London Paddington to Hereford train Cab Ride - 4K
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2021
- An updated version of this video, with clearer captions that are also larger and stay up for longer where possible can be viewed here: • London Paddington to H...
I hope you enjoy this cab ride from London Paddington to Hereford filmed in UltraHD during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown of summer 2020 by a friend who is a driver.
We journey for a total of 150 miles starting out in England’s capital and slowly head into more rural areas as we pass through the famous University City of Oxford, then through the charming scenery of the Cotswolds before hitting major civilisation again in the form of Worcester. Then it’s out into and through the Malvern Hills passing Great Malvern and Ledbury before reaching our destination of Hereford.
We resisted the urge to get the recordings done at the widest possible focal length, as, despite the gains in peripheral vision, you get a very false impression of speed and perspective. This detracts from the realism. The focal length chosen attempts to give the best compromise of a realistic view of what the driver sees together with a decent amount of peripheral scenery. You won’t see any ‘barrel distortion’ i.e. bending buildings here!
Throughout the trip, captions give information on the route - past, present and future - in a way that is hopefully informative without being too over the top and intrusive:
• Bottom right of the screen is the maximum permitted speed at any given location for the train.
• Bottom left of the screen in orange captions is the name of the line we are on, together with information on where the signalling is controlled from, mode of traction the train is using, and lineside gradients of 1:100 or more.
• At the top of the screen, station details are in red captions.
• Major junctions, selected level crossings and other significant infrastructure are in green captions.
• Diverging and converging routes, as well as other lines we pass over or underneath are in dark blue captions.
• Other information, such as historical details, possible future enhancements and other general information the viewer will hopefully find useful, are in light blue captions.
• Small inset video, at various points on the route, gives ‘flashback’ footage to a previous layout, or views from the side window of the train.
The footage was recorded on several different days using an unmonitored camera.
It is for entertainment only, is not an official GWR or Network Rail publication, and should not be used for route learning.
Comments and discussion are very welcome. - Zábava
If they picked up all the discarded sections of old rails laying about dumped and weighed them in for scrap they could probably knock £20 off all the ticket prices. 😉
Some of it is there for renewals in the future and some might be there 'just in case'
Ha ha! You noticed that too. I’m just horrified by the amount of what looks like scrap metal on the lineside. There is simply too much of it. As well as shrubbery that hasn’t been cutback/eradicated. Some of it looking like it’s going to damage so much masonry it’ll use up Network Rails CP Budget unnecessarily.
@@stevies.1975 I’ve thought that about the scrap metal laying around since I was very young looking out the window on train journeys. Always been loads left there after work has been done. It seems they never take any back with them.
@@CycolacFan Same here. It's noticeable that Swiss and German rail videos do not show bits of rail lying around all over the place
Be better off using the track to double the single line sections. It's dumb how a major line has only a single track - obvious bottlenecks into Oxford and Worcester and for goodness sake, if you are going to make a new station redouble the track!
I thought I'd watch until West Drayton where I grew up and found myself in Hereford two and half delightful hours later. Thank you and very much appreciated.
Glad you took the whole journey and enjoyed it. Cheers!
Oh how the line has changed. I traveled this route on a regular basis from 1970 until the last time in 1995. The cluttered view of the overhead power lines is most noticeable but also the lineside development. Brave new world. Thanks for sharing
Yes. I used regularly to travel to Windsor and Oxford before 1985, and one joy of the WR was the uncluttered overhead.
What an excellent video. Living in Worcestershire I've travelled this line countless times, so it's fascinating to see it from this perspective, and with your informative notes. The Cotswold to Hereford section is surely one of the most scenic runs in the country.
Yes, it's a very scenic route. Pleased you liked it, Patrick and thanks for commenting.
Same here - a fantastic video of a line I’ve travelled many times. I love the flashback footage and the side views! The subtitles are really interesting but sometimes the font colour makes them difficult to read.
Excellent video thanks. For an expat UK railfan living 12000 miles away videos like this are a real lifeline and very much appreciated.
Excellent flashback panels to show how the line used to be, without stopping the video (which is the more usual way of making such comparisons).
Thanks for giving the info on the focal length of the lens. I much prefer this length to those 11mm or whatever they are. This is a more natural view. Good choice.
Gorgeous summer weather suddenly occurred after Kingham.
Anyway, everything looked even better so who's to worry.
Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this. Would love to ride this train someday.
