 Hello, thank you for joining me I'm at Barnes Bridge station today. This is Barnes Bridge in London that way He's looking towards Houndslow and that way is looking towards firstly Barnes where there's the junction and the line into Waterloo Just up here is Barnes Bridge and Beyond Barnes Bridge is a brand new bridge called the Dukes Meadow Footbridge and it's very unusual because it goes over the river Thames But it doesn't cross the river Thames in it doesn't take you from the north or the south bank to the other It goes from the north bank to the north bank I'll explain the reason or we'll go and see the reason why we need a bridge that does that But before we start here at Barnes Bridge station, I've just come here on the train We'll have a look at the Barnes railway bridge and then well We're actually going to cross the Barnes Railway Bridge on foot because it is a foot to path Which takes you beside the railway line on the other side Beside it runs beside the up line So I'm currently on the down platform and we'll see Barnes Bridge in a moment now This isn't the original Barnes Bridge. Well, the original Barnes Bridge is still there The first river crossing for the railway opened here in August 1849, but it's cast iron so We'll see that but more obvious in front of us are the spans of the newer bridge that opened in 1895 This doesn't look like much But I think this was the original entrance to the station because if you look here You can see it slopes down there as if there'd be steps down there and out Now I reckon there was track here Possibly I'm trying to work out because what they did was when they built the new bridge They slured the track this way so you can see by looking down the platform. You can see the kink This would have originally been straight. It was because what they did to keep the line open They built the new bridge right next to the old so I'm wondering if the original platform Was possibly here. I'm not too sure if you know do come and tell me We're gonna make our way out the station. I'll go past the original Entrance to the station. So it's not really supposed to be a disused railway video But we seem to be finding a disused station entrance and a disused railway bridge to get to the station on both sides There is a lot of steps. There is no lifts to just take note if you do require step three access I suspect there will be one day, but there isn't at the moment Come all the way down all those steps and then you go down this alleyway And in fact when you exit the station on this side you are on an alleyway, which if you were to go down there You'd eventually End up in barns if you go down there now this I think is the original entrance to the station seems to be now Just the bin store and then up there where it's bricked off and there's a door. I'm not behind that door Ticket machine there. So that's one entrance to the station. It's an un-staffed station So no ticket office No ticket barriers. There is obviously a ticket machine as we saw this alleyway is known as the long walk Now we get to here Here's the bridge. Let's cross the road because I can see what we've come to see this new bridge Well, we've got effectively free free bridges not free bridges in Sussex Well out there that is the new bridge to Duke's Meadowfoot Bridge This here that's the original railway bridge, which is no longer used and then right next to it We'll get a better look when we go over there is the newer bridge of the railway bridge the 1895 bridge Wondering how I see if I wonder how far we are look with seven miles of 59 change from London. We're in zone three I always find no barns and cheesy They feel so rural. I'm looking this just in case you're not sure you are I remember there was some similar murals on the Chesterton branch If you want to see that video have a look at link on screen now branch line Britain Chesterton branch are more murals like that That's the old ticket office We're going up those steps in a minute because that's where you access London platform and the footbridge So you obviously did want to buy tickets here. We just go up here and Here we get our first really nice view of the River Thames the tide is out So that's looking downstream towards London. Well, I think London is kind of that way But it does a big meander up by Hammersmith. So Hammersmith is About two or three miles downstream that way standing here though In fact, let's we can do what we're gonna do on the other side. Let's go under the bridge We can see everything. I want to explain about the old and the old The old bridge and a new bridge. So we're under the newer of the bridges You can quite clearly see the older bridge get a nice view of it there So it was a cast iron bridge I was a bit of a worry about running trains over them because there was a cast iron bridge It's collapsed cast iron if you were to drop a piece of it. It does smash or shatter It's it's not always the most durable of materials. So This bridge, which I must have been over before but not take too much notice is a smaller version of that bridge on the other side so I've got to go back and over There is also talk of putting on this side Making this one into a footbridge the original railway bridge at the moment nothing seems to have come with that But it's been mooted Which would be quite a good idea So it would mean you'd be able to cross the river on both sides So let's go back down across the road up those steps over the bridge and then let's go and find the new bridge Which like I say is funny because it crosses the roof takes you over Have to go back under here to get to the crossing which will give us a Chance from the other side of the road to look at this mural. So I don't mind having to Go back on myself And we're just gonna wait now to cross the road Red right, so we're crossing the road now back under the river under the railway rather They are barns that way says white heart lane That way says barns finish. There's a really nice walk. You can do barns village is worth going to see It's very pleasant. It's not far from London. You can do a walk where you follow the Thames path You can go right over to Hammersmith bridge And then you end up Continuing along you can come back past London wetland center, which I've heard is very good But I've not actually been to so to go up these steps here This is basically a public footpath That's where we're going And that's the down platform for London so There's a no step-free access on this side, I suspect there will be one day Although quite where they put it. I'm not too sure that building down there It's the roof of the old sticky office and as we come up here. Here we are. We're now on the bridge So that is the bridge That's the station. That's where we were a moment ago So we're going to walk over the bridge now and We're going to have a look when we get to the other