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4 жыл бұрын

TfL had annouced that the TfL Rail service would start on Sunday December 15th with trains between Reading and Paddington, until we heard that there would be a small number of day starting a few weeks earlier to help get everyone involved prepared ...
TfL Rail is what TfL are calling their Crossrail services before they become the Elizabeth Line, but here we shall always love to call it the #PurpleTrain

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@caw25sha 4 жыл бұрын

Breakfast at Tesco Extra. Is there no end to this man's decadence?

@peterturner8766 4 жыл бұрын

It does have a building called The Slug.

@markcf83 4 жыл бұрын

Britain's largest Tesco-and as someone who lived near it until late 2005 I should know.....

@IluvFbiFiles 4 жыл бұрын

Stop hating, how's it decadence to have breakfast at Tesco Extra?

@ahmedthecamel5706 4 жыл бұрын

Total elitist

@kinocchio 4 жыл бұрын

Don’t hate on a baller.

@Danokoten 4 жыл бұрын

I have no idea why I watch these videos but I love them 😂

@barryjenkins4742 3 жыл бұрын

Love watching your videos Geoff all the way from new Zealand keep them coming cheers

@mantinecraft7055 2 жыл бұрын

100th like on this comment WOAH!

@send2gl 4 жыл бұрын

Those expecting a toilet and not finding one may be in trouble.

@JJMMWGDuPree 4 жыл бұрын

Y'see the thing is, I'm on these tablets that create pee. I don't know why, seems like a stupid idea to me but doctor knows best. Now I can quite easily hold it for the duration of a Reading to London train ride... Unless there are no toilets, at which point... Sorry if its a bit cold, but believe me, you'd rather that window was open.

@stevies.1975 4 жыл бұрын

Those expecting a seat might be in trouble, let alone a comfortable one.... God help us....

@alisonnorcross951 4 жыл бұрын

I think the train will smell of men wee

@sanchoodell6789 3 жыл бұрын

Its just a shame that this train doesn't stop at Waterloo!

@JJMMWGDuPree 2 жыл бұрын

@@disappointingmarbleraces9028 People who think it's better out than in.

@ernestparker3648 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Geoff. Great video I don't know how you do it. Since I retired, 20 years ago from tfl underground you keep us up to date with everything. Thanks so much.

@geofftech2 4 жыл бұрын

Ernest Parker thanks Ernest, lovely comment! 👍

@zekizimex 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@audigex 4 жыл бұрын

"And I've just got enough time to run down the front and get a picture" - cue blurriest photo ever

@sb784 4 жыл бұрын

Bit of TfL take over trivia: You can tell which station is run by TfL on the GW lines just by looking at the electronic passenger displays. The ones run by TfL just say "Paddington", GWR stations (and Network Rail run Reading) say "London Paddington".

@maxwilkinson7102 4 жыл бұрын

Never thought I’d make it into a Geoff Marshall video, that’s me in the red jacket at 5.46, thought I recognised Dan

@R160A 4 жыл бұрын

That confused passenger look reminds me of when, here in New York, the Transit Museum runs a vintage train. It’s become a holiday tradition on Sundays. In October they ran a special for the 115th anniversary of the system

@gobears6487 4 жыл бұрын

I just moved to NYC... Where does it run? 😊

@R160A 4 жыл бұрын

gobears87 The route changes slightly depending on which Sunday you decide on. Here’s the link from the Transit Museum: www.nytransitmuseum.org/holidaynostalgiarides/

@heleneg525 4 жыл бұрын

@@gobears6487 Lottsa luck trying to figure out the NYC subway!

@GenXBecks 4 жыл бұрын

I was on the overground yesterday and a man was dressed kind of like Michael Jackson and singing and dancing a bit. Everyone around him was watching and giggling and I realized how long it's been since I saw something like this on the train. Been here 10 years and I forgot that I saw something like this every day of the 15 years I used the subway in New York.

@SnabbKassa 4 жыл бұрын

"purplified" past tense verb. That's one for Susie Dent.

