Glasgow Queen Street to Glasgow Central - Pointless Journeys

[@NickBadley]

Mine and Natt's Scotland trip continues! I've had this one requested a hell of a lot 😂

[@Matthewlikestrains772]

lol 😂

[@ElijahsTransport]

​@@Matthewlikestrains772lol

[@Suthea1]

I was going to suggest that journey.

[@InkItOut]

@TrainandliftfanIf he does lots of the same in the same area it will get quite repetitive so he probably won’t be doing anymore Glasgow ones for now at least

[@andrewbeadle9168]

its pronouced DALMUIR you could of done 2 pointless journeys in 1. Singer to Clydebank

[@CyclingUpsideDown]

If you struggled with pronouncing Dalmuir, it's just as well you didn't go to Milngavie.

[@Hrossey]

Dunno man. I sent 9 American Tourists to Parkhead and told them “our Ancestors would say ‘Big Jock Knew” I told them Big Jock was William Wallace’s wing man, so they understood the importance. Shout it loudly my man 😂❤

[@andrewdocherty73]

😂😂😂

[@lewis72]

One day, you'll be sure to bump into Geoff Marshall.

[@davidthorne7712]

Or Scott from “Planes, Trains & Everything” when in Scotland

[@lewis72]

@@davidthorne7712 Oh yes. Him. He's usually going to Ireland or Bulgaria on a bus.

[@toddhunter3137]

Jago also does some good videos on here.

[@lewis72]

@@toddhunter3137 Jago's just a voice though, not a proper human.

[@toddhunter3137]

@@lewis72 Granted. It would be nice to see Jago. But his videos are still informative and sarcastically funny at times. Surely you agree.

[@thomascook578]

Second award, you survived dalmuir, you are now immune to almost every disease now known to humankind

[@Joshthetrainspotter85]

Aye true

[@LouisOnAir]

I remember the first time I went to Scotland, I was staying near Glasgow and traveling up through the north (with its criminally underfunded railways), I wasn't sure what to expect transport-wise, but I got there and immediately found that there were loads of trains and they're all electric, and that's the last time I ever underestimated Scotland

[@JamesChurchill3]

Maybe next time youll estimate it.

[@Hrossey]

We’ve got lamp posts and all sorts mate. Shops that sell vibrators to paint brushes. We’ve got everything up here, part fae freedom. Auch ayeeee the noooooo

[@neilbain8736]

You could’ve gone from Queen St. Low Level direct to Partick via the Balloch, Helensburgh and Milngavie lines to Partick or from Buchanan St to Partick on the Subway. Simply walk from Queen Street directly into Buchanan St. It makes Kings X - St. P look like crossing a desert. There’s a lot of random art at Partick devoted to Budd Neil. The gable ends facing Morrisons and Partick are covered in murals from his comic strip and the statue by the ticket machines at the escalators is of GI Bride- another of his creations. There’s also that 2 legged horse of his somewhere near the YHA. And of course, there's Billy Conolly stuff. Fantastic place, Glasgow. Amazing people.

[@StreakyP]

Queen Street upper to lower takes stairs...the other easier option would be queen st upper to Waverley to Glasgow central upper level (possibly via mornington crescent!)

[@neilbain8736]

@@StreakyP Ah. If you play Charing Cross, according to Stobold's Temporal Anomaly you can discombobulate the Spacetime continuum and be in both places at once before you even left.

[@christiangraham1]

Of take the subway the entire route Buchan Street to St Enoch

[@user-mq3um5iu2q]

The quickest train journey between Queen Street and Central is to take low level from Queen Street to Partick, change platform and take another low level train from Partick to Central

[@daleykun]

or just walk the 7/8 mins?

[@tomclarkson2826]

There's a bus for those who don't want to walk the short distance between the 2 stations

[@christiangraham1]

Or just take the subway from Buchanan Street (Queen Street) to St Rnoch (Central)

[@cam60uk21]

I was brought up in Dalmuir. Clydebank is famous for ship building and Singer is also in Clydebank, famous for making sewing machines.

