Trains at: Harrow & Wealdstone - 19 February 2020

[@kennethhume8628]

I do like the livery on the overground TFL multiple units . Very interesting video as usual .

[@BabyRosalinaFan82]

I really appreciate that you made an effort to keep people out the footage as much as possible, and I loved the commentary that you kept going at the bottom! There's a lot of that stuff that I didn't know, especially about the Jubilee Line having used 1972 stock. Your video is very good!

[@griffany]

The train now approaching Platform 1 is the 12:45 London Overground service to Watford Junction Mind the Gap between the train and the Platform

[@griffany]

The train now approaching Platform 2 is the London Underground service to Elephant and Castle Mind the Gap between the train and the Platform

[@deauvilledad07]

Excellent video from Boogies trains as always. Extremely informative, well done 🤓

[@BoogiesTrains]

Thank you. As many of us old boys are stuck indoors, I hope to keep publishing for a few weeks using material already in the can.

[@deauvilledad07]

@@BoogiesTrains, living in Norfolk and having a motorbike, I find I can self isolate and socially distance myself in one go 🤓🏍️

[@likklej8]

I was a kid in Wealdstone in the early 50s when the Belmont branch was still there and there was a coal merchant siding. There was scrap from the fatal rail crash too. Apparently in WW2 there was anti aircraft wagons that ran on the siding. Until late 50s Oerlikon ex LNWR electric units ran on what’s now overground lines.

[@greatbritishentertainmentl5636]

Very good filming & editing plus information at this busy station which I use to visit as a young boy as I was born in Queensbury, Middlesex in 1943.

[@BoogiesTrains]

Thank you very much!

[@griffany]

The train now standing at Platform 2 is the London Underground service to Elephant & Castle Calling at all Stations to Elephant & Castle

[@LengKingg]

I love the bakerloo line the seats are extremely comfortable and the train is just so tiny

[@Leon-kd2zk]

I love the bakerloo line and harrow wealdstone I love dis

[@griffany]

Passenger service Stand well away from the edge of Platform 3 The approaching train is not scheduled to stop at this station

[@montystelevision3238]

3:03 !!

[@gwr5029]

There used to be two turnback sidings, but one was removed when the DC lines were re-signaled.

[@hi24x]

When was this

[@ollypl1015]

Great video!

[@griffany]

Stand well away from the edge of Platform 3 The approaching train is not scheduled to stop at this station

[@CasperTrains]

Great video

[@allanralston7014]

I live alongside the line in Cheshire and have yet to see an Avanti livery yet!

[@chrispriddey1777]

There's only 2 - 390155/6

[@Andrewjg_89]

Nice to see the London Overground Class 710s in service on the Euston-Watford DC Line. What about filming the Class 710s on the Lea Valley Lines, Gospel Oak-Barking Line and Romford-Upminster Line. Plus is some of the Class 378s been transferred to East London Line and some still operating on the Euston-Watford Junction service.

[@Andrewjg_89]

How comes that some of Southern Class 377 trains can stop at Harrow & Wealdstone but not London Northwestern Railway Class 350 when operating to Northampton, Rugby, Birmingham New Street and Stoke-on-Trent.

[@BoogiesTrains]

The LNW Tring stoppers do stop.

[@Andrewjg_89]

Boogies Trains Really! So some of London Northwestern Railway trains do stop at Harrow & Wealdstone. Probably that’s why they allow some of their trains to stop there.

[@BoogiesTrains]

2 tph in each direction plus some extras in the rush hour, including some that start or end at Watford Jct.

[@Andrewjg_89]

Boogies Trains Indeed. Can’t wait to see 1 Class 710 train working on the Romford-Upminster shuttle and to ride on them. I will take a ride on the Class 710 on the Liverpool Street-Chingford, Cheshunt and Enfield Town and Euston-Watford Junction in the summer as I have rode on the Class 710 on the Gospel Oak-Barking Line. I heard rumours that 1 Class 315 or Class 317 might be kept for the Romford-Upminster line.

[@Thomas1980]

WOW....Nice Video! L:::I:::K:::E

[@griffany]

The train now approaching Platform 1 Terminates here This train Terminates here

[@roadmam4446]

Have you heard of the st Albans alley railway from Watford junctions as I would like to learn about it Great video btw

[@BoogiesTrains]

There will be a short video about Watford Jct sometime in the next few weeks.

