Berney Arms - Not The Least Used Station in Norfolk

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5 жыл бұрын

It seems that the 'Least Used' Buckenham video got people asking "But I thought Berney Arms was the least used!?" - it's not, so here's a RE-POST of a video I made seven years ago now, when I first visited Berney Arms ... yes it's England's remotest station, but it's not the least used station in Norfolk.
Also follow the link/card through to the 'Berney Arms Blunder' when we went back through visiting as part of All The Stations in 2017. The pub is now sadly closed down, and there is no longer a shelter on the platform!
The Berney Arms Blunder: • The Berney Arms Blunde...

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@zenobikraweznick 5 жыл бұрын

This station reminds me of the station in the Spirited Away anime where she boards the train and goes for the unknown...

@pauriuro7561 5 жыл бұрын

I recently discovered this series and I love it! I have a friend who is also a big train fan, but his trips are always boring. You really know how to make it fun and interesting. Congratulations!

@dereham1 5 жыл бұрын

Pub closed some years ago - it was still semi-derelict following a fire when I last walked past in 2017.

@martinhart3074 5 жыл бұрын

34 trains a week is in a different league compared to Reddish South... and we'll leave it there.

@paintedpilgrim 5 жыл бұрын

The pub would be the only reason to make the 5 mile walk worthwhile....

@mattholland6341 5 жыл бұрын

Said pub has now shut.

@paintedpilgrim 5 жыл бұрын

@@mattholland6341 I know Matt, hence why I wouldn't be making the trip or walk....😊

@Nickmariners 5 жыл бұрын

Matt: yet the landlady made such a good job of 'selling it' to viewers :-) ...when I was a student, my girlfriend and I trekked out there one beautiful and deep snowy day. A long time ago.

@DesiroDriver 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video Geoff! Always brightens up my day seeing a notification you’ve posted some content!

@eriol_mits3121 5 жыл бұрын

Stopped off at this place a few times while renting a boat on travelling along the Norfolk river system. Was a good stopping point for the night before travelling across to Great Yarmouth. Shame the pub is no longer there.

@gregkiteos1936 4 жыл бұрын

I got off at Berney Arms in April 2018 and walked the rest of the way to Great Yarmouth, and back again. It was a lovely day for it and the area is divine. I was one of three people who got off the train. Sadly the pub and cafe are now closed.

@YukariTsuko 5 жыл бұрын

Loved visiting there. You've reminded me that I should go there agin soon.

@evertondave5825 5 жыл бұрын

Wow a branch line that Beeching did not find Nice one

@kuyaleinad4195 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think it’s because Great Yarmouth won’t get enough service if the line was closed. The Bittern line between Brundall and Great Yarmouth via Acle is only a single track so it’ll only be 1 train 1 way per hour service to Great Yarmouth. The line via Reedham is double tracked so it has more capacity and is used by services to both Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft...

@gregkiteos1936 4 жыл бұрын

Kuya Leinad The Bittern Line is Norwich to Sheringham.

@gregkiteos1936 4 жыл бұрын

Kenickie Syxx I think that the cost of running trains on that particular line was so minimal that they didn’t think it would be worthwhile removing it.

@glenncooney3959 4 жыл бұрын

Did you know Berney Arms station was featured on the 1989 ITV adventure show Interceptor? One of the contestants was dropped off near the station and got a train to Reedham whilst escaping from the Interceptor, who was stalking the contestant in his helicopter G-MEAN.

@Geotpf 5 жыл бұрын

I did some internet searching, and, as far as I can tell, the least used train station in the United States is Sanderson, Texas. One long distance train, three days a week each way, in a town with a population of 837 (and nothing else for many, many miles). It was used by 193 passengers in 2017. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanderson_station

@zxcxcsdfasdfasf 5 жыл бұрын

Great interview! would like more content

@-MapEnthusiastjj4eu 26 күн бұрын

My favourite station

@miguelt.6671 5 жыл бұрын

It is too bad that the train station and the pub are in such conditions. I remember that I safed Berney Arms years ago (probably 7 yrs ago) on my Browser to go there one day. Because it was so random when I read about it as an example for something on Wikipedia which I don't remember.

