Trains at: Berkhamsted, WCML, 05/09/2020

A rather mediocre afternoon spent at Berkhamsted railway station on the West Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from London Northwestern Railway and Avanti West Coast, sadly nothing from Southern for today as they weren't operating on the West Coast Mainline. There isn't any freight to be seen.
Berkhamsted station can be dated back to 1875, well after the original station was constructed in 1838. The first station was located 100 metres southwest of the current station.
The reason why the station was rebuilt and relocated was simply because of the widening of the WCML, when the station was built it came along with a brand new section of sidings for the local goods trains to unload their loads of livestock for the local market. Interestingly though this station wasn't built without its difficulties, first off came when the line itself was being put under construction. The lead engineer for the job was none other than Robert Stephenson, but the planners came under stiff opposition from local landowners and trustees of the local area. But eventually things were put into agreement and work soon commenced. Because of the nature of the land it meant that the railway was always going to be running at a significant height to the town itself, so many workers were brought in from all over the country to work on this Herculean task, one of the biggest challenges facing them was to direct the railway away from the old castle located just to the south of the present station along the moat guarding its fortifications.
Over the years the station saw natural changes happening to it as was the same with most stations throughout the UK when the network was getting modernised with the different operators, the old sidings eventually became the car park.
The biggest change to come to the station was around 2015 when three lifts were installed into the platforms to make disabled access that much easier throughout the station.
My next station will be Kings Langley which I can assure you will not want to miss, it really is a cracker.
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[@Desiro360]

Cool video. Glad you got to see the colourful Pride Pendolino. :)

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, it certainly is colourful

[@josephharrison8354]

Life hack; speed this up to x2 for a preview of how HS2 will look.

[@tristanbeck6478]

When I went filming here, I was just able to get on to the platform without a ticket

[@FJx36]

3:48 Great to see the Pride Pendolino train at speed :)

[@FJx36]

Oli S Yes indeed it is :)

[@blkpig6664]

What a great day for it. Nice work bruva!

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly!

[@blkpig6664]

@@Tornado922 Thanks to you. Just stay well!

[@sydwoods.woodsendjunction9492]

nice video J enjoyed it shame you missed the freight , can't win them all made up for it though mate with a bit of waffling at the end :) loved it syd

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much bud, the waffling is part of it all haha

[@theimperialist2686]

Another excellent video Tornado, nice range of trains running through the station.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, I'm glad you enjoyed watching this

[@Spoor2]

Great video!

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@paulhill8224]

Great video

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@RickyNowis]

Nice mixed variety of Pendolino's and 350 Desiros. Loved the end bonus of former Transpennine Express 350 :-)

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, there was a good variety to be seen

[@Trainspotter11_]

Another brilliant video! I really enjoyed this :)

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much :)

[@chrisatrailway7573]

Nice video 👍

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@ClaretBlueTrainspotter]

Great video.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@josh_43189]

I would like it if you went to flitwick which is a station just south of Bedford on the MML. It’s mostly quiet.

[@Tornado922]

I have done a film from Kettering which will be released in the coming weeks

[@josh_43189]

@@Tornado922 oh ok

[@WillsTrainSpotting]

Great vid

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@levichalcraft8702]

Great video mate shame about missing those freight but it looks a Cracking station

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, this station is good to come to certainly

[@davidalt92]

“When she buggers off” sounds a lot better than “When she departs”

[@Tornado922]

Well I thought I would mix things up a bit

[@davidhale7551]

love your commontary, makes the video better,

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly for saying so

[@FranekTransport0607]

Nice logo

[@Tornado922]

Thanks

[@DSAAviation]

Great catch of the pendos passing at 9:18

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@alexn643]

Nice video, have you thought about doing a relatively quiet station on the MML like Flitwick?

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, I have actually done a film at Kettering that will be released in the coming weeks

[@alexn643]

@@Tornado922 Ah very nice. I'll look forward to watching it 👍

[@FJx36]

Also can someone explain why London Midland was change to London North Western Railway? in need of clarification

[@ClaretBlueTrainspotter]

London Midland were crap. LNWR aren't.

[@FJx36]

Very unprofessional trainspotting. well then... that settles it 😂

[@agent_605]

Govia (who owned the London Midland brand) lost the franchise and an Abellio (in conjunction with Mitsui and JR East if I remember correctly) took over in December 2017. They chose to split the franchise into West Coast services and West Midlands local services, which became London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway respectively

[@FJx36]

Alasdair Clift Thank you for the information :)

[@nathansrailwayphotography8125]

London Midland served the West Coast Mainline for 10 years

[@englishelectric07itstencen88]

Nice video :)

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@arnoldspottingvideos5269]

3:49 nice to see the pride livery Pendolino (390119), brilliant Pendolinos crossovers but sadly no Southern and AWT Super Voyagers appear at Berkhamsted. Can you do trains at Finsbury Park on the ECML after Kings Langley pls Jarred.

[@josh_43189]

I think he said he’s going to bushey after kings langley but I would also like him to go to Finsbury Park

[@arnoldspottingvideos5269]

@@josh_43189 Finsbury park is a really good station

[@josh_43189]

@@arnoldspottingvideos5269 I was originally gonnna go there but then lockdown hit and I kinda forgot about it

[@lewisdwyer1536]

How do you know what freight trains are coming through?

[@ClaretBlueTrainspotter]

RealTime Trains.

[@ghighlandchieftain4462]

Other amazing video legend tornado

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly!

[@ghighlandchieftain4462]

@@Tornado922 no prob legend

[@jackhowell7600]

You should make a video at cheddington

[@Tornado922]

I have done several films at Cheddington if you would like to look through my channel

[@sapphirebluetree3297]

Trains at berkhamsted

[@planeslovergabe19]

Can you do some videos on the Brighton Mainline

[@Tornado922]

At some point I will, but whether that will be this year remains to be seen

[@planeslovergabe19]

👍

[@paulmcmullan8142]

was the first tilting train at 140 mph

[@Tornado922]

no this would have been passing through at 110mph, because of the radius of the curve it means that even when tilting the trains have to pass through here at a reduced speed

[@michaellittlejohns7968]

Do Alexandra palace station that is a quiet station to go to and film trains

[@Tornado922]

I'll go there at some stage

[@maimadha]

Do you think you could do a video at Ash since it's my local station?

[@Tornado922]

I will give it a think but I can't guarantee anything in the current climate

[@cazz3130]

Do you fancy doing a video on my birthday? It's this Sunday?

[@Tornado922]

I don't do these films on Sundays I'm afraid

[@catrinamoy8101]

@Tornado92w Go to March (Cambridgeshire) it's my home town

[@Tornado922]

I have done a film at Ely, that will be released in a few weeks time

[@peoplefirstforum3712]

Yesliketrainsthisyearin2020andhavenewones Dokeepsafefrompeoplefirstforum

[@WCML730]

Why are southern weren't running its a Thursday they go to Milton Keynes from Monday to Friday in a Saturday and Sunday they go from Clapham Junction to Watford Junction but on Monday to Friday they do Clapham Junction to Milton Keynes

[@ClaretBlueTrainspotter]

I'm no expert at Southern but I guess they probably went on strike.

[@alanmolyneux5957]

5th September was a Saturday so you've probably answered your own question.

[@levichalcraft8702]

Very unprofessional trainspotting. GTR Haven’t gone on Strike in 3 years

[@pvfcfan3836]

3:48

[@pvfcfan3836]

3:80

[@peoplefirstforum3712]

WellitswindythereatBerkhamstedtoo Myauntieusedtolivethere