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It does have a building called The Slug.

Britain's largest Tesco-and as someone who lived near it until late 2005 I should know.....

Stop hating, how's it decadence to have breakfast at Tesco Extra?

Total elitist

Don’t hate on a baller.

Love watching your videos Geoff all the way from new Zealand keep them coming cheers

100th like on this comment WOAH!

Ernest Parker thanks Ernest, lovely comment! 👍

Same

Y'see the thing is, I'm on these tablets that create pee. I don't know why, seems like a stupid idea to me but doctor knows best. Now I can quite easily hold it for the duration of a Reading to London train ride... Unless there are no toilets, at which point... Sorry if its a bit cold, but believe me, you'd rather that window was open.

Those expecting a seat might be in trouble, let alone a comfortable one.... God help us....

I think the train will smell of men wee

Its just a shame that this train doesn't stop at Waterloo!

@@disappointingmarbleraces9028 People who think it's better out than in.

hello Grace! nice to meet you too. you look very surprised to see me! heh he

I just moved to NYC... Where does it run? 😊

gobears87 The route changes slightly depending on which Sunday you decide on. Here’s the link from the Transit Museum: www.nytransitmuseum.org/holidaynostalgiarides/

@@gobears6487 Lottsa luck trying to figure out the NYC subway!

I was on the overground yesterday and a man was dressed kind of like Michael Jackson and singing and dancing a bit. Everyone around him was watching and giggling and I realized how long it's been since I saw something like this on the train. Been here 10 years and I forgot that I saw something like this every day of the 15 years I used the subway in New York.

I think so

And also for the Oxford Dictionary.

How long have you had this desire to give one to Susie Dent? I think she should be told.

purplated...?

Its gonna cut 20 min off my commute i think. Although looks like ill be retired by the time it actually happens (and im 33)

@@tmarritt You're too funny!

What's the central section again 🤔

I thought it was perhaps a Twin Peaks moment !

He’d just got back from 2025 and the opening day of the whole line,

Lmfaooo

Is it possible that Geoff is really a hologram?

@@Hammondfreak Geoff is Max Headroom :P

Tbh,I don't know.

Well,Don't worry Me too,High 5

It's amazing that you have it, and it works. Visit the North sometime for some perspective.

also, same @@TechRyze... same :(

When I was a kid in the 70s it seemed to be generally accepted that trains were a thing of the past and would eventually die out but they have seen a massive renaissance over the past 10 years or so.

You better be prepared to hold that 💩🙄😂

It's a commuter service. Piss before you go and when you arrive, as needed.

@@capnskiddies I have Crohns disease not that simple lol

They're literally taking the piss

capnskiddies not always works that way, I hope you don't ever suffer from bladder problem.

Thats why more comfort and toliets costs passengers more.

Thanks, was curious! That's my old commute route.

Of course not.

No, I noticed IKB as well.

Sadly this will probably happen.

That's why they removed the carpets. Easy mop. TfL always thinks ahead🙄

RealiableCandy4 carpets on a train? What?

@@jourdainjardin846 GWRs are great trains man. They give us money if they are more than 15mins late (yes I know the announcement says 30mins, but their site says 15mins)

more mashups please.

Hm

Thats just how people in Slough talk

@@vanillasplash6198 Plot Twist: Slough is the heart of Elvendom in Britain (outside Wales, that is) Very well hidden, you gotta give'm that!

No I don't like it.

Tables and plug sockets are a luxury I guess, but the lack of toilets is pathetic.

Jeremy Williams and thats why they have nappies

I use it regularly, i do miss my plug sockets enough that sometimes ill catch a later train to charge my phone lol. Much nicer ride on the purple trains mind. And the GWR does get absolutely packed in the morning.

"Crossrail is delayed for three years. But don't worry, the toiletless, tableless trains are here right now!"

@@solarsatan9000 How long before seats are done away with?

@Chiltern Transport Productions yeah it's like the slow trains are receiving a downgrade in contrast to an upgrade. The only better thing is capacity

Why? there was more than enough room for him to exit on his left and her to board on the right.

@@airhabairhab However, believe it or not, it is in contravention of Railway Byelaws to board a train whilst another passenger is still alighting.

Yeah but she was good looking....

Got to admit I thought “oh , how rude” then I 😃

It's a listed building and a relic of the Brunel built railway.

Shame Slough itself is anything but

@@RainbowCharms58 I've never been but I've heard nothing but mockery of the place. Even from people from there. At least they have a good looking train station.

@@ericjamieson the only good thing about Slough is that they place you wait to leave Slough is pleasing, so you don’t get bored waiting for your train out of it.

Well the swr local services are soon the be worked by new class 710s so i reckon they will keep working the local services

Geoff did something about Oyster zones, the software didnt have enough Zone capabilty, contactless uses different software algorithim and can work with the relevant contactless TfL zones.

Will there be a contactless bank card cap for stations like Reading twyford Maidenhead?

