If you are in that area, Dorking to Dorking Deepdene is another good pointless journey. They are almost, but not quite, two levels of the same station.
@harper5128
8 күн бұрын
seconding this, dorking to dorking deepdene via dorking west is very much doable if entirely unnecessary
@Dorkingwanderer
7 күн бұрын
Thus is a brilliant idea since this is also another local pointLess journey
@Eric_Hunt194
8 күн бұрын
If you'd known about the delay at Ascot soon enough, you could've got the Aldershot service to Ash Vale and then walked the half-mile to North Camp to get a GWR service to Farnborough North.
@NickBadley
8 күн бұрын
Ah! Smart thinking!
@geocachingwomble
8 күн бұрын
@@NickBadley I know of 2 pointless journey I am aware of . The first one is a 8th of a mile from Newcastle central mainline station to manners station in Newcastle upon Tyne. The second one is from Guildford station to London road station Guildford as you can literally walk the same distance about and just miss the train from Guildford by 30 seconds to London road if you walk it.
@Southern999Responses
8 күн бұрын
@@geocachingwombleThe two stations aren’t pointless in Guildford, however people who travel from one of them to the other makes it pointless because you may as well just walk down the high street 😂
@svelterwinner_5344
7 күн бұрын
even better you could have went to Aldershot then went to ash to get to a train to Farnborough north there
@geocachingwomble
6 күн бұрын
@@Southern999Responses exactly my point. I used to be to walk it quicker to get off at London road and get back to godalming quicker when I lived there via the canal towpaths than I could getting the train from London road to godalming. When I was in 6th form. If you are going to Leatherhead it's always quicker and cheaper to buy your tickets on the train after getting on at Guildford London road than it used to be getting to Guildford as the London road trains used to be more frequent in the late 2000's/early 2010's
@176MarkW
8 күн бұрын
Virginia Water is certainly a very posh place. I recommend alighting there and taking a nice hike through the Great Park up to Windsor. It's a great day out.
@Eric_Hunt194
8 күн бұрын
@@176MarkW nearby Egham (the next stop up the line towards Waterloo) is also very posh. In the 1990s it was home to Britain's only official Ferrari dealership.
@adrianbromfild8624
8 күн бұрын
In 1983 I moved to Farnborough and my lodgings were located half way between the two stations so I used both stations frequently and brings back many happy memories
@f1thingsyaystripper_dave425
8 күн бұрын
Can confirm.... it is really cool when mr badley goes to all your local train stations
@rwm2986
8 күн бұрын
Virginia Water - good choice! Between Chertsey and VW the rail line crosses both the M25 and M3. Incidentally, with your comment on the train from Weybridge being indicated as 'terminating' at Barnes, in the 'down' direction the announcement at Waterloo is that the train 'terminates' at Addlestone. The 'stand' of 9-10 minutes at VW has always puzzled me. It didn't used to be like that. I can only assume that it is related to the timetabling effect of these trains being routed round the 'Hounslow Loop' which didn't used to happen.
@JamesFraser34
8 күн бұрын
It waits at VW to allow the half-hourly faster train from Reading to Waterloo to go ahead (using the Twickenham/Richmond line after Feltham) - otherwise the Weybridge train (which also stops at Ashford and Whitton) would hold that one up before diverting onto the Hounslow Loop. Never understood why they don't just leave Weybridge a few minutes later - probably because it has to avoid some clash with the busy Waterloo mainline before heading off towards Chertsey.
@rwm2986
8 күн бұрын
If I have read the timetable correctly, leaving Weybridge a few minutes later is not an option as the 'next' down train arrives at Weybridge only 5 minutes after the up train leaves. It must be the effect or routing round the 'Hounslow Loop.' Years ago, it used to be that the 'slow' train from Weybridge was around 6 minutes after the 'fast' train from Reading at VW. Plus, I think SW Trains have managed to cause some overcrowding by 'squeezing in' a Waterloo to Waterloo service, in both directions, using the 'Hounslow Loop' joining/leaving the main line at Whitton.
@TB76Returns
8 күн бұрын
3:25 They do that at Leeds and York for the Harrogate Line, where the trains are advertised for Poppleton on the Leeds end and Burley Park on the York end, so that people go for the faster trains via Church Fenton for York
@NickBadley
8 күн бұрын
Indeed! I think there was unused footage from this video somewhere where I mention this. But yes!
