The Twice a Week, Summer-only GWR Pembroke Dock service

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[@jjyt5708]

Something about the Pembroke Line and Saundersfoot station has a special place in my heart

[@TheTrainNerd23]

I’m not surprised by Tenby, people seem to think South Wales is quite dreary, but when you find gems like Tenby, and my personal favourite, Mumbles (Swansea) you realise how beautiful South Wales really is! Love the video by the way!

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Would add St Donat's (and inland Llanwit Major!) to that list.

[@jeremyclarkson5548]

Just stay away from Merthyr

[@joshtrains-qr8ie]

@@jeremyclarkson5548 oh merthyr needs doing up

[@jeremyclarkson5548]

@@joshtrains-qr8ie best parts of Merthyr is probably the cinema and bowling area just off the A470 and then leaving are the best parts.

[@djsmeguk]

I used to love riding this train to Tenby back in the 80s, when it was hauled by a 125. Such a good service. Train to Tenby walk to kiln park caravan park. Height of early 80s summer adventures when I was 10

[@mcollier4566]

We stayed at the foot of the railway embankment in Narberth in the summer of 2018 and I still remember hearing a HST and thinking I was dreaming as it was such a minor route. Probably the final year of HST operation on this service! A lot of the stations seem quite far from the places they serve. Saundersfoot beach is lovely but the station is quite a way inland!

[@Baby2011JJ]

I used to live in Haverfordwest and Pembroke Dock before moving back to Coventry. Was nice to briefly see Pembroke Dock again 😢

[@RichardSmy]

Was amazing to see Lamphey station again. My wife and I stayed in the village in July 2016 and got a train (hailing it like a bus as a request stop 😀) to Tenby and back. It’s a great little station. Thanks for all your videos we, along with my 5 year old, love watching them.

[@kevanhubbard9673]

One of those few remaining out of area holiday maker extensions.Cross Country did a Weymouth extension but the most recent now cancelled one was the St Pancreas to Scarborough one run by Midland Mainline and EMT although I don't think that it survived into the EMR era.

[@WordNerd1971]

Pembrokeshire is beautiful. Shame you didn't have time to see more. Manorbier is so lovely, Tenby has lots to explore, so many great places around there. Loved your video.

[@Sim0nTrains]

Tenby does look like a awesome place, great video and it great the sun came out as well

[@ILovePlanes787-10]

I just saw your channel listed on the tfl 3 channel which is also I found his

[@bryanduncan6178]

Fun fact.... The Pembroke branch was completely missed off the Intercity Express Program contract by the DfT! Come January 2018 there was a mad rush to run a route proving train, arrange the SDO posts and signs plus get the information to Hitachi to add the information to the train.... We also had to pay to have the voice-over lady record the station names as well! Fun, but stressful times!

[@paultidd9332]

Highway Code… when walking down a road with no pedestrian pavement/path you should always walk on the side facing the oncoming traffic ie the right! And wear something bright, if possible. I think reasoning being that if the vehicle looks not to have seen you, you can a least jump into the bushes/out the way which is better than just being run over from behind!!

[@SionsTrainVideos]

@paultidd9332 i agree about walking faceing the traffic if you have to walk on the road if you have to but im guessing about what you said about clothes I'm guessing you mean when it is dark

[@InkItOut]

Yes true! however it's not shown in the video that we kept changing sides to not be around blind corners and due to it being a warm day and more shade on the left side. I preferred to not turn a corner and have the car in my face 😂

[@SionsTrainVideos]

@InkItOut lol yeah a car in your faces wouldn't be a good thing ether so what can you do lol. I used to go to Pembroke dock every time HST was down then go to the town and have chips in chippy but another time we went to the station pub for a pint which is closed down unfortunately

[@christophernoble6810]

Went there on a mystery trip back in the 80s and had heavy rain, so you were lucky! All sorts of excursions were run then. Just another example of what we have missed with the disaster of privatisation.

