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AWS has 6 seconds to respond, not 2

But i like 377s!

Some years back the Meridian class 222, the trains to be replaced by the class 810 unfortunately for EMR, also made the trip from Bruges through the tunnel, which is also fairly unique to see. Since most uk trains are built in the uk itself, ferrying trains through the tunnel is a somewhat rare sight

I did not know this - every day is a school day!!! 🤔🚂🚂🚂

Imagine not having PZB

I remember this and the "RED for Danger" Video.

Gets hit by a train: Well that's unfortunate.

Train stops for him why is there a driver again?

Superb lets send a 2+3 down the tunnel, had to be a 2+3 😂🎉🤦‍♂️

This is extremely poor design and needs immediate correction.

This is a lie they control the earth magnetic field the ice wall is real they will never stop the tin foil hat cult.

No way when I went though the tunnel it was just a buss in a massive shipping container

I remember seeing the plaque on one of these as it was in service for Southern and thinking this must have been a real disappointment. Imagine being told that you getting to be a VIP on the first ever trip through the Channel Tunnel and thinking, ooh, is it going to be a TGV, a shiny new Eurostar train, perhaps? No, it's one of these crappy little commuter trains from south London. 🤦Didn't the queen ride on one of these trips for the tunnel's official opening?

Is the UK going to use ETCS in the nearby future?

surprised it didn't break down ahaha

Did you know? Manche is the French word for sleeve.

Yes, a 319 did go through the tunnel to test wire and pantograph interface.

I would like to see 319008 (now 769008) to be preserved at somewhere like the East Kent Railway. Porterbrook owns them so I was wondering if they could donate 769008 to that or a heritage Railway where it could be saved? It has a unique history so I think it deserves to be preserved.

Why the Pluck is AWS lacking then? System needs updating asap

Historically worth saving and, rarely for EMUs, the conversion work on them means they would even be useful on heritage lines.

They were named Cheriton and Cocqueels/ Higher panatograph fitted.

i love how this video has 319 likes right now

How comes that a Class 319 was used on the Channel Tunnel. Was it used as a test train.

Shame the Channel Tunnel is too expensive to use now. A day trip to France with a car on P&O costs £40. Eurotunnel costs £180. Why?

Great story. Would have been interesting to see some images, or even footage?

Have a look at how the French tested the smoke and fire detectors in their part of the tunnel. They used a preserved steam loco which reversed down one tunnel to the crossover then came forward through the other tunnel. There are some great photos of it coming out at Coquelles in a great cload of smoke and steal, apparently it did set off all the alarms.

Fascinating. I didn't know this had happened. Would make an interesting feature on a French layout (differences in scale aside).

Still find it incredible that the info isn't being passed directly to the driver via digital means. The tech to do this has been available in cars for several years.

I wonder if there was an open access operator that used the Class 319 from London to Calais. Or was it used as a test train before the Channel Tunnel was completed and Eurostar was born with Class 373 E300s were built to be operate from London to Paris and Brussels. As of today that Eurostar continues to run high speed continental Europe services.

Nice video, and yes, I was one of those people with my special ticket for a journey into the tunnel that day, along with a friend of mine. It was most disappointing when the train turned around again.

I wish we had sent Pacers

Very interesting. Were any similar excursions organised from the French end?

Didn’t know that was a thing because I live in Melbourne we need these (especially on the Clifton Hill and Burnley groups)

Yes - I remember seeing the 319s going to France on the BBC London news. It seemed incredible!

Well, it's nice that trains have safety systems like PZB, LZB, ETCS. I feel so safe taking them

I though trains had to be at least 400m to go through the Chunnel, for safety reasons

They are so much better than the new trains that replaced them.

2 months paid leave and some counseling for a bit of low level sun

Brilliant

I'm sorry what? Isn't a dark signal always considered a stop/most restricting aspect??

All accidents are caused by a series of failures unfortunately lining up. In this case the driver was the circuit breaker that prevented one.

Where is he driving?

Looks like the switches weren't lined in such a way that the two trains would have collided anyway

Sad to see them having gone, they were great Edinburgh to london

"... the driver was then promtly escorted off the train and shot in the back by the National Rail gremlins..."

Ive always wandered what they were for. I kinda had a feeling it was something to do for the track.

Wipe that smirk off ya face laddy.

Nice vid, very interesting as usual

Lots of pretend know it all drivers here

If they can control signals, why can't they send that information directly to the train?