We're at Northholt
i mean .. i didn't start here
but the previous train was a terminator i'm going ... one stop
to South Ruislip
to get off the Central Line
and onto a Chiltern train
i absolutley am going to change at South Ruislip
for a National Rail service
for a very special is it in yet? i'm looking. can't see it.
a very special ... National Rail service
which starts today
right, so! a quick explanation what happened
that's Errol, we'll chat to him in a minute
it's Monday the 10th, of ... December
yesterday, Cross Purp Liz Rail was meant to start but it didn't, because it's been delayed
but this is the weekend, when all of the timetables change over
and last Friday
the last ever, Paddington Chiltern train
ghost service, ran. it's a driver route learning train
parliamentary service, call it what you like
there was a limted service, one train a week
one in, and one out of Paddington
but that's been changed
because .. HS2 works are coming to
Old Oak Common, and there's a curve of track
which HS2 are ripping up, and because of that
the Chiltern Parliamentary train can no longer run in and out of Paddington
so instead! it runs from here
South Ruilsip, at 11:02 down the Greenford Branch
which is very interesting, into West Ealing
where it sits at the bay platform
whilst the Greenford shuttle comes in and out and then it returns
back to High Wycombe. now!
the interesting thing is and our guard has walked in on cue to explain it to us
for this leg, we can use Contactless South Ruilsip to West Ealing
but the retrun leg is not only not only is there no ticket for it
it's not in the national rail timetable
to further confuse matters the Chiltern PDFon their website
says that it's West Ealing to High Wycombe only
but on Real Time Trains and Open Train Times
it suggest that it might stop at South Ealing
it might change guards! we're gonna find out
what happens ... just by doing it
that's all perfectly clear, right?
There's ... Greenford Central Line
and so the curve of track that we're about to do
has not had a passengers train over it for like, ages for a very long time
and i think that puts us onto the Greenford branch, are we on the branch?
is that it? was that the curve?
that was the curve,
oh no we're still on the single bit that leads down to
oh, and that's it, we're now on the branch
so when was the last time a passenger train went over that curve?
a long time ago, i would have thought
so we're heading down the Greenford branch
without stopping at the intermediate stations
that was - South Greenford
we've got Drayton Green and Castle Bar Park to go
and then we'll, turn into West Ealing
Ok
*PA* Ladies and Gentlemen we'll shortyl be arriving at
West Eatling, West Ealing our final station stop *PA*
the train will sit at West Ealing
in the Bay platform which is platform 3, we think? - [Off camera] Five!
Five? thank you, Tom
and the Greenford shuttle will then come in
sit there whilst this Chiltern train is there
and then leave, and then we follow
behind it, about ten minutes later
Tom's here by the way, are you going?
I will have to go - You're not coming to High Wymcombe? I will see you out
and Dan's here and Daniels' here, and Charlie is here
but you're all gonna help me ...
... decide what we're gonna name this service
we're on the bay platform at West Ealing
there's currently a ticketing issue taking place
Errol, our delightful conductor slash guard
is trying to work out what ticket to sell us
because if you buy a ticket
from West Ealing to High Wycombe
it tries to charge you £18 and send you .. logically via Paddington, and Marylebone
because it doesn't know about the direct service from here to High Wycombe
so he's currently selling us a ticket which is valid
to go direct ... and whilst that's all happening
the Greenford shuttle has turned up!
and whilst that's happening ...
a Crossrail train is coming through *laughs*
it's too much! *more laughing*
purple, green, white, it's too many trains!
so the other amusing thing
is that as there was no PurpleTrain launch yesterday
West Ealing is, actually as you've just seen
a line on Crossrail
so to celebrate the fact that there was no Crossrail yesterday
i feel like we should colour this line
or at least name this line ... purple
so i've got Dand and Charlie and Daniel and Tom
so if you can each come and take a piece of paper each
what was your one? you wanted to call is the Ruisling line
something like that
so if you be Ruisling line
if you can be - my favourite - CrossRuislip
we've got the Ealingabeth Line
and because it's Eailting to Ruislip, Tom you can be the Realing Line
and there's a poll appearing on screen now
vote for whichever one you'd like!
Vote! for the Ruisling line
Vote! for CrossRuislip
Vote for the Ealingabeth
or vote! for the Realing line
it's all gone a bit Strictly hasn't it? which is fine ...
are you going to chrage for phone votes?
- SEVEEEENN!!
So the train IS on the board
platform five
that is the bay platform
it's on the dot matrix as well
it's the eleven forty-seven
High Wycombe Express! calling at ...
just High Wycombe
the reason why, i'm fixating upon
calling it, giving it a name is because we don't have our PurpleTrains
West Ealing is a station that should be on the western part of Crossrail
and the politician responsible for renaming it Crossrail to the 'E' word
this trains passes through ... that politicians constituency
'cause he is the ...
Dan did you not get that Dan?
- That had eveaded me, but I'm glad you clarified
So i don't want to use, the 'B' word
probably more than i don't want to use the 'E' word
but i'm amused that this train passes through
the former, foreign secretary's constituency
(Harrow and Ruislip!)
- It's good logic
it's great logic!
- And it's funny! *chuckles*
It's not THAT funny! *laughs*
It's amuses me
And I don't think there are any Greenford passengers on board
so we got away with it
Are you making a video Dan?
- I might be, yeah
Nice sweater, by the way
- Thank you, it's very purple
And that's sort of it
now we just ride the, are we still on the branch line? or are we on the mainline already?
- Yeah we're still on the old new north mainline
but now we're just gonna go fast, all the way to High Wycombe
and that's ... that's kind of it
Ok, it's twelve twenty-one
how's your CrossRuislip experience been?
- It's been exciting, and a bit predictable but we got there in the end
-This is the best new train service to start today!
And here comes, our lovely guard, Errol .. Errol ..
We're on time and everything - Oh absolutely
- I've got a message from our ticket team
What do the Chiltern ticket team say?
- If you wanna have a quick read of that
From now on ...
Chiltern can accept London terminus tickets
as valid from West Ealing
for the 2V27, so this is the 2V27
and they're gonna put a ticket easement in place
so there we go, London terminal tickets
are now valid
Chiltern! you've solved the problem, whilst the journey is being made! Thanks Errol
So there we go, it's Londons newest Ghost train
parliamentary slash driving training route knowledge service
it's the 11:02 from South Ruislip to West Ealing
it's the 11:47 back from West Ealing
we've just pulled in to High Wycombe
as 12:24
come catch the ghost train!