Elopements - Episode 54, Day 97 - Glasgow to Stranraer
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Geoff and Vicki are visiting ALL 2,563 national railway stations in Britain - view the progress map and loads more information about the project on the website at: allthestations.co.uk/
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For a fun game, pause the video at 6:55 and see if you can spot where Geoff is standing, controlling the drone!
Is he at the end of that wooden structure in the background?
KasabianFan44 - I think you maybe right!
Geoff - how on earth did you keep the drone stable in that wind?
Is he by the shed
IS HE BY THE SHED NEXT THE THE TRACK?! #TresspasserGeoff
In the back of the white car that is reversing out?
A pacer could be the ring barer at the wedding 😊👌🏻
Luke Treherne or they could get married on the pacer
V Searle vlogs she likes her pacers Vicky does.
it would be as late as my comment
Kinda late news but they broke up
All the stations in a nutshell: Welcome aboard this service to Glasgow Central. Calling at Glasgow Central, Glasgow Central, Glasgow Central, Glasgow Central, Glasgow Central and Glasgow Central.
Only Geoff would propose on a train 😀
I was under the impression they were already engaged before starting the journey
Correct
Tom Parry-Jones I'm pretty sure you are correct. You can see Vicki wearing a ring at just before the 8:00 minute mark.
tallman11282 and in most of the previous 50 videos too
In one of the earlier BBC interviews Geoff and Vicki told they were (already) engaged.
Very sad to hear that the ferry has moved. Several years ago in 2009 while I was still living in the UK I drove down the coast from Prestwick and took the ferry over to Belfast for a daytrip. I thought it was most convenient for folks coming off of the train to get right onto the ferry. I must agree with Vicki and say the station nearly looks like a ghost town now without the ferry as its neighbor.
As a student in London I used to get the night train up from Euston to Stranraer to hop on the ferry for home, which was the convenient way to get home. Had many a good discussion in the carriage as students we never booked a cabin.
You two so need to get married. I would pay more towards a Kickstarter for your wedding than I did for All The Stations. As long as we get to see the wedding video of course. Facebook Live and Periscope optional :)
I think they’d already married?
All The Castles! All of them!
yes they must do that.
Sam Sitar After they do all the stations in Iceland.
Tom S. Which is none
BahnSpotter See? They finished already. 😊
Geoff, you missed the chance to call the castle quaint while filling in for Vicky.
Well said Vicky about the demise of the train-ferry link from Stranraer. On the first day of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in 2010 I was to fly back home to Northern Ireland from Newcastle. With flights cancelled my travel plans transferred to rail. So the following day I had one of my best days travelling - East Coast from Newcastle to Glasgow via Edinburgh, then Scotrail from Glasgow to Stranraer, followed by boat to Belfast. The train from Glasgow was packed and they had to put 3 units on to accommodate the passengers. On arriving at Stranraer the platform was 4 deep with people awaiting the train back to Glasgow. It would not be possible to do this now, which is a pity.
But even in Belfast, the ferry does not link up with the trains. you have to rely upon a shuttle bus to the main bus station.
You are the nicest travel couple I've ever seen
Girvan to Stranraer is one of the great unappreciated scenic railway journeys
I lived in stranraer for fifteen years & used it to travel to ayr for college. One of the biggest reasons for the station's rather distressed condition is because it's in Dumfries & Galloway & they have a very anti-rail stance. There used to be a line from Dumfries to Stranraer that was known as The Port Road & it used to be a very active part of the Scottish network until closure in the mid sixties. In the nineties there was proposals to re-lay the port road as an alternative to endlessly maintaining the rather over-used A75 road. However, Dumfries & Galloway council refused to give permission. I don't understand the main argument against it but it certainly has something to do with the buses
I LOVE the "no small parts" approach you're taking to who you're interviewing throughout this series, so much respect for you both!
As an ex-pat and a self described railfan, I've enjoyed watching your videos during every lunch break from work for the past few months (enjoying my imported Marmite and Sainsbury's biscuits!) and will be sad to see your journey come to an end. Would love to see you guys do an "All The Stations" USA tour in the future. If you do, you'd certainly have a place to stay in the Philly area!
Oh my, Stranraer station looks terribly unloved. I remember when I was younger, taking the ferry from Larne and hopping onto the train. Changed times. Also, I seem to remember that Stranraer had a "Training Is Better Than Coaching" banner.
