The Ultimate Tick ✅ - Episode 55, Day 101 - Glasgow to Corrour

It's 15th August and it's finally time to leave Glasgow and head ... into the highlands. To Oban and beyond, where we stay the night at the highest station in Britain, it's Corrour! Which was always going to be amazing, and the location of where 'Trainspotting' was filmed - it was always going to be the ultimate tick!
If you want to stay at Corrour, there are three rooms and they are all bookable through AirBNB. Details and links are on the Corrour Station House website: www.corrour.co...
Download the All The Stations theme tune from iTunes here: itunes.apple.c... (other stores are available....)
One of our Kickstart backers - Roger - also made a fun video at Corrour, "Britain's Least Lowest Station", here:; • Corrour - Britain's Le...
Geoff and Vicki are visiting ALL 2,563 national railway stations in Britain - view the progress map and loads more information about the project on the website at: allthestations....
ROUTE: Glasgow Queen Street - Crianlarich - Oban - Tyndrum Lower - Upper Tyndrum - Corrour

[@Mongooseman121]

Choose life, choose a Pacer, choose Shippea Hill, choose a Sprinter, choose the Isle of Wight, choose a Class 700, choose All The Stations.

[@Dave_Sisson]

Yep, that little tribute to "Trainspotting" at the end was brilliant.

[@radarskiy]

1,000 years from now there will be no Pacers and no Sprinters, just Turbostars. Sounds great to me.

[@pjandthecraxfords1559]

radarskiy Sprinters are alright. Pacers are crap though

[@eelsemaj99]

PJ and the Craxfords pacers are good if you want to cram as many people on as possible and you don't care about your passengers (rural commuter lines etc)

[@bobtheshorkie1987]

Probably the geekiest Trainspotting reference ever. I have liked it though. Why else would I be here?

[@DurhamGooner]

My wife and I had our first anniversary at Corrour purely on the basis of this and the 'Choose Corrour' vlog. It is a remarkable place. Truly remarkable.

[@whackingbadge]

I love All The Stations! Me and my dad actually went to Falls of Cruachan by train, took the tour and we got in for free because we didn't use the car! It was a great tour and they encourage eco-friendly modes of transport. I'd highly recommend it! :D

[@roundel52]

"Man with dog" at Rannoch. Amazing. I was there on a train for my stag do on February 2009. Said man with dog were the only passengers to alight at Rannoch into 3ft of snow. Dog promptly disappeared, and was seen jumping down the platform, completely buried with snow.

[@charliemoir5591]

Awe!! You have really inspired me!! I really want to do something like this when I am older!

[@scat7]

Just has to be the best in the series so far. The views are absolutely amazing. (And I'm from New Zealand where amazing views are a dime a dozen)!

[@Supermunch2000]

Scotland is so beautiful...

[@Mergatroid]

This is the first (and probably only) video in the series where I can say I have been to every station. Crianlarich is an incredibly nice little town. I spent a night there when I was on a train trip around Scotland myself.

[@JohnTalbot-k6xi]

Brilliant (!!) Best Ever - Resounding Beauty of Scotland Captured by Visual Artisans -- Bravo

[@rodneyfisher1593]

better then tv iv enjoy watching you guys travel around the uk i can t wait to see whats next

[@bobparsons77]

i come from scenic Alberta, these views here are awesom!

[@etmccaus]

I've been looking forward to this one for a while now. My wife and I made it out to Oban (by car, unfortunately) about two years ago, and loved the scenery as we wound our way around Loch Lomond. Toured the power station on our way out. The proximity of the line to the motorway fascinated me (as did the town itself). Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

[@ianmcclavin]

Arguably the best part of the trip, this and the next bit??? I've done the West Highland Line a few times, keep gping back for more!!

[@IRythmzGamingg]

Took a 3 week trip to the highlands in July of this year, spent 4 days walking, camping and kayaking and It all started at Corrour Station. Such a strange feeling watching that training pull away from the platform and then being alone in the middle of no where. Highly recommend a trip to Corrour!

[@cholten99]

If I can ever look half as happy and enthusiastic as Geoff and Vikki do at 10:51 over something as simple I'll be a happy man

[@ZamanSiddiqui]

Beautiful ending to this episode.

[@solobrouk]

Brilliant guys. Always wanted to go to Corrour. Defo gonna go there soon. Loved the Trainspotting bit 👍👍

[@Calcouk]

Superb work. It's great when professionalism meets superior content. A real treat!

[@jce2702]

The one I've been waiting for since the start - did this journey 7 years ago and it was nothing less than stunning! Great episode!

