Manors - Least Used Station in Tyne & Wear

[@geofftech2]

Easily the NOISIEST Least Used station I've done ... the traffic on the nearby motorway, plus the noise of a huge extractor fan on the outside of a nearby building that you can hear all the time that we're on the platform and in the shelter. SO MUCH background noise! Sorry about that ...

[@BenS-uz2zq]

Geoff Marshall do a metro video

[@stephenholt4670]

Doesn't sound like the best place to build multiple manors. The image of rolling country estates and woodland is somewhat shattered.

[@adaaloe1415]

Is there a charge for bad manors

[@adaaloe1415]

No ‘toot’

[@gabri_maybe]

Ada Aloe it’s NOOT NOOT

[@craigsmith3436]

Jamie was a really good guest here whilst not providing the most local information he brought a presence to his guest spot and I hope we see him again!

[@forza223bowe5]

I hope so too.

[@blob7282]

He’s a good guy, works at Newcastle central for LNER

[@bryantonks5364]

Hi there - i'm old enough to remember the network BEFORE the Tyne & Wear Metro opened, and up until then Manors (which used to be on the old Tynerider Circle to the coast and back) had nine platforms and was VERY busy! When travelling from Monkseaton either way round the circle, I used to always get off at Manors as it was the closest station to the shops of Northumberland Street and New Bridge Street etc. Return B.R. tickets were always to Newcastle (Central Station or Manors) for the same price. I remember access to the city centre was via walkways (over what is now the central motorway) which were always very busy and less of a schlepp than walking down to/from Central. The motorway and redevelopment made this corner of town a bit of a wasteland, but it is finally being built up again now after 40-plus years! Nice video....

[@Eurobrasil550]

Intresting memories and information Bryan, thanks.

[@emjackson2289]

If one was clever with the engineering after Byker viaduct one could "do a Manchester" & get the Metro running into Central on the surface & out toward Blaydon.

[@kennethcarter3494]

I remember the old station. I was a brick building with a clock tower on top. If I remember correctly it was on the junction of the circle line, most of which is now used for the metro.

[@michaeldavison9761]

Yes I remember the old route out of Central Station to the coast via Manors, Heaton, Walkergate, Wallsend to name but a few. On arriving at Central Mainline Station, you had to follow the sign "To the Electric Trains".

[@peteri8924]

Jamie is the cutest, a big smile and a wave is what we all need to cheer us up. The socks and trainers are fantastic.

[@KiXa1]

Very strange 😬

[@Fs3i]

Jamie has an impeccable fashion sense, he needs to be on here more often!

[@jamiebarnshaw5496]

Fly I really appreciate, thank you very much!!

[@beneliastrains]

@@jamiebarnshaw5496 Your accent is to die for too

[@glynwelshkarelian3489]

So after 50 years of wearing odd socks fashion crosses my path?

[@asmrpillow457]

@@jamiebarnshaw5496 sexy Jamie

[@asmrpillow457]

@trainfan320303 , ?

[@weirdspongeguy]

Imagine going to this station and seeing a welcome mat at the shelter and two blokes sitting with their shoes off

[@a330neodefender]

👁👄👁

[@Gigidag77]

Britain.

[@donantonio7335]

Imagine not knowing who Geoff is. Turning up at Manors station to catch your train and finding them two, shoes off, door mat down and waiting shelter being swept with an inadequate dustpan and brush.

[@MrAuriga67]

The abandoned platforms where originally on the Tyne coast route, that go up the north Tyne coast loop. The rail traffic was diverted in to the Tyne and Wear metro system.

[@bendonaldson9076]

Part of the reason Manors passenger numbers have risen so much includes the fact that Newcastle had ticket barriers installed only a few years ago and a roughly £2.50 ticket is a cheap way to get access to the other side of them.

[@Bicyclehub]

Interesting fact about Manors: when they dismantled the Victorian canopy that was part of the old loop line to the coast, they saved some ornate cast iron arches and rebuilt them in Heaton Park as the Pavilion. It is still there.

