Rush Hour Trains at: Coventry, WCML, 13/09/19
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- čas přidán 22. 09. 2019
- A very enjoyable evening spent at Coventry station on the West Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from London Northwestern Railway, West Midlands Railway, Virgin Trains, Cross Country and freight from Freightliner.
The original station was opened in 1838 by the London and Birmingham Railway but only stayed open for 2 years before getting rebuilt a few hundred feet down the line closer to Rugby.
The newer station saw several upgrades and modifications over the years. Most of which were around during the steam period. This saw a turntable, water tower and engine shed all built at the station. As to where these were located on the station I couldn't say in all honesty. One thing you will notice about this station is that it has road bridges at either end, because of this it made expansion very difficult and for a long time the station could only accommodate two lines and the platforms couldn't get to long, this resulted in some of the longer intercity services being longer than the platforms.
The station stayed in this fashion right up until the 1960's when the station went through a heavy overhaul, both road bridges were widened and the old station demolished and rebuilt yet again to the form we now all know, during the time of the demolition some areas of the station were well over 120 years of age, the new station now compromised of a two storey booking hall which was reinforced with a concrete frame linking the outer platform and island platform with a bridge. The station was oficialy reopened in 1962.
As with a lot of stations in the time it had a parcels depot located at the southern end of the station because mail by rail was the easiest and quickest way of getting it around the country, plus at the time you didn't have the likes of Fed Ex, DHL, UPS etc working in this country, everything was done by Royal Mail. Hence why we the TPO (Travelling Post Office) was a thing back in the day. The parcels depot was eventually closed and has since been replaced by a multi storey car park however you can still see some of the infrastructure in the form of an electrification gantry and some of the old platforms still remaining.
Last year the station had 7.5 million people walk through its doors.
My next rush hour film will be from London Kings Cross on the East Coast Mainline.
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I do love the class 390 traction motors when they wail it makes me calm even though it hurts your ears if you are right next to it I just love the train
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Thanks for uploading this it is a lovely station
Thanks very much for watching this
Fantastic video tornado922, really enjoyed it, keep up the awesome content
Thanks very much for saying so
Great video! Good to see an updated video from a west midland station since the timetable
Thanks very much, I may do some more stations on their network throughout the rest of the year
Great video mate u saw some amazing trains I love the pendolinos .
Thanks very much, it was a great evening spent here
Fantastic video here Tornado! I really enjoyed this :)
Thanks very much
Cool Coventry always a good location
It was good that evening
Imagine trying to have a relaxing day at a train station, when someone comes to your spot with a camera and is filming trains.
I would love that
Keep up the amazing work
I shall continue to do so ;)
Great video Tornado922, I really enjoyed the video.
Thanks very much
Great video.
Thanks very much
Great video
Thanks very much
Great video mate👍🍺
Thanks very much
Keep up the good work 👍👍
Thanks very much!
Excellent video. The Pendolino is one of my favourite trains. :)
Thanks very much, they are great trains
@@Tornado922 You're welcome. They are indeed. Will be strange at first to see them in the new franchise livery.
@@Desiro360 hashtag tornado922
nice video great work I was at berkswell station yesterday so I might of seen some of the trais you seen cant wait for he next one
Thanks very much, there could have been every chance that you saw some of the trains that I filmed on that evening
Ashley hoye you spelt trains wrong
Good content
Hi love your videos
Thanks very much, I'm glad you do
Epic video tornado
Thanks very much
Fantastic video tornado 922
Thanks very much
I think you mean the 23rd? Anyway good video mate keep it up!
Awesome Video Bud :)
Thanks very much :)
I remember going to Coventry and seeing someone with a camera on the 13th. i would have said hello but I had to leave quick to get somewhere. Weren't there when I got back. Ah well - good video anyways!
Well should you ever see me out and about you are more than welcome to come over and say hello!!
I got an awesome tone from a 350 going to Birmingham and it was extremely loud at Coventry
The layout of the station greatly amplifies everything
Good action video
Thanks very much
The 172s were usually London Overground for the goblin line but now it transform as West Midlands Railway and the class 710s were took over the goblin line London Overground for 172s
great film as always Jarred, thumbs up as always, will you continue doing your rush hour series when the days get shorter and will be dark from around 5-6pm?, keep up the good work though bud and a thumbs up from me a always
Thanks very much bud, I have one more rush hour film left to film this year. Having done a fair few night time films I just feel that they don't come out all that well. Whilst I can see them perfectly fine it doesn't come out all that well on my camera
My fav station
I shall have to come back here more often
@@Tornado922 please do. I was there earlier today.
ive been to coventry couple of years ago
Epic vid you got here. Do use a tripod to film your vids or do you just hold the camera?
Thanks very much, I just hold the camera
Well your very good at it, VERY GOOD!
great vid of coventry .selection of trains a treat.....question for you how does the driver know when to start off again .is it a buzzer inthe cab .from the train manager????
Thanks very much, yes the guard will signal the driver to let him know that the train is ready to depart. The driver will then alert the guard to let him or her know that they have received the acknowledgement that they have the all clear to depart
Tornado922, '390049' is the 'virgin express' even though the name plate got removed but I still know of by heart 😉
Very good!
Great video, really nice to sit down and watch one. Just curious, what are anyone’s opinions on HS2?
