A Look At The NEW Swanley Station! (Sort Of) | Another Station, Another Mile EXTRA

[@nicholasbloomer407]

Apparently, Network Rail's official policy (as of 2013, at least) is as follows: We do not actively prohibit any photography or filming at our managed stations for personal use, providing it is done safely and securely.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Thank you for all the kind comments on the video, folks. As much as I'm making light of what happened in the video, I am still really angry about it. Being confronted out of nowhere, kicked out & threatened with the British Transport Police - FOR VLOGGING - was very uncomfortable & upsetting. ESPECIALLY as an autistic person like myself. Confrontation can be very tough for me to deal with, and it's triggered a number of anxiety attacks that I'm still feeling now many hours after the incident. Fact is, no-one should be made to feel like this while out on the railways, especially at their home station which they use regularly - as Swanley is for me. And to be clear, nothing I was doing was illegal or even contravened Network Rail's own guidelines for filming or taking photos on stations. I wasn't getting in anyone's way, I was being respectful and courteous, and was in fact filming on a public right of way - the station entrance and footbridge are used as a pedestrian walkthrough. To argue that filming at any station, full stop, is illegal 'because of terrorism' is absolutely 100% false. Once again, thanks for all the messages of support. It'll take more than one staffer having a bad day to put me off making videos ^_^

[@Andrewjg_89]

I’d say sack the station staff at Swanley. That was out of order AJ. Disgraceful.

[@mikegillard7283]

It was the flat cap that did it. As a northerner, wearing that anywhere in the South could be misconstrued as terror related!! Great video, off for a Chinese spicy noodles now!

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Ahhh, that's what rumbled me!! It makes sense now xD Thank you!

[@shauntodd7123]

AJ great to see you back and filming alone is not a preclude to Terrorism or Hostile Reconassence. I would consider complaining about the Station staff. Amazing to see you back and fantastic as allways.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

SouthEastern did give me the option on Twitter to drop a formal complaint, so I'm going to. Thank you for the kind words :)

[@paulmark63]

Hi it’s paul again from At Mary Cray - mr jobs worth got nothing better to do. I see people filming all the time. You carry on the great work. Paul

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Amen! Thank you for the kind words ^_^ No jobsworth is gonna stop me vlogging!

[@GLovesTrains]

😂😂 that happening was comedy perfection, damn I wanted to see those platforms too 😂. You dealt with that beautifully, waffles xd

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Haha! Thank you mate ^_^

[@GryphLane]

Bollocks. It's a complete myth that it's illegal. The bloke hasn't got a damn clue.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Amen. Well said!

[@PodgyAsthmatic]

Loving it my friend, always nice to see your happy cheery videos, but you young whipper snappers and your doing as you're told, us old spotters would have told him where to go, and back in the day often did ha ha.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Hahaha! Yeah, my dad has some stories of dealing with jobsworths on stations back in his day too xD

[@Sim0nTrains]

That ending had me in stitches and honestly I do applause you on that! But I'm like that sometimes when someone just shouts at me I just freeze and can't think of anything, I do hate it when it catches me off-guard. Sadly there stations in London which saying it is illegal to film and do say 'terrorist' related, that happened to me once at Anerley Station, they didn't want me filming there and due to terrorist and threaten to call the police, So just carried on filming and nothing happened. Great video and might want to visit Swanley Station now lol

[@CPTrains]

I had that at Penge West! They said I had to call this number or I was trespassing. The number didn't work and 3 months on I'm still wondering how to get permission.

[@Sim0nTrains]

@@CPTrains I've been to Penge West a few times and had no problems filming there

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

'because terrorism' seems to be a really easy catch-all excuse for folks to try and stop enthusiasts filming at stations now, huh? Not that it actually has any basis in truth xD And thank you! It's the worst isn't it, when you struggle to think of replies on the spot in the heat of the moment!

