West Coast Main Line Driver's Eye View: Edinburgh to Carlisle

This route learning/Driver's Eye View film takes us from Edinburgh to Carlisle on board a Class 350 EMU.
Although the speeds in this video have been checked for accuracy, they are for guidance only and drivers should always use official documentation to ensure they are aware of all line speeds.

[@paulgriffiths3082]

This is so therapeutic, every train route in the country should do one of these videos it is a great way to view the scenery and stations.

[@dont_give_a_flying_f]

Totally agree. I've watched them from all over the world and while I'm not really a fan of the American or Canadian railroads the scenery is nice. But my favourites are definitely the British one. Some good ones from the ice in Germany and tgv from France

[@tysonadriel1347]

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[@jonasalexis4296]

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[@k.c1126]

The best part? The suddenly sparkling clean windows at Lockerbie .... like magic! What a beautiful bit of country! Thanks for sharing your journey with us!

[@peterryan917]

Yes. Many a good cab ride videos have been spoiled by dirty windows.

[@frankcurtis6179]

Great video and just enough information to keep it interesting. After having taken many train journeys in the U.S. it's a blessed relief to travel by rail in the U.K. and get to my destinations quickly especially on mainline services. A few years ago I made the terrible mistake of being persuaded to travel by train from Chicago to Los Angeles and the 2,250 mile journey took almost 4 days. I've never complained about our train services since then.

[@spartan1171926]

Love these cab videos. Cheers for posting.👍😎

[@dapto234]

Great video again loved it from Australia ......also I'm amazed at the length of the platforms in most UK train stations.

[@danielmicklisch5830]

I knowing Edinburgh and this line is very lovely. If I have nostalgia to Scotland, so I watching this video. But after Corona, I moove to Scotland.

[@luziapereira6491]

VERY APPRECIATED ! I NEVER SEEN THIS PLACE BEFORE , ILOVE TRAINS . THANKS FOR SHARE IT . SO PRECIOUS !

[@Newton14alan]

I'm from The U.S...Sadly, I've never lived any place where there were passenger trains. I really liked the views of the countryside. And, I liked many of the old buildings, which are obviously still standing (and perhaps in use). They are much like the buildings you will find in smaller towns & cities that I am familiar with. While I haven't finished watching this video, I haven't seen the first sight of a "strip-mall". They're all over the place, here, and they're very unsightly. Thanks for this post. P.S. -- I noticed those big, round bales of hay in the open fields. Here, in The U.S., authorities are trying to pass legislation in order to make them illegal. When asked, "Why?"...they insisted that cows couldn't get a square meal.

[@nickmageebrown1981]

Good effort with the British humour there!

[@arthurerickson5162]

That’s what’s known in the US as a “dad joke😅!”

[@Charles-ey9qk]

Super video! You almost feel that you are in the cab racing along. Brilliant experience. Reminds me of a journey I did in s train of mark 1 cosches behind s class 85 back in the 1970's. Racing up Beatock at 95 mph under electric power seemed unreal! Ot eas fairly new then. Now ee rxpect it!

[@ianlunt7833]

Great video Ben,,just shows how the old firemen must have worked their socks off firing a steam loco in the good old days. Thanks Ian.

[@bmwnasher]

In the 80/90s I worked with a chap ex fireman on GWR, he said he hated some drivers they would rinse the coal usage, what a hard job he said.

[@OlanKenny]

Some drivers were known to take a turn on the shovel to give their colleagues a breather.

[@riantowl]

The engineering is incredible. It blows my mind.

[@ennohund9515]

this is astonishing: you drive at a speed of 95 mp/h, then you get (at 0:13:04) a speed limit of 70 mp/h, which after a few 100 yards (at 0:13:11) is lifted to 95 mp/h again. I would have expected that the speed limit would have been displayed so much earlier that the train would have reached the speed reduction in time at the beginning of the bridge. Thanks for another perfect video and many greetings from the Taunus Mountains, Germany.

[@jslonisch]

In the UK drivers are expected to know where speed restrictions are without advance signage like they have in say France. If you watch the video carefully you will see that the driver reduces speed well before the 70 sign so that he is only doing 70 across the viaduct.

[@ennohund9515]

Thank you very much!

[@barrymontgomery408]

0mg what a great train ride video to the border city of carlisle. Between edinburgh and northern england it is very rural through sparsely populated country. The west coast main line was built in the 19th century it was the only way to get to england before they started making cars from scratch.