[@southcalder]

So, very technically, Glasgow Central and Glasgow Central Low Level are treated officially as two separate stations. The surface station is managed by Network Rail as one of their major stations (like Edinburgh Waverley or London Waterloo), but the low level is a different station managed by ScotRail. While they have a continuous platform numbering scheme, by the letter of law you completed your entry to Glasgow Central on foot. What you should have done was went Queen Street to Cumbernauld, Cumbernauld to Motherwell and Motherwell to Glasgow Central (High Level, on a train originating in Lanark). Or even Haymarket (yes, in Edinburgh) and back to Glasgow Central (via Shotts or Carstairs).

[@richard-mtl]

YES Subway loop!!! Great job! Possibly my favourite Pointless Journey yet! Love the multimodal ones.

[@therathergoodengineer9285]

Pointless Journey suggestion: Kings Cross - St Pancras! This route would be fun considering they are very very different stations but are so close together, so much so that they share the same tube station.

[@FeoragForsyth]

I had the Interrail planner app tell me to do this by public transport…

[@davidparsons97]

​@FeoragForsyth I tried looking on Google Maps and it just said to walk. I can think of plenty of pointless journeys to try.

[@katrinabryce]

Kings Cross Finsbury Park Highbury & Islington Willesden Junction Watford Junction Bedford St Pancras It is easier if you are happy to arrive in the Thameslink Station, otherwise Bedford is the first useful interchange with another line.

[@therathergoodengineer9285]

@@katrinabryce kk

[@MatiiCripps]

@@katrinabryceyou can’t get from watford junction to Bedford without changing at bletchley, and the marston vale line doesn’t currently run anything other than an hour long bus replacement service x

[@Countrystephen]

Orr, just train to Edinburgh from queen street and then the train back to central

[@arranheron7259]

It's quite mad to think that every station you stopped at; Anniesland, dalmuir and Patrick ( national rail and subway) you could get a train to both glasgow queen st and central.

[@DavidPeacock1972]

Outside of London Glasgow has the second largest commuter network in Britain. Loved living around West Scotland as most trains operate on a half hourly basis.

[@jonistan9268]

I was there as a tourist and the train service seemed pretty good, both in and around Glasgow (with the two city tunnels) and between Queen Street and Edinburgh.

[@ZLDSmogless]

I live in Glasgow and I don't like the half hour frequency as before covid it was every 15mins alternating via Queen Street and Central

[@kastandlee]

We sort-of did this as a not-pointless-but-roundabout trip when we attended the 2005 World Science Fiction Convention at the then-SECC in Glasgow. We arrived by rail at Queen Street, and rather than walk to Central (as we did have rail passes), we went from Queen Street to Partik, then changed to a train to Exhibition Centre.

[@jvgreendarmok]

I'd much rather wait for a train at Queen Street than Central Low Level, it's much less claustrophobic.

[@kevinellis8869]

Another good video, enjoyed the subway circle. Trip suggestion: Waterloo - Waterloo East

[@ed_menno]

Nick, Glasgow has had excellent rail coverage and frequency for decades, primarily due to the amount of electrified lines and the efficiencies and reliability that came with that. You'll be aware that Liverpool's electrified network is similar. Other cities like Birmingham (minimal AC electrification) and Manchester (DC overhead) weren't so fortunate when it came to the choices LMS, BR etc made and are playing catch up. The clockwork orange is fun too.

[@adammichael6988]

Visiting Glasgow this week. I did this one today except I went queen street to Partick. One loop of subway and then partick to central.

[@tramcrazy]

When you hopped on that Central-bound train I was very concerned… but then I checked the video length and realised that a Subway ride must be in order!! 😂

[@geochr73]

Cool video guys! Singer station named after the old Singer Sewing Machine factory (ask your parents/grandparents😊)

[@barvdw]

They still exist, for those who want to sew.

