Little Kimble - Least Used Station in Buckinghamshire
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2017
- Station visit number 7 in the series - getting round the least used station in each county of the UK, and at Little Kimble if you go at the right time you get to ride a very old heritage train. Thanks to Steve for joining me!
The Office of Rail and Road statistics (Which give you the passenger usage numbers) are here: dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statist...
Diamond Geezer has also blogged about it here: diamondgeezer.blogspot.co.uk/2...
I've never been to the UK.
I'm not into trains.
This series is extremely silly.
Why can't I stop watching?
That is funny.
Me too
I live in Finland and am mildly obsessed with this series, so much that I’ve planned to do it here myself.
@@buksi6342 Good luck! Although this might become difficult in the northern maakunnat: "So, this is Misi, the least used station in Lapland... where we will have to wait for eleven hours until the one train per day comes back from Kemijärvi. And there is... absolutely nothing here."
Jethro Q. Walrustitty tbh there are stations like that in the scottish highlands as well. Except there are less trees and more open nothingness
Any day that Geoff uploads is a great day
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indeed
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I have another criteria for your list:
Award the station one extra point if the platform is long enough for the whole train
There are two class 121 bubble cars in service. The one on the video was brought back into service in 2011.
Both 121s are fitted with AWS, TPWS, OTDRs, GSM-R and an electomagnetic secondary door locking system.
The 121s operate services during the weekday peaks. They will be withdrawn from service ahead of the May 2017 timetable change. (Interestingly, were they to stay in service, it is likely they would have been fitted with wi-fi.)
I think the Buckinghamshire Railway Museum sometimes run a Bubble Car between Quainton Road and Aylesbury Vale Parkway.
But is Quainton Road quaint?
It isn’t just this line they run them on, plus I don’t know if there’s only two of those units running. The reason why I say this is because there’s a class 121 on the Swanage Railway in Dorset which is formed of three coaches and if there are any issues with a steam train, instead of using one of their class 33 units, they can just use this instead. I’ve been on it before and it’s nice apart from the door to the driver signal which is really loud.
Yes, a points system Geoff. The checklist of station amenities should score weighted points depending on their necessity and then combine into the "Station Index" that can ranked overall. Easy peasy. You'll have to start your 'all the stations' over again.
Thank you and best greetings from Russia! I was in Aylesbury and Little Kimble in 2006 - nice railway stations.
If you go to Bekonscot Model Village there is a huge model railway you will like.
Also the most reliable train service in the UK is run on the Isle of Wight and it uses an old 1930's tube trains. it's easily assessable at Ryde using the Hovercraft from Southsea (Next to Portsmouth) or you can use the Fastcat. It also has a station that is out to sea again for the Fastcat.
Can't stop. At this point, it's just binge-watching (and getting a little sad, as it would be difficult to fulfill my dream of travelling by train through England ; ) ). But Your videos bring me true joy, Geoff. I'm much obliged :)
I'm thinking of doing something with all the least used stations in the 12 provinces of the Netherlands. Your series has inspired me Geoff!
Absolutely fantastic series, loving it!
1:57 Minehead is in Somerset, that train is a long way from home!
The least friendly station is probably Berney Arms in Norfolk on The Wherry Lines. It's in the middle of nowhere, there's no ticket machine, no permit to travel machine, no shelter, uneven platform and only fits 3/4 of 1 car! Allthough it does have a help point! :)
Great to see that you're not just sticking to the home counties, take the series nationwide to Wales and Scotland too!
Seeing as I basically live on the border of Beds and Bucks, the fact that they're being uploaded next to each other makes me very happy! Can't wait for the next one Geoff!
Thank you Geoff for all these videos
This is a great series! Thanks
Great stuff Geoff. This is the first time you've done one of these where I've actually used the station. I used to live in Wendover, and occasionally I ended up here after missing the last train via Amersham and instead got the final Aylesbury via P.R. train followed by a cab from L.K. Love that Bubble Car!
