The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track Episode 2:Summer Madness

[@iybjs5308]

Legend says that man is still walking up that escelator

[@jonasgrumby3378]

I would say that he was "comfortably numb"......

[@jadcasen8995]

i realize I am quite off topic but do anyone know a good website to watch newly released series online?

[@HamishG199]

Lol

[@Westlondontransportguy7045]

Facts

[@104thMaverick]

Police Officer - "There is no more trains to Hull tonight" Drunk Guy - "Do not talk to me like I am a school boy" .... pmsl!

[@ww32]

Did not expect to find Maverick here

[@JackJackProductionsShorts]

I would've suggested going via York, but he's drunk, so he probably wouldn't be able to make that connection

[@NeilShearer-ok2gi]

He was behaving like a schoolboy

[@MrAlex-ej8ov]

"Probably the greatest job in the world... If we didn't have passengers" LOL

[@Eira_]

So, a freight train driver basically

[@peterbuckley1954]

He's living the dream right now under Covid-19.

[@NoddyMaccy]

When we were in lockdown, the Underground ran with near enough no problems! I believe we had two signal failures in all the months! Now everyone’s coming back and the service is back to normal, the failures have returned too!

[@Blue_LineProductions]

Be great if there was not football fans singing

[@coastaku1954]

@@Blue_LineProductions The worst you get in Canada is just people saying "Let's Go Blue Jays" or "Go Leafs Go"

[@cmderinchief]

The policeman who had to break the news to the mother was truly heartbreaking to me. I could not do it.

[@swimnortheast1]

I remember dealing with the boy in the mortuary at the hospital.

[@tob19]

lmao "i'd like to go through please" ... "well use your ticket" well said mate

[@markbritton5447]

Love the drivers attitude, good sense of humour !...

[@IneffableJesh]

“All part of customer service, and my welcoming persona; Hello, hello, Hello.” Love it

[@CastilloDelDiablo]

I was working near Pitlochry when there was a torrential rain storm, it moved 100K ton of debris down the hill onto roads and tracks but it also gouged 50 mts of support from under the tracks on one section. It was lucky that my collegue who I relieved was passing and saw it, he phoned me and i called the signalman to stop all trains, we got a commendation for our actions that night as a high speed intercity was 20 minutes from the washout when they stopped the trains.

[@chiefstain]

True story...

[@irishtino1595]

I am always amazed the tolerance shown in the UK for drunk and disorderly behavior in public. They seem to want to protect the offenders more than the vast majority of unimpaired paying passengers.

[@taroudant1421]

Ha. And protecting themselves by pretending to like them.

[@thebestalan5685]

How did the people deal with this

[@AndrooUK]

Well, pedestrians and those using public transport should be allowed some leeway to be intoxicated in public. Would you rather they drive home? Especially if the distance is so great that a taxi would be unaffordable.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@@AndrooUK How about drinking responsible

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

@@EssexAggiegrad2011 How about "sometimes someone underestimates thero tolerances, OR how drunk they are?"

[@TheFunnyKedde-um1md]

Hahaha. First train allowed through the flooding on the tracks, to test if it keeps up, is a Pacer 😂

[@firefox5926]

well you know if you have to have a potentail sacrific .... i mean you're not going to use an hst are you :P

[@cesariojpn]

Aren't the Intercities old enough now to be scrapped?

[@sutherlandA1]

@@cesariojpn they're currently in the process of being superseded by the class 800s but some will be refurbished and continue on, some being transferred to scotrail

[@thebestalan5685]

It was “first” to go through

[@Richardsrailway]

I feel sorry for the rail staff , this is disgusting., I have worked on the railway for 18 years in the uk, ranging from track maintenance, drainage like the chaps your saw in this video with the flooding, to dispatching trains at a busy stations, one thing I have learnt is that regardless of circumstances beyond your control, people are never satisfied and can be pig ignorant

[@TheOfficialUOG]

i don't work in the railway im on 13 but i completely agree with you

[@freddiememer]

When I pay, quite literally, thousands of pounds a year to travel by train I expect it to be on time. That is what I pay good money for. I lost, on average, an hour and 10 minutes a week from delayed/cancelled trains during 2013. I anticipate occasional delays, especially during inclement weather, but I simply have lost all trust in the trains to be on time. When you pay for a service, you expect that service. I don't think that's unreasonable, do you?