[@anthonyholroyd5359]

And as if to prove just how close stations are in Glasgow? I noticed that shot from the paltform of Glasgow Central (lowlevel) through the tunnel to where you can see the platforms at Argyle Street. Ive taken that same shot myself 😂 Glad to see how much you appreciate the 'lowlevel' and the Subway. Those trains were my childhood 😅 except when i was a kid the 320s were still pretty new (and 303 'Blue trains' - though they where orange and black by then - were still kicking about)

[@thomascook578]

Or as it was called Strathclyde Red lol. I think the runtime Central to Argyle St is about 45secs

[@SteamboatWilley]

There are a few ways of doing this. You can take the short way from the low level to Partick and back to the other low level, or you can take a high level train to Cumbernauld, down to Motherwell and back to Central High level.

[@MrBENDERLOCH]

Try St Budeaux Victoria Road to St Budeaux Ferry Road in Plymouth. Station entrances exactly 10m apart. Takes almost 2 hours via Plymouth station

[@colinwilson3750]

You could try Farnborough Main to Farnborough North. Two routes so spoilt for choice. Excellent again!

[@Sim0nTrains]

Glasgow has a awesome rail network but makes me wonder if there a plan to do it in reverse from Glasgow Central (High Level) to Glasgow Queen Street (low level) one day? Great Video Nick!

[@katrinabryce]

That would just be taking the first train out of Partick rather than the third.

[@thomascook578]

Could do Central to Edinburgh via Shotts Edinburgh to Falkirk Grahamston Falkirk Grahamston to Queen St via Cumbernauld Or Central to Edinburgh via Motherwell Edinburgh to Larbert/Stirling Stirling/Larbert to Queen St via Croy

[@thomascook578]

@bazzacuda_ Coatbridge Central to Coatbridge Sunnyside. CBC to Motherwell Motherwell to Anniesland Anniesland to Queen St HL Queen St LL to Sunnyside

[@nightowlmusicpromotions]

Another brilliant video!! Imagine if Glasgow still had it’s trams! 😢

[@AlteranAnciote]

Fun little pointless challenge! I can think of a few other pointless journeys in my neck of the woods. Catford to Catford Bridge (a 30 second walk, separate lines), and Bromley North to Bromley South - more like a 10-15 minute walk but no direct rail route between then!

[@shetlandsheep3081]

There is a plan to revamp the Clockwork Orange so that Queen Street and Central would be linked at at last, but it not being London, there’s no date or money for it actually happening.

[@CraigMacfarlane-r3m]

Great little video guys. Welcome to Glasgow 👍

[@aetch77]

I once did Queen Street to Central, I went via Edinburgh Waverly. Thought, what would be more pointless than going between two nearby stations? Going between high and low levels within the same station.

[@jacobporrett]

Looks like you guys had fun. Never done the railways in Scotland before.

[@viaanchoudhury5285]

I have been to Glasgow queen street but never Glasgow central

[@SeanFerrol]

Clydebank, Dalmuir, Drumry and Singer are all stations in the town of Clydebank. Fwiw.

[@paulharvey9149]

DAL-M-YOUR! You really do have to roll that final R to get it right! I guess then, if you wanted to arrive at Glasgow Central High Level, you'd have to do something like Greenfaulds - Whifflet - Cambuslang - Hamilton Circle - Motherwell...?? Yes, there are lots of rails and stations - but that's POST-Beeching - and only a small part of the former Glasgow Central Railway was reopened as the Argyll Line in 1979; there used to be an awful lot more of them when the Stobhill - Dumbarton East [Riverside] line and its' associated Maryhill Central & Possil branches, the Bridgeton - Carmyle - Whifflet High Level & Newton lines; those approaching St Enoch and Buchanan Street termini, the Hyndland, Clydebank East,. Bridgeton Central, Bothwell [NB and CR], Airdrie South, Govan, Renfrew Ferry, Kilmacolm and Paisley District lines were still open - to name just a few! Oh, and did you know that the former sewing machine factory at Singer had a short works branch - with a further five platforms?

