Kidderminster to London via the Chiltern Main Line - DRIVER'S EYE VIEW

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  • čas přidán 18. 06. 2024
  • Filmed for a total of 9 months, the Kidderminster to London via the Chiltern Main Line driver's eye view is now here. Filmed in November 2022 six months before the Kidderminster section was withdrawn, we get to see the unique journey from there all the way to London Marylebone taking 2 hours and 36 minutes, although most parts have been edited for a journey of just 2 hours.
    Our journey will take us over the busy Snow Hill lines to Birmingham Moor Street where offically the Chiltern Main Line commences. From there we can accelerate to the maximum permited speed of 100mph. The last scheduled stop before London is Banbury and we run non-stop through the Chiltern Hills where the company and the main line take it's name from. This is a wondeful journey to experience on board a Class 168 Clubman/Turbostar. Apologises in some shots the sun was quite low in the morning but hopefully it won't effect the viewing too much.
    My thanks goes out to the staff members of Chiltern Railways who were able to make it possible for me to make this film. There help has been grately appreciated. As always please like comment and subscribe to this channel and stay tuned for more driver's eye views coming soon in the near future. All that is left for you now to do is sit back relax and enjoy this driver's eye view from Kidderminster to London via the Chiltern Main Line.
    Music provided by HearWeGo (goo.gl/nDS3zR)
    Artist: Whithe & Blure
    Title: Atticus
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    Chapters:
    00:00 Intro
    00:52 Kidderminster
    07:11 Blakedown
    10:38 Hagley
    14:17 Stourbridge Junction
    23:39 Rowley Regis
    34:09 Birmingham Snow Hill
    36:39 Birmingham Moor Street
    44:47 Solihull
    52:37 Warwick Parkway
    57:13 Leamington Spa
    1:09:39 Banbury
    1:20:56 Bicester North
    1:32:53 Princes Risborough
    1:47:44 Gerrads Cross
    2:01:55 London Marylebone

Komentáře • 100

  • @billseymour-jones3224
    @billseymour-jones3224 Před 10 měsíci +23

    Today your films, together with those of other luminaries who record our railways in such detail, might be seen as being of niche interest to some, however they are of tremendous historical importance and I do hope that they are being properly archived.
    Thank you for all your hard work in filming, researching and producing these excellent documentaries.

  • @davidbird4713
    @davidbird4713 Před 28 dny

    Great filming and commentary, lovely countryside.

  • @AndyGabrielPowell
    @AndyGabrielPowell Před 10 měsíci +6

    Your work just keeps getting better and better. A little vibration apparent, but other than that, excellent. A credit to your perseverance.

  • @markduhig6472
    @markduhig6472 Před 10 měsíci +5

    From Neasden South Junction to Marylebone the distances are measured from Manchester London Road via the ex GCR. Marylebone is 205 miles from there.

  • @Fenestra_M
    @Fenestra_M Před 10 měsíci +2

    A nice ride through the centre of England with good view of the Chiltern Hills- thank you.

  • @rickstravelrides
    @rickstravelrides Před 10 měsíci +7

    Nice, a full journey of the Chiltern Mainline. I do like Leamington Spa station as it has it's GWR look to it. Surprisingly, a class 168 and not a class 68 and MK3 set for this journey.
    A brilliant journey along to the capital :-)

  • @VIDDYONVIDEO
    @VIDDYONVIDEO Před 10 měsíci +3

    This is bloody Excellent and to such a high standard I feel like I should be paying for this!!! Excellent work!!

  • @andrewr2825
    @andrewr2825 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Greetings Paul from Australia! Your videos just get better - this was a great run on a route that has a lot of interest for me having lived and travelled on it many years ago. Keep ‘Em coming👍🏻👍🏻

  • @rwm2986
    @rwm2986 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Thanks for a good presentation. I used to live at High Wycombe pre-privatisation when this was the Cinderella line of British Rail. Ancient DMUs and Marylebone was always under threat of closure but a magnificent pint of Ruddles County in the pub on the station. What a difference under Chiltern Railways.
    There is also a plan, I don't know how 'firm' it is, to reinstate the fast through lines at Beaconsfield

  • @customtransport2777
    @customtransport2777 Před 10 měsíci +19

    The less congested way of getting myself from London to Birmingham

    • @laurenceskinnerton73
      @laurenceskinnerton73 Před 10 měsíci +2

      This will eventually be electrified.

