Sam
@allukstations.bsky.social
Customer Ambassador for SWR. Visited 2573/2589 National Rail Stations in the UK.
Mansfield ✅
Newstead ✅
Mansfield Woodhouse ✅
Robin Hood Line ✅
Nottinghamshire ✅
East Midlands ✅
EMR ✅
A lot of ticks here! 😂😁
Newstead ✅
Mansfield Woodhouse ✅
Robin Hood Line ✅
Nottinghamshire ✅
East Midlands ✅
EMR ✅
A lot of ticks here! 😂😁
December 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Mansfield ✅
Newstead ✅
Mansfield Woodhouse ✅
Robin Hood Line ✅
Nottinghamshire ✅
East Midlands ✅
EMR ✅
A lot of ticks here! 😂😁
Newstead ✅
Mansfield Woodhouse ✅
Robin Hood Line ✅
Nottinghamshire ✅
East Midlands ✅
EMR ✅
A lot of ticks here! 😂😁
Hucknall ✅
Bulwell ✅
Easiest ones on the line which is why I left them last time I was up here. Just a quick tram between them in the half hour gap between trains 😁
Bulwell ✅
Easiest ones on the line which is why I left them last time I was up here. Just a quick tram between them in the half hour gap between trains 😁
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hucknall ✅
Bulwell ✅
Easiest ones on the line which is why I left them last time I was up here. Just a quick tram between them in the half hour gap between trains 😁
Bulwell ✅
Easiest ones on the line which is why I left them last time I was up here. Just a quick tram between them in the half hour gap between trains 😁
Bit of disruption today meant instead of going via Toton for some semi-rare track I had to change at Leicester for an 810 to still make my connection.
Seats are a bit hard but definitely an improvement over the non Avanti IETs!
Seats are a bit hard but definitely an improvement over the non Avanti IETs!
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Bit of disruption today meant instead of going via Toton for some semi-rare track I had to change at Leicester for an 810 to still make my connection.
Seats are a bit hard but definitely an improvement over the non Avanti IETs!
Seats are a bit hard but definitely an improvement over the non Avanti IETs!
Not very often I can get a 455 all the way to Waterloo anymore, but I can still change along the way for some mega traction 😁😍
December 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Not very often I can get a 455 all the way to Waterloo anymore, but I can still change along the way for some mega traction 😁😍
Somehow it’s December already, so time for a review of 2025!
The year started off with probably my favourite trip of the year, a few days in Scotland on the Kyle line in the snow! 🏴
Then after we headed to Aberdeen for what was the longest train to Penzance
The year started off with probably my favourite trip of the year, a few days in Scotland on the Kyle line in the snow! 🏴
Then after we headed to Aberdeen for what was the longest train to Penzance
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Somehow it’s December already, so time for a review of 2025!
The year started off with probably my favourite trip of the year, a few days in Scotland on the Kyle line in the snow! 🏴
Then after we headed to Aberdeen for what was the longest train to Penzance
The year started off with probably my favourite trip of the year, a few days in Scotland on the Kyle line in the snow! 🏴
Then after we headed to Aberdeen for what was the longest train to Penzance
Lovely run down to Penzance despite being a bit late.
Had about half an hour turnaround here before what’s most likely my final GWR HST journey with a full run to Exeter 🔥🫡
Leading the formation is 43187 “Y Cymro” 😍🏴
Had about half an hour turnaround here before what’s most likely my final GWR HST journey with a full run to Exeter 🔥🫡
Leading the formation is 43187 “Y Cymro” 😍🏴
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Lovely run down to Penzance despite being a bit late.
Had about half an hour turnaround here before what’s most likely my final GWR HST journey with a full run to Exeter 🔥🫡
Leading the formation is 43187 “Y Cymro” 😍🏴
Had about half an hour turnaround here before what’s most likely my final GWR HST journey with a full run to Exeter 🔥🫡
Leading the formation is 43187 “Y Cymro” 😍🏴
Morning from Truro!
Quick stop here for Greggs before I caught 43098 and 43187 for a lovely run to Penzance 😁🔥
Quick stop here for Greggs before I caught 43098 and 43187 for a lovely run to Penzance 😁🔥
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Morning from Truro!
Quick stop here for Greggs before I caught 43098 and 43187 for a lovely run to Penzance 😁🔥
Quick stop here for Greggs before I caught 43098 and 43187 for a lovely run to Penzance 😁🔥
Good to be back in Penzance! The last time I was here was before getting XC to Aberdeen that didn’t quite go to plan.
Left Penzance on the same HSTs to Truro before a different pair took me back here! 😍
Left Penzance on the same HSTs to Truro before a different pair took me back here! 😍
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Good to be back in Penzance! The last time I was here was before getting XC to Aberdeen that didn’t quite go to plan.
Left Penzance on the same HSTs to Truro before a different pair took me back here! 😍
Left Penzance on the same HSTs to Truro before a different pair took me back here! 😍
After getting off at St Austell I waited to see a pair of 175s passing through on test before 158950 took me to Plymouth!