[@IzzyThePingu]

I'm so used to hearing Jamie saying "Welcome to South Shields parkrun" that seeing him in a Geoff video is both a massive shock and not at all surprising! Let's hope this whole Covid-19 situation eases as soon as possible so we can all get back to hearing Jamie's Run Director voice out on the coast! Great to see you do a video on Manors too!

[@Freddie.minton3256]

I am a run director at Hartlepool parkrun

[@forza223bowe5]

My uncle sometimes park runs there, do you know him? he is called Ken Jardine

[@Freddie.minton3256]

I don’t think I know him sorry

[@rachelcookie321]

What?

[@hunkhk]

This has made my day as a fellow Geordie, lets hear it for Jamie and the fabulous Metro. Takes me back many a year. Why eye man

[@zoid88]

The abandoned platforms are from the old Tyneside electric route, which became the Metro system. The old route used to run in to Central Station, but the Metro now uses tunnels so the old line heading north to Jesmond etc was removed from Manors.

[@markduffin9192]

Most of the route is still used by empty Metro stock between West Jesmond and Manors

[@mackieap]

It’s easy to see on Google Maps. The line comes south from Jesmond where the old station building is a curry house iirc. Then it joins the metro tunnel just before it would have met the disused platforms.

[@michaelkitchin9665]

Man, I need to get over to Newcastle again and ride the rails. I used to love it as a kid. I worked by Manors a decade ago and never really saw the point of either station. If I needed to get back to Heworth or whatever, I'd walk to Monument and crack on.

[@GeoffYoung-hx9on]

@@markduffin9192 It would be feasible to run circle Metro trains if this section were to be opened to the public

[@tt-ew7rx]

@@GeoffYoung-hx9on That's single track, so a bit tricky to schedule trains.

[@georgeadams2555]

I've seen many a person getting off at Manors. You can tell which is the student accommodation as there is a load of empty alcohol bottles behind the curtains

[@jamesballantyne8349]

Tantalising metro clip, and.. this has got to mean secrets of the metro must be soon, unless there's a request stop in Northumbria or 45 foot crossings in the county..

[@ngaugeloft]

I no longer need to point out exactly this...

[@peter_smyth]

I used a foot crossing out on a run today, exciting. Also a tunnel under the track, where I had to stoop.

[@forza223bowe5]

I would love to see a secrets of the Tyne and Wear metro video

[@MerleTrains]

@@forza223bowe5 well, now's your chance. I actually got here from the video.

[@jethroyoung5718]

I am in LOVE - Jamie is a treasure 😍

[@roo.stewart]

Laughed through so much of this episode - cabin fever setting in or just the prolific preponderance of puns?! Thanks Geoff and Jamie for a great video. Look forward to more in the Geoff and Jamie do Mainline and Metro series. The utter eccentricity of not only wiping ones shoes when stepping on the train but also wiping ones SOCKS while in the platform will remain with me for days...!

[@richardjennings8809]

I can remember using this station when there were still 9 platforms (pre-Metro days). Travelling from North Shields, it was the best place to get off for Worswick St bus station rather than go all the way to Central Station and double back. There were two stations - Manors East and Manors North and they were always very busy.

[@henryharesdene4164]

Hooray for people who wave and drivers who toot! Though it may seem silly acknowledging other folks is A Good Thing. (We're all up our own fundament nowadays.....)

[@alextaylor3850]

Ahhhhhh I've waited so long for this!!! Manors was my local Metro station - I lived 2 mins walk from here for two years and commuted to and from North Shields 5 days a week. So good to see a glimpse of it again, missing it now I'm slumming it down South. And finally - some homage paid to Manors NR Station, too. Used to show my friends around there :D Thanks Geoff.

[@IDeltic]

Nice to see your channel taking off, even managing to get Nico Hulkenberg as a guest!

[@robbierandom]

I lived in the student accommodation around Manors for three years whilst at Northumbria University. I used to catch the train to/from Manors when going to Metrocentre - it was a handy little station! As some of the other comments say, the abandoned platforms formed part of a much larger station in the past. There are remnants of the track going northbound parallel to the dual carriageway and up to rejoin the Metro line north of Jesmond Metro Station. Also, there is remains of the former Manors Station entrance below on Trafalgar Street where there were steps up to the island platform. Sadly now boarded up!

