WOW! I can now say, I’ve done the northernmost railway station in the whole of the UK! Which, I am sure most of you will know is Thurso railway station up in highlands of Scotland.
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/thurso/
View from the very last northbound Highland Chieftain (LNER) service crossing the Forth Rail Bridge.
So looking forward to last ever trip on a HST on the ECML. Getting the train from Grantham up to York (which I believe, will be a InterCity 225), then boarding the Highland Chieftain service, which will be operated by diesel-powered InterCity 125 High Speed Train for the very last time! Going all the way up to Inverness.
This will be my third time using the Highland Chieftain service. Really, really looking forward to it!
Once up in Inverness, hoping to do the Far North Line, for the very first time!
I can now tick off, Dunfermline railway station.
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/dunfermline-town/
Loving the refurbished bridge and new lift at Stirling railway station, which provides better access to platforms nine and 10. Network Rail have done a great job!
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/stirling/
I can now tick off, Crossmyloof railway station.
More photos from this set can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/crossmyloof/
LNER Class 800 Azuma 800106 at Edinburgh Waverley, which also happened to be my ride between Peterborough to Edinburgh Waverley, which went via Newcastle and Carlisle. Which is, the first first time, I’ve ever done that route! About 99.9% of the time, they go straight up the ECML.
Also it was my longest journey, I’ve done on one of them! Got to say, I love the extra leg room! Also, I for one, do love the seats!
More Class 800 photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/trains/class-800/
WOW! That’s me done 99 new railway stations so far, this year! At the start of the year, I had only done 93 stations, that’s now jumped to 192.
Here is the list of ones, that I’ve done so far this year…
That’s me, now done 182 out of the 2,560 railway stations in the UK! Still got, 2,378 left to go!
In the last two weeks alone, I’ve done the following…
The full list can be seen at www.gordon-valentine.com/travel/railways/railway-stations/
