The 'MAPS' T-Shirt is available here, btw: stores.clothes2order.com/dztzstore/dztz-customs/maps/

@murk1e

4 жыл бұрын

Next vid? metro.co.uk/2016/09/12/every-advert-in-a-london-underground-station-has-been-replaced-with-cat-photos-6123655/

@Jack-wh9qb

4 жыл бұрын

yay

@drewzero1

4 жыл бұрын

Geoff Marshall I did a double take when I saw it, it looks just like my spam shirt in a mirror.

@rul3dbyvenus

4 жыл бұрын

You're #50 on trending congratulations!!! 😁

@mikumiku4u942

4 жыл бұрын

How do you get free train transfer?

I like the seat at the front on the right of a single decker. But then again, I am the bus driver!

@robot2374

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Barry 😂 😂

@s125ish

4 жыл бұрын

Prefer the left side

@CoversedInThat

3 жыл бұрын

I bet ur not a bus driver

@Nav1g8r1

3 жыл бұрын

@@CoversedInThat ha ha! That's hilarious! I was for 4 years in the North East of England. But, then again, this is a joke, you know, a story with a humourous climax.

@CoversedInThat

3 жыл бұрын

Yea and ok

The nerdness level is off the chart! 😂👍

@Woodling-ht3xv

3 жыл бұрын

@Red Pilled Fox Nothing wrong with being a bus enthusiast

@eddiewillers1

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed - it's OVER 9000!!

@MatthewK421

3 жыл бұрын

I love nerdiness

@GumzMakesContent333

2 жыл бұрын

Nice buses!

I was the guy who talked to you on the X26 at Kingston. Honestly, was so great to meet you both. Really made my day! Hope you weren't too freaked out.

@geofftech2

4 жыл бұрын

Bayhano, ha ha! hello sir .. we were a LITTLE freaked out at first because we were hiding down the back of the X26 where we thought no one would see us!! nicey done though, lovely to meet you!! :-D

@bayhanoriley9236

4 жыл бұрын

@@geofftech2 Lol, I do apologise. I hope your future bus journeys will be a little less eventful. 😉

@entropy1484

3 жыл бұрын

@@bayhanoriley9236 was it not in the video? 🥲

@bayhanoriley9236

3 жыл бұрын

@@entropy1484 I wasn't brave enough to appear on camera.

@entropy1484

3 жыл бұрын

@@bayhanoriley9236 oh okay

Hugo is one of the biggest nerds I’ve ever seen - he’s wonderful!

@dezmundo1251

3 жыл бұрын

He's an absolute hero

@PeterShieldsukcatstripey

2 жыл бұрын

Love him.

@mrkipling2201

2 жыл бұрын

Top man!!

@ThonColinFilms

Жыл бұрын

I knew he’d rather hop than hug 😀💜

I once booked a megabus Inverness to Sheffield for £1.50.

@EoRdE6

4 жыл бұрын

I've gone Boston to Vermont for $1 on Megabus 🤔

@JHA854

4 жыл бұрын

That must have been fun

@xeroxquantum

4 жыл бұрын

What, in 1982?

@edwilson5416

4 жыл бұрын

@@xeroxquantum 2007 actually. I think it was around the time when the megabus brand was first launched. £1 plus 50p booking fee!

@BusAmbassador

4 жыл бұрын

We did Liverpool to Amsterdam and back for £3 in 2016. 😜

Yes! Bus video! My now fiancé proposed to me on the day I made us ride the RV1 before it got decommissioned. We rode the RV1 then he hired an old routemaster for just us. The proposal was amazing going over Tower Bridge, but equally amazing was getting to sit in the driver’s seat of the routemaster! More bus videos please, Geoff!

Amazing video! That "special" bus on the 353 at the beginning was a Scania Omnicity, which I believe is one of the last two in Go-ahead London's fleet, so it technically is special as they are amazing buses and a favourite of many bus enthusiasts

@yamahabibi

2 жыл бұрын

There is quite a lot of them in the London united rapt group fleet, you can mainly get them on the 71 to chessington.