[@colinmacdonald5732]

A pointless challenge you can no longer undertake. RGIT St Andrews St in Aberdeen used to occupy am entire city block. There was a bus route that went round three sides of the building with two stops one at the front, one at the rear. You could theoretically save shoe leather by taking a bus from the front of the building to rear.

[@exploringandadventuresea3585]

A Mini pointless Journey with in a pointless Journey.

[@MichaelSebastianTodd]

im loving Anniesland & Partick & i loving the Glasgow subway and Glasgows rail network looks amazing with fequent train services & i wouldnt mind smashing a load of stations around Glasgow one day anyway brilliant poiintless journey

[@katrinabryce]

Queen Street High Level to Central High Level The option with the least changes is via Edinburgh. Otherwise: Greenfaulds or Cumbernauld Motherwell Central, but that requires taking an English train or Greenfaulds/Cumbernauld Whifflet Rutherglen Newton Central

[@joshuaritchie3836]

Has someone not told them that fash photography is not permitted on the railway network?

[@InkItOut]

The flash was for video purposes only, it was only for the comic of the shot, don’t worry I didn’t use flash when taking pictures of trains :)

[@joshuaritchie3836]

@@InkItOut Okay, but still it could of been at the right angle to cause a driver to have a SPAD with reflections off the window and other surfaces in the train and station.

[@jvgreendarmok]

When you got out at Partick, I thought you were going to visit the Riverside museum! (I think it's pretty cool how Glasgow's transport museum is next to its - and Scotland's, I think - busiest stretch of railway line)

[@eastmidlandsbusestramstrai441]

Hi Nick. I would recommend Nottingham (National Rail) to Nottingham (Tram)

[@neilbain8736]

Train to Bulwell or Hucknall and tram to Nottingham National Rail? I used to live there.

[@eastmidlandsbusestramstrai441]

@@neilbain8736 yes. that's the exact route I was thinking of

[@malcolmmckenzie9027]

A not quite complete rail journey but interesting nevertheless would be to go to Upper Tyndrum on the Fort William line and then walk downhill to Tyndrum Lower on the Oban line. Tyndrum must be the smallest settlement to have 2 railway stations on 2 different lines. I’m sure your crew will know if that is indeed the case. I very much enjoy your content.

[@grah84mck]

My local station growing up its easy to say, Dal-Muir put it all together and you've got Dalmuir. I say local it was about 15min walk down the road.

[@simonboulton4490]

Glasgow has the UKs largest suburban rail network outside of London.

[@WHNorthcote]

You should do Wakefield Kirkgate to Wakefield Westgate. You would have to go to Huddersfield, Leeds, Castleford way round from Kirkgate. Or, some other convoluted route.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

This it really cool! Natt is cool too! Noticed your beardline - thinking of going full Viktor Klimenko? (Finnish Eurovision guy, 1965)

[@vallackwilton406]

I like watching your journeys well done looking forward to more

[@jwal93]

honestly baffled by the struggle with "Dalmuir" - do you not have the surname "Muir" in England?! It's literally "Dal" followed by that - dalmure also I hope you used the roundabout ticket! - £7.40 for all day trains and subway, unavailable online so has to be bought at ticket machines by typing "Roundabout" as destination and physically stamped by ticket officer for subway

[@InkItOut]

Wow that Roundabout ticket sounds very handy, a shame we didn’t know about it at the time 😂, at least we know for next time thanks! 😁

[@colinmacdonald5732]

Yeah. Frank Muir. English.

[@SalvageDev]

Pointless journey suggestion: Sudbury Hill station on the Piccadilly and Sudbury Hill on chiltern. Same goes for sudbury town and sudbury and harrow road

[@toddhunter3137]

I was born in Partick. Nice to see you did a bit on the subway and the sub surface lines. 😊

[@NIRVANAmat]

I’ve just stumbled across this. As a Glaswegian myself.. this is an odd video to stumble across, I’m not going to lie. What’s the reason behind taking my trains about? Haha! Is this just like a train passion project thing? Also, aren’t most trains in England electric too? Past few times I’ve been down there, not too much is different. But then again, I’ve only really went to London so maybe that’s the difference. Anyway, just had to ask those other things. Cheers!

