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Has anyone thought about "Northern Ireland Railways every station" ?

I took a very quick look at timetables and with only 54 stations and 4 lines it would be possible in a day.

The only real planning involved seems to be a getting a train that stops at Scarva and Poyntzpass on the Belfast-Newry service as these stations only have 4 trains stopping (2 each direction) Monday to Friday.
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I don't know if Andi got anywhere with this, but he has missed a trick. Just get other people to pay for it!

http://allthestations.co.uk
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Cracking idea that, I even pledged a fiver meself!
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I wondered when this would hit here.

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So Geoff has hit his £30,000 fundraising target to keep him and crew in All Line Rovers, Travelodges, sandwiches and tea for three months. An interesting idea but I'm surprised it has taken off so quickly. Congrats to him for pulling it off. I wonder what sort of films he will produce. I've been impressed with his short Tube films. A younger Michael Portillo maybe. I wonder if this project means he has retired from Tube challenging and moved on to other transport things. I'd love to join him for a day or two visiting rail stations but it seems you have to pay for the privilege!

Out of interest does anyone know what are the three new rail stations for 2016/7 that he refers to? I've found two - Edinburgh Gateway and Kirkstall Forge but the third one eludes me.

Does anyone know of any unique stations that are well worth a visit? Obviously there are big architectural wonders like St Pancras, Paddington, Glasgow Central and Manchester Victoria but there must be loads of smaller ones with interesting histories. A couple that I know of are Felix the station cat at Huddersfield and the ghost Midland station at Hellifield. Any more suggestions?
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He mentioned some new stations in his first Q&A video. Cambridge North is one of them. I'm intrigued to see this too, having followed his filmmaking for Londonist and his own projects. Half the reason I'm here in the first place is Secrets of the Underground.
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tufnellpark wrote: Out of interest does anyone know what are the three new rail stations for 2016/7 that he refers to? I've found two - Edinburgh Gateway and Kirkstall Forge but the third one eludes me.
The two you mention have opened but do not appear on the most recent ORR usage estimates (which lists 2,557 stations). The three that Geoff mentioned are due to open before they start their project are Cambridge North, Low Moor and Ilkeston.
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Bedminster is worth a look - half the platform on every platform is abandoned and overgrown...
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michael_churchill wrote:The two you mention have opened but do not appear on the most recent ORR usage estimates (which lists 2,557 stations). The three that Geoff mentioned are due to open before they start their project are Cambridge North, Low Moor and Ilkeston.
Now corrected to include Lea Bridge. Thanks Peter.
Agree there were 2557 at March 2016 per ORR. Kirkstall Forge, Edinburgh Gateway and Lea Bridge have opened since, so it's 2560 as of today. The three you mention are due to open Apr/May 2017, so Geoff should be visiting 2563 stations. Hope he is reading this as I wouldn't want him to miss any stations!
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Also Lea Bridge, so 3 already opened, plus 3 more likely to open soon.
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There would be a nice symmetry if they could get it up to 2700 stations!
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So, Geoff and Vicki started "All The Stations" yesterday.

I blogged about Redbridge (Hants), my adopted station, yesterday (http://diamondtittle.blogspot.co.uk/201 ... ation.html), they retweeted it and I've had over 1000 views already!
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Thought I'd reopen this subject.

Well it all finished on Saturday 19th August. The 2563 railway stations in Britain took Geoff and Vicki 104 days, 8 hours and 22 mins. A fantastic effort to organise and complete it. Don't underestimate how difficult these things are to plan. Well done Geoff, Vicki and their backroom team.

I watched the first video from Penzance to St Ives and have now watched the last one from Inverness to Wick. Now I have a bit of time I have started watching the 57 videos in between in order and they are very watchable, informative and enjoyable. Recommended to everyone with an interest in railways.

You can find more info and videos at www.allthestations.co.uk
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Congratulations to you, Vicki and the team, and thanks for a very entertaining session at the LT Museum earlier this week.

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