I now wonder what is the most northern Tube map now 'cause that is quiet far from London. Great video as always.

Nice one. I thought at first you were going to do it via Doncaster and Sheffield.

Good fun this - just for the sheer hell of seeing how you can actually do the journey (if you wanted to). Some others to recommend: Tamworth (high level to low level) Smethwick Galton Bridge (high level to low level) Catford to Catford Bridge (stations are next to each other) Upper Warlingham to Whyteleafe (stations within 100 yards)

I am a late comer to your vlogs, so catching up with your past pointless journeys in the wee small hours when I can,t sleep. Keep up the good work.

Burscough Bridge to Burscough Junction would be an interesting one to try

Great series concept! If you're looking for journey suggestions might I recommend: Altrincham rail station to Altrincham metrolink London Waterloo to Waterloo East

Love to go to Retford as I never been there but went passed it on LNER up to Edinburgh Waverley & York.

Intersting, and as a former resident of Lincoln all three stations are very familar to me. There used to be flat crossings at all those places, but those at Retford and Lincoln were eliminated in the 1960s and 1980s respectively. Retford by way of the diveunder (which also created the low level station) built so that coal trains serving the new power stations at West Burton and Cottam would not interrupt the ECML services, and Lincoln when services from the Newark direction were diverted into Central station. The LNER service to Lincoln is qiute new (2019, too late to be of any use to me). Prior to that there had been one train a night, arriving in the city late evening long after everything had closed, and returning at crack of dawn the next morning.

Try St Budeaux Ferry Rd to St Budeaux Victoria Square. The stations are literally 5 yards apart, but you can get from one to the other by train.

I remember going to Retfrord when East-West passenger trains called at the East Coast station and goods traffic mostly coal, crossed on the level through diamond crossings.

Fantastic Pointless Journey

I once did this journey in the very early hours of the morning. I caught the rarely served Northern train from Retford High Level Platform 2 and took it one stop to Worksop, then waited for the Lincoln train to take me back into Retford, stopping this time on Lower Level Platform 3.

Brilliant! I'm trying to work out how long it'd take to do this from Dorking to Dorking deepdene 😂

This is quite brilliant. There's a couple of stations in Edenbridge with your name on.

That was fun! A south of England pointless journey for you: St Albans City to St Albans Abbey, which is about a 30 min walk (or a short cycle along the Alban Way - I can bring the tandem over if you want a fun way to do that). Now if you stick to an absolute no walking between stations or using the tube you'll have to do some fun use of the Overground to get from Euston to St Pancras (Willesden - Highbury - Finsbury Park might be fun!) or go north and use the Bletcheley to Bedford line, if the trains are running! There's also a north wales spectacular on if you try to do Minffordd low to high, high being on the Festiniog Railway. That should take you all day!

Excellent video Nick! You should do Catford to Catford Bridge or Edenbridge to Edenbridge town

Good video! You should try Canterbury East to Canterbury West or Blackpool North to Blackpool South 😅

You could try Oulton Broad North to Oulton Broad South. They're not on the same line and the Oulton Broad South route runs right behind Oulton Broad North station !

WOODHOUSE! 😃 This is a great idea for a series. Looking forward to seeing more.

I used to train spot in Retford in the 1950s watching the A4s thunder through.

Thank you Nick for the video! I enjoyed it! I'm looking forward to seeing more of these journeys! 🙂

I got a good one for pointless journeys: Catford to catford bridge in London (they are about 30seconds walk apart from each other

Nice to see you having fun in Retford and Newark!

Brilliant. I love it. Subscribed. I've been to Retford station a number of times, and it really is unusual.

Hi Nick that was an awesome video and i really enjoyed the train journey between the two stations.

I'm sure you already knew but some years ago there would have been no reason to do this as the two stations were one at the same level.

This is a really fun idea for a series. I look forward to seeing what other journeys you come up with!

Tamworth Low - Tamworth High... I bet that's miles... 🤣

Great idea Nick. Hope you can come up with some more pointless journeys

Sorry the lift is out of order - No problem!

this is deffo something i would do to avoid stairs

I enjoyed this video and I look forward to seeing more like these. I have been through Retford High Level (thankfully havent been caught in any disruption that oocurs from there lol) and I haven't really noticed Retford Low Level from High Level but I've always known Low Level exists just from seeing it on maps lol.

i really enjoyed this one brilliant video

love these silly fun jouneys!

What a great video! Your going to be the new Geoff Marshall :)

Love this series. Great idea. You know the anagram of Newark?

Good idea. Worcestershire Parkway and Tamworth are two I can think of that you can do this at too.

Dorking to Dorking Deepdeene would be a good one

4:36 Love the ‘Woodhouse’ announcement what’s all that about!!

Nice work, you can also catch the low level train to worksop and on the return from worksop sometimes it will stop on the high level platform 2.

I'm liking this new series! I have a suggestion for another video, Wigan Wallgate to Wigan North Western (Via Bolton and Preston)

Love this new series! Any more in the planned or in the works yet?

