6:39 Natt making random faces at the camera is just too cute 😄😄😄
@ReecesTrains8 ай бұрын
Great video! I'm glad everything went smoothly for you both! Yes, it must take some getting used to seeing the 4 car 331's! I'm still not used to some of the 3 car 331's over here! 😂
@DanTheStripeАй бұрын
Living a 10 minute walk away from Daisy Hill station and 30 mins away from Westhoughton station is an absolute godsend! I work in Manchester so the Daisy Hill line takes me straight to Manchester Victoria but there's so many options through Westhoughton too, or changing at Wigan which is only 10 minutes on a train from Daisy Hill. Really great place to live for connections. In 2 hours from leaving my house I can be in Liverpool, Lancaster, Huddersfield or Macclesfield. Amazing choice
@michaelocyoung8 ай бұрын
That sign at Hindley which mentions Crewe is ancient, dating back to BR days at the very least; perhaps once upon a time services did used to run that far which, considering you can get to Alderley Edge today, is not entirely implausible. Probably either Northern consider it pointless to replace as it still mostly does the job, or they don't know or don't care that it exists.
@NickBadley8 ай бұрын
I think there's a similar case at Ince & Elton station too. Sign says "Change at Hooton for Liverpool" even though that hasn't been correct since 1994!
@Nick-ux7zt8 ай бұрын
Well the Liverpool bit at Hindley dates back before conversion of Liverpool - Headbolt Ln to Merseyrail so it could be. Although my guess is that any services that did go to Crewe from Hindley before Beaching would have gone from the disused down platform
@metro_ken8 ай бұрын
as someone who goes to bolton a lot (for some strange reason) i enjoyed watching this video, im pretty sure trains ran through from hindley to liverpool before the line to kirkby was electrified and split but that sign might be newer also during peak hours blackrod and adlington get 2tph both ways so that might come in handy if you ever do a similar challenge on this line
@SiVlog19898 ай бұрын
Farnworth Tunnel has a fascinating story behind it. Prior to electrification, it had two bores, one much bigger than the other. However, when electrification works began, it required an expansion of the larger of the two bores to accommodate the overhead electric equipment. To do this, they used Europe's largest tunnel boring machine. However, during reconstruction of the larger bore, the roof caved in, due to the sandy soil in the area. This set electrification works back considerably, meaning trains ran at a much reduced frequency, using just the single line in the smaller bore. Eventually, when it was completed in 2017, not only did it clear the way for electrification works to be completed, but both tracks were routed through the newly expanded tunnel, with the small tunnel being abandoned. As for my favourite station in the Bolton area (having lived there for 4 years) is Hall i' th' Wood, as far as I know, the only station name with two apostrophes
@NickBadley8 ай бұрын
Oh that's interesting!
@srfurley8 ай бұрын
Besses O’ Th’ Barn also has two. It’s a Metrolink stop now, but it used to be a BR station. When it had BR totem signs I think it was the only one to have the station in lower case.
@michaeljohndennis22318 ай бұрын
Hi Nick, being Irish in Manchester 21 years myself, I love your English accent, so classy - just like the classy lady Natalie, who is as classy as you are handsome 🇮🇪☘️🇬🇧❤️
@Eric_Hunt1948 ай бұрын
The Lostock platform situation also exists at Ravensthorpe in West Yorkshire, as the lines to Wakefield don't have platforms (also very few trains at the moment but that's another story), just the lines to Leeds. Though as part of the Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade the platforms are being moved to the other side of the junction, so in the future trains towards Wakefield (once they return full-time) will be able to call at Ravensthorpe.
@harrierjames77278 ай бұрын
out of interest, what is the reason for no services via Wakey here? And how long have they been gone for? Used to be northern stoppers from Leeds to Huddersfield via Wakefield (calling at Mirfield, Deighton, Brighouse etc)? until fairly recently did there not?
@Eric_Hunt1948 ай бұрын
@@harrierjames7727 post-pandemic cost savings mostly. As of the last timetable change TPE are extending a few Manchester to Huddersfield stoppers per day to York via Wakefield and Castleford, which also call at Deighton, Mirfield and Normanton. I think the service you're thinking of is the old "Grand Tour" which was the Hudds-Leeds via Bradford & Brighouse joined onto the Huddersfield to Wakefield Westgate service, under Serco+Abellio. That hasn't operated as a through service for years though. Even further back to First North Western days, the Wakefield Westgate service was operated through from Manchester Victoria.