side at the new bridge But we'll be able to look down on the new bridge and also we get some really nice views over the tent looking towards Central London and Northwest London. I Can just see it. I don't have to come to pick it out But I can just see Trennick Tower over there, which is by the Great Western Mainline So that's giving an idea. That's where we're looking. So effectively we are we're actually looking north So as I said, that's Northwest London and then down here You get quite a good view through the spans Through the girders looking that way There's also a couple of good pubs Sometimes I've been tracing steam trains around this area and I remember there's a couple of pubs down there sitting in them On a dark night. It was in the winter You know, it's crossing if you see the trains crossing the bridge and I came back over the station probably to see a steam train There was another time because there's 2021 I chased most of the Windsor trains steam train to Windsor Mayflower's hauling them and I managed to catch Mayflower at three different bridges over the Thames This was one of them If you'd like to see that video then do have a look at the link on screen now We're now just coming up to the north bank We get a good view from above Well, a bit of a good view off the bridge. We'll see it much better in a moment. So that's the new the brand new Bridge over the Thames, which doesn't cross the Thames, which we've come to see just down there So we're gonna go down the steps and then we're gonna have a look at the new bridge So when we get to here We're now on the north bank now the reason for this bridge is basically you've got the path along the Thames Now when I got to here, there was a quarter of a mile detour That's got up here. I can explain it better from this viewpoint so If you're walking along the Thames you get to here You could go over the Thames where we've just been but you couldn't easily continue that way You had to walk Quarter of a mile or so that way to an arch under the railway and come back So there was the idea that to shorten it make it easy. It's also quite dark at night Why not build this new bridge? So and that's what they've done and I've been watching it They say I've traveled over this bridge quite a few times last year and I've been watching it and take shape And I kept thinking as soon as that bridge opens I was gonna come and see it But first let's just watch this train go past Here's the train heading towards London going over the bridge Passengers will get nice view of what we've just seen. We're going down here now So it seems to continue along there that section is currently coached although I've just seen some people just walk along it because and the gate isn't exactly Acting as much of a blockage. We come to we get to down here and well firstly that That's the new bridge quite impressive. Let's say stretches out over the Thames Doesn't cross the Thames and then that takes you down to the existing footpath So I suppose you will be able to go down eventually pretty much can now I think they're gonna landscape it all and should all look quite good Here we are. We're on this new bridge and it not only goes over the Thames and doesn't cross the Thames It goes under two railways a disused railway bridge and a current rail bridge and a footbridge So it's yeah quite quite interesting quite exciting The reason they've had to build it like this as we can see here comes out this far Is because the bridge is a listed building so they weren't allowed to alter it So they couldn't kind of build a lean to on the bricks. It had to be completely Independent so it's all had to live With the bridge but not actually touch the bridge. So yeah, that's why it's like this I'm getting over the you can again see the differences between the old and the new bridge We're gonna go under them now It's funny actually can you get so that's the the footpath we've just walked on If we were here train came over now You look up and you'll see directly under the train So that's quite unusual and then there's the original railroad bridge You've been really nice if they could make that into a footbridge I don't know what I'd do. I'd come back and make another video on that one if they do But we'll have to wait and see. I don't know if that if there's any chance that happening now I just know it is something that's been talked about. So here we are we've now Passed under the bridge. It's taken a lot less time and then the bridge continues for a Bit of distance to get us back up onto onto the north bank now Things have changed here because I mentioned that video where I said I chased Mayflower at three different locations I stood just on that bit bank there and there was a sailing club building I think it was a sailing club or rowing club that building's gone. They've demolished that building. There's literally nothing there So I wonder what the plan is for that bit of land if they're gonna redevelop it I expect they're gonna redevelop it in some ways. There's a lot of sports fields All the way out there. I believe there was even, I know there was a miniature railway which ran beside the line I never went on it closed years ago, but I did once Somebody told me and showed me a video of it So it's a very sporty area and up there's Chiswick station another station I do really quite like as I say it feels It doesn't have quite the same hustle and bustle of other parts of zone 3. It just feels quite pretty much rural If you see all the way through and we started over there, been out of the bridge We've gone to over here and now we're effectively not on the bridge. We're just on a walkway with empty sides and Really after here I don't have a lot of anything interesting to show you other than I'll point out where The original path went but it still does you still go the original way You know it says Duke's Meadow Footbridge Eastern Landing. So that's quite Interesting so when we get to here, it looks like it's all being re-developed. That's those lots of sports areas There really Isn't a lot here at all But you'd continue down there to cross the railway and then the 10m to farth goes that way Soon as there isn't really much to do We're finishing a video. I think what we'll do we'll go back to the new bridge and I'll finish the video there I think I feel like I've got a nice backdrop there to finish this video So I hope you enjoyed this video. Thank you very much for watching. If you'd like to come and visit it It's very easy to get to you just get catch a train from London Waterloo and Come and visit this bridge. It's a really I think that's a really nice view. So I hope you enjoyed this video Thank you very much for watching. Please do feel free to like subscribe and comment from the new bridge which Which goes over the Thames but doesn't cross it. Thank you very much for watching. Goodbye