@PottersVideos2 5 жыл бұрын

I've been there a few times and also went past it on the way to the Gt Yarmouth Airshow

@HenrysAdventures 5 жыл бұрын

I might go there and buy a return to Buckenham!

@matthewodwyer3615 5 жыл бұрын

I genuinely can't wait for you to do Barry Links. Pretty sure The Northern Lights stopped in Barry Links waiting for a signal when I was on it going to Aberdeen last August - funnily enough it was deserted 😃

@RichardWilson1984 4 жыл бұрын

I like that the station has a bike stand! Done it once when I lived in GY

@shaunwest3612 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video Geoff 😀

@peabody1976 5 жыл бұрын

This feels a bit like a LWT doco from 1985.

@CuckooAboutTRAINS 5 жыл бұрын

The line on which Berney Arms station is on will be closed from late October till April 2019. As storage for equipment for the Wherry Line upgrades. And it is said there's a rail replacement bus service, which doesn't serve the station.

@roundel52 5 жыл бұрын

well as there is no road to the station, it would be odd if the buses could serve it! :D

@CuckooAboutTRAINS 5 жыл бұрын

@@roundel52 someone did suggest a helicopter replacement service

@HYUKLDER1 5 жыл бұрын

Needs a rail replacement boat service.

@2drewbaker 5 жыл бұрын

Canal boat replacement.

@gregkiteos1936 4 жыл бұрын

Now due to reopen in February 2020.

@brianmorrison9168 2 жыл бұрын

I read on BBC news today (26 Nov 2021) that this station has had an 8 fold increase in passenger numbers, the biggest increase of any station.There were 348 passengers in the year ending in March, but had only 42 the previous year. The news report even quotes Geoff as saying "it's a beautiful quirk of Britain's railway system" No doubt many folk who have watched this video have decided to go and pay a visit.

@LJBMOTORSPORT 5 жыл бұрын

Ahh yay berney arms my new dream station to visit lol

@MrShield 5 жыл бұрын

You should look at all the abandoned train stations in Norfolk like Aldeby train station

@eyesonyul 5 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@wharpblast264 5 жыл бұрын

Berney Arms is closed until April 2019 due to engineering work. Should help it re-gain least used status.

@gregkiteos1936 4 жыл бұрын

I bought a Wherry Lines rover ticket in May and travelled both lines from Norwich (to Great Yarmouth via Acle, and then to Lowestoft via Reedham). Because Reedham Junction signal box is permanently closed there’s no practical way of signalling trains between Reedham and Yarmouth (via Berney Arms), so that line is out of use until the resignalling work is complete, which should now be by early February 2020. Indeed, there was a sleeper placed across the single track on the line from Reedham to Berney Arms.

@duranduran20133 5 жыл бұрын

Its such an odd station but i have seen like 3 people get off it before haha

@Adam-jk5ql 3 жыл бұрын

Welp, it is now

@lachlantanseytheii4412 2 жыл бұрын

My city closes busy railway lines but the UK keeps stations in the middle of no where open

@willmarshall4766 5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the station the Trainspotting boys get off and go for their walk

@TheTransportHub17 5 жыл бұрын

Great video and a shame the pub went but weird to have marshes right next to the station.

@gregkiteos1936 4 жыл бұрын

The Transport Hub. Or is it weird to have a station next to the marshes? 😄

@alexbright7735 5 жыл бұрын

Landlady sounds cheerful

@LisaMarli 5 жыл бұрын

Bummer about the pub. Guess it was just too isolated.

@waynematthews2362 5 жыл бұрын

Went up a couple years ago, pub was open but under new management. Didn't to in mind you.

@bowlerstuff9589 5 жыл бұрын

the mill is actually closer to the river

@jono2575 5 жыл бұрын

There's another pub otherwise of the river at burgh castle

@llux 5 жыл бұрын

ive seen this already why am i rewatching?

@lucatrifan2797 5 жыл бұрын

Description clearly states it is a repost

@rickoneillable 5 жыл бұрын

luca ioan it’s not a go at Geoff, it’s a go at herself

@autismisfine4984 5 жыл бұрын

When are you doing a new least used station in West Sussex or Hampshire

@Tarkaman1 7 ай бұрын

Such a shame the pub is no longer open and a bit of a wreck

@mistervideosoex 5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to least used stations: Opposite Day edition

@alextheo965 3 жыл бұрын

Now it is in the whole of Britain(least used)

@chillinbro5423 3 жыл бұрын

you can moor at the pub

@Distritatv 5 жыл бұрын

woo, so many train lines in UK compared to Norway... !

