Dudley Railway Tunnel and Station Site Walk / Explore - A New Future
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
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Since Dudley Tunnel and the railway that once ran through it suffered it's fate and closure in 1993, it has remained abandoned and unused, left to nature and the elements.
Since our visit in September 2020 a lot has changed. Refurbishment and renewal is now the future for this former railway route.
Join us as we take a look inside the full length of Dudley Tunnel.
We take an in depth look at what future this site now holds. Redevelopment of the former station site for a test centre facility alongside a brand new test track heading off towards the tunnel.
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Looking forward to seeing the VLR trams testing along here. Good to see a tunnel preserved rather than falling to bits. And that curve looks incredible.
Cheers Bob thanks for watching 🙂
Brilliant! loved the flashbacks to yesteryear Kudos to Dudley Council for utilising the trackbed and tunnels. Eat you heart out Nottm City Council for your forefather's shortsightedness by demolishing and building over the GCR through the City and the once magnificent Victoria Station. The NET could have used that routing so successfully.
Great to see the old tunnel coming back to life
Thanks very much for watching Paul
Fab vidro Ant & Andrew, isnt it great seeing an old gorgeous tunnel having a new life for years to come. Very intersting new site, love to see a train going round that very tight curve. Great to do an update vidro when all finished. ❤😊
Another fascinating video. I did actually travel through Dudley tunnel when it was open, in the 60s. So glad to see so much is now coming back into use - which is a great way of sticking two fingers up to Marples and Beeching! Well done, Ant!
Nice one again. Interesting to see somewhere with historic track work being re-purposed.
Awesome video, nice of them to invite you. Will be a great place to see when finished.
Access to a normally private railway site whilst wearing hi-vis
...you've turned into Geoff for this video!
Wow what an opportunity to see that and glad it's still being used and thanks for sharing I watch the other chaps videos too I think he's following you about Ant xx
Fascinating. Thank you for showing us that.
Nice to see something being reused.
Thanks very much for watching Pete
Nice piece of history about the Dudley tunnel and how it was built. Very good video. 👍
Thanks very much Andrew
A good video of Dudley Railway Tunnel and Station Site Walk / Explore - A New Future!.👌👌👌👌
Thanks for watching Michael
This was so interesting thank you from New Zealand
Your man with his mobile definitely wanted a cameo appearance! 😂😂😂
Ha ha ha yes about 10 minutes in he kept trying 😂
Hi Ant, I really enjoyed that. It’s good to see some of our excellent, fantastic, architecture repurposed instead of being brushed aside. Thank you.
Great collaboration with ALW. Great video very informative keep up the great work 👍
Cheers Barry thanks very much
Ant, what a great combination of the Old and the New. Just think, a hundred years from now some future youtuber will be recording a video on how "well made and quant" the work was that is new to us today.....
Thanks very much Mike. It was nice to revisit this place and also mix in some of my old photos
Hello Ant - grettings from Poland
That was a fantastic video. The old photographs showed what the site looked liked in days gone by. It put into prospective, how despite all the buildings of Dudley Station being demolished, the trackbed and tunnel have been preserved and upgraded into a test area for VLR trams and locomotives.
Your camera work, drone footage and commentary? Exceptional! Thanks again old friend for taking me along with you.
Stay safe and regards to Amy please. See you again soon.
Brilliant piece of history that has not been allowed to go to rack and ruin, the tunnel looks in good nick too with a nice bit of rail. Glad you spotted the old signal box foundations, great to see. That strange guy that keeps turning up does some fantastic videos too!!!
It's great as other people have commented seeing this old infrastructure be reused again.
But ticket prices on public transport need to be more affordable to the masses.
At the moment they are not. I have seen on numerous occasions at off peak times trains running virtually empty.
If it did happen maybe we would see more disused railways reopened.
Ps yet again another cracking video.
Very interesting. Hopefully, you will go back and show us the finished article. 👍
Really enjoyed this one great video as always the presentation is spot on ❤️👍
Thanks very much Chris much appreciated
What a great video, so good to see this infrastructure being brought back into use. It would be great to see Dudley back on the rail network.
Another great video, thanks to both of you. I enjoyed this as much as your first one from the site.
Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed it
Very good - glad it is being reused for Trains again!!! 🙂🚂🚂🚂
Thanks very much for watching 🙂
I do enjoy the all your walks. I liked the Dudley walk you did before work stated and hoped youd walk it again to see how much its changed. 👍👍
Cool video 👍
Thanks very much
Another great video I remember walking from bescot to Stourbridge along this route around 2001 there was a couple of down and outs living in the tunnel at dudley they made me jump out my skin as I didn't expect anyone to be in a pitch black tunnel
It sure was an excellent day out :)
It absolutely was
Nice one, I hope they use the full length of the line, I believe they have brought a Shunter and a class 37
Very interesting and informative, great tunnel and footage. Music great. Most enjoyable Ant. A lot of work and time you put into this for us, thank you.
Thanks very much Shirley that's so kind 🙂
Nice video Ant very informative, and yes I have a model railway in the attic, I try to avoid curves tighter than second radius 9" on N-Gauge.