My nan lives a few doors down from the station, some great walks behind the main station building
Oh Geoff, you were in the Morrisons Cafe! I wish I could've met you, I live just behind the Aylesbury train tracks. And unfortunate that the train station was in renovation. Hope to have you again
Interesting video, I enjoyed watching! I do miss the 121s! I used to go to college on them, that was the best bit of my college life!
I haven't even been to the UK (yet) and I find these videos so much fun!
There are now regular through trains from Marylebone to Aylesbury along the line through Little Kimble, but they don't stop there. The track at Princes Risborough was modified as part of Evergreen to better facilitate this
Great video in a great series! Thanks
Just got on to your channel and watched a few of these fun silly videos. BTW I love silly. You sir have earned a subscriber.
I have been to this station in the 1990s on a school trip. It also happens to be the closest railway station to Chequers; nice that you mentioned that! :)
Geoff Marshall my sister is called Kim and I've always called her "little Kimble" since I used to live in Aylesbury.
DID YOU KNOW......little Kimble is the nearest station to Chequers - and the royal train has been there many many times!!!!!!
Geoff said that in the video!!!
Well, he said it was there once in the video (and Hillary Clinton was on it, hence the "she's President, right?" jokes), not many many times (although that's logical that it would have been).
yes they said that in the video..
All the tea
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@@Willmorrison99 And presumably no lavatory on the train
Nice spot of tea (s)
What a sweet old station
I used to work in Wendover and have visited (to photograph) this station.
When I was watching this, I was going to comment with the G8 fact but you put it in at the end.
Geoff Marshall my favourite by far but then I'm a Bucks boy 😉
One little thing that irked me was that although Monks Risborough was the 2nd least used in 2014-15, it was undertaken by Denham Golf Club in 2015-16 (MRS had 24,264 in 2015-16 compared with 21,072 at DGC)
Entertaining to see "Minehead" on the destination board as I live within a spit of the WSR!
Love these shows!! Much love from Russia :) - Ex Londoner
I do enjoy these!
Surely a station having a toilet merits 1 - 5 point(s) (depending on its condition)!
nice work Geoff :-) love the videos
If you get the train to Aylesbury from Marylebone via High Wycombe, it does pass through here. I've been on it a couple of times, and I don't remember getting anyone getting on or off. This is probably because the bus from High Wycombe runs alongside it, and they're every 20 mins! Really enjoyed this vid!
The kind of friend who makes a little-used-station scoring system with you in a Morrison's café is the kind of friend you want, I'd say.
Interesting that you come across a heritage unit used in commuter service. Here in Chicago, we have plenty of Budd-built bilevel cars dating back to the 1950s still in service on the Metra Burlington line, where they were first put into service. Nice thing about stainless-steel, if you take care of it, it lasts pretty much forever.
Sadly as of the May Timetable change the 121 units (Chiltern have/had 2 in service) will be removed :-(
I did get to travel on 121 034 yesterday and did 2 round trips! The on-board staff were amazing, and a friend of mine parked at Little Kimble, to catch the 121. The staff told us that the poor person who lives in the house has had people knocking on their door asking about trains!
Another quality episode of LUSI. What are you going to call the system of points then? Is the "Marshall Scale" too self-indulgent? Also, in this as-yet-unnamed system, should there be one for local scenery? The field across from Little (Detective John) Kimble was quite picturesque where as Swale was a bit grim next to that bridge.
I noticed "Minehead" as the blind destination on that 121 Bubble Car (which hasn't been on the National Network since the 60's!!), there was often another one displaying "Porthmadog" (on the Cambrian Coast Line)! They certainly liked to have fun with their Heritage stock, now sadly no more on this line.
I live just down the road from Little Kimble station. Use it nearly every day!
Love the train. Cute. It’s very clean.
The service pattern reminds of the Cynwyd Line in Philadelphia. Only one single EMU Car that runs 4 AM Peak Trains, 1 Mid-Day Train, 3 and Half PM Peak Trains. The half trip comes back light.
great video!
although on the way out of Aylesbury just after the junction on that line, there was a double track section possibly to allow trains to leave Aylesbury (North) which ended just outside the housing estate. Trackbed and sleepers are all still there.
