New Tram Stop! and Inside the Sheffield Tram Depot! VIDEO! Click away ... 🙂

Tram Depot! + + New Tram Stop! + + Sheffield Supertram Fun!

There's a new Station/Stop opening on the Sheffield Supertram this week, I popped along for a sneak preview, and got to go inside the Supertram depot too ... !

New VIDEO! Got to go inside Nunnery Square Depot on the Sheffield Supertram, and go and visit the NEW! tram stop that's opening up soon called "Magna" ... youtu.be/j3J_CpRda0Y

New Stations! Give the Video a click --> to see the new Willenhall and Darlaston stations on the Birmingham to Shrewsbury line! youtu.be/UJG5GZ_IvfA

@quizzydan.bsky.social just saying hello! 👋

New Stations! Willenhall and Darlaston have opened up, here's the Opening Day video ..... youtu.be/UJG5GZ_IvfA

VIDEO TIME! There are two new stations - Willenhall and Darlaston that have opened, we went for a ride on opening day! youtu.be/UJG5GZ_IvfA

New VIDEO - Two new stations Willenhall and Darlastion station have opened up, here's the opening day! ... youtu.be/UJG5GZ_IvfA

VIDEO! Three new stations in the West Midlands are opening up, we paid a visit to Moseley Village, Kings Heath and the brilliantly named Pineapple Road ... youtu.be/OZ9Z3tLQHto

NEW STATIONS! Here, have expanded my "New stations since..." list to include the ones coming up in the next few weeks. AND! i've drawn a map to plot where they all are. please give me feedback [ typos? ] or just "xyz needs to nudge down a bit", that sort of thing. Otherwise, enjoy!

It's Pi day! 3/14 and all that ... Just been trying to get the π symbol on my iPhone - how do you/other people do it? Is it by having the Greek keyboard installed or are there any other methods?

In this evenings video ( Least Used at Thornton Abbey ) I randomly asked "Where are there manual crossing gates left?" and everyone is now chipping in with where they all in the comments - thanks all! [ it looks like all the ones on the Barton Line have been upgraded, and no manual ones are left ]

And there's a Members Bonus VIDEO too ... youtu.be/1LcijGC20sE

VIDEO! What do you think the Most Least Used Station Ever Is ... ( the one that has been least used the most number of times ) youtu.be/6CG6Mc6C7AY

A crowd sourcing moment this morning! Can you help? I snapped this picture of bus stop 'U' on the Strand last night, look at its Night Route tiles. It's actually missing a couple because if you check it's served by the N9, N15, N21, N26, N44, N87, N89, N91, N155, N199, N343, N550, N551.

VIDEO! The bus that drives itself ... went to Cambridge with Roger, and we rode the Autonomous Bus service! youtu.be/uJFDuCC5WNw

if you've not yet watched this ... VIDEO! - A complete behind the scenes at TfL's Victoria Coach Station ... youtu.be/zXw3W69BE-U

Documentary Video Stuff! spent the day at Victoria Coach Station and everyone there was just brilliant, a great place!

Proper Documentary VIDEO! spent the whole day at Victoria Coach Station, behind the scenes to see how everything works! like this ... youtu.be/zXw3W69BE-U

New Station! Opened this morning, Northumberland Park on the Northumberland line becomes station #2590, which means there's just Bedlington left, and could be the next new staiton ... [ unless Pineapple Road, Kings Heath or Moseley Village open first that is! ]

VIDEO! We're into the Decade of the 2010s! and for that it's time to go to the London Overground, where the east london line extension opened in 2010 ... youtu.be/aLv5duuQDPg

Did a big update on the HS2 Diagram that myself and @railfocus.bsky.social are putting together, it's on my download page here. If there's any typos or suggested edits we'd love to know! geofftech.co.uk/downloads.html

Ok, Bordesley Railway Staton [ a least used station, one train a week on a Saturday! ] has been proposed for closure, there's a consulation that runs until 15th May 2026. Details here: www.gov.uk/government/c...

