New Class 710 Trains Now in Service

The Class 710 trains are finally running on the Gospel Oak - Barking line! Finally starting on the 23rd May 2019. Before that, last week I went along for a ride on a driver training day.
It's a video split into two parts, so are you sitting comfortably? If so i'll begin ...
#Class710 #LondonOverground

[@williamthebutcherssonprodu227]

Dear Geoff, please return our hand rail ASAP Regards, TFL

[@Mark50x]

William the butchers son productions It's arriva

[@nightmail7962]

From one rail to another

[@peter-johnradcliffe1872]

GaSguzZleR but will it *ahem* leavinga

[@alexleo172]

@@peter-johnradcliffe1872 Nah it's Departura

[@RocketJSykes]

@@geofftech2 I don't understand this gag.

[@mellowfellow6816]

My hypothesis: charging points are strategically located away from the doors to encourage passengers to move into the carriage, and minimise crowding around the doors.

[@itsalpreacher3954]

When he said the 710 was a little late, I thought he meant by about 5 minutes.

[@annadess]

I was never in the UK, and I have very little knowledge about trains, yet I can't get my eyes off of Geoff's videos.

[@justinasmacionis4465]

wow

[@borislavyanev9709]

good

[@borislavyanev9709]

,

[@fr2138]

I am only 14 and I watch these vids

[@RocketJSykes]

Welp, I'm the same.

[@anthonydefreitas6006]

I can remember using this line back in 1989. 3 clapped out diesel units constantly breaking down. Public transport has come a long way since then.

[@jasonpenwell2207]

Have to day Geoff I'm a big train enthusiast living in Ireland and I love your videos!they are well put together and full of information!So keep up the good work and look forward to your next 1!

[@rafipramadio7175]

I was today years old when I learned Gospel Oak to Barking Line could be shortened to "GOBLIN"

[@wierdalien1]

You clearly havent watched enough Geoff

[@tescotrain]

same

[@tescotrain]

I have learned that too

[@LongHaulPilot]

GO = Gospel Oak B = Barking LIN = Line

[@joey-kaboey6475]

GOspel oak to Barking LINe

[@djlawlz4041]

I seriously love the colors on these trains, compared to what the MBTA has here in Boston, those are works of art.

[@johnmurray8428]

That line has evolved, Fowler class 4 tanks and red painted lms passenger coaches, later followed by DMUs. It is now part of the overground with these modern trains. Wow another journey next time I am in the UK. great video, thank you.

[@j.brown05]

Saw these stationed at Derby a few weeks ago. Looked amazing in the sun.

[@alric8]

As a resident I didn't believe this would ever happen

[@luxford60]

I was so pleased when I heard the news yesterday. This is our nearest line, though one we rarely use because it doesn't go to where we often want to be.

[@Dixavd]

This is bittersweet for me: while it's lovely for you all who are excited to finally see upgrades, for me, it just reminds me how I'll never need it since my grandfather (whose closest station was Gospel Oak) passed away last year.

[@norbitonflyer5625]

I sympathise. We were promised a regular direct service between London and my home town in 2011 - ideal for my teenage children and their grandfather to visit each other. Now the children have grown up and left home (and can drive). The service is now expected to start in December. And their grandfather died last month.

[@Dixavd]

@@norbitonflyer5625 Sorry for your famiily's loss.

[@rolandharmer6402]

Impressive looking train, nice moquette, well designed front.

[@bt2555]

Your Barking up the wrong tree with Gospel Oak.

[@rafthejaf8789]

That's you're not your. As in "you are" not that the barking belongs to you!

[@bt2555]

Over the wall all Grammer Police are nanas.

[@rafthejaf8789]

@@bt2555 Yeah what evs, you just can't spell! It's grammar btw!

[@rafthejaf8789]

@@bt2555 sorry, I shouldn't be so mean, you're right the grammar police are nanas 😅

[@ChilternTransportProductions]

Raf The Jaf You must be fun at parties....

[@rbncwn9897]

Graham! So good to see him pop up here.