@dj.mk4

Жыл бұрын

@@yamahabibi You mean RATP Dev Transit?

@dj.mk4

Жыл бұрын

They used to operate in my area which is Hammersmith on bus towards Heathrow & Hayes it was awesome

@frankieboateng4673

Жыл бұрын

I get the 353 every day to school

@Sean-D78

Жыл бұрын

These are terrible buses and I'm happy they're getting rid of them soon.

3:03 yes there are it's a Scania omnicity double decker (it's not an omnidekka that's different, look it up)

@omegamezle

4 жыл бұрын

Scanias ftw

@londongeneral367

4 жыл бұрын

Specifically N230UD but that means nothing to no one who isn’t an enthusiast... lol

@OofBerry1

4 жыл бұрын

@@omegamezle yes bruv

@daveman112

4 жыл бұрын

hmmm roblox bus community

@jopu7004

4 жыл бұрын

Scanias are really easy to spot

As much as I love trains and trams, the top of a bus is the best way to get around London! That is, unless you are in a hurry.

@neilcrawford8303

4 жыл бұрын

I have to agree with michaelXXLF. If have to do Kings Cross to Liverpool Street, or Waterloo to Euston, I take the bus. Much better than being stuck in a noisy, squealing tube train in a dark tunnel. Plus I'd hate to get stranded in tube train in a tunnel should there be a major problem.

@whywhy6055

4 жыл бұрын

michaelXXLF also on a riverbus or cable car if it isn’t so expensive and localised within a specific area

@michaelXXLF

4 жыл бұрын

Why Why I can well imagine that.

I had no idea that you got trams as well as busses for £1.50. So much cheaper than Manchester

@thatSteveSmith

4 жыл бұрын

Love the trams in Manchester. Still annoys me that it's card payments now. I always prefer cash payments.

@AidanMmusic96

4 жыл бұрын

Are the trams entirely card now? I moved out of Manchester just over a year ago and I could still use cash.

@arwelp

4 жыл бұрын

Aidan6496 You can still use notes & coins - it’s a long time since I’ve used cash, though - these days I either use contactless or my phone app.

@stephenslater7489

4 жыл бұрын

Costs £4.40 to go for a single journey from Piccadilly to Shaw and Crompton when I visit my daughter. A lot compared to London Trams.

@BusAmbassador

4 жыл бұрын

More expensive because of less government subsidies.

3:24 when your on the way back from a robbery and don’t want to be filmed

@benstoever

4 жыл бұрын

The reaction at 5:04 is similar. It's probably a data protection nightmare to film such kind of videos.

@Phambleton

4 жыл бұрын

tbh I would react the same way

@willjones8849

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Stöver probably but I think he gets tfl permission to film (they love him i think)

@danwoodhouse9290

4 жыл бұрын

ive always said that anyone who dosent want to appear in a photo or video should just stay indoors and dont bother coming out

@moplayz7346

4 жыл бұрын

DANIEL WOODHOUSE well people don't wanna stay their whole lives at home u know

Hugo seems like such a nice guy

Definitely more videos with Hugo please. Works well and love the bus knowledge - feel like there's much more to share there.

Looks like you've actually done more than 26.2 miles. You measured as the crow flies. If you measured the actual road route, will be a lot more.

@RBXTrains

4 жыл бұрын

that's effort to calculate though

@MisterAki43

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the X26 is 23.75 miles long in itself.

@Gasmanic

4 жыл бұрын

If you're going to count actual distance travelled, you'd really have to disallow the Heathrow transfer at the end - because otherwise, what's to stop you going in circles around Heathrow for the rest of the day...

@_B.M_

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gasmanic in theory, you could just get the x26 one way, after an hour, switch in the other direction. That'll be a sure fire 40miles i reckon.

@MisterAki43

4 жыл бұрын

@@Gasmanic That would defeat the purpose though. It's longest distance travelled for £1.50, not for free. There'd also be no reason for a real commuter to travel around Heathrow like that. I agree though, that number 7 shouldn't count.

