Andy Pacer
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Almost time to make a start on scratching those shacks in 2024!
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D841 Roebuck
Established Member
01/01/24
Telford Central
Oakengates
Albrighton
(1438 in total)
Telford Central
Oakengates
Albrighton
(1438 in total)
ccityplanner12
Member
- Joined
- 17 Feb 2016
- Messages
- 93
Started my year by actually using Brent Cross West for a reason other than just going to visit it. My mother was driving me back from relatives down the M1 & it made a convenient drop-off place. I think I may have the first ever ticket from Brent Cross West to Pitsea, where I went for the purpose of ticking off a crossover. I travelled there on the first ever passenger service in as long as I can remember to traverse the Gas Factory Chord & was surprised not to see any other bashers on it. I can also report that the refurbishment at Barking is unfortunately still nowhere near finished.
Total for C2C: 19/28.
Total for C2C: 19/28.
birchesgreen
Established Member
06/01
Hillside
Freshfield
Ainsdale
Hillside
Freshfield
Ainsdale
Ah - I see we were in the same neck of the woods. For the same reason, possibly! Unfortunately for me the Southport line shacks were not a useful “collateral gain!”.
6 Jan 2024
St Anne’s-on-the-Sea
Moss Side
Squires Gate
Humphrey Park
UK Total: 2441
A lower than usual total for the day- the lure of a few last PEPs was too strong to resist.
childwallblues
Established Member
04/01/2024
Buckley BCK. (Borderlands Line)
No footbridge, subway or lift. Just a boarded crossing at the Bidston end. Cheap fare £2.60 return from Heswall (Merseyside boundary)
Buckley BCK. (Borderlands Line)
No footbridge, subway or lift. Just a boarded crossing at the Bidston end. Cheap fare £2.60 return from Heswall (Merseyside boundary)
miklcct
On Moderation
London Underground
121 Wood Lane 2024-01-06
121 Wood Lane 2024-01-06
birchesgreen
Established Member
Yes got some final PEPs in, though unfortunately only saw 001 from the window of another 507, twice!
DaventryRabbit
Member
Sunday 7 January
Bentley
Adwick
Conisborough
Mexborough
Rotherham Central (Heavy Rail)
Mexborough was a delight. Staffed with Warm Waiting Rooms and Toilets.
Also, uniquely(?) A Inhabited FISH TANK in one if those Waiting Rooms!
Bentley
Adwick
Conisborough
Mexborough
Rotherham Central (Heavy Rail)
Mexborough was a delight. Staffed with Warm Waiting Rooms and Toilets.
Also, uniquely(?) A Inhabited FISH TANK in one if those Waiting Rooms!
A trip to Hull and Scarborough. 29 Northern trains, all on time bar a minute or two.
09 Jan 2024
Goole
Gilberdyke
Brough
Ferriby
Hessle
Hull
10 Jan 2024
Nafferton
Hutton Cranswick
Bridlington
Cottingham
Driffield
Beverley
Seamer
Bempton
Filey
Hunmanby
Scarborough
11 Jan 2024
Arram
Saltmarshe
Broomfleet
Thorne South
Lincoln
09 Jan 2024
Goole
Gilberdyke
Brough
Ferriby
Hessle
Hull
10 Jan 2024
Nafferton
Hutton Cranswick
Bridlington
Cottingham
Driffield
Beverley
Seamer
Bempton
Filey
Hunmanby
Scarborough
11 Jan 2024
Arram
Saltmarshe
Broomfleet
Thorne South
Lincoln
birchesgreen
Established Member
13/1
Chirk
Chirk
DaventryRabbit
Member
Saturday 13th January
A simple,fairly Local one to pick off..
Watford North
A simple,fairly Local one to pick off..
Watford North
lrailadventure
Member
11th Jan:
Marske (307), Longbeck (308), Redcar East (309), Redcar Central (310), South Bank (311), Middlesbrough (312), Eaglescliffe (313), Allens West (314), Dinsdale (315)
Marske (307), Longbeck (308), Redcar East (309), Redcar Central (310), South Bank (311), Middlesbrough (312), Eaglescliffe (313), Allens West (314), Dinsdale (315)
AviationFR
Member
First new one of the year was a simple one on my way back from airport
3rd January
Woolwich
3rd January
Woolwich
miklcct
On Moderation
National Rail
268 Purley Oaks 2024-01-14
269 New Malden 2024-01-16
In addition I visited Austria on 2024-01-13 and used the following stations:
ÖBB: Flughafen Wien, Wien Praterstern, Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, Kirchberg am Wagram, Wien Heiligenstadt, Wien Mitte
U-Bahn Wien: Praterstern, Schottentor, Heiligenstadt, Landstraße
268 Purley Oaks 2024-01-14
269 New Malden 2024-01-16
In addition I visited Austria on 2024-01-13 and used the following stations:
ÖBB: Flughafen Wien, Wien Praterstern, Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, Kirchberg am Wagram, Wien Heiligenstadt, Wien Mitte
U-Bahn Wien: Praterstern, Schottentor, Heiligenstadt, Landstraße
gabrielhj07
Member
19JAN2024
Longbridge
Northfield
King's Norton
Bournville
Selly Oak
Five Ways
Longbridge
Northfield
King's Norton
Bournville
Selly Oak
Five Ways
DaventryRabbit
Member
Saturday 20th January
Garston (Herts)
Garston (Herts)
lrailadventure
Member
24th January
Headbolt Lane
Rainford
Upholland
Orrell
Pemberton
Ince (Manchester)
birchesgreen
Established Member
27/1
Wrenbury
Wrenbury
27/01
Elgin
Dingwall
Muir of Ord
Elgin
Dingwall
Muir of Ord
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Kite159
Veteran Member
27/1:
East Linton
Reasonably busy as well
East Linton
Reasonably busy as well
mm333
Member
11 new stations ticked off in January - not bad for a month for where one is waiting on cold/windy/wet platforms!