I like that banner😂😂 never saw it tho as before my time p.s I’m a local to Stranraer
nice role reversal, Geoff and Vicki.
Two of my favourite scenic routes, now covered by the South West Scotland Community Rail Partnership.
There's a great chippy just outside the station at Lockerbie. If I'm driving back up the M74 to Glasgow, I'll invariably find myself pulling off there, grabbing a fish supper (it is Scotland after all), and will devour it, seated on a bench on the platform, watching the trains come and go.
Fabulous Video. ..
But Geoff ...Without doubt you are the High Lord of railway thingies...The Sith of the Scotrail ... The Train Force is strong with you.... but as to "castle master"...?
Mmm ...that's got to be still under consideration.
Vicki is still the Yoda of the Medieval Monuments...Order of Merlin ( First Class ) of the castellations.
A wonderful video... thank you both for this amazing course in our nation's history, geography, economies, and of course should be awarded the "Clarkson Stanfield" Order of The Seagull.
Just adore the series...need to binge the box set soon!
When you do All the Stations (Ireland) Na stáisiúin uile (best not to use on NIR) you will of course come across Larne Harbour station which has also suffered with the preferred route being Belfast now rather than Larne which like Cairnryan also does not have a direct rail link.
You will also have to get off at Sydenham across the bypass from George Best Airport to see the way to get to the terminal. Interconnectivity isn't so much a strong point outside of some of the bus stations in Northern Ireland these days.
Congratulations Geoff and Vicki on successfully visiting All The Stations - all of them!
say yes! and some great photography !
Stranraer is one of those places that seems to be screaming for its station to be closed and for a new station to be built closer to the town centre.
If the ferries aren't running from there anymore, then you ought to bring passengers into the town itself instead - would definitely help the high street out.
Personally I'd like to see services from Dumfries (and destinations beyond) reinstated aswell.
7:51 AND the reason why the ferry doesn't run from Stranraer is why privatising individual sectors of transport doesn't work!
It seems so penny wise and pound foolish. The ferry passengers are hugely inconvenienced (and a number probably choose not to take the ferry because it's not so easy any more), the station suffers, businesses close, etc.
SB Trains, Planes and Drives Yes I've used the old HSS ferry from Stranraer to Belfast (now withdrawn and scrapped) before it was taken off, and the current crossing from Cairnryan (the replacement port) more recently, also the more seamless coach package (which is also available from Edinburgh) through to Belfast, so I can compare all three.
There is a bus service from Stranraer to Cairnryan, but all rail/sail passengers from Glasgow or beyond are now encouraged to change at Ayr onto the coach.from thete, indeed all through ticketing is routed that way.
It seems by what Geoff said that the town of Stranraer has suffered a bit by losing its status as a port, at least the railway line has remained open, though I suspect the trains are a lot quieter.
At least ferry passengers can now just use the more frequent electric service to Ayr, rather than the much more sparse diesel trains to Stranraer, but then you've got over an hour's journey on the coach, plus the inconvenience of an additional transfer at Ayr, at least it's on the level there, with no stairs to climb, but it's not ideal, and the Ayr-Stranraer section of line has become redundant as far as boat passengers are concerned, with the coach more or less paralleling the railway line all the way to Cairnryan.
As far as I know there are no plans to open a station in the Cairnryan area, to offer a shorter transfer from train to ship (like Luton Airport Parkway to the airport). At least the remaining passengers on the infrequent trains to Stranraer don't have their trains crowded with boat passengers any more, so it's a bit less hectic for them, but that's not really looking at the bigger picture is it?
Sounds like a good reason for a rail tunnel from Scotland to Ireland - it wouldn't be much longer than the Channel Tunnel. Pity the rolling gauge in all of Ireland isn't Standard Gauge....
