Reddish South has an interesting history. Reddish South was opened when the line between Stockport and Guide Bridge was completed by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway in October 1845. It was taken over by the London and North Western following a merger between the two in 1846. It used to get way more service as it catered for the LNWR mainline services between Manchester and Leeds for more than five decades, as regular Monday to Saturday hourly services would stop there. However, express traffic was drastically reduced in the 1890s when they were redirected to what's now Manchester Piccadilly. It remained a stop for local traffic, but overtime, the station was run to the ground as cross-country branches were seen as unfeasible. The original station building was demolished, engine shed removed, and even the sidings. There was hope in 2006 in regards to the station as Grand Central proposed a service from Bradford Interchange to Euston via Huddersfield that would've used the line, but Virgin being Virgin, Virgin Trains blocked it from happening because of its protection clause as the service would've used the West Coast Main Line as well which they didn't like.
Metrolink fun fact: Their rolling stock is the Bombardier M5000. Built solely for them in Bautzen, Germany and tested in Vienna, Austria. The Metrolink system is the only tram network in the United Kingdom capable of running vehicles in multiple and subsequently the M5000s can operate as either a single vehicle or coupled together to form a "double" unit. They're a part of the Flexity Swift family. In April 2007, eight Bombardier Flexity Swift trams were ordered by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive for Metrolink. These were intended to supplement the existing T-68/T-68A fleet (this fleet has since retired in 2014) and increase capacity on the Bury-Altrincham line, which was suffering from overcrowding. Based on the K5000 design used in Cologne and Bonn, these were designated the M5000. They currently have 147 of them as time went on as the system expanded and a bigger capacity was needed.
I was gonna say "Reddish South only gets one train in each direction on a Saturday." but Jen has the plan! Great video! Blackpool North - Blackpool South is another topic for a pointless journey in the north, same with Rochdale (National Rail) to Rochdale Railway Station (Metrolink), Bradford Interchange to Bradford Forster Square and Birmingham New Street to Birmingham Snow Hill/Birmingham Moor Street.
The ultimate crossover would be to do a pointless journey where you both take different routes and do it in a proper JenOnTheMove style race! Really enjoyed this video though, nice to see some guests being brought into this series!
Oh wow, Reddish South really needs a bit of TLC. They've shortened one platform, let the other turn into an overgrown mess, and even cut down the platform street lights!
Absolutely brilliant 👍 I wonder how many times Jen could have walked between Reddish South and Reddish North and back in the time it took to make this journey 4:42 for a brief second I thought you were planning to catch a plane to Reddish North. Now that really would have been epic 😂
Another idea is going between any of the three west hampstead stations.West Hampstead overground to West Hampstead Thameslink is probably the hardest one
If I plug it into fastjp and tell it to avoid the "walk" mode, It tells me to take the Overground to Highbury and Islington, the Tube to St Pancras and finally Thameslink to West Hampstead Thameslink. Takes less than an hour. If I also tell it to avoid "tube" and "transfer" then it fails to find any itineraries. Manually trying to find a rail-only route, it looks like you could do West Hampstead to Stratford to Farringdon to West Hampstead Thameslink. Putting in Stratford as a via point to fastjp it gives me a time of just under an hour and a half.
Enjoyed this one, and with added @JenOnTheMove too! TPE of course had to pull a TPE didn't they? Even using the potentially quickest routes (either Reddish South > Stockport > Man Picc > Reddish North or Reddish South > Stalyvegas > Man Picc > Reddish North) - walking would still be quicker, as would the 203 bus between both too.
yyup i get a 156 to newcastle to get to school every day. They're really loud... Sometimes it's a 158 instead which is nicer, and a lot quieter, but also a lot rarer.
Very amusing thanks - it may have been quicker to have gone via Sheffield! You say "I like ticket offices" but do you actually use them? I once saw you toss a coin on your mobile phone - using electricity do do so, whereas tossing a real coin is more environmentally friendly I suspect. Nonetheless I love your style and you will go far, young man!!
I feel like the Stockport to Stalybridge line should be converted into Metrolink and connect with and existing tram line and would boost connections and ridership for the line with a more frequent service and more connections that weren't previously available
After due consideration, no. A very useful TRAIN route especially for freight and excursions. Would be nice to restore a service such as Stalybridge to Wilmslow/Crewe a few times per day. I don't think even on a "provide it and they will come" basis, it would generate sufficient traffic to warrant a "rip it up and put tram tracks down" scheme.
You're corrupting me. Today I had to get home from Warrington. The easy way would have been to get the train from WBQ to WGN and call somebody to give me a lift back from there; but I thought nah, I'll go to Warrington Central instead and see how many trains I need to get home via Manchester. It only took 3 trains in the end, but surprised me by finishing at our local station (which I had thought was currently closed due to maintenance further up the line). And I was briefly on the same route as one of the trains you took in this video.
Nicely done, except that changing at Altrincham might have saved the plan, by virtue of a footbridge. Is Reddish South still served by a Paliamentary Train? \m/
Nick I do have a question why do you cut out the locomotives of the 2 freight trains you saw? Also I do somewhat question your route. A more fun or interesting route would've been Reddish South-Stockport Stockport-New Mills Newtown New Mills Newtown-New Mills Central (walk) New Mills Central-Reddish North
Great idea to have a collaboration with Jen. Almost a new series, pointless journeys featuring........ Geoff Marshall's "northern correspondent" Karl must be a good candidate.
i love this but jen coming back with a starbucks will never sit right with me… (part 2 of asking for westhoughton-daisy hill as a pointless journey idea)
Try this next time: First part with rail ticket: Reddish South - Stockport (Northern) Stockport - New Mills New Town (Northern) Now best part, You can travel with Derbyshire Wayfarer ticket: New Mills NewTown - Buxton (continue same train as before) Buxton - Matlock (bus) Matlock - Derby (EMR) Derby - Sheffield (EMR/XC) Sheffield - New Mills Central (Northern) Back to NR tickets: New Mills - Reddish North (continue with same train) Enjoy Peak District views while traveling ;)
You can go to Stratford east London which you can no fewer then 4 pointless journeys which you can start on the DLR high and low level platforms, central and jubilee lines, GA Liverpool Street and Tottenham Hale then overground to the elizabeth lines just only using the low speed station. Or on the high speed station Stratford international high speed to Stratford international DLR.
I don't think there are any passenger trains from Stockport to Victoria, though some empty coaching stock runs do seem to be going that way at the moment (possiblly partly due to the recent accident)
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! JEN AND NICK!?!?!!? IN THE SAME VIDEO!!!!!!!!?!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAASSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YALL ARE SO AMAZING!
Ermmmm why on earth does the Northern train voice say ‘The next station stop is…’ Surely it would make more sense to say ‘The next station is…’ or ‘The next stop is…’
Another pointless journey is from penge west to penge east. 1. Penge west to surrey quays. 2. Surrey quays to new cross. 3. New cross to Lewisham. 4. Lewisham to nunhead. 5. Nunhead to shortlands. 6. Shortlands to penge east
jen, nick there is nothing wrong with class 150, they are good old classic units that work, and about the new units they are not good they are just new for a bid then they are just normal units, i did like watching you both but the more you crises good units the less i watch
