Interesting to the the bus go over the bridge at Halling even though it exceeds the weight restriction. I've given up arguing with operators now and just take it around the bypass without saying a word. It will all end in tears 😆

Just travelled this journey first time in 60 years, surprised how long the platforms are

Given all the building, it would be useful to reinstate Spa Road station.

Even with modern buildings, the feel of the area is the same as that captured by Pisarro in his impressionist paintings.

Snodland was the last station my other half worked at before he got medically retired

Great fun. Thank you for posting

The journey takes you past my childhood home. Visible in a couple of frames. The bridge at 26:51 has been unused for decades and is unofficially part of somebody's garden now. We had a den in the trees nearby as kids!

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Interesting to think of the London Bridge main lines at Sydenham as simply the East Croydon Lines. In my early days and right up to the Croydon Tangle remodelling, they were the East Croydon, West Croydon and Selhurst main lines. West C is now Overground and Selhurst-Norwood Junction passenger services fell victim to the Tangle rebuild of course, but it will always be a bright memory that, as a child, the three standard down services from my home station at Thornton Heath were to Coulsdon North, Epsom Downs and anywhere back towards London via Norwood Junction. Times change of course, as they should, but I can't watch the Runfurrow Video of the Thameslink Sutton Loop and, specifically, the descent into Selhurst depot right at the end, without being transported back to the days when those squeaky curves were the route of regular passenger services.

I took the Leatherhead to Victoria train daily from '84 to '87. Before that I used the Waterloo line. My favourite train was the Horsham flyer with Headcode 84 and proper doors and windows. It was the fastest train on the line. Viva the 3rd rail,

Most unenjoyable,totally basic no info on video at all,couldnt even be bothered to say where you were,sorry rubbish.

Is there someone monitoring the tracks to see which train is on what track

Thank you for the sub titles

It appears the signal lights work like on streets .

Wierd train

Hi any new cab ride videos coming up soon

This route is pointless

I grew up in Paddock Wood and travelled this line hundreds of times. I still live in Maidstone and regularly get stuck at one of the barrier crossings, usually East Farleigh! Charles Dickens loved the scenery along this line. Sometimes if he had a business meeting, he would ask the other person to meet him at Paddock Wood so they could talk as they travelled this line, taking in the scenery.

The lines are not exactly clean and tidy. I hope that more pride is taken in their workmanship.

Bit of a roundabout route. Victoria is only a couple of miles from London Bridge, as the crow flies.

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Brilliant footage, thanks for uploading. So many things I find astonishing about this tiny branch line, from the well oversized station platforms to the extremely short distance between bromley north and sundridge park station, makes me wonder about the necessity of both stations. I also wonder how often through trains operate, if there are even any in the first place! The whole line certainly looks worth checking out someday...

Excellent footage there of some rarely seen suburban lines. Always been interested in seeing what they look like from the drivers point of view given how light the traffic can be. Also interesting hearing the conversation between the 2 blokes in the cab. Are you one of them by any chance?

Thanks for the detailed captions guiding us around the complicated network here. Great video, especially the yard where you finish!

London is a maze of lines. Clapham Junction always frustrates me, no matter where i try to spot from, i always seem to miss loads.

Remember the old dmu days when everybody could see forwards ? Best view sadly lost in modern stock.

My father was a signaller at higham in the late 1960s

What happened to the stations before swanley as I come from gillingham

It's an amazing line

No station names…poor.

It's strange how the cab view gives the impression south London is rural in parts.

This looks fun. Glad I got to experience the ride from Hampton to Waterloo a few times myself. :)

Drove that route many times in epb s and networkers.

A great but inevitable OTM Shake Rattle & Roll movement, at least you got a good road for the most part.

Used to do this journey in the early 1990s. Trains always stopped at the halt.

Did a freight train derail in this area a couple of years ago?

Another excellent route M .Cheers Craig

Hey buddy nice to see you back! The Tamper is lovely train I've seen a few dotted across the country some in Essex area as I was travelling from Shenfield to London Liverpool Street. Just a note I know this may have been asked before but why are say Kent and Southern Trains using 3rd rail whilst Great Anglia, GWR and trains in Euston use overheads? Wouldn't be useful if it was all 3rd rail or is it the conduct of electricity not sufficient?

Can you put name of stations on route

That warning board for 40 approaching Dartford should be removed.The 40 doesn't start till Dartford junction and like you stated there is a 20mph restriction before that(either side of Dartford station).

Enjoyable video for a very wet Friday

As we ride through Strood, I'd like to give a big shout-out to any ex Temple Secondary School boys, especially those who frequented this old, draughty establishment during the 1970s 🫡

Great video emmo, some incredible engineering to build those tunnels👌, lovely information 👌👍😀

And I still don't know what the final destination is to be, unless I missed it somewhere along the way. Perhaps it's a secret...

Thanks for another great video. A route I just didn't know. Those with rattle-aversion will have liked the tunnels: very smooth ride through them, and hardly any sideways movements!

Great video, as always.

Great, and the commentary is a model of what such things should be. Thanks.

From Charles Dickens to Mick Jagger...

Love the video and thanks for sharing. Empty platforms unusual to see. That shaking noise would do my head in😂 I use to live at Wateringbury and travel by train to London and back every day. Gorgeous picturesque little station, especially at 7am in the morning, only 1 or 2 other passengers around. With the river running along side the London bound platform waiting for my ride, I would always enjoy soaking up the sights and sounds of the wildlife going about their morning, sometimes mist rising off the river, swans paddling, ducks quacking, great feeling too start the day..oops! Here comes my branch line train🚉😂

Once the Industrial Revolution/Period started, North Kent ('The White Country' cf 'The Black Country') was never a pretty place. But #ThatDamnedTunnel and #ThatDamnedEU and #ThatDamnedWomanMargaretHilda ruined our #BelovedKent. Grrr!