[@davidclelland6065]

the two Tyndrum stations were Upper Tyndrum and Lower Tyndrum, but when R.E.T.B system was introduced Upper Tyndrum was renamed Tyndrum Upper so when block tokens and conversations between drivers and signallers were taken place the two stations were not mixed up

[@borderlands6606]

By chance I happened to travel to Oban for the Western Isles two days later, and can confirm the views are stunning. Imagine all those Victorians travelling north for the season by steam through stations illuminated by gas light!

[@fjuvo]

Wow. Congratulations!!!

[@jTHEm]

Guys your best video to date! I want me some time in that signal box! Well done!

[@keithspillett7312]

Awesome doesn't begin to cover it really......... Probably my favourite of the whole series 😀

[@kumatoni5245]

Fantastic Trainspotting homage!

[@rachellewis7452]

Stunning, least lowest station :)

[@rareairvideos3070]

Drone shots are awesome!

[@m222rjr]

Most of the stations on the West Highland Line have island platforms. Right hand running is adopted so that the driver is nearest to the platform.

[@cowscrazy]

There are so many places I want to visit in the UK now that I've seen all this series. I not sure I could fit them all into one vacation.

[@SamSitar]

fun how Vicki finds interesting things at each train station.

[@tirandys]

Spooon!

[@whitbydeacon134]

i once got stranded at corrour for 8 hours a few winters ago!!

[@nthglasScotland]

Don't worry about pronunciations. If you are in an area for more than a couple of days you will pick local names up. My late mother who was 1/2 Scottish herself, took time to learn Milngavie, local to here. Camelon is another local one. You need to hear the name, said by a local, much better than an incomer. :-)

[@colinbarrett5120]

great videos.

[@russellsawyer2742]

Wow, just Wow

[@cathemcc3981]

I am watching Wales program you were visiting 22nd great grandfathers castle at Coneway Castle I was there 2 years ago, Llewyn the great is also my gg.

[@ciaranbird3373]

Geoff, 319s from thameslink have gone! No more break downs

[@tonyskinner1643]

Man Behind The Camera They might not be on thameslink but they are still around saw some near Manchester Victoria today

[@nilo70]

Cheers from California !

[@JangoFett220]

15:54 I was hoping you would do some sort of reference while there

[@blackberrypickle7651]

"Awesome" indeed.

[@rosiefay7283]

Could you have done the Mallaig line before the Oban line? Then your walk in Tyndrum would have been downhill.

[@AllTheStations]

Rosie Fay the ferry to Skye goes from Mallaig, not Oban ... as you'll see in the next video

[@CoastwayWill]

Corrour? Been there, done that!

[@jonathancook4022]

Ive canoed the length of the loch at 2:00 - I think its loch Tay, unless im corrected! I never knew a trainline existed above us!

[@MrCmac731]

Definitely not loch tay as thats on the eastern side of scotland, think you will find that the loch at 2min mark is loch long.

[@iainyoung6878]

Loch long. Mouth of loch goil visible at 1:39

[@kenziesimmons08]

It's busy because the ferry service are running

[@NJPurling]

I have heard of Corrour before. Isn't it the nearest railway station to Balmoral Castle?

[@ACrants31]

Tyndrum lower was where my dog almost ran away in front of a train when i was there camping

[@SteveFTW5]

You should do all the stations backwards like from wick to Penzance

[@paintedpilgrim]

if Vicki likes postcards she should look at something called Postcrossing 😊

[@AndreiTupolev]

Class 66 it was, that derailed I mean. Went down the embankment and had to be cut up on site.

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Is Corrour where they filmed the track side train watching scene in TRAIN SPOTTING?

[@thestargateking]

What is the lowest station in Britain then?

[@thestargateking]

Tom Schofield if all the stations didn't include the tube then I guess this doesn't include the tube too

[@KevinRBoyd]

Could well be Moorgate.

[@rosiefay7283]

Dawlish is occasionally below sea level.

[@Mrmayhembsc]

My guess will be one of the ones on the fen line. Might be Shippea Hill

[@Tevildo]

According to the Ordnance Survey, Shippea Hill is 0.6 m above sea level, so it's higher than Dundee.

[@rosiefay7283]

It's 15 Aug, not 15 July!

[@robmarkworth5377]

"All the stations went to Scotland......it was raining"

[@northwestern492]

Oban whisk whiskey from the little whiskey shop by the stn

[@StrathpefferJunction]

MARK HODGE Whisky 😉

[@northwestern492]

Auto spell on iPad

[@StrathpefferJunction]

MARK HODGE Lol. Darn autocorrect catches us all at some stage!

[@arthurthompson8241]

You have to go back to Falls of Cruachan because didn't point the camera to the left or right, you denied us a look at the platform.

