The First

[@caw25sha]

Breakfast at Tesco Extra. Is there no end to this man's decadence?

[@BrightonandHoveActually]

It does have a building called The Slug.

[@markcf83]

Britain's largest Tesco-and as someone who lived near it until late 2005 I should know.....

[@IluvFbiFiles]

Stop hating, how's it decadence to have breakfast at Tesco Extra?

[@ahmedthecamel5706]

Total elitist

[@kinocchio]

Don’t hate on a baller.

[@Danokoten]

I have no idea why I watch these videos but I love them 😂

[@barryjenkins4742]

Love watching your videos Geoff all the way from new Zealand keep them coming cheers

[@mantinecraft7055]

100th like on this comment WOAH!

[@ernestparker3648]

Thanks Geoff. Great video I don't know how you do it. Since I retired, 20 years ago from tfl underground you keep us up to date with everything. Thanks so much.

[@geofftech2]

Ernest Parker thanks Ernest, lovely comment! 👍

[@hayd.mohamex.247]

Same

[@audigex]

"And I've just got enough time to run down the front and get a picture" - cue blurriest photo ever

[@sb784]

Bit of TfL take over trivia: You can tell which station is run by TfL on the GW lines just by looking at the electronic passenger displays. The ones run by TfL just say "Paddington", GWR stations (and Network Rail run Reading) say "London Paddington".

[@maxwilkinson7102]

Never thought I’d make it into a Geoff Marshall video, that’s me in the red jacket at 5.46, thought I recognised Dan

[@patched8789]

4:24 did you get stuck between dimensions?

[@lewis72]

I thought it was perhaps a Twin Peaks moment !

[@Traveling425]

He’d just got back from 2025 and the opening day of the whole line,

[@nathanw9770]

Lmfaooo

[@Hammondfreak]

Is it possible that Geoff is really a hologram?

[@azyfloof]

@@Hammondfreak Geoff is Max Headroom :P

[@send2gl]

Those expecting a toilet and not finding one may be in trouble.

[@JJMMWGDuPree]

Y'see the thing is, I'm on these tablets that create pee. I don't know why, seems like a stupid idea to me but doctor knows best. Now I can quite easily hold it for the duration of a Reading to London train ride... Unless there are no toilets, at which point... Sorry if its a bit cold, but believe me, you'd rather that window was open.

[@stevies.1975]

Those expecting a seat might be in trouble, let alone a comfortable one.... God help us....

[@alisonnorcross951]

I think the train will smell of men wee

[@sanchoodell6789]

Its just a shame that this train doesn't stop at Waterloo!

[@JJMMWGDuPree]

@@disappointingmarbleraces9028 People who think it's better out than in.

[@marcelmoulin3335]

A Dutch train enthusiast living in The Netherlands, I thoroughly enjoyed your video. (I recently moved back from Surrey!)

[@MyDiesel101]

"Purplefied" - Absolutely Brilliant. Looks like a really nice train set. Thank You Geoff!

[@R160A]

That confused passenger look reminds me of when, here in New York, the Transit Museum runs a vintage train. It’s become a holiday tradition on Sundays. In October they ran a special for the 115th anniversary of the system

[@gobears6487]

I just moved to NYC... Where does it run? 😊

[@R160A]

gobears87 The route changes slightly depending on which Sunday you decide on. Here’s the link from the Transit Museum: www.nytransitmuseum.org/holidaynostalgiarides/

[@heleneg525]

@@gobears6487 Lottsa luck trying to figure out the NYC subway!

[@GenXBecks]

I was on the overground yesterday and a man was dressed kind of like Michael Jackson and singing and dancing a bit. Everyone around him was watching and giggling and I realized how long it's been since I saw something like this on the train. Been here 10 years and I forgot that I saw something like this every day of the 15 years I used the subway in New York.

[@SnabbKassa]

"purplified" past tense verb. That's one for Susie Dent.

[@benedettobruno1669]

And also for the Oxford Dictionary.

