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Traveling to all the railway stations in Great Britain [video]
- jgrahamc 9y agoSort of related: I gave a talk about calculating the distance between all the railway stations in Britain in the 1950s using an early computer: http://blog.jgc.org/2012/10/the-great-railway-caper-big-data-in-1955.html http://blog.jgc.org/2012/10/the-great-railway-caper-big-data...
- tialaramex 9y agoThere's a video Geoff did that's not part of All The Stations about how when he was younger other people teased him for being a "train spotter" and he later realised not just that being a "train spotter" isn't bad, but that's not what he is, he does kinda like trains, but mostly as this series illustrated Geoff is interested in the infrastructure like stations, the trains just run on it.
- chiph 9y agoHe also does videos for Londonist Ltd. which is all about Transport for London. So you'll see Docklands Light Railway, the Overground, and of course the Underground. https://www.youtube.com/user/Londonistvids https://www.youtube.com/user/Londonistvids
- bmsleight_ 9y agoThese video are great, about 10 mins each. Great history facts, great trivia and such nuggets. Warning: It can turn anyone in to a (Underground) geek.
- wafflesraccoon 9y agoI've never been a huge rainfan but he is just so passionate about the topic, they are very well done videos.
- konschubert 9y agoCan you link that video? I've seen much of his stuff but haven't come about this one yet.
- PuffinBlue 9y agoI can't find the video OP means but in this All The Stations series there's brief mention of his not being a 'Puffer Nutter' in this video: https://youtu.be/sJmMa3UovW0?t=7m52s https://youtu.be/sJmMa3UovW0?t=7m52s
- kostecki 9y agoI'm guessing it's this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALd-ApLeIxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALd-ApLeIxQ It's a beautiful video
- tialaramex 9y agoYup, that's what I was thinking of.
- konschubert 9y agoFound it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALd-ApLeIxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALd-ApLeIxQ
- mnw21cam 9y ago> "I don't understand how we can still be in England." That would be because they were in Cornwall. Many locals (jokingly or optimistically) say that Cornwall is not in England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall#Cornish_national_identity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall#Cornish_national_iden...
- DanBC 9y agoThis is a great series, and they manage to point out a lot of the oddities of the UK rail system. They also busted my myth that Gloucester station has the longest platform. (It's pretty flipping long though.) Geoff has a bunch of videos about the details of stations or ticket systems. All tube stations have 15 floors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBTvmrRGlbE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBTvmrRGlbE Heathrow to Upminster for £1.50: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twtw5Xi4Neg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twtw5Xi4Neg Oyster Oddities, are you paying too much?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sbZ6kQHuiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sbZ6kQHuiA
- m-app 9y agoA bit related: just last weekend I learned about [0] a YouTube channel that shows railroad crossing in (mainly) The Netherlands: https://www.youtube.com/user/SAjustusSA https://www.youtube.com/user/SAjustusSA The most viewed video has 16M views which seems spectacular and at the same time totally logical to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rTJjIsKTa0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rTJjIsKTa0 [0]: Thanks, Dutch Vice: https://www.vice.com/nl/article/xw55yn/een-youtubekanaal-vol-spoorwegovergangen-is-precies-zo-dope-als-het-klinkt https://www.vice.com/nl/article/xw55yn/een-youtubekanaal-vol...
- advertising 9y agoWait why does this video have 16mm views for a train crossing??
- CodeSheikh 9y agoWhat about Northern Ireland?
- mkingston 9y agoYou're confusing Great Britain and the United Kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain
- PuffinBlue 9y agoSadly they don't actually show every single station in the videos, but it's still a great series to watch nonetheless!