IslandDweller
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Scotrail into tunnel.
If it's the sequence I think you mean, a few miles back from Mallaig.
If it's the sequence I think you mean, a few miles back from Mallaig.
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Paul Merton, Secret Stations
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Watched it on catchup tv and enjoyed the programme you have to put up with continuity mistakes as tv people cant tell one train from another.Amazed at Drigg did not realise how big it was that's a lot of gloves etc in the containers .I think that Paul is turning into Fred Dibnah in the way he dresses not a bad thing ,good programme.
backontrack
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I hope he goes to Lelant!
St Keyne has more stuff around it then the other two request stop on the Looe line
I now live about 25 mins walk from a more secret station on the Looe branch, but one that isn't a request stop.
I only moved here a few weeks ago, hopefully soon I'll find time to walk down and catch the train back up the hill to liskeard.
Ash Bridge
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That must be Coombe Junc?
Correct. I could single handedly beat last years passenger numbers just by going for a walk once a week and be too lazy to walk back up the hill!
Kite159
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Nope, when I was at the train at Liskeard it doesn't have the little (x) to say it's a request stop, although the train would have to stop there regardless when booked to call so that the driver can change ends
Pretty sure it had an x when I was there the other week (didn't get a photo as the refresh rate wasn't great on the screens) - they also turn round in the normal place if no-one wants off or no-one is waiting to board
Requeststop
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So do I. A lot has happened there than many people know - even the locals.
Indeed. I alighted there last month and the guard confirmed it wasn't a request stop.
(As the 4 trains a day that stop there have to reverse)
Dr Hoo
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I used Coombe Junction about four years ago, on the basis that it was easier to walk halfway down the steep hill from my B&B than it was to walk up to Liskeard.
Although booked to call on request the train appeared ready to reverse at the ground frame and I beckoned to the driver to come on up, which he did.
The guard observed that I was the first passenger that he had from Coombe Junction for weeks.
Although booked to call on request the train appeared ready to reverse at the ground frame and I beckoned to the driver to come on up, which he did.
The guard observed that I was the first passenger that he had from Coombe Junction for weeks.
I'll eat my hat if Paul Merton's stop in Pontarddulais tonight doesn't involve a visit to the Male Voice Choir there. This is what all productions of this sort do when visiting Wales: find a choir or some miners. Throw in some sheep if you're feeling arty, and bingo - Wales on a stick... Sigh...
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As if by magic...! Can you pick my lottery numbers too
I've enjoyed the programmes so far but, as others have mentioned, the continuity mistakes are pretty bad !
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Ah, the Beer Engine in Newton St Cyres. I was at Exeter University and a few of us used to get the train there, have a few pints, then walk/stagger back. Lovely beer it was too.
A couple of years after I'd left I was working in a pub near Hemel Hempstead. A man came in and said how much he was enjoying his beer, and mentioned how good the beer was in his local pub, and that they brewed their own beer there. I said "it's not the Beer Engine in Newton St Cyres, is it?"
His face was a picture, because that was indeed his local pub. He couldn't understand how on earth I could have guessed where he lived from that brief conversation. But at that time I'd only been in two pubs that brewed their own beer: The Beer Engine, and the The Fizgig and Firkin in Exeter.
(As an aside, one night that we went to the Fizgig and Firkin in Exeter they had a promotion on, whereby if you drank 5 pints of their "Dogbolter" ale in an hour, you got a free t-shirt. One of my friends finished the challenge, put on his free t-shirt and promptly threw up down the front of it!)
It's a shame this series is only 3 episodes long. When they announced it I thought there'd be at least 6. I hope they make some more.
A couple of years after I'd left I was working in a pub near Hemel Hempstead. A man came in and said how much he was enjoying his beer, and mentioned how good the beer was in his local pub, and that they brewed their own beer there. I said "it's not the Beer Engine in Newton St Cyres, is it?"
