Farnborough Main to Farnborough North - Pointless Journeys

[@TB76Returns]

3:25 They do that at Leeds and York for the Harrogate Line, where the trains are advertised for Poppleton on the Leeds end and Burley Park on the York end, so that people go for the faster trains via Church Fenton for York

[@NickBadley]

Indeed! I think there was unused footage from this video somewhere where I mention this. But yes!

[@infinity7682]

That’s the line I get to school and work about three or four times a week so seeing two comments mentioning it was a bit of a surprise

[@Lewisjma21]

@@NickBadleyit was birthday 5days ago I turned 13 Can u do Point to point Go from Chesterfield to Chesterfield And try and do so many trains for it Time limit 3H at most

[@Deadlock320]

They used to do it at Reading for stopping services to Paddington - they were advertised for Ealing Broadway. Since the Elizabeth Line started they don't need to use subterfuge any more, as the new service goes all the way to Abbey Wood.

[@adrianbromfild8624]

In 1983 I moved to Farnborough and my lodgings were located half way between the two stations so I used both stations frequently and brings back many happy memories

[@176MarkW]

Virginia Water is certainly a very posh place. I recommend alighting there and taking a nice hike through the Great Park up to Windsor. It's a great day out.

[@Eric_Hunt194]

@@176MarkW nearby Egham (the next stop up the line towards Waterloo) is also very posh. In the 1990s it was home to Britain's only official Ferrari dealership.

[@katrinabryce]

If you are in that area, Dorking to Dorking Deepdene is another good pointless journey. They are almost, but not quite, two levels of the same station.

[@harper5128]

seconding this, dorking to dorking deepdene via dorking west is very much doable if entirely unnecessary

[@Dorkingwanderer]

Thus is a brilliant idea since this is also another local pointLess journey

[@f1thingsyaystripper_dave425]

Can confirm.... it is really cool when mr badley goes to all your local train stations

[@Eric_Hunt194]

If you'd known about the delay at Ascot soon enough, you could've got the Aldershot service to Ash Vale and then walked the half-mile to North Camp to get a GWR service to Farnborough North.

[@NickBadley]

Ah! Smart thinking!

[@geocachingwomble]

@@NickBadley I know of 2 pointless journey I am aware of . The first one is a 8th of a mile from Newcastle central mainline station to manners station in Newcastle upon Tyne. The second one is from Guildford station to London road station Guildford as you can literally walk the same distance about and just miss the train from Guildford by 30 seconds to London road if you walk it.

[@Southern999Responses]

@@geocachingwombleThe two stations aren’t pointless in Guildford, however people who travel from one of them to the other makes it pointless because you may as well just walk down the high street 😂

[@svelterwinner_5344]

even better you could have went to Aldershot then went to ash to get to a train to Farnborough north there

[@geocachingwomble]

@@Southern999Responses exactly my point. I used to be to walk it quicker to get off at London road and get back to godalming quicker when I lived there via the canal towpaths than I could getting the train from London road to godalming. When I was in 6th form. If you are going to Leatherhead it's always quicker and cheaper to buy your tickets on the train after getting on at Guildford London road than it used to be getting to Guildford as the London road trains used to be more frequent in the late 2000's/early 2010's

[@rwm2986]

Virginia Water - good choice! Between Chertsey and VW the rail line crosses both the M25 and M3. Incidentally, with your comment on the train from Weybridge being indicated as 'terminating' at Barnes, in the 'down' direction the announcement at Waterloo is that the train 'terminates' at Addlestone. The 'stand' of 9-10 minutes at VW has always puzzled me. It didn't used to be like that. I can only assume that it is related to the timetabling effect of these trains being routed round the 'Hounslow Loop' which didn't used to happen.

[@JamesFraser34]

It waits at VW to allow the half-hourly faster train from Reading to Waterloo to go ahead (using the Twickenham/Richmond line after Feltham) - otherwise the Weybridge train (which also stops at Ashford and Whitton) would hold that one up before diverting onto the Hounslow Loop. Never understood why they don't just leave Weybridge a few minutes later - probably because it has to avoid some clash with the busy Waterloo mainline before heading off towards Chertsey.