[@harrierjames7727]

Waving at trains. Good wholesome content. Props to the folk who waved back at me at the NRM on trains entering/leaving York station last Saturday between 13:00 and 14:30!

[@EuroDC1990]

Jamie is adorable, I feel like we need more Jamie 😀 How I long to be in one of these videos one day.

[@asmrpillow457]

you're only saying that cos you think he's hot; and i agree he is

[@EuroDC1990]

@@asmrpillow457 He's cute, but then I also find Geoff cute. Possibly because they both seem absolutely lovely and like good fun. 😀

[@asmrpillow457]

@@EuroDC1990 haha Geoff is quite cute

[@hunkhk]

@@asmrpillow457 don think anyone will disagree with that ha ha

[@hunkhk]

@@asmrpillow457 very agreeable

[@zdutto9908]

This was actually a really good one, one of my favourites. Get Jamie back on for some more metro facts

[@forza223bowe5]

It would be great too see

[@adambell2891]

Finally!!! Its great to see Geoff on the Metro at last! Im actually not suprised manors is the least used. It doesnt have that much use since its so close to central station and is already serviced by the metro.

[@UTubeTulip]

I think I could watch Jamie wave at trains for hours.

[@spekyspectacles105]

@Geoff these little videos are brilliant. You really have made me smile watching these. Please could you do some more on the least used stations :) !!!!!!

[@jackbee4289]

Yesssss another Geoff upload! I'm very glad you showed some *manners* at manors station

[@andrewphipps8103]

What a lovely chap, Jamie is!

[@Sim0nTrains]

Great Video and love the Manors gags during the video, as for the old disused platforms, they used to be Manors North which opened in 1909 and the current station was named Manors East until it was combined and named Manors, Another thing I noticed when leaving Manors Metro station on the right there is a bridge and the line at Manors North used to pass through there which takes you to the disused station of Jesmond which is nice, visited there myself. Manors Station is a great trainspotting place as well, the last time I was at Manors the footbridge on your thumbnail did broke my camera! back in January, I was taking a Instagram photo on the top of the footbridge and was walking down. As I got to the bottom of the stairs just went left into the railing and my camera in my pocket was pressed into the railing and broke the screen, so ended up having to go to Metrocentre to get a new one, non in stock and went across Newcastle even know I didn't knew the area for 45 minutes to a Argos in Byker! got there 20 minutes before closing time since it was a Sunday... sadly that footbridge never shown me any Manors lol

[@elsviec]

i just wanna take a moment to appreciate how dang cute jamie is

[@elsviec]

hi jamie i love ur jumper

[@elliesanders885]

2:30 the other side of manors is a left over from when Manors was at the junction for the Tyneside loop Line, The now T&W metro route, some of the old track to Jesmond has been retained and is used by metros starting from or going to the depot at Gosforth from St James or Manors

[@stevenjlovelace]

There's a major road in Austin, Texas called "Manor", but it's pronounced MAY-ner, to the chagrin of anyone visiting from out of town, even from other parts of Texas.

[@Kessigah]

There is a metro station on the Tyne and Wear metro (and suburb) called Chichester which is pronounced Ch-eye-chester up there but the actual city in Sussex is pronounced Ch-ih-chester.

[@glenncooney3959]

You guys have such great manners. I’ll keep up the good manners and say: Thank you. :)

[@davidjames579]

This station actually features in Get Carter! Or rather the now closed off staircase to Trafalgar Street does. It's the bit where Carter is stalking Margaret.

[@andrewholloway231]

Thank you for this video. A pleasure to watch.

[@jennytalia226]

Manors was a huge wooden structure with lots of platforms. The exit stairs you used when you got off from the coast were featured in a scene from Get Carter. Also, the arches underneath the station were used in the 1961 film ' Payroll '.

[@sublucky74]

I vaguely remember the station before the metro opened and it was huge. I remember a lot of wrought iron roofing and glass too. It had a similar style that you can see at Tynemouth station. You can catch a glimpse of the old station I believe early in the Michael Caine film Get Carter. Certainly he comes down the steps that used to lead to the station early on.

