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

For my friend, Ian Marchant. www.youtube.com/post/UgkxBam...

The DLR from the 1980s is all kinds of splendid! [ let me know which Thumbail you see! youTube is picking three in rotation ... ]

New VIDEO! We're going back to the 1980s to Tower Gateway & the DLR which all opened in 1987! youtu.be/XGDc3Q1ZqEA

Gosh, after a seven year absence, my friend @dananddanfilms.bsky.social is back! I mean - i'm thrilled that Dan is back, but i've never much liked Dan to be honest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V1K...

The "When Was Britain's First Railway?" timeline updated, new version .. click for the download! geofftech.co.uk/downloads/Fi...

Give the vid a click! The replica Locomotion up close and everything else at the Stockton & Darlington railway 200 weekend ...

New VID - Stockton & Darlington R200 weekend!

VIDEO! The replica Locomotion at Railway 200 and the whole of the Stockton & Darlington weekend ... youtu.be/gApVb-NBOko

We're up the the 1970s in our 'Decades' series and that means NEW VIDEO! of a rather brutalist Hatton Cross Station ... youtu.be/gfJ_UxaeIdU

New VIDEO! Britain's newest station is open ...

Neeeeeew VIDEO! for a Neeeeeew Station! Beaulieu Park in Essex is now open, and I popped along yesterday for the official opening event ... youtu.be/GgTiAYQIMNE

[ posted this earlier, but removed and typos corrected! i think this is good now ] NEW STATIONS! with Blyth Bebside opening last weekend, and the new Beaulieu Park opening tomorrow there will be a total of 2,589 stations on the network!

Microsoft introduced the Office 'Ribbon Bar' in 2007. Which is 18 years ago now, and in EIGHTEEN years I *still* find myself having to Google things like "Where is the Find function in Word?", because 18 years later, I still can't find it, I still want to use the 'Edit' menu where it used to be ...

Give the Chiltern Class 68 + Mk5a carriages some-click-play viewing, thanks!

VIDEO - Chiltern Railways new Class 68 Loco Hauled trains are here! There was a press launch, so i popped along ... youtu.be/zNRiRtvIESU

So this is just superb ... features Wuppertal Train Action! youtu.be/bleCT1zaeKQ?...

Bluesky ... RANDOM! 2 months ago, the Youtube Algorithm threw me up a brilliant video of a guy in Wuppertal riding the Schwebebahn, but the video was actually about him tracking down a rare flavour of a Magnum Ice Cream! I cannot find the video anymore, does anyone else know what the channel is?

New VIDEO! The new Bakerloop BL1 bus has started! So we took a ride ... youtu.be/Fncf6EuZh_E

Videoooo ... of the new DLR trains, which have now started in service!

VIDEO ... Oh look! The new Docklands Light Railway trains are here, and now in service! Let's go for a ride ... youtu.be/WjcCgSMLi7g

VIDEO! - Where are the Tube Stations where it's possible to exit on both sides of the train? Let's find out ... youtu.be/rrsIPtSN2Co

I've finally updated my Request Stops map! We're DOWN from 135 to 113. Who want to check for errors? 😀 - All Greater Anglia ones removed! - Shakespeare Line ones, removed! - Wales lost a few, but Scotland is the same? - is Plymouth Dockyard still request? - And what about Ferryside and Kidwelly?

New VIDEO! I went to meet Jamie, the Hull History Nerd and we rode the Hull to Scarborough Line ticking off every station ... youtu.be/-a6QMFhB4EI