CORRECTIONS* *Rainham is the most easterly calling point - not Gillingham (There is another town called Rainham in Dagenham not far away hence the confusion!) 👍 *Crossrail/The Elizbeth line now of course forms a second through-railway for London!
@@traintakesThe Javelin trains, although not operated by Thameslink, passes the Essex Rainham, and then the ones via Gravesend call at the Kent Rainham about 15-20 minutes later. There's a sign up near the Essex Rainham (visible from the trains) reading "Rainham Steel." Misleading for those unfamiliar with the service.!!
Great video! I am lucky enough to catch a thameslink service everyday to Dartford for my college. It makes my travel more interesting now I know about their history!
Thanks for watching! Great to know it makes your commute more interesting! Think I might need to do a follow up on this at some point as there’s been some changes along the way!
Great video - brilliant presentation and interesting facts! It was really good to get to work with you on this one (even if it was just supplying a few clips here and there), hopefully we can work together more in the future!
Thanks again Seb, honestly it’s so appreciated, Boom and yourself literally couldn’t have been more helpful and we should definitely work together again in the future!
Wow! I've just watched your other 101 facts videos too, and their bloody amazing for such a small channel! I'm definitely subscribed after these factual masterpieces!
I've ridden the 387s back when some are still in Thameslink and also tried one of the Class 700s (700 104) from Brighton to London. Both are great trains.
Just a quick correction to my knowledge: Thameslink also does occasional services to Kings Lynn, which makes it the most northern calling point. (Kings lynn is only slightly further north than Peterborough is).
Excellent video! I’m lucky enough to catch a Thameslink train between my local station (Crofton Park) and Blackfriars for work every day. I still remember the good old days of the class 319s, I loved them. I loved the traction motor but what I enjoyed most was when it was dark outside and there were no announcements. You just had to take a gamble as to where you were getting off! 😂 However, I do think the 700s are a great change. They’re cleaner, more modern and more spacious for wheelchair and buggy users, or people with lots of luggage. What I like most though is the announcements and information screens. They’re just so modern and helpful! Anyways, I’ll think I’ll stop talking now. Thank you for the information!
Thanks very much for your comment Callum, enjoyed reading that! I've heard a few similar stories about the 319s, fondly remembered but fraught with danger 😂I do like the 700s - I put together a feature on the different Desiro City units (still on the channel if you want to watch) and did some further investigation on them - I was surprised to find a lot of people were not huge fans of them, so your words of praise for them are very welcome and it's good to know I'm not alone in thinking that they're not so bad! Thanks for watching and best wishes to you 👍
The station that opened on 29th may 1990 was actually called St Pauls Thameslink, but the London Fire Brigade objected as if they were called to a fire at St Pauls station they wouldn't know whether to go to the Thameslink or the tube station. Or that's what I overhead on the opening day when they were doing an inspection. It's almost on the site of Snow Hill station. Also most of the stock used on the line had bad reliability. I have been stuck behind both the stock introduced after the 319s. The routes in early days also included Woking!
Great video! 😁 The Thameslink network is huge! It's also really cool that the 700s they run on pantograph and third rail. This video has been put together really well! 😃 Like from me. 👍
#5 - To an extent we can say that the limited Southern service from Watford Junction to East Croydon also crosses London. I know the video says "city" and the Southern service goes through Zone2 only via Kensington Olympia and Shepherds Bush but I would still count that as a suburban service crossing London.
@@ymodnar only one TPH is quite limited though, not great at all. Now compare that with the frequency on Thameslink services where none of the branches sees less than 2TPH, most have 4 or even more at peak times, with dozens of TPH going through the core tunnel. Aside from frequency the last few trains of the night and first few in the day don't run into/from Croydon, and after 9PM they don't stop at Wembley. It is quite limited for a suburban service crossing through the city.
@@f.g.9466wouldn't really call it limited though, to be described as limited, a service should only run a small number of times a day. Many railway lines run hourly
Cool video mate. You didn't mention the Sevenoaks via Catford branch though, which was one of the original branches when Thameslink opened 1988-1991, then restored again in 2012. Considering the majority of the stations on the Catford Loop are Thameslink controlled I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned in 101 facts. Still an excellent watch though :-)
Thanks Jacob! I will definitely keep you in mind about GWR - funnily enough there was another comment somewhere asking about doing a GWR video. As for subs, I think I'm just lucky! The SouthEastern 101 Facts video was originally the lowest-performing video on the channel when it first went up, then all of a sudden that's just completely blown up in searches and I've somehow gotten a ton a views and subs off the back of it. Beginners luck!