[@TheOfficialUOG]

No fair enough

[@thefatfrier]

Jimmy Watson If there were no people messing with the trains, they would be on time. Its fair to expect a good service but 99% of the time, something that goes wrong is out of the control of the railway staff. Its not easy to run a railway. I have seen some of the strangest reasons for a train being delayed. I still dont blame the staff. it aint their fault

[@QiuyuanChenRyan916]

***** Plus that assumption here you can just had a door that would force close after two times being charged manually.

[@KaySan666]

I don't get it. As a child i never EVER had the thought of playing on or even walking across tracks.

[@bastianmann4936]

***** Me too. And where the parents are???

[@brodysarah5987]

Bastian Mann Some parents don't give a shit what their kids do. I once saw a boy get pushed over by another boy the same size and and age. His dad did nothing but laugh.

[@SouthLondonRailwayPhotography]

+KaySan666 It can be down to where you live though, if you live in the middle of the countryside then you are more likely to do it, I myself live in surburban London and spend my time doing safe things on the railway

[@KaySan666]

Thameslink Rail Fan I understand your theory, but I for example, grew up in the country side...being more country wasn't possible and yet everyone there taught their children to be wary of the tracks because you never knew when there was a train coming. there was a passenger train once a day, but different cargo trains a day that didn't follow a specific schedule

[@SouthLondonRailwayPhotography]

***** they would have followed a schedule, they just sometimes run late Freight train times are displayed on the Internet on many websites

[@AviationNut]

I have been in a lot of trains all around the world, but the most beautiful journey was taking a train across Canada from East to West, you won't find a more beautiful scenery of all the wild life, mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, farmlands, towns, cities, it's just mind blowing how beautiful Canada is. If any of you ever get a chance, definitely take a train across Canada you won't regret it, it takes few days but it's worth every penny. I wish I could live on that train and just keep going back and forth across Canada.

[@maxstarn3299]

It’s devastating when anyone gets hit or even almost hit by a train but imagine how some drivers feel. Seeing your train hit someone could easily traumatise you

[@pearlkelly6337]

the driver is allowed to retire on medical grounds too an they get full pay for a certain amount of time, cos some of them it haunts them that much, its a circle though, like a driver hits someone an that driver gets depressed and then they may walk infront of a train, then that driver gets haunted, etc it just carries on and on

[@ashcustomworks]

That driver is HILARIOUS!

[@klbird]

I lived in Harrogate form 1962-65 and enjoyed traveling by British Rail. The equipment is modern-no steam or Pullmans to London, but they had their share of drunks on the week ends, whic the "bobbies" quickly dealt with. Loved every minute in the UK.

[@javindo]

That driver on the ale trail reminds me of Karl Pilkington

[@isaacroebuck9514]

Karl is chubbier xD

[@micnamalahan]

Javindo bald head manc

[@count69]

The bastard love child of Karl Pilkington and Peter Kay

[@EternityofNight]

play a record

[@kiddycat124]

This has made me so emotional, mothers that lose there child in that way, i feel so much pain for them, but i cant feel the pain they feel. God bless

[@Panzerfanlol]

Lol anyone else see the " I love to go with young boys" thing when he was fixing the fence? I laughed so hard xD

[@rockacraig5653]

How Ironic. Britain is a country famous for it's rain yet when it comes down even slightly harder than usual the entire UK shuts down.

[@kyleTQ]

Yes our country is famous for its rain. However in the middle of summer it is quite a surprise when a months worth of rain falls in a single day.

[@nlo114]

You're not wrong there either. Maintenance doesn't make a profit.

