man i wanna go to England and just ride the trains around... watching in envy here in Texas. Thanks for letting us live vicariously and congrats on the well deserved 100k.

£7 Euston to Birmingham (New Street or International) on Virgin is a bargain. Needham Market already has a library and internet cafe at what was the Middle School site, next to the community centre. If I had the money I'd rent the station building and live in it. Needham is a lovely place to live. Congrats Geoff, you deserve it!

Great to see you the other day at Needham Market, and congratulations on reaching the 100,000 subscriber milestone! The Liverpool Street to Norwich train GA run a trolley service in standard class on the busier services. They used to also cover first class, but I suspect they save a fair bit forcing the commuters to walk for their complimentary refreshments! I actually managed to find a photograph from the year 2000 of the Needham Market tunnel between platforms before they enlarged it.

Lovely video. We’re at the next station Stowmarket. Just a little local info, after you went through cattle tunnel, “camping land” has nothing to do with sleeping under canvas! Camping was an ancient and very violent game like football or rugby but with fewer rules! Popular in East Anglia, lots of eastern towns have a camping land or a street with that name. I talk about in a video on my Channel “Secret History of Stowmarket- my walk to work”. But very impressed with your cheap tickets!!! 👍

3:09 I think it's £22...

I love digging for extremely cheap tickets when travelling by train, so here are the best bargains I've got so far: 1. Penzance to London Paddington for 14.40 (this was December 2017 though so this may no longer exist) 2. Sunderland to London King's Cross for 10.85 on Grand Central (GC is usually cheaper than LNER) 3. London Euston to Glasgow Central FIRST CLASS for 46.20 (I checked and this is also possible for 19.80 in 2nd class) 4. London Euston to Inverness by Caledonian Sleeper for 33.00 (for the seat, so it'll be a long night, but still!) 5. London Euston to Birmingham: 3.95 with London Northwestern or 7.25 with Virgin Trains. 6. London St. Pancras Int'l to Berlin for 65 Euros (58 pounds). I know this one's not fully UK but if you book with DB you can get the whole journey (9 hours, 4 countries) for under 60 pounds which I find amazing. All of these (except 6) make use of a 16-25 railcard. Most of these were booked around 1-2 months in advance.

6:58 Needham station was NOT listed for closure in the Beeching Report. Despite this, it was closed on 2nd January 1967 along with Haughley station (also not in Beeching) two stops up the line. Needham was re-opened as Needham Market on 6th December 1971, just under four years after it closed. Haughley was never re-opened, and is still closed today.

Glad you liked Needham Market. It used to be the main Ipswich - Norwich road. It's now nice and quiet. The station at Stowmarket is very similar to that at Needham. Nice to see you went to Westerfield, too - it's in easy walking distance of my house. It has a fascinating old waiting room, on a long disused bay platform, that's worth a look. Congratulations on hitting the 100,000 mark. I've told lots of people about you, on other sites, where someone is interested about the London Underground. I simply tell them to check out 'Geoff Marshall - he really loves and knows the subject'. I hope some of them have. Nice one.

Yay! Right by my house :) If I'd known you were coming this way I'd have popped over to say "Hi!" We're quite proud of our little station even if wheelchair users can only get to one platform... That, apparently, is being worked on though. The old town hall at 07:57 contains one of the best fancy dress/costume shops in the region. Massive range and if you're in the market to buy or rent a fancy dress outfit for a party or something, go see Jem at The Costume Closet! The Pightle (Pronounced "Pie-tull") at 08:01 is where I used to live, and the name means "Triangular shaped area of land for keeping pigs". Also based out of there is Megan who is an amazing beautician and MUA who can travel to you for weddings/prom etc. (If any Subscribers are interested, message me for contact details for the local businesses!) The cattle tunnel at 08:40 takes you to "The Camping Ground" which actually is named after an old form of football, not camping as in tents. Shame you didn't show the lake itself properly as it's a really nice little walk and nature/bird reserve.

