Two Minutes @ Wimbledon Station in the 1990's

[@MikeGMcDermott]

The slam-door stock passing through Wimbledon is the former class 423 (4 VEP) and class 414 (2 HAP) units; the 2 HAPs being withdrawn in 1994 and the 4 VEPs being withdrawn in 2005. 4 VEP unit 3417 still survives in preservation.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

thanks!

[@MikeGMcDermott]

@@CitytransportInfoplus I grew up and lived in Wimbledon at the time of this video being filmed so this was an everyday scene I remember with fondness as a teenage bus and rail enthusiast back then. Thank you for sharing.

[@w00df0rd]

Hope you're well Mike! I need to send Simon Potter an email to say 'hi'!

[@MikeGMcDermott]

@@w00df0rd Please do as he'd love to hear from you at some point.

[@djunior874]

It's crazy...it looks just like it is now, but with different trains... (I was born in '96 lol...)

[@AlexMetroman]

Some great shots of the various units and original liveried Underground trains Simon, an interesting and busy two minutes at Wimbledon!

[@carlw61]

units are 1st 4vep+4vep+2hap 2nd 455/7+455/7 3rd 2hap+4vep+4vep 4th 455/7+455/7 regards carl

[@eaglenate]

I remember going on the West Croydon to Wimbledon line as a very young boy.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

+CpfcNate I lived many miles away and although I sometimes saw the trains when in working in South London I never travelled on them.

[@eaglenate]

+citytransportinfo the fact it was never used when it was run by BR/NSE says alot really. It's much better as a tram route though,It even mich unlike BR at the time got brand new 456's on the route though they were there to replace the elderley 2EPB's.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

+CpfcNate yes but a train every 44 minutes was not at all attractive to passengers. Its as if BR did not even try to attract more people to use the service. Nowadays a tram every 10 minutes (or even more frequent) has shown just how busy an urban railway can be when the transport operator runs a service that is designed to attract passengers.

[@eaglenate]

+citytransportinfo yeah I know. Mind you BR was a shambles despite the romantic view of BBBR

[@robertgoh7420]

The types of slam door trains are BEP CEP EBP and CIG

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Thanks Carl Simon

[@stephenrozario5742]

Good video

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Thank you - a busy moment on a summer's evening rush hour

[@Hazmaz1]

Great video! Love the Slam door mix of VEPs and HAPs, probably on Waterloo-Basingstoke semi fasts, great footage!

[@ClementLeerobloxgamingvideo]

in 1990 LT C and D Stocks were unrefurbised and there are Slam doors at Platforms 5 to 10 with Class 455 in NSE and BR Liveries. now Still the same Platforms 1 to 4 is still use by LU Platforms 5 to 9 is use by NR and platofrm 10 is used by Crodyon Tramlink and the C and D stocks are in the LU Livery, Classes 444, 450, 158, 159, 444 and 458 are in SWT Livery and class 319 is in FCC livery.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Thanks Alex. I have more historic footage from here but will wait until the S stock underground trains start coming to this station before making a 'contrasts' film.

[@mdhazeldine]

Well, 8 years on, the S-Stock trains are well and truly here. It would be great if you could post some more footage of Wimbledon from the 90s if you have it! Do you have anything from the SWML platforms? I'm interested to see what was there before the Centre Court shopping centre was built and how the station looked back then.

[@oludotunjohnshowemimo434]

C Stock doing the Wimbledon to Edgware Road part of the District whilst the D stock did the main services. Them good old days.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

I do not know! btw, 1973 (Piccadilly Line) tube stock also had a red band,and there was one train of 1962 (Central Line) tube stock which also had a red band on the driver cabs.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Will try this next time I'm there - and will try to do so with the same microphone plugged in that I used most of the time when I had my S-VHS camcorder.

[@AlexMetroman]

Sounds like a good idea, then you get a bigger contrast.

[@Garfie489]

Can i ask why the unreferbished D stock had a red band below its cab. The 1983 stock also had that feture and i have always found it odd.

[@kruddycrucialnw2]

was the thameslink not running to wimbledon then and have you got any videos on the thameslink trains during the 90s?

[@alexsmith5083]

why was there 2 car class 416 train added on the class 423s there

[@dez3540]

Probably just to make up a 10-car service, like how today you get two 4-car Class 455's joined up with a 2-car Class 456 to make up 10-car services

[@lublinbusenthusiast1120]

​@@dez3540 and 2 159s and 1 158 to make a 8 car service

[@MrGriser]

Like the unrefurbished C stock at the begining you don't get trains leaving termini that quickly these days it's a shame you didn't film a refurb C stock deaprting because then we could here the contrast in sound.

[@Xgeneration28]

havin two different colour coaches looks so unprofessional lol