The Texas Eagle service will soon be the last remaining service between Los Angeles and Chicago when Amtrak shuts down the Southwest Chief. Three nights instead of two nights riding on a train. That rail line between Albuquerque and Dodge City will soon close. Amtrak MAY or MAY NOT offer a thorough bus connection... The other alternative is to ride the Pacific Coast Starlight to Emeryville from Los Angeles, spend the night there, and then catch the California Zephyr to Chicago... At least those two trains run daily unlike the Texas Eagle east of Los Angeles which is four times a week service in each direction...
Keep it in the Commonwealth and do the Canadian.
Maybe this longer journey: London - Brussels - Frankfurt/Cologne - Berlin - Warsaw - Minsk - Moscow - Ulaanbaatar - Beijing - Shanghai - Hong Kong. Eurostar - DB ICE International - EuroCity - EuroNight - Trans-Siberian - Beijing-Shanghai HSR - Shanghai-HK HSR.
Unfortunately the Canadian is during the winter months running twice a week, during the summer months three times a week in each direction... Less than the Texas Eagle/Sunset Limited...
Well Done Geoff and Vicki for doing All The Stations in reverse. Mind The Gap Please
Best bit of whole series is the back of Geoff's t-shirt, which to view I had to rewind and pause at 01:57
We did an 18 hour train journey in India, New Delhi to Varanasi, it was 18 hours because it was 4 hours late arriving. The funny thing is that it was a section of a 3 day train route so when we got on an Indian family had taken over our seats (I would say compartment but thats a very kind description) and table, Mum, Dada Grandma, and 4 kids, as they were travelling the whole 3 days, they slid up made room for us LOL and gave us lunch. I thought about it because of your messy table, imagine what the table on this train looked like.
Hi thanks for taking us with you. Really enjoyed it
There are 2 big train journeys in Australia. The Indian Pacific from Perth on the Indian Ocean to Sydney on the Pacific Ocean. Take abt 3 days. The other is the Ghan, which goes from Adelaide on the south coast to Darwin through the red heart of Australia. Ghan is just over 3000kms and the Indian Pacific is 4000kms. In European terms the Indian Pacific is as long as Paris to northern Syria!
Great series of videos. A true must-do. So will we be seeing a video for The Shortest Train (Stourbridge Town branch line) on the shortest day.
2:00 The new platform at Bristol Parkway is platform 1. For a long time there was only platforms 2-4, I assume because previous modifications removed platform 1.
Loved watching this journey
nice video bro
Great Film, You and your friends had a great time. PS Vicky was so cute with her Dance at the end of the trip.
Loved when you announced ‘Bodmin’ as I recalled an episode of Doc Martin where loopy people were said to have gone ‘Bodmin’ (Wacko, Nuts, Crazy).
I enjoyed this series, thank you Vicki & Geoff
10:17 what a cute name. Par is also the norwegian word for couple❤.
The word 'par' also means 'couple' in many Balkans languages.
It was over a month ago since I did this route and I'd do it again. What a day that was!
I love ❤️ Cross County Trains
Bristol parkway was the 1st parkway station opened in 1972.
5:39 Because it's got a very grumpy guard
Such an amazing trip! Now spend the shortest day going between Stourbridge Town and Stourbridge Junction!
It's Wrexham General to Wrexham Central
Ahhh Worcestershire Parkway. Supposed to open up the rail network to the population or Worcester, the only Cross Country trains stopping there are the Nottingham-Cardiff's which are packed.
I like the back of your top -The isle of Wight team!
Plenty of parkways in this part of the journey. Great mini series. Cheers Matt
No shout out for the nuclear flask sidings at Bridgwater? If you ever want to get the closest a normal civvie can to nuclear fuel, stand on Bridgwater platform around 0600 on a weekday. They drop the flasks onto cars at the siding, and then pull the train up to the passenger platform so the crew can walk the length and inspect the load before they run it up the line for processing.
watched the entire journey and thoroughly enjoyed it
10:40 Does 'Eye' in Chertsey / Peterborough, have a station?
10:54 I forgot about Rye.
It would be great to have a sleeper service on this route!
No because the journey length doesn' make out for a good sleeper service, with most sleepers starting and departing stations at around 22:00 UK Time, the 'sleeper' would reach Penzance at approximately 11:AM UK Time, therefore meaning just changing from say ScotRail to XC to GWR throughout the day is better.