[@EdwardMason9000]

Back in 2018 I took a train from Saundersfoot back to Leicester (via Swansea, Bristol Parkway & Birmingham!). It was an excellent journey, surprisingly cheap (booked on a single ticket for about £23) and I'd love to explore that line properly at some point, but I don't seem to have much luck in Wales! 😆

[@holnrew]

My ex local station! Never actually caught that train, but it's on the to do list. Saundersfoot station is a bit of an odd station, miles away from everything including Saundersfoot itself. About half the stations along that line are request stops

[@joshtrains-qr8ie]

OMG NICK! you were on that line the same day i was!!! unfortunately i did not see you there but i saw a GWR at tenby! my local station was saundersfoot and we were actually on 197 001 pretty much the whole day. this is a crazy coincidence!

[@nlancaster]

Manorbier station has a lot of rail history that is still visible when you take the time to look, also the beach and castle there are rather special, for historians that castle was the home of Gerald of Wales. Kilgetty and Saundersfoot hold a lot of good memories for me, always amazes me just how far Saundersfoot station is from the town, but worth the effort to visit.

[@stmisbehavin662]

"I recommend Tenby, it's great!" Missed opportunity to give it a ten out of tenby.

[@kiles99]

Single "l" in the Welsh version of Penally (Penalun), so its pronounced pen-alley without the usual welsh "ll" sound. Is there still an army rifle range next to the station there?

[@peterdawson2645]

I am startled to find out you didn't know Tenby was pretty and popular! A crazy and fascinating trip. I live in Swansea and didn't even know GWR still ran west of Carmarthen. A good thing, but it doesn't make the IET seats any more comfortable.

[@jacobporrett]

Nice one Nick and Natt.

[@mryield03]

every time you say "i made it" or "we made it", i mentally add "despite your directions"

[@holnrew]

I hope you're prepared for an unforgettable luncheon.

[@bryyyzy91]

Hope you enjoyed your trip around Pembrokeshire. Definitely a nice place to be, when the sun is out.

[@markdewey2056]

ive been to tenby a few times and its such a lovely place to visi

[@NorthWestTrainSpotter]

Funny enough I was here from August 9th till about the 24th in Tenby and I saw all 4 trains from my balcony in the flat I was staying in if I knew you were on it I would have come and say hello my videos are up of the view of it if you want to see.

[@officialmcdeath]

Something tells me this cute little little adventure dovetails neatly with Stu's epic pilgrimage to Greggs in Pembroke - would that have been the day before or after this? \m/

[@Nooticus]

this service needs to be added to the national rail all operators map! i have just contacted andrew (the person who makes them) about this!

[@Nooticus]

UPDATE: He has responded to me, confirming he will add it in the December 2024 edition of the map !

[@fussyboy2000]

Good to see the walks are resonable. Is there some short cut for crossing the A477 just by the railway? The map suggests you have to walk the long way round. An interesting challenge is to list all the stations that you can only get to London from with more than one change.

[@benwaller3]

Make sure you walk on the right when on the road!

[@surreygoldprospector576]

The 'rule' I learnt was walk on the right, and walk on the outside of bends (overrides previous rule!).

[@ReubenAshwell]

Brilliant video Nick, Tenby does look like a lovely place. :)

[@garethsmith2250]

Went on this same journey on an HST many many years ago..

[@hi-viz]

While I'm not rushing to do it my list of stations visted has hit #598, the latest one was Headbolt Lane

[@LouisOnAir]

It's lucky you caught the sun because the scenery in this video was glorious

[@Transportationspotting]

Tenby as a town is lovely, haven’t been there in a while though

[@finleyrossi9137]

I’ve been on them and the hst from hayle when I was on holiday and they are good trains

[@mrvwbug4423]

Talk about IETs in strange places haha. Which means this used to be HSTs in strange places if this service was operated by HSTs in the past.

[@davidcaveen9535]

stepford connect voice omg

[@LordEverythingtrains]

When was this recorded? I was staying in Pembrokeshire (Saundersfoot) from 9 - 23rd August, so i may have been there

[@Ultra-t3o]

Nice video

[@ADAMEDWARDS17]

Did you just do the least used least frequent from a specific station through train to London?

