ScotRail's Northernmost to Southernmost Stations!

[@MirkoC407]

Tighter rule suggestion. When going between extremities of one single franchise, use only trains operated by that particular franchise. Scotrail it probably would not have worked anyways, but the others are smaller...

[@NickBadley]

This is something we considered mentioning in the video. Essentially it would have been theoretically doable, but would have required the first train of the day out of Thurso. Meaning getting up very early after an already incredibly exhausting day. But then, the second train would have meant we wouldn't have been able to make it to our hotel for that night, as the services would have ended too early. So Avanti from Edinburgh to Carlisle was the best compromise we could make. Hope that clears it up!

[@InkItOut]

We did the Northern North to South with only Northern but ScotRail would only have been slightly different however Northern one changed most of the journey due to no northern on ECML between Darlington and York

[@alistairbell3935]

@@NickBadley Weird... it looks to me like you could have done it on the 8:34, getting the 12:48 from Inverness to Stirling, any connection from Stirling to Glasgow Queen Street, then hanging around Glasgow for three hours (sorry!) and eventually getting the 19:13, arriving at 21:39. Oh well, next time. (Or do the same thing and go to the southernmost station in Scotland when it reopens!) Unless you mean your hotel wasn't in Carlisle, I guess!

[@NickBadley]

Our hotel for that night was in South Queensferry. So using only ScotRail from the 0834 wouldn't have got us to Carlisle in time!

[@AdamHinckley]

@@alistairbell3935 if it's the one I'm thinking of, it's probably is the least used station in Scotland and he (for Geoff) needs to do a video one it as well

[@michellebell5092]

Also, one point to point I was attempting was London Charing Cross to Charing Cross (Glasgow) . Alas my train was terminated at Preston. Overhead wire problems at Penrith

[@neehaXplores]

Did your ticket and the supposed journey includes a change to the Underground? I too, want to attempt this ride but with a single ticket. I did looked up on National Rail Journey planner before they recently updated their website and it seems possible. But now, no ticket finders allow multiple 'Go via/Avoid' options.

[@michellebell5092]

@@neehaXplores actually no. No journey on the underground, I was going from London Charing Cross to Euston by bus. The route planner I was following suggested going to Glasgow Central then bus to Glasgow Queen Street to catch the train to Charing Cross Glasgow. So I thought I’d mirror that by going by bus to Euston. ( incidentally, this was the closest ive got to having my mobile phone snatched by a thief on a cycle. I was standing at the bus stop outside London Charing Cross and having a quick check of the busses when I felt a hand on my phone, fortunately they weren’t able to get a firm grip so their hand kind of slid across the screen. Meg’s lesson learned. )

[@wintrwunderland]

@@neehaXploresTry TrainSplit and turn off split ticketing ;)

[@neehaXplores]

@@michellebell5092 Ah I see. Very fortunate you didn't get snatched that day!

[@neehaXplores]

@@wintrwunderland while it was very2 useful that they have the features, I can no longer find the journey I found before :(. Maybe because of timetable changes (or actually, ticketing rules), it's no longer possible. But I'll dig around and THANK YOU for telling me about trainsplit!

[@ACrants31]

My Gran works at Helmsdale station in those cabins in the back of the shot so made me very happy to see you get out and appreciate how nice it is up there!

[@katied6130]

Stu and Coastway Will...man all these train celebrities is such a treat! Lovely video and beautiful sites. Keep it up Nick and Natt ❤

[@duncanrathbone2658]

My father used to live at Strathpeffer next town was Dingwall, where he lived he could hear the trains passing to and from Thurso. Sadly he passed away in 2018.

[@Marcsharp82]

The longest distance between stations is officially Lockerbie to Carstairs but an argument could be made for it being Lockerbie to Kirknewton as the trains diverge before passing through Carstairs station

[@garybroadhurst3548]

I came down here looking for that comment. Thank you, fellow pedant.

[@ElijahsTransport]

Great video and really enjoyed! Two 4 hour train journeys in a row! Blimey that would be tiring!!

[@watsonwatt7984]

Great video and nice to see the lovely Natt again and loved her Dr Who Shirt ignore the one who keeps saying that Natt should not be in the videos if they do not like seeing her they do not have to watch

[@mattevans4377]

Whoever doesn't like Natt is clearly blind, lol

[@RichardFelstead1949]

@@mattevans4377 Also Natt is much prettier than Nick.

[@InkItOut]

Why thank you! Also I do sell the Doctor Who shirt I am wearing as it’s my own design, you can get it here if you’re interested: natts.art/products/doctor-who-the-angels-have-the-phone-box-classic-t-shirt 😊

[@cameronmuhic5735]

I love you adventures and the comments below give me quite a chuckle. All the people talking about ;4 hour train rides being tiring. Here in North America a 4 hour ride would be considered short. But we do have a lot longer distances to cover (and slower trains)

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Same in Australia.

