*MATCHDAY CHAOS* Madness at Norwich Station, GEML | 10/11/18

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After a few hours at Stowmarket i head to Norwich to catch some more train action. I have never been to Norwich before so here was my opportunity. It was also a matchday in Norwich, after Norwich City FC had beaten Millwall 4-3 most of them spiled into the station. By 5:30pm most of the trains were standing room only so i decided to highlight most of the activity that happened.
Norwich info:
Norwich railway station (formerly Norwich Thorpe) is the eastern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the city of Norwich, Norfolk. It is 114 miles 40 chains (184.3 km) down the main line from London Liverpool Street, the western terminus.
It is also the terminus of numerous secondary lines: the Breckland Line to Cambridge, the Bittern Line to Sheringham, and the Wherry Lines to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
The station is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates the majority of the trains that serve the station. East Midlands Trains operates a service to Liverpool Lime Street.
History:
At one time there were three railway stations in Norwich: Norwich Thorpe, which is the current station still known locally as "Thorpe station"; Norwich Victoria, which was once the terminus for certain passenger services from London until 1916 as well as being a goods station until its demolition in the 1970s; and Norwich City, which was the terminus of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line from Melton Constable, which closed in 1959.
Services:
The following services currently call at Norwich during the off-peak:
East Midlands Trains: Norwich - Thetford - Ely - Peterborough - Grantham - Nottingham - Alfreton - Chesterfield - Sheffield - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Oxford Road - Warrington Central - Widnes - Liverpool South Parkway - Liverpool Lime Street
Class 158
1x per hour
Greater Anglia: GEML Norwich - Diss - Ipswich - Manningtree - Colchester - London Liverpool Street
Class 90 + Mark 3 Coaching Stock
1x per hour
Greater Anglia: GEML Norwich - Diss - Stowmarket - Ipswich - Manningtree - Colchester - Chelmsford - Stratford - London Liverpool Street
Class 90 + Mark 3 Coaching Stock
1x per hour
Greater Anglia: Breckland Norwich - Wymondham - Attleborough - Thetford - Brandon - Ely - Cambridge North - Cambridge
Class 170
1x per hour
Greater Anglia: Bittern Norwich - Salhouse - Hoveton & Wroxham - Worstead - North Walsham - Gunton - Roughton Road - Cromer - West Runton - Sheringham
Class 153, Class 156, Class 170
1x per hour
Greater Anglia: Wherry Norwich - Brundall Gardens - Brundall - Lingwood - Acle - Great Yarmouth
Class 153, Class 156, Class 170, Class 37/Class 68 + Mark 2 Coaching Stock
1x per hour
Greater Anglia: Wherry Norwich - Brundall Gardens - Brundall - Cantley - Reedham - Berney Arms - Great Yarmouth
Class 153, Class 156, Class 170, Class 37/Class 68 + Mark 2 Coaching Stock
2x per day
Greater Anglia: Wherry Norwich - Brundall - Cantley - Reedham - Haddiscoe - Somerleyton - Oulton Broad North - Lowestoft
Class 153, Class 156, Class 170, Class 37/Class 68 + Mark 2 Coaching Stock
1x per hour
Accidents and incidents:
On 10 September 1874, the Thorpe rail accident, East Anglia's worst train crash, occurred at Thorpe St Andrew between Norwich Thorpe and Brundall, killing 25 people and injuring 75.
On 21 January 1881, two passenger trains collided at Norwich Thorpe junction just beyond Carrow Road Bridge. Both trains had their locomotive and leading carriage derailed. There were, however, no casualties.
On 21 July 2013, in the early hours, a passenger train ran into another which was stabled in Norwich's platform 6, injuring eight people. An investigation blamed driver fatigue.
Engine sheds:
Norwich engine shed was located to the south and west of the station. This depot closed in 1982 and was replaced by a new facility at Crown Point which in 2015 is responsible for the maintenance of the main line electric fleet and local diesel multiple units.
Miscellanea:
Before carriages were lit by electric lighting they were lit by gas. Norwich had an oil gas works and carriages north of a line from Harwich to Cambridge were supplied with oil gas. The gas was distributed to other stations in a dedicated fleet of ten tank wagons. Use of the facility declined in the 1930s although up until the 1950s catering vehicles were still supplied.
Children's author Arthur Ransome set the opening paragraph of Coot Club (1934) at Norwich Thorpe station. It also appears in the 1971 film The Go-Between.
#train #trainspotting #matchday

[@adamleewicks8529]

Thank you for doing video of my local station. You have done amazing job thank you. Love your videos . Keep up great work adam

[@kv.voyage]

Nice video, you always catch great moments to go trainspotting! Appreciated. Best. Trainspotting. Channel. EVER.