In Milton Keynes, there is a "regular" bus service that runs every Thursdays on the 5 week of the month - I believe this will be the lest used bus service in the UK

@neiljones2206

2 жыл бұрын

What one

When i was in england in the 60's, when i rode a "double decker" i enjoyed sitting in the very front, to see the sights and so i wouldn't miss my stop.

@yusurkassem4174

3 жыл бұрын

Yh i always sit at the left in normal buses because I don't wanna miss my stop especially if it's a new area

Pure geek, very nerdy but very practical and very funny. Great stuff guys.

That is some serious budgeting! I love it 😀

Favourite seat? The driver's seat of course. I used to drive omnicitys around Brighton a few years back. A fairly roomy cab with room for your bags and comfortable driving position. Quite quick too. But they were brand new at the time.

The least used bus stop in London could count on the 465 near Dorking, the stops along the old London road in Mickleham are always quite quiet and least used! I do know it’s in Surrey, but it is a London bus

@SouthernTransportFan

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Juniper Hall would definitely be a contender (as well as North Downs Way)

That was great. Thanks Geoff and Hugo. Trams are awesome

The guy about 3:20 in realising he's in shot and moving out of the way is my new jam.

@JamesFluker

4 жыл бұрын

@@jayohcee379 just a dude going about his day who doesn't want to be in some kind of vlog 🙃

The 353 has an interesting history, as it wasn't originally a London Transport service! It was started by a minibus firm called North Down Travel back in the seventies, the firm's owner realising that there wasn't a link from Orpington-Croydon, so applied to LT for permission to start one. The firm ultimately became Tilingbourne before passing to Metrobus who would ultimately sell out to Go Ahead. It wasn't until recent years that the 353 became a fully fledged TfL service!

The voice of the platform train announcer should be replaced with alternating Hugo/Geoff, like at 1:08 - Geoff: Platform 4 for the.. Hugo: Thameslink Geoff: ..service to.. Hugo: Gatwick Airport.

I just want to point out that people can actually run this distance faster than it took you on the bus :D

We need more Hugo! Fun fun fun...lol. Great vlog - clever challenge. Loved it!

Geoff releases a video and I immediately watch it... Despite it being about buses some 500 miles south of where I live, I still can't stop myself from immediately watching it!

@Zimpaz

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@eddonbordeaux3192

4 жыл бұрын

Nearly 5,000 miles to my East :D

@danielmoss895

4 жыл бұрын

10,000 miles from where I live. Geoff is my source for reminiscing about when I used to live in London.

@s125ish

4 жыл бұрын

Where you stay ,Scotland?

@samburrow8099

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

The bus you had on the 353 was a Scania Omnicity. These were withdrawn from service by Go-Ahead, but because of the Orpington garage fire, which the 353 is run out of, they brought these old buses back. These are now withdrawn as of September, and are probably in use elsewhere in the country.

@XPTV233

2 жыл бұрын

some have ended up at Connexions in Tockwith near York :)

@nlmb28s14

Жыл бұрын

there’s literally one in circulation on the 65, very rare to find it

@JBFlytography

Жыл бұрын

Stagecoach East Scotland have a job lot of ex Stagecoach London and Ex GoAhead Omnicity deckers. They’re not for for the routes they’re used on😂

@Matthewsbuses1997

Жыл бұрын

@@alexaghioso981different company I think as I have never seen any go ahead London scania omnicities only stagecoach London ones

When you feel like you're not a public transport nerd but you've watched a lot of Geoff Marshall videos during the holidays.

I am grateful to you.I wanted this type of video from core of my heart.🙏🙏🙏👍👍

I love watching ur videos. Keep up the good work

What loveable nerds. :) I happened across this video due to the algorithm. I'm going to look up some more! It was a good watch!

He sure loves trains

Thank you so much Geoff and Mike for this interesting video, and for soooo much English humour I loved it!