[@andrewgta5358]

Get your cat to sort out that bum fluff 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@172Break]

If you were looking for a bit of adventure, you should have got off at Possilpark or Summerston on the way to Anniesland!

[@LadyLuck13]

Not sure why this video popped up but for once KZbin got it right..lol This takes me back to when I arrived in Glesga in the 90s in my early 20s. I'd often end up on the wrong trains, missing the right stops and going in circles on the underground...lol

[@billmilligan1705]

I am suprrised you have done a Geoff Marshall and travelled on the one a day Paisley - Edinburgh Waverely train that bypasses Glasgow Central

[@sharondouglas5918]

The 2 stations are only about a 10min walk between each other

[@oober2004]

Heath High Level to Heath Low Level perhaps around the Vale of Glamorgan line to Bridgend. Back up the main line and a hop onto Heath train at Cardiff? 🤔

[@marc21091]

A journey between the two high level stations would be more interesting. To reach Central would be Queen St-Cumbernauld, Cumbernauld-Motherwell and Motherwell-Central using one of the services that does not take the Argyle Line, such as Lanark-Glasgow or the through Edinburgh-Carstairs-Motherwell-Central-Paisley-Ayr service.

[@meteodale]

How about Inverness to Inverness Airport via Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen. A bit pointless as you could take the short cut

[@macstyle2012]

Another one to try - not very exciting though as quite simple - Bradford to Bradford.

[@ashcook1471]

Have you done Hackney Downs to Hackney Central in London the two stations are literally linked together by a foot bridge

[@ConquistadoraDeLaEstrella]

Singer station was named cause it was built right next to the old Singer Sewing Machine factory, and the station has now outlasted the factory by several decades.

[@christaylor8672]

Hello Nick, have you attempted Bradford Forster Square to Bradford Interchange?

[@GregorExplorer]

Have you done Tyndrum Upper to Tyndrum Lower?

[@gftyhify]

This reminds me of another KZbinr called ‘planes, trains everything’ who travelled from Glasgow Central low level to Glasgow Queen Street low level via Partick

[@bowlerstuff9589]

Im guessing doing Central-Queen Street *Low Level Edition* is coming soon

[@euanmunro6718]

Relatively similar to this one, you could try birmingham new street to Moor Street sometime

[@therathergoodengineer9285]

yes, but it is quite easy

[@ballsinspector]

that one's easy

[@therathergoodengineer9285]

Birmingham New Street to Birmingham Moor Street. West midlands to Smethwick Galton Bridge. West Midlands from Smethwick Galton Bridge to Birmingham Moor Street. Or New street to Euston, Overground to Queens Park, Bakerloo from Queens park to Marylebone, and Finally Marylebone to Moor street.

[@JangoFett220]

I’m surprised you didn’t go all the way to Edinburgh from Partick by the Falkirk Line then changed at Waverley and taken a train along the Carstairs or Shotts line to Central

[@davidbirrell8964]

A pointless journey if you're ever in Scotland again could be Edinburgh Waverley to Edinburgh Waverley on the Fife Circle line. You would have to buy a return ticket for "Glenrothes with Thornton" (furthest away point). The journey would take you across the Forth Rail Bridge in both directions. You can remain on the train for the full journey.

[@derekheeps1244]

You mean the Forth Bridge ; the other bridges are the Forth Road Bridge and the Queensferry Crossing ; the original bridge is simply the Forth Bridge .

[@daveharris7224]

I love your videos, but how come most of the trains you travel on are mostly empty?

[@theblubbered]

I'm sure I recognise that bloke at 6:08 from a mirror somewhere...

[@NickBadley]

Oh my god 😂

[@ronnielove5254]

Glasgow Central station is a 5min walk from Queen Station...so no need for the two trains and Subway

[@ghighlandchieftain4462]

Great video in pointless journeys. nick. Hope yous joy trip up in Scotland . And I am big fan of your channel

[@IamTheHolypumpkin]

I like how you made the pointless journey even more pointless by doing a loop with the subway. Now it a pointless-squared journey.