Great list! did you happen to find out two things I've always been curious about: 1) why in the Thameslink 2000 program they didn't make a grade-separated junction just south of Blackfriars - seems crazy to keep the flat junction, which must cause delays on Thameslink to be pushed on to the whole south-east rail network. 2) why they didn't make Blackfriars a 'double island-platform' design (with four through lines - London Bridge S-bound + Elephant & Castle S-bound; LB N-bound + E&C N-bound) - which would have been the standard mainland Europe approach. If you've found out a genuine railway-operational reason for not doing so, it would be interesting to know - or even just that they wanted to, but were prevented by the money people!
Thanks Rick! I actually looked into both of those points when looking into Blackfriars and even called their publicity team to see if they could provide further info - nobody got back to me in the end despite a few chasers. The only conceivable thing I can deduce is cost and complexity in relation to construction along on the Thames. If I ever get an answer I may update this video in future or produce a new one taking a more in-depth look at Blackfriars and it’s history!
@@traintakes Very many thanks for your reply - I was beginning to think that I was the only person bothered by these issues! There has been no comment on it (as far as I can remember) even in Modern Railways or Rail magazines. I've subscribed to your channel and will be very interested if you ever do get direct answers. My own view is that it would not necessarily have cost more overall to build a single-track flyover on the LB>BF line, if the chance had been taken to extend the Thameslink tracks above the SE 'Cannon St to LB' lines and then crossing above LB station SE platforms (giving interchanges by short stairs/lifts, rather than the present long ones) before descending between the SC main line (to NewX Gate) tracks. This would have saved constructing the new Borough Market bridge and the Bermondsey dive-under, and would have given an optimal situation at Blackfriars - saving delays (and so money) on future operations.
@@ricktownend9144 Thanks again Rick and thanks very much for subscribing, really appreciate it! I hadn’t even though about the prospect of the Bermondsey dive-under and the Borough bridge - I’m no accountant or engineer but those sound like good solutions that you’ve outlined! As much as I’ll always champion rail and rail investment, they have spent an enormous amount on the plan over the years!
Hello! This is another Premium Beat track called ‘Sweet Savior’ - www.premiumbeat.com/royalty-free-tracks/sweet-saviour I can’t find the name of the track I used for the Chatham work, but that’s another Premium Beat track. Great site 👍
Cheers Mantis! Definitely one on my list to get to 👍 So far I’ve mainly been able to do SouthEastern and Thameslink because I had enough existing footage pre-lockdown to work with other assets I managed to gather from online. With the lockdown I haven’t been able to film much new material, which is kind of how the series started in a weird way! But EMR/EMT is definitely on the list to do as soon as I can get out and get some footage together 👊
@@traintakesif you would like to use them, i have a few videos of belper and ambergate junction of east midlands railway trains if you want to use them
Another slog Paul, I won’t lie to you 🤣 Mainly because I was combining it with work and the additional graphics/photos always make it a bit fiddly! Happy with the end result though so all worth it in the end. Thanks as ever for your support!
@@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 yeah that's the one. I hope the one that was the first train through the channel tunnel still has the plaque stuck to it.
However, What most people don't realise is that Southern Railway don't actually own any of their rolling stock. All rolling stock operated by Southern Railway is actually owned by a leasing company by the name of "Portabrook" in London. As a direct result, if "Southern Railway" cease to be, in their current capacity as a "T.O.C." then none of their current rolling stock could be considered to be "Disposable Assets."
Thanks Stuart. Indeed, the leasing of the respective units is a pretty complicated one when you break it down! I see you're a Palace fan - superb fanbase!
Nice video! Correct me if I'm wrong but I can also recall a Thameslink service that went to Ashford International via Otford and Maidstone using Southern/Thameslink class 377s. Not sure what the background info on that is but would be interesting to know.
I personally don’t think the most West Point is Horsham, I think it’s Flitwick because if you put a ruler between the Flitwick is further but great video nonetheless
Good point. I touch on this more in this video covering the wider Class 700 family - ruclips.net/video/lzXoQa2IVQs/видео.html Just in case you wanted an ironing board fix!
Pre pandemic I used it for journeys to London Bridge from Chatham when the weather was hot ,due to the Air Conditioning.Otherwise I change at Gravesend onto Southerner's Eastern. Thameslink is too slow, it stops at almost every station.