@DarwenhypnotherapyАй бұрын
I'm just two stops down the track from Bromley cross - Darwen,never knew there were so many stations around Bolton,had never heard of Daisy Hill.
@TransportVloggerIan8 ай бұрын
Didnt think there were that many in the Bolton area because you dont think there are that many
@TeamasTwiffleton8 ай бұрын
Had a stroke trying to read this
@Nooticus8 ай бұрын
fr
@josephwright4338 ай бұрын
I can smell burned toast.
@oohkumar8 ай бұрын
Infinite loop alert
@Eric_Hunt1948 ай бұрын
769s are better than 150s for one important reason- not so many airline seats with no legroom! I’ve only ever done two stations in Bolton- Bolton itself as a friend used to live there, and Westhoughton to pick up my new car. That journey also needed the "Hindley shuffle".
@raybrown21978 ай бұрын
There used to be a Sunday service from Wigan to Crewe via Manchester which called at Hindley
@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe8 ай бұрын
Moses Gate Station certainly was due a rebuild in 2015, It's been in use for over three and a half thousand years 😊.
@TeamasTwiffleton8 ай бұрын
Trains haven’t existed for three and a half thousand years mate
@rubikstop5s8848 ай бұрын
@GamingKangaroo73 it's a joke about the biblical Moses from like 1300BC
@andyt25108 ай бұрын
Next the ultimate challenge - visiting every station in Rutland.
@michaelocyoung8 ай бұрын
Rutland's a conspiracy
@zawtowers8 ай бұрын
Probably a good job that Clifton doesn't come under Bolton, or else that would have had some very careful planning to include it. Worth noting if you and Natt plan to do a sequel to do all Salford stations. Enjoyed this one, and glad to see that the trains were relatively on time with no missed connections. And as someone who loathed those 319s when on Thameslink, I dislike those 769s also. And congratulations to Natt on her recent job news! :)
@Sim0nTrains8 ай бұрын
Great video Nick, Lostock did uses to have platforms on the Westhoughton side
@Patrick-sg4gl8 ай бұрын
The sign with the confusing trip to crewe underneath that my grandad created! With br 7:21
@SiRhodesDriverTraining8 ай бұрын
Hall I’th wood as in Hall in the wood. There’s a museum in a 13th century house. Westhoughton is minimal, we keep things simple here Nick. That sign for Crewe at Hindley has been there donkeys years. I’m guessing it’s from a really old timetable.
@Thornaby378 ай бұрын
Excellent video Nick and Natt For once Northern didn't pull a Northern 😅
@ReubenAshwell8 ай бұрын
Brilliant video Nick, wow! There's so many stations in the Bolton borough aint there? I found it quite funny to see a Northern CCTV notice in some trees well away from a railway station. And don't even get me started on some of the 319's (trains I've loved for as long as I can remember) converted to 769's.
@nicholaswastakenwastaken8 ай бұрын
Day 2 I got a Pointless Journey idea: St Pancras to Kings Cross via National Rail
@jacobporrett8 ай бұрын
Looks like you guys had fun.
@stephenmcculley78 ай бұрын
There did used to be a few journeys in the early 2000's where some Liverpool - Wigan North Western services extended to Manchester Victoria/Rochdale stopping at Hindley, hence the mention of Liverpool on the platform direction signs. These journeys generally only ran in the peak hours. All swept away since the electrification of the Liverpool - Wigan line.
@michaeljohndennis22318 ай бұрын
These railways compare well with those in my native Ireland - I know that the Irish government are making plans for improvements to the rail network and being from Rural Ireland myself, I’m interested to see that they will protect smaller rural lines that are a lifeline to the local people - Iarnod Éireann’s current product offerings are something that I have been most impressed with on visits home from Manchester, including but not limited to improvements to Dublin’s DART network and the improvements at Pearse Station
@TB76Returns8 ай бұрын
Funny thing is that I was in Bolton today, having travelled from Clitheroe on the Ribble Valley line
@SamsVlogstrainsmore8 ай бұрын
Great vlog Nick. I didn’t realise there was so many stations in Bolton.
