East Linton Station is Now Open! 

Yes, I hope we can see more of this double act!

The double arrow wasn't around in the 1950s.

"Sanctify" is a funny way of spelling "ruin" 🤔😜

I love Scotland but bagpipes always sound terrible

Ridiculous. Bagpipes sound AMAZING always!!

@@Nooticus Personally I really like bagpipes and I'm not even Scottish lol. I understand that it's not everybody's cup of tea though and that's okay. Live and let life haha

@@ListenToGlobal AGREED!

WEST Linton, maybe 30 miles away, has a similar number of residents and used to have a Station on the line to Peebles. It also had branch to Dolphinton where there were two stations (pop. today 122 ish)

Same here in Oxfordshire.... Wantage Road station between Didcot and Swindon closed in 1964 the same year as East Linton. Despite massive new housing in the area leading to heavily congested roads and a 48yr campaign to reopen the station nothing ever gets done, it's not even on the radar☹ Like East Linton we are also on a main line [London-Bristol] and have the extra advantage of 4 tracks [2 main/2 relief] which could accommodate stopping services + also on a main road/bus route. A new station here would be a no brainer....sadly all that happens is the can gets kicked further down the road. People in Scotland are so lucky to have these new stations....to us it's but a pipedream.

​@@geoffcorker6882Same for Corsham, near Bath. Can't have their station back because stopping for passengers messes up the timetable.

Begs the question who are the railways supposed to serve ....the general public or the operators?

That’s super kind of you, thank you!

Haddington would be on this main line, but in Victorian times when it was built and was a new modern change, they did not want it. So they suffer now from their ancestors' choice.

Oh TPE, you will not be missed.

thanks David! Great to see you too, will link to your video in my Description.

In the '50s, when wearing a hat, you would always raise it if meeting a lady. And probably remove it in the lift - even Americans used to do that!

@@philroberts7238 I was at school in the 70's and if you didn't raise your hat (cap) when appropriate it was detention or worse punishment. Also must stand up when a lady (or any teacher) enters or leaves the room.

Ramps on the platform themselves are nearly always used. Very rare to find any platform that's flush to the edge of the train door

The reason at Brent Cross West, and probably the same here, is that freight trains would crash into the platform if they did that.

The consequence of having one of the oldest loading gauges in the world. Hard to change that, and the cost and time would be humongous.

@@katrinabryce, it's also the reason for the stations on the western and eastern sections of the Elizabeth line, I believe.

If you make one station level without doing every single other one then you run the risk of wheelchair users being stuck on the train because they did not board at the correct spot for the alighting humps.

I was half expecting Brief Encounter.

@@user-bv5lc1nf5d Was thinking Brief Encounter when watching it as well.

I thought it was his funeral suit...!

yeah - if you miss the 17:42 westound ... that will be nearly a five hour wait for the next westbound! actually, i suspect you'd be quicker taking the 17:53 or 19:31 eastbound ... and coming back!

And a space of just 3 minutes on Saturday afternoons! But who knows that TPE offers cheaper advance fares?

National Rail Enquiries does indeed tell you to take the 17:53 or 19:31 eastbound and change ... but "no fares available" - so it won't give you the journey details!

Scotrail, TPE and Trainline all fail to suggest doubling back on the 17:53 or 19:31

Thank you Chris, most kind!

2024 could be even better, with about a dozen openings/re-openings in theory. It all depends upon if the Northumberland line opens in late '24 or early 2025 with its 5/6 new and reopened stations. 👍 2025 doesn't look too shabby either for new stations.

Only sad I was unavoidably busy last week

You didn't put a space in East linton on rhe machine!

oh! is that why? aaaagggh

It's ... not open yet! June 2024 is what i'm hearing though ...

@@geofftech2 ok I wasn’t sure as I stay in Falkland where parts of Outlander was filmed years ago as that’s only about 20 minutes from Leven Geoff.