[@ambivalent_hoax]

This KZbin channel probably holds the distinction of being the only one where I've watched every single video.

[@JackJackProductions]

Ian Anthony Same

[@keithspillett7312]

Jack Jack Productions Yes, me too. Don't know WHAT I'm going to do when they finish 🙁😔

[@annother3350]

I'm getting there... And I'm not that into trains...

[@RWL2012]

I can say that for several other channels.

[@ShainThomas]

I have also watched all the videos. Some of them, I have watched more than once.

[@ericjamieson]

"It's raining, there's a tearoom, there's a man with a dog, it's delightful!" - the Highlands in a nutshell.

[@Monty13Transport]

Ok

[@professorpodcast3029]

"Theres burning heather"

[@markjabroni7795]

Fun fact: Tyndrum is the smallest town/village in Scotland (and Britain, I'm almost certain) with more than one railway station.

[@neobe195]

Also Fun Fact: The lower station is called Tyndrum Lower. The highest Upper Tyndrum. The lower put below Tyndrum and the upper above.

[@mariosphere]

It has also the highest number of stations per 100'000 inhabitants: 1198

[@张申杭]

Meanwhile Corrour is the highest station in the UK!

[@AlexOnTheBus]

There would have been complaints if there wasn't a wee tribute to Trainspotting at Corrour...

[@thisisstuart7951]

That door in Oban needs oil

[@TheGWRailfan]

Indeed

[@cduemo]

Not quite a Premier Inn, but I suppose it'll do for the night.

[@tdc1991x]

I genuinely believe Scotland is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Such amazing scenery. And the people are pretty friendly too!

[@gsvalentine]

Without a doubt the best vlog so far!!!!

[@garywoolton1875]

Agreed and Geoff's reaction to his room and snug is fantastic... His emotion and joy flows through.

[@garywoolton1875]

Like most I have watched the whole journey but I have never felt emotional as I have this one. Stunning closing scenes. Corrour, nay Scotland Tourist Board should simply pay for all the journey because is people are not inspired by this video to get out there nothing will. And as for the signal box living room. ... Stunning.

[@marthaanderson2656]

totally agree. Oban and then this high place with rambling = a holiday in my future

[@nantyffin]

The best train inspired videos I have ever seen. You've inspired me to get back to old blighty next June to retrace some of the train trips you two legends have presented. Imagine if you could repeat this masterpiece on the heritage lines. The world would beat a path to your door. All I want for Xmas is a dvd of the series.

[@fweaklikeme1]

Quite possibly the best episode in this vlog!

[@petemoore4341]

Great fun followed all episode hard job to here in New Zealand !! Cheers Pete

[@crispyfrogs]

Best. Episode. Ever.

[@stevegoodier1241]

Geoff, you were getting a bit emotional in that cabin of the old signal box....must admit it does look stunning.

[@roundel52]

Local Fella Geoff probably would have proposed there... If he and Vicki weren't already betrothed! :)

[@keithspillett7312]

John Smith Quite!

[@Monty13Transport]

@@roundel52 lol

[@TheNgandrew]

Some staggeringly beautiful places on this video. Having said that, Britain seems to have quite a few of those, although Wales and Scotland have a good concentration.

[@stevehallam0850]

Stunning.

[@kirsteneasdale5707]

I love how you are blown away by our beautiful landscapes. My local station is Arrochar & Tarbet, and I never tire of the journey to Oban or Fort William. I get irritated when I look round the train and see so many folk with their noses in their phones / iPads / laptops and hardly notice what is passing by the window.

[@StrathpefferJunction]

So glad you had such a great experience. It's a fabulous part of the world and you've shown it off so well. ☺️ Can't wait for the next leg to Mallaig and Skye!

[@marthaanderson2656]

a stunning video. It also , I think, captures everything you two represent; passion love and appreciation not only for the rails and their history, but these beautiful places and the people . You have given me a long list of places I must see and I think my next trip to "London" will only be a passage to take, perhaps, two long journey trips trains to Wales and Scotland. there is something to say for a journey where there is no WiFI any of the Gs etc. There is bliss in simplicity and peace

[@EForrest88]

my great grandfather, Sir Edward McColl, was the hydro engineer that designed Cruachan power station (also Pitlochry) :)

[@Srananbloke]

Still the best video on KZbin. T-Series and Pewdiepie got nothing on All The Pac....stations.

[@rodneyday8467]

there are not enough words to decribe the wondefullness of this video. Truly amazing doesnt even come close!!!!