[@bobbythomas200420032]

Hi Nick mate another excellent video of pointless journeys. I really enjoyed the video very much. Thank you for making the video.

[@TransportForLuka]

I have got a poinless journey for you to do that i wanted to tell you for a while but i couldn't be bothered but here it is: Edgware Road (terminus) to Edgware Road via the whole circle line, obviously this is a really stuoid journey as tou can just walk it but i would love to see you do it

[@ProbablySid]

Heworth (Tyne and Wear Metro) to Heworth (National Rail) as a pointless journey, up in Newcastle ?

[@SJTrains2024]

you should do some in the south west

[@NickBadley]

I'd definitely like to!

[@richardpenstone4330]

I was in Glasgow on holiday only a couple of weeks ago but took the traditional route from central to queen's street, the 5 minute shuttle bus. Should be 3 minutes if it wasn't for all the traffic lights.

[@Thatspuremental]

Traffic lights are a huge problem everywhere to be expected in a centre

[@jmann316]

You can walk it in less time. LOL.

[@3lham058]

Hello Nick, how do you make the animations

[@railnut21]

They are technically connected indirectly via the clockwork orange (less than 5 minutes walk from each station to the underground stations that serve them)

[@MercenaryPen]

surely for maximum pointlessness, the route should have been Queen street high level via queen street low level to glasgow central

[@amacksplatoon]

Maybe not the best idea, but Livingston North to Livingston South? Just a wee suggestion. Also, If you do do glasgow centrak high level to low level (or Queen Street) Maybe try going the opposite direction (towards Edinburgh) next time

[@improperrunner]

These are my favourite of your videos. You should do Birmingham New St to Birmingham Snow Hill/Moor Street.

[@robertfoulkes1832]

Ypu actually did the loop of the subwzy in the opposite direction to the way it was shown in the animation. Points off for that in addition to the ones you lost for your execrable mispronunciation of Dalmuir (even after hearing the correct version!)

[@DylanGravil-hc8li]

It is by the way on the Clyde

[@Joshthetrainspotter85]

You should do central or queen st high level to low level

[@hampshirewanderer5078]

Very 1st thought, I assumed you'd be travelling between the low level platforms, via Partick.

[@franki7]

love your videos so relaxing to watch

[@Tata22334]

Can you Waverley to Haymarket next?

[@neilcowie481]

Yes mate. If knew you was coming to Glasgow I'd have came and met you

[@ScammerhuntersScotland]

How about glasgow queen street low level to springburn, springburn to queen street then a train from queen street high level to haymarket , then haymarket to glasgow central high via shotts (that doesnt stop at cambuslang) get a train to newton then switch to a dalmuir bound train for the low level does all four

[@GreatEasternMainlineSpots]

Yessss i see nick Badley and class 385 I click the video 👍👍

[@BitsOfBen]

Do Runcorn to Runcorn East, that would be a fun one!

[@theturbo1704]

Sad that Edinburgh removed all its railways in the city cos theres loads of intressting routes you could have done in the past

[@davidhamilton8108]

Glasgow has the densest rail network in the UK outside of London. 4th oldest subway in the world too.

[@dave_s_hemmings]

Have you considered Smethwick Galton Bridge Low Level to Smethwick Galton Bridge High Level? Two different lines that go to all 3 main stations in Birmingham (Low Level to New Street and High Level to Snow Hill and Moor Street)

[@craigwatt1303]

if your still in sco come do falkirk gramston to falkirk high.

[@TheFrogfather1]

I lived in Glasgow for 13 years and was genuinely wondering how you’d do this other than by going to Edinburgh! I wonder if you can go from central low - high. Now that would be super pointless!

[@77smp]

How about Edinburgh Waverley to Edinburgh Waverley the circuitous route ?

[@robblake8999]

hello! i love the series :) maybe you could do Birmingham New Street to Birmingham Snow Hill? or Moor Street because that's a nice station