Liverpool to Manchester on as Many Trains as Possible

Today I travel what should be a simple trip from Liverpool to Manchester.. Except I do it with as many unique train operators as I can!
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[@ruthgrint1563]

My 5 year old son Matthew is obsessed with trains. This is his favourite video and he watches if every night before bed. Thank you for putting the videos up! (Our local station is Bidston so he gets very excited when it features!)

[@KwangoTron]

Great video. At first, when you were changing from Warrington Central to Bank Quay I thought you were trying to avoid TPE Roulette. Then I remembered they call at Newton-Le-Willows. 😅

[@AFCManUk]

Just had a thought....Could you imagine how long it would take to travel on ALL the different Train Services in London....including all Tube lines as separate operators?

[@JBFlytography]

I done that just before Covid. Travelled on all the Tube lines, all the Overground lines, the trams, the Airline, the DLR, all TOCS excluding LNER, VT & EMT and the Thames clippers. Took me just over 18 hours 😅 starting with SWT in the West at around 530am😂 was better then - more selection of rolling stock!

[@Nooticus]

Damn… idk if this is possible that quickly?!? Mind sharing your full route?

[@JBFlytography]

@@Nooticus yeah it probably could have been quicker another way. Wasn’t doing full lines end to end, I was doing a minimum of 5 stops where possible make it a bit hardier than just doing one station and moving on. I’ve got it written down somewhere, I’ll share it at some point. There’s also a video on a HD. It was on here but taken down years ago for Copyright 🤔😂 still nae idea why.

[@JBFlytography]

I’ve also done the same in Edinburgh. I’ve done every bus route and the the trams except for the, Lothian Country and East Coast service outside the city zone. I done that last year though. Also took a looooooong time 😂

[@cajmo8635]

@@JBFlytography i think to do it now, you would have to include EMR - as you can use contactless from Luton Airport Parkway so they're now on the map

[@Sim0nTrains]

I see you Widnes a Path and took a walk on it 😂 Great video Nick, I was expecting some fancy graphic to show up for TPE Roulette (Mind you it feels like that with CrossCountry Trains at the minute) and soon LNER as there a overtime ban coming up in July

[@NickBadley]

*slow clap* 😂

[@AFCManUk]

Hope he managed to avoid any Jehovah's Widnes's!

[@Sim0nTrains]

@@AFCManUk brilliant 🤣

[@tpg_0016]

As a person from Widnes , yes it used to be Widnes north , but tbh only a 15 min walk to the town centre . Our bigger station used to be further called ditton junction where you could go more places like London . So glad you visited my local station !

[@stmisbehavin662]

Widnes was called "Farnworth for Widnes" when it opened. It was only briefly called Widnes North.

[@paultidd9332]

Another brilliant video and well narrated. I was in Man Vic that morning and noticed the stranded trams as I travelled in from Leeds. It must have been a sudden cut in power and the passengers they must have had to walk safely back to Victoria with heavy rail trains running by must have been interesting. I’m guessing you were there in the afternoon and they still hadn’t powered it up!!

[@andybray9791]

Hunts cross station used to have four platforms etc, a long time ago

[@TrainswithJonny]

Nick continue the great work and i think that you should make so more shorts to promote your long videos like you did with the Hessel to Barton on Humber.

[@bobbythomas200420032]

Hi Nick that was an excellent video mate and I really enjoyed watching you travelling on all the different train operators Liverpool to Manchester.

[@JoeCryer-p5m]

Nick , you should do point the point from paris to london

[@stacitayler9611]

I been on the class 378,455,720,745,321,710,345.

[@Class777]

Always wanted to know how many trains I’d have to take on this specific line! Nice to see Eurovision! Another amazing video as always Nick!

[@gwrydd]

The proper answer is 2. Limestreet to Oxford road - Oxford road to Victoria

[@Thornaby37]

Certainly a very interesting journey travelling on six different classes of train as well as the six different TOCs There used to be a loop line serving the centre of Widnes. The current Widnes station used to be called Farnworth, and then Widnes North

[@stephenclark9917]

TPE roulette may be over now, the new management are now talking to the unions.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

You didn't mention that "Homeward Bound" was written on Widnes (North) railway station by Paul Simon...... er, actually, he's since admitted he STARTED it at Widnes (North) railway station - but there's still a blue plaque on the station that says he wrote it all there!

[@kyleholbrook697]

yeah i noticed that the other week too and South parkway was announced as thornton

[@ccityplanner1217]

What is the restriction? Do you have to do it by a certain time? Do you have to ride as many trains as you can within the validity of a single ticket? 1:54: The first time I went to Liverpool, I visited South Parkway. I expected it to Liverpool's equivalent of my local big station Clapham Junction, and I was sorely disappointed.

