The Lost Stations of Cambridge

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

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[@megalodon5185]

Update from 2023: Cherry Hinton station is planned to be rebuilt. East West Rail might be entering via the north of Cambridge, which would in turn open up some of the old stations along the line. As someone who lives near Cambridge, and hunts for lost stations for fun, this channel is a pure haven for knowledge and fun. Thank you. You should investigate the old Kings Lynn to Hunstanton railway as there is still some parts that remain.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thanks for the update. See my film The Queen's Lost Railway which explores the King's Lynn to Hunstanton line and my most recent film, East West Rail: Past, Present, Future.

[@megalodon5185]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways will do!

[@megalodon5185]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways There's also the Downham Market and Stoke Ferry line, as well as the Cambridge - Mildenhall...

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

@@megalodon5185 I've covered those lines too, check out my channel

[@megalodon5185]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways is there anything you haven't covered? 😄

[@atlanticcoastexpress]

Truly excellent young Sir! An absolutely fascinating addition to your railway history programmes. Your decision to provide narration in the video was a very wise decision as your voice is clear and very pleasant to listen to. Please continue presenting your future video programmes along the same lines (apologies for the deliberate pun!). I also appreciated your decision not to have music in the background during your narration. Incidentally, I think you were also very constrained in your comments regarding the Radio Telescope’s unfortunate siting on the old railway. Other commentators have been much less restrained and polite! Congratulations on a superb presentation. I look forward to many more. Rob.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thanks ever so much for your kind words. I'll certainly consider narration in some of my future films! Regarding the telescopes, I try and avoid being political! Once again my grateful thanks for your kind comment.

[@millomweb]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways I'm only here to compare efforts with Whitewick's abandoned railways of which I've watched a few. This as a sample of yours is far superior in presentation quality ! He shows stuff of interest and makes no comment about it or zooms into so we could get a proper look. Also, quite disjointed views - just totally irritating !

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

@@millomweb Thanks - I really enjoy Mr Whitewick's work - hopefully between our two styles, there's something for everyone!

[@millomweb]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways It's a very interesting subject (for me) I've spent hours following ex lines on google maps - they just so hard to hide ! (a bit like airfields !) A few years ago we nearly got a new branch line locally to a quarry. They did a test run of shipping by rail - would you believe it - by loading rail wagons on the running line through the night one summer ! It never got taken any further.

[@hairyairey]

@@millomweb and yet by comparison Australia ships thousands of miles by rail in trains with four engines and 12,500 tons of iron ore. I worked out that the train must be about a mile and a half long.

[@RichardWells1]

Thank you for a succinct and engaging tour of Cambridge's former stations, complete with photos from the past: very enjoyable. Your narration is very clear (with your Radio 4 voice!), and was absolutely right for this film. Looking forward to an outbreak of commonsense on the part of transport planners responsible for Cambridge, although it's encouraging that regional mayor James Palmer is rattling their cages about the speed - or lack of it - of providing a rail station to the south of the city!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you for your kind words about my film - a station at Addenbrookes would be very welcome, I feel!

[@moose_ringo9161]

As an ex-Cambridge local I would like to say I enjoyed this very much!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

That's very kind of you to say so, from one ex resident to another!

[@davidreynolds9649]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways ha! that makes 3 of us.

[@mikehindson-evans159]

Having spent 18 months working in Cambridge (returning home in March 2020 to remote-work due to Covid), it was a pleasure to find this informative historical document. Thank you for the hard work and research which went into its production.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

So glad you enjoyed the film. It was a delight to research, film and edit 🙂

[@hullhistorynerd]

This is great! Love the narration, you've got a great, clear, well paced voice for it! Awesome 😊

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you for your kind words about my film!

[@anyflippingthing]

Fascinating stuff. I've lived in Cambridge nearly 40 years and much of this was news to me, I was vaguely aware that there were a few remnants of stations dotted about but I had no idea of the extent of it. This might be a different city if we still had this rail infrastructure.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Glad you enjoyed the film! May I encourage you to subscribe as several of my films focus on lost railways that once connected with Cambridge and you may enjoy them.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Another brilliant video! I didn't know Cambridge once had so many stations. I did visit Cambridge North for myself the other day on my way back from visiting the new Soham Station.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you - yes it is surprising how many there were! Really glad you enjoyed the film 🙂

[@michaelpilling9659]

Fascinating! A proper historical factual film. Nice voice by the way. I wouldn't have had any idea what I was looking at without your commentary. Loved it!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

I'm going to do a few voice-overs in future, not always, but sometimes I feel the subjects lend themselves to it

[@nicpboro]

A top-notch video. The narration makes all the difference. Sheer quality.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Glad you think so. Future films will sometimes be music, sometimes narration, sometimes both.