New Stations Alert! Northumberland Park ( 2590 ) will open on the 22nd Feb and Bedlington ( 2591 ) on the 29th March ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New VIDEO! CrossCounty are refurbishing their entire Class 220 Voyager fleet, and then has a launch event that I popped along to see the new [ refurbished! ] train ... youtu.be/RtIxeU5dL4k

So I've found a fabulous TfL FOI which shows that the three longest TfL Nightbus routes are the N199, N89 and N9. But what about the shortest Night Bus route ( N prefix bus ) - does anyone know what that is ?? 🤔 [ thanks ] tfl.gov.uk/corporate/tr...

So the GWR Battery Train entered service carrying passengers at the weekend! We all got up early to take a trip ... VIDEO!

New VIDEO! The GWR Battery Train came into service very early at 05.30am on Saturday over the weekend, and I went along to ride the first train of the day ... youtu.be/Lvb33T3ZJnw

New VIDEO! We're up to the 2000's in the Decades series, which means a visit to Wood Lane - which has two former disused stations! youtu.be/q8THD2biVJ0

I caught up with it at Hammersmith, saw two units out on test trundling up and down the line. Official TfL line is that the trains will enter service in the second half of 2026.

Matt was out yesterday getting pics of the new 2024 Tube Stock that's on test, and coming to the Piccadilly later this year. My own photos coming right up!

Can you help figure this is out? A well known high street pizza chain is offering discounts if you run a GPS trace in the shape of a pizza slice, and this is the example image they're using on their website. What IS the station/area shown in their map, or has it been made up? Any thoughts?

Video! The Caledonian Sleeper now stops at Birmingham International! [ mini sleeper documentary ] youtu.be/NnBiosOsP8E

VIDEO! So ... if you were visiting every station, or just want to say you'd been to a particular station, what ... is your definition for saying you've been there? Your thoughts and comments, please! 🙂 youtu.be/jgv-OLcVi5s

Neeeeew STATIONS! Coming up in 2026, a summary --> [ Welcome to the New Year ] youtu.be/BSamwjhcMsE

Christmas Maths Fun! Highly honoured to be asked to take part in 'Mathematically Complicated Secret Santa' again for 2025, organised by Tom7 this year, where I used Least Used Station stats to generate my random number to take part. Delightfully nerdy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pG8...

Had a look around inside South Western Railway's Wimbledone Traincare Centre, like this .. VIDEO! youtu.be/8EqcH1NOWqs

New VID! Went behind the scenes and inside Wimbledon Traincare Centre, with South Western Railways. thanks for letting me visit! Proper Documentary style stuff ... youtu.be/8EqcH1NOWqs

New Video Thing! Into the Decades of the 1990's, to be more precise when the Jubilee Line Extension opened in 1999, so I've been down to Southwark Station ... youtu.be/OLywiIGs6vQ

Just a quick plug for @tubemapper.bsky.social new 2026 Calendar, which I have a copy of and is as excellent as always! Grab your copy from the link here if you want it on your wall for the new year! tubemapper.com/buy-tube-map...

The New GBR Livery / Logo was launched at a display at London Bridge yesterday ---> youtube.com/shorts/s8801...

Historically speaking, here's as far back as I can find - the Least Used Station of every year, and the number of passengers that it had: 2009/2010 Coombe Junction, 42 2010/2011 Teesside Airport, 18 2011/2012 Teesside Airport, 14 2012/2013 Teesside Airport, 8 2013/2014 Teesside Airport, 8

Oh! I almost forgot. it's LEAST USED passenger figures today, as the ORR release their new stats for the year. Here's the new Top 10 list of least used stations - Elton & Orston is back to being the least used! Download the data here: dataportal.orr.gov.uk/station-usage

Heads up! This week is new Office of Rail and Road Stats week, which means the new list of Least Used Stations will be out ... this Thursday morning, December 4th. dataportal.orr.gov.uk/station-usage

Ooh! Look ... A new zoomable interactive Rail Map is online! railmap.nationalrail.co.uk#/mapview

Who You Gonna Call ?? Ghost .. err .. Bus.

VIDEO! I went and rode the once-a-week Wednesday only Ghost Bus beween West Ealing and West Ruilsip ... youtu.be/NSGPYl4Om1o

Come for a ride on the Post Office Underground Railway! behind the scenes / documentary, of Mail Rail ...

New VIDEO! Let's go ride on the Mail Rail, and go for a tunnel/tracks walk, plus the exclusive 'Train Graveyard' area! youtu.be/UUAZegAKM14