J'ai visionné avec grand plaisir cette vidéo, c'est un beau travail 👍. Les chemins de fer anglais ont un style tout à fait particulier, mêlant modernité (rames automotrices bi-mode récentes) et aspect vintage ( signaux mécaniques, architecture des gares), qui est plaisant. De plus, un "HST" qui fait "train stop" sur une jolie ligne campagnarde est impensable sur les autres réseaux. Encore une fois merci et bravo. Amitiés de Belgique 🤗
Now,, imagine doing ot in the dark !! Still using Miles and Chains.
Lonely bloody job. My Dad was a driver for 20+years, started as ,cleaner, fireman, then driver. Shrewsbury to Paddington, overnight stop at Old Oak, before return working to Salop. Also, overnight Shrewsbury to Newton Abbott.
Cracking quality video.
Thanks for sharing. 😁👍
Thanks, Ian - glad you liked it.
I live near Hayes and Harlington and did this journey once back in the early 90s. We sat in one of the front facing seats where you could look out of the front window and get a similar view to this video. Thanks for uploading this. Brilliant
Oh the memories! I made this same trip many times during the steam days and later while living in Hereford. Now I am living in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Malvern Hills were a frequent family day out trip. Thanks.
Same for me in 50s (from nearby Weobley) I used to count the wheel rythm and the quarter mile posts to work out speed! Thanks! Great film
Me too… from Western Region to the City of Oaks…
What made you move to North Carolina?
When a young boy, my next door neighbour was the loco shed foreman at Didcot! Guess you may have seen him, back in the day!
I love the cabrides with line speed constantly displayed and all the information about what the train is passing too. Thanks.
Probably the best in cab video available. Thanks for all the time and effort that went into producing it. It would be fantastic if we would be able to see the actual speed as well
Thanks, Alan. Great that you rate it so highly.
Thanks so much for posting this! It's brilliant!
I travelled the section of line between Malvern Link and Worcester Foregate Street daily from 1972 to 1979 on my way to school. Many of us rushed to sit at the front of the DMU as the driver would not normally pull the blind down and so we could share the driver's view. I can still picture it all like the back of my hand.
Living in Richmond now, I still occasionally ride the line from Reading to Malvern Link. It's incredible how the switch between electric and diesel modes on the Hitachi trains is so smooth.
Thank you. Yes, the changeover is virtually undetectable when sat in the train.
Great to still see the semaphore signals at Morton in Marsh.
And our lovely GWR signal box too! I can see it out of my sitting room window :)
@@chrisg6086 wow. Treasure that view.
I hope it remains there forever mate.
@@markstarmer3677 Thank you! I do like the juxtaposition of 21st Century Japanese trains and the 19th Century GWR lower quadrant signals, and hearing the points and signals move
By far the best cab ride I’ve seen, the information that was put up was an amazing detail. 10/10
Thanks very much for taking the time to comment and I'm really pleased you enjoyed it so much.
Absolutely superb, having not only splendid English railway landscape and countryside, but well researched commentary. I did find the side panels a bit invasive, but others will disagree and they do not alter my overall celebration. John Warner. Australia
I suppose it's not part of the caption writer's brief to mention poetry but the video at 1:16:06 is the site of Adlestrop Station, made famous by the poet Edward Thomas. His train stopped there "unwontedly" on 24th June 1914, although it may in fact have been a scheduled stop. "The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat. No one left and no one came On the bare platform ..." One of the station's original associated buildings can be seen on the left. The main station building was on the right, as was a siding and large goods shed. The station was closed on 3rd January 1966.
I should have mentioned the poem, but too late now.
Could sit here and watch all day, oh wait, I just did. Love the change from the urban to country environment, and the flash back time sync'd videos. Great work, thanks for posting
Thanks for commenting, Tony. Glad you liked it.
Was watching this when I got an email confirming my start date as a trainee train driver, it's taken a while to get to this stage but looking forward to starting next year.
Great - hope you enjoy the course and the job when qualified.
You'll have the best view from any office when you qualify as an engine driver. ( not if - WHEN you____!)
@@yvindascanius6061 Thank you. I start in January so will see if I can keep people updated of my progress.
A very interesting ride, with all from high speed to rather more modest progress. The Cotswold to Hereford section is really one of the most scenic i have seen. Much appreciated, thank you! Greetings from Sweden!
Thank you for posting this splendid and very informative video. My heart always lifts when the Malvern Hills come into sight, for example at 2:02:00. Pity the bright sun makes it impossible to appreciate the delightful brightly-painted wrought-iron capitals in the columns at Great Malvern station!
Yes, it was a lovely day but the sun was a bit harsh at times.
