A TFW ride from Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury - VERY scenic!

A TFW ride from Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury. I had a ride on a TFW class 158 along the Aberystwyth branch of the Cambrian line, as I was making my way home from my carriage stay in Wales. It sure was VERY scenic!
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[@bobbythedesertwalker594]

I love to see the beach and all the flowing water! Such a beautiful journey through the countryside! 😎

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks Bobby!

[@AndrewG1989]

Such a stunning place to visit in West Wales. Very beautiful and picturesque. Never expected to see West Wales so incredible.

[@pavelpolonskij6931]

This brings back memories. I was a student in Aber 98-01, and have used that train station plenty of times. Overdue a visit...

[@davidaarthur]

I remember how Midland Mainline used to give their passengers free tea, but didn't know TfW were bringing it back!

[@GLovesTrains]

😂😂

[@jacobporrett]

I had a day out to Aberystwyth with my mum and we went on the Cliff Railway and had lunch at the cafe at the top which was great. Good views from the top. It's a lovely journey from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@GLovesTrains]

Sounds great! I need to go up it 😄

[@anthonyquane5039]

❤ absolutely beautiful place and some real stations yipeeeeee

[@djtraxxehv1058]

Lovely railway stations in Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury and of course a lovely railway line.

[@Sim0nTrains]

I have been to Aberystwyth once.... Was there for 10 minutes and left, sadly didn't even get off to have a look as it was chucking down with rain on that day. When got to Machynlleth, wanted to head back to Shrewsbury but was advise to take the train to Aberystwyth because it the same train I was waiting for, this was a very long time ago before I started KZbin and before KZbin even existed as well lol Great video G but the Cambrian Coast is a very stunning line.

[@GLovesTrains]

Haha at least you got to have a ride there 😂

[@Jonathan_55018]

another great video its been many many years since i did the line it was still loco hauled at the time class 37's and mk1 stock 37.429 one way and 37.428 back also did the vale of Rheidol line keep the videos coming great work

[@GLovesTrains]

Awesome thanks!

[@dennisgoulding6185]

Great video really enjoyed the scenery and editing well done 👍👍✅✅

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks 👍👍

[@mrvwbug4423]

I literally took this same ride last week. Just got back from a week long trip to the UK and we stayed in Shrewsbury for most of the week. Our day trip to Aberyswyth was a little more adventurous. Our train was cancalled at Machynllyth (have fun pronouncing that haha) due to flooding on the line and the first rail replacement bus wasn't sure they would be able to get through due to a farmers protest. We took the 2nd bus an hour later which did get through. By the time we were ready to head back the trains were running all the way again.

[@jamesgilbart2672]

Great route - well captured. The trouble with take-away tea is that they shove a teabag in the cup but give you nothing to put it in once it's brewed - so it makes a mess. The phantom tea drinker could, however, have binned the thing!

[@melian2003]

Alas just a couple of weeks early to see the returning Osprey's at the Dyfi Osprey Project just after Dovey Junction. Lovely line.

[@jamesmasztalerz5930]

I'm liking the new haircolour GLovestrains

[@78Alcione]

Enjoyed your videos and the ones showing WALES -- a nation with beautiful, stunning landscapes. Thank you my dear. Cheers from the US 👍👍

[@christopherbraiden6713]

Thanks for the vlog G,love the 58s never been too Shrewsbury what a grand station it is Aberystwyth looks absolutely awesome!!😎🚃🚃🇬🇧💚

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks! 😄

[@driver288]

Wow. Nice Beach! Sunny with blue skies. Station looks nice too. I have watched yours and others railway videos for a while now and increasingly want to go to Cornwall and Penzance and such places. I’ve mostly only visited London and the area around Reading and Bracknell except for my 3 weeks learning English in Swansea many years ago and a car trip a bit north in England even more years ago. But the southwest looks really beautiful!

[@GLovesTrains]

Ah lovely, I do love Wales myself so beautiful!

[@ReecesTrains]

Great video, G! Absolutely stunning scenery down there! I think Wales has to be on my to-do list sometime this year! 😊

[@GLovesTrains]

Shtunning my dear!

[@matthewrighelato7779]

Lived in both Newtown & Welshpool so used this route a lot 👍

[@ianbolton9309]

That certainly is a very scenic line and yes time flys when looking out of the panoramic window at all them views going past thanks for sharing them with us as ever G 👍🙂

[@gareththomas6714]

enjoyed watching this and you are a natural at presenting/

[@rosebreeds5057]

If you want a cliff railway, go to Hastings, East Sussex. The east coast lift is the steepest funicular in the uk.