    • @christopherhulse8385
      @christopherhulse8385 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@laurenceskinnerton732030 to 2035 latest estimates for electrification.

    • @alexpeak16
      @alexpeak16 Před 10 měsíci

      @@laurenceskinnerton73When? I’ve not heard anything about electrifying and I wonder if battery trains are the Chiltern future

    • @LittleWing-35
      @LittleWing-35 Před 9 měsíci

      @@alexpeak16it won’t be even considered until 2030, the government have said that to chiltern. In the meantime, diesel is the way until then. No battery powered either, the hybrid wasn’t a success and is being transformed back to a diesel unit

  • @davidlouisson8445
    @davidlouisson8445 Před 8 měsíci +2

    🎉with a serious upgrade of the Chilten line to Birmingham, we could have saved many millions on the HS2 project??

  • @woofwoof1able
    @woofwoof1able Před 10 měsíci +1

    Lovely video. And a piece of history. With the Chiltern service from Kidderminster to London withdrawn, Hagley's one direct service to London a day (with no direct return) is now history. I'm glad there is this record, not least so that it will be possible to show people in the future that a Hagley-London direct service did actually exist!

  • @gregdover9316
    @gregdover9316 Před 10 měsíci

    Really enjoyed this video, history provided making it extra special, thanks

  • @jessicamorgan3073
    @jessicamorgan3073 Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you, you put a lot of work in this.

  • @TheNorfolkThunderbolt
    @TheNorfolkThunderbolt Před 10 měsíci +2

    Excellent production! Keep up the good work!

  • @brrob8108
    @brrob8108 Před 10 měsíci

    Another great video, well done. Excellent captions and narration.

  • @TheMisterB2u
    @TheMisterB2u Před 10 měsíci

    Very informative,so look forward to future productions!

  • @mark5439
    @mark5439 Před 10 měsíci

    very pleased to see so many positive comments and 23k views already. your videos deserve the biggest audience possible

  • @EdgyNumber1
    @EdgyNumber1 Před 9 měsíci

    There's something oddly satisfying about hearing the sound of a choir of droning TurboStar engines, at full chat from a distance.

  • @nutsnproud6932
    @nutsnproud6932 Před 10 měsíci

    Thanks for the video.

  • @timothymorris814
    @timothymorris814 Před 10 měsíci

    Superp as all your Videos are thankyou Tim

  • @AFCManUk
    @AFCManUk Před 10 měsíci +2

    Lol. Going through the Hampstead and St John' Wood tunnels could sometimes be a spooky experience back in the late 80's with the old slam-Door trains....especially as sometimes, the driver forgot to turn the lights on in some carriages!!

    • @Mortimer50145
      @Mortimer50145 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I have heard of couples managing to get into a non-corridor compartment of a slam-door train with no other passengers (usually on a late-night train) and making "good use" of the 12 minutes between Marylebone and Harrow-on-the-Hill - a sort of train equivalent of the Mile High Club ;-)

  • @TicTacTrolleyServiceTico
    @TicTacTrolleyServiceTico Před 10 měsíci +2

    A Driver's Eye View i've been waiting so long to watch is finally here! I grew up on this line and remember my journeys between Kidderminster-Birmingham on the Class 150 Sprinters, 165 and 168 Clubmans! It brings back so many memories. Shame this part of the route is not featured on JustTrains Chiltern Mainline route for Train Simulator

  • @shamus2503
    @shamus2503 Před 10 měsíci

    Thank you!

  • @martyncarroll5035
    @martyncarroll5035 Před 10 měsíci +3

    No mention of the railway
    Accident that occurred at
    Knowle and dorridge on
    15 August 1963
    The driver of the passenger train involved in the accident
    Was Ernest morris
    Who is the driver of the video
    Let’s Go To Birmingham
    A wonderful video keep them
    Coming
    A surgestion
    Freight train ride from Buxton
    Via chapel in le frith central
    Towards Sheffield or Manchester

    • @jimififul
      @jimififul Před 10 měsíci

      Was just about to post the same!

  • @bogieman9654
    @bogieman9654 Před 9 měsíci +1

    It's not demolishment, the word is DEMOLITION! Otherwise, a great video, thanks.

