London to Paris in ten minutes.

THIS FILM IS A COMMEMORATIVE RECORD TO CELEBRATE THE JOURNEY OF THE FIRST EUROSTAR TRAIN FROM WATERLOO STATION IN LONDON TO GARE DU NORD IN PARIS THROUGH THE CHANNEL TUNNEL IN NOVEMBER 1994. IT IS A UNIQUE PIECE OF CINEMATOGRAPHY AND SHOWS THE DRIVERS VIEW OF THE ENTIRE JOURNEY IN A REMARKABLE TEN MINUTES.
A DVD IS AVAILABLE TO BUY AT £12 (UK POST ONLY)

[@melfidlin8265]

Just found this on You Tube and I am so pleased it is available for all to view. This film holds a huge place in my heart. I was working for EPS/Eurostar at the time and was asked to design the camera mount and housing for locating externally on the power car 'nose'. I have fond memories of the time spent at North Pole with Peter; his crew and my good friend Gerry fitting the recording kit and the week spent filming between Waterloo and Gare du Nord. A great record of Eurostar on the third rail classic lines of Kent.

[@robinl.7948]

Always waned to see the Eurostar pass through my local 3rd rail station and now i have

[@harryscorah2091]

This illustrates how vital HS1 is. The added time weaving around the rural lines in the uk must have added ages to the run.

[@edism]

@TheMadScotsman mckay That's where HS2 comes in no?

[@MikeWillSee]

@@edism simar principal but for the rest of England, rather than just the south.

[@edism]

@@MikeWillSee Yes I'm looking forward to it, I think the person I was responding to was wondering whether there would be a similar North - South line.

[@MikeWillSee]

@@edism yes it would seem the comment you were replying to got deleted

[@edism]

@@MikeWillSee Probably realised they were ignoring the obvious lol

[@JamesScantlebury]

This is a remarkable film - of it's time, showing Eurostar before High Speed 1! I hope you sent the National Railway Museum a copy!

[@superclass4744]

This perfectly Illustrates in what dissarray our railway system was and most defientley still in!

[@jacobnathanielzpayag3885]

Let's be real. London to mainland Europe only made REAL sense when HS1 opened.

[@djungelskog489]

True

[@kityhawk2000]

Let's be real most uk governments are no friend of high-speed rail. This is why HS1 is the only HS line currently active. The uk government at the time didn't even want the channel tunnel to be a rail link they were pushing for it to be a road connection because uk rail infrastructure was so poor at the time and arguably hasn't improved much

[@emily1]

@@kityhawk2000 Of course they are no friends. They make the promise, then wuss out when the bill comes through the letterbox at no 10

[@k.h.4698]

Steely Dan was ahead of their time… On that train all graphite and glitter Undersea by rail Ninety minutes from New York to Paris Well by seventy-six we'll be A.O.K. What a beautiful world this will be What a glorious time to be free

[@sdazeemsdazeem3412]

Best engineer who make this railway track👌👌👌

[@edism]

Mesmerising and the music is very fitting. Thanks for the upload, I'll show this to my son who never got to take the original route.

[@joshdavid258]

10 minutes?!, my God, this is actually faster that when hovercrafts were active! (The record in a hovercraft is 22 mins)

[@cafsixtieslover]

The first part of the journey from Waterloo could be so slow with the suburban trains in the way. Glad it goes from St Pancras now - a lot quicker

[@aidenstanley7305]

I didn't even know it went on the domestic lines throughout the UK portion to begin with!

[@vijfsnippervijf]

@@aidenstanley7305 It still does, only the line used is a domestic *high-speed* line.

[@tillyboos]

Eurostar is such an AWESOME way to Get from London to Paris. I did Eurostar from St. Pancras to Gare du Nord back when the service was fairly brand spanking new in 98, and also did Thalys from Paris-Amsterdam via Brussels.

[@billoddy5637]

St-Prancras is 98, what the hell?

[@apotato5563]

​@@billoddy5637 st pancras has only been used since the ctrl has been opened circa 2007. Before that trains left from the eurostar terminal at waterloo and ran through the local lines all the way to folkstone

[@williamjones7163]

First Class. Now if we can just figure out how to do something this good in the USA!

[@robtyman4281]

This has a very 90's feel about. Nostalgic! Pre HD video.....so the colours are more muted than vibrant, and the graininess adds to the yesteryear look. Sometimes you do need to remember how video was - before vibrant colours and pin sharp imagery became the norm.

[@pernelldh]

Good time lapse film!

[@leobragaurbe]

I love this video, the music is beautiful and the shots are awesome. Good job!

[@Andypratt197]

0:02. Title sequence. 0:12. Started from Waterloo international train station. 1:38. Train departing. 5:21. Entering the channel tunnel (Goodbye UK🇬🇧). 5:24. Inside of channel tunnel (Below of Dover Strait). 6:39. Welcome to France🇫🇷. 11:54. Arrived at the Gare du Nord station.

