Easy journey to a RANDOM Railway Station... beginning with Q!

GLOVESTRAINS: Hey, everyone!
GLovesTrains 'ere.

Now I'm very excited today because

not only am I going
riding the trains,

I'm also gonna be visiting

yet another random
UK railway station.

But also,
it is my first-ever time using

my new camera and mic setup.

So yeah, hopefully,
everything goes all right with that.

So, I went on to me trusty

online random station
generator thingamebobs.

First of all, I selected
a random letter.

It came up with the letter Q.

There's loads of stations in the UK

beginning with Q, right?

Er, no, there's only seven!

However, that is actually one more

than there was for the letter J.

So then I selected a station
and it came up with

Queen's Park (London).

Yep, I am headed down south again.

I'm starting my journey

from Macclesfield here today.

So I'm gonna get on inside there and,

once again,
head down to London.

(TICKET MACHINE WHIRRS)

(COVER SQUEAKS)

G: Reyt, I'm down here
on the platform now.

I think I've got about five minutes

to wait until me train comes in.
And yeah,

I'm currently just genuinely,

even though I've only filmed
a few clips on this new camera,

just really tryna get used to it
at the minute! (LAUGHS)

(TRAIN NOISE)

(DOOR GLIDES OPEN)

G: Bye-bye, Lucy!

And bye-bye, Macclesfield.

I'm on Avanti Pendo 390132,

I think it was.

Might have to double-check that
when I get off.

But I am on 'ere for just under
two and a half hours now.

Doing what has become
quite a common journey

that I do these days

between Macclesfield

going down to the terminus
of London Euston.

Now the difference with this today is,

because this is
the first train on a Sunday,

we are actually going via Lichfield.

Now I'm not too sure
if this is a route

that Avanti do on weekdays as well.

Again, that's something else
I'll have to check out later on.

But yeah, I'm just gonna
do what I always do.

Sit back, chill,
connect to the Wi-fi,

and...put me headphones in,

listen to some music...

Yeah, happy days.
Need to take this jacket off as well.

Absolutely boiling right now!
(LAUGHS)

(QUIET TRAIN NOISE)

We are just pulling into
Lichfield Trent Valley now.

Which is the penultimate stop.

Yeah, we've only called at

Stoke-on-Trent and Lichfield.

I'm really not used
to there only being

two stops before London Euston.
(LAUGHS)

(QUIET TRAIN NOISE)

(TRAIN DOORS GLIDE OPEN)

We've actually just pulled in
ten minutes early to Euston.

But I think that is the quietest train

I've ever caught to Euston.

Like coach G was pretty much empty.

And it was 132 as well.
So yeah,

happy days, I did get
the number correct on that.

I am just pretty much changing over
here at Euston now.

Onto my second and final train
of the day.

So I'ma just make my way

through to the concourse area here

and see which platform

I need to go for this next train.

Ah, okay. It did just say,
Queen's Park, platform 9, up there.

Here we are. Platform 9.

"Platform closing
in four minutes, seven seconds."

Don't think I've ever seen that
on a display before.

(TRAIN DOORS BEEP
THEN GLIDE OPEN)

This is my first time riding

a London Overground train
from Euston.

I'm on 710376.

And I'm literally only on this train

for like nine minutes.

So yeah, not long at all.

(TRAIN NOISE)

Like with the last train I was on,

it is two stops before the stop
(ANNOUNCEMENT IN BACKGROUND)

that I need to get off at.

But yeah,
we are actually arriving

into Queen's Park now.

(TRAIN DOORS BEEP
THEN GLIDE OPEN)

All right, here I am
at the random station

the random station generator
has brought me to today.

(TRAIN NOISE)
It's Queen's Park.

Byesie byes to the train.
(LAUGHS)

And...
(SINGS) ♫ When you're at Queen's Park

♫ You put your knickers
on your head

♫ You put your
knickers on your head

♫ You put your knickers
on your head

♫ When you're at Queen's Park

♫ You put your knickers
on your head

♫ And you shout ♫

(SHOUTS) Squishy boobies!

(TRAIN NOISE)

I must have actually whizzed past
Queen's Park before

when I was on the Avanti train,

because I keep seeing Avanti Pendos

whizzing past over there.

(TRAIN GLIDES TO A HALT)
But as for Queen's Park itself,

it is a London Underground station.

You have of course got
London Overground services too.

And I did wonder with regards
to the layout of this station,

would the Underground
be on a different level

to the Overground?

But it turns out they're not.
And to be honest with ya,

I did go and have a look
(LAUGHS)

at some photos before I came out

and filmed this vlog.
So yeah,

I did kind of know what

(LAUGHS)
it was gonna look like in advance.

But yeah, all of the platforms...

There are four...
Well, there's actually six platforms here.

But there's only four in use.

The outermost platforms,

platform 4 and platform 1,

are served by
the London Overground services.

There's four trains per hour
in either direction

between London and Watford.

And then the innermost platforms,

platforms 2 and 3,

are for the Underground services

which serve the Bakerloo Line.

Reyt, I'm gonna get out via the steps.

Don't think there's step-free access
in this station as well.

And I'm gonna go
see what's around the area.

See if there's a park.
And if there is,

is it by any chance
called Queen's Park?

(FOOTSTEPS)

(TICKET GATE WHIRRS)

(DISTANT TRAFFIC NOISE)

G: I have a feeling
there may be a park behind this.

A-ha! Queen's Park, here we go.

(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)

Whilst everyone else
is walking along the path

which sort of runs

in a circle around
this grassy field-y bit,

I thought, "Do you know what?
I'm just gonna walk

"right through the middle of the grass!"

But I do love
coming to a good park me,

and dunno how big this park is...

I don't think it's as big as

that other one I went to

when I was down in London that time.

I've actually forgotten
the name of the park.

It'll come to me at some point!

But, yeah. Let's just
have a wander through 'ere.

I've got plenty of time as well.
I don't need to be

on a train out of here
anytime soon.

So yeah, let's see what's about.

Well, there's some big tree trunks

on the ground you can have a sit on.

Well, the wind has picked up a bit

from walking around this park.

But do you know what?
I'm very glad

that I've got a microphone now.

And I'm very excited to actually see

how much wind protection
this gives me. So, yeah.

Hopefully I won't be
having to worry so much

about protecting...my camera,

my camera holes and all that lot

from the wind et cetera.

But what a great day again!

And do you know what?
The journey's absolutely flown by.

It was a really easy,
not cheap,

but easy journey.

Oh my days!

(LAUGHS)

Well, this is entertaining.
I think there's some storm kicking up here

down to Queen's Park today.
The London one.

I think there's another one
up in Glasgow, in't there?

Yeah, can't quite believe
the vlog's over, to be honest.

I wanna keep going!
(LAUGHS)

Thank you very much
for watching, everyone.

Byesie byes!