  • @johnkeepin7527
    @johnkeepin7527 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Good to see the the double track replacement north of Princes Risborough via Bicester, and the new junction, which is used for services between Marylebone and Oxford. The Chiltern Railways depot at Wembley is relatively new as well.
    There was a minor error re the introduction of the first commissioning date of Marylebone IECC. It was actually August bank holiday weekend 1989 (I was there, around 05:00 when it came into service). It was a tiny stage geographically, as it was just between Amersham and just short of Aylesbury. However, it was complex enough for something that was novel, and it did have a boundary with London Underground, at Amersham (the other one being at Neasden). At that time, Marylebone IECC was only the second one ever brought into use, the other one being one of the earlier stages of Liverpool Street, out as far as Bethnal Green.

  • @ramoth01
    @ramoth01 Před 9 měsíci

    Excellent video.
    Really good work
    Greetings from Naples

  • @geofer023
    @geofer023 Před 9 měsíci

    Excellent captures👍👍👍Succes for the future videos🙏🙏

  • @KarlKornel
    @KarlKornel Před 9 měsíci

    Well done!

  • @jackharrison6771
    @jackharrison6771 Před 9 měsíci

    Excellent video, thanks. Enjoyed the trip. I think I only used Marylebone once or twice.

  • @davidkimmins8781
    @davidkimmins8781 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Thanks for a great video. The Kidderminster-Brum stretch has changed a lot since I last travelled it (in 1982!). Just a couple of picky spelling observations - it's Beaconsfield with an 'a', and Gerrards Cross with another 'r' (as if 3 weren't enough!)

  • @markcf83
    @markcf83 Před 5 měsíci

    Excellent video as usual. My sister lives practically next to Saunderton station and the main line is at the foot of the garden of her home.

  • @baedenwilliams8291
    @baedenwilliams8291 Před 5 měsíci

    15:30 Aw, look at that train! It’s just so smol.

  • @masters6672
    @masters6672 Před 10 měsíci

    Thanks Paul, another ripper

  • @dilwich
    @dilwich Před 10 měsíci

    This video has a lovely 1970s feel to it.

  • @LodzkiKomunikatyw
    @LodzkiKomunikatyw Před 8 měsíci

    Cool video, liked and subscribed

  • @alandavidpryce5459
    @alandavidpryce5459 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Nice opening title sequence, and excellent cut aways, as per usual - you could make an interesting video just using this material

  • @pjaygeorge8016
    @pjaygeorge8016 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Con: sun glare, cab/camera vibration, dirty screen/interior reflection, light/dark exposure. Pro: nice journey, commentary, railside shots. But still worth a subscribe/view. Tx.

  • @peterwhitaker4038
    @peterwhitaker4038 Před 8 měsíci

    every December i have to go to a meeting in London (from Liverpool) so this year instead of the norm (Avanti) i am going to go London North Western Lime Street - Birmingham, have a look at the BULL. have a bite to eat then Moor Street (a must see station) for this chiltern line to Marlybone. why not? can't wait!!

  • @martinbradshaw7877
    @martinbradshaw7877 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Great video. I was saddened by the fact that we saw only one freight train the entire journey. Surely a missed opportunity to lighten the roads

    • @damiendye6623
      @damiendye6623 Před 9 měsíci

      Line from Oxford to Leamington is mainly fright, so basically between anyho junction and Leamington has a lot running though. You can stand at my local Banbury and watch the containers come though with a 66

  • @EASYTIGER10
    @EASYTIGER10 Před 6 měsíci

    34:40 I'd just started at Uni in Birmingham many moons ago when the rebuilt Snow Hill Station was opened. What a grim, depressing piece of architecture it is and such a contrast to the elegance and light of Moor Street. Given its high usage and importance to Brum, hopefully it'll be replaced with something a bit more fitting some day. Great video!

  • @nicktyler6254
    @nicktyler6254 Před 8 měsíci

    Great film. One small pedantic point. London Bridge, Euston & Kings Cross all host occasional diesel trains,

  • @laurenceskinnerton73
    @laurenceskinnerton73 Před 3 měsíci

    Interesting.

  • @laurencecope7083
    @laurencecope7083 Před 9 měsíci

    We went on this from Comberton primary school summr outing in 1969, but it terminated in Euston.

