Incredible Day at Hitchin, ECML | 18/02/19

[@MrBear1967]

Ok..I'll hold my hands up...I'm not a train lover...but I bloody enjoyed watching this ;)

[@RichardChalklin]

Much Appreciated!

[@Jack.harrison6]

Wink

[@wiesiekp9990]

i love trains

[@johnneedham6537]

It certainly was an incredible day - a couple of those Govia trains actually left on time!

[@Landlordbloke]

Great compilation, cheers Richard.

[@Mrte2010]

Thank you for the beautiful video that I love vehicles 😊

[@NSE465]

This was on my recommended. Damnright was it good.

[@LukeAlfordUKsteam]

22:10 wow lucky. It is a nice livery and I enjoy the change of no yellow front

[@mikan004]

Wait how does it have no yellow front?!

[@hornbytrainsets]

@@mikan004 The law changed a couple of years ago, I believe it says if the headlights are up to a certain brightness standard they're allowed to forgo the yellow front but they don't have to.

[@hornbytrainsets]

@@mikan004 www.rssb.co.uk/library/2016-03-visibility-of-trains-printable-version.pdf Here you are mate

[@Spekerlovesspace427]

Yep even the new Merseyrails have Yellow fronts as well as a part of the London North Westerns and Avantis

[@lucazadelemon]

Quality footage, thank you for uploading this it’s just pure pleasure!

[@kyle123481]

Brillant video, Richard the New TPE 800s looks good! -Kyle

[@thestaffordshiretrainspott5799]

Excellent video Richard. Nice to see the TransPennine Express Class 802.

[@petersmith4058]

Enjoyed watching video. It brought back memories of the 1950's when Pullmans were in regular use and you couldn't read the names on the sides due to the speeds on the central lines. You could also watch the local midland arrivals from Bedford. There were also numerous freight giving much more variety of locos.

[@forza223bowe5]

Love the TP express livery

[@davidgriffiths464]

Really enjoyed and the on-screen captions are a bonus.

[@tristanbeck6478]

TPE at Hitchin?

[@russouk]

Crazy when you realize a T shaped bit of metal is all that keeps you on the track madness

[@eastpavilion-er6081]

To summarize the video, half of the trains are Electrostar and Thameslink trains to & from Cambridge/Peterborough, and among the remainder, two thirds are Class 43 and Clas 91+82 rushing through ECML to north. And among the remainder, half is Hull Train/Grand Central's Class 180. The only noteworthy ones are the remaining 1/12 of all services, and that's what trainspotters want.

[@hornbytrainsets]

That Electrostar at 3:00... I've never seen a train get diverted at that speed, I got worried for a sec

[@karlosbricks2413]

yeah, but that sign does show that you can pass the points at 70, but yes, it did look a tad fast

[@tjfSIM]

I think it looked a lot scarier than it was because of the long focal length - everything is foreshortened. They are high speed points :)

[@hornbytrainsets]

@@karlosbricks2413 I know, I saw the sign but it still looked really abrupt lol

[@hornbytrainsets]

@@tjfSIM Yeah, I think that was the main thing. it probs looked fine in real life

[@fgwHST43009]

hornbytrainsets probably because it's zoomed in.

[@JayBansal2012]

22:26 I am guessing that the class 802 train is a test trial train for Hull Trains?

[@thestaffordshiretrainspott5799]

Hull Trains are getting 5 Class 802/3s not 801s

[@markfowler6330]

Nice to see Hitchin station after all these years. We used to take the train from Shefford.

[@deauvilledad07]

Excellent video, well done 😁

[@soumyadeeplovestoexplore6631]

Nice to see these trains at high speed. Love from India.

[@unf3z4nt]

It's only 200 kilometers per hour, so it's actually medium speed.

[@edward2490]

Very good video,look forward to more and like having the info on screen,thank you

[@trainsontuesday]

Exciting day at Hitchin for sure, very busy day. Good one Richard, Thank you. David.

[@Georgey0121]

Cheers John, say hi to Phil for me, how's Ken and have you seen phillip

[@milesfinch]

Good to see almost every train running late!!!

[@johandelaunay967]

Bonjour comment vas tu très belle vidéo bravo à toi

[@DeanPark]

Great footage! loved watching that. Thanks. Dave

[@tobeytransport2802]

22:38 how?! TPEX doesn’t run this far down does it?