[@juliascraftroom266]

Hey! Enjoyed watching your video! I really like travelling by trains💖Like🤗

[@ronaldweir712]

It says a lot about the engineers who designed and built this track in the 1800s what a good job they did with many long straight sections and sloping curves over much of the route to Carstairs .

[@k.c1126]

Was thinking the same thing.

[@alexanderk.3838]

Wow! This very great! Like travelling by trains. in Russia Moscow-Vladisotok ride 7 days! Best reards from Russia!

[@hamshackleton]

Nice to see you were doing your bit to reduce the fly population! - - As usual, a nice interesting ride down the up line.

[@hamshackleton]

@Iain Botham - no, WAY too small for a dragonfly - more like a vampire mosquito!

[@nickweiserfolz]

Scotland is such a beautiful country. I hope it will stay with us in the European Union. Where it always belonged and belongs. Greeting and best wishes from Germany!

[@marcgardner868]

nickweiserfolz Im from Northern England and voted to remain in the EU and definitely feel that 🇬🇧 is stronger in 🇪🇺, however we have go with what the majority wanted. I just hope it doesn’t make it more difficult to visit and experience the vast amount of different cultures across Europe. And your right, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is a beautiful country and where my Mum was born and lived till she was a teenager before moving to England.

[@nickweiserfolz]

@@marcgardner868 Please stay calm and wait, my hope is: Even England will in the end return to the EU, after Scotland, Ireland as a whole and Wales already will have returned to it. We all are Europeans, different, of course and exactly that is the fact, which makes us alltogether so strong and unique. I´m from south-west Germany, my region (Saarland, capital: Saarbrücken) had to change between France and Germany so often, that we just cannot rember anymore how often it happened (similar to the Borders region, today part of Scotland). There are old people in my village who had during their lifetime five different passports. And seven or eight times different money. Imagine! We here in this place enjoy the EU so much, no frontiers anymore, free mov to and fro. The folks on the other side nearby speak a bit different than we do here (french or the old lorrain dialect, which has german origins) and we harmonize very well. This way it should be everywhere in the world, at leat in our common Europe! Greetings!

[@ABC_DEF]

Of course Scotland is not going to stay in the EU. It voted to remain part of the UK, and the UK voted to leave the EU. That's how democracy works.

[@nickweiserfolz]

@@ABC_DEF That is right, what you write, but Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England are separate states, under one crown (Her Majesty the Queen is very adorable, may she become at least 100 years old!), but never melted together to a real unity. Therefore this monarchy is called "UK". And not "Greater England" or so. Every part of the UK has its own souvereignity and can vote to stay in the UK or to leave. That´s democary, too. The big one, 'England is not allowed to dominate the smaller ones against their will. Greetings, and come what may, we´ll stay friends.

[@ABC_DEF]

@@nickweiserfolz They are not separate states under one crown. That is a fundamental misconception. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not states. There is only one state, the UK. England and Scotland stopped being separate states as long ago as 1707. Examples of separate states under one crown are the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

[@railfankhan1546]

Thanks bro for posting such an excellent videos..

[@steamdieselrailwayvideosfi4296]

Great video love the countryside ........... when can we see the next production

[@worldted]

Outstanding! Big thanks from New York.

[@clawz90]

Interesting seeing the diff signal system there, not three position signals like we have here in Melbourne! Is the tone part of the safety equip as a reminder for the pilot valve?

[@markcf83]

Alongside the top end of the ECML,I have yet to do the top end of the WCML beyond Preston. It is something I must rectify and soon. Incidentally I have travelled up the M6/M74 beyond Preston and it's simply stunning.....

[@OlanKenny]

You could do it completely with Transpennine now! Go from wherever you are to Manchester then go on the Glasgow or Edinburgh train via Preston etc. Then from Scotland get one of the new Transpennine services back down to Manchester on the East Coast and cross pennines.

[@markcf83]

@@OlanKenny I am aware of their running services to Scotland on the West Coast Main Line. At some point I will sample it between Manchester and most likely Glasgow.

[@OlanKenny]

@@markcf83 I am not suggesting a lack of awareness I just thought it might be fun to try it that way

[@Thomas1980]

Super Video...thumbs up!

[@halfwayloyal]

At about the 25 minute mark, how cool would it be to live in one of those houses?