[@HenrysAdventures]

Great to see the new trains in service! To think there was a rumor of class 314 coming down to cover until the 710s were ready!

[@joshm3059]

Geoff uploading 2 days in a row😍

[@stthecat3935]

Hi i’m your 100th like

[@RocketJSykes]

luxury

[@maxstarn3299]

You are really good at remembering names

[@peebee143]

Could be riding one of these, soon, I'm getting a few London jobs coming in at the moment.

[@Finchley]

Geoff calling us children is something I didn’t realise I needed in my life

[@stephenlittle7534]

OMG. I am old enough to have used the old slam door type. Good old days. Nice to see the old line have a nice new train. I am 66. Used to live in Wembley now Dawlish.

[@amberfilms112]

Nice. I actually filmed that train, and had the exclusive on first operation. I wasn't on it, as I had to go to a funeral, but I was on the next one. Three years in the making of the film 'wiring the goblin' why people call it gob, or even as network rail call it, gobe, is purely down to error. There is only one goblin! Nice work.

[@rail_roadgaming677]

These class 710's trains look fantastic and be in service finally from the delayed last year.

[@AnonYmous-dh2zt]

Ooohhhh. Very nice

[@theovanstaden5766]

Geoff on the platform, New Trains, very good film!

[@jamesc1199]

Those new trains look so nice...

[@rail_roadgaming677]

I agree.

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

Love the color

[@ChoobChoob]

I love the big wide windows! You can see the world clearly; unlike those triple glazed tinted narrow capital star windows.

[@robbiemorrison7085]

Great telling the story on platform 1 in the shelter at Romford Geoff!!

[@norbitonflyer5625]

It was Blackhorse Road. I met him there just after he'd finished filming it!

[@caw25sha]

I was at Gospel Oak this morning. If I'd spotted you I'd have said "hello". They aren't phone charging points, they are "passenger charging points" for when you are feeling a bit run down ☺ (Spot the 37...)

[@emmawieldloch1431]

You seem hyped today geoff!

[@emillarsson4721]

Such a sleek design!

[@lmlmd2714]

Lovely interior they've done - kept all the best bits from the older trains, but just nice subtle improvements. Interesting that they've decided to move away from the recessed doors they used on the 378, as I thought that was a big deal for TFL?

[@scarlieweow8071]

i live in barking and this train is a godsend , it is so so useful

[@RobsOldTransportChannel]

At least i got it now. Thanks for that

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

What a beautiful train

[@EM-yk1dw]

Lovely trains.

[@allyreneepenny9447]

Beautiful this train 👌

[@trainspottersouth]

I honestly haven’t heard anything about these coming in to service aha!

[@adzz18]

Geoff, Love Ur Videos!

[@imjay2888]

YAY IM SO EXCITED

[@29brendus]

I remember using this line over 20 years ago when there were 5 passengers, and we had to push the smoking DMU train out of Blackhorse Road. LoL!

[@vincentcalvelli6452]

Beautiful new trians

[@ThatBusDriverKane]

The announcement speakers at Barking do my head in 😂

[@saenkazak]

Why won't they just fix those distorted loudspeakers!!

[@ThatBusDriverKane]

Ikr they have been broken for years, makes me just wanna hop on any train just to get away from it 😂

[@sonicthefreedomfighter6137]

FINALLY! I would've home if only I knew.

[@tristanmccoppin5761]

They are so excellent. omg

[@MercenaryPen]

so, I guess Geoff is now on the lookout for a grab pole off a decommissioned train to use for his bathroom towel rail?

[@tristanmccoppin5761]

friends of mine here in NYC have a WHOLE SUBWAY TRAIN DOOR as their bathroom door. its bonkers

[@LongHaulPilot]

Why doesn’t he come to my house when the 73 stock goes, I’m buying them so he can have one

[@ianmcclavin]

A few grey ones becoming spare from the scrapped 1938 Stock cars from the IoW maybe..?

[@Streetlamps90]

The announcement at the end 😂😂

[@MirkoC407]

The TfL Roundel at front looks like the train was built at the Opel car plant here in Germany 😁

[@richcolour]

Thanks for the video Geoff! I take the 345s daily into Paddington. The only difference I can see is the USB sockets!