[@DomTheTrainNerd]

Hi, great you got an upgraded station, my local station in Medway is getting an upgrade with a new footbridge and lifts. About your experience about member of staff, I understand, staff at my station are frustrating me, at my local station, Southeastern and the btp collectivly have 20 members of staff at the same time at Chatham, and are just having ahi a people for no reason, for example a relative of mine just came out of hospital and had a massive plaster on his head, and on the way home, staff were being igronant and keep asking about the valid train ticket he showed them, they kept asking about it and also the reasons why they have 20 members of staff is due to fare dodging, which is fare enough, but they are being igronant to people with valid train tickets,

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Ooh, what's your local station? I used to live in the Medway area a long time ago! It's so frustrating isn't it?

[@DomTheTrainNerd]

@@HeyItsAJOmega yes, my local station is Chatham and I am exited about new lifts and footbridge at my station

[@caseyneistat2437]

This is why I email the company that owns the station a week or two before so if they say no, I don't waste a trip

[@CPTrains]

I guess if it is local you don't expect to need an email to go onto the platform for 10 minutes!

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

^^^this! Especially as, like I pointed out in the video, it's far from the first time I've filmed there xD

[@Dwagginz]

Love the George Russell tee! Glad to find another fan of his!

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Yay!! Yeah he's my favourite ^_^

[@mhkansan]

Please don't let this experience stop you from doing what you're doing! You make great content and sometimes the security apparatus is too hot to trot on someone whose actually on their own team.

[@CCA2020]

You should totally do something on the New Battersea Branch on the northern line

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Definitely plan to!

[@XaviMacBash]

@@HeyItsAJOmega should have a proper ASAM video on that, along with another way to force in the northen city line of course

[@SUPRAMIKE18]

Terrorism!!??? Really!? They must have watched too much of your GTA3 Let's Play XD (In all seriousness that really sucks that this happened to you, you have have my love and support as always and not just me but from many others aswell ❤️)

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

That has to be it! xD (and thank you dude, you're always so kind and supportive ^_^)

[@pangolin83]

Hmmm seems like Sir Hendy already said something about allowing videos/photos

[@Gregdotgreg]

Do you know about the Coal Tax Posts in Swanley? And I presume you realise the slow trains use the Fast Lines and the fast trains use the Slow lines? 🤣

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

You know, now I've looked up what a Coal Tax Post is, I *do* know about them!! I've wondered for years what the random pillars/monuments at the side of the railway cutting were, maybe it was some kind of tribute or something. Now I know!

[@RedHillian]

Someone ought to warn that notorious & serial filmer of stations "Geoff Marshall" (could be a secret code name though) that the BTP might be hunting for him right now!

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Must say, I've yet to see the Wanted posters with his mugshot on them plastered all over stations xD

[@Andrewjg_89]

Very nice to see a new station building at Swanley. Sounds like Network Rail & Southeastern have done a lot of amazing improvements including the lifts that makes the station step-free accessible. And of course Southeastern is to become SE Trains from the 17th October. And what about the Class 707 City Beam trains which you should do a video of these trains. Plus (4:40) that station staff that gave you a telling off for filming inside the station should be sacked.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Yes indeed! Didn't get to mention the accessibility improvements, step-free access from the car park to the footbridge, and the lifts down to platform level. All great! And I'll try and get out and ride the Class 707s, they won't be visiting Swanley unfortunately but will be passing nearby!

[@Andrewjg_89]

@@HeyItsAJOmega I do feel sorry for you. Station staff are like that everywhere as what I have experienced before. And Southeastern well they have gone downhill since they got fined £25m.

[@mrkangaroo83]

Whoop good to see an ASAM vlog 👍Also yeah I have the the witty riposte/reply come to me minutes/hours after a confrontation problem! Although I'm not a confrontational person and I'm also on the spectrum, so witty zinger replies rarely pop up instantly!

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Hah, yeah you get it right? Brain just freezes in the moment and you can't get the words out! Thank you for the nice words :)

[@chipskrieg8574]

great renovation but i'm gutted they got rid of the little shop

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

That corner shop was elite tier! There's a new little coffee shop in there now that I want to check out.

[@bobg56]

Can't take pictures of stations? What would Geoff Marshall do?

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Good question, he'd struggle to make videos for sure xD

[@holdingnamerequired4703]

What are your thoughts on the new battersea station?

