Rush Hour Trains at: Watford Junction, WCML, 26/08/22 Feat. LSL 87002
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- Опубликовано: 8 окт 2022
- A great evening session spent at Watford Junction on the West Coast Mainline where we see countless services from Avanti West Coast, London Northwestern Railway, London Overground, Southern and freight from Freigthtliner, GBRF and DB Cargo UK along with a superb appearance courtesy of LSL.
Watford Junction has gone through 2 stages during its lifetime. It's first iteration was 200 yards north of where the current station currently sits. It was opened by the London and Birmingham Railway in 1836. When it was first opened it consisted of a small, single story building that contained a first and standard class waiting area, a departure yard, carriage shed and engine house. During the 21 years that the station was operational it was also used for royalty however this was only brief when used by the Dowager Queen Adelaide whilst she was in residence at Cassiobury House.
The station was eventually closed and demolished and the current station was built and opened in 1858. It was named as Watford Junction due to the connecting branch line heading towards St Albans.
In 1862 the Watford and Rickmansworth Railway opened a railway from Watford to yep you guessed it....Rickmansworth. However the line is now mostly closed.
The station also serves as a terminus for the Watford to Euston D.C line which at stage was the terminus of the Bakerloo Line which now finishes at Harrow and Wealdstone. This means that the line heading north from there is purely worked by London Overground.
In 1984 the Victorian station was demolished and rebuilt to a more modern structure, there was a large travel centre and office built above the station which housed the lorry and bus manufacturing company Iveco. A much larger car Park was constructed to allow a greater increase in capacity at the station which meant that the St Albans Abbey Branch Line platform to be shuffled northwards to allow for the building work to commence. The station forecourt went through a change during 2013 which allowed for a new taxi rank to be built by shuffling it to the side of the station which allowed for a much greater pedestrian area and a much larger bus terminal. Although that completely went to pot due to the fact that because the pedestrian area is so vast it actually means that buses struggle to gain access to the station and the current road system really throws a spanner in the works.
My next rush hour film will be from Milton Keynes Central on the West Coast Mainline.
You can now find me on Facebook through the group Tornado922, there you will find regular updates, videos and photos from all of my goings on throughout 2022.
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87 looking amazing as always in the swallow livery, but anyways I’d recommend (if you can and have the chance) to go train spotting at Doncaster or Crewe again, always lovely to see all the locos and Doncaster is always a good station to train spot at. Keep up the amazing videos btw I always love watching them!
The 87 was by far and away the highlight for me without doubt! Was amazing to see and hear it roar its way through towards Manchester. I will try and get Doncaster done this year if I get the opportunity to do so as it has been a few years since I was last there
@@Tornado922 Would be nice to see!
Splendid rush hour of trains with lots of variations. The 87 being the pick of the day. Thank you.
Thanks very much, the 87 was certainly the highlight for me!
The London Overground driver that very quickly opened the doors was clearly needing to go to the bathroom
He was certainly in a hurry for sure!
Great video Jarred one of my favourite stations Watford Junction. Always a great atmosphere there and loved seeing the 87. I'm the same as I can remember well the Virgin Trains livery, Network South East and Silverlink. Great memories.
Thanks very much bud! Watford Junction is always a great station to come to for sure! The 87 coming through was the highlight for me!
Fantastic video! I really enjoyed this :)
Thanks very much :)
Great video mate love the 87s and the intercity livery works on an 87 great job all
Thanks very much, the 87 storming through was a great sight to see!
Freight/Passenger/Railtour-Tastic. The 87 looks and sounds epic with the MK3 stock and MK3 DVT. For InterCity Swallow, it has been truly epic to watch Tornado922, fully enjoyed it :-)
Thanks very much, I would have liked to have had more freight coming through but I feel the LSL Intercity set certainly made up for it! Brought back so many memories for me seeing that train coming through :)
Brilliant video. That 87 looked stunning.
It sure did!
Thanks very much, such a great loco and matching rake to see!
Great video and the InterCity livery looks stunning 🍺👍
Thanks very much, the Intercity set was amazing to see roaring through at speed!
Love see those through fast trains
Cool video of trains at Watford Junction. Nicely done. 😀
Thanks very much!
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Very nice good work loved the intercity train very good ❤
Thanks very much!
Brilliant video legend I was enjoying your videos 221 and 390s and class 66 car train and Intercity train I like lively
Thanks very much! I'm glad you enjoyed watching this
Another great video jarred👍
Thanks very much!
Excellent railway video at Watford Junction.
Thanks very much bud!
Nice Video At Watford Junction. The Mark 3 Coaches Are Mighty
They sure are! There's also a 90 in the same livery for use on the Avanti extra services. 86259 saw some use on another one of them for a bit with a blue and grey rake that is usually based at Burton on Trent as well.
Hi Tornado922. Great rush hour film at Watford Junction. Great tones throughout the film. Loved hearing you trying to shush the woman on the tannoy from 37:04-37:17, before the 1826 Tring service came in! Absolutely brilliant! 🤣 That's why I love watching your videos as your added comedy is hilarious. Looking forward to next rush hour film at Milton Keynes Central. Kind regards, Chris.