Interesting Denis - a few people I’ve spoken to when I made this video said a similar thing about the speed. Seems it’s a bit of a marmite route perhaps!
The Rainham service is appallingly bad and slow, it replaced a much loved and well used semi fast service that ran into Charing Cross and only called at major stations after Gravesend, the stations being Greenhithe, Dartford, Abbey Wood, Woolwich Arsenal, Blackheath, Lewisham then non stop to London Bridge
Hi Alessandra! I believe it is staffed for a full 24 hours and is quite well lit up and has step-free access with escalators. It should be quite safe 😊
@@traintakes amazing. Thank you. Such a lovely route that I’m lucky to travel on every week. Such lovely mountains more up north heading to Glasgow. And I’ll also throw another suggestion in. ScotRail the highlands absolutely beautiful views.
@@markrogers3494 Agree on all counts Mark! Was lucky enough to travel on the Jacobite excursion a couple of years ago and also the Bo’ness railway, both were splendid!
I have been on the Class 700. And they are very nice trains. But the seats aren’t as comfortable. Plus Great Northern have replaced the Class 313 with the Class 717. Which were also built by Siemens.
Thanks Kentish guy! I think though Gillingham is just a little bit further east of Rainham and Thameslink services do call there...every chance I'm looking at a map the wrong way round though haha!
@@thatkentishtrainguy6040 You’re absolutely right!! There is another spot called Rainham which is just outside Dagenham. How annoying - thanks for flagging!!
@@thatkentishtrainguy6040 You are quite correct!! There's actually another spot called Rainham which isn't too far away in Dagenham from Gillingham so got confused on the map. Rats. Thanks again!
Thanks! You’ll be pleased to know the ding sound has been removed fr more recent editions. At some point I may revisit this video, update it and remove them altogether 👍
thamescantlink is a royal pain in the ar5e. May 2018 saw me loose my daily hat 1st class seat and 35 mins journey into london. It was replaced with the ironing board express and a journey time of at least 1 hr. Thanks to these changes, I and may others lost over 1000 minutes of our life’s in delays (may 2018 to the start of lock down 1) due to the idiotic incompetent management and its ability to run a train anywhere near on time. Some days i actually cycled house to office (53 miles) faster than thamestink. Having traveled the world, by train I NEVER want to use Thameswillneverlink again. Interesting article btw.
The only big mistake they made with the new trains: 2 doors per car is not enough, the distance between them is just way too long. 3 doors per car would be much better (like the crossrail trains)
CORRECTIONS*
*Rainham is the most easterly calling point - not Gillingham (There is another town called Rainham in Dagenham not far away hence the confusion!) 👍
*Crossrail/The Elizbeth line now of course forms a second through-railway for London!
But it has (Essex). Rainham (Essex) but is in Greater London in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. And was in Essex before.
@@Andrewjg_89 Too many Rainhams 🤣
@@traintakes Indeed 😂
The service explicitly mentions Rainham (Kent). Thameslink have no Essex services at the moment.
@@traintakesThe Javelin trains, although not operated by Thameslink, passes the Essex Rainham, and then the ones via Gravesend call at the Kent Rainham about 15-20 minutes later. There's a sign up near the Essex Rainham (visible from the trains) reading "Rainham Steel." Misleading for those unfamiliar with the service.!!
Great video! I am lucky enough to catch a thameslink service everyday to Dartford for my college. It makes my travel more interesting now I know about their history!
Thanks for watching! Great to know it makes your commute more interesting! Think I might need to do a follow up on this at some point as there’s been some changes along the way!
Is that North Kent college in wilmington?
Great video - brilliant presentation and interesting facts! It was really good to get to work with you on this one (even if it was just supplying a few clips here and there), hopefully we can work together more in the future!
Thanks again Seb, honestly it’s so appreciated, Boom and yourself literally couldn’t have been more helpful and we should definitely work together again in the future!
Very good clips from To The Trains worked so well with the excellent facts from TrainsOnTheBrain.
@@CPTrains Thanks CPTrains. Seb (To The Trains) was incredibly helpful in putting this edit together!
Wow! I've just watched your other 101 facts videos too, and their bloody amazing for such a small channel! I'm definitely subscribed after these factual masterpieces!
Thanks General! Thought you’d perished in Episode III but good to know you’re still around 😃 Glad you enjoyed them!
