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I was just thinking the same thing.

Andy this is hilarious

Gonna ask my friend to check tommorow... is the legend true?

As the Beatles sang... Let it Beep

Please wait

It's connected to the one at Coombe Junction...

Oh my god, so that Mercedes is yours?

After a couple of months, they took an axe to it and then burnt down the whole station for good measure. Didn't you see it on the news?

@@beeble2003 That’s bullshit sir

@@acnhsasha3085 it's a joke sir

he hears a bleep and thinks, OK this means something

What do I do?

ah that was Lynn! she was brilliant yes. sry we missed you!

Geoff Marshall fancy making a return trip today? I’m working that train today! 😂

Is it still beeping?

Geoff will you make a series called "Quiet Stations" and here's my list I've got:Anderston,Glasgow Central LL,Argyle Street,Bridgeton,Dalmarnock,Carfin,Kildonan,Drumchapel,Altnabreac and Newton.

They will probably change it to "Your call is important to us. Please Hold" (followed by several minutes of classical music, then repeat "Your call...etc.")

you are EVERYWHERE. EVEN ON SOME RANDOM VIDEO ABOUT SOME PLACE IN NORTHEN SCOTLAND. NO MATTER WHERE I GO I FIND YOU. WTF?!

Help me, Obi-Wan Marshall. You're my only hope.

The rural stations only got departure boards in the last 6 months or so, are white ones maybe the latest kit?

I've traveled a fair bit on rural Scottish lines recently and I've seen them at quite a few stations.

There are quite a few on suburban lines in SE London. Crayford has both a white and a yellow one on platform 1.

Those ones are brand new, the stations that have had them slightly longer have orange LEDS.

White seems to be all the rage. Look at all new station signs and bus signs in the US, all white LEDs now, used to be orange.

Which uni?

Whereas I would have to take the Coastal-Pacific from Christchurch to Picton, Inter-Islander ferry to Wellington then Northern Explorer to Auckland, followed by a 25hr flight between Auckland & London Heathrow. Then Heathrow to Reading, Reading to Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton to Edinburgh, Edinburgh to Perth, Perth to Inverness and finally Inverness to Scotscalder. Only problem is first train from Christchurch to Picton doesn't leave until 27 Sept... Departing at 7.00am on Friday 27th Sept I would arrive at 9.59pm Tuesday 1st Oct, a minute short of 111 hours 27 Sept Christchurch Dept 7.00am. Arr Picton 1.15pm (6h 15 min) Trans-Coastal train Picton Dept 2.15pm. Arr Wellington 5.45pm (3h 30min) Inter-Islander Ferry 28 Sept - no train - only runs every other day. 29 Sept Wellington Dept 7.55am. Arr Auckland (Strand) 7.58pm (12h 03min) Northern Explorer Auckland (Britomart) Dept 7.13pm. Arr Auckland International Airport 7.58pm (0h 45min - traffic permitting!) SkyBus Auckland International Airport Dept 10.45pm. 30 Sept Arr London Heathrow 11.45am (25h 00min) Air New Zealand flight NZ002 via Los Angeles 1 Oct Heathrow Central Bus Station Dept 06.40am. Arr Reading (Bus) 07.39am (0h 59min) Great Western Railway Reading Station Dept 08.15am. Arr Wolverhampton 10.13am (1h 58min) Cross Country Wolverhampton Dept 10.37am. Arr Edinburgh 2.17pm (3h 20min) Virgin Trains Edinburgh Dept 2.37pm. Arr Perth 3.55pm (1h 18min) Scotrail Perth Dept 4.17pm. Arr Inverness 6.26pm (2h 09min) Scotrail Inverness Dept 6.31pm. Arr Scotscalder 9.59pm (3h 28min) Scotrail

Stirling.

@@davidcollins9512 wow, that's insane

I once did Glasgow to Thurso and back in a day. 9 hours there and back ha . Btw it's not sterling but Stirling

David Collins probably easier for you to get sleeper from London to inverness

Least used scottish station by Ned?