[@benbielenberg853]

Irelands more famous :p

[@firefox5926]

no but it does prevent losses :P

[@billybogg3602]

i not lived in uk for many years but where i live a few years ago i had to move out of town for a week because of the rain

[@Wotdermatter]

In Thailand, where I live for about 4 months of the year, there are very few barriers of any kind and people who are driving motorcycles, bicycles, cars, pickups, and the like, often ignore the railway crossing signs and barriers and cross the tracks, even when trains are approaching at speed. Result - mayhem and many deaths every year. They never consider that they could get hit and safety is not their first priority it is getting across to the other side before everybody else. Incidentally, did anybody else catch the spelling mistake on the screen at 41:19 when on the top line it says LIGHTENING STRIKE. I am from originally from England and have always spelt it LIGHTNING. Was caught one year in the wet season, when there are tremendous downpours, travelling to the south of Thailand by train. Just a few kilometres from the place where the train stopped for a while, there is a bridge over a road. There was so much water that all traffic had been stopped and the train literally slowed to nearly stop to cross safely because the water was up to about 1 inch from the top of the tracks. Under the bridge were bicycles, motorcycles, cars, pickups, vans, and busses all totally submerged. Could not get to my final destination and the railway refunded my complete fare and took the bus back to Bangkok. Fortunately, it took a different route back than the flooded road. 'nuf sed

[@MrKashmire123]

I can't imagine how the police officers felt having to break the news to Daniel's Mother and that feeling hits me raw tonight, after having been on a train which hit a person at Dudley Port station in the West Midlands of England this evening of September 22nd 2022. I'm full of shock but more devastated for the person's family and the train driver and I'm sure they'll get all the support they need.

[@TheMadMadman]

16:25 "It's sort of like a... Gay Haunt..." That's one I haven't heard before! XD

[@anthonyholroyd5359]

As train crew myself, I would implore anyone watching this to remember it the next time you are on a delayed train and getting frustrated about it. Please know that your Driver, guard, station staff, track workers, transport police etc. Are doing everything they can and are probably just as frustrated as you are - because it's usually some member of the public being daft that's the reason for your delay.

[@steviebrochdale]

The driver is brilliant, what a guy!

[@panthera50]

Tip for Jason : put the heat on high. ;-)

[@welshpete12]

Excellent documentary

[@williamg209two]

i love that driver, Jason, i want a series on him

[@ademorris82]

He’s now my gaffer 😂

[@orlb1596]

@@ademorris82he still a train driver?

[@ademorris82]

@@orlb1596 he’s a manager now.

[@joegrundy3861]

What a sad indictment of the drunken behaviour of us Brits. Is this the reason that this episode is missing from the BBC iPlayer at the time of writing? Contrast the disgusting behaviour of the EDL with the exemplary service provided by Hanif and his family.

[@aclark903]

The police were disgusting. Not allowed to sing in their own country ? How is singing a crime?

[@ansonchanhahaha]

I am shocked at the scene of drunk passengers misbehaving in such beautiful stations. Are these common? And why don't the drunk take a taxi home🥲 In my culture people drink less but behaving like that will attract some police in hong kong

[@pxsrrail2558]

You see, I've never ever heard of random drunkards on commuter services. EVER I find it seriously disappointing that our rail network has come to this. In my opinion, those people should NOT be allowed on the trains. Poor local communities. I feel sorry for you And the train staff A serious well done

[@krognak]

Good god aren't the public insufferable sods.

[@mcsquare77]

And the vast majority have no decent manors manners!

[@rockacraig5653]

The poor quality of the trains certainly doesn't help.

[@thetraincrazykid]

+Rocka Craig Why don't you be the CEO of a rail company, it's much harder than you think, so expendive, let alone trains can cost millions

[@rockacraig5653]

Line Of Jubilee 1996 I am aware of the costs. And to be blunt the fine on Network rail are just pointless. They just serve as a way to push up prices and deter work crews.

[@thetraincrazykid]

Rocka Craig I agree with the delays and fines on NR, it gets stupid

[@sharkheadism]

_"In America they'd just run them over"_ Damn right lol

[@AndrooUK]

Any human collision requires a full stop and police investigation, even in the USA or France. It's much better to avoid a human collision in the first place, even if the member of the public is doing something dangerous or illegal.

