Spooner Row Request Stop
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- So I'm back on the request stop trail, to tick another one off. This time we're on the Breckland line which runs between Ely and Norwich, and has three request stops on it, including Spooner Row.
So why do only three trains a day stop here? Is there anything here? Let's go find out ...
You can download the Request Stop map here: geofftech.co.u...
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I've a confession
Today whilst at work, I found myself near wootton wowen train station, it was 10.30am, and I pretended to do a least used station. Nobody was there so I did the full on, feet thing, bin bag, the lot.
Last year I pretended "Secrets of the Mattapan High-Speed Line" on my lunch break.
Did a whole bit about it being the rare transit line that runs through a cemetery.
Sounds like Geoff has competition!
I did a rubbish least used station in Cumbria
Are you going to upload it?
@@caw25sha lol I didn't record anything lol
Used to live there when i was younger. Remember the old gates and the trains passing. this video made me nostalgic
I’m from Norwich and I work at a high school in Wymondham. I’m amazed you know the pronunciation 😂 nearly everyone not from Norfolk tries to pronounce it how it’s spelt. It’s crazy to see one of my UA-cam subscribers from London filming my home territory 😂
"Passengers must not cross the line except by means of the footbridge".
Anyone see an issue with that?
The new clear plexisteel footbridges are fantastic! So clear you would swear they aren't there.
I saw a bridge...
glad I wasn't the only one
Yes, Spooner Row hasn't had a footbridge for a long time.
It was there the night before. You just can't trust anyone these days................look out signal box you're next.
Ah the reason why it has two help points is because GA are replacing all their help points with ones with cameras and better audio, and an induction loop.
My thought was that the lower one was for folk in wheelchairs.
@@brucewilliams8714 I guess that makes sense why they are at a lower hight too :)
One instance of a much better service in BR days. Then it was an all stations stopper between Ely and Norwich running 7 or 8 trains a day each way M-F with long distance trains only stopping at Thetford and, sometimes, Wymondham. These were in the main loco hauled employing Classes 25, 31 and 37. Happy days!
So far, I find the Request Stop stations to be the most charming of the lot. I love the rural, out of the way feel, without it feeling like an abandoned (least used) or crowded city station.
Kudos to Greater Anglia for having such a nice clean, if minimal, station for 3 trains per day! I
Anyone wish that the train just flew past after all that!!!! 😂😂😂...great video as always Geoff
Living in attleborough and regularly travelling this route, it's great to see you cover it! Looking forward to the wymondham video!
But will he pronounce Wymondham properly?
I was really looking forwards to seeing you change the station name in post to Rooner Spow 😜
Signless bus stop? When I lived in NJ there were plenty of those. Shuttle buses stopped at every corner while NJ Transit buses didn't. My local station used to have a control tower that was built in 1912. In 1970, all switches and crossing were automated and the tower's structure began to decline. It was given a nickname because it was leaning like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It was demolished in 2006 and a flower garden can be found where it used to be
Norfolk County Council clearly have lazyitis and couldn't be bothered to place bus stop signs There was one such stop in Sheffield city centre (Division Street
Stop ID: 37027590) like this until I told the local authority about it and then put up a pole and flag..
Looks like someone got off the train as well as there was someone else on the platform as your train pulled out. I was also surprised the driver did not sound the horn? In my experience of request stops the driver usually does that to acknowledge they have seen you and will stop.
Hate to see the Spooner Gang come up against the Knifey Boys in a row
They'd really fork each other up
Ah I "spork" so I guess
Do they meet at the fork in the road?
...I see you've played knifey spoony before.
Don’t come to a knife fight with a ... (I’ll get my coat)
Hi Geoff. Thanks for this. I used to work the signal box as both resident, then relief signalman from the end of 1998 right up to the end, in 2012. The sunsets were, as you say, spectacular! The locals were friendly and there was usually time for a chat from the balcony over the flower boxes. We used to have flower tubs on the platforms too. A very happy period in my career.
The post office and stores was right at the end of the road, more-or-less opposite the chapel. It closed in the eighties. The station building burnt down in 1977. The site was where the modern house stands now; to the right of the information boards. The cottages behind the Down platform may have faced a siding, but we never found out for sure. There was a crossover used to access a siding approaching the Up platform side but it disappeared many decades ago.