[@ReubenAshwell]

Brilliant video Nick, that was one long journey indeed, I probably would not get sick of seeing those views myself lol. I like how Scotrail have done these jokes in the Inter7City trains lol.

[@michaelleveyUK]

Is Nick & Nat becoming the new Geoff & Vicky

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Sadly Vicky and Geoff are no longer together.

[@macstyle2012]

A new Geoff.

[@brodiescott1510]

@@RichardFelstead1949 what happened?

[@DavidWood2]

@@brodiescott1510 They chose to part for undisclosed personal reasons. Be thankful for what they did together. I sometimes see Vicki in passing because of something we both have in common. In the unlikely event that our conversation was longer than "hello" as we passed each other as we got on with our respective days, it would be totally inappropriate to mention anything about the projects she undertook when she was with Geoff. Vicki and Geoff were gracious enough to confirm publicly that they are no longer together and we must let them both get on with their respective lives, not try to draw them back to the past for our own selfish reasons.

[@Brtitishrailwayzuk]

Video idea: go from Cambridge north to Cambridge (the uks shortest train journey) using as many trains as possible

[@goldenboat9106]

It isn't the shortest train journey at all, its around 3 miles

[@Ro99]

@@goldenboat9106yeah surely Maryland to Stratford is quicker

[@NorthumberlandSnapper]

Marske to Longbeck is only 37 chains... although it would be a bit of challenge doing it using more than one train!

[@Brtitishrailwayzuk]

@@goldenboat9106 it takes 3-4 minutes usually

[@katrinabryce]

@@Ro99 Canary Wharf to West India Quay is 200 metres. Maryland to Stratford is about 840 metres if you go in a straight line, but slightly longer on the curved track.

[@yorkshirewanderer6176]

Last year I had a delay at Helmsdale heading to Wick where we all had to get off. Seems to be the station for delays due to it being a passing point.

[@ReecesTrains]

Great video! I've now been as far as Inverness, some nice views on the Highland Mainline! Hopefully I can make it to Thurso at some point in the future.

[@LukeGray-kh5in]

2 days ago? This vid came out 1 minute ago? How??💀💀

[@WhisperingWiltshire]

@@LukeGray-kh5inmaybe the video was up for members early.

[@Nooticus]

Excellent video as always. I always love Coastaway Will’s great positivity!

[@kevinellis8869]

Glad you managed to get a ScotRail HST short set, we had an 8 day Spirit of Scotland ticket in June 2022 when the restricted timetable was operating and didn't travel on one!

[@Cactus732]

Obviously limited on who you can do it with but I think this is my favorite of your series. Look forward to seeing more. GWR would definitely be a good one, maybe EMR and TFW too.

[@win7sony]

5:38 "passing Js" is English but only in certain circles!

[@Joserider123]

Pointless Journey ideas: (if you have the time, ill wait as long as possible, were both uni students) - Canterbury East to Canterbury West (or the other way around) -folkstone West to Folkestone Central, but go the other direction. -Waterloo to Waterloo East -

[@driverdoozer]

Upper to Lower Tyndrum

[@AdamHinckley]

if you still in scotland, go to the least used station, the one that hasn't had any trains since September, at the moment, the only way you get there is by bus but trains are back in a month time

[@RightAwayProductions005]

Didnt know where else to put this, but, some point to point ideas? Swinton to Swindon Otford to Oxford Leominster to Leicester Shenfield to Sheffield What d’you reckon?

[@paultidd9332]

Arguably, I think, the line between Inverness via Aviemore to Perth is the most scenic railway line in the British Isles. You should have booked First Class on the HST ScotRail Inter7City as they still have the original GWR leather seats, they are beautiful but you’ll only get a complementary cup of tea and biscuit but no food, lunch or dinner, as ‘ScotRail is Government owned’ as I was told last week!! Yes, last week I did the Highland Chieftain from York to Inverness for a couple of nights; my mission was to finally have a ride on the Strathspey Heritage Railway at Aviemore, following my last attempt when the Flying Scotsman crashed there this last October! It’s a must do and amazing scenery. There was also some interesting charter movement there with the Royal Scotsman luxury tour train parked up for a little while - to stay on that gets into the thousands of pounds!!

[@alistairbell3935]

I think Kirknewton to Lockerbie is a longer run with no stations -- you don't go close enough to Carstairs to count it as a station that you pass. But since when is Carlisle a station in Scotland? You could have taken a local train back to Annan, which is the southernmost station that actually has trains at the moment, or waited until next week when Stranraer reopens and reclaims its title!

[@larry8650]

The title says southernmost station served by ScotRail, not Scotland

[@alistairbell3935]

@@larry8650 Ah, I missed that, thank you! (Although if you're going to do that, you really should take ScotRail trains all the way...)

