Trains at: Ashford International, HS1, 16/07/16
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- An excellent afternoons session spent at Ashford International on High Speed 1 where we see plenty of services from Southeastern, Southern and Eurostar.
I have always enjoyed coming to this station, not only because you get to see the Eurostars passing on the flyover at full speed but also because of the slower commuter services that operate to the southeast of the country from London Victoria and Charing Cross stations respectively. Also to be seen during this film are a couple of stopping Eurostar services so you fully get to appreciate them in all their glory, albeit slightly dirty it must be said.
Joining me during this film were: Scousetrainspotter1999, KTV Videos, MDF trains, AD trains, BD trains and a whole host of other trainspotters which made the day absolutely fantastic. I do highly encourage that you all go out and check their respective youtube channels they do have some excellent content for you all to watch. If I have missed anyone's names then please do add them in the comments below.
My next station is Birmingham New Street.
You can now find me on Facebook through the group Tornado922, there you will find regular updates, photos and videos from all of my goings on throughout 2016
I will admit the Eurostar do look gorgeous
if you go to the pedestrian bridge at Rainham, the views you get of the HS1 are unreal, literally
I'm hoping to get there one day
Awesome I saw the old euro star trains a while back :)
Beautiful the class 373👌💯
Pairing up of 395s was common during the London Olympics and Paralympics in 2012 - being there and getting a free HS1 valid Travelcard was a bonus and a good way of scoring some for haulage!
Brilliant video. Loved the Eurostar.
thank you, seeing the various Eurostar services was brilliant
No matter how many times I watch Eurostars, they still stagger me how freaking fast they are! how comes you sorta disappeared for a while Tornado?
the sheer speed of them is mesmerising, I had a couple of weeks off from filming after I filmed at Ashford. I had been meaning to upload this sooner but I forgot lol
Ahhh, Been missing ya stuff dude
JD the Trainspotter well I'm back to uploading films each and every week. I have a new film from Birmingham uploaded and I have 2 more following up from Rugeley Trent Valley and Lichfield Trent Valley
Yeah seeing them dude, so great to see you back :D
Excellent video as usual. Two comments: Eurostar trains are incredibly long and very dirty. Looks like the rest of the train companies can teach them something. There seems to be never a dull moment at Ashford International. But Manchester Piccadilly is still my favourite location.
They have to be very long: all trains that pass through the Channel Tunnel must be at least 375 metres long.
That's because there are cross-passages which link the rail tunnels to the service tunnel at 375-metre spacing. One of the safety requirements is that in the event of a fire or train failure or power surge, all passengers must be able to be evacuated through one of the cross-passages. If the train is at least 375 metres long, it will always be located directly next to one of the cross-passages, no matter where it stops, which is why all trains operating in the tunnel are that long.
kaspada . do some riding train trips..,
need a train wash at each end of tunnel lol
They are probably dirty because the 3 hour journey to Paris
One classic 373 Eurostar that needs a good clean up
I love the Eurostar class 373
The last time I saw a Eurostar train I was on it.
Brilliant video. Best commentary I know. Hope to meet you again some time
thank you very much :) I look forward to meeting you again
Do a airport milatriy video
Ollie Porter I'm not to sure if I would be able to do it
+Ollie Porter a video in France tgv
I love the 373s. They look like spaceships. Whereas the 374s look like fish without fins
Awesome Video. I Always Enjoy Your Videos :)
thanks very much :) I'm glad you enjoy watching what I do
Nice to meet you mate
likewise :)
Brilliant video mate
Thanks very much mate :)
Class 171 Goes To Ashford International To Brighton Station
great video
thanks
Awesome video mate, I was there too :D
Thanks very much mate I'm glad you enjoyed it, yes I remember you being there :D
Great video
thanks very much
I Remember Seeing Ashford International In The Summer On The Eurostar To Paris
Brilliant Commentary! :-) The Eurostars are my favourite. The sounds of the 373s and e320s are electrifying. The 373s are being refurbished and repainted in the Euro Colour Scheme. The Eurostars travel as far as Marseille from St Pancras. They should also go to Barcelona, Milan and Rome.
thanks very much for saying so :) I've only seen one of the 373 sets in the dark blue which I must say looks very sleek. I can't wait until some of the international services from Germany and Spain
The commentary really makes the videos good
I'm glad you think so :)
+Tornado922 what's after birmingham moor street?
+Tornado922 Nice I usually go on HSU.
+Kaviraj Nosib HS1.
William Clarke Rugeley Trent Valley
Great job and do more of it
for hs1 trains go to Boxley tunnel great view
+Ollie Porter I've seen a few films from there so I'll see what I can do
Loved it as always!
thank you I'm glad you did :)
I Can Hear Scoane Trainspotter 1999
good video
thank you
Your wellcome
Wonderful stuff! lemme know if you ever come to the US East coast, I'd love to show you our trains!
thank you very much :) I would very much enjoy coming to the US
+Tornado922 Yep lol
Looks like there was some kind of Meet and Greet that was happening there.