[@seanpeck9439]

Me and my son got a train to Liverpool lime street from Hough green to Liverpool lime street last month on a northern electric train

[@tpg_0016]

NO DID YOU GO TO MY LOCAL WIDNES !

[@andybray9791]

Unique

[@ethan46441]

Excellent video. Got to say the change at Central for Bank Quay threw me from what I was expecting you to do to get 6 TOCs (my natural instint was you'd pick up a Cleethorpes-bound TPE at Warrington Central and change for TfW at Oxford Road)

[@Andrewjg_89]

Which train operator does the best service between Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Piccadilly & Manchester Victoria. I probably would say TransPennine Express. And London Northwestern Railway Class 350/2 Desiro are to be replaced by the Class 730 from next year. Which I think they should go to Northern.

[@Cheshiretravels]

Warrington local here, I love to see a fellow warrington local on KZbin as one of my favourite youtubers

[@ChineseTrainGuy]

In case you are wondering, yes, the Northern trains got a new announcer. It sounds weird, yes but Ig we gotta deal with it

[@latido-ondulado]

i love your videos , when i was a child i love see trains at the station hugs from Portugal (sorry of errors of grammar)

[@barryread423]

Nick! Your voice is the Michael Bublé of travel youtubers. I may as well pour syrup in my ears!

[@lorddarlo6194]

Wolverhampton or Birmingham to Coventry maybe Snow Hill to Coventry LM to Smethwick Galton Bridge TFW to Wolverhampton Avanti to Birthday International then CrossCountry to Coventry

[@hugoko70]

I’ve been the first station before Liverpool lime Street, and where are you are in the second station

[@JoeCryer-p5m]

You should do a pointless journey between scotland and london

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

Travelling from Manchester Victoria to Liverpool Lime St, there is a station that is the nearest to Liverpool Airport but no trains to or from Manchester stop there, which is a bit odd - personally, when getting the ferry/ship to Ireland from Manchester, I’d sooner go from Liverpool old port in the City Centre on SailRail rather than Birkenhead and rather than Holyhead despite the (more relaxing) 8 hour ship crossing to Dublin - the ship companies and perhaps some coach operators definitely have a gap in the market here, especially if the Irish government bans air travel between Ireland and the U.K. - being Irish myself and having family still living in Ireland, living 22 years in Manchester, I’d love to see the historic shipping links between Liverpool and Dublin reopened

[@QALibrary]

looks like class 68 is being withdrawn, this week they scraped/sent for storage a number of sets of coaches and sent back 2 locomotives to the owners/leasing companies

[@ChetNotJet]

if you have to go through warrington for manchester to liverpool to be a route what about the TPE services from victoria to lime street

[@simonlloyd74sl]

You missed a trick by not showing the plaque mentioning that Paul Simon wrote Homeward Bound whilst at Widnes (Widnes would make anyone from anywhere Homesick)

[@t0by_is_the_best]

From Bank Quay couldn't you have got Avanti to Crewe and then TFW from Crewe to Manchester

[@Transportationgames]

Ignore those saying Manchester to London, It could be from Piccadilly to Euston by Avanti.

[@stacitayler9611]

and also 720/6 and 357

[@dave_h_8742]

It confused me the first time going to Edale from Lime street via Piccadilly as I went through widnes Warrington etc. And came back via rainhill and the next week it was different again but that was a week day. It's all interesting to a novice train user.

[@DanielMultipleUnit]

I tried this today and I managed to use TpE, XC, LNWR, WMR, & Northern

[@Hydr0India]

I'm always in a good mood whenever you upload, I often get a few snacks and sit down on my bed. I found your videos through your mersey rail videos and I can't wait for future uploads! (⁠ ⁠╹⁠▽⁠╹⁠ ⁠)

[@NickBadley]

Thank you very much!

[@uingaeoc3905]

It would have been quicker to travel direct on Stephenson's Rocket.

[@StarbitYT]

0:53 The 730’s you said you like are replacing the 350/2’s

[@barryxxe_2294]

Do pointless journeys Heath high - low level. The station is in Cardiff

[@shyguypromotions]

great video as always nick. the inspiring thing is your love of paths

[@sh4dowchas3r]

Last time I got the train from Manchester oxford road to Liverpool at the start of May it was the woman announcer. the volumes of the station names were all over the place, some barely audible some so loud it was distorting. obviously all recorded at different times.