Lovin the bubble car, takes me back.
Really looking forward to you doing Colwall (Herefordshire) that used to be my local station. I used it to commute to Worcester and Birmingham at various times in the early 2000's. Some interesting history around there including the fact that the line runs right past the old Malvern Water bottling plant which I believe is now a housing development.
He’s just done it!
I drove past this station every day for 5 years and always wondered about its history... and some geeky stats... this was perfect, thanks! A pity the link to the Geoff Teach website doesn't work.
I do get excited by rolling stock sometimes Geoff. I personally have a little love for the Class 121 Bubblecar.
I love the guy in the background at 11:25 with his levitating teapot. They say Aylesbury is completely unremarkable, well clearly they haven't met this man.
I've been on the sister unit to that 121, the blue one ( it was doing a special service from Aylesbury to Chinnor)
2:05 Class 121s may be "heritage" but carriages with slam doors with handles like that are still used on Anglia's InterCitys!
Love the vids btw 😀👌🏻
Just looked at the Least Used Stations map in the description and I've discovered that the least used station in Essex is White Notley and I live really close to there wow
great video geoff!!
Most looking forward to you doing Colwall in Herefordshire cos that is the one that I have actually been to
Looking forward to the Hartlebury & Colwall ones as they are near me.
Just noticed when you was doing the station signs with Kimble etc. The font for many modern railway signs I believe is "Trebuchet MS" :)
Another brilliant episode :) I would be up for joining you for Pilning, Combe, Hartlebury or St Andrew's Road if the opportunity became available. I will probably be able to persuade a friend to come along too :)
Why didn't you show the burnt-out shed at the end of the platform, past the garden? Little Kimble's most interesting feature! I was there recently and there's bugger all to be seen.
I was on a train today going through Princes Risborough and I spotted the Class 121 train for Little Kimble waiting at the platform! :D
Hey Geoff quick question would you know why the 034 the heritage slam door is showing Minehead which if I'm correct is in Somerset on the end of the West Somerset Railway ?? Bit odd for a train showing a destination board like that.... thank you
Trains In The South West. Even stranger is that the destination board at the other end of the train was showing Porthmadog!
Fun Story (!!) Shots well matched ...
oooooh that DMU looks like it would have operated on the West Somerset Railway - Now also a heritage railway!
Man, I am mesmerized about all the different ways that man can wear beanie....
Oh, and Aspley Guise is three stations up the line from where I live :)
Hey geoff, will you be doing most used series and out of curiosity do you know when first station opened in GB
Can't wait for the least used station in Scotland video. I was just thinking and the Highlands of Scotland has many little used stations and since your coming a long way could you maybe do a couple Scotland videos while your here? In terms of counties well Scotland has different council areas and regions but due to a lower population the two dividers really are the Highlands and the Lowlands.
Once you've completed all the Least Used Train Stations, can you do Second to Least Used Train Stations?
Is it quicker to get from Marylebone to Aylesbury if you go via West Ruislip and Gerards Cross or via Harrow-on-the-Hill and Amersham?
did you notice the british railways logo on the bubble car?
You'll have to come to Scotland where the least used doesn't have 15k passengers,not 4k passengers but less than 100!! Now that is a real little used station!!!