[@JJMMWGDuPree]

How long have you had this desire to give one to Susie Dent? I think she should be told.

[@neville132bbk]

purplated...?

[@stephenwilliams1269]

Always a delight to view these videos. A free trip and lots of interesting content. Thank you Geoff.

[@bayareaaviation17]

Ahhhh Purple Train looks amazing Love From California Geoff 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@gracederriman66]

Hi, I saw you on the train when I got on at Burnham at the start! It was really nice to meet you, and quite surreal too, as my friend and I were only talking about you the day before! Personally, I find it weird to see these purple trains on my commute to college every day, and I think the GWR ones are more comfortable, but I was prepared to see it on Monday, whereas most commuters weren't.

[@geofftech2]

hello Grace! nice to meet you too. you look very surprised to see me! heh he

[@milesanderson9019]

I can’t wait until the central section of the Lizzy line is open

[@tmarritt]

Its gonna cut 20 min off my commute i think. Although looks like ill be retired by the time it actually happens (and im 33)

[@heleneg525]

@@tmarritt You're too funny!

[@lijoy3952]

What's the central section again 🤔

[@HSMiyamoto]

Thanks for documenting this piece of history. The new trains are pretty outside and in.

[@RoadCone411]

You certainly know how to find the scoop of the latest (and oddest) train lines! Wow! Never thought I would see Reading essentially on a tube map.

[@lyndababy]

How wonderful to see my old home station! I used to catch the 08:25 limited stop train from that very platform in the early 1970s. I'd ride the train to Maidenhead to go to school. It was a commuter train that started at Henley on the beach branch line, then crossed onto the London bound "slow line". Limited stops after Maidenhead. I don't know what class the trains were, but they were multi-set through corridor DMUs. Thanks for reviving the memories 👍

[@ScotsPipe]

Thanks Fir your ur very informative , Video Blog vlog , & thanks to u both fir Coming to Isle of Man recently on all Flavours of Our Transport 🇮🇲 😊

[@lupercalios]

Having seen these trains just parked on the side during several journeys from Reading to Paddington, it's nice to see them finally running. As a Reading local, I wonder if the upcoming contactless card payment will also be valid on the fast non-stop GWR trains from Reading to Paddington or only on TfL services. That would make life a whole lot easier. Love the video!

[@GabrielsReviews]

I think so

[@mikeflaws2226]

"Purplefied properly" 4:38 - I'd like THAT on a t-shirt Geoff ;)

[@firsttankcrews]

Great video Geoff. It can only be a matter of time before TfL take over all the SWR metro lines including the Windsor and Reading lines from Waterloo.

[@LukeAlfordUKsteam]

Well the swr local services are soon the be worked by new class 710s so i reckon they will keep working the local services

[@guillaumemaurice3503]

Great video Geoff, thank you for sharing this that was very informative.

[@limeyfox]

Important to realise - there will still be 2tph off-peak between Paddington and Didcot Parkway via Reading from 16th December going forward - serving Ealing Broadway, Hayes & Harlington, West Drayton, Slough, Maidenhead, Twyford and Reading (then all-stations to Didcot) operated by GWR and utilising the better quality Class 387 units. Off peak TFL services are 2tph Paddington-Reading, increasing to 4tph in the peaks when the GWR services run non-stop to Maidenhead or Reading and don’t serve the intermediate stations.

[@highpath4776]

Thats why more comfort and toliets costs passengers more.

[@gobears6487]

Thanks, was curious! That's my old commute route.

[@57bananaman]

There was some tunnel-testing going on over the weekend and at Maryland I saw a train in the station (on one of the closed platforms) for "Abbey Wood via Canary Wharf". Needless to say, the only "customers" on it were wearing TFL outfits.

[@erik_griswold]

One used to be able to ride HSTs from Slough to Paddington and not have to eat breakfast at a Tesco.

[@ufx808]

Am I the only person who noticed the new Purple Line train and Mr. Brunell in the same shot? Nice one Geoff. Thanks.

[@greghilton7797]

Of course not.

