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GLOVESTRAINS: But I am actually very excited
to be here at Hessle because I am gonna go
(TRAFFIC NOISE) and have a walk to the bridge.
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Hey, everyone! GLovesTrains 'ere.
And welcome to "Exploring Yorkshire and the Humber by Train"
(TRAIN ENGINE NOISE) day 25.
I am so used to getting up at ridiculous o'clock now.
But honestly, like I was just proper falling asleep.
It's so relaxing on this train right now.
But anyways, I am off to
Selby, Brough, Ferriby,
Gilberdyke, Broomfleet,
Hessle and Hull.
Now it is a bit of a mishmash
with the order of the stations that I'm visiting.
But it is because
there are a couple of dodgy stations
along the Selby line.
I am visiting one of them today.
And it just worked out for the best
in order to get that station in,
just...like I say,
go just all over the place.
So yeah, it is a bit random.
But I am very excited for this one.
I'm currently on the first train.
It is 185132.
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(TRAIN ENGINE NOISE) Right, I'm at Selby.
Is it past it's Selby date?
Uh, no, I don't think so.
But I am a little bit delayed.
We're about ten minutes delayed arriving into here.
So I have only got fifteen minutes at Selby now.
I was gonna have a walk to the park.
I don't think it's too far away
from the station. I'm not too sure yet
whether I'm gonna risk that or not though.
Or just stay in the station.
I'll decide at some point within the next fifteen minutes.
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(MACHINERY NOISE) Selby is a Grade 2 listed station.
It's ran by Transpennine Express.
It's got three platforms.
There's a train in the way so I can't see the third platform.
But there are three. (LAUGHS)
It's also served by Hull Trains,
Northern and London Northeastern Railway.
I can just see ahead of me walking down this platform
some absolutely massive plant pots.
I think that's what I'm gonna take away
from being at Selby.
There's also...
some work being done here. What's it saying 'ere?
"Selby Station Access for All Scheme."
So...they're putting in some lifts
at the minute. I think there's a café down there as well.
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G: Okay, I have made it to the park
with ease. I'm just gonna do a little circle around it
and then go back to the station.
But yeah, I've got plenty of time.
I somehow just did my filming in the station
within like two minutes. (LAUGHS)
Surprise myself sometimes!
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That changeover turned out to be
(TRAIN ENGINE NOISE) a lot more chill than
I initially expected it to be.
But the next train's coming in now. It's pretty 158...
795.
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It's a bit brough around 'ere,
but that's because I'm at Brough.
Do you remember back in day 10
when I ended up at Brough and totally could have
done my filming here then? But, oh well.
But yeah, I remember...
I had quite a long wait then as well.
I literally, because it was so cold,
(ANNOUNCEMENT IN BACKGROUND) just spent the whole time in that shelter
over on platform 2!
(WIND NOISE) I do have less of a wait here today though.
It's just over half an hour and
I've got nowhere to go to outside of the station.
So I'ma just hang around inside the station.
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Brough is managed by TPE.
You've also got Northern Trains, of course,
LNER and Hull Trains calling here.
And it's got two platforms.
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It would be great to do a trainspotting session here,
because there are a lot of trains that pull into Brough.
And it's really nice to see Hull Trains as well.
I really would love to one day
have a ride with Hull Trains.
Here within Brough station,
there is a ticket office. There's a coffee kiosk
over on platform 2.
And there's a long blue and yellow ramp.
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(TRAIN DOORS BEEP)
(TRAIN ENGINE NOISE) I'm on the next train. It's pretty 158791.
And so far, I know I've only been on three,
but the trains down here have been ridiculously quiet.
Like there's hardly anybody on this one again.
So I hope the trains stay like this
for the rest of the day.
I'm only on here for like five minutes.
Just down one stop to Ferriby.
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(TRAIN DOORS BEEP) ANNOUNCEMENT: 'This is Ferriby.'
G: It's always nicer to hear the older
Northern announcements on the trains.
I'm now at Ferriby.
And, like the trains being quiet,
this station is really quiet as well.