[@thomasnorton2679]

Wonderful film as per usual Richard, some busy trains there indeed, nothing like Glasgow though, we had to wait half an hour to even get into Ibrox subway station and we were then crammed like Sardines into the train, thumbs up from me though, those 37s sounded good as well

[@73Ransome]

Liking the 158 at the end to Inverness via sterling according to its display.

[@alextrainspotterhd6444]

Good to see some trains locos have buffers on still

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

nicely presented. thank you

[@RichardChalklin]

SMILEVIDEOTRAINS Thank you!

[@tutts999]

Nice to see some evening footage under the lights.

[@maimadha]

Great video

[@TooRandomForYou]

Nice 👍 hope those people were ok after the play fighting!

[@mitchellhurd8958]

Blimin' heck - those Class 37's might be claggy but certainly can't wait to get out of a station - especially one leading and one trailing :)!

[@RichardChalklin]

Mitchell Hurd I didn't mention it but when the class 37 was leaving (first time) it clagged so much it clagged out fire!

[@prof.hectorholbrook4692]

Well done! Good portrayal of PROPER trains (i.e. Class 90 & 37) vs "Buses On Rails". Also, inability of Privatised Railway to strengthen their trains to cope with demand. What a BRAINWASHED world in which we live.

[@JRobbo13]

23:01 that EMT 158 gots a long journey.

[@SionsTrainVideos]

they couple up in nottingham they go to liverpool 4 carriages

[@JakesTransportUK]

24:46 that was a cool shot

[@cranefly23]

I really enjoyed this, but it was hardly “chaos”! I spent quite a few Saturday afternoons back in the late 70’s/early 80’s shepherding football fans back to the Station from Carrow Road. Large numbers do not necessarily constitute chaos. The vast majority were well behaved. The British Transport Police have a bit of a challenge though, with very few Officers looking after a large number of football supporters. They do a great job. At least we had a rather better level of man-power back then! Norwich is my local GEML station. I live out on one of the branch lines. I use it to travel to and from London on a fairly regular basis. What equipment did you use to film this?

[@RichardChalklin]

Perry Hampson Panasonic HC-VX870

[@darylatkinson8802]

Doesn't look busy at all. Try Richmond station after a Australian Rules Football game at the MCG in Melbourne lol.

[@russouk]

Norwich Nickers Off Ready When I Come Home lol

[@brayand8022]

What train were you just on when you started recording?

[@RichardChalklin]

London - Norwich Intercity service. These trains are retired now and have been replaced.

[@CuckooAboutTRAINS]

Class 68's don't run out of Norwich any more it's just the 37's

[@u.k.trainandbusvids]

I remember earlier this year in April I was on the way home from Sheffield and then while I was on the train at Leeds i spotted a few Leeds fans although If Sunderland had of won which ended up as a 1-1 draw i would have said "We beat you today" but lucky I ended up with my own kind Sunderland fans so that was one lucky journey but i said to Leeds fan "well done on earning a point against us" i quickly showed them my shirt they were happy and my 3rd shirt to Sunderland fans on my train we were taking about what needs to be done at Sunderland including Ellis Short must go which he did just before my Birthday

[@gilhams]

Was Delia there? Trollied as usual I expect 😉

[@gordonmcmillan5556]

Andrew Gilham probably trying to get some action from Stephen Fry

[@owenchuarbx]

oh dear. Quite a show at Norwich. I've visited there 2 years prior and it's really an amazing countryside town. Not as renowned as Liverpool and Manchester but still lovely

[@cmcevents3938]

Great video! Maybe check the spelling of ARRIVAL at 11:37 😂

[@footballfanar7848]

8:47 10:05

[@russouk]

Greater Anglia need wsh the carriages more....sardines in one lol bet they love match days...£££££££££££££££££££

[@tomofford8535]

Totally uncoordinated video.