@TheRealAristocrates 5 жыл бұрын

Now that the pub has closed, is it STILL not the least used station in Norfolk, then? I believe number of trains has reduced too.

@gregkiteos1936 4 жыл бұрын

Simeon Jackson There’s no trains running through there at the moment because of the ongoing resignalling work, which is now due to be complete by early February 2020.

@gregkiteos1936 4 жыл бұрын

0:23 The map is inaccurate (I know that’s not your fault, Geoff); it makes Norwich out to be a through station, when it’s actually a terminus.

@JeMappelleFrikandel 5 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of station you would travel to when you have given up on life.

@PiousMoltar 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like the kind of pub you would buy when you had done so too

@GManPT 5 жыл бұрын

The lady from the pub looks like a character of Game of Thrones or something medieval...

@gpk6458 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure the Berney Arms is closed. Has been for a couple of years now.

@BostonUnitedFM 5 жыл бұрын

"The pub is now sadly closed down, and there is no longer a shelter on the platform"

@swanningabout 5 жыл бұрын

Try reading....

@jpbdude4223 4 жыл бұрын

Barney arms 966-202 Buckenham according to the 2017/18 statistics

@edwardjoynes7961 5 жыл бұрын

The class 230 d train could be coming to the isle of Wight

@edwardjoynes7961 5 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@ianian2736 5 жыл бұрын

Did the pub cloead down

@t.vanoosterhout233 5 жыл бұрын

Geoff's voice has changed... or does he keep the microphone further away from his mouth than he used to?

@naijiktom 5 жыл бұрын

I hope the pub reopens at some point.

@joesos 5 жыл бұрын

'Least Used Station in Norfolk' Queen visits

@TaylesTheTrainspotter 5 жыл бұрын

Oops I missed the trsin

@TheSniper9752 5 жыл бұрын

What's a trsin?

@TaylesTheTrainspotter 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSniper9752 meant to put train

@hashimmukuma9887 5 жыл бұрын

It says not the least instead of the least ?

@EdCoolBoy 5 жыл бұрын

Shouldn’t it be 38 trains a week not 34?

@gregkiteos1936 4 жыл бұрын

Edward Aboud 32 a week during the non-summer months (4 a day Mondays to Saturdays and 8 a day on Sundays). Those numbers go up to 6 and 10 during the summer. Mind you, at the moment the number is 0 because of the ongoing resignalling of the Wherry Lines. Should be complete by early February 2020.

@RealUlrichLeland 5 жыл бұрын

Go to shippea hill boi and then tell me you know what the middle of nowhere is

@TheSniper9752 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah they already did. BOI. Who the hell talks like that anyway.

@RealUlrichLeland 5 жыл бұрын

TheSniper9752 Oh my bad I did quickly search before I commented but must've missed it. I guess it must have been because I don't have a cool name like TheSniper

@TheSniper9752 5 жыл бұрын

@@RealUlrichLeland, Thanks for the sarcasm, really needed my daily dose of it.

@RealUlrichLeland 5 жыл бұрын

TheSniper9752 No problem The Sniper, I'm always happy to deliver sarcasm daily, especially to such affable people like yourself 😁😙.

@joesos 4 жыл бұрын

what is this comment thread ;-;

@AberdeenAviation 5 жыл бұрын

The pub burnt down if I'm correct

@roundel52 5 жыл бұрын

There was indeed a fire. But the building still stands.

@domramsey 5 жыл бұрын

Not sure I get the point of reposting a video that's 7 years old?

@Camberwell86 5 жыл бұрын

^^ This man gets it

@domramsey 5 жыл бұрын

Point taken. That said, I think that this has the potential to create even greater tides of people who don't understand the context immediately. For me (someone who understands that these stats change over time), it just left me wondering if the pub had re-opened because I didn't read all the text straight off.

@TaylesTheTrainspotter 5 жыл бұрын

2 vids are for kids. Joke Edit: typo