@infinity7682
8 күн бұрын
That’s the line I get to school and work about three or four times a week so seeing two comments mentioning it was a bit of a surprise
@Lewisjma21
8 күн бұрын
@@NickBadleyit was birthday 5days ago I turned 13 Can u do Point to point Go from Chesterfield to Chesterfield And try and do so many trains for it Time limit 3H at most
@Deadlock320
Күн бұрын
They used to do it at Reading for stopping services to Paddington - they were advertised for Ealing Broadway. Since the Elizabeth Line started they don't need to use subterfuge any more, as the new service goes all the way to Abbey Wood.
@tommarshall1660
8 күн бұрын
Has it been that long since the last pointless journey? I knew there was something missing in my life.... Well done Nick.
@Thornaby37
8 күн бұрын
There are so many ways of doing a pointless journey between Farnborough Main and Farnborough North (via Basingstoke and Reading is another). Also Frimley station on the Ascot to Aldershot line is a few minutes walk from Farnborough North but on a completely different line
@Eric_Hunt194
8 күн бұрын
The walk from Ash Vale to North Camp (on the two lines in question) is often included in itineraries to avoid having to go the long way round. Not ideal if you're not good on your feet though!
@CricketEngland
6 күн бұрын
Farnbrough Main to Farnbrough North by train takes 1 hour and 14mins changing at both Woking and Guildford and costs £14.10 Walking is just 17 mins and is free. I know which way I would go….
@fussyboy2000
8 күн бұрын
Whitchurch to Whitchurch via Whitchurch is now in your grasp.
@NPW007
7 күн бұрын
The fact that Nick loves the Desireos is really awsome, my local train
@KwangoTron
10 күн бұрын
Similar to that train being advertsied as going to Barnes, I was in Leeds and York earlier this week, and there's a train between the two that's advertised as going to Poppleton in one direction and Burley Park in the other. It confused me because I'd bought advance tickets on that service because it was cheaper than the quicker, more direct routes.
@JeSuisRene
8 күн бұрын
I assume this would be the Harrogate line?
@GabrielsReviews
8 күн бұрын
@@JeSuisRene Yes. A certain someone can't accept that some people aren't actually in a rush to get from (x) to (y) as soon as possible.
@Eric_Hunt194
8 күн бұрын
@@KwangoTron years ago there was one train a day that went from Leeds to Sheffield via Huddersfield and stopped at all stations. It was advertised at Leeds as a service to Dodworth, as there were faster trains to Barnsley and all points beyond. There was even a short period where it ran beyond Sheffield to Lincoln- advertising a Lincoln service at Leeds that went that way round would have probably annoyed a few unsuspecting travellers!
@Fercough
8 күн бұрын
Yes.
@Fercough
8 күн бұрын
I bought a ticket, via one of the many apps, from York to Leeds, on the service marked for Burley Park. I was sold a ticket for a service that, theoretically, does not run. No wonder folk get bemused by the ticketing arrangements in GB.
@mcollier4566
8 күн бұрын
What Nick couldn’t see was all the smiles and silent cheers when the music started playing 😂
@warrentimothy2276
8 күн бұрын
Hi Nick. I work for NR in Basingstoke and enjoy your videos. Hope you have a good time here... looking forward to more "local" content!
@NickBadley
8 күн бұрын
Ah nice!
@dominicbarden4436
8 күн бұрын
The 444/450 Desiros are so, so good, some of my favourite EMUs. Plenty of childhood memories from when I'd visit my grandmother in Liss with my family and we'd take the train down to Pompey.
@railrunners
3 сағат бұрын
Love how I'm seeing this like 2 days after moving to Farnborough
@simonc858
8 күн бұрын
Fabulous, I have lots of childhood memories of trains to Guildford from Farnborough Nth, it looks quite different now though! My grandmother lived a short walk across The Hatches in Frimley Green.
@MichaelSebastianTodd
8 күн бұрын
brilliant video & i def agree the 450s & 444s are great as i ride those a lot everytime i use SWR & Surrey has a lot of posh places round there & nice to see that Farnborough North is getting a footbridge
@jacobporrett
5 күн бұрын
Great to have this series return. I enjoyed watching Nick.