[@faustobrindisi5745]

Dear Friend: I am a fervent admirer of the railways and next year I will visit England for 12 days, the cities of London, York, Liverpool and Manchester. I am interested in knowing some station around London to observe the trains at speed. Which would you recommend for filming train passes at good speed? Many thanks and warm regards from Argentina, Fausto.-

[@dream.machine]

Beautiful footage!! I would like it if you switched to a 60fps frame rate for extra smoothness, 24fps is pretty choppy at these speeds lol

[@peterg957]

Another fine video... Thank you my friend...

[@amtrakharry]

That was fast and fun ! Thank you for sharing !!! :):):)

[@stewartatkinson4179]

Fantastic footage!

[@johnhopkinson695]

Thanks. Enjoyed the trip.

[@drdoolittle5724]

Brilliant, thank you very much for bringing to us. Please tell me for I am a 100% amateur, would you know why the nearly straight section from Haymarket out to Cartairs is only a 95mph max whilst the second you hit the WCML, straight up to 110???

[@bfcmik]

It is about the signalling sections. Maximum speed needs maximum braking distances between signals

[@bfcmik]

Add in the need to adjust track cambers, profiles and possibly heavier rails and it becomes very expensive. Since trackage in Scotland is now under Scottish Government control and they are, quite rightly re-introduced formerly closed routes and electrifying some of the more frequently used routes there isn't the budget to upgrade the midcalder route.

[@daciatravel.647]

Super video!!!👍👍👍📹🚅🚅

[@jaschenski]

Such a shame that the old footbridge to the L of the line over River Eden at 1:11:53 has now been completely dismantled by the BaR stewards - I last went over it a few years ago when it was fenced off at the town end, but when we were at school in St Anne's Hill up on the left we used it regularly during PE lessons to get to the Sheepmount athletics field. And my uncle and aunt from Christchurch were once doing a long distance walk through the area and a local advised THEM to use the footbridge too, as a convenient shortcut into town! Why on earth couldn't it have been repaired and made properly accessible to all?

[@MS46532]

I've taking a virgin train from euston to edinburgh recently and that's the route i've been!

[@planetx1595]

A virgin train?

[@EM-yk1dw]

I would hardly call those cramped, smelly, uncomfortable things trains!

[@davidcowie2462]

Thanks for a scenic ride. If you came to a stop in an OHNS, how would you get out of it? .

[@beneliastrains]

In most units you could roll out if there was a gradient but 350s have a holding brake so you'd have to be assisted.

[@stevielexus]

If no gradient you need assistance

[@davidcowie2462]

Thanks Stevie. I wondered if the units had a small Diesel engine for shunting as the electric Azumas have.

[@vincitveritas3872]

Always say prayer as pass Quintinshill. Always there on anniversary of the disaster 🙏🕯️

[@EM-yk1dw]

Yes that fateful day. The 'Parly' was shunted onto the Up main and forgotten about. The Troop train was mistakenly accepted and the horror unfolded. Awful accident caused by a simple mistake.

[@andrewdaley3081]

I am not being horrible but is that the crash were there was a bad fire and some soldiers were trapped in the wreckage and they begged an officer to end there life with his gun. Andy England 🇬🇧

[@EM-yk1dw]

andrew daley Yes unfortunately it was Andrew. The ensuing fire was so bad a lot of the bodies were unidentifiable. It nearly wiped out a whole battalion. The worst ever accident in British Railway history.

[@rmlectronicsuk2410]

General Motors Gosh, I don’t recall this; when was it?

[@billnict1]

@@rmlectronicsuk2410 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintinshill_rail_disaster

[@ufx808]

Thanks for posting.

[@raymondmcdonald355]

Lovely weather for a wee trip south

[@ianstewartorr8455]

Nice video an old one noticed the old bus parking spots at the castle car park they are beside the railway now

[@sgtgrash]

I feel I should offer my condolences for the many fine souls of the Royal Scots Historical Battle Reenactment Group (Entymological Airborne Division) who bravely gave their lives in the production of this video. God bless their tiny Rorschach patterns... 🦟🦗🐝 o7

[@deltic9721]

Hi Ben, another great vid . Can I ask a couple of questions 1, is the round trip a days work or do you have to go somewhere else? 2, how much rest do you get once you arrive in Edinburgh before starting the return journey. Regards Bill /

[@beneliastrains]

Hi Bill. We can't do much more than a Scotland and back but can potentailly have a depot tagged onto the beginning or end. Presently we don't have breaks in Edinburgh although the turnaround time is around 35 minutes which is plenty of time to grab a quick drink and coffee. From December I understand we will have full length breaks of at least an hour, probably longer, in Edinburgh.