[@markstramtrainbuscapades1729]

The disused platforms were the start of the loop line to Tynemouth, which was replaced by the Metro in the early eighties, hence the reason why the Metro's Manor Station is so close, as the line leaves the tunnel section to head onto the former Railway line.

[@LeeRender1980]

The ticket machine screens will also move if the wheelchair button is pressed and the screen will jump down. however, after a time the screens actually revert back to a central position after a 'time-out' period Pop-Quiz time - spot the out of place signage that's in place at Manors...

[@geofftech2]

thanks Lee! expert knowledge as always ... appreciated.

[@LeeRender1980]

@@geofftech2 Teehee - and have you spotted the out of place signage?

[@leazes]

Manors gets its name from the fact that Henry the 8th kept the Augustinian Priory there as the office of the Council in the North which became known as the King's Manor. Sometimes just called 'The Manors'. It was the 3rd biggest station in the northeast after Newcastle Central and Darlington, with 9 platforms. Numbers 1 and 2 to and from the coast (Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, Cullercoats and Tynemouth) via Benton, 3,4 and 5 for DMU trains to Blyth, Ashington and Newbiggin in SE Northumberland, 6 and 7 platforms where mainline and stopping trains to and from Berwick and Alnwick called, (also express trains to and from the coast routed via the East coast Main Line rather than Benton), while platforms 8 and 9 were for trains to and from the coast via Wallsend, and the Edinburgh expresses just thundered through there non-stop. Coast trains were electric and went in a loop both clockwise and anti clockwise, eventually returning to Manors before terminating at Newcastle Central Station. There was a third route to the coast from platform 8, the Riverside line, which served some of the east end suburbs of Newcastle and was also used by shipyard workers, and ran closer to the River Tyne. It is now a walk and cycleway. Very many commuters came into the station, especially from the coast; it was handy for the city centre and the quayside, then busy with shipping. In the evenings people would come into town for a night out. But rather less passengers actually began their journey at Manors though it was very busy on warm summer days with families bound for the seaside. A long footbridge linked all nine platforms and numbers 1 and 2 also had a subway connection which also led to 3, 4 and 5 platforms. Long steep stairs led up from City Road to Croft Lane and the city with separate flights of stairs at right angles going up to both platform 9 and then 8. Halfway down those separate stairways another subway linked the two sets of stairs to save passengers descending all the way down to the main staircase and then having to come all the way back up again to get between platforms 8 and 9. They could also use the long footbridge situated at at the other end of platforms 8 and 9. There were many freight trains passing through, especially carrying coal from local pits to points south and west, plus several trains from Edinburgh and Aberdeen and also from places south of Newcastle going north. Electrically-hauled freight trains down the hill to Newcastle quayside left from the nearby Trafalgar Yard. I spent 2 years as a teenage clerk there, 1959 to 1961 working in both offices, the main one at Manors North at platform 1, the other at Manors East on platform 8. Only the old 7 and 8 platforms are in use now and you would hardly recognise the station as shown in your video, now a mere shadow of its former self. No multi-storey car parks or motorways then, only the roar of trains or traffic passing in the tunnel below the station going up Trafalgar Street. There were over 20 staff covering from 5.30 am to 00.30 am the following day. WH Smiths and Finlays tobacconists had stalls and there were 3 pubs close by. Buses parked in the station yard. Large parts of the old station have been built on and the Metro has taken over.

[@johnstandfield5033]

I enjoyed this video a lot !!.....and Jamie was great and very charming!!!

[@paultidd9332]

I stayed near Manors in the student accommodation 2 years ago the night before I ran the Great North Run - I wondered where on earth the accommodation company had sent me!!! I realise getting a Northern train there was not an option because of the service pattern and the Metro Station is quite hidden and remote too!!

[@eugenespeed]

I got that Chathill service back from Carlisle a couple of weeks back. It also stopped at Dunston in Gateshead which was the first time I've ever been on a train that did that and I've lived in Gateshead most of my life.