Absolutely fantastic video mate. Thanks for posting it and here’s to more!
Excellent video and very informative.
The then and now clips are very interesting.
The last time I used Moreton-in-Marsh station was in 1967 to attend the Fire Service College after leaving the railway
Semaphores. Marvelous. And they are fully OFF, GWR style.
Miss Marple took the 4:50 from Paddington. That was when she saw a murder in an adjacent train. What Miss Marple was doing up so early, i don’t know, but you know, old people love to get up before sunrise to get their tea and coffee. I know, from every cruise ship i was ever on.
Wonderful vid. Thanks for uploading. Hereford is my favourite city; absolutely beautiful. I'm now quite disabled, and living as I do in SE London, tracing the route via Worcester and Ledbury has been a real 'armchair' day out to the country!! An absolute treat. So once again, thanks so much.
Brilliant...so glad you liked it.
Thanks for the video totally enjoyed it. A mixture of old and new and some beautiful countryside!!😎🚆🚆🚆🚆🇬🇧💯
Great video but it sparks a thought. One of the criticisms that came out of both the Southall and Labroke Grove crashes was how cluttered the sight lines to signals were around Paddington due to all the clutter of OLE, bridges, wires, gantries nd overhead cables etc. Seeing this video really brings that home. I know all the signals are relayed in the cab desks now but all the same, respect to the drivers!
The majority of Paddington area signals were lowered and re-angled to improve sighting in line with tighter standards in the aftermath of the Ladbroke collision. What drivers see today see is as uncluttered as it can be, given that all the most complex track layouts are in busy urban areas with many potential distractions. The train protection system installed in cabs is only an aid to drivers, and their responsibility to look out for and then obey each lineside signal. They certainly do deserve respect for a job that's more difficult than it looks!
As a longtime resident of Worcester I was fascinated by that section. I was once allowed to pull off the levers in Evesham and Henwick boxes. Appalled that they have not reinstalled double track between Evesham and Norton Junction. Great video
Brilliant video. Beautiful scenery on the Cotswold line
Great video, love the flashbacks on the Reading Station, Down Cotswolds Line and Down Main Line Layout Change. Thanks again, Keep posting.
Cheers, Ted - glad you liked the flashbacks as well.
A very enjoyable ride and very informative experience. Thanks for publishing.
What a magnificent ride….thank you so much.
My pleasure and thanks.
I like Britain trains! 10 years ago I travelled London-Exeter and back!Good luck!)
A lovely ride to Hereford. Very well done. I do like the previous comment ...a Hall class simmering beside them. Perfect
An amazing video, often wondered what the route to Hereford was like, now I know. A lovely journey indeed!
Great video fantastic countryside. Thanks for posting. Last time I was on this route was behind a 50 in the 80’s
A great cab ride production with excellent detail along the entire route. Thank you very much!
Cheers, John!
Fabulous video. So excellent to watch, particularly around Malvern! Thanks so much.
Amazing! Thanks for taking us on that journey!
A very picturous route, with interesting changes of gradients. Well done and thank you for a well spent 2 hours of entertainment at maxed out screen resolution. From Kiwiland.
Absolutely splendid video, coming from the north of England where I did all my trainspotting back in the 1950s, I used to see views like this only in train books, the line from Oxford to Worcester was really very informative, I now live in Australia and it's so nice to see some of the railway lines and the wonderful countryside of mother England, many thanks.
Nice one, Terry - glad you liked it.
Excellent video worked this route in the 90's great to see it together with the changes.
Very nice video. Flashback is a nice touch.
Absolutely brilliant video. I live just outside Evesham in South Littleton and have been on this route many times from the days of steam in the 60s to present day. Not been on the trip in one go but from Evesham to Paddington and Evesham to Hereford.
Facinating to see what the driver sees as opposed to just what passengers see from the side.
Extremely well produced and I like the realism of what you see and speed of train.
Beautiful route especially through Cotswolds and on to Hereford.
Thankyou...we can hear the train from our house at Littleon Crossing so will be reminded of what the driver sees every time I hear it.
Just imagine if that type of photograph was available in the 60s with full steam running from Paddington to Hereford!
I remember as a boy going to Honeybourne Station and watching the Castle class coming down from Campden bank in full steam as it did not always stop at Honeybourne! It was awesome!
Thanks, Ricko - glad you liked it and took the time to write such a long and interesting comment.