Geoff, booking at the right time you can get from bury saint Edmund's (4 stops down towards Cambridge/Peterborough from Ipswich) you can get an advanced single from wakefield west-gate(Yorkshire) to bury saint Edmund's for £8.05! a 3 hour ish journey! (With Rail card) CONGRATS on 100,000 though Geoff, i cant even remember when i started watching but it was a long time ago for sure! i haven't been one to comment but ive been here a long time! You have helped to inspire my love for the British railway! I am also a wheelchair user who heavily relies on trains and public transport so having so many videos on different stations is actually helpful as if i know i'm going somewhere i can look at any video you have made of the place to try and scope it out! So thank you again for helping without even realizing! If you ever need a disabled perspective on travel i would be more than happy to help you!

You are an amazing video producer, Goeff! Following you since YT algorithm offered me Londonist's videos about the secrets of the underground, which was 4 years ago. Great content, every bell notification from your channel makes my day, even if I'm not from U.K. Congrats with 100k, mate, and keep it going. You have a very bright future among train geeks here :) (handshake-emoji)

Congratulations from Edmonton Alberta. I started watching just before you began travelling "All the Stations". Well done.

That description of Needham Market on the wall was really believable to be on the wall great job.

Thanks for including Needham Market, Suffolk, a growing town with still quaint aspects. The lovely Great Eastern architecture, many Georgian buildings, and a rare Tudor church. Glad you included some other stations. I would recommend The Railway at Westerfield to watch loads of trains and enjoy refreshments.

I was walking throught the cattle tunnel on Monday, to pick up my flask of hot soup (left out by my Mum), when I saw that someone had left an expensive looking camera with a big microphone on a tripod by the side of the path. I thought to myself people are strange. :-P Congratulations on the 100k

Brings back memories - I was in the Army based at the airfield only a few miles from Needham. Lovely little town.

It is lovely when you manage to get First Class on that route, although you didn't pick up your free snack with your tea! Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers.

Thanks for the video. All your videos are educational, entertaining and fun to watch. I love learning new things and your humour is fantastic. Thanks again!

I wish I had discovered your channel and learned all of your tricks BEFORE we flew from the USA to London. My wife & I were going to go on a first class Virgin Train direct in 4 1/2 hours from London to Glasgow. But it was closer to 10 hours on three trains with no first class service traveling on something we didn't know more about but you call a "bank holiday". To say it was a disaster is not understating and we got no relief or refund of any monies since it was a first class #&*%. Knowing more now I look forward to trying again. Thanks for all of your videos and adventures.

I'm 11 years old and you inspire me so much. I love your videos

Glad to see you enjoyed your day in Suffolk. There is a fair amount of nice architecture on the GEML, Stowmarket also has a lovely building. Just to 'branch' off Derby Road is my local station! Keep the videos coming!

You deserve it mate. You've brought back the joy of trains.

Hello Geoff, I only live about 20 minutes drive from Needham Market and often pick my daughter up off the Cambridge train. You're right , Needham Market is a great little town, pity they closed the ticket office 😟 A few years ago when I went to London , the trains were delayed because of cows on the line at Stowmarket. ☺️ Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday! I had no idea that the British buffet was different than the American buffet. Thanks for the continued education!

I love this Line, as my Nan moved from London to North Walsham 4 years ago. Considering it can cost me around £12+ to get from Dartford to Twickenham for work, I often visit my nan for £9!! And First class for not much more! Whenever I visit her I always buy the ticket to Sheringham or Cromer, as its the same price to Norwich, Yarmouth, Cromer, Sheringham so its worth just getting the ticket to as far as possible just on the off chance you might pop to the coast!!

greetings from New Zealand, I was in UK while you were doing All the Stations and was at Edinburgh the same day as you. I have never noticed that I wasn't subscribed...... till now , I'll fix that for you.