@theprideofbellshill2224
8 күн бұрын
When I worked on the railway in the 80s, that was my area for about 3 years.
@standman525
7 күн бұрын
Hi! Paisley Gilmour St to Paisley Canal St would be a brilliant pointless journey. The Canal St line has a nice bit of history behind it for your viewers
@frislander4299
8 күн бұрын
NGL as a current resident of Guildford I totally agree with you at 2:15, those plus the evening out fare so I can get into London cheaply and comfortably in ~35 mins on a weekday evening makes South Western to be my favourite operator atm (certainly compared to GWR round here, good God almighty it's grim)
@Southern999Responses
8 күн бұрын
As someone who lives just outside of Guildford and is in Guildford frequently doing my hobby I totally agree with you.
@Nooticus
4 күн бұрын
Really great video! Appreciate the effort on the more detailed map, crucial for this area with many lines!
@Someone36991
8 күн бұрын
Point to point idea: Mill Hill (Blackburn) to Mill Hill (London) via Mills Hill (Greater Manchester)
@nathanw9770
8 күн бұрын
The Mill Hill station in London is called Mill Hill Broadway. There's also Mill Hill East on the northern line so Nick can include that if he likes.
@nuclear872
7 күн бұрын
So the Southeastern Mainline. There is a extremely small distance between Folkestone West & Folkestone Central. The distance is so close you can see people boarding or waiting on the platform for one station from the other.
@gemmarie7683
8 күн бұрын
Love Pointless Journies. Please do more. I lived in Basingstoke in the 90's. I expect it has changed a bit since.
@MartinBrez
8 күн бұрын
Newark Northgate to Newark Castle? Very easy to do as a Pointless Journey
@stephencampbell9384
7 күн бұрын
Literally listing all the places the Martians destroyed in War Of The Worlds :D (Lots of railway stuff in the book)
@walkingtheboogie
7 күн бұрын
Very good video. Great Western Railway has had staff shortages lately, leading to cancellations. Another journey worth doing is London Road (Guildford) to London Road (Brighton). 0:00
@Nicolaizans
8 күн бұрын
3:05, your right. Much faster trains leave from the same station to waterloo so It's advertised as Barnes to show it's not direct
@OllieMJT_27
8 күн бұрын
The last time I went to Farnbrough north the footbridge wasn’t there, so it’s nice to see it coming along great
@DISCOPlayz
8 күн бұрын
2:45 My local station lol
@barmyarmy5215
8 күн бұрын
Windsor and Eton Riverside to Windsor and Eton central next?
@raphaelhamilton3526
8 күн бұрын
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@garethsmith2250
8 күн бұрын
Poor you Basingstoke!
@MathewODonoghue
5 күн бұрын
On Sundays the Ascot to Aldershot extends to Guildford
@goldenboat9106
8 күн бұрын
As a Farnborough local, I've been waiting for this video for about 2 years 😂 Word of advice, Ascot is pronounced "Ass Cot", not "Azcut"
@SWTR11
8 күн бұрын
You could do a Weybridge to Weymouth as a Point-to-Point, if those names are close enough.
@rockerjim8045
8 күн бұрын
Ascot is posh. It even has a McClaren dealership next to the entrance. Up the road is home to Royal Ascot
@harry1144
8 күн бұрын
Farmborough is one of my local stations
@garybroadhurst3548
8 күн бұрын
Having got off at Ascot and seeing the Aldershot train, I'd have been tempted to do Ascot-Aldershot-Ash-Farnborough North instead. The only thing better than a pointless journey is an even MORE pointless one and it's always good to tick-off a three-letter station!
@user-pq5fm3iz1w
8 күн бұрын
Awesome Nick, been waiting for this one
@AberdonaiBrum101
8 күн бұрын
I LOVE POINTLESS JOURNEYS! :D WASTING MONEY AND….. Just generally nothing else
@calexu1986
6 күн бұрын
Suggestions: Southend Central-Southend Victoria.