[@ttvvideos2050]

driver training

[@Blob2116]

Great vid ,great trains ,great person

[@AndreiTupolev]

Is the TPX Class 802 doing driver training for Hull Trains then?

[@michaeltaylor1219]

That's what I'm thinking Andrei. Their both part of First so I guess it makes sense to get training in, so HT's can get their units quickly into service as they need to be shut of their 180's before they wreck their reputation any more! Those bloody things have been dogged with issues since day one!

[@rogersexton7857]

Excellent video. But I am extremely puzzled by the last paragraph of your otherwise excellent introduction. You refer to the 'current' March 2016 timetable! That timetable bares only limited resemblance to the timetable operating on 18/2/19. The very first train shown is a Thameslink service to Horsham!

[@Ed_Gilbert]

Nice one Mate👍🏻

[@thomasnorton2679]

Wonderful film mate, thumbs up from me

[@kiryu74]

365 on a weekday Cambridge service..? How come? 😂 Awesome stuff man, looking forward to the next videos. :)

[@kiryu74]

@Rory Clark Aviation Oh it's like that now?

[@Spekerlovesspace427]

Can you please do a Merseyrail video pls

[@onwardstotruth5810]

Nice old skool train station 👍🏾 abundance of different trains

[@infinitelyairborne4142]

How long are these trains! Where I’m from they are only 6 cars long.

[@TheSpartan180]

You should see those E231 Ueno-Tokyo line 15-car trains, they are a sight to behold

[@lewismcdonald4152]

Depends really what your revering to the 700s are 8/12 long same as the 387s the Azumas are 5/9/10 long and 365s are 8 long (during 2021

[@lisaphillips6145]

Trans Pennine Express goes this far south!?

[@TheMetrobusEnthusiast]

I believe it was a test run down the ECML.

[@bruceburns1672]

In Australia one hears about the terrible British railways from their local communists who want to go back to their Soviet days like Corbyn does in the future and renationalize the railways and help send the country broke as railways bleed the treasury to death , but believe me all these trains on this video makes our trains look like they are from the Victorian era , man to me these trains are fast and modern .

[@RichardChalklin]

They have very short memories Bruce. We have a saying here, the local commuter trains we call 'Bone Shakers' that's an old 1970's British Rail saying. The new ones are far from Bone Shakers as opposed to the 70's when you were lucky if the train had any usable seats or if it even had windows

[@bruceburns1672]

Richard Chalklin One has to laugh these days because Capitalist China with a Communist front as a government has thousands of high speed ultra modern trains while Communist Britain and Australia with a Capitalist front as a government has near zero or non , we live in strange times .

[@tsu8003]

Funnily enough the East coast mainline company has just been renationalised and renamed the LNER in reference to the glory days of the LNER when it was at the forefront of train designs with such iconic trains like the A3 and A4 Pacifics! Shame that the new livery is red though and not the iconic LNER blue but that's only because the new trains that are were ordered by VTEC before they lost the contract were already red and it saves money having to repaint them and change the upholstery.

[@topher1976au]

What is wrong with having railways government run?? Privatisation does not work for rail. Simple.

[@geraldgreen5371]

They dig into the crayola box often don't they,?

[@joedowd1118]

Jesus Christ the length of the train at 2.15 !!

[@SomeBritishGal1]

12-car Class 700 Thameslink trains.

[@TransportWithDee]

Amazing video!

[@MrBnsftrain]

4:13 wow! three units combined! Is that rare for Great Northern? 6:54 nice catch of the Intercity Swallow class 91! 7:04 nice catch of three trains passing each other! 10:34 nice to see another three units combined! 21:50 wow! nice to see a transPennie Express class 802! Does TransPennie express even run services this far south?

[@chris4484]

MrBnsftrain No, i don’t think it’s too rare for GN to run a 12 car 387. And no, Transpennine does not run trains this far south on the ECML.

[@ReeceL101]

They look quite speedy.

[@IowaGrandpaTrain]

Why do some trains have a Class 91 loco at one end and a class 82 at the other? Is there an advantage to one or the other?

