Trains at: Birmingham New Street, WCML, 14/03/2020
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- čas přidán 12. 04. 2020
- A very busy morning at Birmingham New Street, a through and terminus station on the West Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from London Northwestern Railway, West Midlands Railway, Cross Country, Avanti West Coast and Transport For Wales.
Birmingham New Street was built by the London and Northwestern Railway between the years of 1846 and 1854. Even though the station was officially opened in 1854 the station had been used for about 2 years beforehand, mostly because of the demand on the network. It was used as a terminus for the Stour Valley Line which came from the Wolverhampton side of the station. When the station was officially opened they closed the Curzon Street station which had been in place since 1838.
The layout of the tracks and the platforms came by the hands of one Robert Stevenson and his assistants. The station compromised of nine platforms, this contained four through platforms and five terminating bay platforms. The Midland Railway started using New Street in 1854 when it opened which then obviously closed down Curzon Street completely. But there was an issue faced. Because their trains were running between Derby and Bristol it meant that when they got into New Street they would have to reverse. This was the case right up until 1885 when the Birmingham West Suburban Railway was extended from the south of the city which then allowed direct running of trains from the south of the country without having to go through the whole rig-moral of reversing into the station. Because of this it meant that there was an increase in traffic coming into the station which then meant that it needed an extension. The extension would consist of four new through platforms and a new bay platform along with a glass and steel roof engine shed. A survey was taken in 1885 to see how many people would go through the station on a daily basis and it was recorded that on a weekday you had 22,000 passengers coming through and on a weekend there was 25,000 passengers.
When the 1960's made an appearance the station went through a complete new rebuild as part of the West Coast Mainline modernisation that was taking place at the time. The station would see twelve new through platforms replace the current eight through and six bay platforms. All the platforms were covered by a 7 acre concrete deck which would be supported by around 200 columns to support the immense structure.
Because the station is encased it was deemed to be an underground station by the local fire service which meant that steps had to be made to make the station safe and accessible for the emergency services to get to and allow the people in the station a means of escape. Because of the fire at Kings Cross in 1987 the station went through the magnifying glass and major changes were brought forward in order to make the station that much safer. A new footbridge was installed at the Wolverhampton end of the station which connected the station to the upper street level. All wooden fittings were removed and brand new fire doors were installed across the station.
During 2008 to 2015 the station went through one of the biggest changes ever made to a station on the national network whilst at the same time keeping the station open to the public and keeping trains running to a relatively good timetable. The new changes made to the station would include: A brand new station concourse that would feature shops, eateries, a new facade, entrances, lifts and escalators from each platform into the new station building. As well as new station approaches.
My next station is Tamworth.
You can now find me on Facebook through the group Tornado922, there you will find regular updates, videos and photos from all of my goings on throughout 2020.
You can also find me on Instagram through the name tornado922.
Please note this was filmed well before the travel restrictions were brought into affect and I in no way endorse people going out trainspotting during the lockdown we are currently experiencing. The trains will still be here by the time we return to some sort of normality so please don't go out unnecessarily and risk putting yourselves and other people at risk.
Tamworth will be released on Sunday 19th April and was filmed on the same day that I did Birmingham New Street which as you can see via the title was the 14th of March. I hope you are all keeping well and safe during this time. I will catch you all very soon.
Take care and all the best
Tornado922. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
For those of you whom are incapable of reading a title. This was filmed well before the social distancing measures and travel restrictions were brought into affect
Tornado922 video idea can you do trains at Blackpool and in Blackpool by the beach there’s a train station there so 2 Blackpool videos?
@@KyleDestroyer I agree it’s my home town
@@KyleDestroyer Blackpool North isn't very train enthusiast friendly
What train goes to Norwich?
@@elvispresley2599 Greater Anglia 745s and 755s
The noise that new street makes is amazing on the inside
“ Waits for the comments of PEOPLE who don’t read the DATE first then comment bad vibes about Coronavirus “ and ya shouldn’t be out blah blah “ KEEP doing what ya do do JARRED love these vids ;)
OH MY GOD. Do you really need to respond in every comment complaining about how the video hasn’t finished?
