Liverpool Lime Street High Level to Low Level - Pointless Journeys 

I know its the point of the video and I enjoy this premise, but it is amusing how you walk a longer journey in Warrington than you would have had to if you just walked from high level to low level in Liverpool

Pointless Journeys is an excellent concept you’ve established yourself doing and should be yours. Stick at it!

Great video, but you could've done that so much easier by just getting the train to Chester and Merseyrail from there

Brilliant video nick. You should do Newark Castle to Newark Northgate as it's only a 10 minute walk between them and about 2 journey all around via Peterborough

Glasgow Q st high level to low level could be a twin video to this one.. a good video Nick keep it up!

You should do Burscough Junction to Burscough Bridge. It’s about a 15 minute walk but would take ridiculously long on train. Two ways to go, via Southport and Sandhills or Wigan and Preston. But no walking between the wigan stations!

One challenge Nick you could undertake is which is the quickest way to interchange from Lime Street to Liverpool Central Northern Line. Is it through using the Wirral Line to Central and then a myriad of escalators/lifts to the Northern Line or walking on street level. Could be interesting to see which works out quickest as the result maybe closer than you might imagine.

5:50 “this“ just legendary

5:48 I died from laughter at this scene 🤣

Wait.. I've actually done this exact journey before 🤣 Maybe it isn't so pointless after all! Great video nick :)

Hi Nick that was another great video and I really enjoyed the journey you made on the different trains.

5:51 this

This video makes me miss Liverpool. Was there over Christmas where I caught an horrible cold and there was a train strike. I was not able to go to Manchester but I was able to go to Chester on the Mersey Train.

growing up in liverpool in the late 80s early 90s zone tickets where the bomb 55p (80;s) and you could travel all over merseyside with them including buses trains and ferries never thought id be on a train trip that was longer than hunts cross to southport. but then i got older ha ha ha living in warrington now (until i seen these videos) i only thought there was 5 stations in the area keep up the good work nick

Really enjoyed that Nick, great video.

There's quite a few permutations, via Liverpool South Parkway, Southport, Chester 😊

I made a similar journey once, but going from Lime Street Underground, to the main line station. I had come in from Colwyn Bay, and changed at Chester, to get to a job interview with the National Trust. When I walked back to Airport Parkway I took the mainline to Lime Street, and changed back to the underground, for the Chester train.

awesome pointless journey i really enjoy this series and nice to see a Northern class 331 on the Liverpool to Manchester via Newton Le Willows service keep up the awesome work

That freight train at 3:30 at WBQ always makes me laugh. Someone has tagged on one of the hoppers "They see me rollin', we freighting' "

Amazing content. You are your channel are so underrated so that I must give my likes and subscribe. Keep up the amazing content! ❤

Here's a few in Scotland: Paisley Gilmour Street to Paisley Canal - about a 10 minute walk between the two - an advantage is that because it goes through Glasgow Central you can use a break of journey there. Can even get a season ticket for it 🤣. Opportunities for video of the train depots at Corkerhill & Shields Depot. Glasgow Central Low Level to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level - another 10 minute walk, you can switch at Partick or Hyndland to achieve this. Could probably make it even longer doing a high/low combination or both high stations. Falkirk High to Falkirk Grahamston Helensburgh Central to Helensburgh Upper Coatbridge Sunnyside to Coatbridge Central

What a great idea for a video you have just got your self a new subscriber

Nice video. Did something similarly pointless last weekend in Oslo, running the Ring line of the metro all around from one stop :) From Nationaltheatre to Storgata all around :)

Most relatable moment was seeing the TfW train which was absolutely caked in dirt outside. Usually I want to wash my hands after I leave a train, with TfW I want to wash my hands after I board :D

The "This" part of the video was a gem as it made me think of eighties and nineties pop videos Where the singer would start the chorus or refrain with "This"...

Another entertaining video 🙂

These journeys are so fun! Where I live we don’t have that much rail, I got excited when I found out we are getting electric buses next year 😂

5:51 this is a certified *THIS* moment

great video!

Brilliant video Nick. Northern 156's with Northern seats! That must mean the are going to get rid of all EMR identity on the ones that were with EMR at some point.

Very intresting and well made,Just found your channel and subsrcribed, best wieshes forn Brazil!