[@thedarkseibtofthemoon4377]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@SamsVlogstrainsmore]

Great vlog G. I’ve travelled on the TFW 158s many times before just not done the route to Aberystwyth before!

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks Sam!

[@WheelsonRails728]

You found the TFW emergency tea bag, G - but not before someone else had!

[@GLovesTrains]

Seems so!

[@carlwilson1772]

Another great film G. When you say chilling on the beach, I guess you are being literal; it looked baltic. Aberystwyth looked lovely. Great scenery.

[@MichaelSebastianTodd]

this line looks live a lovely scenic line to ride & Aberystwyth looks amazing & looks like a lovely seaside town to visit & im Loving Shrewsbury & im going to Shrewsbury one day next week which im loking forward to visiting as ive heard its really lovely there awesome vlog

[@melissareohorn7436]

My grandparents live about halfway between Caersws and Mach. I often used the line to go see them.

[@iwbarke]

Really enjoyed watching this, it's far too long since I went to Aberystwyth. Back in the 80s when BR did the "Merrymaker" excursions there would be a couple of trips each year to Aberystwyth from the Nottingham area. It was usually a "Peak" as far as Wolverhampton which would then be replaced by a pair of "25"s. All (well, most 😁) of the windows would be open as we left Machynlleth on the way back for the climb up to Talerddig. They sounded fantastic! Thanks for posting 👍

[@GLovesTrains]

Sounds amazing!

[@Flymochairman1]

Nice video and scenery. Shrewsbury, quite a debate on the pronunciation! All the best. Cheers!

[@ReubenAshwell]

Brilliant video G, I've never travelled on this line at all and it looks beautiful indeed. I guess we'll never know why there was a teabag in the seat tray lol.

[@davidhamm7909]

My guess is that a previous passenger had a cup of tea 😂

[@GLovesTrains]

They had a cuppa tea at Shrewsbury 😂

[@hamishhortic9739]

What a lovely line this is G, look forward to exploring it one day

[@TouringWithUs]

Great video. Keep up good work! You cant beat a bit of Wetherspoons now and again!

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks!

[@TouringWithUs]

@@GLovesTrains definately try greater anglia trains. If your ever in East Anglia. Who knows may bump in to you. We have videos of our train routes to check out including Cambridge to Norwich etc

[@billmilligan1705]

I am surprised you never took time out to visit the scenic village of Pant-y-Girdle

[@TimothyWorel-xj9he]

The Vale of Rheidol narrow gauge also runs from Aberystwyth. Would have loved the town when it echoed with the engine sounds of Crosville ERG / SRG Bristol REs.

[@therealmasonicbwe]

I always celebrate a Friday video, makes my day even better!

[@birdsbodger]

Great video again, always nice when you get to see your flowing water! I bet you've seen some floods lately too!

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks!

[@iandalby4273]

A great vlog love them all, I did a season in Butlin Pwellhi and took a train journey back home where we passed Portmerion(Prisoner tv fame) to get to Birmingham.Thank you for your lovely comments and if you ever need a sounding board always here(looked after mum for five years and my nephew whose bipolar for the best part of twenty)I do stand by what I said, if there is a network,BBC,ITV watching these then you'll be a great addition to their channels!!Onward and upward looking forward to the next xxx

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks Ian! 👍

[@stuartrawson5057]

I haven't been to Aberystwyth before but i have been along the line to pwllheli several times great vlog G

[@GLovesTrains]

Beautiful lines!

[@titanbengal]

Cracking video that, me and my family really enjoyed this. We will be travelling this route ourselves in the next couple of weeks. Many thanks for sharing.

[@GLovesTrains]

Enjoy!

[@ianfox6106]

The used teabag wasn't too bad - I once got someone's used chewing gum stuck to my trousers on a flight because some jerk had decided to shove their used gum under the armrest.

[@JenOnTheMove]

When you're in Shrewsbury you're supposed to go to Wimpy 😛

[@GLovesTrains]

Is that your song 😂

[@JenOnTheMove]

@@GLovesTrains as long as I don't need to put it on my head! 😂

[@QALibrary]

she made it! hope you had a great time

[@johnnybob1972]

After all that I think you earned a cuppa from that tea bag ......mmmmm😂

[@GLovesTrains]

Yum!

[@TransportVloggerIan]

Still beautiful after all these years

[@GLovesTrains]

😄

[@tsr207]

Another fascinating journey on the wonderful Welsh railways - the weather certainly looks marvellous - well done on an entertaining report !

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks!

[@lifestyleunleashed8046]

That is a lovely line. You really should try the Cambrian line North too

[@MrGreatplum]

This is one of the many lines I want to go on in Wales - you definitely had the weather for it didn’t you? As for the teabag - nice 😆

[@GLovesTrains]

Bit chilly like 😂

[@PhilPage227]

I love Aberystwyth and all mid Wales. We have a static caravan at Caersws.

