lol yeah, i do prefer HST's but for now having the mix is nice. I don't think they should scrap the HST's though, running them on smaller services like Cardiff - Worcester or something might be an idea for a new route, because most of the time you have to change as msot trains I've seen by GWR all go to London Paddington. While as the AT300s can run Paddington bound services but some HSTs in the mix would sitll be nice to keep up the variety otherwise HSTs will the ones that will become uncommon (I've never seen an AT300 irl but i don't live in GWR territory, my nearest station that GWR serve is Worcester Forgate Street). I'm served mainly by West Midlands Railway (used to be London Midland) and Arriva Trains Wales and Virgin Trains and Cross Country. However the SLUG (Stroubridge Line User Group) are proposing the gWR to extend services up to Stourbridge Junction so hopefully we can get some Hereford or Worcester bound services but then there's a capacity problem as SBJ has 3 platforms, 1 dedicated to the Stourbridge Town Branch line which sees a train every 10 mins so you can't really use that as it would disrupt the services to the town, also the connection to the mainline points towards Birmingham so some conversion work would be needed. The other 2 are mainline ones and see quite frequent services to Birmingham, Dorridge, Stratford Upon Avon, Leamington Spa, Worcester and Kidderminster roughly 2 an hour so also a bit tight. Some major work would need to be undertook at Stourbridge if they want to extend GWR to there. I would certainly support the idea, as that line doesn't have much variety in traffic (it sees mostly the Class 139 Parry people mover, which is unique to stourbridge and class 172/2 and /3's which are the main commuting trains to destinations on their map. GWR sprinters and HSTS and IEPS would add to the variety but platform extensions would be needed too. OOh and I forgot to mension that Chiltern Railways run morning and evening services to London Marylebone, other times you have to change at Birmingham itself. Sorry I'm waffling on alot
Its_Chris_2003 / Chris Andrews they are not scrapped. Most are moved to scotrail and most will stay. And the cross country ones are staying and the virgin ones will be scrapped
Ben, you need to drop the level of the music in the intro. Damn near blew mah head right-off! As soon as I heard that racket, I hit the stop button. Seriously though, my hobby is a gentle pursuit, where the only music is the locos and their trains. :-)
nlo114 As I explained to some else I have hearing issues so it's not as loud and I apologise. I'm going to sort it out but sorry it's loud I couldn't tell when I made it
OK, no probs mate, only observation. It may be worth getting a pal to have a listen to the levels before you post. Excellent videos though! Take a trip to reading west one day for variety and freight, before the wires go up.
I quite like the look of these new units. Shame the OLE on this route is such a damn eyesore. Very crude looking imo. Is there any set pattern as to where/when they use diesel/AC power? Seems to be totally random in this video.
Electric eastbound, diesel westbound :p I believe westbound trains currently change to diesel just before arriving/passing through Didcot, while eastbound they change to AC while standing at the station. This is while they sort out the automated system which should eventually change between diesel/AC without the driver's input.
So how common (or uncommon) are HST's on services between London and Bristol? I can't say I'm a fan of the Class 800, and would rather ride an HST on the Great Western lines unless there is something with a bit more character in use? (Why I'm asking is because I will be in London and later Scotland in August, chasing trains.)
DC4916 Productions Depends on the day really. Last time I went in the GWML there was still loads of HSTs around but with more 800s arriving that may change.
Now we just hope and pray that the alleged re-thinking by Hitachi into the state of the seating goes ahead, and we get more comfy seating, cause even with the added legroom etc, those seats are rather hard-back. Nice catches though; despite their bad qualities, they still look relatively nice, the GWR livery works well on them.
The class 800's and 802's switch to diesel just before entering Didcot Parkway; especially the express services that do not stop at Didcot Parkway itself.
There's no fundamental problem with changing over at speed, all new bi-mode trains are designed to change over automatically at line speed. They just haven't got the automated system working well enough to be failsafe (I don't know the technical details of why it's not working yet)
I believe the fast services change just before Didcot, as well as services going onto the Oxford branch, however stopping services normally switch when sat in the station, maybe the Driver was used to driving express services so did it before stopping
Somewhat pedantic response. Cosmetic,ie, designed to increase the beauty and hide the defects of something. Power mode is irrelevant. Consider this lesson to the meaning of the word 'Cosmetic' a public service. As you wander aimlessly through life, at least you'll remember the word cosmetic and it's meaning.