Another enjoyable video. Tamworth next please.

No idea if it'd be interesting but would love to see my home town featured. Wigan Wallgate to Wigan North Western

There are a couple of stations in Newark on the ECML and Sheffield to Lincoln line. Like 5 mins walk between the 2 stations but hours by train lol. Now try taking the train between the 2 stations in Warrington!

A difficult one, Manors T&W metro to Manors national rail! Try that journey. Also, why not do Warrington Bank Quay to Warrington Central?!

Helensburgh Upper to Helensburgh Central via Caledonian Sleeper, West Coast Main Line, Argyle Line and North Clyde Line (bonus points for extra loop via Edinburgh: Glasgow Central to Edinburgh via Shotts, then Edinburgh to Helensburgh)

Transport for wales 158 to Llandudno is like rare but I think you should find some abandoned railways in north wales because you are great at explaining these

kool vid

Need to buy a gimbal my son....bit Shakey Stevens ☺️👍....still made me laugh 😄

Good video found it well funny with how long it took do you reckon you could do Canterbury east to Canterbury west it’s around a 20 min walk and they both aren’t connected by train

Brilliant video, hope you used a saveaway?

Other ideas for Pointless Journeys by National Rail: Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog (a half-hour bus ride) the long way round via Shrewsbury and Llandudno Junction Glasgow Central to Queen Street (a 5-minute walk) going via Edinburgh (via Shotts/Carstairs then Falkirk) Southend Victoria to Central (a 5-10 minute walk) going via London (Romford-Upminster) Fort William to Inverness (a 2-hour bus ride) going all the way via Glasgow

Nice one! Given that Stadler trains are slowly taking over the country, would be intriguing to see how far you could go on just that one manufacturer's stock \m/

An interesting but mega Pointless Journey, which would take several days, is the maximum mileage that could be travelled on the National Rail Network without passing through the same station twice.

Good to see my local station Newton-le-Willows on here, you should deffo try and do Wigan North Western to Wigan Wallgate, both are on opposite sides of the road to each other, walkable in about a minute or even less

Thanks!

Great video, do like Newton-le-Willows station

Very pointless but a cool journey at the same time. Great video Nick!

'This' - Classic !

Another way to do it is going from like street to Hartford, walking 1 mile and half to greenbank then to Chester where you get the Mersey rail back to line street

Wouldnt it been a better journey from lime st (HL) to Chester for a short walk to the Mersey rail platform for a train to Lime street ( LL) .... 🤷‍♀️

Extend Blackpool trams to Preston Station NOW🎉

You got to come to London and see Liverpool streets new Elizabeth line station it spans two separate stations. Both ironically conected by the circle metropolitan and Hammersmith and city lines. One stop away from eachother. You can take a train trip from one station to another and still not leave the same stations

Might be fun to try this via Chester with the Halton Curve open. Would be non-pointless for disabled passengers when the lift breaks down again.

5:20 Hate the stair-ramps (stramps?) at Hunts Cross. Either commit to access and build a ramp, or don't do that and just build stairs. Now that lifts have been installed, there's even less reason for the stramps, so it just takes up so much room and makes walking up or down them awkward.

just wow

I wonder if it would be quicker to go via Chester. Its about 47 mins via Runcorn (TfW) and a further 43 mins from Chester to Lime St with the Chester connection being every 15 min, thus it can theoretically be done in 105mins (1hr 45)

A quicker way again was getting a train to Liverpool south parkway on the main line then switch to Merseyrail back to moorfields and change to the Wirral line to lime street

It'd suggest Blackpool North to Blackpool South (without Trams), but that would then involve going to Blackpool....

Have you considered doing Liverpool lime Street High level to Chester then Merseyrail from Chester to lime Street Lower level? Lovely video.

Not every train stops at hunts cross unfortunately so have to get off at the next stop , Liverpool south parkway which is a bit of a walk to the Mersey rail connection.

And who knew that a trip from Lime Street to Lime Street would include a bilingual train display on TfW?

I once lost my way from Warrington Central to Bank Quay, teach me to misread the maps on my mobile phone.

There’s the potential for Pontefract Monkhill to Pontefract Baghill via Leeds and either York or Sheffield depending on which way you go.

Monument to Monument on the Tyne and Wear Metro, you can do it using one train too.

