Ashley Down Station - the first ever train! 

Oh my God you are fast Jen!!

Always enjoy an opening video. Glad to see you didn’t get stuck in the lift. Going to watch Riku’s perspective. 🙂

I always love your banter Jen

I'd rather have more cookie-cutter stations (and a four train per hour minimum for trains coming out of cities - and every City in the UK to get a metro mayor who took over the local trains and busses) than a few poncy looking stations in places where rich people live. The one thing I really dislike about that station though is the waiting shelter. Is there someone working for Network Rail who has a "we must make sure a homeless person can not sleep on the bench" remit? The seats, if you can call them that, are half a buttock wide. They look like they would be freezing cold in the winter. If there is one train per hour (which there should not be) you have to be able to stay in the shelter for an hour and not get into trouble from the weather. Just make a four sided shed, that bolts onto the lift with proper seats and a space for wheelchair users and prams to wait. They spent enough money on the fences. And they spent enough money on the bridge and the stairs. But they put a couple of bus shelters on the platforms, instead of actual waiting rooms.

I love blue haired Jen 💙

Costa Coffee is my happy place.

Why is Ashley down? She seems nice. I hope she feels better soon!

Jen’s posted…now all the other transport RU-vidrs can post! 😉😆 The hair is mellowing into a gorgeous color! Can’t wait to see what’s next for your coiffure!

cant belive we have to wait 6 months for your voyager video!!!

I always amazes me how quickly you edit and upload these! Well done

Very lovely meeting you today Jen

Great video Jen 😊

Nice girl, Ashley Down! She used to knock around with that Miles Platting fella 😉

Nice to see you at the new Ashley Down railway station. Apparently the new station is located not too far from Bristol Rovers FC Memorial Stadium that would make it easier for travelling away fans to get to Bristol Rovers who they play in League One. But overall it’s quite a nice new station in North Bristol.

I was there in July for the cricket. Sadly too late for me. Did contemplate coming along today, figured you'd be there :)

Always good to see a new station - it’s a shame that there is a lack of decent seating and shelter though

It's a platform of two stations 😀

"The risk of Voyager is far too high." I feel that, Jen, I live near a line between Leeds and Doncaster and the amount of Voyagers I see is awful :(

It's first service was barely 6 hours ago. Well played getting the video out

Great video Jen. As usual! Around 9:30 you spoke with someone who was also filming. Is he on RU-vid? I’m always looking to subscribe to new channels. Thanks. 👍

I knew you would post before me, I’m still editing lol 😂 So nice to see you all today ❤

Enjoyable video as usual Jen! Maybe GWR have heard you constantly say their ticket machines are rubbish and finally done something about it!

Hopefully see you in Northumberland!

Great to see that station you forgot finally opened and a entertaining video to watch. Would had loved to be there but sadly it clashed with other events. Hopefully will be there for Ashington on Opening day.

GWR could have kept links between the Severn Beach line and Ashley Down far more affordable than what they decided to, in order to encourage people taking the train.

Voyagers are OK when they are run as double sets of 8 or 10 carriages. It should be illegal to run them as single sets though.

I was thinking the same Jen, it does come on par with Hyde Central but Hyde does get bonus points for no cross country voyager's 🤔🤣

Jen back back again welcome back

Thanks for coming Jen Ever so quick to upload.

Great video Jen! Just looking at the timetable, why is the first train to Bristol at 7:50? That seems so late in the day!? Should get 2tph to Bristol at least in my opinion, plus an early service so people can commute to Bristol and beyond! Well - it's better than no station I guess!!

The new Ashley Down railway station will be ideal for travelling football fans travelling to Bristol Rovers Memorial Stadium. Perhaps GWR and Network Rail should consider reopening the former Portishead line with new railway stations added. Also Great Western Railway are to inherit the Class 175 Coradia trains from TfW.

"Travel documents" - now that is comical

Great video Jen! Nice to see Abby. Excellent camera work from your glamorous assistant. 👍🙂

What is the correlation between Jen and voyagers?

Brilliant video, and well done for editing so quickly 👍

It was so random seing you in the lounge toilets!

will there be a 323 farewell tour video? i must know!

I love the banter and teasing on the return trip. Fun with loving friends

Hi Jen, You're looking well, good report on Ashley Down, GWR's newest local station. Great to see so many rail fans and vlog makers attending what seems to have become traditional "first train call" events. There will soon be some others to attend when the new Cambridge-Oxford line becomes operational. No doubt you'll be attending at that time as it's an important event because it's a re-instatement of the Varsity Line. Nice to see you out and about again. Take care, Jon B.

Is there an Ashley Up station too. Lift not working in the first day. At least East Linton had the grace to wait a week to put the lifts out of service. Covered walkways, that is better than our basic ones in Scotland

Perfectly timed to open for the cricket tomorrow. Though it will probably be rained off. Yes , agree it looks dull and rhe thought of just missing a train and waiting an hour there fills me with dread.

Henbury - or, as it was rechristened after Jen visited it - Jenbury!

Very enjoyable vlog, Jen and loving the blue hair, be well x

Yay!😊

Great to see Abby! Good mini overview of what is a pretty generic station.

Ah yes, we recall the legend of the Leven Lift Jammer \m/

Travel documents did they take that announcements from British Airways

I see they have omitted to have a ticket office, hopefully the guard can sell tickets that are not available on machines.

That coffee isn't working very well, Jen!- - Was Nick and co on another pointless journey?

Thanks for that video, Jen

Jen first past the post again! well done.

Brilliant video Jen, nice to see Ashley Down has got a station again where the old one used to be. Nice to see you didn't get stuck in the lift lol. Don't get me started on 2 car trains, they get very crowded. And yes lets have all the voyagers scrapped except for 220 005 lol.

Ashley Down looks amazing brilliant vlog

Nice and Fast Video Jen!

Identi kit station 🚉

Fast trains would may pass through this station at off-peak and peak hours only not stopping at this station

Was not expecting an Ashley down video today! So fast 🎉

Jen you won the race. got the video out first.

My name is ashley

I remember the original Ashley Down station from my train spotting days in the 1950s. The site has had a checkered history - originally a station with just 2 tracks and platforms, then expanded to 4 tracks and platforms when the Severn Tunnel was opened. In my youth there was just an hourly service (to Severn Beach via Pilning Low Level). Bristol then chose to ignore suburban trains and it was one of many around the city closed down. The tracks were reduced from 4 to 2, then in the 21st century the road traffic around Bristol became ridiculous and the 2 tracks could not cope with the rail traffic so back to 4 tracks and Ashley Down revives from the dead!

It's not yet showing up on National Rail route planner! And google maps tells you to get the bus to there!

poorashley why is she down. lol

9:52 - I was at Cameron Bridge this weekend. I regret to report that the lift is still dodgy after three months.

Great video Jen. love the way they are opening new stations but I don't like that they all look the same.

Will you be in Belfast for the opening of Grand Central?

Trains Station 🚉

Amazing video i really enjoyed meeting you that day 😁

Good video!!!! You deserved that Costa :)

11:37 why do you hate voyagers so much

Excellent. I'm in there at 6:15.

Who was that who has "had a haircut" at 4:18. He's too small to see (might be Nick Badley or David Frankal, but I can't tell).

Good to see the camaraderie!

I like the hair. Did you complete the welsh thing? I think I must have missed a bit

Anyone else think it sounds like a girl's name? Ashley Down.

Great to see u on Plat 2 :3

I was on board that!!

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Brilliant 👍