Trains at: Peterborough, ECML, 28/01/19, Part 1/3

A very enjoyable but very cold start to the day at Peterborough on the East Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from Thameslink, Greater Anglia, Cross Country, East Midlands Trains, London Northeastern Railway, Hull Trains, Grand Central and freight from Freightliner, GBRF, DRS and DB Cargo UK.
This wasn't the original station to be found at Peterborough. In 1845 Peterborough East was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway with their line running from Ely to Peterborough and the line running from Peterborough to Northampton which now forms part of the Nene Valleyn Railway heritage line. The line from Northampton to Peterborough was built by the London and Birmingham Railway. In 1846 there was another line built going from Syston to Peterborough. In 1862 the Eastern Counties Railway became a part of the Great Eastern Railway.
Two years later the Great Northern Railway arrived on the scene when the opened up their portion of the line going from Peterborough, Spalding, Boston and Lincoln, when the line was being constructed their trains from London were using the ECR station at Peterborough East but was decided fairly on that they would need their own station. This was officially opened in 1850, two years before Kings Cross was named as the official terminus of the East Coast Mainline.
Peterborough East was closed in 1966 and Peterborough North was renamed for a second time to Peterborough which is now the current station.
The station went through several stages of modernisation where the line was electrified to having more platforms built to deal with the ever increasing demand in traffic aswell as having holding lines for freight passing through the station.
Please do stay tuned for part 2.
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[@robloxboi3108]

Nice film there! Peterborough has always been my favourite station! I don’t live to far away from it! Can’t wait for part 2!

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this first part

[@Trainspotter11_]

a fantastic First part. I Really enjoyed this. very enjoyable :)

[@danielsmith287]

I subscribe;-)

[@gdcraig4wr843]

Yes I always love when you upload =)

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly for saying so :)

[@Debbiestrainsandtoys]

That 90 was the one recently named at the NRM and was why the Scotsman salute charter was run

[@TrainBoy66YT]

Brilliant video of trains at Peterborough with the 2 DB class 90s and 91119 and the 66 convoy as well and loads more as well. Can't wait to see part 2 and 3

[@Tornado922]

It was a great day all round, the first part had so much going on it was hard to try and keep up at times, hopefully you will enjoy part 2 just as much :)

[@dianecooper9932]

@@Tornado922 where was the class 66 going please tell me

[@Tornado922]

@@dianecooper9932 well just watch the video and you'll find out.

[@scotlandtrainspotter4223]

This was spectacular video tornado

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much for saying so :)

[@michaelrichards7646]

Hi mate just to say that was a good footage at Woking.It was funny when that class66 came through.It looked cold there at Peterborough you must have been wearing a hoody. I like watching your videos also it's funny when fluff your lines when a train comes in as well funny. Keep up the good work be safe. Boldeagle.

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly, I'm glad you enjoyed watching those. It was very cold that haha

[@pantograf460channel3]

Thanks for another great video;) I enjoyed this video really a lot;)

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :)

[@Debbiestrainsandtoys]

Wow 66172 was named Paul Melleney in 2005 so it’s probably over 10 years old now

[@RickyNowis]

Well done Jarred. Fully enjoyed Peterborough action from part 1. The 158's sounds mighty with the Perkins engines, they are incredibly might. #loveof158

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much bud I'm glad you enjoyed watching this, the engines in the 158's do sound really good when they are accelerating

[@thomasmahoney4991]

Fantastic video and a brilliant station evidently, a whole heap of different operators and freight coming through. Superb

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much for saying so I'm glad you enjoyed watching this, I love coming to this station as there is always something good to see

[@neilmarktaylor4386]

My home town welcome back

[@Tornado922]

It was great being here

[@arnoldspottingvideos5269]

Great video Jared. I love 91121 'Trainbow' livery class 91 for LNER

[@Tornado922]

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

[@chxrliethompson]

The 3 videos you made for this station are brilliant. Absolutely amazing station 🙂

[@Tornado922]

I'm glad you enjoyed watching all three :)

[@kenny-jamesthebesttranspor3988]

