Good morning, i've just left Thornaby
on that Trans Pennine Express train
which came up from Manchester this morning first time i've been round the Ordsall chord
i've changed at Thornaby onto this train which is taking me north
and it's taking us too ...
it's day number four, station four ... it's Horden
* MUSIC PLAYS * - Six Stations -
So we're at Horden
what line is this on? between?
it's between Hartlepool and Sunderland
coming up the coast, you can literally see the sea is over there, we're in County Durham
this is Horden station, it opened in June 2020
two years ago, my first impression is that it's dominated by the
overbridge, and the loooong step free ramps
now you've been like 45 minutes, you got here before me - I did
what have you been doing during that time, what did you discover?
i walked along the platforms and measured them at one hundred metres
i walked down one of the ramps
and it's longer than the actual platform to walk up and down it
the RAMP is longer than the PLATFORM?
well if you walk that way, and that way it's actuall ... longer than the platform
now Dan of course has popped up in several videos before
but mainly, you were my least ... used Berkshire, Midgham
- Not Mitcham not mitcham!
Midgham.
and i was always impressed with that because you brought a laminated fact sheet
so i'm hoping ... that you've taken the initiative
did you bring a laminated fact sheet?
Maaaaybe?
We're in the waiting shelter, not a waiting room
there is currently a fault with this display
please refer to timetables
are there? let's just do facilities straight away
are there timetables? - yes there there are actual-
Dan! take us to the timetables!
A-follow-me
Oh my, an ACTUALtimetable it feels like such a rate thing nowadays
it's hourly, basically there's a few more in the morning
other than that, it's hourly, one an hour, in each direction
*WIND ON MICROPHONE *
and it's quite windy - very windy wow!
we should probably go in the shelter instead - i think so let's do the shelter
*TRAIN HORN*
woah! what we go, what we got, we got, we got
it's a Grand Central! woo hoo!
nice!
* THUD *
Woah!
that's how windy it is
if there's any, err "London'd Lost Railways" fans in, watching
i feel like you ought to know that next door to the station
theeeeeere's a large allotment, love it!
Do you know what this is like? Imagine ...
the closing scene of Star Wars, where Luke Skywalker
Red Five, standing by
is going down like the trench, of the Death Star to torpedo the exhaust fumes
look ... it's like!
* DRAMATIC Star Wars - esque MUSIC *
Alright? - about time
So, have you got some Horden facts for me? What you got?
it's like Christmas! Dan's bag of treats
aaaah! he's laminated a sheet!
the lam - you've actually called the laminated sheet, "THE LAMINATED SHEET"
with, with facts on the back
is this Railway font?
Good man
it was a mining village ... the Horden colliery closed in 1987
the original station, was opened in 1905 and closed in 1964 .... Beeching
you should be reading this out, you know what? what station facilities are there Dan
- Why don't we got out my one? ah you got two of them! * laughs *
- There are two platforms there are two platforms
is there a ticket office? - No
are there ticket machines? - Yes, there is one
Help points?
Dot matrix information displays
- There is yes
Waiting room?
waiting shelters, althought the sign over on platform one there, does say, waiting room
are there fluttering bin bags in the breeze?
there are, there should be three
but the big bag over by the ticket machine, is not there
OK, and are there parking spaces?
- There are quite a lot!
yeah, it's 137
i can't get you to count them all, can i? - you can, if you want to
you wanna do, does anybody want to see Dan
count, all one hundred and thirtsy seven parking spaces
Don't count them all
we'll just do maths, it's a grid
it's a square car park so if you count one row
and then we count the number of rows
let's do that
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seveeeeen!
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
and then we need to count how many rows there are
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seveeeen!
Eight
Nine
Ten
that's ten times eleven, which is ... * laughs *
hundred and ten
plus there was a bonus seven down the end
hundred and seventeen
then there's what you call ... family parking spaces
and then it must be including
- No, it is 137 the accessible spaces
25, 26, 27, 28, 29 ... 30 .... 31
and the taxi spaces
32 , 33, 34, 35, 36 ... 37
this is what my videos have come to Dan counting car park spaces
the joke is we did this at Midgham where there were 8 ... 9 ?
- There were 11
Why are there so many parking spaces i mean it's good but why
Park and Ride i think they're just trying to encourage because Peterlee is just over there
which is a new, a newish town
it's sort of merged into Horden village
and i think they're just trying to enourage people
to park and ride, into the city
there's also there's two buses over there
the 209, and the 210
ALLOTMENT!
i've, i've borrowed someone's red arrow, Geoff
are we gonna stand in front of the station sign?
i can see whay you're doing, go, go on ...
It's Paul Whitewick's red arrow!
you've brought a physical manifestation of Paul Whitewick's red arrow
is that ... is that our thumbnail?
* laughs * well Dan, it's funny you should do that because
i've brough a green cross, to offically
cross this off my spreadsheet to say that i've been here
so we've got the green cross, and the red arrow * chuckles *
i preferred it when we were counting car parking spaces
*TRAIN ENGINE WHOOSH *
is that, Arrow Your Costs?
broaden your horizons, arrow your costs
you're .. ok
you're having too much fun with the red arrow Dan, this is ...
this is, i think, okay, i'm gonna
i'm gonna take it away from you, confiscated
- Sorry Confistacted! - there we go
* TRAIN HORN *
Welcome to Horden
nice
into ... - the light the light
what is it, a sculpture? - it's depecting, the local colliery
that closed in 1987
Horden exists, because of the coal from the Durham coal field
from 1900, the countryside was transformed
to a hub, for the coal mining industry
is the modern day station in exactly the same location at the old one
it's not, it's slightly down the line
'cause of are down that way
wonder what's on the site of the old station now, wonder
probably an allotment!
right, do you have eeeer
i'm worred now, what else is in your bag
red arrow, a laminated, do you have like a
"that's all folks!" banner or something
end of video ... really?
we're just gonna
we're gonna get the train back, you're coming with me
we're heading north, heading into Scotland - that way yeah
you're going up to Sunderland - i am
right OK, we'd better get our train then
* DOOR BEEPS *
* PA* This is ... Horden * PA*
Daniel, thank you! how did you enjoy Horden?
- Very good we're on the train home, we're heading north to Sunderland
i'll leave you to ... wrap up
- Join Geoff tomorrow, on Day 5, when he's in Scotland
- With Jen on the Move
- But, for now ....
- That's all folks!