[@GLovesTrains]

Awesome!

[@spacelavayt7446]

Amazing video! There is just something about winter train rides that make them so spectacular!

[@Thornaby37]

That's another beautiful scenic route you've travelled on. I guess that the person who was in that seat before you had a cup of tea and biscuits when they were in Shrewsbury. Shtunning my dear, absolutely shtunning 😂 (But not so shtunning leaving the teabag in the seat tray)

[@GLovesTrains]

Ah yes you've cracked the case there! 😂

[@JayJourneys_1]

I live in Birmingham so I caught the 6.30am train to aberstywyth and went on the T1 transcymru service from aberstywyth to Cardiff I was surprised I thought it was a bus it was a coach !

[@GLovesTrains]

A coach! 😵

[@MrDbone75]

A very good firday evening to you all from Wellington Somerset

[@DaveinLeeds]

I can remember traveling between Aberystwyth and Dovey Junction many years ago, (1960s!), and Bow Street had closed shortly before and was naturally starting to look down at heel. Good to see a new station has opened there; not sure if it's in exactly the same place or not.

[@rhunl]

Aberystwyth beach - One of my most vivid memories is me and the boys chilling out under the bandstand having a beer at 9am waiting to head to the school to get our A-level results. The BBQ in Borth (another stop) for the post result party was one of my favourite school memories.

[@rhunl]

Bow Street is almost brand new - one of the latest stops opened on the network and designed for commuting from that large village into Aber.

[@LeeStewart]

I studied at Harlech and would have to get the train from Birmingham new street to Gwynedd. Takes about 7 hours!

[@davidhamm7909]

Congratulations for pronouncing Shrewsbury correctly. 😀. I’ve only been to Aberystwyth once, for work, and it pissed down the whole time but it didn’t stop me walking on the pier. It’s a lovely town and I would like to go back sometime on a sunnier day.

[@harryelliott4310]

Transport For Wales Class 158

[@christianpatton1852]

Been to Shrewsbury once many years ago a lovely town.

[@justinbrianne]

Just love Aber and the station. Nice food there plus you can watch the trains come in and go out.

[@Kulla1berg]

Nice to see you in the sunshine Wishing the sun also soon is visible for me Nice railway journey you did

[@MrPhil1503]

I remember doing that trip across in 1999 on a sixth-form geography trip, on a single-car diesel. Great route 👍

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks 👍

[@dave55022]

Yes a lovely line that.... I went on a special charter to there behind a class 40.... great day, good memories😉

[@ianhudson2193]

122 or 135?

[@andywright3450]

Cracking video this thanks G x

[@Trond_travels]

Was that a Wetherspoon breakfast? Thought I recognize the plate ;)

[@72lukey1]

Can I say that I really like your accent ❤️

[@iana6713]

That was indeed extremely pretty scenery, G! What better way to see it than from the window of a Class 158? Some of it was kinda reminiscent to me of the journey along the line from Inverness to Aberdeen, especially on the last few miles to Inverness where you see the coast. (My local, so I am VERY familiar with that one...!) That station in Shrewsbury is one impressive piece of architecture.

[@GLovesTrains]

Sounds beautiful!

[@iana6713]

@@GLovesTrains It is on a sunny day - really pretty.

[@jaybee1921]

Hi G, There are indeed some fantastic views on that route, Wales has always been noted generally for it's scenery. Thankyou for yet again sharing your journey and giving us a memory jog.

[@GLovesTrains]

Cant get enough of Wales!

[@theshowmanuk]

Lovely scenery, nice ride. Super !

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks!

[@tonypritchard1345]

only done that in reverse as i had to pick up a van in aberystwyth great journey cheers G

[@GLovesTrains]

Nice one

[@ianhudson2193]

Classic cliff railway umbrella pointing..... Text-book!😉

[@sterlinghartley2165]

I've done Aber-Shrews many a time since I went to Uni in Aber. That line is so stunning, I'd bring a book and barely read it bc my eyes are fixated on the stunning landscape. The bit about rail replacement from Machynlleth was a bit too true tho. Students aside, the convos I've had on them replacement coaches are some I'll always cherish, just nice people there.

[@GLovesTrains]

Aw thats lovely to hear!

[@mbradfield53]

Id love to have seen the trains connecting

[@JayJourneys_1]

Normally the train goes to Birmingham but the departure board says Shrewsbury so I think it's a bus replacement service from Shrewsbury to Birmingham

[@GLovesTrains]

There's chance it went onto Birmingham service

[@ethomas5921]

So if you’ve been to Bow Street, you’ve been to Hell. (If you know, you know). I am personally a huge fan of the pretty views on this route that I’ve done once.

