Trains at Chester-le-Street, ECML - 12/10/19

Welcome to the latest episode of Big Trip! Today I am at Chester-le-Street on the East Coast Main Line where services are seen by LNER, Transpennine Express and CrossCountry.
Chester-le-Street was a brilliant station with a great deal of passing trains at incredible speeds. The station has so little stopping at it which really is a shame as I didn't get a massively long video here because of that. However, for a station that had such a short video there was a lot of clips I managed to get with some insanely brilliant passes and a nice surprise at the beginning of the video. The station itself is in a nice enough area, the station building is lovely and the facilities look fairly modern so no real complaints from me. Despite the service pattern being awkward to say the least, this station was absolutely fantastic and is well worth a visit to!
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[@JacobsTrainVideos]

Great video Kieran!! The answer is Lelant Saltings. Got some great passes there. Good to see a Nova 1 as well.

[@TravelJackJourneys158]

Fantastic video Chester le Street kooks a good place to watch trains

[@KTVTransport]

Thank you bud!

[@AlexDoddsVideos]

Woo hoo my town

[@KTVTransport]

Nice one!

[@huddersfieldtrains]

4:16 Double LNER!

[@ytfcafro]

Brilliant video Kieran. To answer the question of the video, Pilning is one of those on the list for passengers going to Wales, as the two services that stop there each Saturday head in the direction of Bristol and Taunton and not towards Wales. Passengers getting the morning service and returning in the afternoon will need to return via Wales, passing through Pilning on the way back

[@KTVTransport]

Thank you! Yes that's correct, very weird though.

[@JudsonMatt88]

Great video Kieran I love this part of the East Coast Mainline, my favourite line 😊 The Northern section from York to Edinburgh has some amazing scenery and of course I love the 225 sets and Hsts. I've always thought that red and white livery looks beautiful on them 😊

[@josephford6015]

Great video

[@KTVTransport]

Thanks!

[@paulhill8224]

Nice video ktv

[@KTVTransport]

Thank you bud!

[@weeney56]

Why are some trains painted white Btw try do Carlisle next if you can don’t if you don’t wanna. Cause it’s my city

[@KTVTransport]

They've not been fully put in the new livery yet, that's why. Also I've very recently been to Carlisle, the video is on my channel.

[@weeney56]

Oh ok thanks!

[@egcam_883]

YES YES YES, NEXT VID NEWCASTLE

[@KTVTransport]

Indeed!!

[@jacobiscool144]

Georgemas Junction - Wick

[@Ed_Gilbert]

Leland saltines. On the Saint Ives branch line. It is a stop which only 2 trains a day stop there.

[@KTVTransport]

That one is correct.

[@JacobsTrainVideos]

Lelant Saltings

[@timwills4481]

Chester-le-Street doesn't have the best service, as I found. I went on a journey to Beamish Museum, which entailed boarding at Northallerton where I was staying, to Chester-Le-Street where I took a bus to Beamish Museum. That evening back at Chester-Le-Street, something like four trains passed without stopping. I decided to board the next train that stopped, which was a TransPennine Express, which I knew wasn't stopping at Northallerton. Worst case scenario was to go to York, and find out how to get back. I asked the guard for help. As it happened, she told me to get off at Darlington and stay on that platform, as there was an LNER service immediately following that was to stop at Northallerton. She also advised that the next day for me to take the train to Durham, and get a bus from there to go to Beamish Museum.

[@KTVTransport]

Yeah it's probably one of the most awkward stations in the North East for sure! That's an interesting story, I'd always alight at Durham seeing as it's practically on the doorstep of Chester-le-Street and has a far better service.

[@AlexDoddsVideos]

Too right our service is awkward.

[@jackdaldry2839]

Georgemas Junction to Wick

[@rym9074]

You Forgot Northern

[@KTVTransport]

No I didn't, they did not serve here during the time I recorded.

[@arnoldspottingvideos5269]

That was 185148 not 128

[@KTVTransport]

Thanks but it was very hard to tell when they're going fast...