  • @telhudson863
    @telhudson863 Před 10 měsíci

    Thank you. It's difficult to gauge the correct amount of info in the voice over. I think you got it about right. 😊

  • @davidredgewell7415
    @davidredgewell7415 Před 10 měsíci +2

    We need the trains back to kidderminster and the catering trolleys restored on the long Distances trains to Birmingham Snow hill and stourbridge junction

  • @user-bv5lc1nf5d
    @user-bv5lc1nf5d Před 4 měsíci

    Giving Video 125 a run for its money!

  • @Volvoman24
    @Volvoman24 Před 10 měsíci

    Excellent as ever, and I got the first like in 😅

  • @harrh4528
    @harrh4528 Před 8 měsíci +1

    what was the point in withdrawing the section from Kidderminster?

  • @grahamaldridge5570
    @grahamaldridge5570 Před 10 měsíci +1

    GCR distances were measured from Manchester London Road via Sheffield Victoria.

  • @kevinellis8869
    @kevinellis8869 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Another very good, informative video. You might want to change the narrative about Marylebone and diesel trains to the fact it's the only non-electrified station. Euston has the Voyagers for Holyhead and Waterloo has the 159s for Exeter.

    • @kiarnturner9739
      @kiarnturner9739 Před 9 měsíci

      And any of the intercity EMR services out of St Pancras are operated by diesel class 222s (at least until they get the 810s)

    • @simonsv9449
      @simonsv9449 Před 7 měsíci +1

      But St. Pancras and Euston have overhead wires and Waterloo has third rail so they have electrification.

  • @jimififul
    @jimififul Před 10 měsíci

    According to Wikipedia the zero mile post was at Manchester London Road, now Piccadilly

  • @transportlegend.shorts
    @transportlegend.shorts Před 10 měsíci

    Cool

  • @andrewrcmadwilkinson6999
    @andrewrcmadwilkinson6999 Před 10 měsíci

    CHEERS MATE 😜

  • @poppasmurf
    @poppasmurf Před 10 měsíci +1

    I travelled this line before I retired in 2009, and remember it being very overcrowded with standing room only leaving London Marylebone. But can anyone tell me - Was this line ever considered for a substantial upgrade instead of building HS2? I know others have said the old Great Central line trackbed should have been used by HS2. It would be interesting to know.

    • @Lee_303
      @Lee_303 Před 10 měsíci +1

      They wanted to close it & replace it with a busway. But with the M40 & the Oxford Tube bus running very frequently, no real need. No idea why they simply haven't lengthened the "mainline" loco hauled service.

  • @drdoolittle5724
    @drdoolittle5724 Před 2 měsíci

    I really appreciate all the effort and input to produce these videos but the camera shake makes it very uncomfortable to watch!

  • @fatwalletboy2
    @fatwalletboy2 Před 7 měsíci

    Was it 1.47 where the line crossed the WCML?

  • @davidredgewell7415
    @davidredgewell7415 Před 10 měsíci +3

    The Stratford on Avon Honeborne line to Cheltenham need reinstating

    • @richardgriffiths5920
      @richardgriffiths5920 Před 8 měsíci

      I agree as the run through that part of the north Gloucestershire Cotswolds is beautiful.

  • @Danceup-dh6kn
    @Danceup-dh6kn Před 10 měsíci

    I wonder how many people took the train from Kidderminster to London daily

  • @hamshackleton
    @hamshackleton Před 10 měsíci +2

    Judging by the amount of camera shake, it must be a rough ride in those units!

    • @Lee_303
      @Lee_303 Před 10 měsíci

      The you should try a 196! The clubmans on Chiltern have a far better ride with very comfy seats.

    • @hamshackleton
      @hamshackleton Před 10 měsíci

      @@Lee_303 Maybe - bt the Chiltern line is a long way from me!

  • @darthdmc
    @darthdmc Před 10 měsíci

    You leave Birmingham upon entering Olton, which belongs to the Borough of Solihull.

  • @user-oq4oc2vw3h
    @user-oq4oc2vw3h Před 10 měsíci

    Добрый день! Привет из России. Класнно снято видео ! Спасибо примерно сколько стоит билет на этот поезд? У вас действительно стоит дорого проезд на поезде в Великобритании!?

  • @Lee_303
    @Lee_303 Před 10 měsíci

    Still baffled at why it needs to go to Kidderminster. You'd think that, with all the new 196's coming in, WMR would run their own services. And then there's the EWR, which will be running WMR's 196's. D'oh!!!