@benedettobruno1669 4 жыл бұрын

And also for the Oxford Dictionary.

@JJMMWGDuPree 4 жыл бұрын

How long have you had this desire to give one to Susie Dent? I think she should be told.

@neville132bbk 4 жыл бұрын

purplated...?

@marcelmoulin3335 4 жыл бұрын

A Dutch train enthusiast living in The Netherlands, I thoroughly enjoyed your video. (I recently moved back from Surrey!)

@gracederriman66 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I saw you on the train when I got on at Burnham at the start! It was really nice to meet you, and quite surreal too, as my friend and I were only talking about you the day before! Personally, I find it weird to see these purple trains on my commute to college every day, and I think the GWR ones are more comfortable, but I was prepared to see it on Monday, whereas most commuters weren't.

@geofftech2 4 жыл бұрын

hello Grace! nice to meet you too. you look very surprised to see me! heh he

@MyDiesel101 4 жыл бұрын

"Purplefied" - Absolutely Brilliant. Looks like a really nice train set. Thank You Geoff!

@lupercalios 4 жыл бұрын

Having seen these trains just parked on the side during several journeys from Reading to Paddington, it's nice to see them finally running. As a Reading local, I wonder if the upcoming contactless card payment will also be valid on the fast non-stop GWR trains from Reading to Paddington or only on TfL services. That would make life a whole lot easier. Love the video!

@GabrielsReviews 5 ай бұрын

I think so

@bayareaaviation17 4 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh Purple Train looks amazing Love From California Geoff 🇺🇸🇬🇧

@stephenwilliams1269 4 жыл бұрын

Always a delight to view these videos. A free trip and lots of interesting content. Thank you Geoff.

@milesanderson9019 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait until the central section of the Lizzy line is open

@tmarritt 4 жыл бұрын

Its gonna cut 20 min off my commute i think. Although looks like ill be retired by the time it actually happens (and im 33)

@heleneg525 4 жыл бұрын

@@tmarritt You're too funny!

@lijoy3952 4 жыл бұрын

What's the central section again 🤔

@patched8789 4 жыл бұрын

4:24 did you get stuck between dimensions?

@lewis72 4 жыл бұрын

I thought it was perhaps a Twin Peaks moment !

@Traveling425 4 жыл бұрын

He’d just got back from 2025 and the opening day of the whole line,

@nathanw9770 4 жыл бұрын

Lmfaooo

@Hammondfreak 4 жыл бұрын

Is it possible that Geoff is really a hologram?

@azyfloof 4 жыл бұрын

@@Hammondfreak Geoff is Max Headroom :P

@ufx808 4 жыл бұрын

Am I the only person who noticed the new Purple Line train and Mr. Brunell in the same shot? Nice one Geoff. Thanks.

@greghilton7797 4 жыл бұрын

Of course not.

@caw25sha 4 жыл бұрын

No, I noticed IKB as well.

@HSMiyamoto 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for documenting this piece of history. The new trains are pretty outside and in.

@RoadCone411 4 жыл бұрын

You certainly know how to find the scoop of the latest (and oddest) train lines! Wow! Never thought I would see Reading essentially on a tube map.

@CekalaStudios 4 жыл бұрын

I personally think it should’ve been called “CrossElizPurp” like Geoff called it for a while

@davidwho1011 4 жыл бұрын

Living history. Fantastic. :)

@lyndababy 2 жыл бұрын

How wonderful to see my old home station! I used to catch the 08:25 limited stop train from that very platform in the early 1970s. I'd ride the train to Maidenhead to go to school. It was a commuter train that started at Henley on the beach branch line, then crossed onto the London bound "slow line". Limited stops after Maidenhead. I don't know what class the trains were, but they were multi-set through corridor DMUs. Thanks for reviving the memories 👍

@ScotsPipe 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Fir your ur very informative , Video Blog vlog , & thanks to u both fir Coming to Isle of Man recently on all Flavours of Our Transport 🇮🇲 😊

@fredtracy1673 4 жыл бұрын

I had Prince's song 'Purple Rain' stuck in my head while watching this video. ☮

@caw25sha 4 жыл бұрын

The Purple People Eater Start Wearing Purple Any more...?