[@caw25sha]

No, I noticed IKB as well.

[@tomstevens4178]

I live in the Netherlands and i still watch every video!!

[@mikewolf5367]

I like how so much of the staff was wearing purple. Very nice subtle promotion. 🙂

[@davidwho1011]

Living history. Fantastic. :)

[@JohnSeto]

With the lack of toilets, I can see the night services to Reading (after the last IET leaves around 23:32) will see an increase of people peeing anywhere on the train

[@send2gl]

Sadly this will probably happen.

[@TheHaters112]

That's why they removed the carpets. Easy mop. TfL always thinks ahead🙄

[@jourdainjardin846]

RealiableCandy4 carpets on a train? What?

[@TheHaters112]

@@jourdainjardin846 GWRs are great trains man. They give us money if they are more than 15mins late (yes I know the announcement says 30mins, but their site says 15mins)

[@jonathanbeale3978]

I was at our Reading office last week which looks over the station and noticed more PurpleLizCross trains operating in and out of the station and wondered if they were coming soon

[@Sim0nTrains]

Well that was a nice enjoyable first! journey of the 345s running between Reading and Paddington.

[@MatthewK421]

One thing I love about the #PurpleTrain is those whines when the doors slide, love it 💖

[@angus504]

Interesting point you may or may not know, new passenger displays in the ticket hall at Gospel Oak on the London Overground exactly like the one at 8:51.

[@zacharysnyder2520]

These videos are so comfy.

[@IthratCordwallis]

I too was surprised when a purple train rocked up at Ealing at about 08:40 yesterday (25th November) to take me out towards Maidenhead... and on it seemed to be about as many ticket inspectors as passengers!

[@aidenstanley7305]

I have a feeling they may also have wanted a ride 😂

[@88jerryw88]

So the train used to have table seats and toilets, but progress and improvements means that soon it won't?

[@PiousMoltar]

Tables and plug sockets are a luxury I guess, but the lack of toilets is pathetic.

[@sayurimillan]

Jeremy Williams and thats why they have nappies

[@tmarritt]

I use it regularly, i do miss my plug sockets enough that sometimes ill catch a later train to charge my phone lol. Much nicer ride on the purple trains mind. And the GWR does get absolutely packed in the morning.

[@lidondyte477]

"Crossrail is delayed for three years. But don't worry, the toiletless, tableless trains are here right now!"

[@MrDavil43]

@@solarsatan9000 How long before seats are done away with?

[@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206]

GREAT Video ... I was on the LAST LNER Class 43 from Newcastle To Sunderland the other day ...

[@heidilou1985]

You're brave doing anything in Slough 😂 I live near the next station at Burnham, looking forward to the day I can go straight to the centre of London on one train.

[@Quapadople]

Haha...just yesterday when I went to London I saw the new line. At first I thought it was the tube(which is weird of course)...wondering why only few seats available. I didn't even think it would look like that. Well well well...ain't that a surprise:) Thanks for showing us around...

[@88jerryw88]

Lovely roof on Slough station. Worth a video on its own.

[@BirbarianHomeGuard]

Those trains are so elegant looking. Wish we had something remotely close to that in the states.

[@slaughterround643]

solidarity with our yank friends ✌ here's hoping that improves sooner rather than later

[@CekalaStudios]

I personally think it should’ve been called “CrossElizPurp” like Geoff called it for a while

[@LNER_TRAINS22543]

Fantastic video video CROSSRAIL IS HALF WAY DONE WOOP WOOP

[@LNER_TRAINS22543]

Carsten Gallini thank you

[@FrancescoBellringer]

LNER TRAINS Halfway done a year later than it should’ve been completed

[@LNER_TRAINS22543]

Francesco Bellringer yeah it is very late

[@rvm246]

Yes the part using existing infrastructure !!