@leahlmao3035
8 күн бұрын
You should include the cost too. Also you could do catford to catford bridge
@AndyCreepy27
8 күн бұрын
The bridge you captured before Virginia Water took you over the M3. The line passes over the M25 a few moments before on a longer bridge, which is caused by the angle the line crosses the motorway at 🙂
@knotty2207
8 күн бұрын
When you left Farnborough North I saw you as you ran back up the hill to Farnborough Main, I live overlooking Farnborough North and next time your here visit the community garden.
@rogueinnovations9161
8 күн бұрын
Fangirling! Nick doing stations I know well eeeek
@ap9970
8 күн бұрын
Had to get the Gatwick train once, its a long walk to North Camp when it doesn't stop at Farnborough North.
@ReubenAshwell
8 күн бұрын
Brilliant video Nick, I've never been down to this part of the network. Desiros are quite good but not the 350/2's because of the 3+2 seating lol.
@andrewbland3971
8 күн бұрын
I have a Pointless Journey for you. Bicester Village to Bicester North.
@CricketEngland
6 күн бұрын
Try a train from Dorking Main to Horsham to Redhill to Dorking Deepdean to save yourself a 5 min walk. EVEN MORE POINTLESS…. Unless you have a wheelchair as Deepdean is not step free
@jakewatson668
8 күн бұрын
I like the blue SWR railway trains. Real comfortable. Least fav is Thameslink
@Cross_Trainspotting
8 күн бұрын
Is this new lust for a ride on a 458 going to end up like the 230 saga on the Borderlands?
@Likasense
8 күн бұрын
Congrats on 25k+ !!! 🎉
@ladela7348
8 күн бұрын
Woo, my local stations!
@NameReveal-yy7qb
8 күн бұрын
Glad there back a suggestion I have is farringdon Thameslink to Elizabeth line
@MalcolmMc-h3j
4 күн бұрын
Hi Nick, really enjoyed the video, if you are down south how about Dorking to Dorking Deepdene or Edenbridge to Edenbridge Town?
@kernelpowered
3 күн бұрын
it is properly weird seeing nick on the route I commute on xD
@AndrewJohnson-ur3lw
5 күн бұрын
Need to do Pontefract.
@solarsatan9000
8 күн бұрын
i did this just over a year ago a truely great journey main-brookwood-ashvale(short walk to northcamp the connection is recognised by the operator)-farnborough north
@mattevans4377
8 күн бұрын
I'm going to be thinking about the alternate name for Virginia Waters all day now. God damn it
@randomguy-tg7ok
8 күн бұрын
Not surprised at _all_ that the train to Farnborough North you were scheduled to get got cancelled. Don't take my rumor-spreading at face value, but from what I can tell, GWR physically does not have enough rolling stock assigned to the line to run a full weekday serviceand it's the slower trains of each pair that usually get axed as a result.
@Rick-pu8ob
8 күн бұрын
A few years ago the 455's were not too bad as they were heavily refubished since first introduced with awful seats but never liked the dated 508 trailer in the 455/7. This 508 trailer variant stayed as a consequence of Merseyrail not wanting the 4th trailer car. Going a bit off topic, the two coach 150 sprinters that look like 455 carriages, never understood why sprinters were not made with more carriages but guess it was cost.
@sneedex_brawlstars
8 күн бұрын
i love your videos nick, can you do Earlsfield (London) to Earlsfield (Aberdeenshire)
@etiawneb
8 күн бұрын
It's definitely not the M5 or the M23 haha
@CricketEngland
6 күн бұрын
4:49 definitely not the M5
@katashworth41
8 күн бұрын
I am persuading my partner that we both need the Pointless Journey tops, he’s relented that I can have one
@Thegoldenemerald
8 күн бұрын
He finally done my local pointless stations I’ve done this journey before
@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire
8 күн бұрын
The North Downs is always busy.