[@rwm2986]

If I have read the timetable correctly, leaving Weybridge a few minutes later is not an option as the 'next' down train arrives at Weybridge only 5 minutes after the up train leaves. It must be the effect or routing round the 'Hounslow Loop.' Years ago, it used to be that the 'slow' train from Weybridge was around 6 minutes after the 'fast' train from Reading at VW. Plus, I think SW Trains have managed to cause some overcrowding by 'squeezing in' a Waterloo to Waterloo service, in both directions, using the 'Hounslow Loop' joining/leaving the main line at Whitton.

[@abhishekchoudhury2522]

I used to live near Virginia water

[@KwangoTron]

Similar to that train being advertsied as going to Barnes, I was in Leeds and York earlier this week, and there's a train between the two that's advertised as going to Poppleton in one direction and Burley Park in the other. It confused me because I'd bought advance tickets on that service because it was cheaper than the quicker, more direct routes.

[@JeSuisRene]

I assume this would be the Harrogate line?

[@GabrielsReviews]

​@@JeSuisRene Yes. A certain someone can't accept that some people aren't actually in a rush to get from (x) to (y) as soon as possible.

[@Eric_Hunt194]

@@KwangoTron years ago there was one train a day that went from Leeds to Sheffield via Huddersfield and stopped at all stations. It was advertised at Leeds as a service to Dodworth, as there were faster trains to Barnsley and all points beyond. There was even a short period where it ran beyond Sheffield to Lincoln- advertising a Lincoln service at Leeds that went that way round would have probably annoyed a few unsuspecting travellers!

[@Fercough]

Yes.

[@Fercough]

I bought a ticket, via one of the many apps, from York to Leeds, on the service marked for Burley Park. I was sold a ticket for a service that, theoretically, does not run. No wonder folk get bemused by the ticketing arrangements in GB.

[@dominicbarden4436]

The 444/450 Desiros are so, so good, some of my favourite EMUs. Plenty of childhood memories from when I'd visit my grandmother in Liss with my family and we'd take the train down to Pompey.

[@simonc858]

Fabulous, I have lots of childhood memories of trains to Guildford from Farnborough Nth, it looks quite different now though! My grandmother lived a short walk across The Hatches in Frimley Green.

[@frislander4299]

NGL as a current resident of Guildford I totally agree with you at 2:15, those plus the evening out fare so I can get into London cheaply and comfortably in ~35 mins on a weekday evening makes South Western to be my favourite operator atm (certainly compared to GWR round here, good God almighty it's grim)

[@Southern999Responses]

As someone who lives just outside of Guildford and is in Guildford frequently doing my hobby I totally agree with you.

[@MichaelSebastianTodd]

brilliant video & i def agree the 450s & 444s are great as i ride those a lot everytime i use SWR & Surrey has a lot of posh places round there & nice to see that Farnborough North is getting a footbridge

[@fussyboy2000]

Whitchurch to Whitchurch via Whitchurch is now in your grasp.

[@warrentimothy2276]

Hi Nick. I work for NR in Basingstoke and enjoy your videos. Hope you have a good time here... looking forward to more "local" content!

[@NickBadley]

Ah nice!

[@Thornaby37]

There are so many ways of doing a pointless journey between Farnborough Main and Farnborough North (via Basingstoke and Reading is another). Also Frimley station on the Ascot to Aldershot line is a few minutes walk from Farnborough North but on a completely different line

[@Eric_Hunt194]

The walk from Ash Vale to North Camp (on the two lines in question) is often included in itineraries to avoid having to go the long way round. Not ideal if you're not good on your feet though!

[@CricketEngland]

Farnbrough Main to Farnbrough North by train takes 1 hour and 14mins changing at both Woking and Guildford and costs £14.10 Walking is just 17 mins and is free. I know which way I would go….

[@jackywackydoodah2821]

I have 2 requests: 1. Rainham (Essex) to Rainham (Kent) 2. Shenfield to Sheffield

[@Nooticus]

Really great video! Appreciate the effort on the more detailed map, crucial for this area with many lines!

[@tommarshall1660]

Has it been that long since the last pointless journey? I knew there was something missing in my life.... Well done Nick.

[@Synnystershy]

8:31 this was my local station when I was a kid. So sad the level crossing got rid of the iconic bell and replaced it with the boring siren noise.

[@jacobporrett]

Great to have this series return. I enjoyed watching Nick.

[@theprideofbellshill2224]

When I worked on the railway in the 80s, that was my area for about 3 years.