Another video that on paper shouldn’t work but Geoff makes it work so well. Brilliant

You should do the shortest distance between bus stops. I nominate Catford Bus Garage (BN) to Bellingham Road (BQ) as it is about 80 metres, yet both are quite frequently used.

@fetchstixRHD

4 жыл бұрын

That's probably one of the shorter distances, I would say. I'm sure I've seen some shorter ones but can't remember where...

@nathanw9770

4 жыл бұрын

I live not too far from there. The journey is well under 10 secs. I'd say that Bellingham Road gets way more passengers than Catford Bus Garage though because it's by Bellingham station.

@PreNeanderthal

4 жыл бұрын

Chessington School (CCC) to Chessington South Station is about ten bus lengths - and because they travel free I've seen kids get on at one and off at the other.

Just downloaded the Oyster app, didn't even know they had one thanks Geoff

I work at East Croydon Station and would have been leaving (and possibly on the New Addington bound tram) just as you arrived, so I'm pretty sure we crossed paths at some point. It's always good to see familiar places in your videos Geoff!

Legend has it that Hugo is still hopping. .............

How about trying a round outer London by bus ie a circular route. See how far you can get

I'm with Geoff. Seat behind the stairs is best for the extra leg room

@tumainitiger4655

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on the bus model though, I sometimes get a 54 and some busses on that route have about 4ft infront at the front right, its ridiculous.

@olivermansfield8341

4 жыл бұрын

Depends on the bus, on the volvo yes, on the Alexander Dennis, any on the right side middle have loads of leg room,

@gojenson

4 жыл бұрын

For the most part, I would agree. It depends on the length of the ride. If it's 30 + mins.. hell yeah. I can spread out. But if it's less than 10, I'll stay on ground level.

@hawk_ness

4 жыл бұрын

On Lothian in Edinburgh that's where theres no room! However the seats on the opposite side have lots! BUT that's only on the B7s that are older than 2010 else you have to be a hobbit to have legroom. 🤪

@ChilternTransportProductions

4 жыл бұрын

There’s a better seat for legroom, in the middle at the back, upstairs or downstairs 😏

This guy makes me go to London more his knowledge is immense

my research has finally paid off in finding this bus omg there has been no other place that the x26 has ever shown up but it goes right to where i'm staying this is wonderful

On the least used bus stops here are a couple of contenders.... Both stops because of the fact they are within close proximity of the next stop which is more strategically placed... First is Riverdale Road on the 269 and 132 towards Bexleyheath and secondly Europa Trading Estate on the 99 towards Woolwich which is like two bus lengths away from the better positioned stop for the industrial estate at Birch Walk!

I like to sit at the back of the bus, but that annoys the passengers when I’m meant to be driving.

@CentralScotlandBusesYT

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that makes sense lol

Joyous video. Well done lads.

Insane video & insane muzak to boot! Love it!!

Please do a least used bus stops series!

7:08 relatively rare a single door double decker in london

When I was a student in Birmingham I also had a student rail card. One year BR (as was) did a special offer a ticket that was upto £25 was £5 and anything over £25 was £10. A group of us decided to see how far we could get for a £5. We rocked up to Birmingham NS and we decided to goto Windermere. Remarkable value and a good time.

I agree with Geoff. I love just behind the stairs.

Excellent video as always Geoff. I've been doing 10p Northern tickets recently. Think I will have travelled just under 200 miles for 90p by the time I return tomorrow!

@jude1293

4 жыл бұрын

How?

@jamesrobinson9194

4 жыл бұрын

@@jude1293 on the Northern Rail app there was a promotion around 3-4 weeks ago. There may be another soon

No way!!!! Route 108 bus stop East India Dock Road is very busy especially at the moment as the 108 is on diversion. It is definitely not the least used bus stop. I believe a contender would probably be Aintree Cresent on the 169 heading to Clayhall.

Please do more of these, very nice video👌

Hugo is an absolute legend!

@hugomarrow4630

4 жыл бұрын

Two legs in fact, each with two ends :P

The University of Westminster bus stop (in Harrow) has got to be a contender for least used.