Because they want to be supportive? Take your negativity away mate
He said ”Love these vids” that means these videos in general, not this particular video.
Sion's Train Videos well it’s about time you did !! Think before you write I know tornado too !!!
Why did this turn into an argument
Fantastic video as always from Birmingham NS in my home region. I definitely like the West Midlands Railway colour scheme. Hope you are safe and well, as am i. Keep safe and take care, regards Gary.
Thanks ever so much Gary and thank you for your continued support on my channel it really is greatly appreciated! I love coming here it's always a great station to come to for plenty of action. I'm glad to hear you're keeping safe!
Great video Jarred. Birmingham New Street is the good/busiest station on the WCML, XCR and the XCL.
Why comment under it, then?
14:13 its because the 4 221 4-cars were originally ordered for Virgin West Coast, but they were moved to CrossCountry because they were too short. Later, they got 5 car 221s
I had my first ever train journey on my own to BNS, 15 before this video, it melted my little 14 year old heart, was such a big moment for me, i was seeing my sister at uni aswell
it's actually BHM, and do you mean 15 _years_ ...?
RWL2012 sorry, made a typo, I meant 15 days, my bad
Brilliant video once again! One of my local stations love it!
Thanks very much, this is a great station to come to!
same :)
Another brilliant video here Tornado922! I really enjoyed this :)
Thanks very much bud!
You have eyes like a hawk to get those train numbers👌
Not when hes close to the trains but he has when hes far away
I do have pretty good eyesight I must admit
@@Tornado922 you need it 😂😂
Another fantastic video, well done. :)
Thanks very much!
Brilliant Video there! I went to Banbury on that day, wish I’d have seen you as I passed through there
Thanks very much, I hope you had a great time up in Banbury!
Tornado922 Thank you and yes it was fantastic, saw plenty of Silver sets
This is Superb Content
great video it was very good. shame you saw no XC HSTS tho
Thanks very much, I'm glad you enjoyed watching this, I would have loved to have caught a XC HST but I'll happily take what I got that day
@@Tornado922 yeah of course
I love stations like this.. Great job!
Thanks very much!
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I went to Birmingham New Street about 3 times and I saw a freight connected to a crosscountry so it was kinda weird and nobody expected it coming
wow, not heard of that before!
@@RWL2012 Me neither!
Great video and stay safe 👍🍺
Thanks very much, hope you're keeping well!
Excellent job mate
Thanks very much
Thank goodness you got this in
I was very lucky
18:10 Yes, he's such a brave boy, isn't he. Waits till his train is on the way so as to ensure there's no chance of you catching up with him!
If only I was in contact with the guard, oh how fun it would have been to have gotten the train stopped only to have the bloke pulled off. Then we'll see how brave he really is!
@@Tornado922 were there any freight trains in this video please tell Diane Cooper if there was please
As always a good video Jarrod. I hope you are keeping safe with regards to Covid. I have a question, how many doses of the vaccine, and which one, have you had if you don't mind me asking
Great video
Thanks very much
Reason why 221136 was a 5 car it did caught fire but turned back as a 5 car but since X country got 221144 ends both 221136 and 221140 donated there middle cars to make 221144 as a 4 car. So from 221119-135 137 138 +139 are 5 cars 221136 140-144 are now 4 cars
Lovely job, thanks for that!
And 221121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134 are all five cars Super Voyagers as well. But 221136, 140, 141 and 144 are four cars super Voyagers. But they're all XC Super Voyagers.
Amazing one bud
Thanks very much!
