Honks whistle. Along the way, ill cross some stunning landscapes and meet people whose lives have been transformed by the Great British railway. I wanted to bring us down this slimyjetty here cos i wanted to show off Portsmouth Harbour station. As you come in, you feel like youre on land, but actually, its an old pier. And this used to function as a Freight Boat Pier in the mid 1800s. Im starting my Rail Adventure on englands southern coastline, passing through london, the midlands, into the yorkshire dales, then crossing scotland up through the highlands, and hopefully making it to thurso, the most northerly Railway Station in the uk. Sometimes find hermit crabs. There isnt a hermit crab in this one though. Tannoy please buy a ticket before getting on to a train. | as luck would have it, i happened to be wearing the specific badge to the train were travelling on. 166210. I actually used to get this train to see my parents when i used to live in portsmouth. So, yeah, im really excited.
Through the highlands, and hopefully making it to thurso, the most northerly Railway Station in the uk. Sometimes find hermit crabs. There isnt a hermit crab in this one, though. Tannoy please buy a ticket before getting on to a train. | as luck would have it, i happened to be wearing the specific badge to the train were travelling on. 166210. I actually used to get this train to see my parents when i used to live in portsmouth. So, yeah, im really excited. And all the better doing it on br Rolling Stock, too. Essentially, that means trains made in the uk in the era of british rail up to the mid 90s before the network was privatised. Tickets, please. Hiya~ hello. Ta. Thank you. This country invented the railway, and once, we used to design and Build Locomotives that were sent across the world, slashing Journey Times between great cities. But as the uks Manufacturing Industries declined, Railway Companies here found it cheaper to import trains from overseas. Yeah, 70007 and 66528. 007,
On gaza and so clearly, the focus today has been on gaza and the attempt to get a depot on gaza and the attempt to get a depot ih on gaza and the attempt to get a depot in egypt. We on gaza and the attempt to get a depot in egypt on gaza and the attempt to get a depot in egypt. We will talk on that shortl , depot in egypt. We will talk on that shortly. But depot in egypt. We will talk on that shortly, but there depot in egypt. We will talk on that shortly, but there has depot in egypt. We will talk on that shortly, but there has been depot in egypt. We will talk on that l shortly, but there has been renewed fighting on the Northern Border and further exchanges of fire between the israeli and backed hezbollah and Israeli Forces. Hezbollah which is backed by iran. The border skirmishes have raised concerning israel that it could now face a war on two fronts. Our Correspondent Reports on the latest developments from lebanon. Reports on the latest developments from lebanon reports on the l
tropical cyclone, tens of thousands flee coastal villages for concrete storm shelters. the conservatives say they will bring back mandatory national service for 18 year olds if they win the general election. national service for 18 year olds if they win the general election. my name is francis bourgeois. i m a railway enthusiast, and i use my social media to share my passion with the world. train horn blows. what a legend. i have 5.4 million followers in total. it s been a pretty wackyjourney. as the uk prepares to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the world s first passenger railway, i ve taken on the challenge to travel from the southern coast of england. did your ears pop? ..to the northern coast of scotland. we just passed the highest point of the uk network. i ve decided to only use trains made here. honks whistle. along the way, i ll cross some stunning landscapes and meet people whose lives have been transformed by the great british railway. i wanted to bring us down
the kind of set pieces so actually it is a good time to do some questions that people want answers to. yeah, so you ve sent in the questions. we re going to brainstorm the answers. crosstalk well, i don t know. some of these, i think, maybe are slightly more discursive rather than, like, right or wrong answers. right, question one is from phil, and he says. oh, this isjust basically what we ve just been saying. is there such a thing as election fatigue? and if so, how might campaigns track and consider this? do they work to time key announcements early to try and avoid policy commitments not landing with voters? so i think there s two things that seem contradictory there. one, yes, there is such a thing as people going, oh, my god, i want it over, just get on with it. there is also, however, the fact that there are lots and lots of voters who don t really tune in properly until the very last minute, because guess what people have got better things to do than obsess ab