Gets to Heathrow....”and now we can get a flight to Kuala Lumpur for £1.25...provided it takes off in the next 17 minutes...I think we’ll make it!”

What a fantastic video and more so, what a fantastic challenge!

Awesome work as always Geoff, but you videos always make me homesick 😁

Revised challenge for Geoff and Hugo: do the same journey but buses only (no tram) - should be doable if you take the 466 from Addington Village interchange to East Croydon instead of tram.

0:35 I guessed the place before the notation 1 second later, because 5 years ago a certain blogger wrote about the memorial on the screen being excessively passed by. 10:03 The funniest thing is that the best runners can actually cover the same distance on foot in less time. If there's a London Marathon covering much of the X26 route I would think about it seriously.

Gotta say this video saved my bacon a little bit 😂 I didn’t know that the 7 buses were part of the Heathrow free travel area, that fact saved me a bit of time just now!

Excellent video. I used to take X26 from Heathrow to Bromley before they started terminating it at Croydon; for £1:00 - I think. Keep up the good work Geoff.

I do see a fair few people at the blackwall tunnel, you'd be surprised!

@fetchstixRHD

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've seen quite a few people there when I've used the 108. For the least used bus stop I would have thought the Addington Pumping Station bus stop (I think it's the bus stop before the Addington Village interchange, at least on the 314) doesn't see many people...

@hugomarrow4630

4 жыл бұрын

@@fetchstixRHD Technically that was the answer to what the worst bus stop in London was

In my hometown Wuhan, China, you could travel over 50 km (which takes over 2 hours) and only pay 2 RMB bus ticket, which is about 25p. Striking.

It's always surreal seeing places I'm at regularly in KZread videos

Wheyyyy Orpington is now famous. Thanks Geoff!

70 minutes for the Hopper is game changer

@dominicfindlay

2 жыл бұрын

62mins now :/

Don't like the seat behind the staircase, no legroom! Prefer the upstairs 3rd row (usually) on the left as long as there are no window frames in the way of my left elbow...

@williamg209two

3 жыл бұрын

i got for the 3rd row too

I like the seat behind the stairs. it feels spacious and comfortable.

How nice to meet pleasant happy bus passengers

Also, least used bus stop contender, west lodge in roehampton

Gotta love a red dwarf reference :)

@tahirsutube

4 жыл бұрын

What was the reference? I missed it!

@punkemoandy

4 жыл бұрын

@@tahirsutube it's fun fun fun,

@tahirsutube

4 жыл бұрын

@@punkemoandy oh yeah right!

The 10 minute grace has saved me before - got a bus from Heathrow Central to the Travelodge, checked in & showered, then tapped in on the bus back to Heathrow Central about 65 minutes later :-)

I thought I was a transport nerd 😂😂 Love it!

Geoff and Hugo on the buses. Where’s Blakey?

The X26 is such an amazing route! I love it so much because I have to go between North Cheam and Kingston everyday, and not only does it skip stops, but it has usb charging! (Apart from the fully electric busses, I don’t know of any other London tfl routes that have this luxury, especially where I live) The one downside to the X26 is that it is every half hour, London General please could you up the frequency?

@memediatek

8 ай бұрын

I hope you are enjoying the 15 minute frequency now, random internet user

Great video Geoff love it do more of theses soon

In case you're wondering the 353 was a N230UD Scania Omnicity and the X26 was a B9TL Wrightbus Gemini 2.

I remember in late 2019 I made a joke about the best way to get from Orpington to Bromley, which would involve the 353 bus to Hayes, 119 bus to Croydon, X26 bus to Heathrow, plane to Biggin Hill, and 320 to Bromley South. Love to see bus routes on the channel that i use every day!

@daroldcarold3443

Жыл бұрын

Love how the 119 literally goes to bromley north in the other direction 💀

@michaelpeters1644

7 ай бұрын

I once used a travel planner on my PC, to see if I could go between Kings Cross and St Pancras via Belfast. It took me all round and through Belfast, then back to Kings Cross and told me to walk from there to St Pancras!

