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Visiting all National Rail stations in the UK. 1587/2581 stations visited. 61.5% complete. Last station: Chelmsford

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Reston ✅ That’s now 50% of stations done!
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11 months
So this turned up at Waterloo earlier. 🤢
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Heysham Port ✅ Only took me 3 tries to get the one train per day which runs here 😂
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10 months
New Pride Train!!
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not sure what the point of this is 😂
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So, quick update: I live in Manchester now!
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And now time for the very last SWR 707 passenger service, on the 20:30 Kingston Looper!
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Well that appears to be a 701…..
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Had to get a Thameslink from the high level at St Pancras while that’s happening today. No points for guessing where I’m going 😂
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That’s a weird looking District Line train 👀
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Carstairs ✅ First station in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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@stuartthomas @LNER So if you’re travelling off peak and buying your ticket on the day you now have to pay almost 3x as much for an anytime single?
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Thirsk ✅ 2 platforms on the outside with 2 fast lines through the middle. Unfortunately I had to wait an extra hour here as the train was too full to get on.
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East Linton ✅ Britain’s newest station! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Exton ✅ Station 391/2574 A request stop right next to the estuary. Whilst that does make it scenic, today it makes it really windy. I walked here from Lympstone Village as apparently Lympstone Commando was closed?
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Found XR’s pride train: 345055 at Abbey Wood earlier 😁
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That doesn’t look great
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Well I didn’t expect to be here today, after I ticked it off last Saturday 😂
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Stafford ✅ Station 794/2579 Just a quick change here from a CrossCountry onto an Avanti to Euston. Even in this short wait there’s still lots to see here!
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No option for a super off peak ticket at the TVM at Waterloo, so went to the ticket office and saved £5.20. Unfortunately that did mean I got a bog roll ticket but well worth it for the saving. #SaveTicketOffices
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Heathrow Terminal 5 ✅ Station 634/2578 Ended my first, and probably last, journey on the Heathrow Express here before changing to the Piccadilly line back to Hatton Cross The platforms here are numbered 3, 4, 5 and 6, but there’s no 1 or 2.
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What’s this, a Heysham train actually running? 😮
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Wasn’t planning on seeing any HSTs today…. but then this turned up at Acton Bridge 😂
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Ribblehead ✅ The station and viaduct look amazing in the snow! There’s no phone signal here, but the 90mins still went by really quickly
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A trip to Scotland isn’t complete without a HST! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Sadly only had time for the short hop to Haymarket, but I happily took the first class upgrade for 30p!
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Good Morning from Victoria Today I’m heading towards Newcastle for the low price of £1 thanks to TPE’s sale!
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Dent ✅ Highest station in England! Some great views from the station so I’m glad I arrived while there’s still a little bit of light left.
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Here’s a pacer at Wilmslow
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Made it to Windsor, now back to Waterloo!
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Very rare to get a pair of 319s this far north, usually they’re just singles. Unfortunately the rear set was locked because of all the short platforms.
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Blaenau Ffestiniog ✅ Trains have very short turnarounds here, so it’s either a 3 minute wait, or a 3 hour wait. 😂
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Ely ✅ Served by 4 TOCs and I managed to get them all in one photo! 😁 Time for a 755 towards Peterborough now, been a while since I’ve been on one of these
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Heworth ✅ Horrible station so I left very quickly on the metro back to Newcastle.
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The 8 car service has been found! 😁
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That’s definitely better than just saying National Rail services!
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Strines ✅ Hope Valley Line ✅
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Buxton ✅ Bottle of Buxton Water from Buxton ✅
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Ardwick ✅ Station 696/2578 Only served by two trains per day and the only way in is via a steep set of stairs and an entrance that takes a while to find. Great views of passing trains here.
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Reading Green Park ✅ Station 426/2575 A very nice brand-new station, but it feels a bit in the middle of nowhere right now.
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Partick ✅ My last one for today, time to have a go on the Subway!
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Llanrwst ✅ North Llanrwst ✅ Conwy Valley Line ✅ North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿✅
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Some mega traction on today’s 15:51 from Liverpool to Norwich, 4 158s joined together! It had to skip Oxford Road because of the short platform.
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Chester-le-Street ✅ A relatively new station, reopened in 1999. A lot more trains pass through than stop here, only gets one train every 2 hours stopping.
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Ticking off some WCML stations today, starting with: Bletchley ✅ Leighton Buzzard ✅ Tring ✅ Cheddington ✅
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Lakenheath ✅ Station 340/2574 Least-used Station in Suffolk ✅ A very awkward station only served by a couple of trains per day on weekends. Although today it’s getting a lot more trains than it normally would.
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Quick bash of PEPs is up next I think. Only had to wait 5 minutes for 507001 to show up 😁
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And that’s probably my last ever run on a TPE 68! Such a shame these are going, especially when the existing trains are already rammed.
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Manors ✅ That’s me done for the day now! Back tomorrow with another early start for another awkward station.
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Hollingbourne ✅ Bearstead ✅ Charing ✅ Lenham ✅ Swanley to Ashford Line ✅
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Farringdon ✅ Station 322/2574 A very busy station with 96tph just on national rail at it’s max. It’s also the point where southbound Thameslink trains change from AC to DC.
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Probably the last time I’ll ever see a red 707. 707024 sitting in Wimbledon Park Depot before it heads off to Southeastern in a couple of weeks.
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Always good to start the day with some loco hauled action 😁
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Brent Cross West ✅ London ✅ Definitely my favourite of the recently opened stations!