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It's almost as if the HST gave a blast of the horn back as an "up yours!"
lol yeah, i do prefer HST's but for now having the mix is nice. I don't think they should scrap the HST's though, running them on smaller services like Cardiff - Worcester or something might be an idea for a new route, because most of the time you have to change as msot trains I've seen by GWR all go to London Paddington. While as the AT300s can run Paddington bound services but some HSTs in the mix would sitll be nice to keep up the variety otherwise HSTs will the ones that will become uncommon (I've never seen an AT300 irl but i don't live in GWR territory, my nearest station that GWR serve is Worcester Forgate Street). I'm served mainly by West Midlands Railway (used to be London Midland) and Arriva Trains Wales and Virgin Trains and Cross Country. However the SLUG (Stroubridge Line User Group) are proposing the gWR to extend services up to Stourbridge Junction so hopefully we can get some Hereford or Worcester bound services but then there's a capacity problem as SBJ has 3 platforms, 1 dedicated to the Stourbridge Town Branch line which sees a train every 10 mins so you can't really use that as it would disrupt the services to the town, also the connection to the mainline points towards Birmingham so some conversion work would be needed. The other 2 are mainline ones and see quite frequent services to Birmingham, Dorridge, Stratford Upon Avon, Leamington Spa, Worcester and Kidderminster roughly 2 an hour so also a bit tight. Some major work would need to be undertook at Stourbridge if they want to extend GWR to there. I would certainly support the idea, as that line doesn't have much variety in traffic (it sees mostly the Class 139 Parry people mover, which is unique to stourbridge and class 172/2 and /3's which are the main commuting trains to destinations on their map. GWR sprinters and HSTS and IEPS would add to the variety but platform extensions would be needed too. OOh and I forgot to mension that Chiltern Railways run morning and evening services to London Marylebone, other times you have to change at Birmingham itself. Sorry I'm waffling on alot
Its_Chris_2003 / Chris Andrews they are not scrapped. Most are moved to scotrail and most will stay. And the cross country ones are staying and the virgin ones will be scrapped
@@Great_WesternTVFan the LNER ones may move to Crosscountry
Great footage there, I'm hoping with teething problems out of the way they'll prove everyone wrong. I think they're great! Thanks for filming!
Thank you :)
Why is the 800 running on diesel? The electric lines are in place and should be in use.
At the time this was filmed the electric only went as far as Didcot Parkway
0:55 lol, the tone from the train sounded like a fishing passenger boat
Ben, you need to drop the level of the music in the intro. Damn near blew mah head right-off! As soon as I heard that racket, I hit the stop button. Seriously though, my hobby is a gentle pursuit, where the only music is the locos and their trains. :-)
nlo114 As I explained to some else I have hearing issues so it's not as loud and I apologise. I'm going to sort it out but sorry it's loud I couldn't tell when I made it
OK, no probs mate, only observation. It may be worth getting a pal to have a listen to the levels before you post. Excellent videos though! Take a trip to reading west one day for variety and freight, before the wires go up.
Brilliant video! Some great speed from the passing ones too.
Thank you :)
I quite like the look of these new units. Shame the OLE on this route is such a damn eyesore. Very crude looking imo.
Is there any set pattern as to where/when they use diesel/AC power? Seems to be totally random in this video.
Electric eastbound, diesel westbound :p I believe westbound trains currently change to diesel just before arriving/passing through Didcot, while eastbound they change to AC while standing at the station. This is while they sort out the automated system which should eventually change between diesel/AC without the driver's input.
What gets me is... WHY link two 5-car units to create a longer train... when a diesel coupling can handle ten carriages without additional powercars !
So how common (or uncommon) are HST's on services between London and Bristol? I can't say I'm a fan of the Class 800, and would rather ride an HST on the Great Western lines unless there is something with a bit more character in use? (Why I'm asking is because I will be in London and later Scotland in August, chasing trains.)
