A Northampton railway worker, Elliott Badger, has attracted the support of a group of train enthusiasts who have supported his ambition of collecting train tickets from every station in the UK. Badger began his ambitious All Aboard to Northampton project in 2020 and managed to acquire 2,100 tickets that provided over 600 short of the total needed. On Saturday, a group of railway fans assisted Badger and managed to tick 18 more stations on his list, even taking on replacement bus services, engineering works, and starting from lesser-visited stations.
The tickets Badger has collected are arranged alphabetically with blank spaces left for the missing stops. The destinations now included on his wall include Crouch Hill, South Tottenham, and Gospel Oak in London, as well as Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire and Wedgwood in Staffordshire. The project has become successful due to the overwhelming support Badger has received from railway enthusiasts, who appreciate the challenge the collector has taken up.
Badger was amazed by the support he received and expressed his excitement by saying that he had never heard most of the stations people had traveled from on Saturday, despite being in the railway industry for almost two decades. He said that he did not anticipate how many people would participate or how far apart some of the places would be, but he hopes that more people will come to see the board and see what stations are missing. Participants like Sarah Ward were attracted to the project because of the social history it is creating.
In addition, there was Luke Agbaimoni, an author and photographer of a tube map project who aims to capture a moment at every stop on the London Underground. He said that he loves collections, and for him, this collection of every train ticket rings so many bells. Badger hopes that more people will join in and support his project, and he is excited about bringing social history to life
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