His face was a picture, because that was indeed his local pub. He couldn't understand how on earth I could have guessed where he lived from that brief conversation. But at that time I'd only been in two pubs that brewed their own beer: The Beer Engine, and the The Fizgig and Firkin in Exeter.
(As an aside, one night that we went to the Fizgig and Firkin in Exeter they had a promotion on, whereby if you drank 5 pints of their "Dogbolter" ale in an hour, you got a free t-shirt. One of my friends finished the challenge, put on his free t-shirt and promptly threw up down the front of it!)
It's a shame this series is only 3 episodes long. When they announced it I thought there'd be at least 6. I hope they make some more.
Ah, Dogbolter. Funnily enough, I have similar memories of imbibing it then throwing up not long after (Lancaster also had a Firkin pub that sold it).
Happy Days
Quite!
Though the revelation that Pontarddulais is the bridal centre of SW Wales was news...
Pantyffynon would be nice (if it's a request stop?).
DarloRich
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I enjoyed watching this programme on C4 I player and i am looking forward to the rest of the series.
However, I do wish some of the spotters would understand that TV prpogrammes about trains aren't made for their consumption. They are made for the average man or woman in the street who want sot watch an interesting and enjoyable programme. They don't care if the wrong train is cut into a joining sequence.
However, I do wish some of the spotters would understand that TV prpogrammes about trains aren't made for their consumption. They are made for the average man or woman in the street who want sot watch an interesting and enjoyable programme. They don't care if the wrong train is cut into a joining sequence.
I've enjoyed these programmes done in Paul's inimitable style, despite the continuity errors. I believe he is doing Reddish South and probably won't want to wait a week for the next train.
Not sure where the total of 152 of request stops has come from as the list does change from time to time, with some stations added and others becoming compulsory stops. I believe St. Andrew's Road ceased to be a request stop two years ago and the programmes were certainly made more recently than that as we saw the loco-hauled sets on the Cumbrian coast.
Not sure where the total of 152 of request stops has come from as the list does change from time to time, with some stations added and others becoming compulsory stops. I believe St. Andrew's Road ceased to be a request stop two years ago and the programmes were certainly made more recently than that as we saw the loco-hauled sets on the Cumbrian coast.
Ah, Dogbolter. Funnily enough, I have similar memories of imbibing it then throwing up not long after (Lancaster also had a Firkin pub that sold it).
Happy Days
5 pints of Dogbolter in an hour!!!
That stuff is like 7%; Talk about encouraging alcohol poisoning! Drinking that all night is one of the few times I have been wasted 
Good times.
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crispy1978
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Week 1 - Attadale, Drigg, Silecroft, Ferryside, St Keyne Wishing Well Halt
Week 2 - Beasdale, St Andrews Road, Braystones, Newton St Cyres, Pontarddulais
Week 3 - ?????
Week 2 - Beasdale, St Andrews Road, Braystones, Newton St Cyres, Pontarddulais
Week 3 - ?????
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Paul Merton goes in search of the hidden history of Britain's rail request stops. This concluding episode begins on the stunning Pembrokeshire coast. From the request stop of Penally, Paul visits the trenches built for training during World War I. At Luxulyan in Cornwall, Paul looks for the hidden remains of local china clay mines. In Greater Manchester, Paul visits Reddish South - a request stop famous for having only one train a week. And for his final stop of the series, Paul goes to Corrour on the glorious West Highland Line, with a stop that's ten miles to the nearest public road.
From http://www.channel4.com/info/press/programme-information/paul-mertons-secret-stations
From http://www.channel4.com/info/press/programme-information/paul-mertons-secret-stations
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He was spotted filming at Burnley Barracks (somebody tweeted "Just seen Paul Merton at Burnley Barracks train station. He waved at me through the window") but I haven't seen any mention of the station anywhere in the programme summaries.
Andyjs247
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There was a brief shot of the Burnley Barracks station sign, but that was all. Perhaps there will be more next week.
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