I now wonder what is the most northern Tube map now 'cause that is quiet far from London. Great video as always.

Good fun this - just for the sheer hell of seeing how you can actually do the journey (if you wanted to). Some others to recommend: Tamworth (high level to low level) Smethwick Galton Bridge (high level to low level) Catford to Catford Bridge (stations are next to each other) Upper Warlingham to Whyteleafe (stations within 100 yards)

@loftyD

Жыл бұрын

Could do Shotton too

Nice one. I thought at first you were going to do it via Doncaster and Sheffield.

I am a late comer to your vlogs, so catching up with your past pointless journeys in the wee small hours when I can,t sleep. Keep up the good work.

Burscough Bridge to Burscough Junction would be an interesting one to try

I once did this journey in the very early hours of the morning. I caught the rarely served Northern train from Retford High Level Platform 2 and took it one stop to Worksop, then waited for the Lincoln train to take me back into Retford, stopping this time on Lower Level Platform 3.

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

Oh! That's pretty cool! Didn't know that Northern could serve platform 2!

@jlrosiefan9848

Жыл бұрын

It does. But you have to be up really early or stay up really late to get it. Its one of those weird anomalies where you can catch a train from Worksop to Retford High Level via the loop usually reserved for good trains and stock moves.

@jordyboy62

Жыл бұрын

Early being 6:30ish in the morning. I used to catch it most days for work.

Great series concept! If you're looking for journey suggestions might I recommend: Altrincham rail station to Altrincham metrolink London Waterloo to Waterloo East

Intersting, and as a former resident of Lincoln all three stations are very familar to me. There used to be flat crossings at all those places, but those at Retford and Lincoln were eliminated in the 1960s and 1980s respectively. Retford by way of the diveunder (which also created the low level station) built so that coal trains serving the new power stations at West Burton and Cottam would not interrupt the ECML services, and Lincoln when services from the Newark direction were diverted into Central station. The LNER service to Lincoln is qiute new (2019, too late to be of any use to me). Prior to that there had been one train a night, arriving in the city late evening long after everything had closed, and returning at crack of dawn the next morning.

That was fun! A south of England pointless journey for you: St Albans City to St Albans Abbey, which is about a 30 min walk (or a short cycle along the Alban Way - I can bring the tandem over if you want a fun way to do that). Now if you stick to an absolute no walking between stations or using the tube you'll have to do some fun use of the Overground to get from Euston to St Pancras (Willesden - Highbury - Finsbury Park might be fun!) or go north and use the Bletcheley to Bedford line, if the trains are running! There's also a north wales spectacular on if you try to do Minffordd low to high, high being on the Festiniog Railway. That should take you all day!

Thank you Nick for the video! I enjoyed it! I'm looking forward to seeing more of these journeys! 🙂

WOODHOUSE! 😃 This is a great idea for a series. Looking forward to seeing more.

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

Got plenty more ideas of routes to try! They will be coming in due course

@simonc7947

Жыл бұрын

I live near Woodhouse. It isn't very exciting - just a suburban station in Sheffield.

Brilliant! I'm trying to work out how long it'd take to do this from Dorking to Dorking deepdene 😂

Brilliant. I love it. Subscribed. I've been to Retford station a number of times, and it really is unusual.

I remember going to Retfrord when East-West passenger trains called at the East Coast station and goods traffic mostly coal, crossed on the level through diamond crossings.

Nice to see you having fun in Retford and Newark!

Love to go to Retford as I never been there but went passed it on LNER up to Edinburgh Waverley & York.

Hi Nick that was an awesome video and i really enjoyed the train journey between the two stations.

Try St Budeaux Ferry Rd to St Budeaux Victoria Square. The stations are literally 5 yards apart, but you can get from one to the other by train.

This is a really fun idea for a series. I look forward to seeing what other journeys you come up with!

@RichardFelstead1949

Жыл бұрын

Geoff Marshall has done a few of these type of trips on The Tube.

@tommy-mu2gf

Жыл бұрын

@@RichardFelstead1949has he?

I enjoyed this video and I look forward to seeing more like these. I have been through Retford High Level (thankfully havent been caught in any disruption that oocurs from there lol) and I haven't really noticed Retford Low Level from High Level but I've always known Low Level exists just from seeing it on maps lol.

Excellent video Nick! You should do Catford to Catford Bridge or Edenbridge to Edenbridge town

Great idea Nick. Hope you can come up with some more pointless journeys

i really enjoyed this one brilliant video

This is quite brilliant. There's a couple of stations in Edenbridge with your name on.

love these silly fun jouneys!

