WARRINGTON has received a visit from a popular YouTuber who traverses the country using the rail network.

Geoff Marshall, a YouTube vlogger with more than a quarter of a million subscribers, creates short videos featuring stations across Great Britain.

He came to town to look around Warrington West railway station as part of his ‘Six Stations’ series, visiting some of the UK’s newest stations.

In each video he has a different guest, and in Warrington he was joined by his 'northern correspondent' Karl.

Geoff, who says he became hooked on transport systems at an early age after seeing a London Tube map in the 80s, started his Warrington experience at Bank Quay station.

He travelled up to the town from his native London on an Avanti West Coast service on the West Coast Main Line, meeting with Karl.

From there, they walked across the town centre to Warrington Central, beginning the 10-minute episode outside the station.

From there, they boarded the 1.13pm Northern train, travelling one stop to Warrington West.

Geoff, who has twice held the Guinness World Record for travelling to all London Tube stations in the fastest time possible, said that a ‘healthy’ number of people got off with him.

The pair visited Warrington West and Sankey for Penketh stations

The pair visited Warrington West and Sankey for Penketh stations

In 2017, he visited all of the 2,563 National Rail stations in Great Britain as part of his ‘All the Stations’ series, and he said he was happy that he can now ‘cross Warrington West off his spreadsheet’.

The episode sees Karl share his ‘strong’ opinions on why the station should in fact be called Chapelford, referencing the area of town it is located in.

Standing atop the bridge crossing the tracks, he says ‘you can see why this station was built’, pointing to an array of new homes built over recent years.

The pair spoke to nearby resident Molly – a regular user of the station – who said that she used to use Sankey for Penketh station ‘all the time’ while at university.

However, she said that nobody tends to use that station anymore since Warrington West opened, but that she prefers the new station as it is ‘cleaner, better and the trains are more frequent’.

Karl explains to Geoff the reasoning behind a commemorative RAF Burtonwood bench installed outside the station, namely how the area used to be Burtonwood Airbase.

Back on the platforms, Geoff comments how impressed he is about the accessibility of the station, with its lifts, accessible toilets and braille signage.

The episode ends after a brief visit to Sankey for Penketh station and how train services have been cut to just four a day following the opening of Warrington West.

To view the episode, visit youtube.com/watch?v=x7KyfcsZimQ