[@andyorchard5848]

Yet another brilliant episode of this fascinating programme! Always look forward to the next instalment of our old railway lines that have been destroyed by successive Governments! Hopefully the Varsity Line will come to fruition sooner rather than later. Please, please keep up the good work!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Very glad these films bring such enjoyment. You'll be pleased to hear that I have at least another eight films ready made and uploaded awaiting publication. Thus gives me time to make even more, so plenty to come!

[@robinwells8879]

Beautiful! So much I didn’t know about my county towns railway history. Thanks for sharing. ❤

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jfreelan1964]

A tremendously done video. The narration is a tremendous boost, to the presentation of your Lost Railways videos. I look forward to your next video.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you very much - I appreciate you taking the time to comment

[@MrMoley55]

Wonderful, simply wonderful. Thank you so much for your efforts. Thumbs up too for the narration. A career in audiobooks awaits !

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

I'm ever so glad you enjoyed the film!

[@andrewholloway231]

A video full of interest and I enjoyed the narration too. Thank you very much and I look forward to the next one.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

As my most loyal subscriber, your kind words mean a lot. Thank you.

[@andrewholloway231]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways And I appreciate all that you do in creating these videos.

[@cmtwei9605]

Excellent presentation! I remember going to study in the psychiatric hospital in Fulbourn briefly when I was a student in Cambridge, but never knew about this rich railway history from the past in the area and it's fascinating.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Yes, there's so much hidden in plain sight!

[@philipsmith6181]

I have only just found your channel, and what a joy. A thoroughly excellent film. I am looking forward to looking at your other videos that I have found on your index.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

You're very welcome! May I recommend my Varsity Line film or my Lynton and Barnstaple film as possible starting points? I'd be grateful to hear your thoughts on a any of the films you choose to watch.

[@flippop101]

A superbly presented and well researched film with an excellent narrative. Thank you!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you for saying so, very kind

[@rekkof1]

So nice to see Histon so many memorys, thanks. Lived in Histon from 1959 till 1966

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Did you ever use the station?

[@rekkof1]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways Yes many times remember steam engines and the Disels

[@Romeo_GR]

I'm certainly a train lover,although in my homeland (Island of Crete,Greece) there is no railway. It is the first time that I watch one of this channel's videos. Wonderful narration,calm and serious.... only the basic and necessary explanations for each element.....beautiful immages (and difficult to find , I suppose). I have liked and registered. Reading other comments, i've understood that you 've uploaded other videos, without narration . I think that this kind of videos, needs narration, so that one can get more information for the element shown. Very good work,bro!!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you for your kind words and subscription. I like to keep the details straight forward - if it's too technical it can be a great switch off. The channel is going through a transition. Future films will sometimes be music, sometimes narration or sometimes both. In any case, have a look through them and see what you think.

[@davidharris6527]

What a great film, spoken clearly and with loads of information....... I've now subscribed and look forward to more jaunts into the railway history.... Also love the photos to show what the area was like.....

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thanks for your comment and subscription! Do enjoy my other films in the series and let me know your opinions!

[@lordjestocost6354]

Excellent video as always, thank you. The narration definitely adds to to the video and I agree that this is much better than a musical background. I was very interested in the Mildenhall line stations, the line covers some of my youthful stamping grounds.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

So many are expressing that they like the narration, I'm in two minds as to how to present my future films! In any case, I'm glad you enjoyed it - thank you!

[@andrewbrown7181]

Hi,my name is Andrew and l just had to write and say a big thank you for this documentary, l simply enjoyed it to see how much Cambridge has changed through the years and please keep up the good work and l have subscribed to your channel on youtube and l am eager to see whats next.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you for your comment and subscription Andrew. Do explore my channel's contents, many more films to come, but I'm glad to hear you enjoyed this one!