Why don't you do this more often it's amazing

@rajjy1976

4 жыл бұрын

Flaming Herrix Yeah, but leave Hugo at home next time please 😒

@westlondonbuses9902

4 жыл бұрын

@@rajjy1976 never leave Hugo behind

@TheKLM98

4 жыл бұрын

@@rajjy1976 what's wrong with big Hugo?

@hugomarrow4630

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheKLM98 is that big Hugo as in big Hugo energy?

@TheKLM98

4 жыл бұрын

@@rajjy1976 my parents?

More bus rides please Geoff. My favourite seat on the top deck is front nearside, the enthusiasts' choice.

I've often used that 108 bus stop, it serves Tower Hamlets Town Hall and takes commuters under the river. I'd say Warwick Terrace Stop C on the 53 is pretty well redundant, it's half way across the common and there's a stop just before Warwick Terrace and one just after the bus turns into Plumstead Common Road. My favourite seat is the one just behind the CCTV monitor.

As awkward guys go, Hugo is probably the coolest awkward guy I've seen on youtube not counting myself

I'm visiting London and did the x26 route to go in the longest bus route then on the 465 Kingston to Dorking for the furthest (I hope) bus stop from London. and I thought I might have done the longest row in the hopper date when I got the 367 from Perth road to West Croydon then x26 to Heathrow. oops. but at least good to know I was close without intending to!

Amazing video woohoo ❤ Greetings from London, England 🇬🇧 ❤

In greater Gothenburg, where I live my favourite seat is one of the two in the front row of our doubledeckers as the two on the left side have a "stoppinglight" right above them and the risk of banging your head into it is very high.

Next video: Breaking the laws of motion with the 1.50 bus hopper. Love that Scania Omnidecker!

@ce9934

4 жыл бұрын

Omnicity

@williamg209two

4 жыл бұрын

How they are so ugly

Although everyone calls them Scania Omnideckers, it’s actually a Scania Omnicity bus. Pretty sure they were all built in Poland!

@ce9934

4 жыл бұрын

Poland, Denmark & Sweden were all parts of the production line.

@mixererunio1757

4 жыл бұрын

Im quite sure Scania produces engines in Poland but not whole buses. I could be wrong

@EnviroExplorer

4 жыл бұрын

Yes that’s the correct spelling !

@nathanw9770

4 жыл бұрын

Omnidekkas are the older model of the Omnicity. They used to be allocated to the 353 as well as other routes from MB until they were withdrawn last year.

Love the editing!

I like Hugo, he is nice!

In Lancaster it'd get you halfway to the uni.

I always sit at the table behind the stairs, facing backwards. Because backwards facing seats are always better

We were shocked by the rail fare from Kings cross to Windsor for a day trip. £37.40 for 2 adults. It was a lovely ride though and I really enjoyed Windsor village. A perfect English sunny day. Thank you.

I enjoy these videos far too much. .....

It's 50 miles by road, so nearly two marathons. That's just 3p per mile!

@gmo4250

4 жыл бұрын

Much less than 50 miles. Probably 30 or so. 50 would take you around the M25.

The bus fare is also capped at £3.50 for 24 hours

@zakibayd4776

4 жыл бұрын

Well till 4am ish really so depends on time u start using it

@LadyMephistopheles

4 жыл бұрын

It's 4.50. and counts until just about 4am, yes.

@Alexander_l322

4 жыл бұрын

@@LadyMephistopheles it used to be £3.50! They cant help but raise the damn fares and caps year on year. Robbing bastards.

@asheiou

4 жыл бұрын

@@Alexander_l322 haha imagine living in a county with no fare cap

@zakibayd4776

4 жыл бұрын

Jeeez i still thought it was £3.50 bloody tfl

I know bus nerds like Hugo in Melbourne, it's impressive when you see the scale of how nerdy they can get.

If I knew you were going to be at Orpington around 3 then I would have come to meet you, as I was travelling around on Southeastern on Saturday. Still a very enjoyable video