[@trainswithmarkstone5644]

yeah

[@markfrench9004]

The words of a true fascist.

[@sharkheadism]

@@markfrench9004 Yes hitting a deer and not stopping is the hallmark of fascism. Good God quit being such a ballbaby

[@markfrench9004]

@@sharkheadism I'm not really sure what a ballbaby is, but I was referring to the guy in the control room. He genuinely seems annoyed that more people aren't being ploughed down.

[@trainmaster5365]

wait, there was a day in Britain that wasn't overcast? it's a miracle!

[@hamishashcroftplaysminecra6262]

Trainmaster536 It's really not that bad. I don't know where this myth comes from. It's actually quite sunny quite a lot of the time

[@jamesshanks2614]

I am a retired locomotive engineer I know it's been three years since that video was made but thought I would get my two cents in May the powers that be update the commo lines with state of the art proven technology

[@rmcgaming4695]

This is MADNESS! Madness. This is SPARTA!!!!!!

[@wilhelmsenholderlin8025]

No FUCKING down there, STRAIGHT AHEAD! lol 15:15

[@fabiamoon2827]

If anything should be banned in the world it's intoxicating drinks!!!

[@KaiDiesAgain]

that is a stupid statement

[@HamishG199]

43:56 why is that so funny 😂😂😂😂😂

[@iron1349]

Wow, one drunk person can ruin the day of millions!

[@Fbo194]

Thanks for the upload and good luck steve!

[@1701spacecadet]

That guy trying to walk up the down escalator 🤣

[@hexdev]

It's strange because i've never had issues with the UK Rail, yet when I go to Germany for a week holiday, suddenly I have 1 hour delays on the subway.

[@coastaku1954]

This has to be the funniest episode, that pub crawl and Jason are gems Edit: Forgot how dark it gets when it talks about people being struck... shit

[@alexeth4113]

No sodding mention of the suffering that the poor driver has to probably go through for the rest of his/her life. No mention at all, drivers don't count I suppose.

[@kiddycat124]

so so true

[@Trixtah]

I saw someone jump in front of a tube train in South London. I'll never forget it. The driver had to be carried off the train. Poor poor sod.

[@welshpete12]

+Alex Eth , I used to be in signal boxes . I had not been on the railway, long when I had a death on the tracks . The poor driver, who was in his fifties. And had been on the rail all his life was in such a bad way after woulds, never worked again.

[@CastilloDelDiablo]

Train drivers who encounter anyone on the tracks and get even a near miss is given a days leave to help them calm down and the chance of talking to somebody.

[@markcaldwell2831]

They count even less if they're driving a bus.

[@manbtec5972]

I love British trains. the best railway in the world.

[@billybogg3602]

your joking it;s only 1 pound in thailand

[@druhyprogram]

Where else have you already had the pleasure to travel?

[@hamishashcroftplaysminecra6262]

Hahahaha your blinded by ignorance and patriotism. Japan is wayyy better

[@noob.168]

Japan's railways are punctual, comfortable, and safe. Commuter trains are obviously overcrowded. Otherwise, its almost flawless.

[@JamosPolasa]

MAN bTEC I agree and same with Most European Trains

[@steve1mufc]

I have my interview on Saturday for BTP hope I get in

[@kingraghavsahni]

steve1mufc did u

[@jonasgrumby3378]

@Green Pudding 6 years on and Mandem on the wall is still waiting for that BTP interview.

[@MyExStacyOfficial]

56:44 I've never been so confused before in my life... haha

[@fookdatchit4245]

really enjoyable tyvm 4 the up

[@thenerd6672]

Jason's a bag of laughs.

[@airbus350ulr]

Pacer!!!!! Ayyyyyyy we all love the pacers!!!!!

[@qwertyTRiG]

One of the technical people blamed trackside building for blocking drainage. Can Network Rail sue the builders and/or the county council planning depts which allowed those developments to recover their costs? TRiG.