[@simonsv9449]

There’s also another way that trains could get from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly. It’s kinda long. Services would go via the WCML from Liverpool Lime Street via Edge Hill, Mossley Hill, West Allerton, Liverpool South Parkway, Runcorn, Acton Bridge, Greenbank, Northwich, Lostock Gralam, Plumley, Knutsford, Mobberley, Ashley, Hale, Altrincham, Navigation Road, Stockport and Levenshulme. There’s a connecting track between the West Coast Main Line and the Mid-Cheshire Line in Hartford, between Acton Bridge on the West Coast Main Line’s Liverpool Branch and Greenbank on the Mid-Cheshire Line. It’s definitely the long way around though.

[@mudchute4dlr]

Idea: Euston to London St Pancras via the north

[@peterwhitaker4038]

just three bits of History on your journey. 1. Liverpool south parkway station is built on the site of former south Liverpool Football club which was the first ground in the country to host a floodlit match. 2. Widnes station is where Paul Simon sat and wrote 'Homeward bound' (simon & Garfunkel). 3. the Golden Gates in Warrington were initially intended for Buckingham Palace.

[@fuun17]

Hi, Nick. 0:46 2:08 2:15 5:31 7:00 7:09 7:49 7:59 9:24 9:42 10:01 Super-shaking shots are not recommended. They give me headache.

[@kevanhubbard9673]

By using the main routes you could use for all or part routes;Merseyrail,LNW,TPE,EMT, Northern,Wales and Borders and Metrolink.Advanti West Coast and XC would be detouring to much.

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

In the absence of direct trains from Manchester Piccadilly or Victoria to Holyhead on SailRail, having a direct train from Manchester Victoria to Liverpool Lime St to catch the ferry or ship to Dublin as a foot passenger is the next best thing - I wish that Irish Ferries and Stena Line would consider this and even if they had the Dublin Swift Fast Ferry from Liverpool old port (not Birkenhead) to Dublin for foot passengers only, even the Ulysses or the Stena Adventurer, this would make for a very relaxing 8 hours crossing from Liverpool to Dublin

[@joshuastrainshub1452]

I live between halewood and hunts cross

[@fuun17]

A little detour from transport, have you enjoyed your first year? Would be interesting if you could do a video on a bit of your uni life. I'm old enough to be your uncle and have fond memories when I first entered uni back in 90s.

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

0:46 Is Liverpool South Parkway the nearest (Merseyrail) Station to Liverpool John Lennon Airport?

[@billyedwards6941]

Yes get off at South Park way catch a bus at the front of the station, it doesn’t take long

[@Ste2023]

a journey I will try .. Did u try the Liverpool central to southport ....many a times through me childhood I went on. .. Great channel Nick 👍

[@temslink2000]

as regards permitted routes i mean its bad advice but its not like they will thoroughly check i accidently went to st pancras the other day on emr with a thameslink split ticket... oopse (i was falling alseep and missed my changeover at luton)

[@martinryan2370]

How about England , Scotland,Wales in the shortest possible time

[@barblx_t7892]

The "11X" precision marker indicates that the driver must stop the front of the train by the board with a certain leeway either side which is less than a regular stop marker. There could also be a "9/11X" which means the same thing. Hope this helps

[@JohnSmith-qv3ll]

Could you not go to pic on the metrolink on a normal days if your tickets says manchester Stations.

[@georgewright3949]

Ticket needs to say "Manchester Central Zone" for it to be valid in zone 1 of the metrolink

[@WidnesRmassive]

Rn I’m doing Liverpool to Manchester airport on as many trains as I can . You’ve inspired me thank you so much

[@nitishtrikha5910]

What is the TPE roulette?

[@Boxersteavee]

What is a "permitted route"?

[@JustkayShorts]

03:56 northern sounded creepy lol

[@iradalby]

do leeds to bradford bet you can't 😉

[@mattmiddlehurst2868]

I commute from NLW nearly every day. I can actually be found waking up from a delirious post-nightshift sleep waking up at Warrington in error 🤣

[@davidt-rex2062]

You need to create a path rating scale from 1-50

[@lvp995]

Love this style of video 👍🏻

[@johncrwarner]

I always carry a book / eReader with me when travelling with lots of connections as there is always one that turns into a long wait.

[@gwrydd]

5:30 the path leads towards ditton part of Widnes towards the only other station (for now ditton junction soon) hough green

[@JoeCryer-p5m]

Or from wheels to london

[@londonbus_46]

I like class 350 and 450 0:41

[@Sketchy749]

Yay im the 1000th like

[@ChilternRailPhotography]

do manchester to london in as many trains as possible!!! (no im only joking lol)

[@Tiyatnw]

London to Manchester

[@MichaelSebastianTodd]

i really enjoyed this this is a brilliant journey with a great mix of trains brilliant vlog

[@RealltomFootball2]

You missed the main operator Avanti West Coast

[@Transportationgames]

Bank quay to crewe to Piccadilly he could of done

[@SamsVlogstrainsmore]

Great Railway Journey from Liverpool to Manchester Nick, interesting ride doing it with multiple TOCs.