[@geocachingwomble]

I love how they used to love how they used to the same northern train from Carlisle to Scotland that they ran from Darlington to Carlisle via Newcastle upon Tyne for both services they literally have the same drivers the only difference is that at Carlisle they put a food service trolley on it and then they take it off at Carlisle on the return trip since northern don’t run catering services and Scot rail do. At one point in the late 2010’s that was a genuine thing. Those pacers were bloody awful in the late 2010’s since they were shared with both northern and scotrail and they used to run them directly out of Darlington via Newcastle to Carlisle. We’re as cold as hell

[@mildertduck]

Is the shortest reservable journey still on this route (Culrain-Invershin)?

[@Sim0nTrains]

The Highland Main Line that takes me back. Great video and a interesting fact about Carstairs and Lockerbie

[@fussyboy2000]

Kirknewton - Lockerbie via the avoiding line at Carstairs must be much longer than 47 miles.

[@rikrobson]

Carlisle maybe the most southerly station server by Scot-rail, but you arrive via a non Scot-rail route and Its in England. the most southerly Scottish station is Stranraer, so you should have either gone to Stranraer or Carlisle by Scot-rail over the old G&WS line via Dumfires

[@raybrown2197]

International Point to point journeys. Boston Lincs to Boston USA or Perth Scotland to Perth Australia, Bangor Wales to Bangor N. Ireland

[@HelloLangauge]

Video Idea! Go to Kirkcaldy and explore the station and town

[@Dannytrains123]

He was at Kirkcaldy for a bit during the Leven video

[@grahamwhitworth9454]

Surely this journey should have been made using ScotRail trains throughout, also perhaps to Annan, the southernmost station actually in Scotland.

[@NickBadley]

Stranraer, actually, I think! It's very nearly the southernmost ScotRail station. Only 0.02 degrees further north than Carlisle! Although if that wasn't the case, we'd have been on a rail replacement bus

[@boozytortoise]

​@@NickBadleyAnnan is confirmed as southern most..scotrail thought gretna green possibly..but Annan takes it (weirdly i asked scotrail the q today before I saw your video)

[@LB1973]

@@boozytortoise Stranraer is at 54.9093N Annan 54.9835N Gretna 55.000N Carlisle 54.891N so in Scotland its Stranraer Carlisle is 0.0183 south of Stranraer (about 2km) but Stranraer is a good 8km south of Annan (0.1 is 11km).. However the line into Stranraer comes in from the South East the actually southern point of Scotrail is somewhere between Stranraer and Glenluce near the Dunragit bypass at 54.8743 about 2km south of Carlisle station

[@MF-fg3cg]

What is standard premium on Avanti now?

[@amclurg810]

Seen you Guys on the inverness, nice to see some youtubers in the wild.

[@juliehedley9190]

Doing the Highland Chieftain Southbound all the way from Inverness to Kings Cross. However I chose the Sunday service as it means I get almost an additional two hours in bed before I get the train. Also I was lucky with the fare, I paid £88 (with railcard) for a First Class ticket (much better than the £169 plus baggage that Easyjet wanted).

[@barvdw]

The food service is limited on Sundays, though, just a heads-up.

[@bittersoul1172]

One thing I wanna do is go from Penzance to Thurso

[@andymccourt611]

Love your content Nick. I've got a point to point for you. Mill Hill (Blackburn) to Mill Hill London.

[@jacobporrett]

We need more stu and natt content Nick .

[@TheSamGrahamShow]

Hi, Nick. It’s Sam from the Levenmouth opening, I actually have a request for a pointless journey: Glasgow Queen Street (High Level), to Glasgow Queen Street (Low Level).

[@liamphilbin7256]

ppppppp🏒

[@neilburns8869]

I think it's only really by taking a journey such as this do you realise just how vast in length Scotland is. I mean 4 hours on a train and you are only really at Inverness, still quite a long way off the Central Belt and the likes of Glasgow and Edinburgh.

[@markc8956]

Until 2009,Scotrail also served Newcastle.

[@WoolsOnTour]

Point to point idea , Runcorn station to Runcorn east ?

[@charliebrady9649]

Now if you did Inverness to Glasgow and Glasgow to Carlisle via Dumfries, that would have made it entertaining! 😂

[@InkItOut]

We really wanted to do that unfortunately it wasn’t possible to get to our hotel near Edinburgh if we’d have done that as we would have ended at Carlisle around 11pm 😅

[@mattevans4377]

I don't know why you are complaining about the view Nick, it's lovely ;)

[@GSWSignaller]

Good video Only way it would have been better would be to use Scotrail only services and routes and gone down the GSW

[@wharpblast264]

Has St Albans City to St Albans Abbey been suggested as a pointless rail journey ?