On the way back from seeing family in Worksop, I did Kiveton Park and Kiveton Bridge. So I now only have Woodhouse and the outlier of Saxilby left to do before I've ticked off the Sheffield-Lincoln line.
And then thanks to a Northern complimentary ticket, I was able to tick off Hapton, Huncoat, Clitheroe, Church & Oswaldtwistle, Whalley, Rishton, Langho and Ramsgreave & Wilpshire. And then I made a short detour to do Smithy Bridge, so there's just Moston and Castleton left to do between Halifax and Manchester Victoria.
471 done.
On the way back from seeing family in Worksop, I did Kiveton Park and Kiveton Bridge. So I now only have Woodhouse and the outlier of Saxilby left to do before I've ticked off the Sheffield-Lincoln line.
And then thanks to a Northern complimentary ticket, I was able to tick off Hapton, Huncoat, Clitheroe, Church & Oswaldtwistle, Whalley, Rishton, Langho and Ramsgreave & Wilpshire. And then I made a short detour to do Smithy Bridge, so there's just Moston and Castleton left to do between Halifax and Manchester Victoria.
471 done.
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DaventryRabbit
Member
Saturday 27th January
Somerleyton
Brundall
Brundall Gardens
All post the LSL Railtour Arrival into Norwich.
Somerleyton
Brundall
Brundall Gardens
All post the LSL Railtour Arrival into Norwich.
28/01
Aviemore
Dunkeld & Birnam
Aviemore
Dunkeld & Birnam
DaventryRabbit
Member
Back again for more on the Wherry lines, in between the Norwich - Sheringham - Norwich and Great Yarmouth - Crewe Legs of the LSL Tour....
Cantley
Buckenham
Berney Arms
Lingwood
Cantley
Buckenham
Berney Arms
Lingwood
D841 Roebuck
Established Member
31/01/2024
Realised that my cheapo "Avanti Avoidance" Crewe to Euston return allows Break of Journey on the return bit, so celebrated by stopping and having half an hour's fester at Cheddington, which is a pleasant enough spot to watch trains go by, but possibly better in summer...
Realised that my cheapo "Avanti Avoidance" Crewe to Euston return allows Break of Journey on the return bit, so celebrated by stopping and having half an hour's fester at Cheddington, which is a pleasant enough spot to watch trains go by, but possibly better in summer...
D841 Roebuck
Established Member
06/02/2024
Berkhamsted
Tring
Berkhamsted Castle is well worth a visit, and seems popular with moles, judging by the modern earthworks amidst the old ones. Tring is very early-seventies in design, but looks to be well looked after by the local staff. Both good for train watching, and Berkhamsted has loos and a coffee/snack emporium.
Berkhamsted
Tring
Berkhamsted Castle is well worth a visit, and seems popular with moles, judging by the modern earthworks amidst the old ones. Tring is very early-seventies in design, but looks to be well looked after by the local staff. Both good for train watching, and Berkhamsted has loos and a coffee/snack emporium.
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DaventryRabbit
Member
Saturday 10th Feb
South Eastern
Ladywell
Catford Bridge
Lower Sydenham
New Beckenham
Clock House
Eden Park
West Wickham
Tramlink
Woodside
Addiscombe
Harrington Road
Coombe Lane
Gravel Hill
Addington Village
Had to abandon the next 3 along the New Addington Line due to time constraints and the weather starting to close in a bit!
South Eastern
Ladywell
Catford Bridge
Lower Sydenham
New Beckenham
Clock House
Eden Park
West Wickham
Tramlink
Woodside
Addiscombe
Harrington Road
Coombe Lane
Gravel Hill
Addington Village
Had to abandon the next 3 along the New Addington Line due to time constraints and the weather starting to close in a bit!
DaventryRabbit
Member
Saturday 10th Feb
South Eastern
Ladywell
Catford Bridge
Lower Sydenham
New Beckenham
Clock House
Eden Park
West Wickham
Tramlink
Woodside
Addiscombe
Harrington Road
Coombe Lane
Gravel Hill
Addington Village
Had to abandon the next 3 along the New Addington Line due to time constraints and the weather starting to close in a bit!
South Eastern
Ladywell
Catford Bridge
Lower Sydenham
New Beckenham
Clock House
Eden Park
West Wickham
Tramlink
Woodside
Addiscombe
Harrington Road
Coombe Lane
Gravel Hill
Addington Village
Had to abandon the next 3 along the New Addington Line due to time constraints and the weather starting to close in a bit!
DaventryRabbit
Member
Seems to have appeared twice for some reason