Aaaaand! REQUEST STOP MAP updated ~ thanks to everyone for their contributions ~ it looks like we're down to 101 request stops now!! Download here: geofftech.co.uk/downloads.html

H/T to @diamondgeezer.bsky.social for linking to this one this morning, a superb London Underground "guess the tube station!" game, which i've just spent the last hour playing ... !! dailymetro.live/london

VIDEO - So hooooow many requests stops are there now? Let's discuss, as I also visit some Request stops in the magnificent North Wales!

VIDEO! How Many Request Stops Are There Now? For many years it used to be around 150, but now there's less ... youtu.be/UXBIcaEuQrM

Just a casual plug, and big thanks to @poggs.com for his excellent www.opentraintimes.com/maps website - which I used to reference the layout of the new Darlington station in my most recent video. OTT has realtime maps and track layouts of service all over the country!

New VIDEO ... Darlington station's new entrance / new platforms opened last week that is a huge upgrade for this East Coast mainline station. I was the the Press Event for the preview! youtu.be/ewgDj03ibA8

VIDEO! Okay.... there was a Class 387 down at Brighton station this morning in the new GBR livery at an official launch event, so I went along to take a look close up! youtu.be/8vvyNzyyiwk

I'm ... upadting my Request Stop Map again! As I gather that more changes happened with the May 17th 2026 timetable update. e.g Valley station on the North Wales Coast Line is no longer a request (x) stop. Can anyone else chip in with any other changes? Thanks! geofftech.co.uk/downloads/Re...

A fascinating discussion has sprung up from the "one platform tube stations" video involving former stations Did Ongar USED to have one platform and more built later? as Carto Metro map says it has 3 platforms! and what about North Weald? Did the EOR heritage line build new platforms, anyone know?

How many Tube Stations are there that have just one platform? Let's go for a ride and find out ...

VIDEO! How Many Tube Stations Have Just One Platform? Let's go for a ride and find out ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5jr...

Gosh, that's NEWS! Between 25th July - 31st August you can ride unlimited buses and trams in London at weekends and pay just once - the "Hopper Hour" will extend to be all day. 25h/26th July, and 1st/2nd, 8th/9th, 15th/16th, 22nd/23rd and 29th/30th Aug - six weekends. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Do you know what the ten most common words on the Tube Map are? Kick off a new tube station series this week with the '&' symbol which is tenth most popular to appear on the Tube Map .. . youtu.be/tRXAk6vnEY4

New VID! New Series! New Tube Stations to visit ... !

VIDEO! What ... do you think are the ten most common words in names on the Tube Map? I've worked out the Top 10 most common words, for a new series, visiting stations in that Top 10! Kicking off with with the & ... at Totteridge & Whetstone! youtu.be/tRXAk6vnEY4

VIDEO -> of the bit of railway that goes beyond Chessington South !! #LondonsLostRailways is back! :-)

Come have an explore to the track that goes beyond Chessington South and the line that never was. London's Lost Railways VIDEO! youtu.be/QKgJipsqMVg

thanks to the person who sent me to the excellent kentrail.uk website, which [ following on from my video yesterday ] shows a steam train at Chessington South, and people standing on the side of the unused platform - amazing! kentrail.uk/chessington_...

Ghost Railway you say? Yes ... there's a platform that's never been used, and a line that was built that goes nowhere, down in Chessington ...

VIDEO! It's time to to ride the Chessington branch and find the lost piece of track that was built but never used. Lost Railways! youtu.be/QKgJipsqMVg

What's the furthest Contactless journey now .. North to South, or West to East ... ?

VIDEO! Did you know the Contactless area has expanded again to over 100 stations now? So I took a ride on the most Northern station to Southern station to discuss the Contactless expansion ... youtu.be/AsQPEpNg-Yk

VIDEO! We're into the 2020's in the Decades, time to go to the Battersea extension and Nine Elme statin which opened in 2021! youtu.be/FKn18bFOwsM

VIDEO - some 'N' Nightbus action if you've not seen it yet! Full length documentary, as I ride every Nightbus service ... youtu.be/qrOG8LI981I

Documentary Length Video -> Getting round all 64 of the London 'N' nightbus routes! LIke this ... youtu.be/qrOG8LI981I

in the wake of my latest video, I didn't ask @diamondgeezer.bsky.social to blog about Nightbuses today, but if you're need of ALL THE FACTS and more, then he has comprehensively detailed everything you need to know about N buses today! Go have a read ... diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/04/nigh...

A few weeks back I spent the very early hours chasing night buses with Geoff. It was extremely fun and surreal and quite exhausting. All hail the night bus!

This is one amazing documentary. And not *just* because of the guest companions...

New VIDEO! And it's a good one - proper Documentary stuff as I go and ride all 64 'N' Bus Routes in London !! youtu.be/qrOG8LI981I?...

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! ]