What a great video! Your going to be the new Geoff Marshall :)

I'm liking this new series! I have a suggestion for another video, Wigan Wallgate to Wigan North Western (Via Bolton and Preston)

Fantastic Pointless Journey

I love this series ❤❤

Good idea. Worcestershire Parkway and Tamworth are two I can think of that you can do this at too.

Nice work, you can also catch the low level train to worksop and on the return from worksop sometimes it will stop on the high level platform 2.

Love this series. Great idea. You know the anagram of Newark?

Good video! You should try Canterbury East to Canterbury West or Blackpool North to Blackpool South 😅

Great video editing is awesome

You could try Oulton Broad North to Oulton Broad South. They're not on the same line and the Oulton Broad South route runs right behind Oulton Broad North station !

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

For this, it's either two stations very close by but aren't connected or a similar high/low level situation. So that idea works great!

@lewis72

Жыл бұрын

@@NickBadley To get the train from Oulton Broad North to Oulton Broad South you have to go to Lowestoft & back. On the return journey the train goes _behind_ Oulton North station. If the platform had been extended 30m or so, it could have served both lines. A very strange set up IMO.

Great videos mate. Would you consider doing shotton high to shotton low level

Love the bit where you said "This map has a tube station" 😆

I used to train spot in Retford in the 1950s watching the A4s thunder through.

Love this new series! Any more in the planned or in the works yet?

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

A couple I have in mind!

@dazzlingdaz187

Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of Geoff's Catford to Catford Bridge video. Completely pointless but i loved it

@Ron_TTE

Жыл бұрын

@@NickBadley try tamworth high level to low level

@Les_MeilleursMCFC

Жыл бұрын

@@NickBadley wembley park to wembley stadium

@VladimirPutinIsGood

8 ай бұрын

​@@NickBadleyThe 180 Means You'll Be Going Nowhere 😂

Love it! Glad I've stumbled across your channel as you are a version of me and my channel lol . What a brilliant idea though!

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel!

I got a good one for pointless journeys: Catford to catford bridge in London (they are about 30seconds walk apart from each other

This series is amazing! I suggest Birmingham New Street to Moor Street, No trams allowed ;) !

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

Of course! Ideas are welcome!

Super editing, presenting, presentation and animation. The map with your head going between the different destinations is both funny and brilliantly done! When you have the extended sequences between your presenter bits, be great to know more about the history of the routes connected with the journey or the main destination, for instance why are there high and low level platforms. Also you mentioned the LNER ticket costing you 1.50 - any further information on how you got that would be brilliant. Not criticisms at all by the way, your stuff is brilliant, just suggestions. Have subscribed/liked etc. A see a young Geoff Marshall in the making! Cheers, Nick (another Nick! What are the chances?)

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, other Nick! Glad you enjoyed!

Such a good video!

this is deffo something i would do to avoid stairs

This is a cool series. I have a challenge for you........ Dorchester South to Dorchester West.

4:36 Love the ‘Woodhouse’ announcement what’s all that about!!

Great videos buddy I liked and Subscribed for more and I have binged your whole channel

I enjoyed this video. I was sure to like, and to subscribe. I also left a comment.

Dorking to Dorking Deepdeene would be a good one

I spent a lot of time waiting to change trains at this station on my first few visits home when I started at Lincoln Uni. I soon learned to avoid it at all costs and change at Newark or Doncaster instead, even changing at Peterborough was better!

@norbitonflyer5625

8 ай бұрын

Indeed. They charge you more for the dubious prividlege of going via Retford

I'm sure you already knew but some years ago there would have been no reason to do this as the two stations were one at the same level.

Haha, love it!

Tamworth Low - Tamworth High... I bet that's miles... 🤣

Wondered whether you might go the other way and go RET - DON, DON-SHF, SHF-RET. Retford's a great station though - use it to get to work in York a few days a week.

I’ve always wondered about getting between Catford and Catford Bridge, pointless journey perhaps.

Sorry the lift is out of order - No problem!

In fairness, this might be quicker than the colossal walk between the two levels!

Great video. It would be great if you also mention origin and destination of the trains you are taking for those who are not very familiar with service patterns of these routes. Like was the 1st LNER train that you took from Leeds to KGX or from somewhere else? Also was the Northern one from Lincoln to Leeds or it started from somewhere else?

@simonc7947

Жыл бұрын

Lincoln to Sheffield, although it might carry on to Leeds.

@norbitonflyer5625

8 ай бұрын

@@simonc7947 The displays said it was going to Leeds

The way he lip syncs to WOODHOUSE makes me laugh so much

What type of tickets do you buy for these kinds of journeys?

Worcestershire parkway and Tamworth could be next?

Not what I was expecting. I thought you might’ve gone to Doncaster then Sheffield and Worksop.

I love living close to Retford station, I can leave the house and be in central London in 1 hr 30.

