Honestly, I’m sure this is some of your best work yet (and not just because we’re in it)! Great video, and thanks for having us on! ~ Daniel (although I’m sure I speak on behalf of Dylan and Hugh as well)

So typical that Great Western Railway pulled a Trans Pennine (as Jen would say) with that cancellation, but as it turned out, this was an epic video, and great that you had the TFL Three to guide yourself through London At least Headbolt Lane won't be so far to travel when it eventually opens

Ridiculous that trains were delayed and connectuons missed but was a great trip you took us on and nice to see the TFL Three as well, still need to go to Reading Green Park... that will be sorted this month, great video

An idea for a video: Victoria to victoria via victoria. Manchester Victoria to southend victoria via london victoria.

@sglenny001

10 ай бұрын

Then a train to Nottingham and walk to Victoria centre then get bus to Sheffield Victoria

@Les_MeilleursMCFC

10 ай бұрын

@@sglenny001 so victoria to victoria via victoria and victoria?

@sglenny001

10 ай бұрын

@@Les_MeilleursMCFC yep

@nathanw9770

Ай бұрын

Via the Victoria line

As a Exeter train enthusiast, I'm thankful you went to the new station of marsh barton

If Nick is right Reading green park opened on my birthday so that's something I have to think about now

Great video and congratulations for visiting the 4 newest stations 🎉 especially in the space of 9 hours, that must've been quite exhausting travelling that far in one day especially with the train delays and getting across London 😅

You've pretty much crossed the entire width of the country with that epic trip! Reminds me of a similarly ambitious trip I made during day 4 of my All Line Rover excursion last month to really push the limits of how many cities I could visit in a day. Basically I went all the way from Blackburn, where I live, to Gloucester (Northern 150, Avanti 390, LNWR 350 and XC 170 changing at Preston, Crewe and Tamworth) then hopped on a GWR 165 to Bristol TM with a quick change to an 800 to Bath Spa, then explored Bath for a bit before hopping on a GWR 158 to Salisbury (aircon was so needed in that weather), where I also had a nice wander, then onwards to Southampton Central on a 166, where I had enough time to walk to the city hall and back before getting a SWR 444 all the way to London Waterloo. Thereafter, it was an Avanti Pendolino straight back to Preston from Euston after a quick hop up the tube.

@highpath4776

10 ай бұрын

I did (because I dont like paying much) a Megabus set of Journeys . Whichway Burnley to Manchester, Manchester-Birmingham Birmingham Cardiff, local bus Cardiff-Cwmbran (to visit Cwmbran Garage open day), Cwmbran-Cardiff (As I didnt trust Newport services but did think about it) Cardiff - London Victoria - London 44 bus to Tooting and back to the london relatives.

@AymanTravelTransport

10 ай бұрын

@@highpath4776 wow, that sounds epic; I need to try something like this sometime!

@nathanw9770

Ай бұрын

How long did it take?

Brilliant video Nick, really mad how you visited these 4 new stations in one day. Shame there was a few cancellations and delays though.

i really enjoyed watching this out of the 4 stations ive only visited Reading Green park & amazing to see TFLThree they do brilliant content brilliant vlog

How ironic! I walked it to Marsh Barton from Exeter city centre! I didn’t intend to, but do to circumstances at the time, that’s what happened. I also had a dip in the canal to get refreshed! Great video! I must visit more new stations myself.

Always great to see a new video of yours, must've been stressful with the amount of trains and luck with timings! (in first 10 mins also)

Thanks for taking us on another of your journeys. Best of luck to you on other ventures with no delays.

Omg! So cool! Only 9 hours!? OMG that's definitely a long day. Wish we could do stuff like that here in the US. Also, I feel like Jen would appreciate knowing she's not the only one that gets interrupted by train announcements! 😂🤣😁

Our rail network is just brilliant, the idea you can get around the country really within a day is just so fun. This video reminds me so much of the sort of travel I do; once I did Birmingham to Glasgow, then to Edinburgh, then back to Glasgow, then London, and then finally back to Birmingham all in one day😂

@Nooticus

10 ай бұрын

absolutely. despite the fact that 99% of people complain about out railways, we really are INCREDIBLY lucky!

@harrierjames7727

10 ай бұрын

I think it says more about the size of the country than the quality of the transport networks, really... Yes lot of journeys are possible over a small area, but a lot of journeys are not necessarily all that fast or relaxing. It just so happens that there are lots of people and places clustered on a small island

@RWL2012

10 ай бұрын

it will be even more brilliant when the Aberystwyth to Carmarthen and Afon Wen to Bangor lines re-open. And lines that were cut off in other places, like in East Anglia for example.

@liltenchu527

10 ай бұрын

@@RWL2012 Aberystwyth to Carmarthen will be an absolutely spectacular line to be reopened. I’d do Birmingham New Street to London Euston, then hop over to London Paddington, then a sexy GWR 800 to Carmarthen, then on to Aberystwyth, and finally back to Birmingham. Going somewhere via London is so god damn fun 🤩

@keithparker1346

10 ай бұрын

I disagree because the pricing and integration of rail services is abysmal. The benchmark for public transport is Switzerland or Japan or even Luxembourg as it's FREE

...that moment where Nick realized, after 8 hours and 41 minutes, he still had to get back HOME.

