I went on this train before they took the route out of service. I think it left Paddington at about 11:30am - and that was the only time every day.

nice video of Lesley!

great video!

Hard to believe this was once a mainline! I’m surprised no open access operator has tried to bring back Paddington - Birkenhead.

Re-opening South Aylesbury would be useful now. Another short sighted closure.

So many speed limits for such a short line.

Ha! Had never twigged before that the siding at Amersham you left has no conrails. Learn something new every day! I believe that the public footpath about half mile out of Amersham (can't remember its official name, but off the end of Longfield Drive) is LU's only remaining level crossing... and none of its trains run over it.

Hmmm, that was quite a welcoming committee?!

I've subscribed to your KZbin channel 😎

This isn't a line that I've ever worked over and there was loads of interesting stuff. Of particular interest was seeing the changeover from LU to NR Infrastructure, it went a little further beyond Amersham than I expected. Great video.

It looks like some of the line had space for a second track under some of those bridges....

Very enjoyable, and reminded me of some sc-fi movie where everybdoy was gone from the planet. How did this line not fall prey to Beeching?

Still kicking myself for not getting out of bed for the last one!

Clickety clack and semaphore signals in 2011. Now that is surprising for the even the outer London region? Ah wait, I get it, they were going to close this line anyway. What a shame!

Of course there will be engineering challenges and the need for cooperation between the companies involved, but I look forward to some Chiltern trains using this route giving the passengers direct access to HS2 and the Elizabeth Line and relieving some of the pressure on Marylebone. And, for people my age, giving a reminder of how important this route was in the 1950s.

Wow 14 years ago! I’ve just uploaded a recent short of 507029.

Such a useful bit of line. Shame😢

Another brilliant video. Didn't know the line was single. Another must visit for me. Thanks.

Wot? no leccy lines yet.

It used take the old GWR to Birmingham Chester and North Wales a rival to the LNWR/LMS

My Local Station is P Risborough Did you know Little Kimble station is the Least used station In buckinghamshire But President Clinton stood on the Platform of Little kimble! Good video!!! And smooth Driving You handled the Automatic Warning System very good!

In the days when there was still an evening train from Paddington to Banbury, I took it to cover as much of the ex GWR/BJR route to Birkenhead as possible. It proved to be nearly all of it, apart from Birmingham to Wolverhampton and from Rock Ferry to Birkenhead Woodside,

2:47 so now I know what those unelectrified tracks near northolt are for

Great video, nice weather.

Great seeing this. Shame it only runs on wednesdays now. Do you have any contact details where I could contact you

Is the bay platform at Princes Risborough still used?

I would sometimes use the Aylesbury/Marylebone line via Princes Risborough and High Wycombe for a change of scenery from the Amersham route. There was little difference in the journey time. Very enjoyable video, pleasant way to pass a quarter of an hour.

A small little Parliamentary service in London. Only Chiltern Railways operates between West Ealing and West Ruislip.

Please on on

I used to live in little Kimble a nice area to be in before parents sold the house down fall was because this route is the shuttle line trains going to princes risborough and to Aylesbury you only got one train an hour which the quickest way was bus which was every 20 minutes but yes little Kimble was a nice area to live very peaceful and relaxing which they are thinking of getting rid of this shuttle line which is what I read whether it's going ahead still I don't know miss little Kimble though

I caught the 10.40 train from Monks Risborough to Marylebone on 18th August 2021 Coming back via Aylesbury. Certainly a nice line. Going to be extremely busy if the proposed service to Milton Keynes begins in 2025.

Is that Chinnor Hill in the background? Jewel in the Crown of the Chilterns

Great to see 👍🏻 I’m assuming this service is still running? And then back again fast to High Wycombe? Really good video! 🙂

Sad how this railway has gone the way of the dinosaurs and most of the track has been left to rust away. The rotting signal boxes, abandoned stations, crumbling tunnels, crazy slow speed limits and bridges that indicate ripped up tracks tell a sad story. I guess eventually a train will derail due to no track maintenance and they will then mothball the whole line and sell it off for housing I am guessing it is much faster and more convenient to use the central line to get into London from Ruislip now

Could be a good video but needs the image stabilisation removing, makes it unwatchable for some unfortunately.

The mouse train

I hold the record for this run. 7minutes. Ask Peter Miller to confirm it.

Thankyou for uploading.

Do you drive any other trains like the 168 and 68?

Thanks for that. I appreciate any of the cab ride videos you guys and girls take the time to record for us to watch. I remember the Network Southeast days when the Greenford shuttles were first generation DMUs and they terminated at Ealing Broadway. There was a turn back siding between the down slow and up fast lines at the London end of the station. I've done the previous parliamentary service when the Chiltern service went into Paddington. The driver and guard had a chat with the few enthusiast passengers on board during the Paddington turn around. I wonder if GWR will use the 769s on that route when they're finally introduced, so all the 165s can end up in Bristol? To think, that line past Greenford and Northolt was once the GWR mainline from Paddington to Birmingham.

Am a new subscriber love the videos

Change here for the Oxford line via Thame, did them all before Beeching!!😉

Wait forever for connection to Aylesbury

Amazing video

Terrific video really enjoyed it 👍

Excellent video I really enjoyed it and have subscribed to your channel 😀👍 Also love the guys recation at the station you were terminating at 😂😂

What was a slow and rough ride for sure, hope it's improved since 2011.

Great journey but the camera is appalling

Fantastic video! I really enjoyed this :)

Interesting and rare journey but it's really helpful if you could use captions to describe the various junctions, stations and other points of interest. Many thanks.