@BritishTrainsRBX
8 күн бұрын
4:45 its the M3 Motorway
@Southern999Responses
8 күн бұрын
Pointless journey suggestion is Horsley to Effingham junction or other way round
@Gamerscreech
8 күн бұрын
Were so back
@Theexplora503
8 күн бұрын
3:39 😂😂😂
@I-_-l-_-l-_-l-_-l-_-l-_-l-_-l
5 күн бұрын
You should do monument (tyne and wear) to monument (tube)
@simonlewis-un4mv
8 күн бұрын
Idea for a pointless journey Romsey to Salisbury via Romsey using the service through Southampton
@andyt2510
8 күн бұрын
If I remember the 455's don't have toilets either, whereas 150's and the Desiro's do
@mattevans4377
8 күн бұрын
The 455s also operates much smaller journies, much more similar to Merseyrail
@andyt2510
8 күн бұрын
@@mattevans4377 similar to the Class 323's, which were built for commuter traffic (hence the quick acceleration and deceleration they have) - however they had toilets from new. Surprisingly they did do the Birmingham-Liverpool run in the late 1990's - I bet that was fun with the motors screaming at their top speed of 90MPH!
@mattevans4377
8 күн бұрын
@andyt2510 For a moment I thought you meant the 455s, lol
@RJSRdg
8 күн бұрын
An alternative route would have been Farnborough Main - Basingstoke - Reading - Farnborough North
@nathanw9770
8 күн бұрын
The Class 150, 156, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 455 and 456 are all somewhat the same train but with different layouts and cabs as they were all built by BREL (I think but feel free to correct me if i'm wrong), who based them all off the steel mk3 bodyframe.
@JoeCryer-p5m
8 күн бұрын
Yay, a new vid
@fkofilee
8 күн бұрын
@Nick Badley - Try Dorking Deepdene to Dorking Main :)
@trainspottzingUK
4 күн бұрын
That's my local station lol
@Thegoldenemerald
8 күн бұрын
4:50 either the m5 which is somewhere between exeter and Birmingham doesn’t pass through chertsey and m23 also doesn’t pass through chertsey between crawly and redhill
@trainman305team
8 күн бұрын
03:15 The reason why the departure board says Barnes is purely because SWR don’t want Waterloo passengers going the long way round via Staines and want them to go via the Surbiton Line
@ian_of_glos
8 күн бұрын
Why not try Farnborough to Salisbury, Salisbury to Westbury, Westbury to Reading, Reading to Farnborough North?
@RobinPalmerTV
8 күн бұрын
Virginia Water is incredibly posh. I think they have a train station for the staff at the houses. Plenty of private gated communities there backing onto golf courses and the like. It’s all new money from the entertainment industry and people who want to live near Ant and Dec.
@CricketEngland
6 күн бұрын
Farnbrough Main to Farnbrough North by train takes 1 hour and 14mins changing at both Woking and Guildford and costs £14.10 Walking is just 17 mins and is free. I know which way I would go….
@toppersailor96
8 күн бұрын
When you said you weren't taking the obvious route I thought you'd be taking the OSI from AHV - NCM after changing at ACT
@zpodyssey
8 күн бұрын
LOVE THE VIDS NICK
@sterlingskitchen5207
8 күн бұрын
I feel the ultimate pointless journey would be Southend Victoria To Southend Central To Southend East then to end of Southend Pier on the pier train...
@huwclements3862
3 күн бұрын
I would like to see another pointless journey from Heath high Level to Heath Low Level
@freddierss
3 күн бұрын
not a very long one but coulsdon town to coulsdon south
2:42 Did they get rid of the Celia Drummond announcements?
@DadgeCity
8 күн бұрын
According to old maps, Farnborough station is in North Farnborough, and Farnborough North station is in Farnborough Street.
@jono2575
8 күн бұрын
When you get time do Cambridge to Cambridge north
@harrierjames7727
6 күн бұрын
Farnborough Hbf - Farnborough Nord
@CricketEngland
6 күн бұрын
Heres another journey….. Get a train from Dorking Main to Horsham to Redhill to Dorking Deepdean to save yourself a 5 min walk. POINTLESS…. Unless you have a wheelchair as Deepdean is not step free
@Ultra-t3o
6 күн бұрын
Nice guy
@JoeCryer-p5m
8 күн бұрын
I like the l n e r train in Train sim world four
@paulharvey9149
7 күн бұрын
Commiserations re Basingstoke. Is that what they call community service?? So, Ashford to Ashford, and Farnham to Barnham or indeed Fareham, is it - or Gillingham to Gillingham perhaps?? Or Dorking has THREE stations - have you even resisted this long??
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