[@hairyairey]

You're so right that Cambridge needs many of these stations back. There's already a plan to reinstate the line between Cambridge and possibly Sandy and the route via Lord's Bridge (at least approximately) looks like a good one. Although to be frank it would probably be cheaper to move the telescopes! Unfortunately the University has had a hatred of the railways for a very long time so I think had a hand in the closure. As for the misguided bus, the sooner it's dug up and replaced with a railway line the better.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

I'm following the Cambridge - Sandy reopening with interest, but I'm not going to hold my breath! There is certainly a strong case for reopening a number of stations in the area.

[@hairyairey]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways I saw one suggested route that would go across Wimpole Hall and I'm not sure that would be popular.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

@@hairyairey yes, I saw that too. I'm curious as to how they'll overcome that...

[@hairyairey]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways there were five suggested routes and a public consultation. www.railwaygazette.com/uk/five-routes-proposed-for-bedford-cambridge-railway/47949.article

[@michaela.chmieloski3196]

He speaks! Or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof. In truth, since I read ALL of your videos' posted comments and accompanying replies, I knew a narrated presentation was in the works (though expected such one or two showings ago.) Perusal of the commentary also informs that a friend was enlisted to provide the narration. Don't be disheartened if you feel your voice isn't up to the task, Rediscovering Lost Railways: just so happens I have a face perfect for radio, and a voice tailormade for writing. The video was nicely done throughout, with the period photographs of the various stations and the maps to provide a proper reference to territory covered. From what others wrote, I'm not the only one who thinks this format would be a hit when covering other metropolitan areas. I applaud you for your open-mindedness to polite and constructive criticism. Can only think of one or two obnoxious tarts (hope I've got the British lingo correct), whom you handled far more tactfully (yet firmly) in responce than in any way of which I am capable. After viewing several of your early efforts, Rediscovering Lost Railways, I was going to post the need for captions to remain on screen longer as I found myself having to rewind/pause to read them in full. Someone else, however, beat me to filing the complaint and, lo and behold, within the next or second following presentation the captions remained on screen longer. Thank you. You yourself noted these efforts (and despite how much joy you get out of putting them together I know they ARE efforts) are part of a learning process. Something I noticed when viewing the still pictures employed: the "dead air" when there is no narration. My suggestion at these points is to use either music or, perhaps better, some of the natural soundtrack captioned by the video footage. It would take a very trained (no pun intended) ear to detect "recycled" audio heard elsewhere in the filming. I think the overall product would have a smoother feel to it. Just a suggestion/opinion. Do miss the pastoral music of all previous works, but I also recall your response to a poster stating how difficult it is to find a piece that both fits the mood of the territory covered AND is of the proper length in time of composition. Perhaps simply choose something that you know runs beyond the time needed for a given video and just "fade to black" as the presentation ends. For those who then complain they didn't get to hear the entire selection, simply tell them to go [BLEEP] themselves. Oh...wait...that's me way of dealing with bitch artists. Nevermind! Okay, I've chewed your eyeballs long enough, time to bring this college thesis to an end. In closing, while striving to put out the best product possible don't worry if it isn't "perfect". If the choice is between waiting until perfection is achieved or taking what has been seen to date, I'm sure all your subscribers--me included--will opt for the latter. If you weren't doing this, Discovering Lost Railways, it wouldn't get done. Take care.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Really appreciate the your views and thoughts here. I'm always open to criticism, but I'm receptive to it when it is well put - thank you for your recommendations! I must confess that it is my voice - I think I was so nervous about saying so that I pretended otherwise - now I realise I needn't have done. We live and learn, I suppose. Whilst the pastoral music is less prominent in more recent videos (as detailed above) it has given me a lot of freedom to develop my craft and to avoid the restrictions that copyrighted music can impose - I'd be interested to know your thoughts as you work your way through. After this film, I made a couple more with music, but from my Great Central Main Line film onwards it has all been narration and I've not looked back 🙂

[@BridgerPlaysPiano]

Another great video! Really enjoyed your new audio narration. I feel like you're able to get much more information across in comparison to text on the video. :) Looking forward to the next one!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you so much. I can't promise that narration is here to stay but it does make a nice change!

[@johnclayden1670]

Truly fascinating: whilst some I remember still in use, there are several of which I had no idea! Thanks you.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Glad to hear you enjoyed the film!

