Brighton All Change

The changing scene at Brighton Station. From recordings made between 2002 and February 2010
Created with MAGIX Movie Edit Pro 2016 Premium

[@AngusJones]

Blimey, I didn't realise that only as far back as 2002 Brighton had SWR and Virgin trains running to it! That bright yellow train near the beginning of the video - that was a thameslink train right? I'm amazed by the number of different print/paint jobs the thameslink/capital connect trains have, as well as the number of rail classes that are operating in this video.

[@Comrade_Dyatolov]

Man I wish cross country ran back to Brighton. Those services were always full of passengers, shame they stopped running.

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

14 years later, it’s down to just two or three different classes of EMU electrostar 377/387 & class 700s that use Brighton.

[@spinosuchusdude7302]

Yeah the bml won’t be the same without the old trains

[@FnafFanProductions]

Wow a cross country train and a south west trains good lord

[@AndreiTupolev]

The batch I CIGs with their lovely bouncy seats

[@randombustrainvids977]

Far better times awesome vid

[@tobjkx2493]

very nice trains!

[@europeantransporttv212]

Very Nice!

[@Devkumar43072]

Great video and did anyone laughed at that guy who just missed the train? That slam door unit that is just white is a good idea that all trains should be painted white that only has the companies logo on it and when the franchise is up it saves the downtime of repainting it its more likely just to peel off the old companys logo to replace it with the new one.

[@chrisrowe7503]

When Great British Railways take over they will all be repainted in National colours with just the company name placed on the side of the train. Like London Buses now.

[@CallumClass450]

I think it’s better to have different liveries as the passengers can identify the trains easier

[@robbiemorrison7085]

I knew south west trains went to Brighton until 2007, what destinations did they serve?

[@LondonTransport466]

Paignton, Plymouth, Reading and Basingstoke I believe.

[@USB6]

virgin trains at brighton is mad

[@CallumClass450]

Does anyone know where to find that piano recording of ‘By The Seaside’ at the start? It sounds nice :)

[@agdenyer]

Harry Smith Barrel Organ ( Contour 2870106 ) There is a copy on ebay.

[@s125ish]

What route was the southwest trains to Brighton

[@abakedslayermcgiles2703]

Primarily the Brighton-Reading service, in addition to this there were also Brighton-Basingstoke services initially operated by class 421/423’s and later class 450’s; occasionally an 159 would operate a service to Exeter.

[@harryelliott4310]

Brighton Trains Station 🚉

[@singinglift409]

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SONG AT THE BEGGINING

[@agdenyer]

The song is "I do Like to be beside the seaside", from The LP "Harry Smith London Barrel Organ" Record No. Contour 2870106

[@insertnamehere3357]

So cross country was owned by virgin now its owned by arriva

[@transportenthusiast11]

Exactly.

[@TheArkamedBat]

What is doing here a Voyager? And SWT????

[@agdenyer]

There used to be Virgin Cross Country services to Brighton. They ceased many years ago.

[@chrisrowe7503]

@@agdenyer They also used to operate services to and from Paddington in Peak Times using Old Virgin HSTs.

[@s125ish]

2008

[@jackbarrowclough1739]

That TPE train is very lost Don't worry. I know it was FGW

[@agdenyer]

The unit was a Virgin Cross Country service, I can't remember where it went to but it ran for a few years. It arrived mid afternoon and returned about a hour later.

[@jackbarrowclough1739]

@@agdenyer Cool. I knew FGW took some of the Transpennine 158s but I never thought VTXC did too

[@agdenyer]

@@jackbarrowclough1739 Sorry I got it wrong, the 158's were borrowed and used on the service to Portsmouth and on to Cardiff I think. The picture that came up with your comment showed I Virgin Cross Country arriving at Brighton, it confused me. Sorry

[@jackbarrowclough1739]

@@agdenyer It's fine don't worry 😂