They would just take the express GWT train as normal surely

You wouldn’t take the stopper from Reading to Paddington, you’d get the fast non-stop service. That’s why its advertised as going to Ealing Broadway.

Usually only says Ealing Broadway (well in September 2017)

People’ll get used to it. On my local trains (class Sm5, Finland) there’s this really annoying BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP when the doors are opening, and at first people complained, newspapers wrote about it, and now, 10 years later, nobody even notices.

solidarity with our yank friends ✌ here's hoping that improves sooner rather than later

Carsten Gallini thank you

LNER TRAINS Halfway done a year later than it should’ve been completed

Francesco Bellringer yeah it is very late

Yes the part using existing infrastructure !!

Wouldn't be surprised if HS2 is open before EL

The Purple People Eater Start Wearing Purple Any more...?

@@caw25sha good one!😁

Me, too ... "Purple Train ... Purple Train ..."

@@heleneg525 that's awesome, Helene!😁

Geoff Marshall yeah I noticed those, they only need to be on 1, 8&9 otherwise if they’re separate from the ticket barrier then how will people get through the barrier? Us staff had no idea about the first purple train, and on the station working, your train was down as a 9 car even though it was only 7

@@benjibatch I was wondering about 8&9 myself! I love coming in with no barrier, so quick... Thought it odd that the TfL train went RDG 15 to PAD 9 because the stopper I used to get from past RDG always went to PAD 14. Going to be an interesting timetable!!

gobears87 The 9 car 345’s don’t fit on 14 and even though that service Geoff was on was a 7 car, they’re all being lengthened to 9 and the station working actually said it was supposed to be a 9 car, this timetable change is definitely a hot topic at PAD

@@benjibatch I bet it is!!!!!!!! Thanks for the answer!

Geoff definitely got them the wrong way round in the video. It's half-hourly off peak (2tph only) TfL Rail to Reading, with the 2tph GWR to Didcot (to Oxford when it's eventually electrified). TfL take over all the local stoppers only during the peaks.

Must feed the borg!

Because Chiltern Trains give a faster service, with interchanging avalible. Now if someone had thought a branch tunnel at bond street for Marylebone then more purples, but Reading has more passenger potential than Aylesbury.

Yeah: bring back Wood Siding and Brill!

Because there are way more people travelling from reading to london for work. Reading's big population play part on the decision

Met line is a completely different beast to CrossLizPurp Line

Brilliant idea. I'll get me spade out the shed and start digging. Should only take about 10 years.

Go on and look for goluboi vagon ( blue train) sweet little Soviet chn's cartoon

At the moment, the slow GWR trains are timetabled to take about an hour. I believe the new timetable will reduce that to 50 minutes.

Huh

@@katrinabryce 50 minutes though, that sounds so slow! Typically straight-through times for me is roughly 25 minutes, Paddington to Reading or vice versa on the GWR service

​@@azyfloof ​ well obviously GWR its faster, it doesn't stop anywhere. The purple train has to stop in many stations, which is the whole point of this train. Not just to pick up people from reading but from other places like maidenhead, slough etc

@@azyfloof it has to stop at a lot of stations!

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_London_Underground_stations

yes, grab a copy of this: www.amazon.co.uk/London-Underground-Diagrammatic-History/dp/1854144049/ it's amazing, has all the dates you need to know.

@@geofftech2 Third year CE student can't use Wiki or Google?

Shall we add Staines while we're at it? (TfL route 117)

If Slough will retain a GWR service (don't some of the IETs stop there?) then TfL Rail/Elizabeth Line will need to participate in a revenue share with GWR via ORCATS. They certainly will need to participate for Reading. This makes it vital to isolate those passengers being carried over that stretch in all ticketing streams. Adding the beyond West Drayton section to an existing zone could not achieve this, especially as Travelcard holders who do not have to touch out for a journey wholly covered by their Travelcard. There is only one zone left on Oyster - this is a hardware limitation of the now rather elderly system (in technical terms). Originally TfL were going to use this zone for the beyond West Drayton section but then changed their minds. With the growth of contactless ticketing away from the centre of London, the limits of Oyster were going to be a problem eventually. TfL understandably don't want to spend huge money upgrading Oyster and dealing with the confusion that only new "Oyster v2" cards work at certain stations. Instead, they have decided that certain stations will be Contactless only, with paperless tickets remaining in use for those who do not want to use Contactless or do not have a suitable card. It may well be that a national contactless platform is eventually established based on ITSO, at which point there is a proper solution to the limitations of Oyster. Until then, Oyster has reached its limit unless TfL decide to use the one remaining zone.

@@wintrwunderland Arguments based on buses are invalid, as TfL (and its predecessors) have always operated / franchised some services running beyond the Greater London boundary. The reason for the non-availability of Oyster beyond West Drayton is as I said in my longer reply - it would have needed a new zone and TfL declined to use the only remaining zone on the Oyster platform for this route.