[@morph-]

800008 is the best IET, for multiple reasons

[@SWTransport]

Tried to do this Saturday, it got cancelled past Swansea

[@SionsTrainVideos]

yeah they keep cancelling on saturdays to west wales so annoying its like there on saturday summer strikes

[@thatuktrainguy]

Looks Very interesting!

[@Someone36991]

Point to point idea: mill hill (london)-mills hill (greater Manchester)-mill hill (blackburn) Edit: also Three Oaks to Four Oaks

[@paulharvey9149]

Your Manorbier argument is only partly true, Nick, as many Welsh people pronounce it as Man-OR-bee-yah, with the emphasis on the OR-bee bit! There used to be a summer-opening only youth hostel whose nearest station was Saundersfoot, in the days of foam mattresses on metal bunk frames that sank under your bodyweight... I can remember staying there on the first night of the season, many years ago, where not only did the mattress sink rather further than I'd expected, but it proceeded to drop its winter moisture into what was quite a pool beneath it by the morning! I think there are quite a few request stops on both the Pembroke and Fishguard branches, are there not? I never made it into the town, but Pembrokeshire is a stunning part of the country - I hope you were both able to enjoy it some more.

[@holdingpointaviation]

botched transport for wales branding is very common on the borderlands line

[@Hexile3D]

I watched this video whilst on a lumo train

[@whybruh566]

can you please do hayes to harlington via hayes and harlington

[@DyfedBowen]

Penally is pronounced pen-alley as in alleyway. :)

[@alisonsharratt8283]

Penally doesn’t have the ll sound or well us Pembrokeshire folks don’t say it but maybe other Welsh people do.

[@AFCManUk]

You'd think, with such a small service, it'd make Pembroke dock the Least Used Station in Wales . . . But that still goes to Sugar Loaf, apparently.

[@kevinellis8869]

Pembroke Dock has other (TfW) services.

[@AFCManUk]

@@kevinellis8869 Ah,,,that'll explain why :) cheers.

[@thisis_mudchute]

800008 better than 800001

[@Somesayilooklikepeterkay]

Nos waith da cymru am byth Dinbych-y-pysgod is Gweiadur

[@melodydunn1]

The class 800s are not as nice as the old HST class 125s

[@joaniepeach9885]

can you give me a point to point idea from london pls

[@Saint_Dan132]

oooooooh

[@grahamwebster9937]

you are walking on the wrong side of the road. On roads where there are no pavements, you should (and it is much safer to) walk on the side of the road so that you are facing oncoming traffic

[@MattBuildsBlocks]

Sorry Nick I Just Couldn’t Be Early To This Vid Sadly Cos I Was In Paris

[@Andrewjg_89]

Maybe GWR should make the Pembroke Dock service permanent.

[@SionsTrainVideos]

@Andrewjg_89 no because its a TfW route but they do go to carmarthen now for a year or 2

[@Andrewjg_89]

⁠Ah right. Now I understand. Thanks.

[@SionsTrainVideos]

@Andrewjg_89 yeah GWR just does 2 on a summer Saturday so passengers can go to and from London or wherever so hoilday markers can go to tenby but in normal times you change in Swansea

[@Andrewjg_89]

Thanks for the information 👍

[@richardwilliams2064]

Richard Williams I'm your fans only for private house Haven Wales I'm a Trainspotting how to change spotter pictures of me

[@TrainspottingTrio]

Tip: In Wales a double L is pronounced like a 'th' sound

[@kingfinley-cs1wc]

Nick Badley, I Have A Point to Point Idea And A Pointless Journey idea Point to Point Kensal Rise To Kensal Green Pointless Journey Wood lane To White City

[@andrewbutler6477]

Must have been a good day to travel by train in Wales without many delays cancellations bus replacements that happen so often here on the Welsh rail network 🚆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