It is not deep enough for the boats but combat the issue there is a coach transfer from ary train station includes in your rail and sail fare
6:38 What The Fuck has Happened to Stranraer ferry terminal, ita been destroyed and neglected. they have taken the Welcome to Stranraer sign off the Station Canopy, the walkway has been removed, the terminal is so neglected and the buildings have been destroyed, it looks like Chernobyl and the railway future is uncertain because they removed Stranraer to Glasgow via Kilwining and on Sundays Services only go as far as ayr
I always remember going from Glasgow to Stranraer via Kilwining on 2 4 car Class 156, get to Stranraer and jump onto the ferry to Larne and then Belfast. Since ferries aren't there anymore I don't want to go Stranraer anymore
Stranraer was always gateway to northern Ireland and you went to Stranraer for one reason to get the ferry to Northern Ireland
The Services had passengers for Stranraer and passengers for ferry, with ferries at Fucking Cairnryan, there's not many passengers on the Train to Stranraer
7:20 its so sad watching the train leaving Stranraer but the ferry terminal in despair and I agree with Vicki speech about Stranraer ferry connection, Passengers now have to get Glasgow to Ayr train and then Coach from Ayr to Cairnryan to the ferry, but Stranraer Services were the train to get the ferry to Northern Ireland and line had a purpose, If Dr Beaching was here today he would closed this line when ferries had left Stranraer.
I agree with nightw4tchman Comment
AND the reason why the ferry doesn't run from Stranraer is why privatising individual sectors of transport doesn't work!
All Transport apart from Airlines should be Nationalised that includes the Railway, Coach and Ferries. Like the Good old days when we had British Rail, National Express and Sealink British Ferries.
Dover to Calais was where you could see the difference between Sealink and P&O as they are two company's but run differently, P&O is Privatised and runs on profit while Sealink is Nationalised and runs as a company for the Public.
I don't have problems with P&O Ferries because they are the only privatised ferry company I like so they can stay.
I like the Ferries that went to Stranraer (St David than Stena Caledonia) (Galloway Princess) and (Stena Navigator)
I don't like there replacements Superfast Ferries its too much, it looks like a casino ferry than a Ferry.
I feel very sorry for the Town of Stranraer, the Ferry terminal and the Railway and also the people who worked at Stranraer ferry terminal its so sad, Stranraer operated ferries from Stranraer from 1861 to 2011, 150 years of ferry's operated at Stranraer
Also Cairnryan and Stena Line, THANK YOU FOR FUCKING STRANRAER UP YOU BASTARDS
I’m a local to Stranraer and yea the station is a bit rundown unfortunately but there was talk of building a new station don’t know how likely that is and there is also proposals to reopen the Stranraer to Dumfries line
Fantastic video! Doing well! Nearly complete on the series! :)
I love the fact you went to Barhead, just along there is priesthill and Darnley and thats where I get the train everyday to school
Great Episode once again
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As an Irish man living in Aberdeen, your pronunciation in Gaelic was perfect. And to showpiece my favourite wee town in Scotland, especially Stranraer harbour station.
Wow, only 1 minute in and its already awesome!
Train Maniac Studios i agree
My late aunt and uncle eloped to Gretna Green from Bristol on the back of a motorbike!
I visited Stranraer on a very similar day. Turned straight round back to Glasgow I'm afraid :-(
Lockerbie obviously the location of the Pan Am air disaster.
A small market town on the East side of Dumfries and Galloway region.
Used to be a bit more vibrant than it is these days.
Lockerbie used to have a Cinema, a tyre manufacturer & a few more shops and restaurants than they have now.
At 13:25 as the train pulls out, there is a beautiful grey sky above the grey of the buildings. Nice.
At stranraer its not just the shorter distance for the ferries but the harbour has had many issues with shifting sands over the years so it made it harder for ferries to come in. Cairnryan has deeper water so it makes it easier,
Stranraer for many years used to be where the ferries from Northern Ireland (Larne & Belfast) would dock in Loch Ryan along with Cairnryan a few miles further up the road from Stranraer.
All the ferries to Larne & Belfast from South West Scotland now go from Cairnryan and the docks at Stranraer have been closed.
Stenalink and P&O were the ferry operators.
As far as I am aware P&O are still doing Cairnryan to Northern Ireland.
Maybe even Stenalink as well.
I love Lockerbie Station, a great station and great trains.
Love your videos. You were 'just' in my home town, Barrhead. I thought when you were asking Vicky the name, you didn't know how to say it. Didn't realise at the time the Kilmarnock train was in the wayof the sign. It is Barrhead in English. We don't speak that much of that here. We call it Borrheid.
These videos are getting better and better. Pity so few left in this adventure. We want more. P.s. that seagull is following you. P.p.s should have gone to the blacksmiths at gretna
Good one~
I wish you had time to include the ballochmyle viaduct in your videos as it's the most interesting rail bridge in ayrshire
OMG you mentioned the Carnation Factory! My Nan used to work there (as did about half of Dumfries)
Nice picture of a Virgin Pendolino, Vicki.