[@Keefa24]

Superb video and nicely paced too. Your effective and bright narration definitely improves on the descriptive notes on your previous videos. However, I enjoy them all. Thank you and keep up the good work. Cheers!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Glad you enjoyed the film. Future films will be a mixture - some lend themselves to narration, others to music and some to a bit of both. Good to know you enjoy them in any case!

[@iankemp1131]

Very interesting indeed! Kudos for the thorough research to find out about all these stations. Fascinating to see the Lord's Bridge conversion. The Newmarket and Chesterford Railway was perhaps one of the earliest victims of railway politics.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Most kind of you to say so. Really glad you enjoyed the film!

[@leswolstenholme617]

The presentation of this series puts most others to shame. Calm, clear narration means a relaxing yet informative experience for the listener. Many thanks for your inspired efforts.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

So nice of you to say so - thank you!

[@gtnighthawk4414]

amazing video ! i go to a model club that has recreated histon station in oo scale , its called Little Histon. It is a Great layout and we’re now expanding it !

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Fabulous! Has your club got a KZbin channel? If so, post some footage of it. Thanks for your comment.

[@richardgeorge7182]

Found this by accident - fascinating .. especially as I grew up in, and am now back in Fulbourn (1957-now). I only vaguely remember the station as I went to King's, Ely at age 11 ('68), so spent the next 6 years away. I honestly didn't realise it was originally a double line; I thought it was just a single track.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Glad you've stumbled upon my channel! Always great to hear the memories of those who used these disused stations.

[@christinaburton9297]

Hi, it was called Lords Bridge after a farm. The original site was the manor of Harlton formerly Huntingfield and the lands owned included some of Barton. The original family was called Giffard. Richard 1 gave the manor and lands to Richard de Clare Earl of Hertford who was a Giffard descendant. He in turn gave the title to his son Gilbert of Gloucester and the manor and lands were handed down from the Gloucester family. By 1867, after many changes of ownership, and land division, the land was further divided into 2 farms, Lords Bridge and Rectory Farms. From the 1800s to the early 20th century the landowners were the Brand and Banks family who would no doubt use the station. Hope this is useful.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

It is! Thank you so much for your explanation - mystery solved!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Mystery solved - thank you!

[@steveteversham9974]

absolutely superb

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

That's very kind of you to say so, thank you

[@cycklist]

Fascinating and superbly presented.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Many thanks for your kind remarks

[@DavidWilliams7037A]

Thank you for this well narrated and compiled video. I was interested to see how much the main station at Cambridge has changed. I was a fireman at March (31B) for a while. Cambridge then had the long single platform (with the crossover in the middle) and the two bays. This was about half a century ago!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you - yes the station is quite different now, but I think for the better. I'm glad that you found the film enjoyable!

[@DavidWilliams7037A]

@The Lost Railways Of East Anglia Thanks for that . Looking forward to seeing it when you can upload it!!

[@Jonno180556ADI]

The main platforms are still the same format although they straightened the end of the London end when they got rid of the signal boxes. The main addition is an island platform achieved by removing some of the carriage/goods sidings.

[@ilesjazz]

I've just come across your channel this evening. It's brilliant. Can't wait to get stuck into your other videos. Subscribed!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thanks ever so much for your comment and subscription. I really hope that you enjoy my films and let me know what you think.

[@MrThedelivered]

Professionally done Could go on local t.v. channel. Looking forward to your next presentation

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

You're very kind, thank you so much

[@wilfbm9067]

Fantastic video! Love the new narration

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you ever so much. I can't promise it will be in every film but I'll consider it!

[@ElzevereBlock]

I agree Rob. Great piece of footage and for once a normal pleasant voice and not the now familiar regional rubbish we have to listen to every day in between tv and radio programmes. One day it'll be popular again to have all these branch lines back and the sound of spoken English compulsory. I'll be long gone and hopefully so will the idiots who deemed all these stations surplus to requirements in the first place. Thanks again to the people who made this video and Rob's comments too.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Very glad you enjoyed the film and that the narration was to your liking!

[@KingofGamingAndTrains456]

Just looked at the date and realized you uploaded this on my birthday!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

An auspicious date indeed - many happy returns! 🎂

[@bazstrutt8247]

Another excellent video... And a change in style with narration

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Yes, I got a friend of mine to lend their voice to this one.!

[@bazstrutt8247]

Rediscovering Lost Railways ah... I was wondering if it was your voice... Thanks again and keep up the good work

[@Alex58399]

My late grandmother lived in Fulbourn. It's already on the line to Ipswich, so they should get on and stick a station down!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

I can't help but think that Cambridge needs all the stations it can get!