[@RichardChalklin]

There isn't a advantage, the DVT leads going to south and the 91 leads going North all the time

[@TrainspotterCraig]

Watched this on my other account. Loved it ;)

[@tristansmithrailwayphotogr2730]

Great video

[@kabelodpilota8558]

what does WCML stand for

[@TheMetrobusEnthusiast]

West Coast Main Line

[@ferroviestazioni]

Nice video

[@marumado1]

Nice Video!

[@soundseeker63]

Im not a huge fan of the current TPE livery but I must admit it looks better than the new "LNER" red/white livery on their 800s. Hopefully the will have a nicer looking interior colour scheme too.

[@wiktorjaciow9815]

Could you do a video in oxford some day?

[@geraldgreen5371]

Question....Why do they have so many colors for their trainsets, the variety is good, it breaks up the manotny of everything being all one color...l was just wondering?

[@HerbmanSmuggler]

Gerald Green its because they are owned by different train companies

[@nigel2093]

Great Video.

[@JayBansal2012]

24:04 I didn't think the class 313 trains go to Hitchin anymore?

[@blockaderunner3582]

he said it was probably an empty sock

[@rail360]

Fantastic video. Liked and sub'd.

[@treinspotterzeger2890]

Uploaded on my birthday!

[@aaronarshad3687]

I wish the description could be about the video you post not about the history

[@TheZmzz]

That 700 at 2 mins is so bloody long 🤣

[@geraldgreen5371]

I didn't know that, l thought it was all under one particular owner

[@soundseeker63]

The older trains, HST, 91, 365s etc all sound awesome in their own way. The newer units make the most unpleasant shrill noises it almost puts me off them entirely tbh.

[@tobeytransport2802]

4:37 why is it going so slow, it's on the fast track

[@agoogleuser8170]

Tobey Transport signal aspects and point failures near Stevenage which is the next stop from Hitchin southbound

[@thetransporthub]

FYI It's a DVT not a class 82

[@elperenza]

rhose DVTs are called class 82s tho.

[@thetransporthub]

@@elperenza there not called Class 82s as there are not locos

[@elperenza]

@@thetransporthubI know that they aren't locos but you can clearly see "82 xxx" written on the front.

[@elperenza]

nvm I checked and you are right. the class 82 was indeed an actual loco back in the day. Apologies

[@TonyH-8208]

Actually, they are technically classed as Class 82's.

[@ECMLTrains]

DB 90029 is my channel banner 😂

[@toffeeshil5232]

Best places near retford for trains

[@b00108982]

How did you the capture the transpenine express class 801 or is it a class 802

[@binarysignals9593]

Im assuming it was being tested

[@b00108982]

Ok then

[@meandwhoism]

WHY WAS THAT THAMESLINK TRAIN SO LONG

[@RichardJeeves]

They have to carry a lot of people when busy hence the length and no doors between carriages. You can walk from one end to the other

[@tsu8003]

I love the new open style carriages, really give the trains a light and airy feel to them!

[@Theworthsearcher]

How fast are these trains? :-O

[@GrrMeister]

*Recently timed maximum speed between Peterborough - York on Sat-Nav at 126 MPH - the same as Mallard in 1938 ! - Progress not a lot.*

[@Theworthsearcher]

@@GrrMeister So this is around 190-200 km/h (kmph/kph), right?

[@GrrMeister]

@@Theworthsearcher *126 MPH = 202.777 KPH - not that quick my Suzuki RG500 C **_Kevin Schwantz Race replica_** can go much faster in 5th gear, and 240 KPH top speed in 6th.*

[@themightyzanoss8409]

@@GrrMeister mallard did that once as a test of top speed. the class 91 can do 160mph as its top speed so there has still been considerable progress in the trains just not the infrastructure to run them.

[@joefothergill6303]

If you want to see footage from nearby Stevenage check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp_FlYWXdtWiqbc

[@disusedchannel4852]

I like Class 387 2:39 OMG 802 looks like 397 Livery! 21:51

[@thataspieguy5244]

ROBLOX Ben same operator

[@Big_manCov]

Great video and lucky you to see that TPE 802. What would you say is the best station between Peterborough and KX to film at?

[@RichardChalklin]

Huntingdon or St Neots

[@klisher]

@@RichardChalklin knebworth is also good

[@EM-yk1dw]

Nice to see Network Rail's trademark Buddleia is flourishing out of control at Hitchin.