Yeah Scousetrainspotter1999 told me that several other trainspotters were going to Ashford International on that day and fortunately I had booked that day off so seeing as I had it free I went down for a couple of hours to meet everyone and do some filming of my own
Brilliant! What will be your next station after B.ham New street? If possible you could visit Northampton again!
thank you :) after Birmingham New Street is will be filming at Birmingham Moor Street. I will be doing northampton as part of my WCML series
7:47 I thaught they had been scrapped
Aaran 06 they are slowly scrapping them
the trainspotters on there annual migration.
Get David Attenborough to narrate it
Tornado922 that would be so funny and here you see the train spotters i. there natral habitat you know its them by there distingtive call ITS A EUROSTAR. id pay to watch that but good video btw.
3:10 and here we see the class 373 Eurostar, lurking on the tracks and looking for its prey... The 374
The number of the 465 that gave a tone was 465 906 :)
ah yes thank you for telling me :)
+Tornado922 your very welcome :-)
can you do Boxley tunnel it is amazing by the looks of it. choo choo plane was there last year and it looks stunnig
I can definitely go down there later this year
they should at least give the class 373 a good wash once in a while
a lot of the white 373 sets are very dirty. I very much doubt they get cleaned that often
Hi I love the video could yoù do a new series of most used station its basically when you choose a county and then find the most used station (by passenage number) and show the station hope it helps
Well that certainly sounds different but I'd be more than happy to give that a go, maybe not for a while but I'll definitely look into doing it :)
Loved this vid mate happy you came hopefully we meet up again
thanks very much mate it was a fantastic day. It would be great if we could meet up again
+Tornado922 Im still waiting for Chrster mate
The Eurostar otherwise known as “The Mechanical Maggot”.
That's a new one on me
Tornado922 It’s what we used to call it when it was on test runs through the station, It was a staff thing really.
You should go to London Liverpool Street
I'll think about it
so i assume the trains upo above are non stop where as anything that stops goes through where you were?
Yes the flyover is for non stopping Eurostar services
3:16 slightly delay hello
Hey tornado this summer i will be going to Hastings.
I'm sure you'll have a great time
Thx mate i will tell you all about it when i get there
The class 170 is a nice engine I use one three days a week from Brandon to Cambridge it's going to be a shame when greater anglia stop using them late next year.
And when you get a chance man unless you been there already but you should check out Cambridge north do a film there I think you'll like it lots of types of company's go though there.
Oddly enough I'm going to Cambridge North on Saturday
Carry on at london saint Pancras Itl
I'm not to keen on this reigon but this is a spectacular film nevertheless
I very rarely come down to this end of the country. But this is a station that I always love filming at
Is that the Scouse Trainspotter 1999 I keep hearing in the background?
It probably is
oh hello
I was the with kent rail observer
it was a pleasure to meet you
In the description you put AD Trains and BD Trains
they are the train spotters with him
Can you do a video at Romford on GEML
when I get to London I will go there
Tornado922 u should go to tempilmills eurostar train depto ask them on fb at eurostar or twitter @Eurostar plese u will see lots of sexy 373s n not so good e320s
there were a lot of delayed trains that day
Yeah the local services were getting disrupted due to faulty signalling
okey doke
How often does that Thameslink run?
This is what I don't get: 11:45-13::45 or whatever, the train had 4 coaches. I am a student for a school in Chilham, I always see the train with 6 coaches not 12, but between 09:02-10:02 because they run every 1 hour at Chilham, they have 12 coaches. And the class 375 from Victoria to Canterbury West 09:15-15:15 they run with 4 cars.
+Stagecoach LondonRBLX looks like you did your research for me
How you going to reach Birmingham from ashford international?
train back to St pancras. walk to kgx. from there either walk/tube to Euston then jump on a virgin or London midland to Birmingham.
I got the train back to London and then another train to Northampton which is where I live. So afterwards I would catch a train from Northampton to Birmingham
What speeds do Eurostars reach in England?
186mph top speed
Do they? I thought they only go that fast in France. Good to know
The speed limit on the HS1 between Ebbsfleet Int'l and the tunnel is indeed 300 km/h (186 mph), but because that section is so short, trains hardly ever make it up to that speed. Usually, in the UK, the trains won't go faster than 270 km/h (168 mph)
@21:29 whos the person dressed as a clown?
Hope HS2 never gets build
Rapid Racer 6 hi
BRITISH TRAIN SPOTTER hi
Why not? I understand it may be damaging in some places, but the overall improvement to journey times and capacity across the West Coast will be much improved, I travel on the WCML quite frequently and it does often get reduced to standing capacity so it is needed, and there isn't really much else that can improve the WCML to counter it
A very dirty Euro Star train
HS1 where is HS2
HS2 hasn't been built yet.
Oh so it has starting to be built
Well, I'm not entirely sure, but if you check the Wikipedia page it says that it is still in planning. So, no, it is not being built.
+JPBX 909 alright
im from the future, its still not here lol