[@StuAnderson90]

EDL chant whos street's our streets and singing keep me English until I dying days then at 5:31 lad in a blue cap drinking Calsberg Export a dutch drinks company..... Yep! That's Britain!!!

[@charonstyxferryman]

Carlsberg is a Danish company: www.carlsberggroup.com/

[@ben.x]

29:16 Going of topic but I started laughing at this bit aha.

[@HamishG199]

I love how the police crash through the trees towards a thief it’s a network rail man 😂😂😂😂😂

[@HampshireBrony]

Took me a while to recognise the narrator voice during the opening. Sergeant Lewis?

[@lukefrench3154]

Nobody else think the train driver sounds like Karl pilkington

[@lukefrench3154]

I knowwwww

[@markcaldwell2831]

No one is like Karl Pilkington.

[@Confused_Collared]

The train driver reminds me of Karl Pilkington

[@DrRomantico73]

Sa

[@jamessegar4115]

He is so funny!

[@billybogg3602]

ok maybe but who is karl pilkington ?

[@Sam-ht5dk]

Timestamp?

[@Confused_Collared]

05:03

[@LisaSimpsonRules]

I liked it when he said that railways used to be run like a runway (probably meant as "a service, and a public service at that) instead of a business.

[@jamiesaunder611]

That police officer whom had to tell the mom that her son was killed by train . That has to be traumatic for the officer I would probably have to see a counselor after something like that my heart goes out to you

[@nielsf]

17:55 that guy looks like the young guy learning to drive a double decker in the British series about it. Sean something... I was just watching that yesterday :O

[@patrickpick3091]

In tears for that young lad and Constable. I'm sorry UK

[@qwertyTRiG]

Is that Tom Daley on the TV screens in the background at 57:56?

[@grahamhearn19]

I do hope not

[@sirthawkz7488]

TRiG (Ireland) Bradley Wiggins

[@JamosPolasa]

I love Train drivers on Southern Rail

[@mikemanners1069]

Those two fence repair guys are hilarious....I'd would like to buy them a pint......

[@passiveaggressive6175]

Jason is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@benthrussell618]

what about the mysterious looking guy at 53:25

[@johnallen7807]

One thing for sure, that information guy hasn't left his booth in a looooong time!

[@GarethKempTrain]

I need to get to 'Ull!! God i'm proud of my city!

[@WelshmanInNC]

Jason is a star

[@charlie8562]

Having a screechy bumpy pacer full of football lads while trying to work must be hell

[@benbrist]

Jason 🤣 - Like the Karl Pilkington of the railway

[@paulhoward4161]

I've watched nearly all of these on here now, and they are more about the problems in UK society than they are about rail. I'm glad I don't live there any more.

[@user-yf4gx9lw6c]

Paul Howard TBH Britains society is probably going to collapse in about ten years. Just don't forget to visit on a holiday here and there.

[@WindInMyWings]

Not sure why, but the guy talking about hitting various types of bird made me laugh so much!

[@Dorkingwanderer]

Where is the third rail?

[@WMeridian]

The outer raised railway with a flowing current of 750 volts DC

[@waldenhouse]

Why don't we ever learn to lay back and take it in our stride? With "Weather" incidents, we can't help it; NOTHING is that important to be delayed - only death - if someone said you've got another hour to live I don't think you'd be wanting to be rushing, do you?

[@stevenm5062]

I feel sorry for the kids on the trains

[@xxgolddoesmcxx]

XD, "In America they'd just run them over" Honestly, yeah... if you haven't seen "Train runs over Mexican protest" you're missing out. xD

[@anthonyalmgren1276]

xXGoldDoesMCXx to be fair fuck those guys the train didnt hurt them it went through to slowly

[@annoyedbyyourface]

Even in the US, trains don't run over people because they don't care - it happens because our trains are going too fast to stop *and* every station isn't on CCTV. There's nobody (for the most part) at the station to relay a message to the driver that drunk people are acting like asses on the tracks. But then again, in the US, we have harsh laws about public intoxication and DO NOT encourage riders to get drunk on our trains. So instead of complaining about a good thing (train routes including public safety precautions), his ass should've been complaining a country enabling groups of drunks!

