"what's your nearest station?" "[station in Isle of Wight]" "we've.... not been there...."

That bloke in the bottom of shot must be a genius, Isle of Wight Joke and all (it's me actually :) )

@tob19

5 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah I see your head

"That's good, right? It took me hours!" "But what does it mean?" As a history graduate student who has just completed a lengthy project about the former land holdings of a defunct manufacturing company, I feel this exchange in the very marrow of my bones. :)

Geoff and Vicki, that was BRILLIANT. I enjoyed every minute of it. Superb.

Vicki is such a delight.

And the true star still shines, Go Vicki! #AllTheCastles

@AlexEwan1

6 жыл бұрын

This has to happen! LOL

@Camberwell86

6 жыл бұрын

Logistically impossible :(

@VickiPipe

6 жыл бұрын

Camberwell86 challenge accepted. :-)

@Leonard_Smith

6 жыл бұрын

Don't forget to visit Carisbrooke Castle...I'm sure you know where that is Vicki ;-)

@SamSitar

6 жыл бұрын

yes, they must do All The Castles.

You guys are naturals on stage, loved it. Surprised Matt hasn't done a video on the Heart of Wales challenge already!

@AllTheStations

6 жыл бұрын

It's coming ... ;)

@himagainstill

6 жыл бұрын

Is that not the Traveling Salesman problem, and therefore doesn't have an "efficient" solution? (i.e. requires brute force or guesswork)

So there's a Hope in England and a Hope in Wales. Does that mean Scotland is Hope-less?

@robertheal5137

6 жыл бұрын

Well there was an Earl of Hopetoun, I don't know if that is actually a place.

@Gpcas9

6 жыл бұрын

Does that mean thye twice (where on a train that) ran out of Hope.

@bitTorrenter

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@CheekyBandit

4 жыл бұрын

When trying to find Hope in England you are likely to get Shatton.

@CheekyBandit

4 жыл бұрын

I often get comments "I live in hope" and have to constantly tell people that Hope is in Derbyshire, a long way from where they live.

Bangor will have 19 letters, seeing as there's a post box on the platform... I'm sorry.

The Left bank two whistling during the 50 station names cracked me up so hard!

@DanLoudShirts

6 жыл бұрын

James Funnell I can only apologise, it was me!

This is genuinely one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. You two are naturals.

Absolutely loved this! Thanks for sharing! I always seem to miss when you announce shows like this 😣 I need to peel my eyes.

This is utterly delightfully nerdy!

That looked like a lot of fun (and a lot of hard work) but it was brilliant to watch. Keep up the good work, y'all!

Another brilliant talk, was sorry to have missed it, so really pleased they recorded it. Stunned how quickly they got the anagrams right!

Superb! Thank you and thank you to whoever captured this :-)

Terrific! Thanks for posting that!

You two work brilliantly together. Superb show.

A really slick, very enjoyable presentation. Love the humour

Geoff and Vicky are so cool. I wish I could have met them on their 2017 journey🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Thanks for uploading, I had been tempted to try to attend this when you announced you were doing this one but its a bit of a mission from Cornwall just for a few hours

didn't realise I'd enjoy a video on train stations this much but i loved every second of this.

Of course. Thank you for reminding me of this. I had forgotten Episode 13!

Great video, loved it and I wish you could do more

Brilliant, love the humour in what some might think is quite a dull challenge

Totally ingenious. And so funny. Brilliant.

You guys are blimming brilliant in this

8:32 that's exactly what I shouted to my computer at that point.

The two Hope stations The one in Wales is served by Transport for Wales. The one in England is served by Northern and East Midlands Railway I also liked the crowd reaction when they found out Llanfair PG wasn't the longest station name

The Station CRS codes there are 4 which are just the same letter. CCC - Criccieth, LLL - Llandeilo, SSS - Sheerness-on-Sea, and WWW - Wootton Wawen

This is fantasticly nerdy! Hillarious!

@bitTorrenter

4 жыл бұрын

It is, you can tell everyone is enjoying themselves

Brilliant, well done guys

For some peculiar reason I felt the urge to also shout the name of my local station at my unresponsive screen😢

Very impressive. Good work!

Horley Morley! I love it when you put your comedy shoes on folks! :)

Thanks, a very funny set!

One word, BRILLIANT,

Sounds like it should be made into a tv series. Great fun

Loved it, so funny, just my sense of humour .