@@traintakes thankfully it was just a bit of heartburn 😂. But don't worry, the fearsome leader of the separatists is still here!
@@generalgrievous5615 👏
I've ridden the 387s back when some are still in Thameslink and also tried one of the Class 700s (700 104) from Brighton to London.
Both are great trains.
Agreed! Thanks for checking out the video Owen 👊
@@traintakes you're welcome. Cherrs
Just a quick correction to my knowledge:
Thameslink also does occasional services to Kings Lynn, which makes it the most northern calling point.
(Kings lynn is only slightly further north than Peterborough is).
Excellent video! I’m lucky enough to catch a Thameslink train between my local station (Crofton Park) and Blackfriars for work every day. I still remember the good old days of the class 319s, I loved them. I loved the traction motor but what I enjoyed most was when it was dark outside and there were no announcements. You just had to take a gamble as to where you were getting off! 😂 However, I do think the 700s are a great change. They’re cleaner, more modern and more spacious for wheelchair and buggy users, or people with lots of luggage. What I like most though is the announcements and information screens. They’re just so modern and helpful! Anyways, I’ll think I’ll stop talking now. Thank you for the information!
Thanks very much for your comment Callum, enjoyed reading that! I've heard a few similar stories about the 319s, fondly remembered but fraught with danger 😂I do like the 700s - I put together a feature on the different Desiro City units (still on the channel if you want to watch) and did some further investigation on them - I was surprised to find a lot of people were not huge fans of them, so your words of praise for them are very welcome and it's good to know I'm not alone in thinking that they're not so bad! Thanks for watching and best wishes to you 👍
The station that opened on 29th may 1990 was actually called St Pauls Thameslink, but the London Fire Brigade objected as if they were called to a fire at St Pauls station they wouldn't know whether to go to the Thameslink or the tube station. Or that's what I overhead on the opening day when they were doing an inspection. It's almost on the site of Snow Hill station.
Also most of the stock used on the line had bad reliability. I have been stuck behind both the stock introduced after the 319s.
The routes in early days also included Woking!
Great video! 😁 The Thameslink network is huge! It's also really cool that the 700s they run on pantograph and third rail. This video has been put together really well! 😃 Like from me. 👍
Thanks pal hope you’re well!
Great video👍. Thanks for the shoutout too😊.
Thank you for the footage my friend - I couldn’t have put the edit together without your help.
You’re welcome, I’m glad I could help😊.
Holy cow your channel is growing ! great video and wish you all the best for the future :)
Thanks Harry! It’s definitely caught me by surprise, very grateful for everyone’s continued support!
Littlehampton is further west than Horsham 🙂 I love the video format, subbed!
Thanks Fabian! Think at a couple of points I got my geography mixed up making this one 😂
#5 - To an extent we can say that the limited Southern service from Watford Junction to East Croydon also crosses London. I know the video says "city" and the Southern service goes through Zone2 only via Kensington Olympia and Shepherds Bush but I would still count that as a suburban service crossing London.
I wouldn't say that the service is limited as trains arrive every hour.
@@ymodnar only one TPH is quite limited though, not great at all. Now compare that with the frequency on Thameslink services where none of the branches sees less than 2TPH, most have 4 or even more at peak times, with dozens of TPH going through the core tunnel. Aside from frequency the last few trains of the night and first few in the day don't run into/from Croydon, and after 9PM they don't stop at Wembley. It is quite limited for a suburban service crossing through the city.
@@f.g.9466wouldn't really call it limited though, to be described as limited, a service should only run a small number of times a day. Many railway lines run hourly
Brilliant video Once again they just get better and better.
Thanks pal, much appreciated! I think each video in the series is gradually improving as I get the hang of it more!
The Thameslink was the best rail trip I did when I was in London.
Love this!
Thank you, your Royal Highness 😎
Love this video! Really well presented 👏👏
Thanks very much Matt. Your channel is doing absolutely brilliantly!
Amazing video! Learnt alot about Thameslink!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😃
Beautiful! Enjoyed this video a lot! I love this account😁
Thanks very much Dan, love this comment!
@@traintakes No problem! Expect more in future videos! 100% need over 100K subs and a verification badge! Now THIS is perfect content!👌😁
Great vid bud just subscribed
Thanks very much! 🥂
Love Your Enthusiasm
Thanks Kodai 👍
Very Good and Informative video. I do like the 700s as well.
Cheers CPT. Yep, really grown to like the class!
