Good God. You managed to get a seat on a TPE service from York. Well done. You are truly blessed.

The least used station in East Riding is only two stops down the line from Hensall so you'll have to catch the same train again :p

Northern pulled out all the stops for Michael Portilo by giving him a Sprinter

The station building is beautiful!

Love this episode: the cheerfulness, the simple folk and the impromptu actions. (I need to do something similar in Sweden...... really).

I've just discovered this channel and it's the most wholesome channel I've seen for a long time. Watching you train enthusiasts all afternoon has given me a warm feeling

From an avid watcher across the pond, these videos continue to be a personal love. I'm always so much more interested in the little places, the "forgotten" places (must be careful there, not forgotten in a bad way). Keep up the excellent work!

My favourite LYS video yet guys! Really enjoyable. Not surprised the Yorkshireman gave you his number. Us Northerners are very friendly tha knows! 😊

Strange to see you visiting the stations where I used to live - I'm looking forward to All the stations!

Literally moments before she said it, I muttered "What a lovely old station" and I LOVED the "Bums on Seats" sticker under the window on the way back.

I made a rule with myself. I must have a cup of tea with me when i watch these.

I did not think I would like your videos when one popped up on my feed, but I love them.

It's nice to see people enjoying themselves!

Had to stop playback halfway thru and say your unbridled geekiness at the sight of the old waiting hall made me smile from ear to ear. How wonderful you guys are getting to do this!

Geoff, Holton Heath in dorset is a likely candidate for a least used station. Enjoyed your latest video. Keep them coming.

Had a similar interaction with an old gent on my cycle ride yesterday, he just wanted to talk bikes and weather! I suspect that'll be me in 30 years time!

I've even to York quite a lot and every time I go I think I bet Geoff will really like this station

Ive been past this station many times on my way through to Gowdal in years past, and been in that pub a few times too. Love this vid!

For the record, *never* have a ten minute changeover at Leeds. That place is the largest outside London (17 platforms)! Also: are you sure Hensall has less people than Snaith? Snaith certainly has less trains.

I thought I saw you!! And here I am in your video. :-)

I love it you guys kept smiling, even there was a very limited time window to make the connection and the first train was delayed 😊😊

There is a small mail box in the wall of the Glenfinnan station, track side. Didn't see which royal's insignias there were on, looked quite rustic, had a hard time squeezing my postcards in (they were a little bit larger than average).

8:45 The Red Lion, The Royal Oak, The Crown, The White Hart, The Plough... are apparently the most popular pub names.

I noticed the QikPack jacket, Geoff! If you're ever in need of another, feel free to stop off at Beverley Station (East Riding of Yorkshire) and pop to Trespass, we will sort you out with a brand new one!

been on this train to get from glass Houghton to goole was like a ghost train 3 people on it great video as always geoff!

Having had to run across Leeds station to make tight connections due to late trains from York many a time, I felt your pain.

This video is a good example of how so much of the UK railway system is living museum of bygone days. For example, York Station has "NER" displayed in the brackets that help hold up the roof. Forever they will be until the curved York Station comes down. Now you spotted a sign from the L&Y and a Victoria Regina postbox!

Are going use Least Used Station in Scottland. This is lucky day. Nice to see Northern still have grauds

I went to York as part of an England trip (from Florida) in August 2018 and so the station is familiar. The Railway Museum wasn’t in my plans but I stayed an extra day partly to see it.

The Red Lion is the most common pub name in the UK

Love these videos! I especially love seeing the bits of community around the station.

One amazing sunset. And a really good video too. Superb.

That at York is common for services coming of '4' and a late running going into platform '3' - a curse of the rationalisation of York back in the day. AT Hensall the 'local door operation' is only done for 3 car units - 2 car units all doors released. There are service plans in the future - at some stage to increase the Leeds-Goole service away from just the peak workers services, so as to avoid the ride either to Doncaster or Hull to get to Goole! Hope you enjoyed the ride on the far superior Class 144 pacer - and the line reference 'Pontefract Line' - in fact, all West Yorkshire line references are no longer used - having all been dropped in December 2016.