Not going to lie that permit to travel thing is really cool
Come down to Devon - lets get to Chapelton. At 169 passengers last year, its our least used down here. Hook up at EXD for a trip down the Tarka line 👍👍👍
Latest figures dropped to just 100 passengers last year. Sundays is best to visit and can do easily from Waterloo or Padd in the morning and back in the evening 👍👍👍
Those 'heritage' trains! To me, they are the nasty diesel units which took over from steam - and more specifically for me, the Marlow Donkey. I am pleased to see the safety locking features because towards the end of those DMUs' lives I was travelling on a train to Reading at speed when the door at the seat where I was sitting flew open with a mighty crash. It was most disconcerting, but no one batted an eyelid. When the train arrived in Twyford I merely slammed it shut again. This was not an isolated incident either; it happened fairly often. On the news today (8/2/17) I also hear that passengers panicked on a train at Dalston when the carriage filled with smoke and there were some injuries in the rush to leave. A carriage on one of those old DMUs also filled with smoke on a trip from Maidenhead to Paddington back in the 80s - I merely pulled the communication cord, people opened the windows to let in some fresh air and the guard walked along the track, kicked something on the motor beneath the carriage and we continued on our way. Some left the carriage for another, but there was no panic, merely English sang froid!
the part between monks risborough and little kimble reminds me of the met line chesham shuttle
Could you do the least used station in Norfolk please. love this series of videos.
Heads up when you go to Bordesley Station in Birmingham, it's a bit.....rough...
I can't see anything linking to the spreadsheet, but an idea for a category is the platform length (i.e. if you have to be in a certain carriage to get on/off)
serious bonus points for stations that have a local pub or cafe. Extra bonus point for close access to a national park or RSPB reserve. Geoff , you need a travel mug to cut down on the disposable cups, do the trains support this?
Great video Geoff, really enjoyed it :)
So just to be *absolutely* clear on this, the 121 Bubble cars only run in the peak hours?
Thanks Geoff! :D
I contributed to those stats this year
Hello, could you do a video on Ilkeston train station which reopens in April?, Ilkeston I believe hasn't had a train station in around 50 years, Ilkeston was gave the title of the largest town in England that hasn't got a train station
I live in Essex, and it is sodding typical that it has to be on the one of the Abellio branches, considering I'm on the c2c line, means an extra bit of travelling, not that I would mind
Little Kimble is a positive hub compared to Finstock in Oxfordshire on the Cotswold line, not too far from where I live. It has fewer than 6 passengers a day.
nb. little Princes Risborough was once quite a hub with three branch lines in addition to the through line to Banbury.
One of the best Least Used Station videos (to be fair, all of them are). When are you going to Colwall, for the Least Used Station in Herefordshire?
Just looked up the wiki page for the station, and this video is linked on there!
have you been to Marlow ? just a platform, nothing else, I used to commute from there everyday to London
Ah, I was wondering if you'd done Bucks. I thought it might have been Saunderton or Denham Golf Club. Those are seldom used. I might have to look up the numbers for those now!
I just checked and those two are used way more than Little Kimble. I guess it's because they're within commuting range of London. I use Little Kimble as it's handy for local walks. I was there only the other day :)
When are you doing King Sutton? That is just down the road from where I work.
Wait so after this is where you started checking the facilities Geoff? Wow - I've been watching from newest to oldest so you get how I feel
Looking at a proposed "East-West Rail Western section", will it sitll be running then? seeing as there wont be too long of a change over afterwards? possibly? I dunno just throwing in ideas
Damn i was just thinking the other day the least used station in bucks has to be between princes risborough and aylesbury but wasnt sure which one.
Where did the spreadsheet link go?
Can't wait unit you do south Yorkshire i can see tje the station from my house
There is a Permit to Travel machine in Ford, West Sussex although it is picky on what coins it accepts
Finally, you got close to where I live LoL
Is New Haven Marine he least used station in the U.K. since it has 0 passengers a year?
It's not for passengers
Agreed.
It's not a classified open station and also Coombe Junction Halt is the least used station in UK now due to All The Stations thrashing it's numbers to a new record.
It is shippea hill around 12 people used it
Lol they sent 18 people to shippea hill for all the stations and I’m sure Coombe junction is down in numbers
I feel kinda dumb for not getting these timetable boards, there so much on it. Could you explain this in the next video, please? :)
How far afield are you planning to take these Geoff? Ever thought of coming up to Scotland for the least used station in Scotland? (If I remember correctly it's Barry Links up north of Dundee)