[@walkingtheboogie]

Very good video. Great Western Railway has had staff shortages lately, leading to cancellations. Another journey worth doing is London Road (Guildford) to London Road (Brighton). 0:00

[@mcollier4566]

What Nick couldn’t see was all the smiles and silent cheers when the music started playing 😂

[@improperrunner]

Love Pointless Journies. Please do more. I lived in Basingstoke in the 90's. I expect it has changed a bit since.

[@Nicolaizans]

3:05, your right. Much faster trains leave from the same station to waterloo so It's advertised as Barnes to show it's not direct

[@markknee4421]

As you won't be that far away, you absolutely need to do Dorking West and Dorking Deepdene, Ash Vale and North Camp, Guildford and London Rd Guildford. If you want to travel a little further afield, Edenbridge and Edenbridge Town.

[@mairiking8089]

For the next episode can you do edinburgh waverley to haymarket?

[@NPW007]

The fact that Nick loves the Desireos is really awsome, my local train

[@OllieMJT_27]

The last time I went to Farnbrough north the footbridge wasn’t there, so it’s nice to see it coming along great

[@ReploYT]

1:06 I finally thought he'd go through my local station 😭😭😭😭

[@railrunners]

Love how I'm seeing this like 2 days after moving to Farnborough

[@DISCOPlayz]

2:45 My local station lol

[@tony-ponderings]

Awesome Nick, been waiting for this one

[@Likasense]

Congrats on 25k+ !!! 🎉

[@Thegoldenemerald]

4:50 either the m5 which is somewhere between exeter and Birmingham doesn’t pass through chertsey and m23 also doesn’t pass through chertsey between crawly and redhill

[@solarsatan9000]

i did this just over a year ago a truely great journey main-brookwood-ashvale(short walk to northcamp the connection is recognised by the operator)-farnborough north

[@nuclear872]

So the Southeastern Mainline. There is a extremely small distance between Folkestone West & Folkestone Central. The distance is so close you can see people boarding or waiting on the platform for one station from the other.

[@AndrewJCBland]

I have a Pointless Journey for you. Bicester Village to Bicester North.

[@CricketEngland]

Try a train from Dorking Main to Horsham to Redhill to Dorking Deepdean to save yourself a 5 min walk. EVEN MORE POINTLESS…. Unless you have a wheelchair as Deepdean is not step free

[@standman525]

Hi! Paisley Gilmour St to Paisley Canal St would be a brilliant pointless journey. The Canal St line has a nice bit of history behind it for your viewers

[@ap9970]

Had to get the Gatwick train once, its a long walk to North Camp when it doesn't stop at Farnborough North.

[@Benjiviju]

If you are in Ascot you can change to Aldershot (platform3) and go to Ash Vale and then walk about half-mile to North Camp and catch the train to Farnborough North

[@knotty2207]

When you left Farnborough North I saw you as you ran back up the hill to Farnborough Main, I live overlooking Farnborough North and next time your here visit the community garden.

[@NameReveal-yy7qb]

Glad there back a suggestion I have is farringdon Thameslink to Elizabeth line

[@Someone36991]

Point to point idea: Mill Hill (Blackburn) to Mill Hill (London) via Mills Hill (Greater Manchester)

[@nathanw9770]

The Mill Hill station in London is called Mill Hill Broadway. There's also Mill Hill East on the northern line so Nick can include that if he likes.

[@MartinBrez]

Newark Northgate to Newark Castle? Very easy to do as a Pointless Journey

[@adrianperkins6892]

Love your vids Nick. I have a pointless journey for you - Platform 2 at Romsey to Platform 1 at Romsey ........ SWT goes south to Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh and then west to Southampton and north back to Romsey (I think it starts and ends at Salisbury)

[@rockerjim8045]

Ascot is posh. It even has a McClaren dealership next to the entrance. Up the road is home to Royal Ascot

[@SkunkMantraTechnoSkunk]

i live in camberley and having to connect to guildford or farnbrough to get to places and no direct trains or buses unless you wanna sit on the 34 bus for a hour and half. is annoying. only on weekends strangely it connects to guildford one journey.

[@AndyCreepy27]

The bridge you captured before Virginia Water took you over the M3. The line passes over the M25 a few moments before on a longer bridge, which is caused by the angle the line crosses the motorway at 🙂

[@barmyarmy5215]

Windsor and Eton Riverside to Windsor and Eton central next?

