2024 Summary
Here's my summary of my trips in 2024. The chart shows month by months of the miles covered. 
January was quite quiet on the travel front intially until I arrange to meet up with my mate Peter for a trip. I I covered the Hournslow loop but I was missing before meeting up with his for a trip on one of the inaugral services of the new South Western Railways class 701 from Waterloo to Richmond. Fron there we ventured to Gospel Oak and all the way over to Narking Riverside.
February was another quiet one with me gaining only the Bookham line as a new line. Also a trip to Lincoln. Time was not on my wide and other things cropped up to get in the way of trips.
March started very will with a day trip to Stourbroidge. Soem new lines including the shuttle (I love the cl.139s) and also clearing the 168s for sight. The end of March I managed to get up to Nottingham and clear the Tram network.
From May onwards our year, as a family, went to the dogs. Major health issues for some family members caused me to cancel almost all railway related trips. No trips causes a very low motivation and I almost became resentful of railways. It wasn't until November that I went out again but even then I wasn't enjoying it. Not until visiting the Lymington Line. It reignited an interest but as I said in my Lynington trip report it will take a few more trips and the New Year to get back on track (pardon the pun).
December I managed a couple of trips out including a trip from Euston to Swansea.
So what new lines did I actually clear.
- January:
- Hounslow Jn to Whitton Jn (part of the Hounslow Loop)
- Barking to Barking Riverside
- Salisbury Romsey via Southampton Central and Chandler's Ford
- St Deny's to Fratton
- Fareham to Eastleigh via 'Portsmouth Single line'
- February
- Leatherhed Jn to Effingham Junction
- March
- Kidsgrove to Crewe
- Derby Junction (Stoke On Trent) to North Stafford Jn
- Birmingham Snow Hill to Stourbridge Junction
- Stourbridge Junction to Stourbridge Town
- Whole Nottingham Express Transit Network
- April
- Mansfield Jn (Nottingham) to SHireoaks East Jn (Worksop)
- Lincoln Central to Wrawby Jn (Barnetby)
- Habrough to Barton on Humber
- Newark Crossing East Jn to Netherfield Jn (Nr. Nottingham)
- May
- Nuneaton to Leamington Spa via Coventry
- Bescot Statium to Rugeley Trent Valley
- Lichfield Trent Valley to Sutton Coldfield
- Kennington to Battersea Power Station
- East Grinstead to Kingscote (Bluebell Railway)
- Slough to Windsor & Eton Central
- Maidenhead to Marlow
- Twyford to Henley-on-Thames
- Reading to Basingstoke
- Didcot Parkway to Oxford
- Liverpool Street to Stratford (London)
- Stepney Green Jn to Abbey Wood
- Slade Green Jn to Perry Street Fork Jn
- June
- July
- Hellifield South jn to Manchester Victoria via Clitheroe
Cheadle Hulme North jn to Manchester Line Jn
- Scarborough to Hull
- Leeds to Selby
- Selby to York via Sherburn in Emlet
- August
- Westerfield Jn to Lowestoft
- Oulton Broad North Jn to Reedham Jn
- Trowse Jn to Ely North Jn
- Shepreth Branch Jn to Audley End
- September
- October
- November
- Guiseley to Bradford Foster Square
- Shipley South Junction to Shipley West Junction
- Methley Junction to Knottingley (Via Castleford)
- Pontefract Monkhill to Westgate South Junction
- Knottingley West Jn to Shaftholme Jn
- Brockenhurst to Lymington Pier
- Ash Vale to Ascot
- December
- Hatton North Junction to Stratford Upon Avon
- Stratford Upon Avon to Tyseley South Junction
- Willesden West London Junction to Acton West Jn via Acton Wells Jn and Acton Yard
So what of my 2025 plans?
Firstly to do the Heart of Wales line the was originally planned in for October 2024 but again it was put on hold due to the family health issues. It'll be a fine four day trip with Mrs. TnT and a couple hotel nights.
I have the following trips planned but without any dates in mind:
- MerseyRail (Possibly two trips)
- Over the Top (Carlisle to Newcastle)
- Exmouth Line
- Two other GWR Branches
- Northumberland Line
- To get close to 2023s mileage total
- Finally tick off Georgemas Junction to Wick (a remote chance of this one)
- Bidston Line
- Maybe a class 67
- Maybe a Sleeper
- A new heritage railway
- A narrow gauge railway
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