I mean the seats are ok, but it is nice to spot the trainbow Class 700
Cool video mate. You didn't mention the Sevenoaks via Catford branch though, which was one of the original branches when Thameslink opened 1988-1991, then restored again in 2012. Considering the majority of the stations on the Catford Loop are Thameslink controlled I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned in 101 facts. Still an excellent watch though :-)
And there's also the Orpington branch which is used at peak hours
Both good shouts, thanks both.
Amazing video!
Thank you 🙌
Great video. Tiresome canned music all the way through. Thanks for uploading.
Thanks for watching. I’ll try and jazz up the music choices in future!
Nice video Nick! If you ever do 101 facts about GWR I can provide footage for you. Also how do you get so many freaking subs
Thanks Jacob! I will definitely keep you in mind about GWR - funnily enough there was another comment somewhere asking about doing a GWR video. As for subs, I think I'm just lucky! The SouthEastern 101 Facts video was originally the lowest-performing video on the channel when it first went up, then all of a sudden that's just completely blown up in searches and I've somehow gotten a ton a views and subs off the back of it. Beginners luck!
@@traintakes OK
Great list! did you happen to find out two things I've always been curious about: 1) why in the Thameslink 2000 program they didn't make a grade-separated junction just south of Blackfriars - seems crazy to keep the flat junction, which must cause delays on Thameslink to be pushed on to the whole south-east rail network. 2) why they didn't make Blackfriars a 'double island-platform' design (with four through lines - London Bridge S-bound + Elephant & Castle S-bound; LB N-bound + E&C N-bound) - which would have been the standard mainland Europe approach. If you've found out a genuine railway-operational reason for not doing so, it would be interesting to know - or even just that they wanted to, but were prevented by the money people!
Thanks Rick! I actually looked into both of those points when looking into Blackfriars and even called their publicity team to see if they could provide further info - nobody got back to me in the end despite a few chasers. The only conceivable thing I can deduce is cost and complexity in relation to construction along on the Thames. If I ever get an answer I may update this video in future or produce a new one taking a more in-depth look at Blackfriars and it’s history!
@@traintakes Very many thanks for your reply - I was beginning to think that I was the only person bothered by these issues! There has been no comment on it (as far as I can remember) even in Modern Railways or Rail magazines. I've subscribed to your channel and will be very interested if you ever do get direct answers. My own view is that it would not necessarily have cost more overall to build a single-track flyover on the LB>BF line, if the chance had been taken to extend the Thameslink tracks above the SE 'Cannon St to LB' lines and then crossing above LB station SE platforms (giving interchanges by short stairs/lifts, rather than the present long ones) before descending between the SC main line (to NewX Gate) tracks. This would have saved constructing the new Borough Market bridge and the Bermondsey dive-under, and would have given an optimal situation at Blackfriars - saving delays (and so money) on future operations.
@@ricktownend9144 Thanks again Rick and thanks very much for subscribing, really appreciate it! I hadn’t even though about the prospect of the Bermondsey dive-under and the Borough bridge - I’m no accountant or engineer but those sound like good solutions that you’ve outlined! As much as I’ll always champion rail and rail investment, they have spent an enormous amount on the plan over the years!
11:35 - Did I see an articulated bus there in the car park?
Amazing Facts! New sub btw, and a like!
Cheers Ron, welcome aboard 👍
Nice video.Enjoy it thanks
Cheers Diesel Dave 👊
@@traintakes Thanks take care
Hi TrainsOnTheBrains! May I ask what is the music you used in this video and your Trainspotting on the Chatham mainline video?
Hello! This is another Premium Beat track called ‘Sweet Savior’ - www.premiumbeat.com/royalty-free-tracks/sweet-saviour
I can’t find the name of the track I used for the Chatham work, but that’s another Premium Beat track. Great site 👍
Excellent job nick
Thanks 👍
can you do a video on east midlands railway/ east midlands trains next, great video by the way
Cheers Mantis! Definitely one on my list to get to 👍 So far I’ve mainly been able to do SouthEastern and Thameslink because I had enough existing footage pre-lockdown to work with other assets I managed to gather from online. With the lockdown I haven’t been able to film much new material, which is kind of how the series started in a weird way! But EMR/EMT is definitely on the list to do as soon as I can get out and get some footage together 👊
@@traintakesif you would like to use them, i have a few videos of belper and ambergate junction of east midlands railway trains if you want to use them
they will be a bit shakey though, i havent been able to buy a tripod yet
@@mantisgamer96 Ah amazing, thanks Mantis! I’ll definitely keep you in mind!