[@hairyairey]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways if nothing else, Cambridge needs more lines to transport freight east to west.

[@gordonmcmillan5556]

The Lords Bridge station was very interesting, I’ve got photos of the track still in situ at the Ammunition Depot, having gone on the site regularly for the university

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

It is a most fascinating place. Such a shame they no longer do open days there.

[@Byzmax]

This is an excellent video presentation. Really enjoyed the new format. Thanks

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Very kind of you to say so, thank you

[@davidpearson5295]

Fen Ditton Halt closed on 18th June 1962, along with the passenger service between Cambridge and Mildenhall, not in the year stated on the film.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

You're right it did! Whoops! Thanks for the correction!

[@DalekSec4]

Not really into railways but I still found your video very interesting. Have subscribed to your channel and look forward to watching more of your videos.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you! Yes the subject is not for everyone but hopefully some of my existing and future content may be of some interest. All good wishes.

[@DalekSec4]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways no I really enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.

[@dunnyraildunnybahn5481]

This Vid should be compulsory viewing for the combined Cambridge and Peterborough Mayor. Trams and Tram Trains under Cambridge going out to all of these former Stations would make a superb network and give a focus for future development to this clogged up congested City. I think this along with all of your other vids is superb. The voice is just right and the music sufficiently far enough in the background to be unobtrusive.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you! Feel free to share my film with them! Very glad you enjoyed it. I've got a number of films already made that will follow my traditional style of using classical music, but thereafter I'll be doing voice overs.

[@AngelShona1]

This is very interesting and we are appalled that Beaching was able to take all the old rail way lines and stations down. I live rail ways and my memory is clear of pull man coaches and tiny stations that have character. Xx

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Glad you enjoyed the film - I think you will find many on here share your sentiments!

[@davidreynolds9649]

Brilliant. I took an interest in this area a few years ago and visited and photographed many of the same places. The sidings for the Royal Train were in one shot. I think there is still an old stranded carriage in the undergrowth near Barnwell Junction! Google earth is brilliant for this and with a little knowledge and intuition all of these lines can be traced. I have some screen shots of this, google may have now updated their pictures of this area.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Really glad you enjoyed the film - thanks so much!

[@JonathanThackray72]

Thanks for this, great presentation. I live in Cherry Hinton (have lived in Cambridge area since 1996) but wasn't aware it was only in 1983 that the line through Cherry Hinton was single-tracked. The trains on it are packed in rush hour. At least it wasn't shut completely.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

My pleasure - glad you enjoyed it. Yes, it is fortunate that the line is still operational!

[@Mishima505]

A lot of branch lines have been single tracked which has just caused bottlenecks due to increasing passenger numbers.

[@pegasus5247]

Good video, great to have the narration, enjoyed this very much.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you - narration has proven popular, so I'll have to think about using it again in the future...

[@sirmugman]

4:37, there used to be some remains there a loading platform, some track was mostly used for diesels or that track maintace thingy, now all gone thanks to the line they want to re-open to oxford,

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Yes, though I suppose in fairness, a line to Oxford might be of greater use...

[@marclayne9261]

I love rail films.....i just found your channel today...a new subscriber!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Very grateful for your subscription. Glad to have you aboard!

[@DaveH-zl3vd]

Absolutely superb, truly absorbing. Congratulations on a well produced and narrated video. I wonder what it is about abandoned, disused and disappeared railway systems that we find so absorbing. Looking forward to more of the same.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Very kind of you to say so. Do enjoy my other films and let me know what you think of them. All good wishes.

[@johnjephcote7636]

In 1963, as an ATC cadet, I was taken by diesel railcar from Cambridge to the station west of Hinton...Oakington. Thence we were conveyed in an RAF tender to the nearby RAF station. I remember that in the station windows were displayed certificates of winning the annual station gardening trophy. 1950s editions of the Railway Magazine show an E4 2-4-0 tender engine with a garden seat in front of the smoke box (!) in order for the judges to best view the station gardens entered in the competition.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Wonderful memories! Thank you for sharing them! 🙂