[@jonjohnson2844]

Wouldn't be surprised if HS2 is open before EL

[@JanetteHeffernan]

You did not stop at Taplow! I am 78 ! I spent all my youth train spotting on Taplow Station! I now live in Auckland NZ that has no tube system and is frankly "stuffed" New Zealanders have no idea about tubes! Taplow was so romantic and had a lovely bridge which I see has gone. I was a girl amongst lots of boys and my job was to count the wheels. They got the numbers and names. I still love trains and I am trying to talk Auckland into getting a tube system. I went to school in Baker St so I was into tubes as well as trains. Carriage numbers. We sometimes did a whole tube train in a rush hour journey! I was a ballet dancer.

[@fredtracy1673]

I had Prince's song 'Purple Rain' stuck in my head while watching this video. ☮

[@caw25sha]

The Purple People Eater Start Wearing Purple Any more...?

[@fredtracy1673]

@@caw25sha good one!😁

[@heleneg525]

Me, too ... "Purple Train ... Purple Train ..."

[@fredtracy1673]

@@heleneg525 that's awesome, Helene!😁

[@ericjamieson]

Huh, Slough Railway Station is very handsome, at least from the outside. I had no idea.

[@markcf83]

It's a listed building and a relic of the Brunel built railway.

[@RainbowCharms58]

Shame Slough itself is anything but

[@ericjamieson]

@@RainbowCharms58 I've never been but I've heard nothing but mockery of the place. Even from people from there. At least they have a good looking train station.

[@Tonatsi]

@@ericjamieson the only good thing about Slough is that they place you wait to leave Slough is pleasing, so you don’t get bored waiting for your train out of it.

[@samfri3nd]

He deserves more subscribers; he puts do much effort into catching the right trains...

[@walkingwithsteve0583]

No idea why you don’t have more subscribers. We have very few trains here in New Zealand. Most people use their cars! Was recently in Waterloo and took a train down to Dorchester South - loved it and now I’m hooked on your videos, but don’t know why

[@korpiz]

Monday the 16th, first day of the new line and time table in morning rush hour. It was chaos and delays in the morning. So good to know things stay the same 😁

[@thelostusername5013]

UNBELIEVABLE. I was on this train to work I could have come to say hi

[@slinkydonkey]

Thanks Geoff I live in Reading and didn't even know this good news

[@itz_aestheticsquadxx35xx26]

Lol I loved when he said "It's not a funny colour, it's delightful purple."

[@Quasihamster]

"Morning!" "How do you like the new train?" "Yeah...!" Oh yeah, I get it! It's a mash-up of real-life Train Sim World and real-life The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion!

[@SamSitar]

more mashups please.

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

Hm

[@vanillasplash6198]

Thats just how people in Slough talk

[@Quasihamster]

@@vanillasplash6198 Plot Twist: Slough is the heart of Elvendom in Britain (outside Wales, that is) Very well hidden, you gotta give'm that!

[@alisonnorcross951]

No I don't like it.

[@benblackburn6774]

Love the vids Geoff keep them up. Also when are you going to do all the heritage lines?????

[@travelswithjess]

Great video Geoff! I've seen the purple trains at Liverpool Street and Stratford. I haven't ridden on one yet but I hope to in the future.

[@fluffyfour]

This is very much my part of the world, but I had no idea! Thanks. Oh and 'delightful purple' may translate to 'ghastly mauve' for some, but I have no idea about that either!

[@johnlaw3323]

Great VLOG thanks a lot for all the info.

[@jasonhooperkontaktkombatkr2720]

I don't like the fact that they're getting rid of toilets on trains

[@Stoic-ds4so]

You better be prepared to hold that 💩🙄😂

[@capnskiddies]

It's a commuter service. Piss before you go and when you arrive, as needed.

[@jasonhooperkontaktkombatkr2720]

@@capnskiddies I have Crohns disease not that simple lol

[@ramblesrandom]

They're literally taking the piss

[@britannia55]

capnskiddies not always works that way, I hope you don't ever suffer from bladder problem.

[@dongilham1892]

Excellent video, thanks Geoff :)

[@mattleslie4274]

I enjoyed your video! thanks for that.