[@thestaffordshiretrainspott5799]

They are nice plants to be honest.

[@andrewmorrison6199]

tpe, boy does it look good

[@kiHa3062]

Amazing :-)

[@will6958]

Can you go down to Clapham Junction.

[@RichardChalklin]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYikgHarqLx6m9E

[@SouthCoastTrainspotter]

Great Footage, Shame There Was No Freight

[@ferirailfansindonesia6165]

So high speed

[@HANUEL-LEE]

本当JR885系にそっくり。 種車、モデルが885系だからそりゃそうか。 Class 802 is really similar to JR885 series. Well, the seed car and model are 885 series, so that's right. encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQCYT7blPaYohUAujq_L1kXA6ieCt3U4wyw7iZYn-c0qT82ms25JMmMDFw&s=10

[@defaultmesh]

21:48 whoa, no yellow front

[@giths19]

Exactly. I found it odd but actually really cool.

[@anandmukunda]

wow! yes, incredible. these trains all look the same....

[@wiesiekp9990]

i am a train lover

[@3506Dodge]

Once you put something on youtube it's not your property anymore. Read the youtube terms.

[@noobeh2394]

The hitachi is one of the liveries of the class 158's.

[@penny2057]

Hey we don't need yellow front ends any more let's make them black and dark blue instead!

[@TonyH-8208]

Neon pink would be better.

[@ewsartilleryewsartillery2164]

that's me 1S13

[@ふっかつ-c5l]

Тhis　station　is　Hitchin、Тhis　train　is　Hitachi　made。

[@SouravGhosh-bc4df]

I play with these trains in train simulator 😑😑😑

[@mikan004]

Class 801?

[@TransportCambs]

700?

[@mikan004]

Means you have ECML south by DTG

[@bruceburns1672]

Where are all the people getting on and off the trains like China .

[@chrisbillington3341]

Why is it that British Rail trains and rolling stock (other than Eurostar I suspect) are filthy? What's the reason? It matters.

[@cbvsjs]

Thank me later 21:47

[@hardyhector8308]

like train uk

[@raspergrey4935]

like uk train

[@BossySwan]

Choo choo

[@foxylady1048]

I call the HST trains moving chisels. They should have been taken off 20 years ago

[@tsu8003]

Shh, don't want to start a riot!

[@thestaffordshiretrainspott5799]

How should they?

[@katieh5355]

Go for your business in my videos on roblox 😄

[@Thursdaym2]

Seeing a route from drivers perspective can be very interesting but just watching trains flash through a station, in my view is just boring.

[@RWL2012]

Right Luca, would you like to end this funny business of ignoring me for more than a month...? I'll copy over the comment for your convenience, so you can reply to it right here. You've been replying to other people's comments, but not mine. This is called unfair behaviour - do you have an explanation for that...? The more than a month old comment: "Why did you remove the recording of the live stream from the GA 170...? I left you comments on it saying it was a great video idea and that TfW will be getting some nice units in those 170s when they acquire them from GA in October 2019 , and that the "first class things" are called antimacassars" I'm looking forward to your reply.

[@connormillar845]

Jeez you need to chill, there is no requirement to reply to comments, it's choice. Getting frustrated is just offensive. And replying to a comment he directed to someone else in all capitals clearly being angry is just wrong. Not being replied to can be inconvenient if you have put time and effort into a comment but there is no guarantee of a reply. Just try to be nicer and understand he doesn't need to reply to everything he sees :)

[@RWL2012]

@@connormillar845 he's been deliberately ignoring me multiple times, yet still responding to other peoples' comments. in what way is getting frustrated "offensive"...? it's just frustration, nothing more... frustration due to being ignored... "replying to a comment directed to someone else in all capitals" - what are you referring to because I don't see that here...? thanks for your reply and advice anyway...

[@kaic]

Creepy.

[@RWL2012]

@@kaic what do you think is "creepy"...? It would've been more helpful if you had actually typed a sentence, not just a single word.

[@tobeytransport2802]

4:37 why is it going so slow, it's on the fast track

[@RichardChalklin]

Because of the 387 in the previous clip having been given authority to switch to the fast tracks further down. So the 180 was on a red before it turned cautionary.

[@RWL2012]

@@RichardChalklin PLEASE STOP IGNORING ME!!!