Cracking video, must have been a an editing nightmare !👌👍
Another slog Paul, I won’t lie to you 🤣 Mainly because I was combining it with work and the additional graphics/photos always make it a bit fiddly! Happy with the end result though so all worth it in the end. Thanks as ever for your support!
Thameslink services started with the 319 units which lasted until the introduction of the 700 units
Yep, covered that in the video 👍
@@traintakes yeah and I saw the few 319s from thameslink going away for scrapping in August 2017
@@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 they didn't get scrapped, they're now refitted for Northern and have diesel engines.
@@ExplodingPiggy like being converted into the class 769 unit
@@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 yeah that's the one. I hope the one that was the first train through the channel tunnel still has the plaque stuck to it.
However, What most people don't realise is that Southern Railway don't actually own any of their rolling stock.
All rolling stock operated by Southern Railway is actually owned by a leasing company by the name of "Portabrook" in London.
As a direct result, if "Southern Railway" cease to be, in their current capacity as a "T.O.C." then none of their current rolling stock could be considered to be "Disposable Assets."
Thanks Stuart. Indeed, the leasing of the respective units is a pretty complicated one when you break it down! I see you're a Palace fan - superb fanbase!
i found you from mylifeasisaac101 and ima sub
Thanks Skeptikalz!
quick question!
will you do anymore 101 facts about train companies in the uk?
i would like to see more :D
Thank you! And yes, a few in the pipeline coming up 👍
@@traintakes yay :D
The class 700 are nice I really hope they can be added to Train sim world 2
Let’s hope so!
There on tsw3 now
Well….your wish came true 😂
Same
Came here for the real thing after getting the dlc for tsw3.
All I know is some thameslink services go to Bedford and the others sometimes go to Brighton via st Pancras
Thanks mate hope you’re well 👍
@@traintakes I am indeed well enough Nick no worries
Nice video! Correct me if I'm wrong but I can also recall a Thameslink service that went to Ashford International via Otford and Maidstone using Southern/Thameslink class 377s. Not sure what the background info on that is but would be interesting to know.
Thanks NW160! Not sure - hasn't come up in my research but will take a look into this when I have time! 👍
I think I've been on it for 3 or 4 stops while train spotting in London
Nice!
You forgot to mention King’s Cross thameslink and how that station closed on 9th Dec 2007. Nice video though
Nice Mate 👍
Cheers mate 🍻
I personally don’t think the most West Point is Horsham, I think it’s Flitwick because if you put a ruler between the Flitwick is further but great video nonetheless
Make southern next please!!
Cheers Lewis, will be looking to get out and shoot Southern content ASAP once lockdown ends! 👍
Just letting you know, service ended to Littlehampton a month ago.
Thanks, shame!
Fact 5 has finally changed 🙂
Indeed! When I originally made this I did wonder if Crossrail would ever be finished!
Could you make a video about the rail links to Heathrow? eg Why was Heathrow Express line originally built when the tube line already existed?
Interesting topic, added to my list of things to explore! 👍
The tube takes too long to get there. And was(is) often too congested, being made worse by passengers traveling with big luggage.
thank you very much.
Thank you very much in return Keith my good man. Hope you’re keeping well - fingers crossed we’ll all be allowed out soon to hit the platforms again!
You could of mentioned the class 700 infirmus ironing bord seats
Good point. I touch on this more in this video covering the wider Class 700 family - ruclips.net/video/lzXoQa2IVQs/видео.html
Just in case you wanted an ironing board fix!
@@traintakes thx
Will the Elizabeth line be the second mainline railway line that crosses London?
It will indeed once the respective links are complete, exciting times!
Pre pandemic I used it for journeys to London Bridge from Chatham when the weather was hot ,due to the Air Conditioning.Otherwise I change at Gravesend onto Southerner's Eastern.
Thameslink is too slow, it stops at almost every station.
Interesting Denis - a few people I’ve spoken to when I made this video said a similar thing about the speed. Seems it’s a bit of a marmite route perhaps!