@fredtracy1673 4 жыл бұрын

@@caw25sha good one!😁

@heleneg525 4 жыл бұрын

Me, too ... "Purple Train ... Purple Train ..."

@fredtracy1673 4 жыл бұрын

@@heleneg525 that's awesome, Helene!😁

@zacharysnyder2520 4 жыл бұрын

These videos are so comfy.

@guillaumemaurice3503 Жыл бұрын

Great video Geoff, thank you for sharing this that was very informative.

@mikewolf5367 4 жыл бұрын

I like how so much of the staff was wearing purple. Very nice subtle promotion. 🙂

@jonathanbeale3978 4 жыл бұрын

I was at our Reading office last week which looks over the station and noticed more PurpleLizCross trains operating in and out of the station and wondered if they were coming soon

@Sim0nTrains 4 жыл бұрын

Well that was a nice enjoyable first! journey of the 345s running between Reading and Paddington.

@danrkelly 4 жыл бұрын

Joyous nerdery. Thank you.

@firsttankcrews 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Geoff. It can only be a matter of time before TfL take over all the SWR metro lines including the Windsor and Reading lines from Waterloo.

@LukeAlfordUKsteam 4 жыл бұрын

Well the swr local services are soon the be worked by new class 710s so i reckon they will keep working the local services

@benblackburn6774 4 жыл бұрын

Love the vids Geoff keep them up. Also when are you going to do all the heritage lines?????

@57bananaman 4 жыл бұрын

There was some tunnel-testing going on over the weekend and at Maryland I saw a train in the station (on one of the closed platforms) for "Abbey Wood via Canary Wharf". Needless to say, the only "customers" on it were wearing TFL outfits.

@dongilham1892 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thanks Geoff :)

@johnlaw3323 4 жыл бұрын

Great VLOG thanks a lot for all the info.

@JohnSeto 4 жыл бұрын

With the lack of toilets, I can see the night services to Reading (after the last IET leaves around 23:32) will see an increase of people peeing anywhere on the train

@send2gl 4 жыл бұрын

Sadly this will probably happen.

@TheHaters112 4 жыл бұрын

That's why they removed the carpets. Easy mop. TfL always thinks ahead🙄

@jourdainjardin846 4 жыл бұрын

RealiableCandy4 carpets on a train? What?

@TheHaters112 4 жыл бұрын

@@jourdainjardin846 GWRs are great trains man. They give us money if they are more than 15mins late (yes I know the announcement says 30mins, but their site says 15mins)

@erik_griswold 4 жыл бұрын

One used to be able to ride HSTs from Slough to Paddington and not have to eat breakfast at a Tesco.

@tomstevens4178 4 жыл бұрын

I live in the Netherlands and i still watch every video!!

@MatthewK421 4 жыл бұрын

One thing I love about the #PurpleTrain is those whines when the doors slide, love it 💖

@heidilou1985 4 жыл бұрын

You're brave doing anything in Slough 😂 I live near the next station at Burnham, looking forward to the day I can go straight to the centre of London on one train.

@limeyfox 4 жыл бұрын

Important to realise - there will still be 2tph off-peak between Paddington and Didcot Parkway via Reading from 16th December going forward - serving Ealing Broadway, Hayes & Harlington, West Drayton, Slough, Maidenhead, Twyford and Reading (then all-stations to Didcot) operated by GWR and utilising the better quality Class 387 units. Off peak TFL services are 2tph Paddington-Reading, increasing to 4tph in the peaks when the GWR services run non-stop to Maidenhead or Reading and don’t serve the intermediate stations.

@highpath4776 4 жыл бұрын

Thats why more comfort and toliets costs passengers more.

@gobears6487 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, was curious! That's my old commute route.

@kingdong7517 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating.

@mattleslie4274 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your video! thanks for that.