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
After getting off at St Austell I waited to see a pair of 175s passing through on test before 158950 took me to Plymouth!
After grabbing some lunch in Plymouth I went to Saltash!
Saw GWR pride 800 pass over the bridge before 43098 took me to Penzance
Saw GWR pride 800 pass over the bridge before 43098 took me to Penzance
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
After grabbing some lunch in Plymouth I went to Saltash!
Saw GWR pride 800 pass over the bridge before 43098 took me to Penzance
Saw GWR pride 800 pass over the bridge before 43098 took me to Penzance
I’m down in Cornwall today, started off this morning with a return from St Austell to St Germans on a pair of HSTs 😍🔥
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I’m down in Cornwall today, started off this morning with a return from St Austell to St Germans on a pair of HSTs 😍🔥
Mandatory visit to Dawlish on my way to Cornwall
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Mandatory visit to Dawlish on my way to Cornwall
Bishops Lydeard ✅
Not sure if this still counts as a National Rail station, it certainly used to be though 🤣
GWR are running shuttles from Taunton to here today to connect with the Rail 200 train which also means I can tick it off 😁
Not sure if this still counts as a National Rail station, it certainly used to be though 🤣
GWR are running shuttles from Taunton to here today to connect with the Rail 200 train which also means I can tick it off 😁
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Bishops Lydeard ✅
Not sure if this still counts as a National Rail station, it certainly used to be though 🤣
GWR are running shuttles from Taunton to here today to connect with the Rail 200 train which also means I can tick it off 😁
Not sure if this still counts as a National Rail station, it certainly used to be though 🤣
GWR are running shuttles from Taunton to here today to connect with the Rail 200 train which also means I can tick it off 😁
Who said 455s don’t go to Reading anymore? 🤔
Found 5703 and 5872 being dragged by 37800 today on 5Q57 from Newport to Derby. Not sure why its escaped Newport but that can only be a good thing 😁
Found 5703 and 5872 being dragged by 37800 today on 5Q57 from Newport to Derby. Not sure why its escaped Newport but that can only be a good thing 😁
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Who said 455s don’t go to Reading anymore? 🤔
Found 5703 and 5872 being dragged by 37800 today on 5Q57 from Newport to Derby. Not sure why its escaped Newport but that can only be a good thing 😁
Found 5703 and 5872 being dragged by 37800 today on 5Q57 from Newport to Derby. Not sure why its escaped Newport but that can only be a good thing 😁
Been a while since I’ve been to Hampton Court or Dorking, so I’ve come out today while I can still go on some mega traction 😍 🔥
November 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Been a while since I’ve been to Hampton Court or Dorking, so I’ve come out today while I can still go on some mega traction 😍 🔥
After lunch in Chester I got an 805 back to Euston.
Usually I avoid IETs but was worth it to score the line between Northwich and Sandbach via Middlewich!
Incredibly rare line, but of course not as rare as CrossCountry via Crewe 😁
Usually I avoid IETs but was worth it to score the line between Northwich and Sandbach via Middlewich!
Incredibly rare line, but of course not as rare as CrossCountry via Crewe 😁
November 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
After lunch in Chester I got an 805 back to Euston.
Usually I avoid IETs but was worth it to score the line between Northwich and Sandbach via Middlewich!
Incredibly rare line, but of course not as rare as CrossCountry via Crewe 😁
Usually I avoid IETs but was worth it to score the line between Northwich and Sandbach via Middlewich!
Incredibly rare line, but of course not as rare as CrossCountry via Crewe 😁
Got out at Hartford for a walk to Greenbank
Then had some time to kill before the train so we kept going to the Weaver Viaduct, timed perfectly with a train going over 😁
Then back at Greenbank saw Avanti passing on the rare divert via Middlewich before a 156 to Chester!
Then had some time to kill before the train so we kept going to the Weaver Viaduct, timed perfectly with a train going over 😁
Then back at Greenbank saw Avanti passing on the rare divert via Middlewich before a 156 to Chester!
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Got out at Hartford for a walk to Greenbank
Then had some time to kill before the train so we kept going to the Weaver Viaduct, timed perfectly with a train going over 😁
Then back at Greenbank saw Avanti passing on the rare divert via Middlewich before a 156 to Chester!
Then had some time to kill before the train so we kept going to the Weaver Viaduct, timed perfectly with a train going over 😁
Then back at Greenbank saw Avanti passing on the rare divert via Middlewich before a 156 to Chester!