[@dominicfindlay]

The 345s have 6 doors per carriage. And have some transverse seating

[@norbitonflyer5625]

@@dominicfindlay and have 7 or 9 cars rather than 4

[@dominicfindlay]

Also the left door in the 710 have a button to open the door in addition to the ones on the side of the doors. 345 only has the door open/close button on the sides

[@bensimms7294]

My one and only dream for the GOBLIN line and the Class 710... Bring back the once-a-day service to Willesden!

[@Transportman211]

yeeeeeesssssssssssss nice video Geoff Marshall

[@ThomasWhiteford]

Was the same when the First Scotrail class 385 entered passenger service on the 05.55 to Glasgow Queenstreet via Falkirk High. Was full mainly of Enthusiasts staff & Hitachi people & Engineers aswell as a few normal passengers

[@s125ish]

Twhiteford 851 yes Thomas

[@transportenthusiasticman26]

Finally, another new train, class 717, class 230 and class 710 have now enter to passenger service

[@OntarioTrafficMan]

A Bombardier train delivery that's notoriously delayed? As a resident of Toronto and former resident of Waterloo, Ontario, I cannot possibly imagine what that's like... (Background: Toronto's streetcar order and Waterloo's light rail order were both severely delayed, causing severe vehicle shortages on both systems)

[@stanpatterson5033]

Not to mention the Quality problems popping up all over the place with poor welding issues on all kinds of Bombardier products. TTC, MTA, everybody has been finding major problems which sidelines the equipment it's found on. These weld issues aren't little 3-inch-long patches of poor workmanship, they are welds that are critical to the structural integrity of the vehicle. Andy Byford even halted the deliveries of numerous Bombardier subway cars for New York's MTA because of it. Bombardier has problems on its hands to get straightened out.

[@JeMappelleFrikandel]

@@stanpatterson5033 Pure drivel, you are obviously not a Torontonian.

[@ds1868]

Good news the new trains have finally arrived. Doesn't say much though for the reputations of TfL and Bombardier, which are very much left in tatters.

[@adlam97531]

ds1868 not really as plenty of rail stock gets delivered late , and its soon forgotten about .

[@ds1868]

@@adlam97531 Rail stock arriving late should not be considered the norm. And those who use this line on a daily basis will not forget about it.

[@lipkinasl]

Bombardier agree with. TfL what can they do if Bombardier can't write software in time?

[@gh1851]

Geoff, I saw one of them Class 710s in the bay platform at Willesden on Tuesday. They look similar to the Class 395s on Crossrail!

[@norbitonflyer5625]

I think you mean 345. 395s are the Javelins on HS1

[@oliverwatkiss6113]

Thet are part of the same family of trains.

[@nightmail7962]

They set the bar very high

[@TwoWholeWorms]

Oh, hey Mike! :D

[@ianforfun1]

I do like your video productions and this one in particular as I'm a bit of a trainspotter and also use the Gospel Oak-Barking line to connect with trains to Southend. The electrification of this line has caused so much upheaval in Bridge alterations with road diversions while the contractors were wiring it all up over the last few years! In a couple of weeks, I'm off on another trip and see for myself what the long-awaited 710s are like? At first, a glance there appears to be fewer seats than the old DMU's.

[@norbitonflyer5625]

They actually have more - 189 compared to 120 in the DMUs. However, as they are twice as long, that's only 47 per carriage, compared to 60 per carriage in the DMUs

[@ianforfun1]

@@norbitonflyer5625 Thank you for the details. While watching the Video there just seemed to be fewer seats and facing inwards instead of rows as previously.

[@mississaugaicedogs]

Well, not a surprise that Bombardier hasn't delivered on time, just look at the CS100/A220 program and the Toronto Streetcar project

[@customtransport2777]

I'm more excited for these new trains to arrive into service on the West Anglia lines

[@roseway1821]

Does anyone know when this is happening?

