London's Least Served Railway Station

[@PamelaBane]

Thanks Nick for not editing out the bits where you went wrong, It happens to us all occasionally! Nice to know you can get back on track by taking the bus!

[@kmkcheng]

Also served by one of the most frequent bus routes in the form of the 18

[@nathanw9770]

Most frequent and busiest route in London

[@budapestkeletistationvoices]

Nick. I need you so Badley

[@alexrobertssings]

"Longest walk from sign to platform” Dovey Junction : am I a joke to you?

[@Thornaby37]

A station with four trains per day seems out of place for London Full credit to you for coming up with a backup plan that worked very well

[@stevewareing8525]

Nick I love your videos that go wrong for whatever reason, unforeseen or cock-up, they show just how you adapt, improvise and overcome and I'm not talking about the editing. 👍.

[@RaskoAndDiscoBeerReview]

Enjoyed seeing my local stations featured, especially Northolt Park, in 40- years I've never used Sudbury & Harrow Road because of the infrequent service and never understood why that and Sudbury Hill weren't more served especially with all the housing round there, its prime suburbia. Cheers.

[@brianparker663]

Yes, I have made this point in my comment. Very much agree.

[@nathanw9770]

They aren't served very often presumably because the Chiltern mainline is entirely 2 tracks besides some passing loops and because trains to Banbury, Oxford and Birmingham are so frequent having trains stop here would cause a jam. Northolt Park and Sudbury Hill Harrow are lucky to even have an hourly-ish service. A solution could be to stagger the services to stop at either Sudbury & Harrow Road or Sudbury Hill Harrow but don't know if residents would be happy with that either.

[@ReubenAshwell]

Brilliant video Nick, I never noticed the Chiltern Thames Turbo's didn't have windows lol.

[@robk23oxf]

Chiltern Turbos have air conditioning and so the windows are sealed, whereas the GWR Turbos don't have air conditioning.

[@NickBadley]

Ah that's it!

[@Abigail.elizz.]

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[@Vanmanyo]

The GWR turbos alll have air con now! But they kept the opening windows in case the air con fails

[@DonaldTrumpIsGreat]

​@@Vanmanyo Yes I Can Confirm That Since I Use The Class 165s and 166s In The Thames Valley Regularly 👍

[@nathanw9770]

The GWR turbos do have air conditioning but it often fails which is why they have opening windows. So if the air con fails on a chiltern turbo you're doomed 😂

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Greetings from Australia. England, and in particular the railways, is on my bucket list. As always a very interesting video.

[@teecefamilykent]

Brilliant video sir.

[@ps.montreal5551]

What a super video !! Most enjoyable.

[@Fergal283]

the area I grew up in, nice to see it again. great vid

[@thomascook578]

Id call that a ninja shower, cones out of nowhere, creates havoc, then disappears as fast as it appeared

[@AutoUnder]

Great video Nick! The similarities of the systems used by Northern and Chiltern is indeed because Northern used to be part of Arriva. As time as gone on tho, they are starting to differ slightly with Northern's TVMs having more options and Celia's script between the two operators being slightly different

[@berillyispog]

Chiltern is my favourite TOC - their livery looks so great on the 165s

[@mentaldavethefirst]

Unrelated to this video but just got off an old Merseyrail train running on the Wirral line! Was very surprised to see it arrive in Chester!

[@mattpilgrim2607]

Wow! Can't believe that this station only gets 4 trains in each direction! I absolutely love your content Nick ❤

[@mattevans4377]

Why is everyone in the UK so surprised now when it rains in the UK? Like have people forgotten it's the UK?

[@brianparker663]

As a semi-local, I have always thought it ridiculous how badly served this station is by Chiltern. 15 minutes or less into Marylebone - whereas the alternative is to trundle all around the houses on the titchy, clanky Picc trains from Sudbury Town. I'm sure it would be much better used if they would only treat it with a bit more respect. I use Northolt Park fairly often and that could do with more services too - especially now it is linked by the Superloop buses.

[@nathanw9770]

It's because the Chiltern mainline is only two tracks most of the way and since most trains are intercity there's not much room for them to stop between Northolt Park and Sudbury & Harrow Road. One solution could be to stagger the slow services to either stop at Sudbury Harrow Road or Sudbury Hill Harrow but that would probably cause more complaints from Sudbury Hill residents.

[@williamcoleman4589]

Great video and very entertaining! Quite like full length shots of you walking around sometimes thanks 👍

[@IRNSBRU]

Definitely did not expect Northolt Park to feature so heavily on any video. I grew up behind the station and used to use the station frequently for years.

[@Ravingamer1981]

I like to add that James Cook train station in Teesside has a national rail station pole thingy that is roughly a 5 walk away from the station that is also down a public footpath.

[@joshtrains-qr8ie]

Hi nick! i volunteer at the ruislip lido railway. its a great place to spend the day and has londons least used station at it. hope you can make a vdeo about it and visit soon :)

[@macstyle2012]

I think Dovey Junction is quite a long walk from the sign to the station.

[@stevelknievel4183]

There's no need to apologise, this was a fun video! Also, if you ever want a live-ish map of where its raining, you can do worse than look at the Met Office's rainfall radar.

[@brilliantbuilder4228]

Another fun video. Love it. You should do another least used video in London lime least used Underground.

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Geoff may get jealous. lol

[@BritishTrainspotting]

I believe the reason chiltern 165s have no hopper windows is only those 165s came with AC from factory. I do believe the refurbished GWR turbos have AC retrofitted but it is absolutely terrible.