Thanks very much Chris, this was a great film to make for me. I loved watching the 87 storm through with the Intercity set, brought back so many great memories for me as a child watching the trains coming through at Leighton Buzzard. I think it will always be a never ending battle between me and the announcements haha
Them class 350's sound Hella weird 🤣 great vid, nice train the Intercity. Love it.
When the 350s first came out I couldn't stand the noise they used to make, absolutely hated it haha. But I got used to it after a while, the LSL Intercity train was a great sight to see for sure!
Awesome video of the different trains
Thanks very much!
@@Tornado922 I love watching your videos are you still going to Market Harborough on the 12th
The different looking Ford Connect on the car train is as it's the Volkswagen Caddy version of the Ford Tourneo Connect, actually a rebadged and restyled fourth-generation Volkswagen Caddy in effect. Looked like the Ford Fiestas were only on the double-deckered wagons. No registration plates feature on the car trains that run loaded since they go for export.
One of the many things I love about the car train is the variety of cars/vans that get transported. It's wonderful to see
Great video at Watford Junction my favourite was the Intercity 87
Thanks very much, the LSL Intercity set was by far and away the highlight of the evening for me!
i was also at watford junction on that day! i arrived on 350129 (at 18:05) and departed onboard 710378 (at 34:45)
I hope you had a great time!
Hi mate anther great video mate I really injoy it every interesting I love the class87 electric loco in intercity swallow livery bing back so many memory's of the wcml in the 1980s please stay safe and well mate goodbye for how clive in N Ireland
Thanks very much Clive I'm glad you enjoyed watching this, I had a great time getting it all put together! Seeing the 87 rushing through was such a big highlight for me as it brought back so many memories of when I saw those trains running through Leighton Buzzard back in the late 90s
Nice one Jarred
Thanks very much
Great video Tornado922
Thank you kindly!
Been here once . Big station and busy
It's a good station to come to for a good variety of traffic passing through
A very good Sunday evening buddy from Alan in Lowestoft buddy
Hope you're keeping well Alan
❤❤
Awesome train buddy from Alan in Lowestoft buddy
thanks very much!
Nice
Thanks
37:00 *Shushes Anne ♾️ times*
great video can i ask what is the best time to get a many trains like this?
Great video as always, but I think by now we realise that a class 350 with 4xx is an ex trans pennine unit.
I think so too, however this may have been the first video that some people have watched. So they may not know about the 350/4 units until now.
and that XC have had the tilt disabled on their 221s.
@balders B That may be the case for you and some of the regular viewers of my channel. However every day I get new people watching my films so this is for their benefit as well as everyone else's
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I was at Hemel Hempstead earlier that day. Nice shots you got?
I hope you had a good time there
@@Tornado922 Yep! It was. Saw the charter heading south and 66721
We've got it all right! Intercity is back at last! There could have only been one thumbnail for this video as there could well be for the Milton Keynes Central video!
I'm so happy that I caught that train, it brought back so many memories for me as a child seeing the various Intercity trains thundering through Leighton Buzzard
Why did the pendolino from Edinburgh stop there when it wasnt scheduled?
Is it just me or in your recent trainspotting videos you're seeing more 221's and 319's
They are becoming more frequent it would seem
Aah, I saw the new C2C Aventra's at Milton Keynes, with Wembley Park as it's destination. It was either being tested or taking delivery, I'm not entirely sure. But I couldn't record sadly, as I was sitting on the opposite side.
My understanding is that those units are being taken to Wembley before undergoing tests on the WCML to ensure that they can run fault free for a certain amount of miles before being accepted into traffic
28.38 "Clearly Avanti West Coast know what theyre doing" lol Another T shirt logo!
I might be getting a whole collection made at this rate!
28:02 that was 350256 at the front, 350226 exists in the form of 350126
Thanks for clarifying that for me!
37:03
Are you going to be going to Lichfield anytime soon?
I don't have any plans to get that done, but I can see what I can do for a future film
Birmingham Moor St and Birmingham Snow Hill, please
I will see what I can do
27:26 - what you were looking for
please do carlisle after this
Carlisle will be done at some stage, I don't know when that will be. Please be patient
I see me there
It was great to meet you
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Pls do carlisle
He did Carlisle in the days and weeks leading up to Christmas 2021
We’re was the inter city train was going to
No idea on the destination of the Intercity service, Nathan.
It was going to Manchester via Crewe
@@Tornado922 thanks so much
Do carlisle
He did Carlisle in the days and weeks leading up to Christmas 2021
Ooh
Yep
I was going to ask the very same question,drop off only ? what the hell is behind that ethos.Get passengers on more revenue surely?
You would think that. But for whatever reason Avanti only use Watford as a set down station for southbound trains
@@Tornado922 boggles the mind
First
ok
How about rugby
I have a rush hour film from Rugby on my channel taken earlier in the year if you would like to check it out
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