This must be getting close to being the ultimate train nerd video. Nice. :)

Woah, wait - Is that Matt Parker from StandUpMaths?

@AllTheStations

6 жыл бұрын

Yup! He runs a show called "an evening of unnecessary detail" and we were one of the guests.

Enjoyed this a lot 😊

That was delightful!

I enjoyed that. Thanks.

Brilliant. Think I might have to borrow some of those for a local quiz night.

There is a rail service in South east queenland australia that stops at 51 stations. Early morning rosewood to nambour service (roughly 162km in length, runs part express)

Most amusing - thanks for sharing G & V.

@SamSitar

6 жыл бұрын

I fell out of my chair laughing. there are two G & V's. what were they doing during that event?

That was wonderful.

I tried to do Aberdeen-Penzance last autumn but we got terminated at Exeter St David's due to the sea coming over the track at Dawlish. We had to swap from a Voyager to a HST. It's longer in miles (770) than the sleeper

That was awesome!

Great video!

The dropbox link might be handy in the description, too ;)

Fantastic video Geoff and Vicki... so sad not to have been able to make it :-( Love it at 3:38 when Vicki say's you mean............

I really want to see the results of the heart of Wales Challenge! Make sure you post it!

@stevieinselby

6 жыл бұрын

Geoff set this challenge to his KZread followers when he posted the video last year. I found a way to do it in three days: kzread.info/dash/bejne/npVsscqYitvHd5c.html&lc=UgiXMzxgheWSt3gCoAEC. I didn't get a prize :'-(

@stevegregory3208

6 жыл бұрын

I managed to find a way to do it in less than two days when the problem was originally posed (see twitter.com/gasheadsteve/status/881665913573056513 ), but I think it's possible to optimise it even further. I didn't get a prize either if that's any consolation :)

@jonathancook4022

6 жыл бұрын

I think the intention was to come up with a solution not requiring a car or walking.

@tjd18

6 жыл бұрын

would it not be Quicker at Llandybie to get the Bus to Ammanford has it takes about 15 mines father that the walk

0:25 - As a _Sailor Moon_ fan, I recognize that gesture you two are making.

Thanks for posting this as i was unable to attend even tho i would like to of gone Keep up the great work looking forward to #AllTheCastles lol

I've not been to the Uk and will probably never ride the trains there but I love Vicki & Geoff

Owwww my face I just spent 17 minutes grinning 😁 this is not natural I might be stuck like this forever 😁

Imagine all the stations pre beeching axe...........

Brilliant

You two must get your own TV series... and hopefully I can watch it in the States. Love you both! Sandy from Baltimore, Maryland, USA (home of the birthplace of the Railroad in the United States)

@SamSitar

6 жыл бұрын

their tv series will be very popular.

@AureliusR

2 жыл бұрын

@@SamSitar the only reason their format works is because it's NOT TV. Television is dead/dying and anything that's worth watching these days is online.

sort of thing you watch and enjoy on a wet evening in Makarora. Thanks xx

Fun video, but Dalreoch and Bridgeton are in Scotland [/nerd], Glad to see more content from ATS!

Another with 19 letters? Perhaps somewhere on the network should be named 'Vicki & Geoff junction' after the great work they have done promoting the railways?

Ahh, a great evening it was. Apart from ATS being the obvious highlight was the guy who did a synthesised looping of Axel F on his cheap 1980s keyboard.

@cemerson

6 жыл бұрын

That'll be Seb Lee-Delisle

Great video, ❤️

Vicki doesn't look different in this one.

@harrytodhunter5078

6 жыл бұрын

Hey! Thats my line!

@emmawieldloch1431

6 жыл бұрын

andrea22213 it’s a running joke

Brilliant Geoff and Vicki..

Great video by the way. Wish it was longer. Maybe plans to do another routine sometime soon. I know you are busy with other jobs and things.

"Horley/Morley" , I'll always remember that 😂

Great video/talk. Did you ever get an answer to the Heart of Wales line problem?

Milton Keynes Central, 19 letters. (One of my) Local station(s)

@robertewalt7789

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve always been fond of this name, Milton Friedman and John Maynard Keynes are two of the most famous economists.

Oooo, looks good!

Five Auckland train stations in a row with the same number of characters. Pukekohe, Papakura, Takanini, Te Mahia, Manurewa. Each has 8 characters including spaces.