That bit of rail near the end - The only other bit of rail of that type and formation I've seen before was at Starcross, Devon, where Brunel's vacuum driven pumping station was, when it was a museum. (About 33 or so years ago). ; -)
Hi. Isn't it a bit of heavy duty cable trunking?
@@tunflin6805 Definitely a piece of rail similar to that used on Brunel's Atmospheric Railway - Broad Gauge ; - )
excellent video👍 nice to see it's been put to good use sad it's not how it use to be it was such a lovely station shame it declined could you also tell me why only one track through the tunnel not two🤔
It's all that was required so as also to provide foot and vehicle access on the other side 🙂
Another good video,Ant, i was just thinking the rail curve looked like a model railway curve ,just as you said it😃 as always i love the drone footage,x😃
Thank you 🙂 It's a big change since I last went
Hi Ant , Great video’s !
I’ve been listing and working my way through all your videos for the last 6 months. I try and do lost railway walks myself (Photographed only) when I get time. One thing that intrigued me about the 2022 Dudley tunnel video was the Class 52 Western standing at Blowers Green station !
Well out of this Loco’s area, I’ve tried to search Google to see what Western it was and how it came to be there ? Any 💡 ideas ?
Thanks Stuart 👍🏻
Another great one Ant and really good to see the progress since your last trip. Is that the whole length of the test track that you walked?
Hi John thank you. Yes that was all of it 🙂
Hopefully this will re-ignite Dudley Town itself to which had one of the best shopping experiences in Years gone bye.
The station Hotel should be re-opened for Ghost Tours like they have in Dudley castle.
Why not have market stalls at the station itself selling Fresh produce from the Farms at the back of Russel's Hall.
There is so much potential still left in the Town but I think only if they re-establish older shops and stores.
We had Woolworths, Beatties, WH Smith, CO-OP , Durrans Video , Comptashia, Cooks, Top Shop to name but a few.
I did ask Andy street and the Dudley Council if they were going to build a Bike lane next to the new Tram but Street never replied and it looks like they are not going to which is such a missed opportunity and shame.
Dudley has so much History including the Brilliant Black Country Museum and the wrens nest nature reserve.
I found out recently that there used to be a Train from Wolverhampton to Bridge North and also Stourport.
Wouldn't it be fantastic if they could have done something with this as well.
Getting to these destinations like Bewdley is not easy.
You have to basically get to Stourbridge or Wolvo itself and get a myriad of buses and trains.
Dudley council should invest in a Day bus it only has to be every Hour from the new Bus station so Familys could have a cheap day out in Bewdley , Bridgenorth and Iron Bridge.
Thanks for the video mate
Really enjoyed it and the Music which is brilliant.
Great video as always. I came across some pictures of the Weekday Cross tunnel the other day. Is that one still there?
When you came out of the portal and mentioned the grey box then saw the black box on the other side , it looks like a bat house, can you tell me if I am right ? Another great video, I am glued to them.
I walked through the staple hill tunnel when it was derelict and full of rubble. I slept in a refuge and walked out the next day to Bristol. I love tunnels!. The history has to ne felt, do you know what I mean? What kind of loco could handle that sharp bend? An 0-4-0 shun
ter & it would have to go real slow with wagons in tow.
Very interesting video
Thanks very much Nigel
The last time I was there was 65 years ago when the family went to Dudley Zoo from Nottingham, I would have been 4 years old!
Wow. I've never been to the zoo either
This is so fascinating. At least its being used for again for a good purpose but I do wonder if they wished it still could be used for revenue earning trains🤔
Increasingly we're seeing track axed by Dr Beeching reinstated at enormous cost. How short-sighted were the rail policies of the 50s and 60s. And the Victorians would turn in their graves at the sight of that new monstrosity masquerading as a Centre of Excellence or whatever they call it. Nevertheless, it's new railway, which is to be applauded.
dib dob said to me what a great video and thankyou for crackhow haha
Ha ha ha ha ha what a guy 😂😂😂😂
Hi, I would say that it definitely was a piece of broad gauge rail.
Thanks very much for the confirmation 🙂🙂
Question: Can you go there today? or is it not allowed?
Thank you and Andrew for the Monday video. Would be nice if these graffiti monkeys would stop defacing the tunnels. Another great video, Ant! See you on the next! Cheers mates!
Thanks very much Martin. Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for your continued support
Depends who you listen to Martin. You and I see mindless daubing but others call it art. The 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 are simply expressing themselves you know.🤔
After publishing their names and addresses, I'd have these mindless cretins cleaning each and every brick with a toothbrush and strong detergent. Could call it a "subterranean self-expression workshop".😁
@@2H80vids The problem from the beginning is, either these places are private property, or are government owned. Either way, let them paint their own properties. Guaranteed that won’t happen. Thank you for your observation.
All this for a test track? 🙄 I thought you said at the start that it was for a tram extension.
I guess it would just be better it was left abandoned and in disrepair than being used for something then?
it would be much better reopened to through passenger and freight services
After 9 minutes, I had to call it off because of the overpowering background 'racket' continually banging away.
I don' t know why contributors insist on doing this, it's very off putting.
I tried to have a word with them but no joy sadly 🤷♂️
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