This Video Brightened My Day Up.❤️😁😁

I think you should have talked more on camera to train guard / employee and the nice man Bob. I think if you put out an appeal, i think you would find plenty of people who would be willing to put you up for the night (afterall you would make great company) and the saved money could be spent on some epic drone shots etc! :D

The miniature railway at the national railway museum goes all the way from the main building at the NWM to the main tracks entering the current York station and it is very interesting to see your small gage tracks almost line up with the proper main line tracks!

The line between Bristol parkway and Gloucester has a railway pub at every station but the one at Yate (my local) closed!

One of your best, helped by a) beautiful sunset down the tracks B) a class 144/1 which for a Nodding Donkey are quite comfy.

Loving York Station. Love York in general.

Geoff, Great video and look forward to the next one.

Hehe, I live in lovely Hensall. I've never actually got the Hensall train though. I'll have to take a trip and bump the numbers up ❤

Another thoroughly entertaining five minutes.

According to a website I found online, 40 shillings in 1884, at modern day value would be £768!

My local station's the next stop. Nice to see it on here. :)

There has been changes to least used stations: Least used in North Yorkshire isn't Hensall anymore, it's British steel Redcar Least used in East Riding of Yorkshire is Wressle, not Rawcliffe anymore. Least used in Tyne and Wear is now Manors, not Dunston anymore. Least used in Oxfordshire is finstock, not combe anymore. Least used in the whole of the UK is Barry Links with 24 passengers. not Shippea Hill anymore.

I got a good grasp of things with the prehensall part.

I was on that 17:13 to Knaresborough to get off at Harrogate!!! What a coincidence....

can u do the least used station in WEST Yorkshire, this is probably Pontefract Baghill on the Dearne Valley Line (York - Sheffield). Love the channel Geoff. Keep up the amazing work.

40 Shillings? Thats like £2

My mom is from the UK and as a kid I loved spending long periods travelling to the UK to visit my grandparents and I miss it so much. These videos, and all like this, remind me of my childhood (thou I'm still in my 20s) and I love your London vids but some good places are the fens in East Anglia. Some parts with railway stations are just awesome (for the ones still around), so just a thought if you guys needed suggestions for places :)

I live in west yorkshire and been on the train to Liverpool limestreet

Oooh a Victorian postbox... I suspect that'll get ripped out of the wall sooner or later. Seem's there's quite a trade in olde post boxes. Several have been nicked from the area I work in. :(

There is a Railway Inn in Banff, Aberdeenshire but no train station, thanks Dr Beeching. The nearest train station is at Keith

I stop at Hensall for my work just by the next level crossing quite frequently. I never seen the passengers trains go by. Just freight trains. Walked up to the village once to try and find a shop couldn’t find one. Then I went to the station to see if I could get a train to nearby bigger place just to find no trains.

Have you got stats for the 'least used' station in East Yorkshire? I was wondering about Arram on the Hull to Scarborough line. I think that a train only stops there at peak periods. Arram is a small hamlet close to the market town of Beverley. The booked stops would be intended for commuters. I just looked for the ORR least-used for 1017-18 and no surprise the winner is Redcar British Steel. Who the hell are the 40 listed users if that station now has no access to even the steelworks? Curious individuals like yourself?

@ 8:50 Hiya - If my memory serves me Correctly - In Buxton, Derbyshire - there is a Pub called The Railway or some thing like that!!!

Probably one of the nicest of least used stations.

Snaith on the same line I always thought was the least used station in Yorkshire, so I'm happy to concede to your greater research.. Snaith might be the least used station in the 'East Riding of Yorkshire'

You should make a video on most least used train station in West Yorkshire

I love your videos Geoff. I sit here in Indianapolis a city with no trains like the UK and hope to visit all these interesting places you take me to on KZfaq one day.

Red Lion is the most popular pub name in the UK! Always comes up on the pub quzi

Haha love it. Good old Yorkshire hospitality.