I thought you might be interested in this gem where I managed to spot Spooner Row station, with the original Station building, at 4:58 but the whole 10 minutes is worth a watch just for the lost age of slicked hair and received English! Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/T41BHRQmHZo/v-deo.html
ah, thanks Paul - lovely comment and great info, very kind. i always love these quirky quiet stations, Spooner Row is excellent!
What's the most used request stop? That would be an interesting video.
yes pls
Download the map, the stats on most used and least used are on there
@@richardrundle3638
Yes, but me downloading a map isn't going to make an interesting Geoff UA-cam video
Geoff Marshall I’ve been there a few times, never knew it was request, don’t remember seeing any signs or indication
@@geofftech2
And that's why I think it would be interesting!
Also, Conwy - Interesting station location, beautiful town, a castle...
You know it makes sense!
The bus stop you got off at is one stop further up from where I got on/off the 13 for 2 years, it’s just outside Suton near Wymondham! I lived in Sawyers Lane, in the old pub that was built in 1794!
Your commitment to rail is commendable.
Every time I use Lakenheath on a Sunday to go birdwatching (which hasn't been very often of late, to be fair... but that's mainly been to almost constant weekend engineering works) I think, "I wonder when Geoff will finally turn up to do its Request Stop vid?" Looks like it will quite soon then!
Being arguably the most regular user of the station (Cambridge day return) for over a decade, I've often hoped that his video will have a "Shippea Hill Doughnuts" effect on station users... and force Greater Anglia to run a weekday service!
I walked it from Wymondham when I did Spooner Row. The signalman even offered me a cup of tea and a biscuit! Nice one! 👍🏻
was always the highlight of any trip seeing the old manual gates being operated. Even guessing which way the trains were coming from based on the position of the signals! Alas no more.
My office is just up from Attleborough station. You could have popped in for a cup of tea. I love video's, keep up the good work 😃
Just settling in to watch this fascinating article about a station I thought I'd never heard of before, and then you go and mention the wikipedia article and that just rings a bell somewhere in my dim and distant memory. Checks the article and its history, and discover I created that article back in 2006; it must be one of my very first wikipedia articles. Thanks for stirring up the old grey cells.
No claims as to its current content. That has obviously moved on leaps and bounds since my original effort. Maybe a few tweaks are in order though.
Good Morning Geoff.
As of the new timetables Spooner Row is no longer a request stop!
It gets 3 services per day, two into Norwich in the morning, and 1 towards Cambridge in the evening.
These are stopping services!
My very first Signal Box! Thanks boss - the heady whiff of nostalgia swirls from the monitor!
3:45 Because one is a new one that it is not yet in service, the other one has been there for years.
Great video Geoff. I've been looking at visiting Spooner Row one day on my own quest to visit All The Stations, so I'm happy that you've uploaded this video so I know what's there. Always enjoy your videos, keep up the good work
I'm sure the pub sells cups of tea.
These days it actually has a cafe in the agricultural bar and a terrace out to the side. The beer garden is also very nice.
The top half of the signal box is now at the Mid Norfolk Railway, to be used at Wymondham Abbey station, the line's temporary southern terminus.
9:14 I was just waiting for the indicator on the train to turn on like when you hail a bus! 😂😂😂
I'm off to Wymondham today Geoff.
When you do go, make sure you try and include a trip on the Mid Norfolk Railway from Wymondham Abbey to Dereham
I'm planning a trip to see and experience some of the least used stations, by myself, later this year. (I'm from Denmark). Sooo looking forward to the travel, and to see these stations with my own eyes :-)
I don't think that worked very well , mate. I hope you can do it this year - after May would be my guess. Then again, if you DID manage it - hope you enjoyed yourself!
@@robertwilloughby8050 - Your thought would be correct :-) I'm planning the trip in September or November instead. Delayed, but I will arrive sooner or later ;-) I'm also to visit Denmark Hill...
Just to update on Spooner Row Station - we now have fully functioning information screens!! ( Not that they ever have much information to report). Still only get 3 trains a day but strangely even though 2 are listed as request stops the train always stops anyway even if there's no one to get on or off. The "cute" cottage in the video (my house) is 1 of 3 railway cottages built it 1845 during the line construction. The old Station building is the one that burned down in the 1970's and was where the detached house by platform 2 now is. As for the 2 information points on platform 2, Greater Anglia at the time were in the process of changing them over, we now have 1 point on each platform (for several years did not have one on platform 2). Glad you liked the old photos by the welcome boards.