[@MrBanzoid]

Many years ago I used to take the train from Manors to Wallsend before the Metro was built. Bus from Washington where I lived to Worswick Street bus station, a couple of minutes walk to Manors then off to Wallsend. I later found that the 313 bus was more convenient. I didn't know the railway station still existed! Happy days.

[@robinjones6999]

what a lovely lad - with perfect Manors

[@forza223bowe5]

What a nice lad, my bro is 16 and you would be lucky if he could give me eye contact

[@StephenTownsley]

In the 1960s a full station existed at Manors. As a kid I passed through it on the loop line from West Monkseaton to Newcastle. The line went via Jesmond into Manors and then Central. As part of the loop I thought that Manors metro had replaced and the large station demolished and replaced by the business park. In the sixties it looked like a sort of small version of central. It was fully covered. I didn’t even know a cut down version existed. Not on any transport map I have ever seen.

[@rafaelaschelle3611]

This video has put the biggest smile on my face! The waving and the tooting was lovely! Jamie is a good sport. Is he your son?

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

I NEED to know where Jamie got that jumper. Looks amazing! Great video again - hope you and everyone are staying safe and doing well :)

[@jamiebarnshaw5496]

Online from the 'END.' Website! Got it a while ago so don't know if it still there. But look for 'Adidas x Pharrell Williams jumper'.

[@HeyItsAJOmega]

@@jamiebarnshaw5496 Brilliant! Looks like it's sold out most places, but I'll keep an eye out. Thank you! :)

[@litabell9560]

@@jamiebarnshaw5496 ...and it says 啟發 (Qǐfā = 'enlighten'), yes?

[@Amzadi]

Great Video. I semi-frequently use Manors when Commuting to work, usually days when I finish around 2100 because having to change Metro's to get to Central causes me to miss my train home.

[@nickskidmore1437]

Jamie's awesome, good work lad.

[@mmillband1]

Manors used to be much bigger. The platforms shown in this video are platforms 7 and 8 in the old station. The abandoned platform you can still see was platform 1. It was the station my dad used when he went to work in the 1960s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manors_railway_station

[@TheMrTomkennedy]

Jamie is a delight! Also Geoff, obviously :)

[@PhippsyAndFrodo]

When you showed the view of the motorway, you missed a glimpse at some of the abandoned bits of track that goes underneath the bridge - you can see where some of the lines used to be which is pretty cool

[@Georgeinthecooperfamily]

Came from Chester all the way to Morpeth on the train! On the way back from Morpeth we passed through manors I had no clue manors was least used

[@peterwatkins5146]

according to my research manors used to be 2 stations then merged into 1 it used to have 9 platforms most of the station was closed in 1978 when the gosforth line was turned into the metro system and all the subsequently buildings were demolished to make way for offices

[@MidlandMark]

Correct - there were two seperate stations, called Manors North and Manors East, which were 'merged' into one 9-platform Manors in the late 1960s, just as services were being cut back. The current station is actually of East Station (what became Manors Platforms 7/8), the overgrown platforms shown are part of North Station (Manors Platforms 1/2), and there's still a bit of Platform 9 in situ, while the reason the western end of the Station is longer, is that it used to have a Signalbox at that end.

[@starryskydoves2166]

Manors Train Station actually is quite useful. As the Tyne and Wear Metro doesn’t allow you to take a bicycle into the Newcastle City Centre (Gateshead, Central, Monument and Haymarket).This means if I want to get from the north-side to the south-side of the River Tyne with my bicycle, if I have a flat tire. I can ride the Metro to Manors Metro Station then walk to Manors Train Station, catch the train to Newcastle Central Train Station. From there, get the train to Heworth Train Station and walk to Heworth Metro Station to continue my journey.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Thank you for making such a wonderful video which really brighten up my evening! Could this be the most urban least used station?

[@ashleylane180]

great video as usual. Jamie is so cute too... bring him back soon!

[@AlexanderFoist]

I strongly suspect the actual passenger boarding and alighting figures are actually a lot higher than the ticket data suggests. I grew up in Morpeth and used to regularly commute to Newcastle, and Manors was handy at times. Even if you specified Manors to the ticket office staff at Morpeth 9 times out of 10 they’d issue you a ticket to Newcastle (as it was the same fare). Equally, if you boarded at Manors to go back to Morpeth the conductor would usually issue you a ticket from Newcastle! This has probably improved figures since the introduction of ticket machines on the platform, but getting a ticket to Newcastle was usually no bad thing, as particularly in the case of a Return it was good ‘insurance’ as not all trains stop at Manors.