It looks... I'm not sure if it's 'cause
there's no people here apart from me.
But it actually looks really big in this station.
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Ferriby's a Northern-only station
and it's got two platforms.
It's got a waiting shelter on either platform.
There's a ticket machine
(WIND NOISE) on this platform.
I'm guessing it's platform 1?
Cannot see any platform numbers.
But yeah, I think it's platform 1.
We got a post pickup Amazon
thing at the end of the platform as well.
(UPBEAT MUSIC) (TRAIN RUMBLES PAST)
Right, I have got a bit of a longer wait here.
About forty, forty-five minutes. Somat like that.
But I have got planned to go somewhere here.
So I am gonna set off immediately
to make sure that I can make it back in time for the next train.
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For some reason, I thought it was gonna take me ages
to walk to where I've come to.
But it literally took a few minutes.
I mean, I could even see the flowing water
from being at the top of the footbridge within the station.
But I have come to have a look at the Humber Estuary.
And this piece of flowing water has been created
by the merging of the River Trent
with the River...
"oose," "owse," Ouse. But anyways,
you can even see over there the Humber Bridge.
Which hopefully later on today,
I will be getting a closer look at.
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G: Just got off, it was the same train again,
158791.
(WIND NOISE) And that has brought me to Gilberdyke.
Which is run by Northern Trains,
it's got two platforms
and Transpennine Express also call here.
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(MACHINERY NOISE) Gilberdyke's got waiting shelters.
It's got empty plant pots along the platforms.
It's got a bike rack.
There is a bit of noise... (LAUGHS)
coming from outside of the station.
There's also a beeping noise I can hear.
I think that's coming from within the station though.
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(MACHINERY NOISE) I have got a half an hour wait here
at Gilberdyke now
(WIND NOISE) before the all-important train
that I have to catch
to dodgy station Broomfleet comes in.
I am just gonna spend my time here in the station.
And I'm just basically gonna cross the platform!
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That wait has gone by super fast.
The next train is here now.
(TRAIN ENGINE NOISE) It's another pretty 158.
784 this time.
And I can still hear that beeping, whatever it is!
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(WIND NOISE) I am at dodgy station Broomfleet.
This station only sees six upwards trains
and six downwards trains a day.
Which is why as I mentioned before
I pretty much planned this day
around Broomfleet station.
Immediately on stepping off the train,
the views from the platforms
are really pretty.
I'm sure I'm just gonna be pretty much
looking outside of the station during my time here!
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Broomfleet looks a very basic station.
It's got two platforms,
served by Northern Trains.
We've got some basic blue shelters.
There is a level crossing at the end.
(SINGS) ♫ When you're at Broomfleet
♫ You put your knickers on your head
♫ When you're at Broomfleet
♫ You put your knickers on your head
♫ And you shout ♫
(SHOUTS) Squishy boobies!
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All right, I have just crossed the platform
because I've only got twenty minutes here and...
I did want to make sure
(LAUGHS) that I got across for the next train
before the gates of the level crossing went down.
They have actually just gone down, but
I think that's for a passing train potentially.
Yeah, it is. There's one coming now. But also,
think I might need to take my coat off at some point.
Because the sun's come out and
it is actually really rather warm!
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(TRAIN ENGINE NOISE) 158844
has brought me back to Gilberdyke.
Where I've got another half an hour wait.
This is the station of
the half an hour waits, I think. Isn't it?
But, I mean...
I don't wanna speak too soon
'cause obviously the day's not over yet.
But I am so happy
that so far, everything has gone to plan.
Especially with doing that dodgy station.
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(TRAIN ENGINE NOISE) I'm finally on the next train.
It's 158791 again.
And I say "finally" because
the half an hour wait at Gilberdyke
actually turned into an hour's wait
as this train was twenty-five minutes delayed.
But even so,
the day is still absolutely flying by!
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(TRAFFIC NOISE) I'm at Hessle. And wow!
I didn't actually know you could see the Humber Bridge
from the station itself.