[@Enviro400ev-eu8ks]

How many trains did you ride on? Nick:Yes

[@jamesgoodman1733]

Maybe you sould do Birmingham new street to Leeds on as Many trains as possible but no Cross country Leeds train

[@SocieteRoyale]

what was that then, just 4 hours? convenient! what isn't convenient is that trains don't run straight through to Manchester from Halewood any more, that was like one of the few perks of living out in the sticks is that there was an hourly train to Manchester

[@brianmorrison9168]

What ticket did you buy? I shall be travelling from Manchester to Liverpool shortly and had initially planned just taking the TPE direct train. . but maybe something like your trip would be more fun.

[@NickBadley]

An off-peak single! You'd be able to break your journey all you like :)

[@brianmorrison9168]

@@NickBadley many thanks for the reply .. yes, I think I'll give it a try

[@mcollier4566]

Guessing there's no permissible route using Avanti? Or just not enough stops to fit in all the other operators?

[@JasonCliftJones]

Probably not permissible; only way I can think to squeeze it in would be to go from Warrington Bank Quay (which is the WCML) down to Crewe, TfW service to Wilmslow then prob Northern (again) to the Airport (a limited service through Styal) and TPE from there into Piccadilly/Victoria. Avanti services to Manchester either branch off at Crewe up the Wilmslow line or have already gone via Stoke further south then Macclesfield. Liverpool ones also branch north of Crewe through Runcorn to Lime Street (not sure if they stop between Lime St and Crewe off hand, never used that route) Going north to Wigan would take the TfW option out. The service Nick uses here is the Manchester to Chester one, whilst the one through Crewe is the Swansea to Manchester route.

[@davidcurtis6698]

I updated the 331 & 195 voice nearly a month ago! Your behind 😂

[@Class777]

Epic! You work for Northern?

[@NickBadley]

My sincerest apologies 😂

[@keanewilliams1704]

4:02

[@caramelldansen2204]

Just got denied my disability pass I've been relying on for a decade... I'll miss going on the trains.

[@markusbrown8198]

Train vroom

[@TheShaunbaxtershow]

Great video, good style

[@johnwebster3224]

Widnes Station is actually in Farnworth and when opened in Aug. 1873 was named "Farnworth for Widnes". Around 1914/15 it was renamed "Farnworth for Appleton" then around 1938/9 became "Farnworth (Widnes)". It became "Widnes North" in 1959 then "WIDNES" in May 1968 when "Central" and "South" stations closed.

[@bozsiland]

How much was this little trip? :)

[@kriss_b]

I used to run the bluebell pub in Warrington. Its always nice to see you pop through there. Brings back some lovely memories

[@Westfield_SouthLondon]

Nice video

[@OliverKirkham]

commuting from lime st to Castleton in Manchester everyday i really feel the TPE roulette. every morning i wake up and ask "oh boy what time between 9 and 11 will I be getting into work today"

[@djsarahjones]

Finally Widnes! controversially probably not where "homeward bound" was written. it was more likely at the now dissused Ditton (Widnes) Station. But the ceremonial plastic is in our ticket office. Keep it up 👍🚂

[@caramelldansen2204]

RIP Ditton station ;-;

[@trainsarethebest2241]

Heres a pointless journey suggestion, Catford to Catford Bridge

[@trainsarethebest2241]

And also yes the northern trains have new annoucements

[@kieranstravels]

I've had a think about it, and here's another way that it could (potentially) be done, You could get Merseyrail to Liverpool South Parkway, TFW to Runcorn, Avanti West Coast to Crewe, Then, if you do it on a weekend with Engineering works, You could get CrossCountry to Macclesfield, Northern to Stockport, and TPE to Manchester Piccadilly, Also totalling 6 TOCs. I think 6 TOCs is the limit to this challenge, unless you used a specific day ranger that gives you the freedom to travel thirther out to use more. Oh yeah, also, Trust me, Liverpool South Parkway is almost ALWAYS that quiet - It's only ever busy when there's a lot of footfall heading towards the airport, but most just take the bus.

[@ReubenAshwell]

Brilliant video Nick, nice variety of TOC's in this one and it's good to see you won TPE Roulette lol.

[@squidgytop.2050]

Nah really good video

[@AFCManUk]

Some years ago, my friends and I travelled from Milton Keynes to Liverpool, and had to take the Transpennine Express from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool Lime Street. Just that ONE train was bad enough...

[@jonhigginson4096]

Always thought the Northern announcer sounded remarkably like Andy Burnham.

[@ashleyjiscool]

Bro won tpe roulette Congratulations