[@hi24x]

St Albans Abbey is a walking distance from huge Welwyn Garden City station

[@griffany]

The train now standing at Platform 1 Terminates here This train Terminates here

[@Great_WesternTVFan]

I think all of the 378s are moved to the east London line

[@BoogiesTrains]

There have been some 378/2s on the East London Line for a long time so it is hard to know which extra ones have been transferred. The bulk of the 378/2s are still on the Stratford to Richmond and Clapham Junction routes.

[@peterkazmierczak7273]

That turnback siding looks a tight fit..... Does the driver walk through the train to change ends, or is there a designate walkway outside the train?

[@BoogiesTrains]

I didn't see anyone outside of the train so my assumption is that they walk through. The turnround shows on RTT as an ECS so you can see how long is allowed and also how quickly it can be done if necessary.

[@nathansrailwayphotography8125]

You should go to Manchester Piccadilly and Brookwood

[@tarnveerbassi5786]

I think the bakerloo line should refurbish and extend up to watford junction

[@BoogiesTrains]

There is no need for more services, certainly in the off peak. LO have recently gone up to 4 tph which is all that the traffic requires.

[@tarnveerbassi5786]

Boogies Trains fair enough

[@user-zs3ns2px1f]

Last time I was on the overground it was 378s I think instead off 710s

[@BoogiesTrains]

There are still a couple of 378s in use on the DC lines as the order for 710s was only enough for the 3tph service. The service is now 4tph.

[@karimscaterovic5413]

Is the overground a Class 345, Class 701 or Class 720 I would assume it is the Class 345 because it’s used for the TfL Rail but this one has 4 cars

[@BoogiesTrains]

The Overground is class 710. They are Aventras so the same family as the 345s. There will eventually be a lot of classes and sub classes of Aventras in use by various operators across the network. There is some information about the current work in progress at Derby in the latest Modern Railways magazine. You can also find information on Wikipedia.

[@karimscaterovic5413]

Boogies Trains thank you

[@NorthLondonBuses]

Very sad that virgin trains lost their pendelinos

[@user-zs3ns2px1f]

Do any avanti trains stop there

[@BoogiesTrains]

No. Only a few LNW on the slow lines.

[@johnrauner2515]

Yep, great idea, put live rails on the GROUND carrying hundreds of volts. If there's a cheap way of doing something you can rely on the English to find it.

[@BoogiesTrains]

The idea was imported from the USA. The LBSCR and L&Y both went for overhead electrification. Due to the use of their tracks by the Underground, the LNWR and LSWR were both obliged to adopt third and fourth rail systems. The Southern then adopted the third rail system as standard due to the extent of the LSWR electrification. The smaller LBSCR electrified network was converted in the 1920s.

[@johnrauner2515]

@@BoogiesTrains The USA weren't running live third rails at ground level accros open country. Big difference between that and in sub surface tunnels. These things should have been ripped up decades ago. Total hyprocracy that a country as anal as the UK about health and safety can at the same time continue to operate these accidents waiting to happen.

[@BoogiesTrains]

It was the extension of the Underground services out to the suburbs that left us with this legacy. The District and Bakerloo are the most obvious cases. The Metropolitan also built its own line out to the countryside as well as the Hammersmith and City.

[@owenchuarbx]

the 72 stocks are in bad shape

[@BoogiesTrains]

Indeed.

[@Andrewjg_89]

Which is why Transport for London wants to replace them with new deep level tube stocks as they are getting very old but are still as reliable.

[@Great_WesternTVFan]

Agree

[@griffany]

Passenger service Stand well away from the edge of Platform 3 The approaching train is not scheduled to stop at this station

[@griffany]

The train now approaching Platform 1 Terminates here This train Terminates here

[@griffany]

Passenger service Stand well away from the edge of Platform 6 The approaching train is not scheduled to stop at this station

[@griffany]

The train now approaching Platform 1 Terminates here This train Terminates here

[@griffany]

Passenger service Stand well away from the edge of Platform 4 The approaching train is not scheduled to stop at this station

[@griffany]

Passenger service Stand well away from the edge of Platform 4 The approaching train is not scheduled to stop at this station

[@griffany]

Passenger service Stand well away from the edge of Platform 3 The approaching train is not scheduled to stop at this station