[@smilevideobritain499]

thank you

[@LittlewoodJunction]

Hello are you a train driver? If so how did you get to that stage? Did you take a course or something to become one?

[@pritamkoli]

Five star coverage

[@jacobsparkes9279]

Great video, have you seen don cofefe’s videos? You should do captions like that.

[@droge192]

It's nice to have both styles. I love Don's videos but I like that Ben's videos always show the current line speed.

[@lord.onk99]

Excellent video

[@soundseeker63]

I didn't know class 350s operated into Edinburgh!? When did this start? As a Northern customer I feel a bit jealous as ScotRail customers get decent modern trains on virtually all their services while much of the Northern network is STILL served by clapped out old pacers!......though finally some withdrawals are starting to happen, thanks to newer DMUs cascaded from GWR and ironically, ScotRail. Stunning scenery along this line of course, goes without saying!

[@beneliastrains]

Started in 2014!

[@soundseeker63]

@@beneliastrains Well I've never seen/heard anything about it before now! Trans Pennine sets I presume? Though quite how Edinburgh fits into the Pennines I'm not quite sure!

[@OlanKenny]

One every 2 hours I think? Think they alternate with Virgin so there's still an hourly service between Preston and Glasgae/Edinburgh Happy to be corrected

[@dvidclapperton]

My ears always feel funny going through these long tunnels.

[@RHR-221b]

Stop touching them ...

[@EM-yk1dw]

Great film Ben, more of this standard please. One question, whereabouts is Cobbinshaws summit on the Midcalder line? Also where do Preston TPE sign?

[@eight-two]

Cobbinshaw is where the large reservoir is (17 minutes into the video) and is also where trains cross between Edinburgh and Motherwell signalling. Preston sign Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central via Chorley and the Chat Moss. We also sign Wigan to Liverpool Lime Street via St Helens Central and St Helens Junction.

[@EM-yk1dw]

Darren Hunt Many thanks Darren for the info. Great video very enjoyable.

[@Grichal1981]

Looks like they could do with remodelling Carstairs Junction to speed it up a bit.

[@gerrynewnham9932]

The original route has not been built upon so should be available.The current route to both Cartstairs station and the avoiding line are very poorly aligned and impose very severe speed restrictions.

[@EM-yk1dw]

@@gerrynewnham9932 I am not sure it would save much time remodelling the junction, although im sure with a bit of realignment and easing the curves a modest increase in speed could be achievable. What is interesting is that there are two Overhead line neutral sections in quick succession.

[@gerrynewnham9932]

@@EM-yk1dw Much more efficient to keep to line speed, or close, but having to drop from 95/100 MPH to 15MPH and then accelerate back up to line speed is very wasteful.

[@EM-yk1dw]

Gerry Newnham Yes good point Gerry.

[@melkhound]

It is sad the money spent on HS2 could not have gone into improving speed limiting curves and junctions on this line and other trunk routes. We could have a rail system to be proud of and life would be much harder for the airlines.

[@mainaccount131]

Super excellent interesting & exciting

[@davidellsworth173]

Are the loud beeps to keep the driver awake?

[@beneliastrains]

No, they're the sound of the buzzer the driver uses to request a coffee from the guard

[@tonyrenz6666]

It's the sound when approaching the next signal A button has to be pressed by the driver to show acknowledgment of seeing the aspect of it Otherewise I believe if not the brakes would automatically be applied?

[@UKHeritageRailways]

@@tonyrenz6666 The single beep indicates a green signal, a buzz indicates an amber or red. The driver does not respond to these. It's the pulsed tone that he has to respond to immediately otherwise a full brake application will happen automatically.

[@russouk]

Why the 30 and 15 speed limit at Carstairs east etc ?...is the curve unsafe at speed maybe not canted ?....or because of the multi junctions ? 34:45 typical scotish landscape...hills confiers rivers and clouds beautiful...could also be snowdonia here in Wales....makes driving a pleasure on days like that.

[@vincitveritas3872]

Negative can't I believe

[@TheRealTricky]

Now what I'm also wondering.... Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, but Carlisle is in England, meaning this train must be passing the border between England and Scotland somewhere... Does somewhere know around where that border can be? And what I also noticed, is whenever there's a kind of a box on the road and the train passes over it I hear a "beep" and soon after a light-sign or traffic light, or how do you call that in English, is there, so I can't put the notion out of my head, these boxes cause this beep in order to warn for these traffic lights... Am I correct?