[@Simon_Said]

Yes, the bulk of the order from Bombardier was for for the WA routes! The first 8 I think are for GOBLIN then we get the rest. Can't wait!

[@gtavstepfordcounty1733]

@@roseway1821 Nobody has any idea when it's happening

[@gfusion]

Hello. I’m a driver on the WA and I can tell you that we won’t get them until certain bugs are fixed. Although the trains are fit for passenger service the current units do not support electronic coupling which is essential on the West Anglia as we rely on 8 and 4 car trains that split and attach at various points throughout the day. Hopefully Bombardier will rectify this soon and we should start seeing them on the WA before the end of the year.

[@lipkinasl]

@@Simon_Said No, Watford Junction to Euston needs 8 before that, then you get the rest.

[@manzurchowdhury481]

Thanks tfl. It's good train. I am a regular passanger

[@everydaywrld7306]

HOLY MOLLY

[@matthiasheindl8270]

Thanks to the yellow front being gone this is one of the first good-looking British trains in a long while, together with the new Crossrail rolling stock.

[@LinesideSouthEast]

I remember the Goblin when it was first generation DMUs and semaphore signalling. How times change!

[@stevehotspur]

Meanwhile the Watford Junction to Euston has a new bizarre timetable as these trains not ready for service on that line where the gaps between trains has gone completely berserk....With a 13 minute gap, a 17 minute gap and a 30 minute gap.............This is called an interim timetable!!!!

[@norbitonflyer5625]

Goblin now has a 15 minute interval, but with a 30 minute gap every hour and a half, as you need six units to run the service and at present there are three 378s and two 710s available.

[@ellenkingsley]

They are doing works to the tracks overnight which I assume is related to the new trains

[@lipkinasl]

PHEW! Saved me from pointing this out. The correct Watford Junction to Euston service as planned for the 4tph should be 13 / 17 / 13 /17 all day. But it is 2 trains short, i.e. there's 6 units from the old timetable and it needs 8 units for the new timetable - so again waiting for 2 new 710s to be available, with suitable number of trained drivers. Then, they have to phase in the next 6 710s on that route to replace the 378s so they can transfer to the NLL and ELL to boost these services. That will happen before the 710s appear on the Greater Anglia route.

[@qjtvaddict]

They can try running some trains driverless

[@CarpeDiemTraveller]

Great video Geoff! Was the WiFi working? Also I saw you in the rear drivers cab on the last HST at Didcot!!

[@norbitonflyer5625]

12:36 Alex's fingernails are painted the same colour as the grabrails. Good to meet you at last this afternoon Geoff - probably just after you did the signoff on this video!

[@geofftech2]

that was right when i recorded it, yes! at last our paths cross. i would have never of guessed in million years that that was you! :-D

[@norbitonflyer5625]

Unmasked at last - but what would you have expected me to be like?

[@garynarborough]

Best news I've had all day. I use this line to travel to Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead Heath. It's not a regular journey but it cuts out a lot faff with getting there the long way. I'm also a train enthusiast so the 710s look great.

[@Roo63]

Brilliant video. Orange "Warning" livery on the front? Never seen that before. Well I won't, will I? It's not Yellow :P Over the last month, they've been playing with Azuma's up here around Darlington in the middle of the night, using both mainlines in both directions. Looked like they were racing each other, on the Railcam Tyneside track diagram? One night they had 2x Azuma's blocking the up & down lines at Ferryhill. They diverted 2x Expresses around them via the Ferryhill loops; the 1N35 2200 Kings Cross to Newcastle & a Northbound Caledonian Sleeper. Interesting to watch :) The Azuma's are running with 5Qnn Headcode's :) There are a great deal of "Colas" Freight trains, headed by 56's, 70/8's & "Electric"(?) recently too. Change of a Franchise, do you know? All the best, Geoff. Thank you.

[@stephthestar90]

They look comfortable and someone on Twitter said they have aircon as well (badly needed in this heat!).

[@CreativeEm]

Did you even watch the video? Geoff mentions the aircon a handful of times...