[@shorebridgejunction2652]

Hi Geoff cant wait for you to do the new Worcestershire Parkway which open early December

[@kingcal53]

I was on the platform 10 as the train came in, would have said hello had I known you were there too!

[@GuyChapman]

Long time since I took my kids to Reading to hear the Paxman Valentas. Reading is my home town.

[@kk-transport]

Still would rather a class 387 with GWR to Reading, at least they have more seats, overhead luggage racks, sockets to charge phones and toilets.

[@kk-transport]

@Chiltern Transport Productions yeah it's like the slow trains are receiving a downgrade in contrast to an upgrade. The only better thing is capacity

[@FHDOnTheStreet]

I find this so odd because I live in Chadwell Heath so I use the new train everyday because it is TfL Rail haha. Great to see that others are now enjoying what we here in the east have been enjoying for nearly a year now :P

[@danwall6662]

Just hope TfL will be cheaper than current GWR (extortionate) fares in 2020. Omission of Oyster zones suggest excuse for continuation of high fares from Slough to Paddington!

[@highpath4776]

Geoff did something about Oyster zones, the software didnt have enough Zone capabilty, contactless uses different software algorithim and can work with the relevant contactless TfL zones.

[@TeamBiird]

Will there be a contactless bank card cap for stations like Reading twyford Maidenhead?

[@TehDragonGuy]

4:10 The woman getting on before you got off angers me.

[@airhabairhab]

Why? there was more than enough room for him to exit on his left and her to board on the right.

[@WMTrainspotting]

@@airhabairhab However, believe it or not, it is in contravention of Railway Byelaws to board a train whilst another passenger is still alighting.

[@gewglesux]

Yeah but she was good looking....

[@DavidJones-lz4io]

Got to admit I thought “oh , how rude” then I 😃

[@rovaniemipasta]

Why does public transportation get me so excited?

[@kavguy]

Tbh,I don't know.

[@gabri_maybe]

Well,Don't worry Me too,High 5

[@TechRyze]

It's amazing that you have it, and it works. Visit the North sometime for some perspective.

[@slaughterround643]

also, same @@TechRyze... same :(

[@caw25sha]

When I was a kid in the 70s it seemed to be generally accepted that trains were a thing of the past and would eventually die out but they have seen a massive renaissance over the past 10 years or so.

[@zulu5282]

I was a frequent traveller from reading station during the 1980s. Who would have though! How so much has changed.

[@martinmitchell7280]

I would rather travel on GWR and have comfy seats facing the direction of travel along with no ridiculously loud beeping doors and toilets on board. It’s not far off two hours from Reading to Shenfield - a long time to hold it in!

[@jip3740]

Yes the brand New Elizabeth line was open! Nice for London!

[@SajidAli-ee3fr]

I was literally on that same platform getting a GWR train to Paddington 10min before him

[@TheXploderChannel]

Lmaoo I get the Tlf on the east side and when summer comes around you guys in reading gonna be blessed

[@MisterStuzy]

it makes you nostalgic for life before the event

[@chris4383]

What a great video. SUBSCRIBED!

[@windemup5316]

Saw purple train today on the way to Burnham Station. I thought they may have been testing out and now watching your video it makes sense. You say in the video that there is 3 in the morning and 3 in the evening but the train I saw was around 11.15

[@NapoleonSolo61]

I'm a train geek, that was brilliant, Thankyou ❤

[@MrRevika]

monika laosi Reading is in Outside Fare Zones

[@holdingpointaviation]

Breaking news: British Transport Police are finding out the culprit of someone who has gone over with a marker pen on some tube maps BTP wants the culprit to appeal. The main suspect is Geoff Marshall.

[@danrkelly]

Joyous nerdery. Thank you.

[@nxzyr6196]

Great vid Geoff finally the purple line trains will be starting

[@john_smith1471]

I like the destination displays inside the carriage, they retain the old style typeface double-storey looped letter g for Reading.

[@GustavSvard]

03:15 even the on-board information screens use the Johnston font! Niiice.

