Rush Hour Trains at: Nuneaton, WCML, 30/06/23
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- A very enjoyable evening session spent at Nuneaton on the West Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from London Northwestern Railway, Cross Country, Avanti West Coast, West Midlands Railway and freight from GRBF, DRS, Freightliner and Royal Mail.
The station also lines up alongside the Peterborough-Leicester-Birmingham Railway which means that plenty of traffic is always seen here throughout any time of the day. This wasn't the first station to be built here, the original station was built and opened in 1847 when the London & Northwestern Railway opened the Trent Valley Route and the branch line to Coventry. When the station was built it was done in a simple 2 platform approach and at the time was deemed suitable, however when the 1870's came knocking at the door it was highly unsuitable because of the sheer volume of traffic coming through the station in terms of passengers and freight. So in 1873 the station was rebuilt and was given additional platforms to cope with the high demand which seemed to work. The current station dates back to 1915.
A second station at Nuneaton was opened in 1864 by the Midland Railway, this station purely served traffic running on the line from Birmingham to Leicester. When the Midland Railway and London & Northwestern Railway were amalgamated into the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1924 both stations were give different names because of the routes that they served. The station on the WCML was renamed Nuneaton Trent Valley and the station serving the smaller route was called Nuneaton Abbey Street.
Abbey Street station was closed in 1968 which meant that Nuneaton Trent Valley was renamed to just Nuneaton. This for the time being would also deal with the Birmingham to Leicester traffic along with the WCML traffic. The Coventry to Nuneaton line was also closed to passenger traffic in 1965 and was eventually reopened in 1988.
Many years had passed before anymore work was done to the station. This eventually happened in 2004 when Network Rail opened 2 new platforms at Nuneaton numbered 6 and 7, these new platforms would now purely serve the Cross Country trains running to and from Birmingham. This was done to avoid trains on the WCML being held up and delayed, because of this a disused flyover was brought back into life and rejuvenated which would carry the line from platforms 6/7 over the WCML and on towards Birmingham.
The next piece of work to take place was done in 2012 when the North Chord was opened which allowed freight trains approaching Nuneaton from Felixstowe to join the WCML heading north which at the same time would avoid delaying any trains heading south. The result of all of this would be that the trains are now able to seamlessly cross between the two lines without ever holding anything up. The exception to this would be any freight trains coming from the North of the country along the WCML needing to cross over at the junction to the north of Nuneaton to then travel down the Nuneaton to Coventry branch line which means that some Intercity trains will have to slow down. Although this is usually put into the timetable so the affects are very minimalistic.
My next rush hour film will,be from Tamworth.
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Lovely to see the West Coast mainline again never let's you down❤❤❤
The peak time on the WCML is always great to go to for plenty of action
@@Tornado922 More especially for what was diverted freight to and from Southampton.
Always enjoy your Nuneaton visits, lots of various traffic & an excellent station for rush hour films. Thanks very much.
Thank you kindly!
Comedy and accents where on point here! Great job!
Looks like a great train spotting location
It can get mental - I remember in the evening rush hour 4 or 5 Freightliner services all arriving at the same time
Ok
Great video. Loved the random accents
I'm not to sure where they come from, but there will be plenty more of them throughout my films
Don't worry about talking to yourself - if it develops into an argument, you will always win!
It's when I start losing I get worried haha
@@Tornado922 Oh dear! Coffee! 🙂
Great rush hour film at Nuneaton
Thanks very much!
very good
Thanks very much!
Good station
It's a great station to come to for sure
nuneaton never fails to impress
It's a great station to come to!
Nice video
Thanks very much!
great video and location for spotting high speed trains cheers again
Thank you kindly!
Nuneaton & Rugby are my favourite stations to spot at , cheers for sharing Jared
they are great stations to go to for the rush hour period as there is always something great to be seen
Fantastic ❤❤
Thanks very much!
Lovely Train Video as always.
Thanks very much!
11:48 You'll never Walk alone. I'm not a Liverpool fan but when I think of Liverpool I think of that song. I'm a Manchester City fan but I like that song.
Excellent video Jarred. Plenty of freight trains going out and about on the WCML, nice to catch mail trains, DRS 68 and two freightliner 70s
Thanks very much, this is a great station to come to during the rush hour! There is always something great to be seen here
Excellent video as always
Thanks very much
16:20 Blackpool North is now electrified right? So why use diesel traction from London? What would be useful is a cross between a Pendolino and an Azuma that could do the Holyhead service. A tilting Azuma would also speed up MML services if more 125mph running were allowed.
Hi I'm in the UK
Hi, me too 😊
Awesome video buddy from Alan in Lowestoft buddy 😊
Thanks very much Alan
Excellent railway video mate
Thanks very much
Brilliant vid buddy
Thank you kindly
Warrington is more of the centre point for the Royal Mail trains. Some services are diagrammed to terminate there anyway and possibly form a separate service to continue further. Considering that they may cross loaded with Warrington and Shiedimuir mail. But yes it's a thing which gets mail to the north west basically!
Ah right ok that would certainly explain it! Thanks for that
I would love to meet you sometime
Good Film. Where Are You Gonna Go Next
Thanks very much, my rush hour film after this was Tamworth
Good evening Tornado922. I just noticed the date of this filming myself and my m8 Chris Vic-Cole was up the line at Tamworth as I myself have never been to Tamworth to do a long video or Train Spotting at that Station before. I've only been there for about 45mins to change from the low-level platform to the top-level platforms
Hello there bud, hope you're keeping well? I hope you had a good time up at Tamworth
@Tornado922 Hi Jared yes thanks it was wonderful. I got to see 2X 730's towards the end
Hi Tornado922. Great rush hour film at Nuneaton. Extra information for you: at 9:05, it was 390043 (not 390143) working the Avanti service to Glasgow Central and at 10:09, it was 170623 (not 170263) working the Cross Country service to Cambridge. Looking forward to the next rush hour film at Tamworth. Kind regards, Chris.
Thanks very much Chris!
No problem, mate.
just a question. How do u know these trains on where are they going?
Other than that, it was good video
That 170263 was actually 170623 and the 221 with the white on it is 221101 as that white from the new Virgin livery gives it away, so if you see a 222/1 with the white on it instead of the grey, it is always 221101.
Thanks for the extra information
There are lots of Trains going to Manchester. It must be popular.
Hi Kieran, there are three different diagrams
One goes via Colwich Junction and stops at Nuneaton and leaves Euston at xx.09 mins past the hour
Two goes via Stafford and Crewe and leaves Euston xx.29 mins past the hour
Three goes via Colwich Junction and leaves Euston at xx.49 mins past the hour and calls at Rugby and then Stoke-on-Trent
What are flat wheels, please? Thanks.
Did you see a 390 121?
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ok
The last video at nuneaton. When the first freight train came by you said 66501 but it was 66601
Ah right ok, thanks for letting me know
Might have been 501 but its 601
Go to grimsby town as next year they will be LNER trains from Cleethorpes to London kings Cross as your next video
I'm not to sure but I will see what I can do
Do a video dedicated to class 805 please
I'll see what I can do
I think one day you Will be filming and you will turn around and there will be men in white coats coming to take you away (ha ha)
That really wouldn't surprise me!