[@DirtyLilHobo]

My father went from just Southwest of London to the East coast of France piloting a B-24 on D-Day, June 6, 1944 in about ten minutes.

[@TheRailwayDrone]

I never knew these trains ran on a different line other than HS1. Interesting that there are no overhead lines. If you guys can build a brand new high speed railway, we should be able to do this in the U.S.

[@thetelephoneprankster4254]

Trains south of London run on third rail instead of over head lines

[@TheRailwayDrone]

@@thetelephoneprankster4254 Wow. I didn't know anything other than a subway could run over third rail.

[@thetelephoneprankster4254]

jrzb8910 Haha well now you know. In fact, ALL of the main railway lines south of the river Thames in London run on third rail. They run up to 100mph too. HS1 is the only exception.

[@TheRailwayDrone]

@@thetelephoneprankster4254 I need to make another trip to London lol...

[@thetelephoneprankster4254]

jrzb8910 you should, it is a wonderful place. I tend to travel up there once a month as it is only an hour from my house

[@francoisdandurand]

Magistral, avec cette bande sonore! 👌

[@TonyMatthewsComposer]

Magical, loved the music.

[@johnekins4408]

First time I travelled via the Chunnel, the Times newspaper was giving away free tickets, I chose London to Brussels and back.

[@AlmostMonumental27]

What was that marvelous concerto? Symphony? Rachmaninoff or Tchaikovsky? I rode this original route out of Waterloo and have done it several times more out of St. Pancras International into Gare do Nord, Paris, or vice-versa. Splendid in every conceivable way!

[@maxmusic2198]

Rachmaninoff concerto No.2 c minor! my favourite classical piece and happened to first hear it on this film many years ago. Still can’t find this particular version anywhere else but here though :(

[@heene]

I have this on VHS and it's all from inside the cab, no exterior shots.

[@fmdude9836]

the line between waterloo and wandsworth road has changed so much now

[@thetelephoneprankster4254]

FM Dude98 Has it? I would like to know more about how

[@volvotrident4835]

@@thetelephoneprankster4254 it doesnt even run on eurostar now.

[@eurostarlover0098]

@@volvotrident4835 plus wandsworth road now overground services.

[@mhicks8217]

Is this available at a normal run time speed, especially for the UK section .

[@JamesScantlebury]

yes, video 125 sell two versions of Eurostar "drivers eye view" - one to Waterloo, and another to St Pancras

[@mhicks8217]

@@JamesScantlebury :: Thanks . I have both of those. It was the particular route used that I wanted to be able to watch at normal speed.

[@thetelephoneprankster4254]

m hicks Could you send these to me please? I would like to watch them :)

[@thetelephoneprankster4254]

m hicks ???

[@JamesScantlebury]

TheTelephonePrankster they’re for sale online - go to video125.tv

[@Martin9476]

How old is this?? Since 2007 the Eurostar has been leaving St Pancras station and using the HS1 line. However, from 1994-2007 it used to leave Waterloo and travel along the same lines as local trains, which was very time consuming. As a regular user of Eurostar, I enjoy travelling with them. These days it takes only half an hour to get from London to the Channel Tunnel and 140 min to get to Paris. Very impressive when you remember how it was in the days before Eurostar.

[@dennishall6098]

I saw this documentary in the 90s and got to do the journey in 02. The version I saw though did not cut away from the drivers seat to train from the exterior and the air numerous times. Thus this video going 13 mins and not 10. Always thought the conductor at 44 secs was a doppelganger for Rowan Atkinson aka Mr Bean!

[@xPirus26]

Great view. Appreciate it. :)

[@thomaslowdon5510]

It takes 2hr 30m st Pancras to Paris

[@nitwit4947]

Should have made it in the summer!

[@andreiter]

I wish there was a modern 4K version of this

[@Cactuspowerhousey]

Can you imagine 158’s as Eurostar’s?

[@grassytramtracks]

What do you mean? 158s running to France, it would be very slow, I'd guess about 4 hours

[@nathanwaters1078]

9:47 on the front of the train, why was the pantograph down when the other one is up. Usually both of them are up.

[@martinwepener9933]

So nice to see pristine stations and trains. Unfortunately stations and trains filth fro where I come from. Railway tracks and overhead wires vandalised and stolen. South Africa of course.

[@wilfriedlechner6299]

Fantastic movie! Lightning fast from Pancras To Nord!! I wish I would be allowed to ride with this fast one!!!! Well , I am going on the ES9019 on 5/7/23 Paris to London! Hope it won’t stop at Ashford ain’t and Ebbsfleet! Let me know!!! Thanks. Bless U all!!

[@wilfriedlechner6299]

Sorry , correction : on 5/722 and not 5/7/23! Sorry!