Least used Scottish station by fleeto

Perhaps that says something about some of the people in Southampton.

@@boldford Oof. But you're right. Southampton is a hole.

@@SoulSilverIV I've been to far far worse places. P.S. Wasn't your trip "down" then "up" the Far North line?

@@boldford Brian, you are technically correct. The best kind of correct!

The station sign has been restored and was put back in place in mid July 2019.

But 2 CCTV cameras that record to where? Maybe in the house, or via wifi/ethernet Obviously a well known trouble hot spot lol

Not the original clock. The original clock was sent away to Aberdeen for repair about ten years ago and was “mislaid” and remains official missing despite Police enquiries. There is a similar clock outside the old station house at Lairg which some say is the original Scotscalder clock. The CCTV cameras were installed only last year and record video on to a DVD in a nearby cabinet. The DVD is replaced weekly by ScotRail maintenance staff.

Martin Swain A DVD? Not even a hard drive or USB, but a damn DVD?

Yes apparently so, and I am told by people who live at the station and have looked at stills from the videos, that picture quality is so bad that you can only just about make out the white line along the edge the platform.

Leo Starrenburg which unfortunately Geoff never mentioned..

So you can watch the years go by!!!!

Last information I saw was that construction will be complete in September, followed by training , etc.

@@Brian3989 ok cool

There was an Excel spreadsheet somewhere on Geoff's website detailing exactly those things, with points awarded for facilities (or lack of). I should know, because I originally drew it up with him during the Least Used Buckinghamshire video!

He probably will - right after he has done the Isle of Wight

Nope, the train never stops in-line with steps. They are heavily weighted to stop them blowing away in the strong winds we get here, and you are most likely give yourself a double hernia if you try to lift them. Another big bad ScotRail joke.

No, Kyle line has separate train service, all services on Far North line go to Inverness. I think a long while ago some trains divided at Dingwall, but modern day trains mean that is harder to do. Thats the reason trains no longer divide at Georgemas Junction for Thurso/Wick, but run to Thurso, then back through Georgemas to Wick northbound, and vice versa southbound

Spikey Mike companies often built infrastructure for double tracks as a just in case, but I'm guessing this station once had a loop?

me too now that I've noticed i mean like... I'd understand if this was a few KM outside of a big city but really.

Like most stations on the Far North Line, originally there was a passing loop, two platforms and a goods siding.

Disused platform edge 7:33 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pRx6pCpaLXg.html

KbT Red, I'm pretty sure that's facing the direction the train will be travelling, and is the same side on which he'll be boarding.

Maybe when you press the button at one, the phone rings at the other. That's why it takes so long to answer.

Units are allocated to individual depots, and often to particular services operated by that depot. The Far North Line only needs three or four units to operate, so the chances that you all had the same unit are not that unlikely.

so noone spoilers the answer

156s are not much older than 158s, and have bigger windows to admire the view.

Elton John song!

Geoff is the Queen!?!

Not so. There wasn't any small of fresh paint.

have a look at my map at: geofftech.co.uk/download/LeastUsedStations.pdf it shows the 10 least used stations in Scotland ... Kildonan is the next least used down the line.

@@geofftech2 ah yeah my bad but did you see in the most recent statistics Scotscalder ended up tied with Altnabreac

Off the top of my head, I can only think of Berwick, Bute, Roxburgh, Kinross and Kirkcudbright.....and possibly Banff as well. However, the former county of Berwick will gain a station when Reston reopens next year.

Tweedbank is in Roxburghshire as a part of the Melrose. It was not in the now defunct Roxburgh district council area but was in the historic county. So both Selkirkshire and Roxburghshire have only one station soon the be joined by Berwickshire as you say. That leaves only Peeblesshire to get a station to give the borders one in each county. I suspect Roxburgh is more likely to leave the single station county list before then. @@penninetrains1398

Having done a little research, I see that Keith is located in the former county of Banff.

@@penninetrains1398 what about Orkney and Zetland?