@MichaelSebastianTodd8 ай бұрын
brilliant vlog ive visited Farnworth Moses Gate Westhorton & Bolton i wouldnt mind doing Kerseley next time im up North & i totally agree about the 331s the accelaration the main reason i love the 331s its speed
@jameswells35088 ай бұрын
Enjoyed your video. What ticket(s) did you use for these journeys?
@AutoUnder8 ай бұрын
Nice one Nick and Natt!! For once Northern did a good job getting you round
@Northerner_Transport_Hub8 ай бұрын
Will you do Stockport next? There's quite a few there. Cheadle Hulme, Davenport, Woodsmoor, Stockport, Heaton Chapel, Hazel Grove, Reddish South and North, Marple, Rose Hill Marple, Woodley, Romiley, Bredbury, Brinnington. Denton and Guide Bridge are in Tameside, and Altrincham and Hale are in the area of Wythenshawe.
@Nick-ux7zt8 ай бұрын
You forgot Bramhall, Middlewood and Strines.
@Nick-ux7zt8 ай бұрын
Oh, and Gatley and Heald Green. There's 19 stations in Stockport
@Northerner_Transport_Hub8 ай бұрын
@Nick-ux7zt Strines technically is in New Mills which is Derbyshire actually, but you're right about Middlewood and Poynton.
@Northerner_Transport_Hub8 ай бұрын
@Nick-ux7zt oh yeah of course I can't believe I don't know my own home town that well lol There's so many Again also Gatley I think is Wythenshawe, but Heald Green yes that's Stockport
@danieltoth-nagy50978 ай бұрын
You came to my hometown and we didn’t met! I’m sad 😢
@nathh45004 ай бұрын
you walked right past my house as well😭and im at each station 3 times a week for work small world.
@tommarshall16608 ай бұрын
another interesting video Nick, glad to see you had some company today, must get funny looks talking to yourself sometimes. Keep up the good work and high standards.
@NickBadley8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@lawrencehaguehague83568 ай бұрын
Is she your girlfriend
@bb-36538 ай бұрын
Class 331s are built extremely light weight for a 100mph train. So the motors carry them like they are made of feathers. The bogies are inner framed and just lighter weight. So is the body shell
@tylore698 ай бұрын
When you visit down south east next i have a video idea, a pretty challenging one (it involves 465s) all stations in the borough of bexley, quite a few stops in your least favorite trains
@peterworsley8 ай бұрын
I used to live in Bolton and probably never visited all😊
@danieltoth-nagy50978 ай бұрын
I probably feel it because I know all of these station and called many as my home station or are currently my home station, but I think you've missed a few nice things in this video. There is a stunning canal / motorway viaduct between Bolton and Hall-i-th-Wood built in 1847. Hall-i-th-Wood station is named after a medieval Hall nearby called the same name. You mentioned some train frequencies, but they could have been more integral part of the station infos. I thought you'd miss the abandoned platform at Lostock first, but then you corrected it. The old Lostock station building on the side of the abandonded platforms is also standing, but boarded up. Also, there are some disused stations here too which could've deserved a honorary mention like the original Horwich branch station inside the village, not at the shopping centre or Bolton Moor Ln station (now another shopping centre). Westhoughton station is also well-decorated, not just Hindley, and it has remains of a demolished station building on the platform.
@InkItOut8 ай бұрын
Oh that's what that building was at Lostock, I thought it might have been but I just assume everything is rail related so I am often wrong 🤣
@kriss_b8 ай бұрын
As a wiganer the fact I've sat through a near 20 min video about Bolton pains me Edit I used to run that pub at blackrod station was called the Ridgeway but believe it's changed its name since
@ModernHistory4U8 ай бұрын
When you said about the noticeable acceleration of the electric train it reminded me of that video where a 125 and a new GWR train are leaving padding at the same time and how fast the electric train is compared to it. I love a 125 but it has to be said that the speed of an electric train is impressive
@michaelocyoung8 ай бұрын
I could be wrong, but i think it takes an IET 4 mins to get up to 125, whereas it took an HST 7 mins (out of Padd anyway)
@telemachus538 ай бұрын
Hate to say but I love the 319s, if only for the wonderful retro look of the driver's windows!