[@guyavni8834]

Thank you. Thank you so much for keep posting videos in these hard times. It makes me smile and dream about the next time I visit England. P.S... Toon Toon black n white army!

[@jamesgibson5606]

Manors station had been the joining point of the Blyth & Tyne loop. It was one of the biggest stations other than Newcastle Central.

[@gezwhalley8103]

I went to St James's Park as an away fan from Lancashire in 1983 and back then the cops used to corral the away fans and escort them en masse back to the train station to get on the old football special trains. On that day they took us to Manors. There were about 2,500 fans so large away fan followings were probably the only time Manors station saw heavy usage. In a bizarre coincidence I had reason to make a work based train visit to Cramlington last Saturday and the train stopped at Manors which was my first stop there since 83 (I've only ever been through one other time on an Edinburgh train). It's certainly changed considerably.

[@andrewrobinson7641]

Manors was a very large station in the early 20th century. It was mostly for goods, but Manors North and Manors East had many platforms. Heavily bombed in 1941. I remember the DMU service in the late 70s pre Metro.

[@Bob_the_Jedi]

Those streams are great Geoff!

[@davidrobinson5357]

you can see my flat in the background. I live next door to manors

[@StavTech]

Used to be a big 9 platform junction station until the late 1970s.

[@WanderingWheatley]

5:50 Geoff: "Where is the 'University of Newcastle'?" Me (a pedant): "In Newcastle, Australia. 'Newcastle University' however is just over other side of Northumbria University (which is just past Manors Metro.)

[@colinwilson3750]

The disused platform at Manors station was used for football specials at one time. I certainly remember alighting there with a QPR special in 1982.

[@boblouali11]

So I lived in the northeast my whole life and until a decade or so ago had no clue there was an actual train station at manors. The metro is mainly used by students as a stop for the near by Northumbria university campus. There was a foot bridge also built over the motorway for the singular purpose of connecting the two parts of the campus.

[@ThePoogiewoogie]

Hi Geoff great vid - I've got another theory for the increase in passenger numbers. It used to be cheaper to get a day return from Manors to Durham than from Newcastle to Durham that worked on any train operator (LNER,TPE,XC) as Northern set the fare. You could then start or end your journey at the intermediate station (Newcastle), so I'd take the passenger numbers with a pinch of salt... however this fare anomaly seems to be fixed this year so will be interesting to see if passenger figures drop (not because of Corona)

[@andrewphillips9391]

I believe the abandoned platforms were the old route up towards Jesmond and the Tyne Loop, part of which is extant as the stock transfer line which you saw on your Metro video

[@stephenstanners]

I used this station every day when I worked for the Labour Party who has its head office close by. My office used to back onto the tracks, I spent so many hours watching trains at work.

[@dominickirby2568]

Bring Jamie back. 🎉

[@davidtaylor7085]

I like jamie would love to meet him he seems cool

[@thisisstuart7951]

the funniest graffiti i ever seen "Im sorry kind of"

[@caw25sha]

There's something more below it but I can't see what it is.

[@thisisstuart7951]

@@caw25sha nor could I

[@tdchayes]

It says "-> Shroee"

[@PhilReynoldsLondonGeek]

I was unaware of Manors National Rail station. One odd point about the Metro station that needs to be remembered: if you are at Monument, northbound trains may well be shown as terminating at Manors - but that is the long way round. Manors is the next station if you take an eastbound train.

[@davidk4926]

Here’s an idea lol - -Least used Ecml -Least used Wcml -Least used Gwml -Least used Mml -least used CML -Least used lner -least used Avanti -least used gwr -least used emr -least used lnwr -least used Thameslink -least used swr -least used souther -least used southeastern -least used (insert operator here) And whatever more

[@jwb_]

May not be many trains that stop at manors but it's a train spotters paradise. Walk past manors everyday to get to uni and get the train from there weekly.