St Budeaux Ferry Road to St Budeaux Victoria Road.

Which route would be more pointless though? Via Newark and Lincoln? Or Doncaster/Sheffield?

There is something spooky about the algorithm here. I'm currently on a train, which, in a few hours time, will call at Retford, then Newark Northgate, where I am ironically changing for Lincoln. How did they know???

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

😳 Rather spooky..

How about Bradford Interchange to Bradford Forster Square without going through Leeds?

My guy must really hate stairs

Next do Canterbury east to Canterbury west and catford to catford bridge

Shotton next?

But what if people want an expensive taxi ride from both stations?

You should do Smethwick Galton bridge Low level to Smethwick Galton bridge high level

Newark Northgate to Newark Castle should take a short while as well (especially if a "no reversing at Lincoln" rule was implemented...!)

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

Would have to not do this on a Sunday! Since on those days, trains call at Newark Northgate, reverse, then go to Newark Castle. Rather strange that they only do it on Sundays but oh well!

@chrisoddy8744

Жыл бұрын

@@NickBadley Huh, weird. Are these the small EMR trains from Lincoln, just adding an extra stop or...? (Would be hilarious if a 9-car Azuma just decided, nah, let's terminate it at Newark Castle instead, why not)

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisoddy8744 You know, this comment made me search it up and it seems now that this has stopped happening! In Lincoln recently I saw trains that would terminate at Newark Castle via Newark Northgate. Instead all those services now terminate at Nottingham and skip Northgate! I have a strong inclination that this was due to engineering works. I completely didn't realise! I stand corrected!

@chrisoddy8744

Жыл бұрын

@@NickBadley I mean, I never knew they went to Northgate in the first place, so the more you know!

High Level to Low Level 2 at Lichfield Trent Valley

This looks so fun! I love pointless journeys. Just out of interest, what are you studying at uni?

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

Chemistry!

@tramcrazy

Жыл бұрын

@@NickBadley cool

I think you omitted a detail - how long did your journey take, Nick?

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I've realised that I should definitely have included this, and I will do in the next entry to this series. Was £17 and took 2 hours 15 mins!

Do Waterloo to waterloo east 😂😂

Not all train but how about Glasgow Queen Street High level-low level via Inverness, Kyle of Lochalsh, Isle of skye, ferry to Mallaig then train to Dalmuir and into the low level

This map has a tube station Indeed it does Many of them in fact 😅 (I make that mistake all the time)

‘This map has got a tube station’ well duh its a london rail and tube services map

Retford High Level to Low Level. IIRC there is actually a direct train once a day.

Brighton - London road Brighton

@313rail

Жыл бұрын

You can walk it in 3 mins lool

Tamworth next?

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

It's an idea!

Easier way: Retford High Level to Wakefield Westgate, CrossCountry to Sheffield and Northern to Low Level.

Earlestown platform 1 to platform 5

Stupid question, what ticket did you buy?

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

I bought three individual advance singles for the journeys I did!

The amount of bone idle people you see moaning on twitter about the 100mtr walk and single flight of steps (or lift) it takes to get from the upper to the lower platform I would imagine they would actually us this service rather than exert themselves 🤣

4:33 demonstrates how depressing announcers can sound like

Have you ever done the pointless journey from Shotton High Level to Shotton Low Level in Fintshire ??

Tamworth?

I suppose I am not the first to enquire if you are Geoff Marshall’s little brother?😃

If you get a chance to get south I got a pointless journey for you. Ash vale to North Camp.

@nobbynobbynoob

Жыл бұрын

The Blackwater area is an absolute treasure trove of criss-crossing lines and awkward connections. Other than the boring walk-a-kilometre-along-Lysons-Avenue option, defeating the whole point of these videos, one route is Ascot-Wokingham-North Camp. Or there's Aldershot-Ash-North Camp, or Woking-Guildford-North Camp. Another odd fact is that North Camp station, though named after the Farnborough suburb, is actually located in Ash Vale as it's on the east side of the river.

Haha 😂 great stuff kiddo why walk from one level to the other when you can do it in comfort by train eh?... Let the train take the strain 😂😂😂😂

Nice little journey, defiantly wasn't pointless

How long did it take you?

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

Took me about 2 hours!

@sambrookes4497

Жыл бұрын

I hope there are lifts at Retford, otherwise that might be the only option for step-free passengers.

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

@@sambrookes4497 Fortunately, I can confirm there are!

another potential pointless journey: Canterbury East to Canterbury West :D

*WOODHOUSE*

How many High Level/Low level stations are there these days? Not many i guess! Kill them all with pointless journeys

@NickBadley

Жыл бұрын

Death by pointless journey!

Gillingham (Kent) > Gillingham (Dorset)