But I am actually very excited to be here at Hessle.
Because I am gonna go and have a walk to the bridge.
Which is something that
I've been wanting to do for quite some time now!
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(TRAFFIC NOISE) At Hessle, we've got Northern Trains.
We've got these shelters which...
What shape would you call that? I mean...
Di...Different-shaped shelters, let's go with that!
We've got information displays
and a very loud road next to the station.
Oh, and it's got two platforms.
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Well, it's a good job I'm not in a rush
to get the next train.
(TRAFFIC NOISE) Hessle does see an hourly train service.
I am just gonna take my time with this walk.
Have a chill, enjoy my time here.
Like I say, I'm in no rush to... to get the next train.
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(LOUD TRAFFIC NOISE) Right, I'm at what I'm calling the start,
because it's where I'm starting from,
of the Humber Bridge.
(WIND NOISE) Now I am actually gonna be walking
the whole way across it.
The Humber Bridge spans the Humber Estuary
and it's 1.38 miles long.
Now when it first opened,
it was the longest road suspension bridge in the world.
I think now it's like the twelfth longest?
But yeah, I... (OUT OF BREATH)
I'm a little bit out of breath from climbing those stairs back there.
But I can't wait to walk the entire length of this bridge.
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(WIND NOISE) Oh, this is an amazing walk!
I'm absolutely loving this. The views are just spectacular!
But as well as crossing over, of course, the flowing water,
I have also just crossed a county.
Because Hessle is in East Riding of Yorkshire
and we are just coming into Barton-upon-Humber
which is in North Lincolnshire.
(TRAFFIC NOISE) I've yet to go to Barton-upon-Humber.
But obviously, I will be doing that at some point
within this series.
And when I'm there, I could now actually potentially
just do a really quick changeover.
Because there's no need for me
to...to go and walk the Humber Bridge
because I'm doing it now!
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(LOUD TRAFFIC NOISE) Okay, so I've made it to the end of the bridge now.
It's really loud! They are like doing some work
over on the...west side, I think it is?
But I was wondering how long that would take me actually.
I thought it was gonna take a lot longer!
I did notice that there was a train
pulling into Hessle station
as I stepped onto the bridge, basically. So...
it ba...is...Let's say it's took twenty-five minutes.
That is it.
And because it's twenty-five past two now,
if I set off immediately to go back,
I should actually make it back to Hessle
in time for the next train that's pulling in there.
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(TRAIN ENGINE NOISE) 158784 has brought me
to my final station.
I'm at Hull.
Or its full name, Hull Paragon Interchange.
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(TRAIN ENGINE NOISE) Hull is managed by TPE.
It's also served by Northern Trains, LNER
and Hull's very own Hull Trains.
And you can connect for bus and coach services.
It has got seven platforms
and it is by far...
undoubtedly the busiest station I have been to today.
Because most of the trains that come down this line
do terminate here at Hull.
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(TRAIN ENGINE NOISE) I have found a little waiting room 'ere.
Although I don't need to wait for very long
'cause I am getting outside the station.
There are more benches
down on the platform.
Hull is a staffed station
and there are ticket barriers as well.
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I'm off for a wander. I'm headed for the Humber.
Something about that piece of flowing water
I just cannot resist today.
I have noticed as well walking through the centre of Hull
that it is very Pride-themed.
Which is fabulous to see.
I particularly really loved
those telephone boxes.
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(WIND NOISE) Well, I've had a wonderful day!
Do you know what? I've actually had this vlog planned for...
I actually can't even tell ya how many months.
It has been so long.
But basically, I had to put it off a bit
because I thought it would work best
if I had an overnight stay in Hull
so that I could get back down the line to film
for the rest of the dodgy stations.
So I am gonna be staying over tonight
so I can get straight back out
really early tomorrow morning.
And I am looking forward to that.
I hope it's gonna be as enjoyable
as today has been.
Thank you very much for watching, everyone.
Byesie byes!
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Now, it is a bit of a mishmash
the order of the stations that I'm visting today.
But it is because...Whoa!