@ericjamieson 4 жыл бұрын

Huh, Slough Railway Station is very handsome, at least from the outside. I had no idea.

@markcf83 4 жыл бұрын

It's a listed building and a relic of the Brunel built railway.

@RainbowCharms58 3 жыл бұрын

Shame Slough itself is anything but

@ericjamieson 3 жыл бұрын

@@RainbowCharms58 I've never been but I've heard nothing but mockery of the place. Even from people from there. At least they have a good looking train station.

@Tonatsi 3 жыл бұрын

@@ericjamieson the only good thing about Slough is that they place you wait to leave Slough is pleasing, so you don’t get bored waiting for your train out of it.

@88jerryw88 4 жыл бұрын

So the train used to have table seats and toilets, but progress and improvements means that soon it won't?

@PiousMoltar 4 жыл бұрын

Tables and plug sockets are a luxury I guess, but the lack of toilets is pathetic.

@sayurimillan 4 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Williams and thats why they have nappies

@tmarritt 4 жыл бұрын

I use it regularly, i do miss my plug sockets enough that sometimes ill catch a later train to charge my phone lol. Much nicer ride on the purple trains mind. And the GWR does get absolutely packed in the morning.

@lidondyte477 4 жыл бұрын

"Crossrail is delayed for three years. But don't worry, the toiletless, tableless trains are here right now!"

@MrDavil43 4 жыл бұрын

@@solarsatan9000 How long before seats are done away with?

@88jerryw88 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely roof on Slough station. Worth a video on its own.

@briansaiditsoitmustbetrue4206 4 жыл бұрын

GREAT Video ... I was on the LAST LNER Class 43 from Newcastle To Sunderland the other day ...

@russellharness2586 4 жыл бұрын

Why does public transportation get me so excited?

@kavguy 4 жыл бұрын

Tbh,I don't know.

@gabri_maybe 4 жыл бұрын

Well,Don't worry Me too,High 5

@TechRyze 4 жыл бұрын

It's amazing that you have it, and it works. Visit the North sometime for some perspective.

@slaughterround643 4 жыл бұрын

also, same @@TechRyze... same :(

@caw25sha 4 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid in the 70s it seemed to be generally accepted that trains were a thing of the past and would eventually die out but they have seen a massive renaissance over the past 10 years or so.

@LNER_TRAINS22543 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video video CROSSRAIL IS HALF WAY DONE WOOP WOOP

@LNER_TRAINS22543 4 жыл бұрын

Carsten Gallini thank you

@FrancescoBellringer 4 жыл бұрын

LNER TRAINS Halfway done a year later than it should’ve been completed

@LNER_TRAINS22543 4 жыл бұрын

Francesco Bellringer yeah it is very late

@iluvmusiic 4 жыл бұрын

Yes the part using existing infrastructure !!

@jonjohnson2844 4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't be surprised if HS2 is open before EL

@samfri3nd 4 жыл бұрын

He deserves more subscribers; he puts do much effort into catching the right trains...

@slinkydonkey 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Geoff I live in Reading and didn't even know this good news

@zulu5282 4 жыл бұрын

I was a frequent traveller from reading station during the 1980s. Who would have though! How so much has changed.

@jasonhooperkontaktkombatkr2720 4 жыл бұрын

I don't like the fact that they're getting rid of toilets on trains

@Stoic-ds4so 4 жыл бұрын

You better be prepared to hold that 💩🙄😂

@capnskiddies 4 жыл бұрын

It's a commuter service. Piss before you go and when you arrive, as needed.

@jasonhooperkontaktkombatkr2720 4 жыл бұрын

@@capnskiddies I have Crohns disease not that simple lol

@ramblesrandom 4 жыл бұрын

They're literally taking the piss

@britannia55 4 жыл бұрын

capnskiddies not always works that way, I hope you don't ever suffer from bladder problem.

@nxzyr6196 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid Geoff finally the purple line trains will be starting

@mikeflaws2226 4 жыл бұрын

"Purplefied properly" 4:38 - I'd like THAT on a t-shirt Geoff ;)

@kk-transport 4 жыл бұрын

Still would rather a class 387 with GWR to Reading, at least they have more seats, overhead luggage racks, sockets to charge phones and toilets.

