Rush Hour Trains at: Bletchley, WCML, 25/04/24, Ft. LSL 47805 & 47712

A great start to my rush hour series with my annual visit to Bletchley on the West Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from London Northwestern Railway, Avanti West Coast and freight from Freightliner, DB Cargo UK, GBRF, Royal Mail and a special movement courtesy of LSL.
Bletchley was built in 1846 by the London and Birmingham Railway once the line was completed from London Euston to Denbigh Hall which was located roughly 1 mile north of Bletchley station. This was at first considered a major station due to the fact that Milton Keynes hadn't been built let alone even thought of yet. Once Milton Keynes had been constructed the importance of Bletchley really fell away especially when the East - West route had been downgraded. This isn't to be confused with the new East - West rail link that is currently being constructed from Oxford to Cambridge, since my last visit the station on that section of the line is really coming along with both tracks now laid and ballasted on the flyover. The new station is starting to take shape quite nicely, hopefully it won't be too long until we see trains running on the line in readiness for passenger trains to be operating in revenue earning service.
My next rush hour film is from Linslade on the West Coast Mainline.
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[@chrisswift73]

Oh I have missed the WCML videos, glad to see Maersk containers are still just as knackered or very weathered haha

[@Tornado922]

I love coming onto the WCML, it's a great line to come onto no matter what part of the country you're in. The battered containers make it all the more better haha

[@SamsVlogstrainsmore]

Great trains at Bletchley always some great variety there on the WCML during rush hour.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, the WCML always offers up something good no matter where you are

[@chriswhitaker4577]

Hi Tornado922. Great rush hour film at Bletchley. Extra information for you: at 48:45, it was 390020 working the Avanti service to Liverpool Lime Street. I've been on the new WMR class 730s on 2 separate journeys, and they do indeed look the business. You can also walk straight through the carriages without opening any doors after you board the train, unlike the 323s, which the 730s are replacing fully on the Cross City Line in the Autumn. Looking forward to watching the next film at the Milton Keynes Model Railway Society. Kind regards, Chris.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks for the extra info Chris and I'm glad you're finding the 730s good to ride on. I'm yet to do it myself yet

[@purplesTrainsUK]

One of the BEST UK trainspotters uploading another video?? Of course! Obviously a good video.. Saw two 458/4s at Eastleigh Arlington today, Ill see more on Tuesday. Golden video.

[@Tornado922]

That's very kind of you to say

[@TheTrainSpotter2005]

Ah the Statesman, by far one of the most common railtours by LSL that is always out at least once a week. At least the 47s do make it good! Nice station despite it being around 3-4 minutes from MK itself

[@Tornado922]

Having the LSL stock passing through was a welcome sight for sure

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

I needed to know why they don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Train and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 67 Octagon and Every 37 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 147MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 147MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 18 Tonnes for all of those 147MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!! And Please do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

[@theimperialist2686]

Brilliant railway video as always

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@Firefly414]

What a brilliant video nobody could present bletchley better than you jared

[@Tornado922]

That might be up for debate haha

[@JoshHodginsTrains]

Great rush hour when is the next video out

[@eastlondontransport6468]

Great video mate 😊

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@johnsumner1667]

Cracking video as normal.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@robertstrainsnsw1596]

Great rush hour film at Bletchley plenty of freight and I like LSL with the 47's

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, always love coming to the WCML for the rush hour period

[@Gamingandtrainvideos2023]

Nice one mate good catch of the 47s

[@nottinghamtransportenthusi2784]

Indeed it was! We don't even need three guesses to work out the highlight of the film!

[@Gamingandtrainvideos2023]

@@nottinghamtransportenthusi2784 yeah true

[@squidgytop.2050]

Nice video

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@nilswestermann2598]

nice video

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@alanshelly7068]

Scotland is up north buddy from Alan in Lowestoft buddy ❤

[@Tornado922]

I know Scotland is north but the way the railways work is that London is always up from everything :)

[@SWTROfficial]

Another good one for rush hour is Lichfield Trent Valley usually you see 3 hourly avanti’s there 18:16 19:16 and 20:16 do please let me know if you’re arranging a date to record at that station would love to know

[@Tornado922]

Thanks for the recommendation. I'm sure at some stage I can get something sorted to go there

[@Debbiestrainsandtoys]

90008 is former The East Anglian and 900012 is Former Royal Anglian Regiment

[@Tornado922]

Yep

[@WCGUK2024]

Will you be visiting Germany this year? Loved seeing different locos in other countries

[@Tornado922]

I don't think I'll be going to Germany this year, I do have plans to go to Europe though

[@hamshackleton]

Map orientation - Most maps of the UK put North at the top, but I suspect the railway map was originally drawn up by either a Londoner or a drunken Irishman, so they put London at the top! - so up is down, and v/v. Where it gets (more) confusing is when you go from Cornwall to London, that is also UP, although you are going east, and the opposite from Kent, where West is also up! That's my theory, and don't bother sueing me it will cost you more than I've got! 🙂

[@Tornado922]

I'll just join you in a state of perpetual confusement

[@RealMeggy]

Vic hall class 350 got time stamp is 32:09

[@Tornado922]

Thanks for that

[@RealMeggy]

@@Tornado922 anytime

[@admiralpegasuscc]

No wonder Avanti West Coast has a bad rep for punctuality, with all these services running late. I'm sure there a reason why they all running late. Imagine what would happen if they were fined for late services, like they was a before COVID.

[@Tornado922]

Avanti have made a complete mess of the WCML, if they based their services off the model that VT were using then they would be absolutely fine

[@alanshelly7068]

Down the line to London up the line to Scotland

[@Tornado922]

In my mind it should be the other way round

[@ethanbyrne3076]

I take it Southern don’t go to Bletchley no more on there way to Milton Keynes Central

[@pauleacott4149]

They only go as far as Watford Junction now

[@rail_roadgaming677]

Some to Hemel Hampstead too

[@braedonblake5535]

It's my birthday tommorow i am going to be 13 i have watched your vids since i was 7 can you do andover my home. Soon.

[@Tornado922]

Happy belated birthday, I hope you had a wonderful day! I'm sure I can get Andover done at some stage for you. And thank you for sticking with my channel for so long now, it really is greatly appreciated

[@admiralpegasuscc]

Up= Towards London Down= away from London

[@Tornado922]

To someone somewhere that makes sense haha

[@squidgytop.2050]

Nice video

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much