[@anthony342]

used to walk my black lab up that hill at 6:48 its called Rodney's pillar

[@elfyn2005]

Thats where i live!! 😂

[@davidgrainger5378]

Did you notice at Welshpool that the station was on the opposite side of the main road from the railway?

[@Steggs]

Thought I was looking at Dawlish when you mentioned the cliff railways 😂 I oughta explore more of Wales, only looked a bit around Penarth!

[@GLovesTrains]

Penarth is lovely!

[@JayJourneys_1]

I went to aberstywyth , you been all over this week last week you was in Plymouth now aberstywyth are you catching the train back home to Manchester or having a night out ? I like your vibe I wish my family was outgoing like this 😂

[@GLovesTrains]

I was mostly indoors tbh not going out this time of year to film 😂

[@martinsmith9947]

Aberystwyth was my last choice Uni and they offered me two E grades to go there. I eventually got good enough grades to go to Sussex Uni, but I often wonder where my life would have taken me if I had gone to this Uni, beautiful as it around there.

[@JayJourneys_1]

Good job you left Plymouth when you did, they have found a ww2 bomb in someone's backgarden and everyone had to evacuate the area . Search it up

[@LewsterTrainspotting1]

Nice one g wales is always beautiful

[@GLovesTrains]

Cheers!

[@LewsterTrainspotting1]

@@GLovesTrains suggestion for your next video do a visiting every station from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool lime Street via Warrington central I would love that

[@LewsterTrainspotting1]

@@GLovesTrains I also have a main channel for trainspotting to so it would be good if you subscribed

[@GLovesTrains]

@@LewsterTrainspotting1 I've already been to every station in the North West 👍

[@LewsterTrainspotting1]

@@GLovesTrains I know but as a part 2

[@wwebradbutt]

Great vlog and would you be doing north east vlog series or north Yorkshire series soon @glovestrains

[@worcestershiresauce6377]

it continues to amaze me that Aberystwyth only has two vowels in a 11 letter place name

[@robmcsweeney9669]

It has 5 - W and Y are vowels in Cymraeg

[@worcestershiresauce6377]

smarty pants @@robmcsweeney9669

[@Welshy1717]

Aberystwyth......Have a wrist watch 🤣 cool bright sunny day. Doing my first Thameslink journey tomorrow

[@GLovesTrains]

Haha never heard that 😂

[@Welshy1717]

@@GLovesTrains You younger generation 🥰

[@simonrichards6739]

Great video once again! Is the soundtrack a re do of ‘there is a light that never goes out’?

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks and not too sure

[@darrenwilson8042]

Shrews -bury or Shows - bury - has the debate ever been settled?

[@GLovesTrains]

Shrews 😛😂

[@col4574]

The teabag is for emergency only

[@studiosys]

Can we have more local history as you ride thru this country ,, stuff about Borth Aberdyfi , Mach ( welsh parliament, owen glyndwr and all that stuff ) ? We dont care about tea bags 😢

[@GLovesTrains]

Not what my channel is about

[@user-by2kl3pu1d]

How did you get there?

[@GLovesTrains]

Flying carpet 😂

[@stephenclark9917]

I only ever use Wetherspoons as a convienience.

[@Roblilley999]

Not often you get Teabagged on a train

[@stubru16]

It won’t be long when they start building houses all over the land. Then it won’t be scenic anymore

[@mickyredeyes6220]

Why mess with your image when it isnt broken?

[@GLovesTrains]

Why concern yourself over a strangers looks?

[@YDysgwrAraf]

Hash browns. Unsubscribed.

[@laura_shannon_]

You should come back and do the steam train to Devils Bridge… It’s so beautiful up there and the views along the way are stunning 😍 The second platform opposite your platform I believe was the train to Carmarthen that got cut in the Beeching’s cuts 🥲 I really wish they’d open it back up 😂 Also, did you see the house with the “Welcome to hell” sign on it at Bow Street? 😂

[@GLovesTrains]

Cant say I noticed it lol will look for it next time 😂

[@MrGreatplum]

Definitely - that’s a great line - and they were letting people drive a steam loco on a siding at devil’s bridge last time I was there!

[@laura_shannon_]

@@GLovesTrains it’s on the White House as you look to the platform. They put it there because the train is noisy and they tried to object to a train station being built near their house and so they put welcome to hell on their house 😂

[@laura_shannon_]

@@MrGreatplum I’d love to drive a steam loco 🥲

[@mbradfield53]

Id love to have seen the trains connecting