Enjoyed the video and really plan to go here one day as it gets a bit of everything lol and the WCML has to be favourite of mine . Have you got any more videos lined up to keep us all entertained during this crappy period we are going through lol? At least something to look forward to when this all eventually finishes all together later in the year (hopefully) is the Midlands mainline upgrades and catenaries installed and testing as well as the new desiro trains for EMR later in the year, do you plan to see them when it all comes into play as well as the new greater anglia stock replacing the desiros? Sorry if this is overly long lol
Thanks very much, I'm glad you enjoyed watching this. I had a great time filming here, I had one more Trains At film that was going up after this and it was at Tamworth which was filmed on the same day. Once everything has calmed down and the various restrictions have been lifted I will be going all over the country catching all of the new trains running around the network. Especially the MML as it's very easy for me to get to from where I am in the UK.
If only I wasn't working a late shift I would've come and said hello!
Thats topical
Well next time I'm in the area and you've got a spare few minutes you'd be more than welcome to come and do so!
When that XC service cam in its fun as its 22220
That driver at 35:20 was being reckless. Do your job first!! At least it was at low speed. If it was a 100mph stretch of track, no time for phone as you have to keep a stern eye on the path ahead, new speed limit, signals and make sure that your as fast as you can but not going over the speed limit (i.e For a 100mph sign, drivers play it safe by going up to 91-99mph. Very few drivers stay at the 100-101mph mark.
i seen that before in cardiff a TFW 170 leaving cardiff he was
great video tornado922
Thanks very much
Great video.
With you not filming at any train stations in the forseeable future, what will happen with the SEML series and what videos can we expect from you when all of your videos have been uploaded? Will it be weekly Q&As or something like that?
Moving away from COVID-19, What will you do when you've done filming all of your mainline series?
By the way the guy who made the gesture, you could've just called him a Birmingham City fan instead because that's what they do. UTV.
Keep up the good work.
He will Most probably suspend that for this Year
@@EastMidlandsRailwayFan fair enough.
@@ClaretBlueTrainspotter But their again It depends how long Covid 19 goes on for
Thanks very much, I have a few ideas stashed away that I can put to use now that I can't do anymore filming until all this has blown over. Although we sadly don't know when this will be. I won't be doing weekly Q+A's as I would end up running out of things to talk about let alone people asking me questions in the first place haha. I really don't know if I even will get a mainline series done at this rate, only time will tell.
Not gonna lie before this was uploaded i thought the next video would be from Tamworth, i was right, great film by the way
no this is birmingham new street
@@SionsTrainVideos after this one
@@srgntsylveon2919 oh yeah
Excellent as always. Still not used to the fact that instead of London Midland and Virgin Trains it’s London Northwestern Railway and Avanti West Coast. I still get Avanti confused with the Spanish Avant trains, especially because both are Pendolinos.
Transport for Wales (Rail Services) have taken over from Arriva Trains Wales as well.
London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway are the same company (West Midlands Trains). The West Midlands Railway services were branded London Midland _City_ under London Midland.
Yep
Thanks very much, I had a great time filming here. At first it took me a while to get used to calling the different companies their new names, and initially when I heard that VT were becoming Avanti West Coast I wasn't overly fond of the name, it literally translates to Forward West Coast. But after a while it just becomes the norm.
@@Tornado922 of course it does because you get used to it
Well done
In January 2018 I got told not film at this station.
That guy who did the hand gesture on the 12.12 to Nottingham probably didn't pay for a First Class ticket
According to Wikipedia "On 25 September 2006, 221136 collided with a car on the track at Moor Lane, Copmanthorpe, North Yorkshire. The 14:25 Plymouth to Edinburgh was decelerating on its approach to York station at 9pm when it collided with the car, which had crashed through a fence on to the line. Despite being derailed in the 100-mile-per-hour (160 km/h) crash, the train remained upright. Nobody on board was injured".
I was there just on the top I loved it
36:21 which is right here!! 😂😂😂
Gotta keep people on their game! ;)
hi tornasdo .great vid again from new street plenty of trains to enjoy coming fromall parts of the country ...think there might be rule about the driver you mention .using did you say a phone ???????.
Yes the driver was driving and phoning idiot driver
I'm sure there are rules and regulations in regards to using your phone when behind the controls of a train but without contacting the necessary companies I really wouldn't know in all honesty
Do east Midlands railways come or go from Birmingham New Street station?