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Breich ✅ Used to be the 10th least-used station in the UK, with just 2 trains per day, and 96 passengers per year. The station was then rebuilt, service upgraded to hourly and it now gets over 4000 passengers per year!
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Park Street ✅ How Wood ✅ Watford North ✅ Garston ✅
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Drem ✅ Prestonpans ✅ North Berwick ✅ Heading back to Edinburgh now after I missed a connection at Wallyford. Now moving on to the Bathgate line! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Well North Wales is stunning! 😍
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York ✅ Easily one of my favourites so far!
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Sadly it’s my last day in Scotland today, so I’ve got up early to make the most of it. Starting off with this 158 along the Shotts line for a bit of rare track! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Time for the last 707 to Shepperton!
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Battersea Park ✅ Station 564/2578 Most of the time it’s just Southern that call here, but this morning there are some orange trains too. 5 platforms here, but 1 has no track and no trains are scheduled to stop on 5.
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Lancaster ✅ 900 stations ✅
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Had a go on the new 730s this evening! Very good trains, much better than the other Aventras.
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📍 Carlisle Already ticked this one off, but might as well come here again instead of waiting 90 mins at Langwathby. Had 20mins here to stock up on Greggs and be envious of all the trains going to Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Whittlesea ✅ Manea ✅ March ✅ A few very nice stations on the line between Ely and Peterborough. Feels weird seeing 755s and semaphores! 😂
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Eccleston Park ✅ Thatto Heath ✅ Prescot ✅ St Helens Central ✅ Merseyside ✅
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11 months
I managed to see 450067 for the first time today as I head home from Waterloo!
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Bricket Wood ✅ By far the nicest station on the line! Last one of the day as I can’t be bothered to spend an hour doing St Albans. Easy to come back to another day.
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Can’t seem to escape the 319s today!
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Watford Junction ✅ Station 645/2578 25% of stations ✅
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch ✅ Station 830/2579
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Pilning ✅ Least-used station in Gloucestershire ✅ Just 2 trains a week stop here, in Saturdays only. I don’t fancy waiting a week for the next train so time for a bus to Patchway!
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Norwich ✅ Station 344/2574 There’s a lot of 755s here! And the station building is amazing.
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Brockenhurst ✅ Lymington Pier ✅ Lymington Town ✅ I have spent far too long waiting at Brockenhurst today 😂
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Good morning from Chathill! ✅ The most northern station served by Northern, although the trains continue a few miles down the line to turn around.
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New Brighton line next: Wallasey Grove Road ✅ Wallasey Village ✅ New Brighton ✅ Conway Park ✅ It seems I’ve done every station in Cheshire, but not every Cheshire’s best-kept station! 😂
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And the 315 passes Stratford with the noisy ying ying of a 66 behind.
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Horton-in-Ribblesdale ✅ This one’s absolutely covered in snow which makes it look very pretty! There’s also a xylophone in the waiting room.
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Some trains at Westbury on Tuesday
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Harrietsham ✅ Had an hour here so walked to HS1 to see some trains pass! 😁
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Bruton ✅ SWR diesel stations ✅ Last station done before everything broke 😂
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Machynlleth ✅ This is the point where most trains split with one half to Aberystwyth and the other to Pwllheli. Had an hour here to look round the lovely town and get chips 😁
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Good morning from Carstairs! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Today I’m heading to Edinburgh to tick off some stations, hopefully should reach a major milestone later on 👀
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11 months
The weather’s great right now at Selhurst.
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Garsdale ✅ Great mountain views from this station!
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Worcestershire Parkway ✅ Definitely one of my favourite new stations, it’s a lot more than just a platform!
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Well that’s it, my last SWR 707. 707030 and 707024 leaving Kingston on their very last service to Waterloo. Farewell 707s 🫡
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Manchester Airport ✅ Station 791/2579 Not sure what the Metrolink’s doing here, that extension’s not supposed to be open yet!
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Grange-Over-Sands ✅ A beautiful station right next to the sea! There’s also a very long bench, don’t think it’s longer than Scarborough’s though.
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@JenOnTheMoveUK They can run trains to Brighton on other days during the overtime ban, but for some reason on the day of pride they can't 🤔
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Royston ✅ Station 795/2579 Two bidirectional platforms which are sometimes used for overtaking when there’s delays. My train back from Cambridge a year ago got stuck here for over an hour but as I left on the same train I couldn’t tick it off 😂
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Liverpool Lime Street ✅ Station 765/2579 The main station in Liverpool, with National Rail terminating upstairs, and the Wirral line running underneath.
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Cheltenham Spa ✅ Aschurch for Tewksbury ✅ Cam & Dursley ✅ Gloucester ✅ Earlier connection made thanks to a late XC and now it’s time for Wales! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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St Leonards Warrior Square ✅ Station 559/2578 Served by both Southeastern and Southern and it’s sandwiched between two tunnels.
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Well that was a nice surprise! As I arrived into Waterloo 455868 is in the adjacent platform 😁
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Well my attempt at doing East Linton has gone well….
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Polesworth ✅ Station 816/2579 A very awkward station, just 1tpd stops here! There’s limited lighting on the platform so the conductor had to make sure I left the station before they could safely dispatch.
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Finstock ✅ Station 470/2575 Least-used Station in Oxfordshire ✅ A very tiny platform in the middle of nowhere with just 2 trains per day. It’s only about half an hour’s walk from Charlbury.
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Good morning! I’m starting slightly later than planned today because I overslept, and then missed a connection at Edinburgh 😂 Now heading east on 380102 to do some stations on the North Berwick line! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Dorchester South ✅ Dorchester West ✅ Only had a few minutes to run between these two but just about made it as the doors were closing!
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