[@jamesdeanseternaldreams2232]

this one may be of interest, me and a friend have been filming around our home towns, duxford being one of them, two rail lines that still exist caught my eye as not being mentioned, perhaps its because they arnt passanger stations, however they are worth a mention, the first being an old factory rail station for what is now the hexel and huntsman site, a small segment of the railway still exists but is overgrown and looks like something out of an apocylipse film.... the second is preserved fairlly well as it is a section of what was the duxford airfeild, now duxford impirial war museums, railway station, the station no loger exists however a section of the former rail line is preserved and open for veiwing. figured they were worth a mention as there may have been a connection to some of the other stations, which is most likely as the new line passing south from whittlesford parkway is directly next to the first rail line I mentioned.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you very much for the heads up...I might have covered one of these in my film 'The Lost Industrial Railways of Cambridgeshire', which may be of interest

[@jamesdeanseternaldreams2232]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways ahh, perfect, covered the first one, you got to a section iv yet to see, didn't see the air museum one though

[@EandEFC]

Fantastic having walked parts of it and visit Cambridge regular as have relatives in the City did not know about the Trumpinton one at all Many thanks great video

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Yes, that one was a surprise for me too! I'm very glad you enjoyed the film.

[@rogerclark5869]

Another interesting video. Thanks for making the time to make this.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

My pleasure, thank you for taking the time to comment

[@sizzy_sw]

Simply your video clip presentation really clear to understand getting interesting informations and for me really impressive as I m from a country where yet we don't have proper access of train sevice

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

I'm really pleased you enjoyed the film and that it all make sense. Do subscribe if you have not already done so and enjoy exploring these disused railways with me!

[@robinwells8879]

At 0:13 (and other points) there’s a shot of a yellow trackside canister on its side with a duct extending towards the track. I have noticed many of these but have never worked out what they are. Can someone here enlighten me please?

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Ah yes...no idea I'm afraid!

[@terryansell6641]

This video was so enjoyable thank you from New Zealand

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Always happy to hear from distant shores - so glad you enjoyed the film - many more to come!

[@IamRobotMonkey]

It's funny how things go full circle in life. I turn 39 in the spring and was born and raised in Cambridge and lived there and it's surrounding area, more or less, 36 years. Cambridge North was little more than a rumour for yonks. I can remember, while living in Arbury/Chesterton, freight trains rumbling over the then fields of Kings Hedges Road out towards Histon, now part of the (in)famous Busway. Apparently there are also plans for Cambridge South (and possibly East and West too!) As for Kings Hedges Road, I can remember a geography project "It will never happen, because of the East of England Plan and Green Belt regulations, but what would you build there?" 25 years later and Arbury Park is a thing. Makes you wonder if The Powers That Be "borrowed" our homework(!)

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thanks for your comment - yes, it seems that supply is not meeting with demand when it comes to public transport in the area!

[@saltleywsc]

Superb video ,i really enjoy your videos they are superb !

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Really glad to hear that you like them - I thoroughly enjoy producing them, so expect many more!

[@ThePhosphater]

Most enjoyable video. I passed Histon and took some photos before the bus way was put in.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Glad you enjoyed it! I wish I'd been into exploring lost railways when the line still existed, even in a ruinous state, between Cambridge and St Ives! Look out for my next film, the Lost Stations of Oxford, this Thursday!

[@kevinsymonds2123]

Lovely to see what is just around us. Can't see Cherry Hinton or Fulbourne being reopened. The two crossings, on Cherry Hinton High Street and by Tesco s already cause enough congestion with the barriers coming down , I can't imagine anyone wants to extend that, however nice it would be!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you. Yes, very unlikely that these stations will open again - we can expect local politicians to claim they will from time to time in lieu of anything else to say!

[@Mykbyker]

Another excellent presentation, thank you! Mike

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Very kind of you to say so, thank you

[@davidsheriff8989]

I am surprised at so many stations... but the advent of the car sealed the end of rail transport and now we have polluting cars and traffic jams etc...nicely done....

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Yes, just so! Coming in December: The Lost Stations of York!

[@tomcarr1358]

Good forensic work and an agreeable voice to put it all across. . I read of a plan to reopen Soham ? Fordham. You would have rich pickings in France where SNCF refused to sell the rights of way even if track had been lifted. A less desperate -- for cash from sales -- railway estates dept in the UK would have better served us on this crowded island so that the railway to Burwell, at least, could have been re-instated.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Glad you enjoyed the film. Yes, I believe there are plans to reopen Soham, though I know this has been talked about for years. It is certainly needed!