[@alexmcintyre8229]

@Geoff Marshall I was thinking that you should steal the grab pole and use it as a shower rack

[@iDrinkYourMilkshake]

i remember seeing these in derby

[@MrBonzai89]

I think that was Jonn Elledge of the New Statesman/Citymetric at 11:59!

[@garethbisgrove4482]

When are the 710's arriving on the Liverpool St to Chingford line? I'm quite excited to finally see one!!

[@MrRevika]

Gareth Bisgrove 3rd March 2020

[@shawnli4746]

I might get the train from Barking 7am in the morning Who's boarding on goblin Class seven-ten coming

[@shaqattack297]

Shawn Li 😂🤣😭😭😭

[@AndreiTupolev]

Well wow, that's, what is it now, four of the eagerly awaited New Trains(TM) that they've finally got into service now? first the Caledonian Sleepers, then the Vauxhall Viva Class 230, then the Azumas, and now these. They're beginning to make some progress at least.

[@peabody1976]

8:56 His shirt matches his USB cable!!

[@n1huss]

Class 710 looks so cool on the outside!

[@Samuelgamer4]

Cool

[@thepilotman1hg]

0:04 eye eye captain!!

[@MasonCantwell8924]

I love it😃😃😃😃😃😃😀😀

[@Steven_Rowe]

I can still remember the steam service, it converted to DMU in 1959 I was only 6 USB phone chargers that charge quickly. Keep quiet about the fact they are all 25KV.

[@alexsmithyes4823]

I’ve seen these at Clapham junction in service quite often

[@norbitonflyer5625]

I don't think so. They only entered service today, and are not intended for either Overground route serving Clapham Junction. What you will have seen is the Class 378s.

[@johnnyp9205]

Geoff I missed that first train had to get on the second one:(

[@johnh7727]

Geoff, I’ve been watching your videos recently they’re great! You also have a resemblance to Daniel Craig

[@DavidShepheard]

It's a bit of a change for London Underground to go from arresting passengers that use electrical sockets to offering public USB sockets. I don't think they thought enough about the location of the USB sockets though. Lots of passengers lean up against those walls next to the accordion-like joint, when the trains are full. I can imagine people having their USB cables snapped off.

[@AbstractMan23]

Very good points!

[@annother3350]

They should have built them into the arm rests

[@gilles111]

Hello uncle Geoff!

[@peebee143]

I must say that the Cl.700 units which run through my area (St.Neots) have an annoying lack of USB charging points, and the seats are not the most comfortable for the long-haul journeys which some of us take. Fave at the moment are the SWT units which have far better seating.

[@davetheravepiwo]

Sim0ntrains is in your video!!!

[@beatadominte7018]

Yesterday was in Essex Waltham abbey in Leverton primary shcool had this event

[@metropod]

Oh God... they're Bombardier... There's your answer as to why it's late. After they completed the S stock, it seems everything they've touched has been a problem.

[@jollyjohnston1984]

Should have used CAF.. oh wait, scratch that

[@sasialdev9213]

metropod Same issue in Brisbane, Australia.

[@metropod]

Samuel H I’m in New York, and our Order of 300 R179 class subway cars is now two and a half years behind, to the point Bombardier is giving us two extra trains free. They actually had to scrap the entire ten car prototype train because they somehow forgot how to weld properly...

[@TheTravelingPair]

And now they have been pulled from service entirely

[@buksi6342]

Should’ve gotten Stadler. They’re reliable and delivered on time. Yes I know your 745s had pretty bad teething problems but the Finnish ones are good.

[@Listenerandlearner870]

You could do a report on 701s not yet being in service. SWR could explain the issues.

[@rorymowat7707]

I like the new trains, but I don't like the moquette. I think it should be blue white and orange to match the overground roundel.

[@AlexB_26]

You should do a all the stations for Washington DC

[@markgaughran4374]

At least the Air con was working when I was on.

[@wingsin3215]

I love the GOBLIN!! I live in barking and use it lots to get on the Victoria line!

[@maherhamadouch2005]

The man in the red shirt in the same shot as Graham works with the Mayor

[@PTB_BE]

The Class 710 looks like a 1990s concept