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:06 Paddington, departure at 0:01:29
0:06:14 -Acton Main Line-
0:07:00 -Ealing Broadway-
0:07:32 -West Ealing-
0:07:54 -Hanwell-
0:08:45 -Southall-
0:09:43 -Hayes and Harlington-
0:10:50 -West Drayton-
0:11:38 -Iver-
0:12:21 -Langley-
0:13:45 Slough, departure at 0:14:40
0:16:50 -Burnham-
0:17:38 -Taplow-
0:18:32 -Maidenhead-
0:21:50 -Twyford-
0:25:12 Reading, departure at 0:26:36
0:28:49 -Tilehurst-
0:30:18 -Pangbourne-
0:31:54 -Goring on Thames-
0:33:44 -Cholsey-
0:38:50 -Dicdot Parkway-
0:40:38 -Appleford-
0:41:21 -Culham-
0:42:49 -Radley-
0:49:34 Oxford, departure at 0:50:36
0:57:33 Hanborough, departure at 0:58:32
1:00:05 -Combe-
1:02:45 -Finstock-
1:04:06 Charlbury, departure at 1:05:04
1:08:42 -Ascott under Wychwood-
1:09:45 -Shipton-
1:12:14 Kingham, departure at 1:13:09
1:19:20 Merton in Marsh, departure at 1:20:23
1:29:37 Honeybourne, departure at 1:30:34
1:35:24 Evesham, departure at 1:36:23
1:41:37 Pershore, departure at 1:42:36
1:46:35 Worcestershire Parkway, departure at 1:47:39
1:53:00 Worcester Shurb Hill, departure at 1:54:19
1:56:04 Worcester Foregate Street, departure at 1:56:57
2:03:49 Malvern Link, departure at 2:04:42
2:06:28 Great Malvern, departure at 2:07:26
2:11:32 Colwall, departure at 2:12:23
2:17:54 Ledbury, departure at 2:18:59
2:36:10 Herford, TERMINUS
2:37:10 Outro
I live in the USA. A few years back I rode from Paddington to Slough on this line. Cool to see from this perspective and thank you for sharing these timestamps.
What a great video, as a ex steam fireman/driver from Stourbridge, I especially enjoyed the portion from Worcester Shrub Hill to Hereford, remembering the days of getting stuck In Colwall tunnel.Kind regards
Thanks , Ramon - glad you liked it.
An excellent video. Really loved the commentary you added on points of interest, past and future changes etc. Thank you!
Really enjoyed this video, thank you. have been to Cotswolds many times for holidays and wondered what the line was like, now I have 'travelled' it I can appreciate its beauty. The details given and the history seen at lineside make this special.
Most enjoyable and plenty of information. The contrast of a modern train with absolute block signalling shows how efficient the old systems are.
Very good. Thank-you!
Thanks so much for that. I echo other commenters in saying it's the best cab ride video I've watched. The extra information: history, flashbacks, journey commentary, signalling information etc. really add so much to the experience.
An excellent trip, many memories of working through to Worcester back in the 60's
great journey. most enjoyable thank you
Most enjoyable, lovely scenery
Excellent stuff! Haven’t seen my sister’s old home near Combe in decades and it was great see where the line’s been redoubled - and be reminded of what it looked like before.
Thanks so much for doing this, absolutely amazing. And the information!
Many thanks for the ride!
Fascination video, loved the flashback! Thank you!t
Just watched this from Sydney. The video really shows us down here all of the wonderful countryside you folks have up there. Well done. I'm a subscriber now and look forward to watching many more !
Iam an 87 year old Englishman, who emigrated in 1965. And i am sitting here on my lazy boy chair in my family room in Ontario Canada. Looking at this video on my 86 inch 4K tv, enjoying this UK cab ride. Things have changed since the last time I was there.
This cab video is excellent. It gives pass, present, and future project information and other details while you view your cab trip. The scene along the way is also interesting.
Enjoying videos from Vancouver. Went to UK June 1990 & got a 2 week BritRailPass 1st class & traveled all over. The timetable back then was over 500 pages. Had High Tea on the Cornish Riviera to Penzance. Went all the way to Thurso in Scotland. There was even a train to Tilbury dockside where I got on the 'Royal Princess' cruise ship that was christened by Princess Diana (no taxi required). It's a shame they got rid of British Rail. Also I flew to London on PanAm also long gone. Cheers,
Hello, British Rail returns next year as Great British Railways, and the old logo also returns. This means integrated timetables and ticketing and overall control of track and other infrastructure. Franchising continues but on different terms. I suspect these will eventually disappear and all operators will return to state control. Re-nationalisation by stealth, I'm sure many will be happy with this..