You could do oulton broad north to oulton broad south, 15 minutes walk, 40 mins via lowestoft or 3 hours 40 mins via Norwich and Ipswich...

Warrington Central was to be electrified then be a Merseyrail terminus - scheduled for *1991.* It would behave been possible to travel from Warrington Central to Southport on the Northern Line. Thatcher got into power, hated Liverpool then cut one third of Merseyrail's plans. It has been resurrected now battery hybrid 777 trains are here. Also 777 train from Liverpool via Ellesmere Port to Warrington Bank Quay.

Suggestion: can you do a video of how you edit your videos and what you use plz?

Come to London... Willesden Junction high level (London Overground) to low level (London Overground, different line, and Bakerloo tube line) would be fun....

If you come to Birmingham there are plenty of ways to get from Birmingham Moor Street to Birmingham New Street apart from the few minutes walk. I am planning to do Moor Street, Stratford on Avon, Leamington Spa, Coventry, Nuneaton, New Street over the next month or so. A couple of years ago I got on a train to Birmingham Snow Hill but there was some problem on the line and although the guard announced ticket acceptance on the buses, I ran down the stairs at Smethwick Galton Bridge station and got a train into Birmingham New Street and a tram to the Town Hall and was only 4 minutes late for my meeting.

That's 3 half hours out of Liverpool good use of time

You should do Hertford east to Hertford north. About ten minute walk from each station. But by train you you would have to go all the way into London and back out again as they are on two different lines. I may be wrong but you deffo can’t go between the two stations.

Kinda mad how you see a place where you’ve been irl in a yt video 2 years later

Could you give us more information on the City Line from Lime street please, ? its hardly ever mentioned. Newton le willows is that the home of singer Rick Ashely?

A great pointless journey would be Warrington Central to Warrington Bank Quay via Hunts Cross, Moorfields, Liverpool Lime Str and Newton le Willows. Oh, hang on.

You should try do Liverpool south parkway. That has two different platforms

Great using MerseyRail when those tossers on the top are on strike though, and cheaper and more regular.

Gainsborough town to Gainsborough central can only be done on a Saturday

First I thought the concept was changing levels in a station by using different trains on same level platforms and therefore not having to use stairs. Nevertheless enjoyed the video ;)

When it's built again so Bank quay high to low only when it's built

I went looking for other pointless journeys and found two in West Yorkshire Pontefract Baghill - Pontefract Monkhill/Tadshelf South Elmsall - Moorthorpe It's possible to do both on the same day, but only if you start at 8am

You should do Glasgow Central to Glasgow Queen Street

Sorry Nick wasn't that a 150 not a 156, great videos keep them coming.

How about kings cross to st Pancras? Also whilst down there you can do waterloo to waterloo east

1:22 Ah yes, the good old Northern Civity glitch where Trisha announces every station starting with W much louder. When is Northern going to fix that? 😂😂

Wigan North Western to Wigan Wallgate might be a good one. You might bump into GLovesTrains too.

Have you done Grimsby to Hull by train ? There is no rail line over the Humber Bridge, so you have to go all the way via Doncaster

You could of done Liverpool Lime Street Upper level to Ellesmere Port via Northern which is a train that shows twice a day. Then from Ellesmere port to Liverpool Lime Street Lower level

5:50 best part. This.

Should do Chester via Halton curve and loop back to LS that way

Another way to do it with less walking but might take longer: Lime Street - Chester via Runcorn - Lime Street

Could you get a train from Bank Quay to Warrington Central?

Hi Nick, are you going to try the Class 777's when they start on the Kirkby line next Monday?

It’s so silly how we have to walk 20min between stations in Warrington, how in the 21st century do we not have a train connecting both

Windsor Central to Windsor Riverside

Video idea: Wigan Wallgate to Wigan North Western

Other pointless journey suggestions: - Enfield Chase to Enfield Town or Enfield Lock - Wembley Central to Wembley Park - Watford (Metropolitan Line) to Watford High Street - St Albans to St Albans Abbey

You should have done Liverpool Lime Street to Newton-le-willows then Newton-le-willows to Chester then Chester to Liverpool lime Street lower level

5:50 'This'

How many train tickets did you need to do this? In 10 days time I will be doing my own Pointless journey (of sorts). Visiting every Vienna U Bahn station in a single day