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

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A busy morning at Hitchin station on the East Coast Mainline on Monday 18th February 2019.
Hitchin info:
Hitchin railway station serves the town of Hitchin in Hertfordshire. It is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north east of the town centre and 31 miles 74 chains (51.4 km) north of London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line.
Until the current Stevenage station opened in 1973, many Intercity services stopped at Hitchin.
In August 2007 Hitchin was awarded Secure Station status after improvements to station security were made by First Capital Connect, including new lighting, extra CCTV and the installation of automatic ticket gates.
History:
The first section of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) - that from Louth to a junction with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at Grimsby - opened on 1 March 1848, but the southern section of the main line, between Maiden Lane and Peterborough, was not opened until August 1850. Hitchin was one of the original stations, opening with the line on 7 August 1850.
On 21 October 1850 Hitchin became a junction station with the opening of the first section of the Royston and Hitchin Railway, between Hitchin and Royston (it was extended to Shepreth on 3 August 1851). The Midland Railway (MR) opened a route from Leicester via Bedford to Hitchin on 1 February 1858, by which MR trains used the GNR to reach London.
After the opening of the Midland Railway's own line from Bedford via Luton to London, and the line's terminus at St. Pancras in 1868, their line between Bedford and Hitchin was reduced to branch status. It lost its passenger service in 1961 and was closed completely in 1964, with the exception of a stub from Bedford to Cardington which itself was closed in 1969. In May 1964 part of the line was used for the railway scene in the film Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines. The embankment for the line could, until early 2012, still be walked from just north of the station, through the fields to Ickleford, but this section is now closed off. Opened in June 2013 a new embankment now carries a single-track line onto a viaduct for Letchworth-bound trains over the East Coast Main Line as part of the Hitchin Flyover project.
Accidents and incidents:
On 14 April 1949, the solicitor and historian Reginald Hine committed suicide here by jumping in front of the slow train from Cambridge.
On 19 November 1958, a freight train overran signals and was in a rear-end collision with another. A third freight train ran into the wreckage.
Facilities:
There are 12 car platforms on the Up and Down Slow lines only. 17 chains (340 m) to the north of the station is Cambridge Junction, where northbound trains for Cambridge need to cross the two Up (southbound) lines.
Following a refurbishment of the station by First Capital Connect in 2007, the station's subway was refurbished at a cost of £300k. The refurbishment also involved general cosmetic work throughout the station, as well as a new high quality waiting room in the existing station buildings on Platform 2. This waiting room is fully accessible at all times via the automatic doors.
There is a small shop located by the stairs on Platform two, and various vending machines throughout the station.
The station has a large booking office and a variety of modern Touch Screen ticket machines located in the booking office, and the station's cycle facilities were completely upgraded in 2007 and now include sheltered spaces for 68 bicycles provided next to the station buildings. The station also has help points throughout.
Hitchin station now has automatic ticket gates at the station entrance, which were installed by First Capital Connect during 2007.
In 2013, Network Rail proposed plans for two new lifts, one on each platform to improve access via the existing subway for those with pushchairs or disabilities, funded through the Department for Transport’s Access for All scheme. In September 2014 the new lifts opened, after a two-month delay, giving step-free access to the southbound number 1 platform.
Services:
In the current 2016 off-peak timetable there are two trains per hour to both Peterborough and Cambridge northbound, plus one that terminates at Letchworth. One of the Cambridge services calls at principal stations only whilst the other serves all intermediate stations; Peterborough trains call at all stations north of here. Southbound there are four trains per hour to King's Cross - two are limited stop whilst the other two serve principal stations then Potters Bar, Finsbury Park and King's Cross. There is also an hourly service to Moorgate via Hertford North on weekdays only. There are a number of peak hour service variations and extra calls, including some trains that start & finish at Royston, trains to Kings Lynn and limited stop expresses to Peterborough and London.
#train #trains #hitchin

[@MrBear1967]

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

[@RichardChalklin]

Much Appreciated!

[@brawlstarsmomentsandvideos6530]

Wink

[@wiesiekp9990]

i love trains

[@johnneedham6537]

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

[@Mrte2010]

Thank you for the beautiful video that I love vehicles 😊

[@kyle123481]

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

[@Landlordbloke]

Great compilation, cheers Richard.