I've watched all of your videos at Peterborough and they were great

[@Tornado922]

Well thank you kindly for saying so

[@evanswoodcentral315]

Fabulous part 1, absolutely enjoyable. I've always thought that the 91s sound like a ghost train going by, and the HST power cars sound like airliners taking off lol. Be well and keep safe, regards Gary.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this, I love coming to this station there is always something good to see here no matter what time of the day you turn up :) I know what you mean about the sounds the various trains make when they are powering up

[@thomasnorton2679]

A wonderful film jarred, thoroughly enjoyed watching, thumbs up from me as always

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much bud I;m glad you enjoyed watching this :)

[@paul197290]

Brilliant part1 there. The Stadler Flirts you speak of will be coming into service, I think, in the summer. Greater Anglia are currently testing unit 755405 on various routes around East and Greater Anglia in both electric and diesel modes at the present moment. Surprised you remembered all the train companies at the start there. Didn't realize there were that many haha !!

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much I'm really looking forward to seeing the new stadler flirts in operation as they look incredible and they sound stunning. I had to think about the amount of companies that I would be seeing that day haha

[@yindee372]

Ironic that the one time someone calls the train an Electra it wasn’t actually an Electra. Great video!

[@Tornado922]

I seem to be the king of irony at the best of times! I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :)

[@ukrailfreightclips7217]

Very good video. You were very unlucky to see a shed on Felixstowe Crewe that’s a regular 70 working. Can’t wait for part 2 😀

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :) I loved coming here it's always a great station to come to, I was hoping for a 70 but I can't complain haha

[@ukrailfreightclips7217]

Yeah as they start gradually coming out of Leeds they’ll be seen more regularly

[@blkpig6664]

Well done! B.P.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much!!

[@blkpig6664]

You got it wrong. I thank you as always! B.P.

[@ClaretBlueTrainspotter]

Great 1st part.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@RAILTravelers]

Beautifully captured my dear friend

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly for saying so :)

[@Debbiestrainsandtoys]

180114 is Kirkgate Calling and Fabe sees this one a lot

[@Kwebbel48]

Great video's(cheddington and leighton buzzard and this one), spoiled again...haha ;) Thanks for sharing and have a great week!

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching all of them :D I have a few more that I will be uploading within the next few days ;)

[@Kwebbel48]

@@Tornado922 Jumping for joy here;)

[@keiranclarke2955]

THE 225S ARE HERE YAY!!!!!!!!!

[@jamieclarkson8757]

Seems like a nice station with the line in the middle, I’ve never been there or on that main line seems like a busy station .

[@Tornado922]

It's a great station to come to and one the I highly recommend if you haven't been here before

[@UHarshanBlackBoy1995]

Nice! :)

[@Tornado922]

thanks very much

[@syedhoque8009]

It’s 2019 and the LNER 800 Azumas accelerate their hold on the East Coast Mainline as they enter service and boost services between Kings Cross and Edinburgh and likely additional services to Aberdeen and Inverness. Would be interesting if the 800s could cross through London in going between Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and the South Coast. Of Course the Thameslink 700s go between Peterborough and Horsham and Cambridge and Brighton.

[@Tornado922]

It would be good to see LNER branch out their services to the southern end of the country but it simply wouldn't work :)

[@robtyman4281]

Syed - Much of the railways south of the Thames are 'third rail' electric - all of the bits that both Southern, and South eastern trains run on.....and most of South Western Railway too......so unless the 800 Azumas were compatible with 'third rail' they wouldn't be able to run south of London....or indeed the Thames.

[@chrisatrailway7573]

Great video

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much :)

[@DKS225]

Hopefully 43367 Ex 43167 gets preserved based on it's status on being the only HST Power Car to have 4 different engine types as i mentioned on one of your clips a while back at Doncaster

[@Tornado922]

I'm sure the power car will be saved especially as there is so much history behind it

[@peterwhitaker4038]

@ 13:56 the departing HST to york (43320)..why wasn't it displaying red lights at the rear?