What 3 amazing videos guys. Respect 👍👍
I really enjoyed your trip! Hope you have another one soon.
Superb video! According to Wikipedia, Bristol was the first Parkway, but that could obvs be wrong.
Great video, thank you very much. Pity that the table seat was in the most appalling position not lining up with the window at all. Why didn't they put a couple of airline rows there and have the table further along?
The longest train ride in Canada would be the Canadian that runs between Toronto and Vancouver it takes 3 days each direction
There was a time when The Canadian began in Montreal and went to Vancouver. That was back in the day when VIA ran trains on both CN and CP lines, and coverage was superior. Fast forward to now, it`s awful... CN will not give passenger trains any priority, VIA cannot get any more time (slots) on the rails so cannot add any more trains, and despite VIA`s own problems, any problem ahead created by CN, results in a cross-country train that is anywhere from 12 to 36 hours late at final destination. You`re further ahead to take a plane, it`s the same price anyway.
Ditto with Amtrak's Texas Eagle when you do travel to Los Angeles to Chicago you spend three nights on the train. The large metros of Phoenix, El Paso, and Houston receive service four times a week in eastbound or westbound, not even once every day. At least that is somewhat better than Via's Canadian with service two times a week during the winter or three times a week during the summer in each direction...
Thomas McCarthy the longest ride here in norway is Stavanger--Bodø which takes around 29 hours. 2 interchanges.
Thomas McCarthy i did that train trip across canada.At night the sky was so clear the stars were so so bright it was fab
Richard Shanahan it's on my bucket list of things I want to do someday
According to the internet the very first station with parkway in its name was Port Talbot Parkway in Wales
Very professional and entertaining video!! And, great meeting you.
Bristol temple meads 30/45 stations visited. Two thirds of the way through your quest.
Due out of Plymouth at 19:49 that was the year I was born,did I slip into a time warp where's scotty to beam me up
Good endurance to do that to you both .
In Bristol Area you came into my home area , You also raced through my home station of Yatton.
Marvelous set of videos!
It doesn’t have Parkway in its name but New Pudsey between Leeds and Bradford Interchange was officially the first park & ride station when it opened in1967.
Yes, Bristol Parkway was the first to be named 'Parkway' (in 1972), but they are however responsible for some being there (existing), but not the renaming (parkway bit), take 'Bodmin Parkway', formerly 'Road' the Victorians built that.
Well done you two. Great journey and great video. Would love to do that journey. Combine that with train into London and get the sleeper back up to Edinburgh
Another great video guys! Really love everything from All the Stations.
By the way, was that a sneaky Doctor Who reference at 7:08, Vicki?
refsmithy
Just before 7:08, yes.
I like that reference
Interesting fact, Bristol Parkway was opened in 1972 by British Rail being the first. Oxford Parkway is the most recent 'Parkway' station opened in 2015.
Saved the best for last there! Great video. Could almost play a game of "How many different All The Stations t-shirts could you spot in one video?"!
Interesting what the differences are in shift times for UK vs. U. S. Amtrak trains. I used to work for both Amtrak and freight railroad CSX in the States. There is no hours of service limit for Amtrak On-Board Service attendants, although on overnight cross-country trains the attendants get from 4 to 6 hours of down time (mind you, if the trip is multi-day, that's 4 to 6 hours of sleep each night until the train reaches it's turnaround point). Conductors and Locomotive Engineers in the States are limited to 12 hours active duty at a time, and Amtrak can operate with only one engineer in the cab if the trip is less than 6 continuous hours. The best comparison with what you did would be our Northeast Corridor from Washington, DC to Boston, MA. The train and engine crews only work to NY from either DC or BOS, but the service crew works the entire way, and on our high-speed service, Acela, they often make a same day turn back to where they started from for about a 15 hour day. There are other rules, but it starts to get really complicated for casual observers. Suffice it to say that the train staff you dealt with on this trip did not have really long shifts by U. S. standards.
This was beautiful 😍
From Cheltenham all the way down to Penzance, all the station signs had GWR marking on them, but no CrossCountry...
Yep, CrossCountry does not manage any station on the network.
You guys are so brilliant!