@ChilternTransportProductions 4 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of the fast trains that go non stop to Reading and operate with Class 800/802s? Tends to have the same features as Class 387s plus a trolley but goes a lot faster....

@kk-transport 4 жыл бұрын

@@ChilternTransportProductions yeah it's like the slow trains are receiving a downgrade in contrast to an upgrade. The only better thing is capacity

@Atominey 4 жыл бұрын

I bet people will love standing up from reading to Paddington...

@suburbia2050 4 жыл бұрын

They would just take the express GWT train as normal surely

@geofftech2 4 жыл бұрын

You wouldn’t take the stopper from Reading to Paddington, you’d get the fast non-stop service. That’s why its advertised as going to Ealing Broadway.

@kk-transport 4 жыл бұрын

Usually only says Ealing Broadway (well in September 2017)

@travelswithjess 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Geoff! I've seen the purple trains at Liverpool Street and Stratford. I haven't ridden on one yet but I hope to in the future.

@Quapadople 4 жыл бұрын

Haha...just yesterday when I went to London I saw the new line. At first I thought it was the tube(which is weird of course)...wondering why only few seats available. I didn't even think it would look like that. Well well well...ain't that a surprise:) Thanks for showing us around...

@HenrysAdventures 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Does TFL taking over the service mean they'll install ticket barriers at stations like Iver, Langley, Burnham, Taplow and Twyford?

@Trockenshampooleopard 4 жыл бұрын

These doors are almost as anoying as the ones on the Heart of Gold.

@buksi6342 4 жыл бұрын

People’ll get used to it. On my local trains (class Sm5, Finland) there’s this really annoying BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP when the doors are opening, and at first people complained, newspapers wrote about it, and now, 10 years later, nobody even notices.

@MisterStuzy 4 жыл бұрын

it makes you nostalgic for life before the event

@NapoleonSolo61 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a train geek, that was brilliant, Thankyou ❤

@MrRevika 4 жыл бұрын

monika laosi Reading is in Outside Fare Zones

@TehDragonGuy 4 жыл бұрын

4:10 The woman getting on before you got off angers me.

@airhabairhab 4 жыл бұрын

Why? there was more than enough room for him to exit on his left and her to board on the right.

@WMTrainspotting 4 жыл бұрын

@@airhabairhab However, believe it or not, it is in contravention of Railway Byelaws to board a train whilst another passenger is still alighting.

@gewglesux 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but she was good looking....

@ChilternTransportProductions 4 жыл бұрын

If you lived in England long enough, you'd know it's an unwritten social rule that you let customers off the train, and THEN you board....

@DavidJones-lz4io 4 жыл бұрын

Got to admit I thought “oh , how rude” then I 😃

@LongHaulPilot 4 жыл бұрын

Breaking news: British Transport Police are finding out the culprit of someone who has gone over with a marker pen on some tube maps BTP wants the culprit to appeal. The main suspect is Geoff Marshall.

@chris4383 4 жыл бұрын

What a great video. SUBSCRIBED!

@korpiz 4 жыл бұрын

Monday the 16th, first day of the new line and time table in morning rush hour. It was chaos and delays in the morning. So good to know things stay the same 😁

@Quasihamster 4 жыл бұрын

"Morning!" "How do you like the new train?" "Yeah...!" Oh yeah, I get it! It's a mash-up of real-life Train Sim World and real-life The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion!

@SamSitar 4 жыл бұрын

more mashups please.

@rhodesianwojak2095 4 жыл бұрын

@vanillasplash6198 4 жыл бұрын

Thats just how people in Slough talk

@Quasihamster 4 жыл бұрын

@@vanillasplash6198 Plot Twist: Slough is the heart of Elvendom in Britain (outside Wales, that is) Very well hidden, you gotta give'm that!

@alisonnorcross951 4 жыл бұрын

No I don't like it.