The Rainham service is appallingly bad and slow, it replaced a much loved and well used semi fast service that ran into Charing Cross and only called at major stations after Gravesend, the stations being Greenhithe, Dartford, Abbey Wood, Woolwich Arsenal, Blackheath, Lewisham then non stop to London Bridge
@@traintakes it’s pretty hated, 😂😂 I’ve heard rumours that they may scrap this service and bring it back to South Eastern hopefully as a fast service
Is it blackfrias station a safe place during the night? We should take a train to Gatwick airport at 3:00 am
Hi Alessandra! I believe it is staffed for a full 24 hours and is quite well lit up and has step-free access with escalators. It should be quite safe 😊
@@traintakes Wow, fantastic… thanks 😊
@@alessandranacchiero2436 No problem at all, safe travels!
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Great to have you on for the premiere again mate
Can you do the west coast main line-Avanti west coast
Definitely in the planning Mark, as soon as restrictions ease up this is one on my list 👊
@@traintakes amazing. Thank you. Such a lovely route that I’m lucky to travel on every week. Such lovely mountains more up north heading to Glasgow. And I’ll also throw another suggestion in. ScotRail the highlands absolutely beautiful views.
@@markrogers3494 Agree on all counts Mark! Was lucky enough to travel on the Jacobite excursion a couple of years ago and also the Bo’ness railway, both were splendid!
I have been on the Class 700. And they are very nice trains. But the seats aren’t as comfortable. Plus Great Northern have replaced the Class 313 with the Class 717. Which were also built by Siemens.
The seats are a common complaint I’ve noticed. The ‘Ironing boards’ aren’t universally popular it seems!
Totally agree
And now the 319s run once to Newport docks
Lovely video, but the most easterly station is Rainham not Gillingham
Thanks Kentish guy! I think though Gillingham is just a little bit further east of Rainham and Thameslink services do call there...every chance I'm looking at a map the wrong way round though haha!
@@traintakes Rainham is past gillingham heading Eastbound
@@thatkentishtrainguy6040 You’re absolutely right!! There is another spot called Rainham which is just outside Dagenham. How annoying - thanks for flagging!!
@@thatkentishtrainguy6040 You are quite correct!! There's actually another spot called Rainham which isn't too far away in Dagenham from Gillingham so got confused on the map. Rats. Thanks again!
@@traintakes your welcome. Lovely video though!
Do 101 facts about GWR
Definitely in the planning John - as soon as Lockdown's done then GWR is one of the next videos I'm planning on my hitlist!
Which one?
@@russellgxy2905 Modern. Though I’d also like to do a classic era one!
Southern run through London with their WCML to Gatwick service.
Nice
Thank you!
Fact 102 there is a gold sovereign hidden in every class 700, usually somewhere in the buffet car.
Every modern unit should have a gold sovereign hidden in it’s buffet car (which itself is a hidden secret!)
@@traintakes as I always mention on the PA, it's in coach 13
You Should Do 101 Facts On South West Trains Or South Western Railway !!
Definitely in the planning as we ease out of Lockdown! Thanks for viewing!
Great video but the ding sound for each fact is really distracting and makes it hard to hear what you're saying sometimes
Thanks! You’ll be pleased to know the ding sound has been removed fr more recent editions. At some point I may revisit this video, update it and remove them altogether 👍
An yes the Littlehampton Thameslink service. AKA the service that keeps threatening to take away my 377s
Hopefully the 377s will still be going strong there for a good while yet. Hopefully you won’t have to move 😃
I never knew there was 666 seats on 700/1s!
Counted them myself…
(Might be lying)
thamescantlink is a royal pain in the ar5e.
May 2018 saw me loose my daily hat 1st class seat and 35 mins journey into london.
It was replaced with the ironing board express and a journey time of at least 1 hr.
Thanks to these changes, I and may others lost over 1000 minutes of our life’s in delays (may 2018 to the start of lock down 1) due to the idiotic incompetent management and its ability to run a train anywhere near on time. Some days i actually cycled house to office (53 miles) faster than thamestink.
Having traveled the world, by train I NEVER want to use Thameswillneverlink again.
Interesting article btw.
Thanks Chris, glad that despite all the trouble and strife they’ve given you that you liked the video at least!
Nice video, but the annoying tings sent me home early.
Thanks, you’ll be pleased to know that in the videos in this theme I’ve made since, the dings have been removed 😀
The UK, a lion among nations once upon a time, doesn't even make their own trains any longer ... Sad.
😭
The only big mistake they made with the new trains: 2 doors per car is not enough, the distance between them is just way too long.
3 doors per car would be much better (like the crossrail trains)
ThamesLink /
Yep!
The 319's Are Long Gone !!!!!!!