390119 took me to Crewe this morning 😍
Left Euston 21mins late but arrived 10mins early, and would’ve been 35mins early if not held at Stafford 😂
Some unusual flags out the front of the station at Crewe, looks like Cymru is expanding 🏴
Left Euston 21mins late but arrived 10mins early, and would’ve been 35mins early if not held at Stafford 😂
Some unusual flags out the front of the station at Crewe, looks like Cymru is expanding 🏴
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
390119 took me to Crewe this morning 😍
Left Euston 21mins late but arrived 10mins early, and would’ve been 35mins early if not held at Stafford 😂
Some unusual flags out the front of the station at Crewe, looks like Cymru is expanding 🏴
Left Euston 21mins late but arrived 10mins early, and would’ve been 35mins early if not held at Stafford 😂
Some unusual flags out the front of the station at Crewe, looks like Cymru is expanding 🏴
Not too long left for 455s so I’ve got to try and get them whenever I can now, and I’ve lucked out tonight with one on my train home 😍🔥
Platforms quite empty at Waterloo this evening, just 455701 and 159001 in platforms 1-8.
Platforms quite empty at Waterloo this evening, just 455701 and 159001 in platforms 1-8.
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Not too long left for 455s so I’ve got to try and get them whenever I can now, and I’ve lucked out tonight with one on my train home 😍🔥
Platforms quite empty at Waterloo this evening, just 455701 and 159001 in platforms 1-8.
Platforms quite empty at Waterloo this evening, just 455701 and 159001 in platforms 1-8.
And sadly time for the train back home ☹️
Surprisingly Deutsche Bahn has got me to Bruxelles on time in order to make my Eurostar connection, with 374010 taking me back to London
Surprisingly Deutsche Bahn has got me to Bruxelles on time in order to make my Eurostar connection, with 374010 taking me back to London
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
And sadly time for the train back home ☹️
Surprisingly Deutsche Bahn has got me to Bruxelles on time in order to make my Eurostar connection, with 374010 taking me back to London
Surprisingly Deutsche Bahn has got me to Bruxelles on time in order to make my Eurostar connection, with 374010 taking me back to London
Engineering works in Köln this weekend so just 2 platforms in use at Hbf! 😂
My ICE to Bruxelles was stopping at Ehrenfeld instead so after grabbing some lunch I headed over there on the S Bahn which was basically all that’s stopping at Köln Hbf today
My ICE to Bruxelles was stopping at Ehrenfeld instead so after grabbing some lunch I headed over there on the S Bahn which was basically all that’s stopping at Köln Hbf today
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Engineering works in Köln this weekend so just 2 platforms in use at Hbf! 😂
My ICE to Bruxelles was stopping at Ehrenfeld instead so after grabbing some lunch I headed over there on the S Bahn which was basically all that’s stopping at Köln Hbf today
My ICE to Bruxelles was stopping at Ehrenfeld instead so after grabbing some lunch I headed over there on the S Bahn which was basically all that’s stopping at Köln Hbf today
Some more trains from yesterday!
After Malmö it’s just a quick hop to Copenhagen then a loco hauled EuroCity to Hamburg! I stayed there last night and now I’m heading to Köln on an ICE 4 😁
After Malmö it’s just a quick hop to Copenhagen then a loco hauled EuroCity to Hamburg! I stayed there last night and now I’m heading to Köln on an ICE 4 😁
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Some more trains from yesterday!
After Malmö it’s just a quick hop to Copenhagen then a loco hauled EuroCity to Hamburg! I stayed there last night and now I’m heading to Köln on an ICE 4 😁
After Malmö it’s just a quick hop to Copenhagen then a loco hauled EuroCity to Hamburg! I stayed there last night and now I’m heading to Köln on an ICE 4 😁
Sadly time to start heading towards home, but as I’m still further north than Thurso it’s gonna take a while 😂
First train for today is this SJ Snabbtåg (express train) taking me from Stockholm to Malmö! 🇸🇪
First train for today is this SJ Snabbtåg (express train) taking me from Stockholm to Malmö! 🇸🇪
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Sadly time to start heading towards home, but as I’m still further north than Thurso it’s gonna take a while 😂
First train for today is this SJ Snabbtåg (express train) taking me from Stockholm to Malmö! 🇸🇪
First train for today is this SJ Snabbtåg (express train) taking me from Stockholm to Malmö! 🇸🇪
Stockholm’s Metro is cool! 🇸🇪
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Stockholm’s Metro is cool! 🇸🇪
Lovely journey across to Sundsvall, through lots of forests and lakes 😁
Very low sun the whole way even in the middle of the day, shows how far north it is here!
Quick stop for lunch in Sundsvall and now heading down to Stockholm on this loco hauled SJ InterCity train! 🇸🇪
Very low sun the whole way even in the middle of the day, shows how far north it is here!
Quick stop for lunch in Sundsvall and now heading down to Stockholm on this loco hauled SJ InterCity train! 🇸🇪
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Lovely journey across to Sundsvall, through lots of forests and lakes 😁
Very low sun the whole way even in the middle of the day, shows how far north it is here!
Quick stop for lunch in Sundsvall and now heading down to Stockholm on this loco hauled SJ InterCity train! 🇸🇪
Very low sun the whole way even in the middle of the day, shows how far north it is here!
Quick stop for lunch in Sundsvall and now heading down to Stockholm on this loco hauled SJ InterCity train! 🇸🇪