11:15 - I know want to go to Crewe station to see how long it takes the station announcer to read out all the stops for that train.

@DitzyNizzy2009

6 жыл бұрын

*now.

@KieronQuinn

6 жыл бұрын

They're even better when some are request stops too because they get repeated a second time after the list

@grigzie

6 жыл бұрын

I can't remember, but I think they're also read in Welsh at Crewe. They are definitely in Shrewsbury.

@Ulleskelf

5 жыл бұрын

You can get a slightly shorter version at kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKidpJiBfM29c7A.htmlm54s

@LB1973

3 жыл бұрын

Funniest thing I heard was the station announcer at Lancaster announcing all the stations on the West Highland Line from Glasgow Queen St to Mallaig. This was 30 years ago now so i forget why. But being from Fort William the butchering of some of the names was fantastic

Nice. Seeing as if it feels like you haven’t Uploaded in what seems like ages (Even though it’s Only been 2 Weeks lol) it’s great to see a new video by you guys. Currently still Watching 👍

@DerekHartley

6 жыл бұрын

Aside from the 5 in the last two weeks that Geoff has uploaded on his channel.

Hehe! That was great! :)

Mundrunoc = Conundrum Tie-in to the 9 letter conundrum for Countdown

Brilliant laugh 😂

Changing the letters of station names sounds a bit like a poem to me 😂👌🏼

Stations where you change the 1st letter to get another station name which wasn’t on there is Alton/Olton.

Loved this! You guys were fantastic! One plea for subtitles! It's so hard to hear some things that are said, particularly audience shout outs.

Worcestershire Parkway x Reston (new station in Scotland) = BERWICKSHIRE PARKWAY (19 letters). A plausible suggestion!

So seeing as "all the heritage railway stations" was at the top of the list are you going to do "all the heritage railways and castles" at some point.... Please do!

My claim to fame: I’ve been getting the 17.20 Crewe to Cardiff Central - luckily just for the first couple of stops! - regularly over the last few weeks... So sadly (?) I already knew that it was 50 stations!

1:32 LEYTON AND STRATFORD

I hope that one day I'll find someone who looks at me the way I look at Vicki.

Striling

Horley morley, that was excellent! I should have gone :-/

Cool video!

Dalreoch is just outside Dumbarton (pass through it going to Glasgow) and Bridgeton is I think in the East End of Glasgow - creepy area!

Wonderful and funny. Wish I could have made it!

Now you have completed a 19 letter station with Leixlip Louisa Bridge!

Liverpool Lime Street Birmingham New Street St Keynes Wishing Well (if the word Halt doesn't count) Milton Keynes Central Bradford Interchange Stourbridge Junction ("It's The Cutest Train I've Ever Seen!") That's all I can think of at the moment.

@mercifulzeus01

6 жыл бұрын

*St Keyne Wishing Well (no -s on the end), so you can't have that one! Do they count the "&" sign as one letter/character? If so, Portsmouth & Southsea is another.

@notthatcreativewithnames

6 жыл бұрын

I mixed up with Milton Keynes, apparently.

@rosiefay7283

6 жыл бұрын

I make it 26: Ardrossan South Beach Ascott-under-Wychwood Birmingham New Street Blundellsands & Crosby Borough Green & Wrotham Bradford Interchange Church & Oswaldtwistle Coatbridge Sunnyside Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon East Midlands Parkway Finchley Road Frognal Gainsborough Central Gainsborough Lea Road Harringay Green Lanes Horton-in-Ribblesdale Leytonstone High Road Liverpool Lime Street Loch Eil Outward Bound Luton Airport Parkway Milton Keynes Central Mottisfont & Dunbridge Possilpark & Parkhouse Ramsgreave & Wilpshire South Woodham Ferrers Stourbridge Junction Whittlesford Parkway

@side_six

6 жыл бұрын

Huddersfield Central?

@terrylove3247

6 жыл бұрын

Walthamstow Queens Rd?

Change the first letter for another station: Drigg & Brigg. And you guys just keep on getting better!

I've actually been to Lee; just not gotten out of the train. Is it on the SE route with New Eltham?

19 letter railway station ~ Geoff and Vicki Castle

Newquay Station, my local!!

Have you guys ever thought about doing the Tyne and wear metro? , I live next to the network , its amazing!

There is a 19 letter station in Northern Ireland: Great Victoria Street (if that counts :p)