Bodmin Parkway is a Victorian station, originally called 'Bodmin Road'.
UPDATE - The 08:20 from Aberdeen today - Saturday 11th August 2018 - is running to Guildford. Early permanent change? We shall see.
Christopher Beaumont I was on that train last week
Nope, just whilst the Derby works are taking place, a few Cross Country routes have been diverted.
All The Stations thanks for the info guys!
Most of the Reading services are going to Scotland with the Bristol services mainly terminating at Newcastle. Normally it's the Reading services that terminate at Newcastle. Normal service will be resumed from Monday 8 October.
2:26 I cannot look at the suspension bridge without thinking about this clip
Thanks a lot guys! No steamtrain in Penzance this time?
5:43 'Parkway' gets me thinking about an Airport near the station...
That drunk camera in the outake was brilliant :.)
Love this 3 parter trip!
You should make the three episodes in to one - The Longest Video!
Lol, i love the tee-shirt Geoff, very very funny, nice one.
Loved it - great video. OK what's next...?
The first parkway station was Didcot parkway in 1991 then Bristol Parkway in 1998.
Wrong Jaden. Bristol Parkway opened in 1972. I stopped there many times when I used to travel from Weston-Super-Mare to Edinburgh in the late 1970s
I live in penzance and born here ..we are used long journeys and getting up early in the morning to get to anywhere. Have you all tried the night Riviera?
Great video, kept me entertained while at Long Preston station 👍🏻
Read an article about this journey in Modern Railways the other day!
Worcestershire Parkway station opened approximately 2 weeks ago
Dawlish Warren, where I once saw an old GWR cast iron sign threatening 'transportation to a penal colony' to people convicted of stealing shingle from the embankment.
Love the video, can we have some estimates on snacks, spares or how much we will need. Thanks
Talking about a train going on to a ferry...
It actually happens everyday in Italy. There's a train that goes to Palermo in Sicily and it goes onto the ferry.
There's a video of how they do it on UA-cam. The ferry actually has rails that the carriages stop on. But the locomotive stays on the Italian mainland and Sicily respectively.
The good burgers of the City and County of Worcester did not want a nasty train to enter the city when it was originally proposed. So a station was built on the Birmingham to Gloucester Railway a short distance outside the city, with a coach service to the hotels in the city. The Worcester Parkway station being built is near the site of the original out of city station.
*burghers
I've got a challenge for all the stations. what's the fastest way to get from the most southerly station to the northern most one
That just made my Sunday morning!
You missed several stations that the train definitely stopped at! For example, Exeter St Davids And Newton Abbot (and Bristol Templemeads And And And! :-(
As ever fab vid ... Stunning as ever trip..
You need to do an All The Stations on the Isle of Man. There are more than you think!
In the US the Southwest Chief from Chicago to Los Angeles is I believe the longest single train ride in the country. Takes 2 overnights so 3 days. Would definitely suggest a sleeper car lol. But if you’re looking for scenery then I would suggest it’s sister train the California Zephyr from Chicago to just outside of San Francisco. Again it takes 2 over nights (three days total) but on day 2 you cross the rockies and on day 3 the sierra nevada mountains. Again get a sleeper cabin 😂
or the empire builder
J F en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amtrak_routes sort by distance short to long to see the California Zephyr is the longest Amtrak route.
i totally realize that I was just referring to scenery ;-)
There are three overnights on the Texas Eagle the three times a week Chicago to Los Angeles the Eagle goes all of the way...
Next up - Romford to Upminster.
Chris Richards YEP LOL
Just done it. I must be totally bonkers!
What's the food service like on the train? Voyagers aren't exactly well-endowed in the buffet department and if you're on the train for such a long time you're inevitably going to want a decent meal at some point.
0:02
That’s just gave me quarantine vibes
The music kinda fits in with Vicky walking
This trip must be brutal in the winter, when presumably it's been dark for hours by the time you get to Penzance.
Vicky spoke with the driver in Aberdeen, who said he was only taking the train as far as Dundee. How many total drivers drove this train over the course of the day?
I once flew on a cheap flight from Reno to I think Tampa. Three stops. Nobody else was on the plane the whole way. Rail would have been more fun though somewhat slower
You must have been absolutely ready for your beds after such a long day.