@rosieburton3493 4 жыл бұрын

The voice THE VOICE its so different, my local station is Twyford it sounds so so different to what I'm used to omg

@LukeAlfordUKsteam 4 жыл бұрын

Didnt think i would see you there but thats so true

@BirbarianHomeGuard 4 жыл бұрын

Those trains are so elegant looking. Wish we had something remotely close to that in the states.

@slaughterround643 4 жыл бұрын

solidarity with our yank friends ✌ here's hoping that improves sooner rather than later

@thelostusername5013 4 жыл бұрын

UNBELIEVABLE. I was on this train to work I could have come to say hi

@adlam97531 4 жыл бұрын

Once it all opens , you should be able to do Burnham to Burnham in just 2 trains in peaks

@benjibatch 4 жыл бұрын

Damn it Geoff I was working at Paddington and was on the platform when your train came in, was actually in your video with my colleague at 12:32 (people in the high vis on the left of the screen in the background) would’ve been great to meet you 🙁 Had a passenger ask me where he can tap out? Obviously the ticket barrier where you normally do was the answer, people are so easily confused aren’t they...

@benjibatch 4 жыл бұрын

Geoff Marshall yeah I noticed those, they only need to be on 1, 8&9 otherwise if they’re separate from the ticket barrier then how will people get through the barrier? Us staff had no idea about the first purple train, and on the station working, your train was down as a 9 car even though it was only 7

@gobears6487 4 жыл бұрын

@@benjibatch I was wondering about 8&9 myself! I love coming in with no barrier, so quick... Thought it odd that the TfL train went RDG 15 to PAD 9 because the stopper I used to get from past RDG always went to PAD 14. Going to be an interesting timetable!!

@benjibatch 4 жыл бұрын

gobears87 The 9 car 345’s don’t fit on 14 and even though that service Geoff was on was a 7 car, they’re all being lengthened to 9 and the station working actually said it was supposed to be a 9 car, this timetable change is definitely a hot topic at PAD

@gobears6487 4 жыл бұрын

@@benjibatch I bet it is!!!!!!!! Thanks for the answer!

@craftythio 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video, I’d love to travel on that train, hope you had a great time !

@marioodigbo 4 жыл бұрын

Love your vids so much

@azyfloof 4 жыл бұрын

It's so strange seeing you walk about that station, because I've been there soooo many times visiting friends, I recognise all of it :D I've always found the GWR trains packed out going back to Paddington from Reading, so hopefully this will relieve a lot of that passenger load! How fast is the purple train from Reading to Padding? Like how long does it take? I know the GWR train is about 25 minutes if it goes direct

@katrinabryce 4 жыл бұрын

At the moment, the slow GWR trains are timetabled to take about an hour. I believe the new timetable will reduce that to 50 minutes.

@rhodesianwojak2095 4 жыл бұрын

Huh

@azyfloof 4 жыл бұрын

@@katrinabryce 50 minutes though, that sounds so slow! Typically straight-through times for me is roughly 25 minutes, Paddington to Reading or vice versa on the GWR service

@gurungmadan 4 жыл бұрын

@@azyfloof well obviously GWR its faster, it doesn't stop anywhere. The purple train has to stop in many stations, which is the whole point of this train. Not just to pick up people from reading but from other places like maidenhead, slough etc

@suburbia2050 4 жыл бұрын

@@azyfloof it has to stop at a lot of stations!

@danwall6662 4 жыл бұрын

Just hope TfL will be cheaper than current GWR (extortionate) fares in 2020. Omission of Oyster zones suggest excuse for continuation of high fares from Slough to Paddington!

@highpath4776 4 жыл бұрын

Geoff did something about Oyster zones, the software didnt have enough Zone capabilty, contactless uses different software algorithim and can work with the relevant contactless TfL zones.

@TeamBiird 4 жыл бұрын

Will there be a contactless bank card cap for stations like Reading twyford Maidenhead?