[@silvianbauer1979]

Wunderfull 🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@hoagy_ytfc]

"Ten minutes, of which the first seven are spent signal checked behind a 4-EPB on Notwork SouthEast" :)

[@coasterhockygamingboy9549]

Why do lots of the main canadian cities (mostly ontario) have the same name as uk cities like waterloo, london, and windsor for example

[@JamesScantlebury]

colonialism...

[@thetelephoneprankster4254]

Canada must have copied us lol

[@cx5954]

Because we built canada

[@lorenzo1660]

Waterloo is not a UK city. It is a Belgian town, near which Napoleon was defeated by the British and Prussian armies in 1815 (hence the name of the railway station).

[@cx5954]

Lorenzo Yeah but it would have come from Waterloo in London.

[@purwantolephen9289]

Very good

[@thechannelofrandomvidscaus3502]

for me its 5 mins cause i set speed to 2x

[@Avenues-re3px]

Where can I find the full, uncut version of this at its original running time, and with the sounds and dialogue instead of the music?

[@JawdanToys]

Nice Channel Dear , Wonderful train Share 😘 Stay Connect Please

[@laurenceskinnerton73]

Nice.

[@BernardSo801]

Anyone realise that if the class 373 can run on conventional lines in the uk,those units can theoretically run on this line and go north to Scotland just fine without HS1?

[@monoonyx]

They did, mind you not from France but out of King's Cross under GNER.

[@BernardSo801]

@@monoonyx Dude I know that it’s just that it’s a possibility

[@emily1]

Yeah but nowadays there isn't much benefit using North of London 373s vs a 800.. it'd besides take longer anyway to bother vs a actual high speed line.

[@friedrichnietzsche7208]

Hi, I noticed that the account owner For this video has the same name as the producer / director for the piece. Would you be able to indicate the title for the music which was used for the closing credits of the video? Much appreciated if you could! Thanks

[@andrewnorth6472]

Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 2

[@superclass4744]

The credit music is Boito - Prologue to Mefestiole

[@oldtechnobodycaresabout]

I am making a video where I make a mix of 'Eurostar, Europop' would it be OK if I use your video for B-roll?

[@NotDavidTrains]

i have no idear if its sped up or not

[@vandanerisgomes9009]

Magnífico

[@n9642]

asik banget naik kereta api jarak jauh aku mau mencoba naik kereta api eurostar

[@johnd8892]

What would be the journey time for this if not sped up please?

[@sajidmahmood8383]

WRONG 14 min not 10

[@lornova79]

What's that third rail (sometimes visible on the left, sometimes on the right) on the UK side?

[@denelson83]

Powers the train. 750 V DC.

[@thetelephoneprankster4254]

The third rail carries an electrical current to power the train

[@lornova79]

@@thetelephoneprankster4254 Thanks!

[@marekkonkel4421]

An eurostar can be stuck of the middle tracks in Channel

[@Olszymanski]

Yes it can

[@chaoskaki]

Thanks youtube, now I can I make it five minutes

[@trainrover]

everywhere else besides Isle o' France seems fuckingly treeless

[@溫文俊-t7p]

英法隧道全長50.45公里

[@onepiss9163]

is the background music from a anime ? i think i remember it from a anime :

[@christopherstephenson4531]

Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto

[@banan3420]

It,s 13 minutes

[@gelatinxrayquaza]

3005 crashed in 2009😢

[@SoyVictorTheCoolMaker2023]

old one Waterloo interasinol

[@ellashaw7402]

Going on a train is just like going on a rollercoaster at Alton towers

[@muhammadrozzaqghanio3173]

full momen

[@MrBorish123]

Where is the English channel.

[@Olszymanski]

From 5:21 to 6:40 it's under the English Channel

[@KS-dx9dv]

1994 or 1995?

[@Ed_Gilbert]

K S 1994

[@matjengjebong9189]

10 minutes already boring.train journey..

[@zecisalpin]

vidéo sans aucun intérêt

[@danpettis1675]

can I have my 13 mins back

[@TIMBOWERMAN]

Let's have something more up to date, we got rid of this charade of a 186 mile per hour train going along tracks rated at 100 mph or less and an outdated power collection system twelve yes TWELVE years ago.

[@sundari822]

I dislike on account of persistent advertisements and I have not seen the video

[@matjengjebong9189]

The USA California trains are much more interesting to watch.

[@joempoem478]

They factually aren't.

[@roshanud3324]

Edit and fake film do not cheat people

[@melfidlin8265]

Fake???? please explain?

[@benedekhalda-kiss9737]

What lol? It is sped up that's all

[@Olszymanski]

How is it fake

[@ursvonrotz7154]

Kurz gesagt: Ein Scheissfilm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@georgestaunton6994]

At 5:17, Cheerio, UK ! From 5:21 to 6:37, one LONG tunnel! At 6:38, Bienvenue, France!