I do so miss Ye Olde Virgin Train!
In all seriousness, they were a damn good train operator.
Such a shame about Stranraer station. It won’t be much longer until they close it and put another nail in the town of Stranraer. 😔
For those of us who've used Cairnryan we'll tell you there's no facilities at the new ferryport. What's good for the ferry comapny may not be good for the passenger. The ferry took 30 minutes to travel down Lough Ryan to Stranraer but it was also changed on the Irish side away from Larne to Belfast which means an extra hour down the lough1
Speaking of plants from New Zealand have you two ever thought about coming over here? Maybe for your honeymoon...
Could travel on a few train's while your here. I maybe able to travel on a few of the suburban lines out of Wellington with you, maybe travel on the Capital Connection with you to/from my home station of Levin..
Plus the scenery over here is 👌
Just as good if not better than Scotland.
And some of the station's look quite nice too.
You two may have a bit of trouble trying to pronounce some of the maori station names though 😅
The bus connection from Ayr to the new Cairnryan ferry terminal is actually quicker than it used to be direct to Stranraer on the train, The problem with it is if like me you travel with your dog then as the connecting coach service doesn't carry dogs , you have to go through on the train all the way to Stranraer Harbour and then make your own way to the ferry terminal. The last time I went there was a service bus which connected with the trains but Im not sure if its still runs to the station nf its a long walk into the town centre.
Fantastic series. Pity it has coming to its natural end
Yay for hardie plants from New Zealand - 6.21 Cordyline australis, commonly known as the cabbage tree ( So Proud moment )
The new port is called Cairn Ryan
Are good old friends at Stena Line again! First they move the times of the ferries on the South Wales ports and then move operations in Scotland!
Viki you must marry geof you two look great together and so in love.
yes they must marry on a train.
All the Churches?
The castle stairs were 15 floors high!
At one time the train used to continue onto the ferry
John Laurie of Dad's Army fame was born in Dumfries, 120 years ago.
Eddy2730 Have you heard the one about the old empty barn?
It's cheap flights that did for Stranraer ferry terminal: foot passengers switched to flying Glasgow-Belfast. The new terminal is better located for cars and lorries, as it avoids traffic having to go into the town. Best thing that could happen now would be to relocate Stranraer station nearer the town centre.
Not saying I agree with Stena's decision but I do see the logic from their point of view.
You haven't been to Lanark yet (or Carluke, Wishaw, Shieldmuir, Bellshill, Uddingston and Cambuslang), unless you came to Glasgow before Edinburgh to Glasgow via Carstairs. You can only get there from Glasgow or Motherwell, so either you hadn't finished all of the Glasgow stations by this point or didn't visit every station in Scotland.
It looks like there is a Geoff Marshall standing next to the 5 windowed rectangular building on the right of the screen. Geoff Marshall's doppelganger is on the end of the disused pier top left. If they meet they will create a wormhole to Swanage station.
Although it seems daft to have the bus to Cairnryan run from Ayr, it does make sense - from Ayr, the bus gets to Cairnryan _quicker_ than the train gets to Stranraer. There are also a lot more trains to Ayr, including regular direct trains from Glasgow, so it's very easy to adjust the times of the buses to fit the ferries, without ruining connections or having to re-cast large sections of the timetable to make it fit.
(So with that in mind, you do have to wonder why the buses are timed to arrive at Cairnryan often 1½ hours before the ferry is due to depart ... foot passengers shouldn't need that long to check in!)
Just a wee point about the ferry and the train if you travel from cairnryan to larne at least you can catch the train from larne,the Belfast ferry from cairnryan,berths at the furthest part of the Belfast docks and is a nightmare trying to get to any railway station,so if you're traveling by rail go p&o ferries and catch the train to anywhere in Ireland
Surprised they consider it worth keeping Stranraer Harbour open really. But I suppose the process for closing stations now is so glacially slow that it'd probably take about 20 years.
Geoff and Vicki, are you going to do a book of all your travels? it would be great if you did,as your channel is fantastic
Correction as a rail and sail passenger you get a transfer from ary by a stena line coach included in your fare
They should build a branch of Cairnryan so you don't need to get the bus from Air and miss going on a scenic line!