@walkingwithsteve0583 4 жыл бұрын

No idea why you don’t have more subscribers. We have very few trains here in New Zealand. Most people use their cars! Was recently in Waterloo and took a train down to Dorchester South - loved it and now I’m hooked on your videos, but don’t know why

@cringefest7841 4 жыл бұрын

So clean... so shiny.

@robrobsen9727 4 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Germany. I wish our building projects could be finished as fast as this one ^^

@robrobsen9727 4 жыл бұрын

@@Bungle2010 Yes. And our capital city airport should has been finished in 2012.

@samuell.foxton4177 4 жыл бұрын

Purple Train, Purple Train Purple Train, Purple Train I only want to see you riding on the Purple Train

@neville132bbk 4 жыл бұрын

Go on and look for goluboi vagon ( blue train) sweet little Soviet chn's cartoon

@SajidAli-ee3fr 4 жыл бұрын

I was literally on that same platform getting a GWR train to Paddington 10min before him

@itz_aestheticsquadxx35xx26 2 жыл бұрын

Lol I loved when he said "It's not a funny colour, it's delightful purple."

@bryanduncan6178 4 жыл бұрын

Geoff, GWR will still run their Paddington to Didcot Parkway service off peak calling at Ealing, West Drayton, Slough, Maidenhead and then all stations in each direction. GWR will also operate the overnight services between Paddington and Reading.

@sb784 4 жыл бұрын

Geoff definitely got them the wrong way round in the video. It's half-hourly off peak (2tph only) TfL Rail to Reading, with the 2tph GWR to Didcot (to Oxford when it's eventually electrified). TfL take over all the local stoppers only during the peaks.

@guzzi1948 4 жыл бұрын

Yet more ticketing confusion with different companies running the same routes.............is there no end to this nonsense?

@kingcal53 4 жыл бұрын

I was on the platform 10 as the train came in, would have said hello had I known you were there too!

@edwardbarr1533 4 жыл бұрын

loveyour videos !,

@nickhiscock8948 4 жыл бұрын

Why no onboard toilets when the old trains did. Alot of unhappy customers ahead.

@benedettobruno1669 4 жыл бұрын

It's the way society goes nowadays: one step forward and two steps back.

@nickhiscock8948 4 жыл бұрын

@@benedettobruno1669 You have an election there. Now is the time to push the issue. Someone could get extra votes for bring back the toilets

@MrUnbeatable2012 4 жыл бұрын

It is the TfL way, also no table seats and tube seating which means the GWR trains are being downgraded. But purple TfL branding......

@rickoneillable 3 жыл бұрын

No toilets on a train is just ridiculous

@jonnya245 4 жыл бұрын

Gwr will still running all stoppers before 6am and after 11pm

@TheXploderChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Lmaoo I get the Tlf on the east side and when summer comes around you guys in reading gonna be blessed

@GustavSvard 4 жыл бұрын

03:15 even the on-board information screens use the Johnston font! Niiice.

@ElshadKarbasi 4 жыл бұрын

2:08 that wiper is struggling

@Bigbro28 4 жыл бұрын

The sooner they nationalise the rail system, the better. SWR? No comment.

@boalbads 4 жыл бұрын

I love your vids !

@WilliamSmith-mx6ze 4 жыл бұрын

They're running a few of these on the Shenfield line at the moment too.

@whynotagain3639 4 жыл бұрын

This doesn't make sense Reading is it's own city, very far out of London. Why don't they reinstate the Metropolitan line to past Aylesbury if they're doing strange things like this?

@suburbia2050 4 жыл бұрын

Must feed the borg!

@highpath4776 4 жыл бұрын

Because Chiltern Trains give a faster service, with interchanging avalible. Now if someone had thought a branch tunnel at bond street for Marylebone then more purples, but Reading has more passenger potential than Aylesbury.

@allenwilliams1306 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah: bring back Wood Siding and Brill!

@gurungmadan 4 жыл бұрын

Because there are way more people travelling from reading to london for work. Reading's big population play part on the decision

@iman2341 4 жыл бұрын

Met line is a completely different beast to CrossLizPurp Line