Did anyone else see what the guy on the 170 done, because i went back twice and couldn't see anything. Anyway great video as always mate. Stay safe.
**EDIT** just seen it. What an absolute piece of work. Bet he never even paid for first class!!!
I didn't see it. exact timestamp...?
It's from 18:00. Look at the front closely.
@@jonathanvandijk1818 i see him i dont know whats hes doing with his hand tho
@@jonathanvandijk1818 oh gosh! he looks like someone who doesn't deserve to travel on the oldest 170, built in November 1998.
Ah, the old vertical handshake!
I should've given him one of my own!
Always love your video's as you know but i realize i didn't comment for a few months i believe. Sorry for that i had a very rough time, mother-in-law passed away and she was my best friend. Did push the like button every time. Stay safe greetings x Debby
Thank you ever so much Debby but please you have no need to apologise to me in the slightest. My videos aren't anywhere near as important as your families health and wellbeing, I'm so sorry to hear that your mother-in-law passed away. Me and my family send our most deepest condolences to you all! We are all keeping well and safe here. We hope you're doing the same given the circumstances X
@@Tornado922 So sweet ❤thank you 😘
R.I.P. to your Mother-in-law sorry to hear that. Mine just got out of hospital, she was in bad shape and my sister is in I.C.U.
Stay strong, we are with you ;}
@@blkpig6664 so sweet stay strong also hope they get better soon
Thanks Debski, truly!
Brilliant video tornado did u have a good time at Birmingham new street
Thanks very much, I had a great time filming here thanks :)
@@Tornado922 that good do u miss doing trainspotting right
What are these side of the 323s above the windows ?
when are you coming back here?
Great video! Birmingham New Street is a great station, with great variety. Shame that a disgrace like that man had to do that though
@KK D He did a rude gesture towards Jarred.
@@chxrliethompson some people are just never going to understand spotters. a lot of us are more normal people than _he_ is!
Thanks very much bud! I love filming here, it's always great fun to come to, although in saying that I always seem to end up with some really dismal weather here haha! That bloke really isn't worth my time lol
Hi, do you need to ask for permission to film there and do the ticket barriers stop you from going to other platforms to film? Planning to go there soon.
You do need to sign in at the network office before hand. They will then supply you with a pass so you can go onto the platforms and do some filming and or photography
love these films and i’m sad that they will be going away soon because of the coronavirus :(
coronavirus is also known as COVID-19
@@kidsanthony6330 What's your point?
@@kidsanthony6330 that's right
just here for the 158s
There were 2 sets of 158s
I think Birmingham needs some flange greasers lol
Oh I don't know. I've always loved having my ears blown out by the sound of constant flange haha
I couldn’t see because of the sun reflection. What did the guy on the XC170 do
russell morgan might have taken that too far 😂
He wasn't doing that coz he dosnet do that
@@SionsTrainVideos that's what it looked like to me, though I would've censored the word
@@RWL2012 yeah maybe he was looking at it now
I think he was talking to someone on the phone
is BNS a terminus ie in and out one way not pass through? Also the guy in 1st class is just one of what he was showing us.sad individual
It is essentially a through station although a number of services do terminate there.
BHM (not BNS) only has one bay platform, 4c - all the rest are through platforms, though of course there are also some terminating trains on the through platforms.
I like how no staff member thought to ask why he was filming
Way was the train not in Lenr pant
LNER do not operate on this route. The intercity services operating on the West Coast Mainline are served by Avanti West Coast. LNER operate the long distance intercity routes on the East Coast Mainline
Ok
18:34 😳
07:00 I couldn’t understand any of that
OK the next train to arrive will be a West Midlands Railway 323 in the form of 323207 with a service to bound for Bromsgrove
You mean bromsgrove
@@rlproductionsyt speaks faster than a pendolino train 😂😂😂. It all comes down to practice!!
@@nightelectricityuniverse7349 Ha ha lol
@@SionsTrainVideos Yeah. It's edited now