  • @rolymier8659
    @rolymier8659 Před 8 měsíci

    May 2023 - The operator has made the data-driven decision to make small reductions in service where appropriate. Chiltern Railways will no longer serve Kidderminster, but there is no reduction in frequency to Birmingham due to service enhancements by West Midlands Trains. There will also be small reductions in off peak services in Buckinghamshire, and between London Marylebone and Aylesbury

  • @tram6214
    @tram6214 Před 10 měsíci

    Great driver eye view it ashame that Chiltern Railway's only do one train a day from Kidderminster to London when a few years back they did about 4 to 5 journey's from Kidderminster to London in the morning and 5 on the return Journey in the Evening.

    • @christopherhulse8385
      @christopherhulse8385 Před 10 měsíci

      They don't do any from Kiddy any longer, just 1 from Stourbridge Junction in the morning.

    • @tram6214
      @tram6214 Před 10 měsíci

      @@christopherhulse8385 I know I just found that out it's ashame really like going from 5 service a day to nothing it's just show how the railway had become like I heard that maybe it's due to that Citren railways withdraweling their class 68 and Mark 3 stock .

  • @craigymarsh941
    @craigymarsh941 Před 10 měsíci

    If you get accepted please do a drivers eye view on the jacobite.

  • @davidredgewell7415
    @davidredgewell7415 Před 10 měsíci

    And the interchanges entance at Birmingham snow hill need completing it's a very poor interchanges for Wolverhampton at present

  • @BigPaul62
    @BigPaul62 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Bledlow Ridge is pronounced Bled - low not bleed low! I live in High Wycombe and consider myself lucky to have one of the best lines in the country on my doorstep. It was a big mistake closing the line from HW to Maidenhead - being an old fart I just about remember it!

    • @Mortimer50145
      @Mortimer50145 Před 4 měsíci

      I *think* my very first train ride, at the age of 3, was on the Maidenhead-Wycombe line. We were living in Maidenhead and my grandparents came down to look after me when my mum was about to give birth to my sister. I can remember Grandpa taking me on a DMU with a forward view through the cab, and the driver spotted me at the inner window. At the next station he invited me into the cab to "help him drive" to the next station. It made my day. It would have either have been on the main line to Twyford or Slough, or else along the Bourne End / Wycombe branch. Even more exciting than getting home to find I had a baby sister ;-)

  • @davidredgewell7415
    @davidredgewell7415 Před 10 měsíci

    Do not know what the future is with Arrive Group plc chiltern railways by the German state railway later this year

  • @davidharrington9651
    @davidharrington9651 Před 9 měsíci

    Love the video & great commentary, but can you please do less cut-aways (especially ones of level crossings & bridges) as I feel this takes you out of moment.

  • @darthdmc
    @darthdmc Před 10 měsíci

    Bordesley is pronounced Boards-lee

  • @AndrewG1989
    @AndrewG1989 Před 9 měsíci

    I’ve heard that Chiltern Railways want like 70 new trains in the next few years. But they should keep the Class 165 and Class 168.

    • @mrbluesky2050
      @mrbluesky2050 Před 9 měsíci +1

      perhaps they could take on the class 68's and mk5A sets that TPE have made A COMPLETE HASH of using

  • @davidredgewell7415
    @davidredgewell7415 Před 10 měsíci

    The lifts need to be completed at Warwick

  • @johndashwood7671
    @johndashwood7671 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Good to have the run without the ugly gantries.

  • @billyshearer117
    @billyshearer117 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Chiltern no longer serves Kidderminster

  • @harryelliott4310
    @harryelliott4310 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Children Railway Class 168

  • @laurenceskinnerton73
    @laurenceskinnerton73 Před 9 měsíci

    Electrify the Chiltern Line!

    • @Mortimer50145
      @Mortimer50145 Před 4 měsíci

      No, keep it free of unsightly OHLE gantries - especially if they use the really heavy-handed, fugly gantries that they used on the GW Main Line.

  • @davidredgewell7415
    @davidredgewell7415 Před 10 měsíci

    The line needs modern inter city trains

  • @optout130
    @optout130 Před 8 měsíci

    👁 I see today (09/25/23) that passengers CAN still get from Kidderminster to London Marylebone via Birmingham Moor. Now a 2 or 3 train course instead of just 1 £36.30 [2 hours 50 minutes]
    ,_,_🚂🚃🚃🚃_,_,_,__