Personally, I think it's necessary. Sure it's expensive, and as its so large will affect a large number of people, but realistically nothing else can be done that provides the same benefit without costing significantly more. The West Coast is in urgent need of capacity relief, and the Midland and East Coast will also soon need it too. The WCML upgrade 10 years ago basically proved that you can't just upgrade it as within 5 years of completion further upgrades were necessary to accomodate longer 11 car trains and still its overcrowded. Furthermore, schemes such as Midlands Connect and Northern Powerhouse Rail, which are just as necessary (particularly NPR) as HS2 can't be completed without HS2 having already been built. And the argument it's damaging to the environment is a little bit silly IMO, as it's negligible compared with road traffic and the amount of ancient woodland destroyed across the entire scheme is less than the Lower Thames Crossing, which is only 5% of HS2's total length
Very true, I think HS2 would effect a massive amount of people wanting to travel further. It would probably free up the existing networks for freight to no longer be on the road, but more of it on rail. That would therefore free up space on the roads, causing all round less carbon emissions and traffic.
@@citybricks228, "affect" not "effect".
I thought the Super Voyagers sounder really good passing under the bridge!
The height of the bridge really played well to the sounds of the engines
Personally, I quite like WMT's gold and purple livery.
Each to their own, it may grow on me
You said about break neck speeds for the 172, I think them points at Coventry should be 20 mph and not 15 cause the Leamington side it’s 15 and it is painfully slow
I was on a train for coventry it was worked by 196008 but i had to go to nuneaton
What date are you going to kings cross
I'm going there tonight
You must love your channel icon then if you love the traction motor of the 300s
Do you mean the Class 390?
@@Tornado922 yes. My bad. It was the autocorrect
Could you do Guildford Main at some point in the future
I will look into it for you at some stage
2:58 lol
Lovely video what is virgin gonna be named since there will no longer be virgin trains anymore
The West Coast franchise is being handed over to a consortium of First Group, known for running Transpennine Express, and Trenitalia, the Italian national rail operator. So, the consortium has cleverly named itself First Trenitalia.
@@josephharrison8354 It hasn't announced its branding yet. For now it is being referred to as either West Coast Rail (which I believe is its official name, just like with Virgin, who are actually West Coast Trains), or as First Trenitalia in order to distinguish themselves from Virgin. Neither will be used as the official brand
@@agent_605 Probably something like West Coast Trains. Branding does not change very much nowadays.
We need more train and tram networks in the UK in order to take pressure off the roads.
Well hopefully in the next yew years we can expand on our public transport network across the country
@@Tornado922 Yes.
I went with my dad and sister but md dad made pictures of the licky lines and cross city lines
the 350/3 has a smaller cab window compared to the /1 it seems
There seem to be very small differences in the class types
yes the /2 seating with 3+2 is a difference to the 2+2 seating
dude are you getting the trains mixed up
Considering I'm doing these films in realtime mistakes are bound to happen
keep going with the rush hour video's tornado922 anyway go to derby for rush hour
Tornado, what's your fan of any trains
It depends on the type of train and the role that said train will be undertaking
I ment my last stop was nuneaton
😊
Are there ticket barriers at this station?
Yes there are
Strange because when I looked on Google Maps there weren't any and you could just walk straight onto the platforms.
@@scottjm0682 when did you look? Because I'm lead to believe that Coventry now has ticket barriers installed
@@scottjm0682 That was before they had ticket barriers
Can u do London Euston and Wolverhampton please
I can do them but I can't do them as rush hour films
5:53 I love purple but i certainly agree with you that this is a really ugly livery OMG thanks for sharing great video x from Amsterdam
Thanks very much Debby! I'm glad you liked this :D
9:14 he sees a class 350 376 but he says it as 370 376
About The 17:22 to Edinburgh. One part of the train will detach and terminate at Crewe right
The service to Edinburgh wouldn't detach and terminate at Crewe. I would be very surprised if it did, it should just carry on as is all the way up to Scotland
I meant the 17:42 service and I saw Google and the train to Edinburgh was at the same platform as the service to Crewe
If a 221 double was going from London Euston - Edinburgh. The rear five coaches detach and terminate at BNS. I don't think some do that.
Wcml trains at berkhamsted
I was also at tile hill station were I videoed some trains do you want to see them?
If you're film is public I will give it a look when I get the chance
Amused by the guy with the surfboard and bike. As the board is intended for chucking into the water so he can practice falling off it again, why prevent it from getting wet with a tarpaulin?
It makes sense to him clearly
5:53
Why are they doing services to the West Midlands, when it doesn't exist.
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You what?
I live in Coventry
Well you're not to far away from some great stations on the WCML
When Im about to go home, my mom was about to take the wrong train. Always used to make me laugh😂😂
Oh it was achily from Birmingham
I went to Preston and mom took the wrong train. Guess what it was
Virgin train calling at
Warrington bank key
Wigan
London euston
9:12 class 370?
Lol class 370s are APTs he did say class 370
@@aviationtrainsfc1 yes he did lol
@@arnoldspottingvideos5269 lol
oops made a mistake
But why? loll
Please do expand on this, simply putting 'But Why' Doesn't really open the case for a full and detailed response. I eagerly await your reply...................
@@Tornado922 Thank you, Tornado922. I am interested in learning more about how spotting trains makes you feel.
@@Tornado922 I was intrigued and you now have me converted to your videos. I now listen to these videos for Mindfulness. The calming and mesmerising effect of the balletic movements with almost musical Avante Guarde sounds brings one into the present moment. Are there any compositions which integrate these sounds, musicians out there?
Coventry....... Gotta be the worst station/line in the country. EVERY single day, delays...
I guess the station is a bottleneck for multiple services trying to get in and out at the same time
What's a 'train station'? Speak English!
Train station is English........ Sometimes I do worry about people. If you want another term for it how about 'Railway Station'.........
@@Tornado922 'Railway Station' is exactly what it is. Sometimes I worry about the Americanisation of the English language.......