DC4916 Productions Depends on the day really. Last time I went in the GWML there was still loads of HSTs around but with more 800s arriving that may change.
Thanks for your help. For me it will be mid-August, so fingers crossed!!
DC4916 Productions Think class 802s will begun their rollout by then too
When I looked inbetween the carriages I thought it was coupled to loads of 156s.
Now we just hope and pray that the alleged re-thinking by Hitachi into the state of the seating goes ahead, and we get more comfy seating, cause even with the added legroom etc, those seats are rather hard-back.
Nice catches though; despite their bad qualities, they still look relatively nice, the GWR livery works well on them.
The new 800 looks rather like an HST javelin, the javelin's run on pick up rail and pantograph
Buttercupline2 They're not "exactly the same" as a Javelin. There's quite a lot of differences.
William Radford yep, same design and everything. When IETs come found the corner they always look like javelins
William Radford but javelins are more pointy and the body is a bit lower. It's wag faster than the class 800 Hitachi
To me .... The GWR has the best colour scheme. Love that (British Racing) Green and Silver.😍 Beats all the others.
Why do some 800’s enter Didcot heading to the country in Diesel mode? Wouldn’t you switch power modes once you’re stopped at Didcot?
The class 800's and 802's switch to diesel just before entering Didcot Parkway; especially the express services that do not stop at Didcot Parkway itself.
If that put the pantograph up at speed the wires would come down
There's no fundamental problem with changing over at speed, all new bi-mode trains are designed to change over automatically at line speed. They just haven't got the automated system working well enough to be failsafe (I don't know the technical details of why it's not working yet)
I believe the fast services change just before Didcot, as well as services going onto the Oxford branch, however stopping services normally switch when sat in the station, maybe the Driver was used to driving express services so did it before stopping
didcot looks like a builders yard at the mo
Why are some of them running on diesel?
As the time of filming this was a far as the electric ran before they needed to change
@@hstben1 Ah I see. Do you know where it now goes up to? :)
@@10reubenl yes goes all the way to Cardiff. I was out on the first day electric trains ran to Cardiff
@@hstben1 Oh, nice!
Wow! Loving that acceleration
Nice acceleration, quiet engines. Those brakes really squeal though!
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Great video mate :) I was there on the 14th :)
JV TRAINS Thanks mate 🙂 Nice 🙂
Great acceleration by these 800`s
Yep I agree
Great mate :)
Trainmania100 Thanks Matt 🙂
The new GWR class 800s, runs as a diesel, and uses its pantograph,.
Un hermoso trabajo y vídeo , gracias.
Hi 👋 mate great 👍🏻 video and nice 👍🏻 filming
They remind me of the 700’s. How many in service, are they frequent?
There's about 6 pairs out a day I think
Nice Video Mate Too Many Are Out Now lol
South Coast Trainspotter Thanks mate :) Yep lol
Nice one mate I subscribed to you eges ago
Great video mate :)
Southeastern Train Fan Thanks mate 🙂
Tojo The Japanese Engine was feeling rather miserable...What's up Tojo? said Thomas, you look jolly cross..
should you change your name to IEPBEN1?
Nah lol HSTs are better 😂
FUCKINGYOOM
Did they fit them with a jet engine or something? Christ.
GreatWestern 43125 😂😂😂 They are bloody quick I can tell you that XD
Fantastic Video Their :)
Nice video of those plastic things.
Staltwitch Junction Thank you lol
What's the intro music called?
Staltwitch Junction Galantis no money
Thanks.
Can't beat HST125 for presence. These cheap-looking things are just HS1 Javelins with cosmetic alterations.
Yea I agree
hardly cosmetic being bi mode and having diesel engines. also door in diffrent places
Somewhat pedantic response. Cosmetic,ie, designed to increase the beauty and hide the defects of something. Power mode is irrelevant. Consider this lesson to the meaning of the word 'Cosmetic' a public service. As you wander aimlessly through life, at least you'll remember the word cosmetic and it's meaning.
Agreed for the presence but I actually like the look of the class 800
Calm down Michael, it’s just a Train.
The rot has set in. Nasty rubbish.
Great Video Mate!
Kent Trainspotter Thanks mate 🙂