[@raphaelhamilton3526]

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[@MathewODonoghue]

On Sundays the Ascot to Aldershot extends to Guildford

[@Anonymoususer_8823]

I didn’t know that Farnborough had 2 stations near to each other. Funny enough I never been to Farnborough before.

[@melodydunn1]

Here’re two pointless journeys for you to do in Kent… … Canterbury East - Canterbury West and Maidstone East - Maidstone Barracks Hope these come in handy melodydunn1😊

[@jakewatson668]

I like the blue SWR railway trains. Real comfortable. Least fav is Thameslink

[@ladela7348]

Woo, my local stations!

[@CricketEngland]

Heres another journey….. Get a train from Dorking Main to Horsham to Redhill to Dorking Deepdean to save yourself a 5 min walk. POINTLESS…. Unless you have a wheelchair as Deepdean is not step free

[@trainman305team]

03:15 The reason why the departure board says Barnes is purely because SWR don’t want Waterloo passengers going the long way round via Staines and want them to go via the Surbiton Line

[@rogueinnovations9161]

Fangirling! Nick doing stations I know well eeeek

[@nathanw9770]

The Class 150, 156, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 455 and 456 are all somewhat the same train but with different layouts and cabs as they were all built by BREL (I think but feel free to correct me if i'm wrong), who based them all off the steel mk3 bodyframe.

[@garethsmith2250]

Poor you Basingstoke!

[@CricketEngland]

4:49 definitely not the M5

[@Rick-pu8ob]

A few years ago the 455's were not too bad as they were heavily refubished since first introduced with awful seats but never liked the dated 508 trailer in the 455/7. This 508 trailer variant stayed as a consequence of Merseyrail not wanting the 4th trailer car. Going a bit off topic, the two coach 150 sprinters that look like 455 carriages, never understood why sprinters were not made with more carriages but guess it was cost.

[@goldenboat9106]

As a Farnborough local, I've been waiting for this video for about 2 years 😂 Word of advice, Ascot is pronounced "Ass Cot", not "Azcut"

[@stephencampbell9384]

Literally listing all the places the Martians destroyed in War Of The Worlds :D (Lots of railway stuff in the book)

[@ReubenAshwell]

Brilliant video Nick, I've never been down to this part of the network. Desiros are quite good but not the 350/2's because of the 3+2 seating lol.

[@zpodyssey]

LOVE THE VIDS NICK

[@fkofilee]

@Nick Badley - Try Dorking Deepdene to Dorking Main :)

[@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire]

The North Downs is always busy.

[@leahlmao3035]

You should include the cost too. Also you could do catford to catford bridge

[@williamhuang8309]

2:42 Did they get rid of the Celia Drummond announcements?

[@garybroadhurst3548]

Having got off at Ascot and seeing the Aldershot train, I'd have been tempted to do Ascot-Aldershot-Ash-Farnborough North instead. The only thing better than a pointless journey is an even MORE pointless one and it's always good to tick-off a three-letter station!

[@MalcolmMc-h3j]

Hi Nick, really enjoyed the video, if you are down south how about Dorking to Dorking Deepdene or Edenbridge to Edenbridge Town?

[@CricketEngland]

Farnbrough Main to Farnbrough North by train takes 1 hour and 14mins changing at both Woking and Guildford and costs £14.10 Walking is just 17 mins and is free. I know which way I would go….

[@Cross_Trainspotting]

Is this new lust for a ride on a 458 going to end up like the 230 saga on the Borderlands?

[@greatbritainlevelcrossings8149]

I went to Farnborough north the other day!

[@Southern999Responses]

Pointless journey suggestion is Horsley to Effingham junction or other way round

[@SWTR11]

You could do a Weybridge to Weymouth as a Point-to-Point, if those names are close enough.

[@TransportFanLewis]

a couple of suggestions: Catford to Catford Bridge Canterbury East to Canterbury West Bromley South to Bromley North Hertford North to Hertford East

[@Andrewjg_89]

As there is a Farnborough Main and Farnborough North. Is there a Farnborough South station to the south of the main station and town centre. I have never been to Farnborough before but I’ve been past it on the train and on the M3 Motorway.