[@gabrielcolon8900]

... and I’m watching this in a suburban town (which is nothing like how well the suburbs of London are served by public transport) in the city of Miami.

[@Trockenshampooleopard]

These doors are almost as anoying as the ones on the Heart of Gold.

[@buksi6342]

People’ll get used to it. On my local trains (class Sm5, Finland) there’s this really annoying BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP when the doors are opening, and at first people complained, newspapers wrote about it, and now, 10 years later, nobody even notices.

[@OkenWS]

Those trains are a damn sight bigger than a 387! Wish we could get commuter oriented trains on the entirely commuter oriented Valley Lines services... most we can hope for in the next few years is the end of the Pacer and just maybe some 3 car Flirts, so slightly less sardine-like until the services get swamped by new train adopters!

[@craftythio]

Nice video, I’d love to travel on that train, hope you had a great time !

[@christopherwithers999]

i am excited about trains now but now viewed your vids and i am very interested

[@adavies311]

Enjoy your videos as always was just wondering if you will be doing a video about the last day of virgin trains Thanks Andrew Davies #virgintrains

[@Atominey]

I bet people will love standing up from reading to Paddington...

[@suburbia2050]

They would just take the express GWT train as normal surely

[@geofftech2]

You wouldn’t take the stopper from Reading to Paddington, you’d get the fast non-stop service. That’s why its advertised as going to Ealing Broadway.

[@kk-transport]

Usually only says Ealing Broadway (well in September 2017)

[@tob19]

Another chunk of the crossrail route covered! Yay!

[@mohammedalfehaid8474]

I’m not even from England and i’m watching this in the middle of the night

[@guzzi1948]

Yet more ticketing confusion with different companies running the same routes.............is there no end to this nonsense?

[@nixcails]

like the GWR service operated by TfL rail, reminds me of the Summer Sunday Waterloo - Penzance service that GWR service iperated by South West Trains west of Plymouth.

[@benjibatch]

Damn it Geoff I was working at Paddington and was on the platform when your train came in, was actually in your video with my colleague at 12:32 (people in the high vis on the left of the screen in the background) would’ve been great to meet you 🙁 Had a passenger ask me where he can tap out? Obviously the ticket barrier where you normally do was the answer, people are so easily confused aren’t they...

[@benjibatch]

Geoff Marshall yeah I noticed those, they only need to be on 1, 8&9 otherwise if they’re separate from the ticket barrier then how will people get through the barrier? Us staff had no idea about the first purple train, and on the station working, your train was down as a 9 car even though it was only 7

[@gobears6487]

@@benjibatch I was wondering about 8&9 myself! I love coming in with no barrier, so quick... Thought it odd that the TfL train went RDG 15 to PAD 9 because the stopper I used to get from past RDG always went to PAD 14. Going to be an interesting timetable!!

[@benjibatch]

gobears87 The 9 car 345’s don’t fit on 14 and even though that service Geoff was on was a 7 car, they’re all being lengthened to 9 and the station working actually said it was supposed to be a 9 car, this timetable change is definitely a hot topic at PAD

[@gobears6487]

@@benjibatch I bet it is!!!!!!!! Thanks for the answer!

[@XKGenerations]

Congratulations for being #22 trending!

[@whynotagain3639]

This doesn't make sense Reading is it's own city, very far out of London. Why don't they reinstate the Metropolitan line to past Aylesbury if they're doing strange things like this?

[@suburbia2050]

Must feed the borg!

[@highpath4776]

Because Chiltern Trains give a faster service, with interchanging avalible. Now if someone had thought a branch tunnel at bond street for Marylebone then more purples, but Reading has more passenger potential than Aylesbury.

[@allenwilliams1306]

Yeah: bring back Wood Siding and Brill!

[@gurungmadan]

Because there are way more people travelling from reading to london for work. Reading's big population play part on the decision

[@iman2341]

Met line is a completely different beast to CrossLizPurp Line

[@ConnorsWorkshop17]

Nice Geoff really like the 720 and the 345