[@mousesunday]

Automatic Warning System + Train Protection & Warning System.

[@beneliastrains]

The border is at gretna junction

[@josephinebennington7247]

Go back to about 1.00 and look for the Esk Viaduct label, bottom left. The big wide river. At that point you’re in England by about 2 miles, having already passed Gretna.

[@ianwhatmore3184]

Lovely video. Thank you

[@billnict1]

Thankerton webcam into view at 29:30 on the left at 100 MPH...

[@danamack7405]

Can you tell me when your next video might be ? Thanks, Dana.

[@beneliastrains]

Certainly! It might be this year or possibly next year.

[@muhammadabdullah03]

Wait waht? Lol...

[@YuvrajHanspal]

Great video Ben! A suggestion for the videos - If it's not too complicated, do you mind adding the current speed as a small overlay which could be obtained using some phone app....

[@whigwood]

No need to. He displays the Line Speed (ie limit) and you can make a pretty good guess how close the train speed is.

[@Attee_Q]

No windowcleaner?

[@ThomasWhiteford]

24:57 odd place to see a bus stop Shelter.. (obviously not a bus stop as on the railway but same type)

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

I needed to know why don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 37 Octagon and Every 17 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 142MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 142MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 17 Tonnes for all of those 142MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!! And please do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

[@54spatula]

It really won't be long before PC Train Sims look like this!

[@QwertyScream]

0:00 Do the arrows next to the signals illuminate to tell the driver to stop?

[@beneliastrains]

No. They simply indicate which line the signal applies to to prevent confusion

[@QwertyScream]

It lit up once for a DVT.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Haymarket's Down South is it? I'd always thought it was Up North :D

[@vidcrit1187]

Yes. It's in the southern part of Scotland.

[@kevinroberts9999]

This train initially heads north out of Edinburgh Waverley through Haymarket before turning left to head west across Scotland. It joins the west coast mainline at Carstairs and then heads south to Carlisle. Years ago you could have travelled to Carlisle by heading south down the "Waverley Route" but sadly no longer.

[@skin150263]

I think there are four tracks between Waverley and Haymarket, and as these run basically east to west then there's a down south, down north, up south and up north as the tracks are in pairs on the north or south side. I thought there was a campaign to reopen the entire Waverley route to Carlisle. It has reopened as far as Tweedbank.

[@tomgallagher4949]

At Settle Station in Yorkshire the two platforms are Settle Up and Settle Down.

[@muhammadabdullah03]

If you are going to glasgow from Manchester, the trains arrive at Glasgow Central Through Motherwell. If going to Edinburgh, the trains get on to the Midcalder Line and arrive at Edinburgh Waverley via Haymarket and yes, trains to Scotland depart from Manchester Airport and go Edinburgh or Glasgow... (Transpennine Express North route)

[@stephenduncan3605]

56:09 Lockerbie Station managed by Scotrail but only served by Transpennine Edinburgh/Glasgow to Manchester Airport trains!

[@beneliastrains]

And the odd virgin here and there

[@whigwood]

@@beneliastrains No virgins in Lockerbie !!!

[@entropy1484]

@@whigwood Think about what you just said.

[@Scottishboy-gg8bc]

Been up and down that line numerous times and never understand why the Carstairs junction has not been improved and possibly taken over on to the old solum that's very visible off to the left. I am also puzzled as to whey why ripped out the Waverley route down to Carlisle that had a lot more stations/towns being served and kept this open.

[@UserUCKANAOD8SlYguEhbCkUdlMQ]

Surely it makes sense to sort out Carstairs junction. You would probably take something like 5 minutes off a journey time. It doesn't sound much but it would add capacity as well with the trains not slowing down and speeding up for miles either end of the area.

[@bazstrutt8247]

Novice question... Why are the signal lights flashing?

[@AML2000]

This happens with LED lights. They turn on and off at the frequency of the AC power (which I think is 50Hz in the UK). LEDs being diodes can only pass electricity in one direction. If the camera shutter is out of synch with that frequency, it sometimes captures the light when it is off. The human eye doesn't notice it and sees the light as being on all the time.

[@bazstrutt8247]

Thanks!

[@Aidankiwi]

Another great video Ben. Where did this service continue on to? Manchester Airport?