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

Not surprised at _all_ that the train to Farnborough North you were scheduled to get got cancelled. Don't take my rumor-spreading at face value, but from what I can tell, GWR physically does not have enough rolling stock assigned to the line to run a full weekday serviceand it's the slower trains of each pair that usually get axed as a result.

[@sneedex_brawlstars]

i love your videos nick, can you do Earlsfield (London) to Earlsfield (Aberdeenshire)

[@calexu1986]

Suggestions: Southend Central-Southend Victoria.

[@harry1144]

Farmborough is one of my local stations

[@Thegoldenemerald]

He finally done my local pointless stations I’ve done this journey before

[@freddierss]

not a very long one but coulsdon town to coulsdon south

[@AberdonaiBrum101]

I LOVE POINTLESS JOURNEYS! :D WASTING MONEY AND….. Just generally nothing else

[@Chalks38]

Have you done Garforth to east Garforth in Leeds you can see one station from the other

[@RBLXroundacorner]

There’s no point of him doing that’s because East Garforth and Garforth are connected by a railway. To point of Nick’s series Pointless Journeys is for him to travel between 2 stations which are local to each other/in the same area/town/city which are NOT connected by a railway. Let me know if this helps.

[@listey]

@@RBLXroundacorner what you've said isn't true. If you'd watched this video you'd know that he just did a Pointless Journey from Farnborough Main to Farnborough North and they were very much connected by railway. Let me know if this helps.

[@BritishTrainsRBX]

4:45 its the M3 Motorway

[@I-_-l-_-l-_-l-_-l-_-l-_-l-_-l]

You should do monument (tyne and wear) to monument (tube)

[@AndrewJohnson-ur3lw]

Need to do Pontefract.

[@DadgeCity]

According to old maps, Farnborough station is in North Farnborough, and Farnborough North station is in Farnborough Street.

[@RJSRdg]

Given the cancellation, you could have carried on up to Reading and caught the train to Farnborough North from there (no quicker as it would have been the same train but would have saved hanging around), or possibly caught the Aldershot train at Ascot (which reverses at Aldershot and goes down to Guildford), then GWR from Guildford to Farnborough North

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

I thought they only reversed at Aldershot on sundays?

[@NickBadley]

@randomguy-tg7ok I filmed this a couple weeks ago, on a Monday I think? I wish I was able to film, edit and upload a video on the same day 🤣

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

@@NickBadley I meant "reversed at Aldershot and then went to Guildford", not "Reversed at Aldershot to go back up to Ascot" - sorry if that wasn't clear.

[@RJSRdg]

@@randomguy-tg7ok You may be right - I think they all used to reverse at Aldershot but it's some time since I've been that way so that may have changed.

[@Eric_Hunt194]

@@RJSRdg you're confusing "reverse" with "terminate" I think... back in the day the service was Ascot to Guildford with services reversing en-route at Aldershot- which still happens on Sundays. The Monday to Saturday service currently runs Ascot to Aldershot, where it terminates. Reversing at a terminus is something almost all trains do, but you wouldn't normally call it a reversal- because once the train starts the return journey it does so under a new headcode. For example all services have to reverse at Bradford Interchange, but only the ones from London and Huddersfield terminate there.

[@AFCManUk]

Whilst in the Basingstoke Area,,,,Reading to Reading West might be an interesting albeit long, Pointless Journey.

[@katrinabryce]

There's a direct train service between them, which kind-of defeats the point.

[@AFCManUk]

@@katrinabryce True...okay, I'll stick with my original idea from months ago... Catford to Catford Bridge :D

[@katashworth41]

I am persuading my partner that we both need the Pointless Journey tops, he’s relented that I can have one

[@kernelpowered]

it is properly weird seeing nick on the route I commute on xD

[@RobinPalmerTV]

Virginia Water is incredibly posh. I think they have a train station for the staff at the houses. Plenty of private gated communities there backing onto golf courses and the like. It’s all new money from the entertainment industry and people who want to live near Ant and Dec.

[@Theexplora503]

3:39 😂😂😂

[@JamesTecho]

Seeing 'no views' on one of nick's videos is wuite rare to me

[@alfiehnotts]

how do you pay for these? do you have a south western railway ranger or do you just buy each ticket individually?

[@mattevans4377]

I'm going to be thinking about the alternate name for Virginia Waters all day now. God damn it