[@mikecawood]

The abandoned platform shown was part of the BR branch to Gosforth, which is now taken over by the Tyne and Wear Metro, this runs underground at this point.

[@johnkeepin7527]

Interesting. It reminded me of an early family day trip on the North Tyneside loop to Whitley Bay, just before the third rail electric was ripped out in the 1960s. Lots of history about this line available, but the old NER was quite enterprising re. electric traction, in the same fashion as those that went for third rail in the London area in the early 20th century.

[@JangoFett220]

Bit of Trivia a scene in the third act of Get Carter was actually filmed around this station, a stairway (either underneath or beside it) that’s now cut off was used

[@Voello]

I think you're going to have a lot more people using Manors rail station when the Northumberland Line reopens in 2024. It's going to get a regular half-hourly service, and it'll be quicker to change for the metro there rather than at Central or Northumberland Park if you're travelling to anywhere west of Newcastle such as Byker, Wallsend or Howdon.

[@codingshades]

How many jokes do you want? Geoff: "Yes"

[@k.jamescarters9557]

I was in edinburgh last week and saw this station. It’s about 60 seconds from Newcastle itself and I can’t imagine any train stopping there!

[@IanBlack66]

I got a football special from Middlesbrough to Newcastle in the 80's. The ticket was to Manors but it stopped at central and we all got off.

[@trainspottersouth]

Petition to start the wave and toot game for this summer? I’d genuinely watch it lol

[@robertbutlin3708]

I think the disused platforms are from the time before the Tyne and Wear Metro went underneath Newcastle Central and the lines were used as the connection to the Gosforth line.

[@Freddie.minton3256]

There is a train at that stops there at 0554 too at Manors to Chathill but only stops at Manors, Carmlington, Morpeth, Alnmouth and Chathill

[@domc8247]

Love the video I’ve been to manners quite a few times but never jumped on the northern service from There before

[@dminalba]

The Sprinter you boarded is 1 of 5 ScotRail Sprinters transferred to Northern after the introduction of the ATR200's in Scotland in 2018

[@philk9501]

It was pulled down in 70s I didn't realize it was still active. The original Manors was very busy

[@Maxo11x]

that is the cutest toot I've ever heard

[@martinkulkarni3569]

I remember in my younger years, when away supporters were chaperoned to Manors by the police. Being a Geordie Evertonian, when the Barcodes were in the first division, I would go to the match when we were playing up here, and after watching the match, I would always follow the Evertonians to Manors Station. This was before I started to travelling to Liverpool for Everton home games when I was old enough.

[@michaelXXLF]

According to Wikipedia there were once nine platforms at Manors station. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manors_railway_station

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

Manors pops up in an early episode of When The Boat Comes In. Mrs Seaton takes on care of a small boy, whose Mam dies of an illness. Eventually she puts him on a train so he can go to live with some distant relatives in another part of the area. Whitley Bay Metro pops up in another episode, with rather a dramatic scene

[@DanLoudShirts]

Welcome to Club LUS, Jamie! Good video. Brush up on your disused bits knowledge though as Paul Whitewick will be on your case!

[@pwhitewick]

.....did someone mention "disused"??

[@jamiebarnshaw5496]

Eeee my apologies only just seen this comment, Thank you for the warm welcome the LUS club and I realise I knew very little about Manors a it mixture of short notice and stage fright getting the better of me ahah but I hope Secrets of the Tyne and Wear metro made up for it!!

[@what_im_eatin_uk]

That is crazy I've lived in Newcastle all my life went to uni here and never knew that station was there. I was expecting Blaydon station to be the least used

[@johnioannides8863]

I actually think they're wrong. I believe Dunston station is the least used in Tyne and Wear. Sorry guys.

[@johnioannides8863]

Fair enough, maybe I've made the mistake of using Wikipedia, can't believe Dunston had 16,000 passengers last year!

[@a330neodefender]

When jamie was waving at the train i thought he was tryna hitch for a ride lol

[@johndurkin6382]

I honestly didn't even know that station was still there, remember being on that platform probably around 40 years ago, god I'm getting old