I love this series ❤❤

Love the bit where you said "This map has a tube station" 😆

The way he lip syncs to WOODHOUSE makes me laugh so much

Great video editing is awesome

This series is amazing! I suggest Birmingham New Street to Moor Street, No trams allowed ;) !

I’ve always wondered about getting between Catford and Catford Bridge, pointless journey perhaps.

In fairness, this might be quicker than the colossal walk between the two levels!

Great videos mate. Would you consider doing shotton high to shotton low level

This is a cool series. I have a challenge for you........ Dorchester South to Dorchester West.

St Budeaux Ferry Road to St Budeaux Victoria Road.

I love living close to Retford station, I can leave the house and be in central London in 1 hr 30.

Which route would be more pointless though? Via Newark and Lincoln? Or Doncaster/Sheffield?

Wondered whether you might go the other way and go RET - DON, DON-SHF, SHF-RET. Retford's a great station though - use it to get to work in York a few days a week.

Love it! Glad I've stumbled across your channel as you are a version of me and my channel lol . What a brilliant idea though!

Super editing, presenting, presentation and animation. The map with your head going between the different destinations is both funny and brilliantly done! When you have the extended sequences between your presenter bits, be great to know more about the history of the routes connected with the journey or the main destination, for instance why are there high and low level platforms. Also you mentioned the LNER ticket costing you 1.50 - any further information on how you got that would be brilliant. Not criticisms at all by the way, your stuff is brilliant, just suggestions. Have subscribed/liked etc. A see a young Geoff Marshall in the making! Cheers, Nick (another Nick! What are the chances?)

I enjoyed this video. I was sure to like, and to subscribe. I also left a comment.

Such a good video!

There is something spooky about the algorithm here. I'm currently on a train, which, in a few hours time, will call at Retford, then Newark Northgate, where I am ironically changing for Lincoln. How did they know???

Haha, love it!

How about Bradford Interchange to Bradford Forster Square without going through Leeds?

High Level to Low Level 2 at Lichfield Trent Valley

I spent a lot of time waiting to change trains at this station on my first few visits home when I started at Lincoln Uni. I soon learned to avoid it at all costs and change at Newark or Doncaster instead, even changing at Peterborough was better!

Worcestershire parkway and Tamworth could be next?

What type of tickets do you buy for these kinds of journeys?

Great video. It would be great if you also mention origin and destination of the trains you are taking for those who are not very familiar with service patterns of these routes. Like was the 1st LNER train that you took from Leeds to KGX or from somewhere else? Also was the Northern one from Lincoln to Leeds or it started from somewhere else?

Retford High Level to Low Level. IIRC there is actually a direct train once a day.

Great videos buddy I liked and Subscribed for more and I have binged your whole channel

Not what I was expecting. I thought you might’ve gone to Doncaster then Sheffield and Worksop.

My guy must really hate stairs

Have you ever done the pointless journey from Shotton High Level to Shotton Low Level in Fintshire ??

You should do Smethwick Galton bridge Low level to Smethwick Galton bridge high level

Not all train but how about Glasgow Queen Street High level-low level via Inverness, Kyle of Lochalsh, Isle of skye, ferry to Mallaig then train to Dalmuir and into the low level

Next do Canterbury east to Canterbury west and catford to catford bridge

This map has a tube station Indeed it does Many of them in fact 😅 (I make that mistake all the time)

‘This map has got a tube station’ well duh its a london rail and tube services map

Easier way: Retford High Level to Wakefield Westgate, CrossCountry to Sheffield and Northern to Low Level.

Newark Northgate to Newark Castle should take a short while as well (especially if a "no reversing at Lincoln" rule was implemented...!)

The amount of bone idle people you see moaning on twitter about the 100mtr walk and single flight of steps (or lift) it takes to get from the upper to the lower platform I would imagine they would actually us this service rather than exert themselves 🤣

But what if people want an expensive taxi ride from both stations?

Shotton next?

4:33 demonstrates how depressing announcers can sound like

Do Waterloo to waterloo east 😂😂

This looks so fun! I love pointless journeys. Just out of interest, what are you studying at uni?

I think you omitted a detail - how long did your journey take, Nick?

Earlestown platform 1 to platform 5

If you get a chance to get south I got a pointless journey for you. Ash vale to North Camp.

Haha 😂 great stuff kiddo why walk from one level to the other when you can do it in comfort by train eh?... Let the train take the strain 😂😂😂😂

Tamworth?

Brighton - London road Brighton

Tamworth next?

Stupid question, what ticket did you buy?

I suppose I am not the first to enquire if you are Geoff Marshall’s little brother?😃

another potential pointless journey: Canterbury East to Canterbury West :D

How many High Level/Low level stations are there these days? Not many i guess! Kill them all with pointless journeys

*WOODHOUSE*

How long did it take you?

Gillingham (Kent) > Gillingham (Dorset)

really enjoy these pointless journeys. just watched the humber bridge one. I'm on the trains from time to time too kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rqqJZ62e1NixnXU.html