[@beneliastrains]

Cheers! Yes it did indeed.

[@muhammadabdullah03]

The service, will continue to Oxenholme Lake District Penrith North Lakes Lancaster Preston Part 2 And part 3 Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Picadilly and Manchester Airport...

[@muhammadabdullah03]

Edinburgh to Carlisle is part 1 of 3 ( Edinburgh to Manchester Airport via Preston) High speed route.

[@anmolmehta7116]

Nice cabride. Where to next?

[@muhammadabdullah03]

Carlisle to Preston( Edinburgh to Manchester Airport) Part 2.

[@johncollins8071]

Fab video, but how do drivers stand that buzzing noise? It's like torture!

[@christovb]

Some sets are louder than others too. I get a tone for a warning on one and it's nice and quiet. Change ends, get my first warning tone and nearly jump out of my seat!

[@alwayslight2658]

If would only be 4k with matching memory card (video does not run smooth). Otherwise: beautiful.

[@rmlectronicsuk2410]

What’s a flashing green aspect these days? Ah, it might be the frame rate of the video camera.............?

[@beneliastrains]

It's the frame rate.

[@kriswarren2469]

Keep 'em coming! :)

[@robertcoleman4861]

Hi ben, nice journey,cheer's bob.

[@davidcowie2462]

Thanks Ben

[@richardprincipal7241]

I think I got it, the beep tells the driver "watch out for the train track signals"

[@LNER_TRAINS22543]

Richard Principal correct

[@frankcurtis6179]

@@LNER_TRAINS22543 It's actually to keep the driver alert. Each time there's a beep he has to respond by pressing a button within a few seconds. If he doesn't respond then the trains power is automatically cut off and the brakes applied. On some new trains a message is also sent to the nearest control centre. There are times when health and safety is applied to benefit us all.

[@janinapalmer8368]

110 MPH ?? Omg !! In Australia the max speed the inter city trains travel is 80 Km /h ..!!

[@beneliastrains]

I don't know much about the Australian railway network but I know that is not true...

[@soundseeker63]

You have the XPT which is based on the intercity 125... Don't know if that still runs or not but that can do 125mph the same as our intercity trains.

[@frankcurtis6179]

Great video but either that train is doing far more than 95 mph or the video has been speeded up.

[@christovb]

I think it's cos it's a wide angle lens as when they're doing 20 down the platform and through Princes gardens, it looks waaay faster than when I drive through it!

[@TheRealTricky]

ARound 27:20 or so I saw speed 110... Since this is the UK, I guess that's 110 MPH, right... so approx 177 km/h (I'm on the metric, like the rest of the world, sorry)... That seems really really fast to me

[@mousesunday]

When still state-controlled, British Rail was one of the first to achieve 125 mph / 200 km/h on mainline railways in the 1970s. Today most mainline and even branch lines are built to really high standards -- with dual track and continuously-welded rail to allow higher speed running, which is helped by having mostly just passenger service (no slow freight trains). Unfortunately most non-intercity passenger services, despite high density service and high passenger numbers, are not profitable, and rely on government subsidy heavily to maintain these transportation links in less-affluent areas.

[@TheRealTricky]

@@mousesunday I see, that's interesting. Thanks a lot ;)

[@banjopink4409]

Who else just skipped to the end of the line?

[@roccomcg6910]

Guilty 🖐

[@banjopink4409]

@@roccomcg6910 Let's not spoil the ending for the others.

[@AndreiTupolev]

why would you want to do that? You miss all the scenery

[@banjopink4409]

@@AndreiTupolev My ideal journey goes wooosh.

[@lebronaldo]

Why look British trains like subways in Germany with the car body?

[@erikmeidoorn1745]

Waverley Station Haymarket Station Edinburgher City Railway of S Bane

[@erikmeidoorn1745]

Paralel Edinburgher Dramffordd(Tramway)

[@quintoflyer]

magic

[@ymgamer1853]

y adverts they ruin evert

[@beneliastrains]

Feel free to just press the skip button...

[@zebragit]

'king ada!

[@michaelwells2864]

this is great if you like trains

[@nymr1]

noice

[@RcNerd]

Speed up to 2x lol

[@Jonathanbegg]

Possibly the dullest part of Scotland. I cycled it once.

[@whigwood]

Depends on how you define "dull". I love this area - no traffic jams, unlike the ever more crowded Highlands roads.