Next time you're in SE London, you can do Catford to Catford Bridge as a pointless journey, especially as you can't buy a ticket between the two as Geoff Marshall discovered... that might be a nice collab, between the two of you! 🙂

@DanBen07

8 ай бұрын

Yeah he should also do Bromley South to Bromley North.

@simonsv9449

8 ай бұрын

@torspedia That would go via Nunhead and Lewisham.

@simonsv9449

8 ай бұрын

@@DanBen07You’d go via Pett’s Wood and Grove Park for that one.

@Clivestravelandtrains

6 ай бұрын

What about Waterloo to Waterloo East without walking between them!

@DanBen07

6 ай бұрын

@@Clivestravelandtrains Good.

My condolences about the 465. Also, I like that we’re basically Nick’s official London partners at this point! ~ Daniel

@richardbutler4488

8 ай бұрын

He certainly gives you the plugs 🔌 so that’s certainly a good start plus let’s go 😊

@planeguy7777

8 ай бұрын

Cheeseman

@PamelaBane

8 ай бұрын

You three are South Eastern contributors to Nick's video, Jen on the Move is the contributor of the North, I enjoy all of your content, many thanks.

@andrewbeadle9168

7 ай бұрын

465 = better seats! 707 = ironing boards

@planeguy7777

7 ай бұрын

mhm@@andrewbeadle9168

Can’t believe you didn’t go via Cottingham!

@chriswinter6672

8 ай бұрын

Now that's a great idea. I used to travel between Nottingham and Cottingham quite a lot in the early 1980s.

@NickBadley

7 ай бұрын

Would definitely be up for a form of redux later on!

@Toasted_IQ

4 ай бұрын

@@NickBadleycan you do manchester victoria line to manchester victoria but in a really complicated form? i’d love it if you do

A couple of suggestions for more of these point to points. Gillingham (kent)-Gillingham (dorset), Milford (surrey) - Milford Haven (Pembrokeshire), Rainham (kent) - Rainham (essex), Newport (essex) - Newport (Wales)

@Eurobrasil550

8 ай бұрын

Could the Rainham Kent /Rainham Essex journey include travel via the (previously railway owned) Gravesend /Tilbury Ferry?

@ChilternTransportProductions

7 ай бұрын

Do not assume the two Gillinghams are pronounced the same!

@villageorganist

7 ай бұрын

Chichester (Sussex) to Chichester (Tyne & Wear)…..

@IamIncognito46

7 ай бұрын

Hayes (West London) to Hayes (Kent) too

@t0by_is_the_best

4 ай бұрын

Hartford (Cheshire) to Hertford (Hertfordshire)

Dylan in this one makes it up for not being in the last video lol (Class 730 video) But a great point to point as you finally got to ride on a Class 222.

I had a training session at work a few months ago and the trainer's journey home was, genuinely, Stroud to Strood.

@NickBadley

7 ай бұрын

Hah! 😆

Definitely sounds fun going point to point again! Great video! Looking forward to seeing more soon!

3:48 I wish the low level platform were connected to the Undeground station without having to go upstairs and then back down

@Nooticus

8 ай бұрын

THIS!!!!! I’ve been seriously wondering why this couldn’t be the case. Reason being I expect that they need two gatelines between the two, for people travelling on Thameslink to outside London. But even still, they could definitely do it. I personally believe it is one of the most needed small-scale additions to the whole of London’s network right now.

@jacksebsmith

8 ай бұрын

@@Nooticus Not neccesarily. Waterloo East has a dedicated internal connection to Southwark Jubilee line with two gatelines seperating the two stations

@Nooticus

8 ай бұрын

@@jacksebsmith I literally just agreed with you though.. "but even still, they could definitely do it"

I just thought about an idea for Point to Point: Adlington (Ches) to Adlington (Lancs) Also, I love this series (and the pointless Journeys too)!

@donovanemery597

8 ай бұрын

GLovesTrains has done that recently, I think

in the interest of things that sound the same, we needed a longer change so we could seek out catering at Kettering

nice to see Dylan from the TfL Three and nice that you got to ride the MML for the first time! Great video, Nick, as always! :)

Brilliant video Nick, nice to see this video includes the one route I've been down many times because it's my local route, the Midland Main line. Nottingham is a place that I always enjoy visiting. :)

Brilliant video Nick, great to see you alongside the TFL three again, despite only Dylan, enjoyed this one a lot!

Another great video. You are great on camera and have great knowledge with what you do. It's always good to share your hobbies we other people.

One that would be fun to see (at least for me), would be Clapham - Clapham, via Clapham, Clapham, Clapham, and Clapham Visit every Clapham TFL station before going to Clapham (North Yorks)

Nice coincidence that this came out today, when I've just arrived in Nottingham :) And am trying to pick somewhere interesting to go tomorrow.