[@sharkheadism]

That was in Mexico

[@SinkyYT]

30:00 I bet she's ridden more guys than trains!

[@jamesb6820]

I find it interesting that one of the 'Rail Response' Security was actually a BTP special Inspector. Maybe they wear different uniforms...? (man in the foreground of 11:49)

[@CoffeeOnRails]

Jason is amazing.

[@laurielanninster7554]

omg......i want to go on one of those pub crawl trains!!!! What a bloomin laugh. lol I wouldn't be as outrageous as them though.

[@HarrisonDavis]

Did you happen to ask the trainspotter his name when he came to trainspotting? I love British Railways, however I live in America which is also good with trains.

[@bowlerstuff9589]

Amazed Jason hasn't gone into the Freight Industry if he didn't like the passengers

[@chinwe25]

The police officer that had to tell mum at asda has a heart ❤ you can tell, he cried tvsts genuine 😢💔 Good man, God bless you officer. As I say I hate police but God bless this officer ❤💙🧡🐕💙❤💙❤

[@longbar2344]

they probably hate you too

[@dannypeck96]

42:12 thought that was sean bean for a moment there

[@Luke_05]

15:13 Lmao he did point that way didn’t he! Why didn’t he just say ‘You are in the right lane, carry on going’ instead? So he wouldn’t get confused..

[@contemporarymonk]

surely weather is a force majure measure?? no? I mean neither party can control a lightning strike or downpours, so why should network rail pay the bill when it is : 1. Not in control of the measure 2. It is not feasible to be prepared for the measure.

[@AndrooUK]

We often hear of leaves on the track, ice, and other BS weather reasons why trains can't run. We have leaves and ice every year, yet trains and trams still stop running. We have every reason to expect trains to keep running.

[@ludwigtails]

I’m seeing a lot of pacers.....

[@Cazkumali]

What's the music that comes on from 54:45

[@bradleecaslin597]

47:31 I know that road well I live on that road I used to run past there every day

[@teadybaer555900]

ikr its were the 158 arriva goes

[@bradleecaslin597]

Jack Waterhouse it's actually now 163 or 166 now

[@pommyyep1020]

run, run, you run, are you mad, your wasting heartbeats running.

[@bradleecaslin597]

+pommy yep 😂😂😂

[@cunijoeme]

23:50 thats my local asda :O

[@olliephillipsmusic7533]

Honestly, passengers have no respect it’s disgusting. I could imagine now that all the staff goes on strike snd there is no way for anyone to get around and the passengers will realise how hard it is

[@rhysrobertstransportationa1668]

5:00 you can look at cows there’s plenty in the back of the train

[@Ulleskelf]

Some 'interesting' editing. The narrator says they EDL are on the 1025 to Dewsbury but it cuts to the man in the information box where the display behind him says it's gone 8pm.

[@eddherring4972]

“Surely it’s illegal to be packed in like this” no one forced you on the train.

[@sexynowon123]

love u all vediographers

[@markcaldwell2831]

I'm 17 and I absolutely love diesels? What a fruit loop.

[@brianburns7211]

Marc Veldman I had a couple old ones the other day and the spotters chased us for miles. They’d take the photo and SPRINT for the car to get to the next spot ahead of us.

[@carolineunderwood8669]

Anyone else binge watching a program meant for people 20 years older than them?😂

[@Anthony_in_Bloomington_Indiana]

There is no age limit for people who enjoy learning about British culture 🇬🇧 or railroads. 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃

[@jontibloom]

Is that Kevin Whately narrating ?

[@lexifillems]

Yes! :)

[@pearlkelly6337]

yeah

[@rowanahedley9578]

I can't believe people would be so rude to the staff. It's not there fault. Pay some respect. At least there are some decent people. People complain so much about delays when alot of them are caused by us. Cable theft, suicides, waking on tracks, etc. And people have no concept about how much distryption that are causing and how much money they are costing companies.