[@lisamiles1157]

How do u know the coaches and where it’s coming and going and the numbers and how can u tell them from far away??

[@DKS225]

@34.17 When you got to go you got to go at least it's better there than going behind a tree imagine a 225 set behind a tree LOL

[@Tornado922]

Well this is very true haha :)

[@srduke]

91119 had gone north just after 8am. I was down at the GBRF yard from about 6:30 till 8:30 and snapped a quick photo of it at 8:08 as it passed.

[@Tornado922]

I caught it towards the end of this first part

[@keiranclarke2955]

Yes You're on the ECML.

[@ttvvideos2050]

Amazing video:) why did you do it in parts its better when you just do the whole thing 👍😊

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, if I did the whole thing as a single film you would be looking at something over 2 hours in length. I don't think people could deal with me for that length of time haha

[@SamsVlogstrainsmore]

Peterborough looks great may pay a visit myself, lots of traffic, if I go what platform would you recommend standing on?

[@Tornado922]

This is a great station to come to and one that I highly recommend if you haven't been here before, try platform 3 where I was standing for this part

[@SamsVlogstrainsmore]

Tornado922 ok I probably will at some point.

[@aidanbrent]

Great video welcome back to my home station will you make another trip sometime

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, I will probably come back here later in the year but I'm not to sure at this stage

[@keiranclarke2955]

Do the Peterborough Thameslink trains call at Farringdon.

[@Tornado922]

I'm not overly sure you would have to check a timetable for that

[@agoogleuser8170]

All Peterborough Thameslink trains during weekdays go to Horsham calling at majority of the stops along the way. Farringdon is a mandatory stop unless it gets cancelled for a certain reason (for example, the train could be heavily delayed).

[@breeze1472]

also any news on when the Azumas-class 800`s are hitting the tracks for service?

[@Tornado922]

They should be entering service later this year

[@TheRealDandyes1997]

It in service now!

[@Owenjedi5000]

Hay that's wired seeing the class 91 in its intercity livery because the lner train service is a bit like the former railway sector intercity

[@Tornado922]

It's nice to see the various TOC's acknowledging the former liveries on their trains

[@keiranclarke2955]

The 91s and 82s look like Darth Vader

[@ghighlandchieftain4462]

Brilliant video were is class 91 and 82 start on west coast main line

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much for saying so, the 225 sets should be the WCML later this year if memory serves

[@breeze1472]

Am I right in saying thetX Country trains are operated by arriva?and how many other franchises do they have?less wales now of course

[@Tornado922]

You are indeed correct, they operate Cross Country, Chiltern Railways and Grand Central

[@gdcraig4wr843]

Tornado922 northern?

[@robtyman4281]

@@Tornado922 I thought DB were the parent company of Chiltern railways? Also, is this why X Country don't operate in Wales....as they'd be in conflict with Arriva Trains Wales......e.g another Arriva owned franchise? ...meaning that Arriva have a total monopoly in Wales!! .....so much for choice!

[@keiranclarke2955]

Why are turbostars being replaced from Greater Anglia.

[@Tornado922]

They are being replaced the new Stadler Flirts

[@keiranclarke2955]

1:50, 1:56 Norwich vs Ipswich East Anglian Rivalry 😂😂😂

[@keiranclarke2955]

21:00 Did that 225 call at Stevenage

[@Tornado922]

I don't know

[@anythingelseplease123]

Do you ever questioned for being at the station for so long?

[@Tornado922]

I get questioned sometimes at some of the stations around the country, but once I explain what I'm doing the staff just leave me be

[@keiranclarke2955]

24:41 NOOOOOOOOOO. Not the class 90.

[@Tornado922]

The 90's are used when a 91 is getting repaired

[@keiranclarke2955]

@@Tornado922 oh ok thanks

[@keiranclarke2955]

35:08 Not again

[@keiranclarke2955]

Why are 225s Electras

[@Tornado922]

That is their name

[@jackstephens7562]

I’m off to Tamworth on feb 18 care to join me

[@Tornado922]

Sadly I will be working that day