[@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

[@SpekerIsHere697]

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

[@thestaffordshiretrainspott5799]

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

[@NSE465]

This was on my recommended. Damnright was it good.

[@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.

[@lucazadelemon]

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

[@davidgriffiths464]

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

[@edward2490]

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

[@deauvilledad07]

Excellent video, well done 😁

[@russouk]

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

[@forza223bowe5]

Love the TP express livery

[@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

[@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.

[@markfowler6330]

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

[@DeanPark]

Great footage! loved watching that. Thanks. Dave

[@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?

[@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.

[@milesfinch]

Good to see almost every train running late!!!

[@Blob2116]

Great vid ,great trains ,great person

[@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!

[@thomasnorton2679]

Wonderful film mate, thumbs up from me

[@johandelaunay967]

Bonjour comment vas tu très belle vidéo bravo à toi

[@rail360]

Fantastic video. Liked and sub'd.

[@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.

[@onwardstotruth5810]

Nice old skool train station 👍🏾 abundance of different trains

[@tristanbeck6478]

TPE at Hitchin?

[@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!

[@TransportWithDee]

Amazing video!

[@Ed_Gilbert]

Nice one Mate👍🏻

[@TrainspotterCraig]

Watched this on my other account. Loved it ;)

[@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.

[@treinspotterzeger2890]

Uploaded on my birthday!

[@SpekerIsHere697]

Can you please do a Merseyrail video pls

[@ReeceL101]

They look quite speedy.

[@ferroviestazioni]

Nice video

[@aaronarshad3687]

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

[@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

[@marumado1]

Nice Video!

[@ukrailfreightclips7217]

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

[@tristansmithrailwayphotogr2730]

Great video

[@tobeytransport2802]

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

[@ttvvideos2050]

driver training

[@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

[@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.

[@nigel2093]

Great Video.

[@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.

[@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.

[@wiktorjaciow9815]

Could you do a video in oxford some day?

[@joedowd1118]

Jesus Christ the length of the train at 2.15 !!

[@SomeBritishGal1]

12-car Class 700 Thameslink trains.

[@disusedchannel4852]

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

[@thataspieguy5244]

ROBLOX Ben same operator

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@lisaphillips6145]

Trans Pennine Express goes this far south!?

[@TheMetrobusEnthusiast]

I believe it was a test run down the ECML.

[@toffeeshil5232]

Best places near retford for trains

[@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.

[@geraldgreen5371]

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

[@kabelodpilota8558]

what does WCML stand for

[@TheMetrobusEnthusiast]

West Coast Main Line

[@andrewmorrison6199]

tpe, boy does it look good

[@kiHa3062]

Amazing :-)

[@ECMLTrains]

DB 90029 is my channel banner 😂

[@JayBansal2012]

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

[@blockaderunner3582]

he said it was probably an empty sock

[@anandmukunda]

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

[@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.

[@TheZmzz]

That 700 at 2 mins is so bloody long 🤣

[@SouthCoastTrainspotter]

Great Footage, Shame There Was No Freight

[@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.

[@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

[@hartstukken]

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!

[@ferirailfansindonesia6165]

So high speed

[@wiesiekp9990]

i am a train lover

[@3506Dodge]

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

[@geraldgreen5371]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@noobeh2394]

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

[@joefothergill6303]

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

[@ewsartilleryewsartillery2164]

that's me 1S13

[@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

[@bruceburns1672]

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

[@SouravGhosh-bc4df]

I play with these trains in train simulator 😑😑😑

[@mikan004]

Class 801?

[@TransportCambs]

700?

[@mikan004]

Means you have ECML south by DTG

[@ふっかつ-c5l]

Тhis　station　is　Hitchin、Тhis　train　is　Hitachi　made。

[@will6958]

Can you go down to Clapham Junction.

[@RichardChalklin]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYikgHarqLx6m9E

[@hardyhector8308]

like train uk

[@raspergrey4935]

like uk train

[@BossySwan]

Choo choo

[@katieh5355]

Go for your business in my videos on roblox 😄

[@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?

[@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!!!