Great video, well done, long day! Something that stood out was how all four new stations were deserted. Which begs the question - would the money have been better spent on other projects, for instance reopening new (old) lines..?

@Nooticus

10 ай бұрын

Pretty certain they weren't deserted. The clips shows were very short and at certain angles. It's more respectful to not show people tbh.

Your coming from where I used to live to where I’m living now. Lived in St Thomas the next station from Marsh Barton, now live in Rainham Kent.

Such an exceptional video. This is a crazy amount of work and you pulled it off and made a great final product!

Great vlog and nice mad challenge visiting the 4 new stations in one day Nick. I’ve done Reading Green Park and Portway Park & Ride but the other 2 are abit further from where I live so haven’t done them.

Nice one Nick! Loved it

Thanet Parkway = close to being the biggest double arrow vinyl sign on the network ?

Congratulations on completing all 4 new railway stations in one day. Marvellous work Nick. More new railway stations will be added next year and beyond. Have you done Soham, Cambridgeshire and Reston, Scottish Borders.

The best reopening video. Great 4 in 1 video. Keep up the good work.

headbolt lane is new as well it would have been good to see you travel up there to include it with these. right up north.

The one thing I hate most about train changes on longer journies is how long it takes the train doors to open most of the time. The number of times I have nearly missed a train as a result of that is not insignificant

Another great vid Nick! Weird seeing you visiting my local area, don't think you've been to Exeter or the surrounding area in your previous content

Great work. And a great idea to do all four in one go. Now go and have that well deserved cup of ☕️ tea

I do take the Severn Beach line very occasionally, and it's sooo slow that it's a bit painful (it's also Avonmouth said as mouth, not m'th). As a Bathonian, I'm glad you think it's nice here, and fun fact Bath Spa is actually one of the busiest 2-platform stations in the UK and the second busiest overall in the south west

Excellent work and effort!

Brilliant video as always mate

That’s a great video! I live at a local station between Exeter & Bristol.

Thanks for the video, really enjoyed it

I just subscribed to the channel keep up the good work ❤❤❤ and plus well done!!!!

Hi Nick, have enjoyed your video ramblings very much, according to a recent video the newest station to be opened is In Wales, on the Llangollen line to Corwen, I know it's a preserved railway but it has a new station!! ps you ca also walk a little of the way along the line where it split off at Ruabon

You seemed a bit wary of going to Eastern Kent - Thanet Parkway is right next to my hometown!

Solid video, great effort for such a long journey

Good video mate, was nice to meet you the other day on P14 at Piccadilly. (TP staff) 😄

@NickBadley

10 ай бұрын

Nice to see you too!

Great video keep up the great work

That's some effort Nick! Fair play for doing it!

Well done on completing your challenge.

I just checked what was the fifth most recently opened station - which was opened 25 days before the Reading one - was Inverness Airport /- now *that* would have been an epic end to the day!

Is nobody going to tell Nick he was on a refurbished Javelin?

Reading Greenpark you could also go by Basingstoke, Waterlooo and London Bridge or Charingcross ? Stations nice, little pointless yourney !

Nice video! Typical GWR with those cancellations and delays! At least you didn't get two in a row like I did once. As for the stations, Marsh Barton could do with another footbridge/underpass so that you don't have to spend over a minute crossing to the other platform and also a toilet. Thanet Parkway has a great station entrance but very boring platforms with little facilities. Reading Green Park has to be my favourite out of these stations.

I love watching your videos. This is one is the best

Amazing vid I’ve subscribed

Great video, and also travelling on a train in the UK you never get easy on the train😂

I wonder how many meetings it took for them to decide "Portway Parkway" wasn't going to happen

cant wait to visit marsh barton next year!!

Nick for you do the challenge in one day with all the connections (Some good and some bad) was nothing short of "Epic" Never mind you missed the openings of the four most resent stations when they opened.🤔. Who else has done them all in *ONE DAY* We are not worthy! 😲👌👍.

Nice try! it's LOADS quicker from Padington to St Pancras by Liz line and Thameslink. Especially if you use the turbo lift C at Farringdon. The Thameslink platforms are right next to the HS1 at the north end of St P too...

Nick, you could have done the pointless journey of Canterbury West to Canterbury East! Or the Maidstone stations.

I live in Exeter, ten minutes away from marsh Barton

Im exhausted just watchi ng you cheers from Melbourne Australia

Reminds me of that song by Crowded House...'Four Stations in One Day'. . . What do you mean...'Seasons'??

@77smp

10 ай бұрын

I believe that version was by "Crowded Vestibule"😊

@robertwilloughby8050

10 ай бұрын

Nice one, Charley.

I always see partway park and ride when driving over that bridge

14:44 we wouldn't mind HS2 too but it's northern sections have (Not surprised) been cancelled (said to start it in Leeds or Manchester for it to get built) Done in a day😮 how long to get home from Thanet ?