Suggestion - Portsmouth Harbour to Portsmouth Arms also, love the video!

I used to live in Wellingborough and back then it was Midland Mainline HST'S in that green livery. Occasionally a virgin HST as well.

Great video, track scratching is always good and lots of variety of rolling stock too!

Coincidentally, Someone suggested this “railway connection “ to me on,y yesterday. So well done you beat me to it.

As someone from Sheffield who visits London a lot, a point to point idea I have is “Shenfield” to “Sheffield”. Every time I see an Elizabeth Line train to “Shenfield” my brain always reads it as “Sheffield”! 😂

5:39 the reason is because the EMR connect services run non-stop from St Pancras Straight into Luton Airport Parkway, acting as an express service, so EMR promote it as Luton Airport Express.

@Nooticus

8 ай бұрын

Correct , but only since the opening of the Luton DART

This would be a cool one to see. Gillingham (Kent) - Gillingham (Dorset) I may even be able to join for part of it lol

Have you done Gillingham (soft "G") Kent to Gillingham (hard "G") Dorset yet?

You should do Ashford Kent to Ashford Surrey as a point to point episode

Great video Nick 👍 I think another good ‘point to point’ would be Ashford (Kent) to Ashford (Surrey)

Welling to Wellingborough next? ;)

Nice! Can't wait for more

Great vlog Nick, I’ve visited Nottingham before but not Mottingham.

Hey Nick. I have a good point to point idea. You could you Buxton to Cuxton?

1:18 Yeah the 707s are either on the Cannon Street circulars OR out of Charing Cross heading for Dartford or Gravesend, well, they were last time when I went down there in August unless they have now switched diagrams again

If you want to try mainline to heritage, Sheffield to Sheffield Park can change from mainline to heritage at East Grinstead :)

Used to ride through Mottingham a lot as part of my daily commute and while the 465s are absolutely grim, I have grown up with them and they will always feel like part of my identity and a sign of being home in South East London! My condolences on not getting to ride a 707 but to be honest they aren’t so shiny and lovely anymore despite how new they are, serving Kent and East London will do that to ya 😂

@nathanw9770

8 ай бұрын

Yeah honestly there's no point in cleaning trains in South East London. Within a few years some class 700s already have heavy graffiti on them. And although the class 376s are still relatively modern they look so ancient now. I hate this area 😂.

Most of my journeys growing in that area were 465/6 and I always liked them, though some seem to have been refurbished and aren't as nice. It's the 376 I don't like. You could have made it even more fun by going via Cottingham!

Another really good vid mate

Here are the station that sound the same that I know There is Stevenage (North of London, England) to Steventon (Ayrshire, Scotland) There is also Johnstone (Renfrewshire, Scotland) to Johnstone (Pembrokeshire, Wales) Fantastic videos

@philipduong2085

8 ай бұрын

Gillingham (Kent) and Gillingham (Dorset) as well

@ChilternTransportProductions

7 ай бұрын

@@philipduong2085 Those are pronounced differently though

@philipduong2085

7 ай бұрын

Oh right, I didn't know that @@ChilternTransportProductions

@ChilternTransportProductions

7 ай бұрын

@@philipduong2085 That one shocked me! I found out as I went to book the tickets for the Dorset one at the ticket office in Salisbury, I realised then the “G” in their Gillingham is pronounced the same as Guildford

@Clivestravelandtrains

6 ай бұрын

It's Stevenston, or the town of Steven as is evident from the bilingual station signs.

Do Radcliffe(Nottinghamshire) to Radcliffe(Greater Manchester) My local station is Radcliffe(Notts) so on my channel, there are some videos from there.

How about Ford to Vauxhall? Controversial for a train channel

Video 2 of pushing Portsmouth Harbour/& Southsea - Portsmouth Arms in Devon. Would be quite the adventure

Great video never heard of mottingham

@DanBen07

8 ай бұрын

I've looked at a lot of Southeast London train maps over the years and I didn't remember this one.

There's quite a few train journeys between stations with similar names that can be done such as Burneside to Burnside, Wilmcote to Wilnecote etc as well as the obvious examples of identically named stations such as Adlington to Adlington which the likes of Glovestrains have done.

Great video as always, the MML is quite beuatiful (Luton notwithstanding) used to use it as an alternative to getting the East Coast from Leeds to London when I was a student. Pointless journey idea between the Dorchesters (avoiding Weymouth). Or point to point Appleby to Appsley?

@ChilternTransportProductions

7 ай бұрын

Everyone forgets about Bedford when they talk about Luton! Both rather bad, including the stations!

Having recently done St Pancras to Nottingham, both outbound and return journeys were absolutely rammed for the duration of the trips, you were lucky to get a seat at Market Harborough

do Southampton to Northampton ( i wonder which is quicker via london or Birmingham)

@Anonymoususer_2023

7 ай бұрын

London I think plus you can pick up the Northern Line from Waterloo to Euston via Charing Cross.