Enjoyed the trip; especially the rural segments . The info provided made the experience more meaningful. Thanks for posting.
Thank you , John.
Love this watched so many times
A very enjoyable and informative video. Thank you for sharing
This has got to be one of the best video's of this kind to date.. As I come from Herefordshire I really enjoyed the whole journey from start to finish & my brother & myself have waited a long time for this to come on CZcams 7 it was worth the wait.. 10/10 ..
Thanks, Paul - glad you and your brother liked it.
Thank you for the immense effort you put into making this and yes it was informative entertaining and most enjoyable for us spanners who enjoy the life and times of trains
Thanks, kevj q
Thank you for the great ride-along!
My pleasure, Jeff.
Nice to see a cab ride video of what was effectively my commute to university last year! (I wasn't in student accommodation last year due to covid uncertainty, but hopefully this year things will have improved)
My great grand parents would have made this journey in the 1880's. My grand mother was born in Hereford after the family left London. I enjoyed the trip very much and the quality is excellent. Thank you.
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it.
Nice quiet ride, got lots done listening to the train ride video. Hurray.
I enjoyed this hugely! Thank you ever so much.
Thank you, Georg.
The flashbacks are truly a remarkable idea. Kudos.
Excellent done this run many times😎👽
Absolutely outstanding video, thank you for creating this and sharing. The comparison views before layout changes or re-doubling were fascinating and the whole video had me captivated with all the interesting detailed test on the screen.
Brilliant, silverstar1964 - really pleased you liked it so much!
Many thanks for reminding me of my days on the footplate at OOC in the 70's and 80's. I knew this route like the back of my hand as far as Wolvercote. It has to be said that there have been a few changes since..! Especially leaving Paddington (the down main was once the up eng. and carraige), and Reading, what an improuvement, we used to nickname it 'Stopall Junction'..! I now live in France where fly-over and dive-under junctions are relatively common.
The only eek if the catenary installed beyond Hayes, what an eyesore for a moment I thought someone had set up a scrapyard adjacent to the line, why they never chose something a little more discreet similar to that on the ECML beggars belief. I look forward to your next video.
Thanks, Glen - glad it brought back some memories and showed you what has changed since your days on the footplate.
Fabulous video !
Having travelled on this route over 500 times in 30 years (GMV to PAD and back pre covid). This gave me a different and welcoming perspective.
Also loved the way the journey time is much shorter than my normal 2 hours and 35 mins. Poetic licence I suppose.
Keep up the good work and thank you for a delightful couple of hours.
Thanks, Kevin - glad you liked it and thanks for taking the time to comment.
Excellent - thank-you.
Having travelled on this line several times it was informative seeing what the driver sees on this route. Information lines were clear and to the point.
Thanks, Richard - glad you liked it.
@@MyRailwayVideos The "then and now" comparison films were great! :)
The above statement reminds me of the comment made about S.J. Perelman: He was too much of an Anglophile to love England.
@@donreed Surely, an Anglophile does love England and all things English. Or did you mean an Anglophobe?
gorgeous presentation . glorious weather
what a lovely trip
Really good, thank you very much!
I have loved this video of this train journey. I hoie to sse some more. Thank you very much. William Grant,Buenos Aires Argentina
Thank you, William
Excellent video, enjoyed every moment, watched it over three nights.
Very, very interesting! And the location comments are very valuable. Thanks for them)
Thank you.
Amazing. Watched it through fascinated. The info on screen was really helpful.
Excellent video! I rode Paddington - Reading (and further on until Exeter) quite often before electrification and it's highly interesting to see the changes. Thank you!
Lovely video, at last I’ve had a ‘virtual’ trip through Colwall and Ledbury tunnels!
Well, I'm glad it shows how accurate train sim is :P
Great stuff - many thanks!👍
Brilliant video thanks for your hard work
Thank you very much - excellent video. Never managed to travel from Worcester to Oxford last August due to delays, missed trains etc. Made up for it by watching your video!
Have rode from Reading to Didcot Parkway for 4 years to work, was cool to see the journey from the drivers perspective(mostly) Thanks for the video.
What a great cab ride video, best I’ve seen.
Love the max speed permissible symbol, like has been said before it’d be lovely to see actual speeds, looking forward to the next one.
Absolutely fantastic to see this. Thank you very much! The annotations were also very helpful!
Thank you John, glad you like it!
Very enjoyable and I particularly loved the interesting information along the route
Thank you, Alan - glad you liked it.