[@gerrywatson261]

Used to take the train to see my girlfriend who worked at Addenbrookes in the early 80's. The trains were diesel hauled out of Liverpool St in those days and I can still remember the sound the locomotives (class 37, 47 and sometimes 31) made as they wound their way out of London and into the countryside.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

That would've been music to my ears!

[@Thailandescapades]

loving the new voice over....i approve immensly

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you - not sure if the narration is here to 5, but it seems to have worked on this occasion!

[@jaundicedoutlook7247]

An excellent video, and loved the narration. Top notch ... Vaughn Williams .. cough cough :)

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

I know! I face a dilemma now - to continue with music or narration. What do you think?

[@jaundicedoutlook7247]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways Personally, I would prefer to have my cake and eat it ;P Hell, what do I know, I just like old railway stuff and Vaughn Williams, Butterworth etc

[@chriszanf]

Excellent video as is your channel. Have spent several hours today going through them with a map open on another page to follow through street view! One small criticism about this video though is the changing dynamics of the sound. Towards the end, the commentary goes quiet then an obvious cut, it gets very loud, then louder on the next cut then the music at the end louder still. Try using a compressor on the audio to control this and mix voice to -6dB and music to -12dB.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

I'll take your advice RE the sound. It's the first film I've made with narration so I'm trying to find my way with how to do it. All advice welcome! Otherwise, glad you enjoyed the films. Do subscribe if you've not already done so as there are many more to come!

[@likklej8]

Thanks for that good to see Cherry Hinton and Fulbourn .Before LNER and other big four what pre grouping company? Cherry Hintons building looks very Great Northern?

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Alas I don't know the answer...

[@Nezumi66]

Thankyou once again :D I found your voice to be both pleasant and clear. However I did rather miss Mr Vaughan Williams' (and his fellows) accompaniment, it does set the atmosphere so well, I find. (Only a little niggle, not meant meanly)

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

I face a dilemma now - to continue with music or narration - I might have to put it to a vote!

[@Nezumi66]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways I would Very Much miss the music and its' evocative nature. But should 'talkies' prevail, then would it be possible to keep the music, low in the background? I do find it truly emotive and oh-so fitting... this coming from someone who rarely listens to classical music! :)

[@ianr]

Superb video, excellent narration, look forward to many more. 🙂👍

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you very much - most kind - many more films to come!

[@lesfez1875]

Well done, very profesional. I hope you venture further into East Anglia and make a film of the M&GN railway from Great Yarmouth Beach station to say North Walsham. Lots of buildings still exist such as Ormesby station, the track bed, station building Martham as well as dozens of photos of the lost stations.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Very kind of you! I've got to complete my film on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway early in 2020, then I'm going to try and do the M&GN... All of it...

[@Jonno180556ADI]

Doing the Muddle and Go Nowhere will be a massive project. There was a lot of it! Loads of the old alignment is still visible, especially the bit I volunteer on between Sheringham and Holt😄

[@Stubwood_on_YT]

So interesting, love it!

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

I'm glad you enjoyed the film. Do share with any interested parties!

[@michaelmatthews8171]

Great as always...

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you for saying so!

[@eggboy-uk]

Thoroughly enjoyable! Your narration is excellent and the whole thing very engaging. I suggest ditching the music altogether, even for start and finish. Instead, For opening and closing credits, maybe just use the ambient sounds at some of the locations, perhaps the quieter ones where you can catch bird song etc. It'll be a unique sound track every time and much more intriguing and interesting...

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Always happy to take on recommendations! I've already made a number of films awaiting publication that have the standard classical music soundtrack. Thereafter I think I'll undertake narration.

[@philclennell]

More fascinating work to the high standards we have come to expect. More please and in particular would you be able to focus on the mysterious and poorly-documented Bury St Edmunds to Thetford branch?

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

It has been on my long term to do list for a while, so I really should attend to that line - thank you for your kind words about my film

[@craiglogistics2092]

Very interesting and informative video and good narration, well done sir

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Very kind of you to say so, thank you

[@1258-Eckhart]

A very successful new format, hopefully to be repeated! I was also impressed by the undaunted pronunciation ot the word "Quy".

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

My wife came from that area and assured me that was how to pronounce it! This format may be a one off, but we'll see! Thanks for your support.