[@EM81YT]

WAIT IT SAYS ‘ALL THE STATIONS, ALL OF THEM’? I thought it said ‘All the stations...’ then a remix that said ‘All,...All, The’ WHOA ILL NEVER HEAR IT THE SAME

[@StrathpefferJunction]

The avalanche signals are well over 100 years old. I think they're called 'Anderson's Piano', or something.

[@RustyPetterson]

Correct! Very interesting: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass_of_Brander_stone_signals

[@DavidWood2]

The irony is that the boulder that caused the 2010 derailment fell from just below the wires, so could not have triggered the system. More details in the RAIB report - assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/547c8feced915d4c1000015b/R112011_110714_Falls_of_Cruachan.pdf

[@j.j.foster7002]

The drone videos are astounding, and I really like that signal box. The views would choke me up, too. Well done!

[@fp4man542]

One of the most enjoyable videos in the series, so far.

[@airplaneplustrainguy8143]

FP4 Man yep

[@AndreiTupolev]

I don't know why Scotrail use class 156s on the West Highland line, I'd have thought 158s would be much better suited to journeys of that length. It can't be that they don't have enough of them as they're used on Edinburgh suburban services.

[@stevehallam0850]

I think there is a problem with how the 158 brakes work in snowy conditions. The 156's are being upgraded apparently.

[@Nayson]

AndreiTupolev could be a linespeed thing. Use 158s on faster routes.

[@s125ish]

AndreiTupolev apparently 158s are getting cleared for the whl . You get better views out of a 156

[@neilscales]

What amazes me is the number of Londoners who can't believe how beautiful the countryside is. It's like they've never really been outside the M25. There is a whole country out there, not everywhere has crowds of people and a Starbucks on every corner.

[@dereham1]

Don't know what a bothy is? I sometimes forget just how little Londoners know about the rest of the UK (that's an observation, not a criticism).

[@aethellstan]

As a Londoner I can reply with the fact that I know what a bothy is, I actually think it's an age thing. I've been to Scotland many times and while I haven't stayed in one, I know of their existence and why they're used (A kind of emergency shelter in the middle of nowhere). They exist in other countries, not sure what they're called there, for example Norway has them.

[@RealJustinCrow]

Aye Vikki, "it's the great outdoors" and indeed, it does "make you feel great to be Scottish"

[@MelechFreedman]

Amazing. I've watched every second of every episode and interviews etc... but I actually found myself shedding a tear when Geoff was in the signal box... the views were just exceptional and you could actually feel what Geoff was. The ultimate tick. Amazing work guys. Can it get any better?

[@nnmmnmmnmnnm]

Maybe the BBC will give you your own travel show. Hopefully Geoff will not punch the producer when he can't have a steak; like Clarkson.

[@BTRailwayProductions]

Nearly there! Well done! I really like this series - I wish it could go on forever! Also - am I early??

[@FelloniusWizard]

I was going "Noooooooooooo, not the last week!!" Forever is the word....

[@BTRailwayProductions]

FelloniusWizard I don't want the series to go :(

[@KasabianFan44]

I'm not Scottish but pronouncing "loch" as "lock" annoys me too

[@ayebrow]

Beautiful. I saw many of these views from the London to Fort William sleeper, but it’s great to have them here to watch whenever I need a reminder.

[@petekernow1]

I'm pretty sure the boulder warning wires in the Pass of Brander have been there for years - but boulders at speed can jump! On my last visit I went round the underground power station and then stopped the train at Falls of Cruachan by hand signal. Great fun.

[@karlvader3011]

Choose Life....nice Trainspotting homage. Best wishes from NZ

[@MercenaryPen]

So, I suppose we get the West Highland Line next (or depending on the weather should that be the Wet Highland Line?)

[@c0rtikoZteroids1]

This is the West Highland Line!

[@carolinegreenwell9086]

I want to go to Corrour

[@jjfromhonolulu9023]

Jeff & Vicki, two questions for you: 1. Will you please consider publishing your itinerary (include lodging) for those of us who would like to attempt part or all of this incredible adventure? 2. Have you had any bad/unpleasant surprises during your All The Stations adventure? Cheers, JJ

[@moritzl7065]

One of the most amazing things about Corrour is that it's one of the few remote regions where taking a train is the only option. It literally has no road connection. Apparently even the station house adjusts their opening hours depending on the train schedule!

[@intercity4319]

Why can't you like a video multiple times?

[@Roblilley999]

So, why was Pete in Scotland and where did he get off?

[@ItsOfficialGN]

Well done guys :)

[@VictoriaPichel]

I already miss you and your fun videos. Not fair.

[@TheFlatCapFromWN5]

That's it! I simply must visit Corrour. It's absolutely stunning!