[@TootlinGeoff]

Cant get too much of hills

[@ljjordanscottcrawford2008]

Nick one day can u do kirkhill to cambuslang as a point less journey

[@horace650]

The maximum line speed between Inverness and Glasgow/Edinburgh is 70mph. It seems ridiculous to utilise a train that is capable of doing nearly double that on that service.

[@michellebell5092]

You’ll have to do Northernmost to Southern most in England and Wales some time.

[@CCFC_WILL]

Would that be Berwick-upon-Tweed to Penzance?

[@michellebell5092]

@@CCFC_WILL I guess

[@mudchute4dlr]

do chesham > morden (north to south of the entire tube)

[@22alexc]

Is membership worth it

[@alangaming2003]

Now do the eastern most train station to the most western train station

[@tommarshall1660]

It sounds like you were getting wearisome of Scotland, thank goodness Nat still liked the scenery. Good video though Nick and the guests were interesting too...

[@shreychaudhary4477]

We will miss thurso station :(

[@awesomekalin55]

Now to do this but only with Scotrail trains

[@trevordaburn3501]

Whilst this is a good attempt, surely the most southern Scotrail station is Stranraer

[@InkItOut]

@@trevordaburn3501Nope! Only just though 😂

[@boozytortoise]

​@trevordaburn3501 it's Annan

[@georgerutherford24]

@@trevordaburn3501No trains have run to Stranraer for months.

[@awesomekalin55]

@@georgerutherford24 They're almost ready to start running them again

[@thetrainman4593]

I was sitting near you I could see you videoing

[@AdamHinckley]

11:06 think you could still got scotrail to Carlisle from Edinburgh

[@TheReduxGB]

Edinburgh to glasgow queen street, then glasgow central to carlisle via dumfries. Only a short 2 and a half hours on a 156 from glasgow to edinburgh.

[@AdamHinckley]

@@TheReduxGB I know there was a ScotRail goes to Carlisle that goes through Dumfries but I wasn't sure if there was on directly to Edinburgh

[@AdamHinckley]

I just had a look on Google maps, it only says ScotRail to Dumfries and Kilmarnock only

[@TheReduxGB]

@@AdamHinckley The service does exist, as I have used it a small number of times, it's just not frequent (about every 2 or more hours per service). But yea no direct service from Edinburgh. It could be offered but they'd need something a bit faster than a sprinter for the west coast mainline - there is also a lot of competition so not strictly worth it either.

[@AdamHinckley]

@@TheReduxGB I haven't looked on ScotRail but it doesn't exist on Google maps, it may have changed since you last got it as it does happen time to time where they change the services around *edit* had a look on ScotRail and it does exist, weirdly Google maps doesn't show it

[@horsehollerer]

Good stuff, but you haven't done the proper good bits of Scotland yet. Glasgow to Mallaig .... now we're talking! 🤣

[@Boabywankenobi]

Gary McKay-Stevens will smash your head in if you go to Thurso! Be warned!

[@stephencampbell9384]

[@InkItOut]

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[@stephencampbell9384]

@@InkItOut And now I know what to get my padawan for her birthday :D

[@Andrew-rd4ig]

Very good but that got to be lot of money to do that journey

[@InkItOut]

We had Spirit of Scotland rovers for this trip which for 8 in 15 days is £124.75 with a railcard :) so pretty good value!

[@Saint_Dan132]

❤❤❤❤

[@From_Keyboard_to_Journey]

What a great video as always Nick and Natt, i have dropped you a email

[@Chush2gmaing]

how about u do uks most northernmost station to southernmost

[@andrewnelson4057]

I really thought you were going to the most southerly ScotRail Station, Gretna. And make an honest Woman of Nat'....

[@tflguy]

😃😃

[@somax1259]

Hey when i said i wanted Northernmost to Southernmost i wanted to Penzance. smh

[@Roblilley999]

You two are so cute together.

[@HelloLangauge]

Second

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[@adambcakebread1244]

You cheater! Should've gone to Glasgow and got a Scotrail train from Glasgow Central to Carlisle. To be fair I don't blame you because it would be on a 156 cattle truck down via Stranraer. But still, not all Scotrail.

[@liamphilbin7256]

ppppppp🥿

[@mudchute4dlr]

nobody said the journey must be dine in scotrail

[@adambcakebread1244]

I can concede that. Easily better he didn't.

[@NickBadley]

In short, our hotel for the next day was in South Queensferry, and it was either we be very sleep deprived, or we aren't able to get to our hotel before the train service ends, unless we did Avanti from Edinburgh to Carlisle.

[@adambcakebread1244]

I understand. It was a great vid. Can't wait till ye come my local line (WHL). That will be something. Take care dude. P.S the rules for visiting stations are complete ass.