[@Jonno180556ADI]

Rediscovering Lost Railways I live in Cambridge and you’ve got the pronunciation spot on! Great vid. If you look on Google maps you can still see the tracks behind the current fuel depot on the old Mildenhall branch so I think they might still be there.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

@@Jonno180556ADI Phew! Always glad to learn I've got these things right.

[@michaelmatthews8171]

Non locals normally call quy key, as bbc"s look east have many times.

[@soepil]

Highly interesting. Thank you so much. You've got a new subscriber. Greetings from Denmark.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Mange tak! Welcome to my channel, have a look around and let me know what you think of my other films!

[@donnicoll1570]

Really interesting and very well delivered. Thanks.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

I'm glad you enjoyed the film. Thank you for your comment.

[@jeremywilliams2478]

Great content and very professionally done. Excellent work.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Very kind of you to say so - I'm glad you enjoyed it - it was great fun to make!

[@TK42138]

Excellent video. Look forward to watching more.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you. Do enjoy my other films in the series!

[@dawnbetts400]

loved the video ,i must say when i visited Newmarket i was disappointed by the station ,for a famous racing town the station i expected more.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you! Newmarket station is pretty shoddy, I agree!

[@Jonno180556ADI]

Looking forward to the Newmarket film. I was brought up there and remember it being two platforms with a footway under the railway, a signal box and the bay platform for Ely still visible. But are you going to include the original station that was bypassed by the tunnel?

[@bryannewman5012]

Superbly made and informative video....Thanks

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you very much for saying so

[@matthewpayne42]

I remember the 2 railway tracks that ran through Cherry Hinton and the lady who opened and closed the gates by hand when I was a boy living in the village. I now live in Haverhill which lost the railway lines to Cambridge in the 1960s. Only the Sturmer arches and a few small bridges remain on a path which was where the track once was. There are calls to bring back the line to Cambridge but nothing so far. Great vid as I know the area really well.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Do see my films Rediscovering the Stour Valley Railway and Rediscovering the Colne Valley Railway which both centre in Haverhill!

[@stephenanderson1553]

Thank you for documenting the savage obliteration of our once magnificent Victorian railway system.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

My pleasure, thank you 😊

[@tobortine]

Excellent, many thanks.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thanks for your kind words about my film

[@charitycharity3316]

Very well presented rp throughout

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Many thanks indeed

[@send2gl]

Fascinating insight.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thanks for saying so!

[@davidcoleman6032]

Truly fascinating film,particularly as it's all on my doorstep! If they had all survived,I personally feel it would still be nothing like the ambience of say the 1950's as now there would be sterile rolling stock with plastic seats and characterless architecture, with ticket machines rather than the help of a human. A far cry from a Britannia class with a rake of 'blood and custard' mk1's.😔 Nice to see that Histon station building being restored though.Just need to get rid of the guilded bus and re-lay the track!😉

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

I live just outside the city and so making this was of especial interest. And agreed RE the sterile corporate features of today's railways 🛤

[@iankemp1131]

Cambridge's basic problem is that the station is far too remote from the city centre to be useful for shoppers, offices or university facilities. Hence people would be unlikely to commute from Fulbourn(e) or Cherry Hinton, and the guided busway was installed rather than reopening the St Ives branch line. Similarly Oxford, Bristol, Derby etc, though to a lesser extent. Contrast Leeds and Manchester.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Yes, I think you're absolutely right in your assessment!

[@alanclarke4646]

Most enjoyable.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thank you for saying so!

[@webrarian]

Oh, wow! I'll get the negative comment out of the way first, and you can guess what it is: I don't like the jangly music because it means nothing and doesn't suit the generally measured and slightly nostalgic theme (I just hope you didn't write it!). BUT - superb footage, very well edited, nicely paced and with the sort of narration many professional TV companies need to emulate. You run rings round Bill Nighy's style for a start. The copyright credits for the photos couldn't be bettered.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Thanks for your comment Chris - I know what you mean about the music! This format has proven quite successful, so I might try it again at some point, but I'm conscious that Vaughan Williams et al really elevate these short films. Thank you for your kind remarks - I really appreciate them.

[@webrarian]

@@RediscoveringLostRailways There's some good film music by RVW on here (not the Scott stuff which just chills me). Just a thought...

[@ramblingrob4693]

Loved it.

[@RediscoveringLostRailways]

Most kind, thank you!