[@djk2509]

That's the same inside of the train as when filming series 1 of Gavin & Stacey in 2007. 😂

[@DonaldTrumpIsGreat]

Nice Also The Class 165s Are Good 👍

[@stateofflux7453]

Imagine the polar opposite extreme of this quirky service pattern (the Chiltern line between MYB and West Ruislip), which would be for example the Elizabeth line's Shenfield branch where each suburban station is served religiously by a train every 8 minutes at least.😆

[@NicButcher]

Nick you need Kat with you to keep you organised, she would have made sure you got off at the right station first time 😂

[@Saint_Dan132]

you managed to get a Chilton train that's rare, omg thank god for shelters you sure can pick your days

[@andyt2510]

The Chiltern 168's are just starting to get refurbed now

[@WithCars9]

I actually live somewhat nearby to that sudbury station and pass it to go to sudbury town station

[@paulharvey9149]

It's not scuffed at all, Nick - it's a portrayal of everyday life down in the Big Smoke, where people have to alter their travel plans by whichever alternative means is available, all the time! The only difference is that it wasn't the train company's fault, for a change...!! (And it's also an accurate portrayal of how London is so much better provided for than the rest of the UK, where more often than not, there are no alternative means available...). But, Cockfosters is a funny name? How old are you, exactly??

[@johnrafferty8087]

Great Video. Used both vSubryd multiple occasions.

[@Abigail.elizz.]

You said you wiil do the all merseyrail staition on the class 777

[@davidgarratt5518]

Throughly enjoyed that sat here at my level crossing waiting for someone to ring the bell to cross. Oh well another 11hrs to go

[@highpath4776]

the 5 min walk time probably allowed for footbridge crossing time to the far platform (unless it meant 3 mins mistype)

[@stephenmcculley7]

Two carriage trains in London doesn't feel quite right either! It's reassuring to know that some parts of the Capital also suffer from having to put up with very small (in terms of capacity) trains.

[@highpath4776]

And waiting 6mins for a tube train, well thats terrible, anything more than 2mins is a pain

[@davejoey]

Great video as usual Nick! The heavy rain and flooded shelter reminds me of a recent GLovesTrains video she did with Simon. Also the platform for Rice Lane on Merseyrail is, in my opinion, very narrow as well

[@Sim0nTrains]

Honestly that what I thought when the waiting shelter began to flood at South Ruislip.... but not as back as myself and G encountered at Pilning

[@ljjordanscottcrawford2008]

nick i have just counted up i have visted 43 stations

[@Harrynhoughton13]

You've got a long way to go buddy

[@SimonBanfield]

Does Birkbeck still get an infrequent service?

[@davidflett2723]

The Chiltern 165s were built by BR with opening windows. However Chiltern invested in then to install air-conditioning. As Late Western are owned by Worst Group they wouldn't spend any money they don't have to!

[@katrinabryce]

Arriva also don't spend money on anything they don't have to. They still had Pacers when they owned Northern.

[@DonaldTrumpIsGreat]

Pacers Are The Least Popular Trains In My Lifetime

[@Transportationspotting]

Nice video, everyone makes mistakes and this is just proof of that, doesn’t change my opinion of your content!

[@highpath4776]

How many Sudbury stations in London (and is there one in Suffolk?)

[@nathanw9770]

There's four: two national rail and two underground

[@MichaelCampin]

Have you been to Acklington in Northumberland yet???

[@Eeveevolve]

Would love to know what your predictive text brought up that you blured out.

[@Saint_Dan132]

you look like a giant holding that can of cola lol

[@gazwj]

I know for northern trains if they dont have openable windows its due to the trains having air con Whether the train uses said aircon is different but hey 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Nathan_Silver]

How would I got about becoming a channel member and how much per month is it?

[@Ultra-t3o]

Visit clapham high st london overground pls

[@HailesJaneSanders]

Hey nick

[@AFCManUk]

Oh dear,,,,I'm sorry you had to suffer the indignity of riding a diesel 165! My local service,,,,and the struggle is real every time I go to London! :(

[@davidflack6430]

92 bus from Sudbury Hill may have been quicker and saved a walk.

[@kieranspeirs4944]

As someone who gets chiltern railway trains a lot from Aylesbury to London they are very outdated and unreliable so surprised you got anywhere with them😂

[@anthonywarrener1881]

The. chiltern Turbos are far better than those of GWR !

[@SCRguy-k3d]

for some reason i think the chiltern 165 looks like a brick

[@quintuscrinis]

Why start from West Ruislip? Not too bad as an area, but I may be biased having grown up just roubd the corner, but it is a long way from anywhere significant.

[@brianparker663]

Yes, it's not quite in Ruislip...nor quite in Ickenham. Wonder how it got there? 😄

[@quintuscrinis]

@@brianparker663 definitely Ickenham to the locals (always feels closer than the actual Ickenham station). And mainly because the GWR/GCR joint line went through there so it was the easiest place for the Central line to extend to.

[@brianparker663]

@@quintuscrinis Planned to go on via South Harefield (i.e. nowhere) to Denham at some point I believe. I guess it was just a stop on the way...Rayners Lane was nothingness before the Met got there of course!

[@quintuscrinis]

Bus 92 goes directly between the two Chiltern stations (H17 isn't far off either).

[@HailesJaneSanders]

Hi nick can yo7 go on a class 444 and every train on sir I mean it’s just my idea

[@HailesJaneSanders]

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[@GeorgeSimms-ud8vc]

Thanks for the inspiration my next video is let’s go Bristol every station Bristol

[@Sim0nTrains]

Shame that the plan got messed up but awesome that you got the plan.... back on track!