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Good question, I haven't visited it yet! Soon though, and from what I've seen in other videos, it looks fabulous :)

[@MichaelSebastianTodd]

ive been reported loads of times for taking pics and had the police called on me but when that happens it makes me not want to go back sometime i look a bit dodgy but im not trust me anyway brilliant video i would say wait till you catch a train from Swanley then maby use your phone or somethingto show us the platforms

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Yeah, honestly it's just staffers not knowing the actual laws and abusing their power. There's nothing wrong with enthusiasts and photographers, it's certainly not illegal and so long as you follow the fairly common sense guidelines from Network Rail it's all good. :)

[@Gregdotgreg]

Let them call the British Transport Police. Assuming they turn up, they will just laugh at the staff It is, however, illegal to ride bicycles on a railway station. But not to film or take photos

[@DamZFXBeats]

I'm thinking of moving here and this video is tremendously helpful for me to know more about the station, thank you! :)

[@raphaelnikolaus0486]

Aren't you carrying a Sunflower Lanyard? Wonder how that might have affected the MOS's behaviour…

[@sambosztech]

Mate you’re alright to film in any station don’t let stupid tyrants tell you other wise, if BTP came down they’d let you know that you’re perfectly within your rights to film at any station, ignore the idiots who have a problem with filming they’ll be the death of filmmakers, photographers and KZbinrs

[@RJ-ge1kz]

That's one hell of a riposte lol. It's known as "l'esprit de l'escalier" or "wit of the staircase" in a rough English translation. Sorry that happened to you. It's like your guy here has never seen a trainspotter.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Oh is that what it's called? There we go!! Presumably named because you think of these things while walking off up the stairs after an argument, and it's too late to turn around and go 'AND ANOTHER THING!' xD

[@hertsbusandtraingeek7824]

I hate that whole "it's illegal to film" bs. No it's not, and I worked on the railway for 9 and a half years so I should know. I would have called their bluff and let them ring BTP, watch their faces drop as they are told off for wasting police time

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Funny you say that, this staffer claimed to have worked on the railway for 32 years, as if that shut the argument down altogether xD Thank you, and yeah you're totally right - nothing illegal about it!

[@CPTrains]

Great to See a local station to me being upgraded, just need my actually local to be upgraded as they have promised nice things for years and have not seen it. I heard that the typical terrorist is a George Russell fan! That terrorism thing is stupid. Isn't it obvious that you will cause no harm due to being familiar with trains and knowing how to be safe at stations? If it was illegal to film at stations, especially on the SE network, I would have broken the law many times, especially when I was talking to the staff about Train SImulator at Cannon Street! I like how many people complain about kids not going out and spending too long on computers, but then we get told our perfectly safe hobby is illegal, and that the police will be called, it's just safer to stay at home! Ironic thing is is that they probably have a camera on them at the station - their phone.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Hahah! You make lots of very good points there! And honestly, that might've been the giveaway - I had no idea terrorists were such big GR63 fans these days xD

[@PaulSmith-pl7fo]

Terrorism isn't a stupid thing, but perhaps he was going overboard. I wonder whether the man was a minion and not sure how to deal with the situation!

[@Gregdotgreg]

Ask them where their £25m is

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

I assume it's down the back of a sofa somewhere... xD

[@nascarstopmotionguy]

hello adam I guess this is the only way I can contact you since you don't have facebook or instagram now but this is a completely different topic here, but I mind you said you're a huge fan of the burnout games, well they're remastering burnout revenge!!! I'm excited :) :)

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Oh is that so? Awesome!!

[@nascarstopmotionguy]

@@HeyItsAJOmega yes indeedy doo!!

[@johngreen7085]

The old one was easier to find

You look nothing like Terry Wrist.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

I know, right? He doesn't wear hats, for one! xD

[@Kee-Lo]

Ah so train spotting is illegal now...

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

Supposedly! Because muh terrorism xD

[@Andrewjg_89]

I agree. Trespassing is illegal. But train spotting isn’t unless you do get permission to film trains and take pictures of trains. I have had no problem with any train operator when I take pictures of trains. Especially new ones.