I agree with you Geoff about the Slam Doors to me it adds to the enjoyment of travelling by Train

Had to check to make sure I was subscribed after spending what feels like 4 years watching your videos as soon as they come out. Hope you had a great birthday too!

Congratulations on reaching 100,000 + , enjoy your adventures and educational side of things as well. Steve, Sydney, Australia

Well done on 100,000 Geoff! You thoroughly deserve it! Here's to 1 million and beyond!!

Hey Geoff great see you have visited Needham Market.. my next town along from me! Hope to catch u there one day or in Stowmarket lol

Congratulations Geoff long may you carry on making informative and amusing videos

The NRW-LST advance purchase first class fares are the best. A few hours before I watched this video I booked NRW-LST for £11.90 in first class with my 16-25 railcard. Having grown up in Norwich I have used these for many years! Often first is cheaper than standard too if you pick the correct trains.

just love; charming town, appreciation for a detail like the cattle tunnel , handy travel tips, good friend. Epitome of a Geoff video.

About 2-3 years ago I got an advance single from Chichester to Norwich for £16 (with a 16-25 railcard!) I once tried first class on the greater anglia too, and it was amazing and very much enjoyed the complimentary orange juice and crisps! I did not know there was a first class lounge at Liverpool Street though! I learn something new every day! :D

It's soo nice to have seen you grow from 20k to 100k, you're an inspiration to many even if you don't know it. Congratulations mate!

First time I saw that sign "TO LET", I thought it was a sign "TOILET" of which the letter I was missing. That's what you get when English is not your native language. :-)

I used to live in Needham Market for a while, in my parents-in-law's holiday home. A 500+ year old rickety cottage which apparently used to be one of those 'in-house' inns. The railway goes across the road we lived in on a brick bridge at the bottom of the hill. We used the cottage while we were looking for a more permanent home, and it felt like we spent a whole month on holiday! I love Needham for that reason and others. The people are lovely and there's so much more there than you showed. For example, the church on the main road has a roof which is basically an upside-down ship's hull! There are modern housing estates around the edges of the town but the centre has buildings of many eras. It's a really lovely place. You could have shown more of the lake. My kids spent many an hour there feeding ducks and swans and generally letting off steam (no pun intended. Well, not much of one...). I still live in the area (about 20-30 minutes away, in the middle of nowhere. Peace, glorious peace!) and we're just about being considered to be 'proper Suffolk' after just over 25 years LOL! Btw, we also have a (boating) connection to Brundall in Norfolk (and the Berney Arms etc. In fact, we stayed overnight on New Year's Eve-Day moored up at the Arms). Sad to say but the train company is supposed to be turning Brundall station into an unmanned one, which is a diabolically stupid thing to do. It's quite busy, despite its quiet appearance and I dread to think what will happen if we have a bunch of drunk holiday makers moored up in the summer (they'll probably get drunk after mooring, at least I hope so, as there's a really good pub by the station). That is not a good combination at all :( Thought you'd want to keep posted about that one. As for cheap tickets, I'm not sure if it's still possible, but I bought one of my daughters a first class ticket to Swansea from Ipswich for her 18th - it was about 6-7 years ago! - so she could visit her big bro at uni - this is without a railcard for her. Because I got it early, the first class ticket was only a couple of quid more expensive than the standard. It was less than £25 total *return.* I guess you have to book in plenty of time. Congrats on the 100k! You deserve it for such interesting and surprisingly varied videos given the potential to be a narrow subject. Thanks for all your hard work in putting them together and teaching us about the history of the places you visit.

Cambridge - Southampton £6.60, Cambridge - Portsmouth £6.25 SWR & Connections Advance with railcards. Never used it, but I'm tempted to!

Congratulations! One of my favourite channels on KZfaq! ♥️

Awesome that you cam to these lil stations, very local to myself and luvly lil stations too. Brill vid and congrats!

Me grandson lives in Needham Market nice place to visit and I enjoy the ride down from York via Peterborough. Peterborough- Ely- Stowmarket and intermediate stations very scenic journey

And I am proud to be one of them.