04:40 I’m very clever 😂😂

i went on southeastern's javelins 6 years ago when they didn't have the 10 year sticker

I doubt Elizabeth Line from Reading would be quicker, but might be easier for a Javelin by changing at Stratford ?

Nick you always make things difficult trying to do 4 stations in different areas of the country. You must do you home work on train times and connections.

It is a pity Elizabeth line doesnt have a passenger tunnel connection to the Victoria Line for Kings X

@CrazyInWeston

9 ай бұрын

That passenger connection tunnel would be almost a mile long if it had one, far quicker/easier to change trains at Farringdon from the Purple to the Circle/Met/H&City and go one stop to Kings X.

@highpath4776

9 ай бұрын

@@CrazyInWeston i think I meant Bond St -> Oxford Circus (which isnt a mile)

@CrazyInWeston

9 ай бұрын

@@highpath4776 If you take the Hanover Square exit at Bond Street, the entrance to Oxford Circus is only 200 meters away.

3:31 Local to the area, it's pronounced AvonMOUTH as in a literal mouth instead of muth. I think even google gets that wrong so don't sweat it :)

Well done Nick

Great video

As a train ticket nerd, is there any chance you can share the ticketing information for these trips? I love finding out about silly anomalies in the train ticketing system. Although to be honest I would rather we had a simple fare system and anomalies didn’t exist!

@Nooticus

10 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing too!

an idea for a really really pointless journey: Porthmadog Station to Porthmadog Harbour station.

@railnut21

10 ай бұрын

Now that's just mean. It would take literally all day. Train to Shrewsbury, train to Llandudno junction, down to Blaenau Ffestiniog and Ffestiniog railway to Harbour

@melissareohorn7436

10 ай бұрын

@@railnut21 that's why I said really really pointless

Nick getting his fix of Turbos in one day!

Good video nick

You could of got got of at reading and went on Elizabeth line to abbey wood then southeastern

Being a bad traveller ( i get very bored on any journey lasting more than 2 hours) i admire people that can do these long challenges. Do you mentally prepare for a long day?

good stuff

julie berry: we are now arriving at thanet parkway

very cool

@NickBadley Network rail has announced there intention to build a new station on the Blackpool To Preston Line

I've never felt so much second hand stress in the first 3 minutes of a video than I did today

Avon mouth not avonmuth! Js! Great video as always!

Can you go to GWR to Weymouth?

disappointed that you didn't say "and this is the riding bit" after saying "this is the parking bit" at Portway Park & Ride lol

When you were in the south east did you do Canterbury east to west

You missed out on Inverness Airport station as a new station in Britain :)

So happy that you express your frustrations with your true feelings. Refreshing to hear "Dam!" instead of "Gosh Golly Gee Wizz!" It keeps your adventures real! I must admit, as an American I admire the British Railway system is so extensive. However, as an Autistic person, I would quickly go into full meltdown mode trying to naviate your system for even a single day!

What kind of ticketing have you used for this journey? Was it simply advance singles / anytime singles maybe some split ticketing, or were you able some rovers or anything else?

@NickBadley

10 ай бұрын

Pretty much all just a load of advance and anytime split tickets

@danieltoth-nagy5097

10 ай бұрын

@@NickBadley thanks for the answer!

Just as well all four stations are on the south of England. If they were any farther apart, this video might not have been possible.

GWR still has HST sets?

I think Nick loves trains

would love to see any delay repay ( though just under 30mins might be nil ?) comments from companies

and technically southern too

Ridiculous you say. Buy the Belfast to Penzance ticket.... And then return! Well, for £56 each way, rude not to 😊

Nick badley - “I have been awake for 6 hours today and haven’t had a single cup of tea” Meanwhile me - “I have been awake for 24 hours and have not had a single lick of tea, coffee or sleep”….

14:42 Not coming anytime soon. Its been deemed ‘unachievable’

Quick question: is there a ticket where you can travel on all of Britain's railways for 1 day?

@grassytramtracks

10 ай бұрын

You can get all line rovers, though I don't know what the minimum amount of time you can have one for is

@marcusyoutubegamineer

10 ай бұрын

@@grassytramtracks Ok, Thanks!

You're somehow better than Geoff lol xD

Julie Berry - who's she? We call her Anne Ouncer!

dread to think how much this all cost haha

All that way on one cup of tea and no lunch. Which was the best of the new stations?

Loved this video! nice to see you ending the video in my beautiful home county (Kent), It's a shame you Didn't cover more on it as it's usually referred to as "The Cornwall of the East" If anybody is interested in seeing all the lovely and wonderful things Kent has to offer I have a channel with topics covering town tours, adventures, the many beaches we have here and interesting places (please subscribe) with most of my videos set here in Kent with new content every Sunday! Many thanks 😊

@keithparker1346

10 ай бұрын

You don't realise how much Kent is the garden of England until you leave it and return. I recall coming back after 3 weeks in Tunisia and it seemed so green

Headbolt Lane in Merseyside is opening soon….

Pointless journeys: St Pancras Tameslink - saint Pancras Eurostar

@stateofflux7453

10 ай бұрын

Lol. So having to detour via Lille Europe - i.e. the first scheduled Eurostar stop out of London.