I vote for seeing Keyham to Keynsham or vice versa!

Nice to see you on my local trains I live in sidcup

West Kirkby to Kirkby (all Merseyrail) as a point to point suggestion

You should go from Gloucester, the station with the longest platform at over 600m, to Beauly at 15m.

@quintuscrinis8032

8 ай бұрын

That would be one hell of a journey. Also a lot of voyagers if you go the direct way.

@rockerjim8045

17 күн бұрын

longest platform in Britain is at Cheriton on the Le Shuttle services 750m

brilliant vlog

May I suggest East India DLR to West India Quay DLR via walking between Catford and Catford Bridge with Geoff :-) 3:44 It would be interesting if you film RER stations. Love your videos as always.

Excellent series :)

We need a Redbridge(London) to Redbridge(Southampton) or a Cromford to Romford journey

@quintuscrinis8032

8 ай бұрын

Isn't Redbridge (London) a Borough rather than a station?

@ahuman9143

8 ай бұрын

@@quintuscrinis8032 there is a station on that circle part of the central line called redbridge

@MaidaValeTom

8 ай бұрын

@@quintuscrinis8032 It's a station on the Central Line too, Same situation with Greenwich (borough) and Greenwich (station), along with Westminster, Hillingdon, etc.

Your Nottingham train at Kettering was late because it was probably running behind your late running EMR Connect (which uses the fast lines most of the way to Kettering).

Point-To-Point suggestion Ryde to Rye? Dont rag on the 465s with the old motors but the 465/9 feel free lol

Some more Point to Points are Ashford (Surrey) to Ashford International (Kent). Kingston to Kings Lynn. Leicester to Leicester Square.

Point to point reccomend action, new Malden to malden

Great video Nick 👍 I totally agree with you about the confusing announcements on the EMR class 360s. Luton is an awful town with an awful station

A thought for another Point to Point video, How about Redbridge Underground Station on the Central Line to Redbridge National Rail Station in Southampton.

Nice Video! How about going from Hayes (Kent) to Hayes & Harlington to Harlington (Bedfordshire)?

@jacksebsmith

8 ай бұрын

Both stations are in Greater London now and have been since 1965. Hayes only still uses (Kent) in brackets for historical reasons to differentiate the two, with Hayes & Harlington previously being in Middlesex prior to 1965. It was never in Bedforshire, Harlington singular is though.

Re Luton Airport Express. My experience as a commuter on Thameslinas is that most Luton Airport passengers are not major rail users, so on Friday evenings my stopper from Hendon to St Albans was full of passengers who got on as the train said Luton as the final destination even though the Bedford trains are faster, and were then getting stressed by the slow journey. So I am guessing EMR make those announcements to reassure people they are on the correct train and not heading for Leicester non stop. Also the LAE service is linked to the DART shuttle up to the airport to provide a 30 min service from St Pancras to the Airport. You'll have a to do an All the London Airport stations in one day video as an excuse to ride the DART. (Don't forget Southend Airport, that's 6 airports to do.)

Been waiting for this one

Got a few suggestions: Sutton to Sutton Parkway or Sutton Coldfield Three Oaks to Four Oaks Preston to Preston Park Newport (South Wales) to Newport (Essex) Southfields to Northfield

Greetings from Long Eaton (LGE), smack bang between Derby (DBY) / Nottingham (NOT). Done the MML many times, along with the split ticketing (I'll be doing this again in a weeks time), which normally split (For me anyway), at East Mids Parkway, a v short 7 mins run from LGE, however now I see the splits happening at Market Harborough, and making use of the Corby Connect services..... weekends, often found I can get two CDR tickets from LGE to STP, with a split at Market Harborough, which means long as the respective services stop here, can come / go as you please, no need for bookable advance singles, which have not been a massive deal cheaper.

Here's an idea inspired by someone's comment about Catford to Catford Bridge... OSIs by rail. For example, Southwark (Jubilee) to Waterloo via Waterloo East. Both Waterloo and Southwark are connected to Waterloo East by pedestrian routes, so how about trying to connect them via rail? Obviously that's quite a boring example, but if you could find any more triple-station OSIs, that'd be pretty interesting. Canary Wharf to Canary Wharf via Canary Wharf would be spectacular!

Wow I'd never even heard of Mottingham!

@DanBen07

8 ай бұрын

No I've looked at a lot of train maps of South East London over the years and I just didn't remember that one.