I fly from the old Buckenham aerodrome just up the road from Spooner Row. Well worth a visit for lunch and the 453rd squadron museum when you are next there Geoff.
Enjoyed your video, spent many,many holidays at Norfolk, kind regards
Pub does the best sausage rolls I've ever tasted.
Note taken!
This is just lowkey making me homesick. Used to take this line to sixth form every day 😅
Well done Geoff. Interesting.
A bit further north, I presume you've done my "Home Station" permanent Request Stop: Altnabreac?
You should come check the sleeper train that goes from my town (Bariloche) in the mountains through the snow desert to the sea (Viedma) 🤗
9:31 Oh no, that dude just missed the last train!
Spooner row was my first signal box in 93! No shops back then either. Lol.
Ah Rooner Spow, as we always say out loud when passing the sign on the A11 on the way to Norwich ;-) Or is that just me and my weird family?
No,it's Rpooner Sow
There's a senior living facility called Attleboro near where I live.
Flashbacks to my time working in Thetford! Scary
3:51 wtf that trailer
That signal box would make for a quaint little house.
I used to live near there. You were lucky to get one!
This is geographically my local station, yet I've never caught a train from here and only once dropped someone off there. In South Norfolk you have to drive or get a lift to wherever you're going (our village gets 3 buses a day which historically had been sacrificed for short term driver relief cover, so sometimes don't turn up), so once you're in the car you may as well drive the extra couple of miles to Attleborough, Wymondham, Diss or Norwich and enjoy the benefits of a full service. Ditto other local amenities.
Really good video I have always wanted to do them request station sounds like fun keep up the good work
Just come back from a self planned Swiss Rail Tour. A lot of the private networks have buttons on the train that you press to request the stop rather than having to inform the guard. The LED display then advises the trains will stop.
OMG you were at Spooner Row, my nearest station. You should have told me and I would have made you some tea!
If you want to do Shippea Hill and Lakenheath at the same time, I advise you catch the early morning Saturday service to Shippea Hill and then walk to Lakenheath from there. It's about 2 hours 15 to walk from one to the other which is ample time to catch the train from Lakenheath.
Nobody:
British train companies: "Three trains, take it or leave it"
Well Mr Wray, in Australia, at least with Transport for NSW, State Rail just stuck up a board at my local station with a notice saying “service suspended” and that was in 1992. It’s never officially closed😃
@@andrewr2825 Sad times lmfao
Mr. Wray, yeh maybe I should tell the skeleton on the seat that his train’s about 28 years late😂😂
Excellent, As Always!
Hey Geoff, it’s about time we knew the least used station in South Yorkshire, also while you’re there take the tram train 👍
I guess that will be Rotherham Central, served only by punts and gondolas of late :-)
Otherwise known as boat trains ...
Darnall in the east end of Sheffield is least used. I don't think many living locally (of which there are a fair few) know the station exists. Everyone tends to use the bus which run more frequently, is safer and also far more covenient. Also Meadowhall station is closer to there than Sheffield city centre.
I❤️trains
Edit:I’m a huge fan
Should have asked the left help point why Spooner Row has two help points. If they couldn't help, at least there's another help point.
I like the bit where Geoff said 'Raised platformy hump'
Looks like you'll be on your way to wymondham soon! Been watching your videos for years and would love to buy you a tea at Station Bistro, let me know when you're coming up
There is something wonderful about the low British sun. Morning or evening.
Not been on one of the FLIRT trains, yet, but was aware that several had been parked prior to entering service not far away near Wymondham.
Spooner Row has to be one of the weirdest names for a railway station!
Flirt trains! We've got Flirt trains coming to Ottawa in a few years too!
I'm surprised you're surprised about Thetford. It's the largest town in the area by quite some way: over 24,000 people, compared to only 10,500 in Attleborough.
Awesome! This service is by the daughter company of the Dutch Railways, the company I work for (NS)
"Going Downtown as there is a nice pub there " ? should be Downvillage? Downhamlet?
Down the road
3:47 - It's the mother help point and her young son.
Geoff would you be keen on coming down to Australia? And exploring our rail network? If you ever do come down to Melbourne, I can show you around as I take public transort all the time so I kinda know every route hahhaa
I'd like to see that. There was a series on British TV last year called Railroad Australia. Very interesting.
