Rainy Day at Manningtree, GEML | 01/12/18

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A wet and busy day at Manningtree on the Great Eastern Mainline on the first day of December. Unfortunately due to the overhead wires falling down at Hackley Central we had only saw 1 freight we were supposed to see around 7.
Manningtree info:
Manningtree railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England, serving the town of Manningtree, Essex. It is 59 miles 35 chains (95.66 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Colchester to the west and Ipswich to the east.[1] The three-letter station code is MNG. It is also the western terminus of the Mayflower Line, a branch line to Harwich Town. The following station on the branch is Mistley.
The station is currently operated by Greater Anglia, who also operate all trains serving it, as part of the East Anglia franchise.
History:
The station was opened by the Eastern Union Railway in 1846 but rebuilt by the Great Eastern Railway in 1899-1901; this building survives. It was designed by W. N. Ashbee.
Description:
Immediately east of the station there is a triangle of junctions, known as the Manningtree South, North and East junctions and originally each double-track junction was controlled by an individual signal box. In 1926 the London and North Eastern Railway installed a new power box at Manningtree South which controlled all three junctions. Today, the north to east curve connecting Ipswich with Harwich Town is a single track, having been reduced from double-track. All three sides of the triangle are electrified.
A second peculiar feature just east of the station is a combination of a road underpass and a level crossing. The underpass has limited height and the parallel level crossing is needed to permit higher vehicles to cross the railway.
Platform 1 (bay platform) has an operational length for five-coach trains, platform 2 (London-bound) and platform 3 (country-bound) each have an operational length for twelve-coach trains. There is a fourth platform on the outer side of the "down" (country-bound) platform which is electrified, but its use would be confined to emergency situations. It can only be used to access the Ipswich main line, whereas the end bay at the country end of the "up" (London-bound) platform can only be accessed from the Mayflower Line.
The station has (on the country-bound platform) a manned booking office and a self-service ticket machine. There is a side-gate west of the station building for use outside of office hours and a self-service ticket machine is also available here. There is a station buffet at the eastern end of the building.
The installation of lifts started in December 2015 and they are due to be in operation in Autumn 2016.
Accidents:
On 20 August 1898, five people were slightly injured in a collision between a train and two carriages it was moving to attach to at Manningtree. The stationary carriages contained around 50 passengers and had just been detached from a main line train; they were due to be attached to the branch line train for Harwich Town but it reversed back to them at too great a speed and shunted into them with sufficient force to propel them backward by five or six yards. A Board of Trade investigation reported the driver misjudged the position of the carriages and the speed of his train, and the shunter failed to timely signal to the driver that he was too close to the coaches and moving too fast.
Services:
The following services typically call at Manningtree:
Greater Anglia
London Liverpool Street - Colchester - Manningtree - Ipswich - Diss - Norwich
Class 90 + Mark 3 Coaching Stock
1x per hour
London Liverpool Street - Stratford - Chelmsford - Colchester - Manningtree - Ipswich - Stowmarket - Diss - Norwich
Class 90 + Mark 3 Coaching Stock
1x per hour
London Liverpool Street - Stratford - Shenfield - Chelmsford - Hatfield Peverel - Witham - Kelvedon - Marks Tey - Colchester - Manningtree - Ipswich
Class 321, Class 360
1x per hour
Manningtree - Mistley - Wrabness - Harwich International - Dovercourt - Harwich Town
Class 321, Class 360
1x per hour

[@matthewweller1806]

Great action! I was in Ipswich, where it was raining a lot more! Just left before the class 86s came through. Glad you captured them!

[@austinyingst5902]

Good stuff in spite of the raunchy-looking weather. Thanks.

[@ukrailfreightclips7217]

Great video mate and lucky you seeing those 86s on Coatbridge to Felixstowe. They normally take the 86s off at Crewe.

[@Desiro360]

Fantastic video which I really enjoyed. Was surprised to see that the Ipswich - London commuter services were all 12 coaches. :)

[@RichardChalklin]

Desiro360 Same for me to. I thought they were only 8 cars to/from Ipswich on Saturday

[@thegreateasterntrainspotte8760]

They have started running 12-car trains only recently on weekends to Ipswich, they terminate on platform 3, the Peterborough services runs empty into the loop until the Norwich train departs platform 4 instead of platform 3. Not sure why they've started running 12-car services to Ipswich on weekends though.

[@Desiro360]

Ah I see, thank you very much for this information. I reckon the 12 coach trains are being run on weekends to provide extra capacity over the Christmas period.

[@mrkeats5728]

Cool Vid. Enjoyed those Class 90s

[@Trainspotter11_]

Another fantastic video here! I really Enjoyed this :)

[@Elizabeth-xo5vc]

4:09 oh wow an FCC liveried class 321408!

[@Brandon-gf2lu]

Will miss getting a 90 connection at Manningtree

[@modernecml7249]

Nice one mate 👍👍

[@RichardChalklin]

ModernECML Thanks! It was a pleasure to see you at Ipswich!

[@michaelloker785]

It's strange to see a class 360 on the Harwich line that normally operated by a 321

[@thegreateasterntrainspotte8760]

A 321 usually runs the service throughout the week, on weekends it usually gets operated by a 360

[@thomasnorton2679]

Splendid film Richard, did you get a sausage bap from the cafe on the station cause if you didn't, you don't know what you're missing out on, thumbs up from me mate

[@RichardChalklin]

Thomas Norton Thanks! I did end up going in there. However I only wanted some chips which they didn't serve at that time of day

[@ridefast0]

Thanks, nice video. So - every main line passenger train stopped at Manningtree? I remember passing through at 70mph or so a while ago ... acceleration seems better with the EMU than the class 90s.

[@RichardChalklin]

ridefast0 That must of been a weekday. There are peak time passenger skippers at Manningtree in the morning and evening only on weekdays.

[@thomaspalmer1019]

14:49 why do they always have two engines powering at either end of those trains?

[@RichardChalklin]

Thomas Palmer because they do a lot of reversing

[@thomaspalmer1019]

@@RichardChalklin oh so is it so that the train can go both ways?

[@RichardChalklin]

Thomas Palmer Yes

[@kv.voyage]

Hey Richard, remember I asked you about the camera you were using? What model is it? Is it still on sale somewhere, and what is it's price? Thanks~

[@RichardChalklin]

Sir Quack It is a Panasonic HC-VX870

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

nicely done Richard shame about the rain spoiling the video mate

[@RichardChalklin]

Scott Whiley Very luckly that this video actually happened since i was deeply considering weither I should have gone

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

but it turns out that you did go out on that day richard

[@kv.voyage]

Also, the video editor you were using... what is it? Where can I download it? Sorry if I'm asking too much.

[@RichardChalklin]

Sir Quack Windows Movie Maker

[@kv.voyage]

Richard, is it still available for download?

[@RichardChalklin]

Sir Quack Yes

[@cmcevents3938]

when will you be doing chelmsford

[@RichardChalklin]

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