@paultidd93328 ай бұрын
Too many stations I know too well there from a near 30 years travelling between Leeds and Southport. And you got to savour the delights of all the rolling stock Northern have to offer, I think!
@thomarmstrong35388 ай бұрын
So at Hindley there used to be services from Wigan to Crewe I believe
@BritishAdam8 ай бұрын
Can we have the 4 carriage 331's back? Dang Doncaster-Leeds route is a nightmare at peak now!
@andyburbidge49388 ай бұрын
Believe the plan is that once enough 3 car 331s have moved over, the Aire Valley diagrams will go to 6 car formations, releasing 333s for the Doncaster services.
@Eric_Hunt1948 ай бұрын
@@andyburbidge4938 the thing holding the 333s back is Doncaster crews don't sign them yet.
@davidfoley51288 ай бұрын
Excellent stuff, I didnt realise the area of Bolton (a northern extension of greater Manchester/south Lancashire) ? Could have so many railway stations 😮 . Anyway, you very much remind me of that other you tuber, Tom Scott , with your predominant English accent and style 😊 All best mate .
@torspedia8 ай бұрын
For some reason Blackrod makes me think of the King's speech to Parliament. 🤔😂
@reptongeek8 ай бұрын
It's interesting your definition of 'visit' for your challenge is different to Tube Challenge When doing London Underground - or the Vienna U Bahn (I did an FNC on it last year), you only need to arrive or depart but not alight Although having said that if you have to board and/or alight at every station you could just get off the train and reboard it
@reptongeek8 ай бұрын
Also what ticket did you buy for your challenge
@ADAMEDWARDS178 ай бұрын
Occurs to me there is a video doing Horwich Parkway to Harwich Parkeston Quay. You could call it "only one letter different"!
@BehringerX18R8 ай бұрын
Sadly we lost that opportunity after 1995 when the station was renamed Harwich International Port.
@Nooticus8 ай бұрын
Really creative video idea as always. The question I'm wondering though, is what ticket/s you used for this whole trip?
@danieltoth-nagy50978 ай бұрын
I guess a Greater Manchester Rail ranger?
@InkItOut8 ай бұрын
Yes that is correct, we used a Greater Manchester Rail Ranger which is £8.20 for a day in the entire Greater Manchester region! Very well priced in my opinion :) @@danieltoth-nagy5097
@danieltoth-nagy50978 ай бұрын
@@InkItOut Thank you for your reply, Natt!!!!! :)
@billmilligan17058 ай бұрын
So when are you riding on the new Glasgow subway trains?
@NorthernSystems8 ай бұрын
I used to go to high school round the corner from Hall-'ith-Wood, always pronounced it H-a-ll, not H-or-ll, but might be mistaken
@petermurray91967 ай бұрын
Just realised there's 17 in Stockport.
@ethmister8 ай бұрын
Should come do all stations in Exeter. Not many just on a huge variety of lines.
@michaelocyoung8 ай бұрын
Or all three in Newport, to do so involves changing at...er...Cardiff.
@kingjet44564 ай бұрын
0:56 is a class 156, then at 1:38 it magically becomes a 150?!
@ronniebiggs40268 ай бұрын
Young nerds train spotting epic!
@Nick-ux7zt8 ай бұрын
Hall i'th' Wood is pronounced wrong by the announcement. It is Hall like the room with the front door in. Then again Boltonians pronounce things weirdly, particularly vowels, so 'a' is pronounced more like an 'o'
@BWFCfan20244 ай бұрын
Two of the stations are near me 😂😂
@Andrewjg_898 ай бұрын
The Class 331 Civity does go really fast. Northern should order more of them as well Class 195 to replace the existing trains. Plus South Western Railway have now started using the new Class 701 Arterio trains in service.
@JBFlytography8 ай бұрын
You need to do this but in Glasgow. 😬😂
@CaptainHugh_Hts8 ай бұрын
Do Salford next
@michaelhealey95388 ай бұрын
Fun fact, Robert Shaw who played captain Quint in Jaws was born in Westhoughton 🙂
@InkItOut8 ай бұрын
I see! Hence the name of the Spoons there! 😂
@michaelocyoung8 ай бұрын
He was also in Battle of Britain as the unnamed "Skipper". Rather ironic he has a pub named after Hil considering his proclivity for the grain and the grape.