I grew up in Brayton near Selby, went on many a school trip to Eggborough Power Station and never even knew Hensall existed.

I visit that Costa on a daily/weekly basis!

0:49 I’d just like to say thanks to Virgin for always have a nice person in the ticket booth. I’ve always gotten good service from helpful people at a Virgin.

The station bar at Weston Super Mare is . . . Super.

1:45 on my trips to whitby i always stop at the york tap, its very nice. bit sad that im now living somwehere where my route doesnt go via york

I went to York Rail Station a last year in October and saw The Flying Scotosman.

4:38 nice to see that you rode on a 3-car pacer! 9:00 I also found a few "Railway Hotel"s!

hi Geoff i know of a least used station in the north east called teesside airport (Durham Tess valley airport) which only has two trains a week only on a Sunday, 11:16 from darlington and 12:36 from eaglescliff

oh, and apparently as of 2017, Railway Tavern is 10th most common...Red Lion is first...there's a Railway Tavern on the Pontefract line somewhere though

Going to England tomorrow, already excited. Maybe I'll get a glimpse of Geoff :P Nice station by the way :)

Whenever we've departed from Leeds station going south or south-west its always been from platform 17B - how strange is that?

and I was one of the passengers this year! Two trains a day out of Snaith, my little home town.

6:27 Of course it's open Geoff, you had already entered and left to put the camera in there!

You can find a list of Parliament trains on Wikipedia Geoff! great video. Also bad news, those 121s on the little Kimble route are being retired due to a lack of parts..

Great video as always!

should do Barry links up here in Scotland 😂

Leeds is a big station and 10 minutes isn't enough if you can help it.In fact anywhere in England, unless you are connecting to a high frequency service like Merseyrail or London Overground, always give 30 minutes minimum!

Slow-opening doors are a nightmare! RUN, Geoff, RUN! We've got a 'The Junction' pub near us in Upminster. Speaking of Upminster, if you do White Notley, I'd like to come (I'm quite close)... but I'd have to bring at least one of my parents with me! Yes, for once, the kid is the one into trains and the parents are dragged along - not the other way round! Haha

Hensall may be in so-called “North Yorkshire”, but is actually way down south. Properly, it is in the West Riding of Yorkshire!

Finally, some stations I'm more familiar with (York and Leeds that is, even I've never been to Hensall)

Fun journey.

came across this by pure chance and loved it love all the old lines and stations and I will try and remember that postbox website, have you done any on the summer volunteer railway lines like the wensleydale railway. thanks again

I have one minute between the regular arrival of my commute train and the next train - and I usually make it - every day... If I don't make it, the other one is coming in 15 Minutes, but you clearly feel the time you won running from one to the other train.

Ayy Geoff keep this vids coming fam love it

6:37 I started recalling the smell immediately as you talked about it. It's a lovely smell, that - to me anyway - is very welcoming and comfortable. Edit: Lovely sunset too :-)

Hi guys there is an ancient post box VR or GR at Milford in Surrey.

I guess the Signal Box is out of use? LED signals from the local ROC?

Hearing David chandler getting a mention knowing that he's a local to me. He posts in a local history group and I hear him on a local radio station.

Not bad up here in Yorkshire is it Geoff and as for York Station you could spend all day on there exploring its history its where I spent most of my leisure time as a schoolboy trainspotting in the days of steam

+Geoff Marshall, if you want some Brooke Bond tea you need look no further than PG Tips - they were the original manufacturer!

There’s a railway tavern in crouch end

Google seems to come up with two different top ten lists for UK pub names. One does not contain "Railway". The CAMRA 2007 survey (Which I have seen quoted but not the original of) shows the Crown as #1, Red Lion as #2, Royal Oak as #3 and Railway as #6.

I went to the York tap, its train enthusiasts dream.

Hi Geoff Marshall The other day I went in the very same waiting room on hensall station

That was so much fun. I loved this one. I do wonder what was under the tarp.

Hahaha... showing off our shabby northern trains xD

My local station is Pilning 3rd least used station in Britain

There is a Railway Tavern outside Carshalton Station (South London)