Mole Valley & Arun Valley lines

Two lines which share a common destination in Horsham in West Sussex, and have links to London’s termini at Victoria and Waterloo. The Sutton & Mole Valley line serves south-west London and parts of Surrey, while the Arun Valley (or Mid Sussex) line branches from the Brighton mainline to join the West Coastway line at…

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

A heritage line which was built to serve the formerly-much-busier port of Whitby, on the northern English coast. The line also serves Pickering, Grosmont, and the photogenic village of Goathland. We finally took a ride to Grosmont and back after many years of having enjoyed steam trains’ arrivals at Whitby station, as seen during Goth…

Aldwych Tube Station

We joined a Hidden London tour of the disused Aldwych Tube Station — site of wartime shelter, many a film and music video, and even a few test patterns for decorations of other stations on the network.

Underground Overground IV

A visit to north-western London, touring the entire Bakerloo line and its main line ‘partners’, including Marylebone and the main line from Euston.

Basingstoke-Wimbledon Station Tour

Sometimes our adventures take quite unexpected turns. So it was that one night, a short stint to Alton in Hampshire turned into a car-based journey through every station along England’s south-west main line between Basingstoke and Wimbledon (and a few more besides) . The endeavour was only halted by the late-night closure of Wimbledon station.

Underground Overground

The first of a series of self-guided tours my partner I took around London in 2013, nipping in and out of the city’s various public transit offerings. On this occasion we travelled from Waterloo East to London Bridge, backtracked to Victoria, visited the newly-opened King’s Cross Square and then proceeded to tour the Square Mile…