@@caw25sha would be great to see
Spooner Row?
I’d say @thatMumboJumbo lives there!
9:33 LOL at the auto generated captions:
“We will be calling at Ample Bra....”
Jeez, you dont have to look out for trains at Spooner Row, bigger risk of being hit by a car or lorry! Very busy road! Watch out Geoff!
I was wondering if you are planning to do a video about Berlin's new S-Bahn class 484 trains. You got to know the old S-Bahn class 482s so I'd imagine it quite interesting to compare :D
Have you ever done Berney Arms near Great Yarmouth? You think Spooner Row is remote, try Berney Arms, if you haven't done already.
I am amazed that Lakenheath doesn't have a single train during the week.
when you do wymondham id love to come and take you round some of the historic sights and give you some railway trivia about the town!!
3:50 Trailer: im a jumpy lumpy gumpy trailer weeeeeeeeee Geof: magically teleports* Me: WTH
Looking at their menu on their website, the Boar's is not just a pub. Surprisingly it appears to be quite a fancy restaurant or at least pretensions of being such. "Love food, love life" It calls itself a "Freehouse & Restaurant" with craft beers, great food and fine wines. So maybe it is just a pub with a really nice looking website, but...
Few pubs, especially in the country, can survive as "just a pub" these days.
Noice video! Hoping you get to 200k!
Geoff you should do good old Berney Arms. It reopens on Monday. No service there since October 2018.
My head is blowing up - hearing about the drawing...do pubs ever sell tea in small villages?
Did anybody see that trailer flying over the level crossing? Car was going way to fast over the rails.
Geoff you should do all the request stops as well.
You should come to Basildon, when it first opened the platform was too high and they could not open the doors.
Hearing Spooner for 10 minutes is strange. it’s my last name, so I might as well go and see it 😂
A church, a pub, some houses...and a train in and out. Check. Oh - there didn't seem to be a jump up to the train from the platform.
Rooner Spow?
That's irreverent. 😉
@@christopherwright8388 I see what you did there.
Spelevant roonerism.
Areater Gnglia Yailwar
The level crossing has changed too!
Hi Geoff. When you decide to do the lakenheath request stop if you need any help getting about please get in touch.
Mick
hello lakenheath station is a weird one its about 2 miles away from the village in the middle of nowhere at least spooner row station is in the middle of the village
All the Stations Quahog. Was that Brian driving the bouncy car?
are you going to do the least used tfl bus stop video
I really don't get the logic in three trains a day at a request stop.
Few people use the station(about 4 or 5 a day) presumably, at least partly, because there are hardly any trains. The trains that *sometimes* stop, run early if they don't stop. Why not make *all the trains* stop on request at Spooner Row. If no-one uses them, the trains don't stop, so no problem. If people *do* use them, they gain more passengers. Surely, that's a win/win option. It would cost nothing, nothing at all, and just might generate some business. If it doesn't, so be it.
Just a thought: if only 3 trains stop and 4, or 5 people use the station daily, then every train that stops probably does *some* business. More trains = more passengers ~ it has been proven so often.
Just my tuppence worth; another interesting episode Geoff.👍
Cheers for now,
Dougie.
Trains still have to slow before request stops so they have time to see people signalling and still safely stop.
@@DerekHartley OK agreed. How much does that add to the overall journey time? Would those extra seconds make a significant difference to the timetabling? It's not a high-frequency route and speeds aren't that high. So the overall journey might take an extra minute, maybe two/three *if* the train does stop. For that slight delay, a station gets a decent, usable train service, which is after all the whole point.
Welcome to South Norfolk, Geoff"
Eccles and Harling I thought had request stops, perhaps it changed. It's a bleak place this time of year!
No not anymore.
Looking at the request stop map I was expecting to see Manorbier on the Pembroke Dock line, but it's not there?
I may have to watch again, I didn’t notice you talking about passenger numbers?
Interesting video again Geoff! But somehow it was the shakiest hand-held footage in a long time, quite dizzying to watch sometimes.
The information on screen at 4:48 is no longer accurate. The signal box is boarded up and the barriers are plastic/aluminium.
How do you get a train to stop at a request stop please?
Stand on the edge of the platform with your hand out, hoping the train isnt an express??
Ty.....great stuff!!
Nice one Geoff!
Come to Bodorgan! 😊👍