Sunderland to kings X £35 book one day in advance plus £3.90 to newcastle same day. Newcastle to London Kings X £182 one day in advance Big difference Via grand central trains

We used to play away games of footy in Needham Market which involved changing in the public bar of the local pub and walking to the station and through the tunnel to the pitch!

Congratulations on reaching 100,000 subscribers. At 7:00, I'm surprised no one put an "I" between the "O" and "L" on the "To Let" sign. 😈

Brilliant Video Geoff! Westerfield also has a lovely railway themed pub right near the station and is a great place to see the rare nuclear flask train to Sizewell. Congrats on 100000!

you deserve all the subs. I started with watching those different part series about the underground. I liked sticking around. onto many more videos! Happy be-lated birthday by the way!

I've been to Needham Market and its a proper British village/town. Great video highlighting a hidden gem!

Some great advanced fares I’ve spotted is Newcastle to Carlisle (as cheap as £2 for a seat with a railcard) it’s a beautiful route with some great scenery on the way. Also Newcastle to Whitby for £10-£11 (with a railcard) is also a canny route. I personally think the Newcastle to Carlisle route is bloody great value between two great cities. It is Northern rail so it’s a no thrills pacer, not everyone’s cup of tea but I know a fair few on here like them!

I'll miss the 90s, mk3s and dvts when I have my annual Suffolk holiday. Good ride quality, UK built stuff. Will see what the new ones are like. Greater Anglia I like as a TOC. Needam Market is nice station as is the town. Good video Geoff

I think you have a real knack for video editing and just content creating in general I came here from all the stations haha loved it not even finished the series yet but you’ve grown quickly on here since I subscribed so well done 👍🏻

Congrats on 100K subscribers!

Congratulations Geoff on reaching 100,000 subscribers! Intresting fact that the up platform at Needham Market is made on Composite Fibre (Carbon Fibre) I think and had been designed as a trial to have underplatform heating that had space for hot air to go through but after trial they never went through with it.

Many congrats. You've both worked bloody hard for this.

Love the additional details you find out. A Cattle Tunnel? Fantastic.

Cheap tickets are a thing! People always assume railway travel is expensive due to the doom and gloom news stories. In advance you can get a fast service, Virgin trains, Euston to Birmingham New Street for £8! Also love the station stats graphics on the wall, great idea! Congrats also, I seem to remember you being on something like 25k subs when I found you, it’s well deserved!

Damn. You certainly did luck out with that station. Speaking as a local, Possilpark & Parkhouse is a dismal wee station. As for Needham Market's station building? If I won the lottery I'd totally buy and convert it into a little railway museum complete with cafe and gift shop, probably even sub-let those to local businesses! Basically do trickle down economics, but properly!

I have been able to go from Birmingham to Carlisle in first class for £20 (with a railcard admittedly) because I booked in advance.

Great Video Geoff and also once again like to say congratulations on reaching 100,000 subscribers, There a few fares in the late evening which are lovely, talking about advance fare (2:05 in the video) you can get an advance ticket from London Euston to Rugeley Town with one change at Rugeley Trent Valley for £5.95 with a railcard one way but during off peak you can get a ticket for £4.60, Funny enough when you pulled into Needham Market at 1129, two minutes before you arrived I was pulling out of West Ealing at 1127 as I headed to South Greenford, London Least used Station lol

BTW a walk around the lake is obligatory. When visiting needham. Go on a Sunday and there is a car boot sale / market on the far side of the lake from the station.

Yes agree, I really like the Greater Anglia refurbished mark 3 carriages with class 90 loco unit, pull down the window then put your arm outside to reach the handle, it feels like being in charge of the carriage, I'm dreading the new trains on the Liverpool Street-Norwich line, will miss the old ones.

welcome to Needham Market lol, the better, smaller, younger brother of Stowmarket

I travel to Norwich quite a bit and a lot of the Advance fares are only one pound more expensive for First Class, which comes with free coffee and snacks plus a slightly roomier seat with guaranteed table.

Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers, Love your videos keep up the good work, Greetings from Canada

7:22 If you like old station buildings with fancy brickwork, check out Ingatestone. Built mock-Tudor to blend in with Ingatestone Hall, and now Grade-II listed.

Congratulations Geoff. Superb content and local to me! (Derby Road).

LOL That bloke walking along the platform. Well deserved Geoff! 👍

Not a Pret or Starbucks in sight Never thought Geoff could say that

If you need to travel from Edinburgh or surrounds to stations between York & Tamworth via Leeds & Derby, it's much cheaper to split ticket LNER from Edinburgh to York/Doncaster then Crosscountry onwards. Everytime I travel, fare is as much as half the price of the advance Crosscountry fares direct from Edinburgh.

Quality video as always Geoff- keep it up. Here's to the next milestone!

Woo your going into my home town for your change to Needham market

Nice station but where’s the actual market? Congrats once again, amigo! Well deserved. Here’s to 500,000 and one million

Bit late to the party but Needham Lake is super nice to walk around! Plus they have huge car boot sales every weekend. Maybe for next time ;)

Tickety Split would make a great video.

Well done for reaching 100,000 subs! And also I'm happy that you said West Midlands Trains instead of London Midland at 2:38

Lots of Southern Advance Fares for £3.60 too with a railcard from Victoria to the south coast. Have done Bognor Regis a few times for £3.60

Lovely ToLet building.. Would make a nice AllTheStations HQ, with a little museum inside, and a small shop selling your book, a selection of maps, and cups of tea!!

Watching Geoff’s Blogs while waiting for a Train.... PRICELESS ...!

I've been from london to Oxford (via GWR) with three other people (4 in total) and a railcard for £11 !

Well deserved Geoff congratulations from Johannesburg

Thank you for creating

And you've already got 1000 more! Congrats to 101000 Subs. Keep up the great videos!

CBW to BTN (via AFK and EBN) off-peak ticket is £22.30 forward dated to April when there’s no blockade (£14.70 with a Railcard)

Thank you for the tour !

YES MATE WELL DONE i would love to make a video with you if your ever in hertfordshire

Nice video Geoff, East Anglia is so underrated!!

I live right next to caldercruix station, some beautiful walks in the area, you should visit!

I've had some good deals on the trains.all payed in advance of course. Last autumn I got a Manchester to Glasgow return for £34 and it worked out being £16 to Glasgow and £18 to get back, this I got through Virgin rail. And again with Virgin Rail, last month I got a one way ticket for my daughter and myself in first class from Bangor to Manchester for £30, worked out being £21 for regular seats with a £9 upgrade fee to first class..

The southern super saver £12 unlimited travel across the southern network for 1 day.... but its a purchase 7 days in advance.... however you can buy on thw day from some tourist infornation centres near southern only stations

London to Brighton on Thameslink for 10 with a railcard. That use to be my regular weekend getaway...

Congratulations Geoff

Favourite train for now, they have some of the new ironing board ones sat in crown point now

The Felixstowe branch stations are good too. Especially Trimley

Used to go from Canterbury West to Stratford Upon Avon when going home from University. Today it's £7.60 advance. (with a railcard) Includes highspeed on southeastern and tube travel across London!

Special offer a few years ago in the Standard - London - Birmingham and back for 50p total by Chiltern - did a midday day trip to sample one of the narrowboat excursions that start from near the Mailbox - normally I'd never have had the chance, as Brum is usually a place I'm heading through to somewhere else - fascinating stuff

Congratulations Geoff on hitting the 100, 000 subscribers threshold

Happy birthday and again GOOD JOB FOR GETTING 100,000

I've done KGX to DHM for £13.25 with a railcard. GC to York and then TPE to Durham - and it's a pretty decent connection too.

Trimley my local station....another great vid Geoff.........