I just glanced at the wikipedia list of stations for a bit, so here's some fun ones: Alexandra Palace (London) to Alexandra Parade (Glasgow) Castleton (Manchester) to Castleton Moor (N Yorkshire) Church Fenton (N Yorkshire) to Church Stretton (Shropshire) Johnston (Pembrookshire) to Johnstone (Renfrewshire) Stone (Staffordshire) to Stone Crossing (Kent) Whitchurch (Cardiff, Hampshire, and Shropshire) Abbey Wood (London) to Ystrad Rhondda (Wales) (alphabetically, first to last)

Hi nick I love your videos

You definitely need to do Buxton to Cuxton after this

Meridians are Voyagers that have gone to therapy and dealt with and overcome their flaws, bettering themselves in the process.

Nick, what was the Cost in lost time with the split ticket? And, what was the $$ Saved by using the split ticket purchase? Was the saving at least 20%? Thanks for the ride along. It was interesting to see the variety of EMR moquettes!

Pointless journey SE London: Bromley south to Bromley North. Point to point London Waterloo to Waterloo merseyrail. Point to point Bank underground to Warrington Bank Quay. I'm not sure there are any other bank train stations. Point to point London Road Brighton to London Road Guildford.

Hi nick, are you going on the reopening of the marston vale line tomorrow. From Bletchley to Bedford

Good video nick

You could do Portsmouth hourbour to Portsmouth arms

Are we gonna get Brighton to New Brighton in the future? Or Hayes to Hayes & Harlington?

If you like long journeys, Berwick to Berwick-upon-Tweed or North Berwick.

@DanBen07

8 ай бұрын

The First Berwick you mentioned do you mean the village in East Sussex?

Perhaps you should do Liss to Diss in your next video if possible. Nottingham and Mottingham does rhyme. Are there any other places that have names that rhyme exactly the same.

Another suggestion- Queen's Park (London) to Queen's Park (Glasgow)

What about: St. James Park T&W - St. James Park (LU) Newport (Essex) - Newport (Wales) Gillingham (Kent) - Gillingham (Dorset) Chichester (T&W) - Chichester (NR)

I think you should do Farnham to Barnham, they sound pretty similar

Gillingham Kent to Gillingham Dorset? Newport Gwent to Newport Salop (or Newport IOW)? Bradford West Yorkshire to Bradford (on Avon) BANES (that is BAth and North East Somerset!)?

What about Gillingham (Kent) to Gillingham (Dorset), Rainham (East London) to Rainham (Kent), Liss to Diss, Alresford (Hampshire) to Alresford (Essex), Woking to Wokingham or Dorking and Newport (South Wales) to Newport (Essex).

@Clivestravelandtrains

6 ай бұрын

....followed by a bus ride to Newport-on-Tay

Would love to see Woking to Wokingham but feels way too close to do, but there is loads of routes you could do

Could you do Hackney to Hinckley next?

Could have changed the letter again and ventured up to Cottingham, too!

some suggestions for you if you're interested - new brighton to brighton - preston park to preston - northampton to southampton - nine elms to sevenoaks

Amazing fact Nottingham is still legally part of Scotland thanks to a 1584 treaty. Also how about a race to see who can do the fastest pointless journey from Charing Cross to Charing Cross as a colab

@grahamwhitworth9454

8 ай бұрын

Do you mean from Charing Cross, London, to Charing Cross, Glasgow?

@elizabethmh_465

7 ай бұрын

think so​@@grahamwhitworth9454

The email 360s are nice but it's very confusing as the luton airport express brand is interviewed with the existing connect brand as its the same trip but they just have 2 brands for the same service pretty much

I reckon you should do Hartford(Cheshire) to Hertford East (Hertfordshire)

You should do Wilnecote to Wilmcote.

Wokingham to Woking would be a good point to point journey video.

@quintuscrinis8032

8 ай бұрын

Or Workington to Wokingham?

@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire

8 ай бұрын

@quintuscrinis8032 Woking to Wokingham would be cheaper and quicker than Workington to Wokingham or Woking.

Now you should do How Wood - Howwood

The 1st on the class 360s isn't actually 1st any longer! The 2+2 seating in 1st is much nicer

Can you please do point to point Meryland to Berrylands

Point to point: Stratford-Upon-Avon to Stratford international

You gotta do the two Berwicks dude, that would be pretty damn cool!

@DanBen07

8 ай бұрын

Do you meen Berwick-upon-Tweed & Berwick a small village in East Sussex?

@HSTHoward

8 ай бұрын

@@DanBen07Yes

@DanBen07

8 ай бұрын

@@HSTHoward I've gone past Berwick East Sussex on the train lots of times.

@HSTHoward

8 ай бұрын

@@DanBen07 Same for me but both ones.

@TheTrainiac377

8 ай бұрын

@@DanBen07 Yeah, one’s south of the Scottish border the other is on the East Coastway

Euston to Houston, Renfrewshire

Point to point idea: Shenfield to Sheffield

bromley south to bromley north

How about Shoreham-By-Sea to Shoreham (Kent)