@VexSG8 ай бұрын
Nick why would you ever willingly go to bolton
@Northerner_Transport_Hub8 ай бұрын
God its not that bad I've been there
@JackJackProductionsShorts8 ай бұрын
Could be worse. Could be Slough or Scunthorpe
@hamishhortic97398 ай бұрын
another great vid, i am doing the caledonian sleeper train this yr
@robinhayhurst59438 ай бұрын
Did you see the two smoking barrels at Lostock station?
@michaelocyoung8 ай бұрын
Nick (Badley) The Greek
@sprogbog1197Ай бұрын
Lucky you didn't get mugged in Farnworth. before it was Farnworth and Halshaw Moor.
@KittyLovesFerries8 ай бұрын
Thats a very random sign!
@Niallgr8 ай бұрын
I'm Boltonian
@shaunhouse84698 ай бұрын
I think everyone but me hates 319/769s. I have a soft spot because 319s on Thameslink from west Croydon to Ewell was the first service I rode on daily
@thomas-xj1hs8 ай бұрын
Good for Bolton!
@rixlperson8 ай бұрын
i can see this was an early release to members!
@DylanPurser8 ай бұрын
I'm fairly sure its pronounced how you say 'hall' for Hall'i'th'wood, but I have always called it hal-ith-wood so I'm not sure! I'm from Darwen too so who knows lol Also that line hasn't always been half-hourly! For most of my life that line has been an hourly service, which was a right pain if you missed the train home from Manchester 🤣 it also went back to hourly after covid hit, but I think it was May last year it came back to half hourly!
@Transportationgames8 ай бұрын
That 156 at the start of the video i seen!
@accconsoles8 ай бұрын
Point to Point idea. Hexham - Wrexham
@nightie698 ай бұрын
Hall in the Wood, hallithwood
@topmandog14 ай бұрын
kearsley is barely in bolton, i lived in bolton 16 years dont think i ever visted kearsley, although id did grow up in Astley bridge so hali-i-th wood would be my local but we just took the bus into town for bolton
@robinhayhurst59438 ай бұрын
'Cool' count =5.. and 'So Yeah' count =4. (I'm not counting Natt's 'cool's.)
@Jaythechatter19938 ай бұрын
YOU MISSED BLACKROD. Blackrod is in Bolton area.
@cantliff98 ай бұрын
They did not miss blackrod, was the last station of the video
@NickBadley8 ай бұрын
We did go! Was the last station shown in the video ;)
Just as well they chose Blackrod to name the King's Messenger in the House of Lords after, isn't it? I mean, it might have beeh Hall 'i ' th'wood - and can just you imagine what all those BBC commentators would have come up with...?!!
@michaelocyoung8 ай бұрын
Not to mention Dennis Skinner
@danielclarke40598 ай бұрын
Bolton, Lancashire
@robinhayhurst59438 ай бұрын
1986 isn't really new... it's actually.... 38 years ago!
@mathboy10668 ай бұрын
Ah yes, BMC. my station
@marisaeggs8 ай бұрын
is crewe real
@iclark13187 ай бұрын
Hall i’ th’ Wood
@NameReveal-yy7qb8 ай бұрын
Pointless journey Pollockshields east to pollockshields west
@michaelocyoung8 ай бұрын
Via Fishguard
@NameReveal-yy7qb8 ай бұрын
@@michaelocyoung pollockshields is near Glasgow Fishguard is near swansea
@michaelocyoung8 ай бұрын
Indeed. But look at the words / names.@@NameReveal-yy7qb
@Nick-ux7zt8 ай бұрын
Also, on the subject of pronunciation, you're pronouncing Bolton wrong. All the Boltonians pronounce it as Bolt-un
@Northerner_Transport_Hub8 ай бұрын
Stop the 769 hate *yes tho 3+2 sucks but traction motors*
@TrainsTubesNTones8 ай бұрын
769/319 is amazing
@foxi46478 ай бұрын
wow 1 second ago
@marisaeggs8 ай бұрын
meow
@davidcurtis66988 ай бұрын
they are worse than 150's lol
@Brandontrainspotting8 ай бұрын
You are pointless journey from Nottingham train station to Nottingham tram stop
@caramelldansen22048 ай бұрын
10:10 You calling the 80's "The late nineteen-hundreds" is a _little_ haunting. 🥲