she was there the night of April good
morning Belfast rates Victoria Street
when we're heading to Bangor and all the
Northern Irish stations
we've got crackly stops today
a few places that we can't get out we're
almost there are you ready I'm ready
my voice is going all the patients all
the Northern Ireland stations
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and a bus connection to the city center
Belfast Lanyon plays until fairly
recently
called Belfast central even though it's
not really central to the city of
Belfast however
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old habits and names are hard to break
if you refer to this station as Belvoir
simple people still know what you're
talking about
it's like when they renamed Oprah for a
starburst I know I never go over there
officially
this brick walls I set up the shot
thinking we'd roll in and it would
appear behind me but the stations at
stations over there Lanyon place we
never get we see aha we get we are
approaching manga where I can best
I've been listed some local help I can't
fix her it's my friend day
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we've come to the the cafe at Bangor
station and my friend David morning good
morning
now the first question that I want to
ask is when did your island and to an
extent Ireland get slashed
did it have a beachy style shot it was
actually earlier than that in the
nineteen fifties was one the main cuts
half of them a lot of humid but but lots
of the lines crisscross the border right
and so suddenly they were really all
which were wrong because you have to
have confidence facts right border
checks every other stop because we then
it was just a nightmare so actually even
by 1957 about half the network no not at
all yeah I heard an incredible story
about a train coming down from Donegal
that went over the border and it would
lock people in their cabins so that they
couldn't get out and then they'd unlock
once it recross the boarding house the
Train obviously went a little bit like
East West Berlin which is my it yeah
which is crazy so if there were a few
like you brought your applets of old
yeah Northern Irish railways you
obviously lament the fact there were a
lot more Albert's because there's only
54 stations in Northern Ireland do we
know how many they used to be yes even
between Bangor and Belfast more lines
are still open there are some stations
that are closed so the line that we just
came along just now there was some that
was Crawford's burn there was Craig afar
there were various editions of shots for
me growing up in London under decisions
and so if you would ever say a teen year
yeah let me go and visit all the station
organizer do it you do it a day is that
why you move to London
but it's happy I hear there's a
Castleman bangun married which direction
is it in castle is back Vicky you need
to go that way
I am Anton castle duty excellent
while I'm always in castle duty
obviously it's a 24/7 job and you have a
few minutes trying it a shot of the
conservation and just about see thanks
very much
maybe the road Banga castle Quintus a
little sign here it's completed in 1852
and then it was bought by the Banger
Borough Council in the 1940s so it is
now the Town Hall it's pretty impressive
town huh
so in the grounds around bangor castle
there's also this little Heritage Trail
and I'm getting slightly distracted but
I've still got a few minutes so let's
see where it takes me
it's just a tiny little trail ending in
a lovely view of the banger parish
church no time to go and check that out
there could have been more to the trail
but I know exactly four minutes to get
back to station that's just there so no
panic
don't worry Jeff don't worry I'm coming
don't worry Jeff Jeff from coming
Vicki we can't check Dave we can shake
the camera he's still there
so we're going to go to the what museum
the Elsa truck I'm gonna go down and
change it what used to be called off our
cellphones like online and we're gonna
pop into the lovely Lola transformation
side of Ireland and we're gonna finish
the day and you trying to replace me
with day pretty much yeah
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Marie Talent Bay with an off the scale
quaint station tip from somebody on
Facebook is that if we could get out and
go into the subway we would see the
passageway that was created by the local
Lord to drive his carriages through
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also home of the Ulster Pope and chance
of him how can you folk and transport at
the same place I'm disappointed because
I thought it was going to be a beautiful
merging together and transport
it's two different sorry sir I'm very
what were the two things in one day I
don't know I really don't know we need
to go
piqué have we turned up at the time when
we get to see mr. peek spacecraft let's
do it
oh yeah
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there are all variety of transport but
at the moment the Train Hall is free
because it includes the tim peake
capsule Jeff you got a Guinness Train
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I'm learning how steam engine works as I
push it and pull the piston my arm
down by the steam pressure in the
cylinder of a locomotive the piston is
connected to the wheel by the rod and
when it moves backwards the cylinder
turns the wheel
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so that's how to do the Ulster transfers
in in under nails that was so much fun
there are so many trains you can climb
on signal things you can pull and also
train bed for free it was very good
currently just because of the tim peake
we still haven't shaken Dave getting
this ankle shaken can't shake him
so this is the old Northern Iowa font
from pre TransLink days in fact I think
mid 90s and I railways City Boston pasta
pots were all merged into TransLink as
one unified Transport Authority before
that Northern Iowa always had its own
separate logo and everything else this
is the old font from back in those days
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we're at their fast Lanyon place then
you place a high pass I'm gonna wait
like 20 minutes and we'll head up to the
alarm Harbor branch
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most beautiful scenic really this is
just incredible we're right
the coast is lit it's literally where
there's a vivid dog leash moment in many
ways but also Grace Jones and brave
quick coming up to Whitehead station
where we are being met by some very
special people
we were met off the train by three
wonderful gentlemen from the railway
Preservation Society of Island and we
have come up to the Railway Museum which
is just a few minutes walk from
whitehead station and we're going to
have a whistle-stop tour the video for
this is going to appear slightly later
in an in a bonus video so click up here
in the corner to see that follow me
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there's a chorus of to the trains in the
back of that show
we've met a few people they've joined us
on the train but that was Bali Carrie
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that enjoying the water Lisi you
stationed in County Antrim thirdly su
station in the whole of Northern Ireland
the most least you station that gets a
regular service cuz scar from points
past the to others and they don't get
regular service is look at this wrong
Macklemore and I think and apparently
there's a game of Thrones set just over
here so I I'm literally just gonna stick
my head out
it gets 18 people a day goodness that's
18
and it's very pretty mounted and we just
rather controversially been told that
the line up atop which we'll be doing
tomorrow from coral rain onwards Michael
Palin said was the prettiest railway
line in the whole of the UK
maybe more so than Scotland's
color-block house real I know let's do a
boat here no don't start oh but we'll
see on our last day
as we approach LAN harbour she want to
say thanks today thanks Dave do you want
to be with us for a little bit tomorrow
Dave thanks for your local knowledge
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it's beautiful we went through Causeway
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I'm not seeing a Monet there's a long
day it was a long day it felt like after
the sort of sedate pace of Ireland that
upon hitting Northern Ireland some of
the the urgency in jeopardy was like
back running around making connections
no it's a more freaking you know I never
and stop so closer together it kind of a
yes it gives you that feeling of it sort
of injects a bit of like next train next
train next train so it's good love it
how did you like the museum really good
so much to see apologies but you know
they spend a short time video will be
out later at some point thank you thank
you to rot in the team amazing we've
been to two museums in a gym one day I
know let's do a third C you tomorrow for
the final day it's the final countdown
by credit
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not too bad
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