They should move the station back into the town at Stranraer where it originally was before the ferry
jlelliotton yes
Hi Vicki, Come on give him an answer!
That shot at 7:05…👌
You can also say that you've been to all the major cities in the whole of Britain!
aberdeen and inverness?
MrPanda1729 they don't count.
MrPanda1729 Aberdeen has a train to it
Jayden Veilstein I know, it was a joke
Particularly liked Geoff Explores...!
As mentioned, the terminal looks desolate and abandoned, in addition to being in an inconvenient location now the ferry has moved. There used to be another station more centrally located, but I guess the income from the few daily services would not make up for the investments that would be required.
I know, talking about buses on a train documentary but I can't help but notice all the Optare Solos you've seen in Scotland on the streets
They're like the Pacers of bus enthusiasts. Some love them, some hate them
They look really similar to VDL Citea LLEs, which are the Pacers of Finnish bus enthusiasts. Some love them, some hate them. Personally I’m one of the people who hate them.
Optare's electric buses are awesome - quiet, lightweight and they can accelerate like a stabbed rat.
Any chance you will add a "least used stations" episode along the Ayr-Stranraer line? Could you investigate how passenger counts have declined since the demise of NI ferry service from Stranraer, and if there are any efforts to improve facilities and traffic on the line? Cheers!
You managed to get 185101 - in the first weeks of it's new interior look; hope you enjoyed it !!
And yes you've managed to eclipse Leeds ... boo...but as it's it causes confusion to all, maybe be better for off for coming second the most grandest station North of the boarder
Another great episode,only gripe is you missed getting footage of the superb Ayr station
nope, incorrect. we got footage of Ayr station.
sorry i see it now
My husband says I only go to the UK to go to charity shops
But it’s the trains too!
But, but, but, argh, Vicky does the castles.
Seriously though, it's nice to see Geoff to some work for a change :)
You can no longer elope to Gretna Green and be married by the blacksmith, the laws have been changed. However, was that a real proposal on the train or should Geoff be aware of false promises!
Brian3989 I'm pretty sure they're already engaged. Vicki is wearing a ring, you can see it at just before the 8:00 mark.
Various people called 'they' messed foot passengers up so much. I haven't been over to Belfast since the ferry moved from Stranraer.
A little part of New Zealand in Stranraer at 6:33
0:51 - That sign's surely wrong. Its clearly Manchester Air!
And at 0:51!
It is obviously not wrong. People need to get on their holidays.
yes it is Manchester Air.
@EinkOLED see Episode 35
No mention of Lockerbie being the only station which is run by a TOC with no services from that station? It's run by and Scotrail, but all services are provided by Trans-Pennine.
@geof did you count the steps to the top of the castle as i know from watching other videos of yours. You like to count the steps
Yes, it's the equivalent of a 15 storey building.
I love the poster that Vicki is holding at 1:54 and if I am not mistaken, is that a Swallow in the picture like the one that was used for the final Intercity branding?
Poor Geoff, always a bridesmaid, never a bride
10:56 the Salvation Army! ...we have those in NY!
Good
New Zealand "Cabbage Trees" (cordyline australis) rock. Totally Bomb proof.
So that's why they looked familiar.
It was a Rook and a Jackdaw.
I don't know if you guys will remember but did yous ever stop and look around the ayr train station at all?
What if the seagull were the drone?
Geoff: I want to say they're ravens, but they're probably not, they're probably just crows.
Me, in bed, watching this playlist at 7:31am because I haven't been to sleep yet: They're Jackdaws! 😅
Lawren Haggerty The bird in the foreground is a Jackdaw, the other is a Rook. Too small to be a Raven I think.
Any footage between Kilwinning - Ayr or is that still to come?
Wich line do you feel has the most comfortable seets ?
its so funny !
So you realize that we do expect a video of the wedding? And some of us are especially appreciative of the castle gender reversal. ;-) Thank you.
You caught the refurbished tpe train
Kilmarnock yeaaaa
I genuinely thought Vicki was about to introduce us to Louis Walsh.
My Parents got Married at Gretna Green I remember being scared by a Highland cow standing in the road 😂
This Gretna place sound like a reverse Reno.
Are the Glasgow stations like those on Cathcart Circle and Low Level lines going to be on video? Did you film the Subway?
Jamie McEwan was the day before this , looks like not