Trains at: Crewe, WCML, 17/11/18
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- A fantastic morning spent at Crewe station on the West Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from London Northwestern Railway, Virgin Trains and East Midlands Trains aswell as an RHTT curtosy of Colas Rail and a Northern Rail empty stock movement to Neville Hill.
There is so much to tell about this station so I'll try and include as much as I can.
The station was opened in 1837 by the Grand Junction Railway. The whole idea of this station was to connect the four largest cities in England by joining the Liverpool and Machester Railway to the projected London and Birmingham Railway.
There were massive plans for the railway and the station when it first opened. As soon as the station was built there were plans to build at the time a branch line that would head to Chester. The line now being a pretty busy route for passenger traffic. Oddly enough the company created to build this route was called and Chester and Crewe Railway. But once the line had been completed they were merged with the Grand Junction Railway in 1840.
Because at the time the steam engines were only small it meant that an engine shed was built was built that was used to stable banking engines that would be used to push trains up a small incline that today would be no match at all.
Less than a year later plans were created for a trunk route to be built linking Crewe to Holyhead which also gave great access to Ireland which in turn started to cement itself as an important junction station in the UK.
The next line to meet was the line from Manchester. There were plans to have the line run straight from Manchester to Birmingham but when construction was underway it was deemed that it would be uneconomical because of the lenght of the line that they wanted to create. So it was decided that they would connect their line to the GJR at Crewe.
The town started to grow in size when the GJR moved their depot from Edge Hill in Liverpool to the North of the station. It was done in order to house the workforce.
In 1846 the GJR and the London and Birmingham Railway merged together to form at the time the largest company in the world which is the London & Northwestern Railway.
When the company came to be they started the largest amount of track laying seen in the country. They extended lines and built new ones heading to: Holyhead, Lancaster and Carlisle, Leeds, Shrewsbury, Stoke-on-Trent and the South of Wales.
With all the lines converging on the West Coast Mainline at Crewe it meant that more traffic was coming through the station roughly 1000 trains during any 24 hour period which mostly consisted of freight there were plans brought up which would take the trains under the station.
By 1903 the station was given a make over to allow stopping freight traffic to unload for road vehicles which meant that 9 through platforms were constructed each were a 1/4 mile in length. The total cost of the improvement at the time was £1,000,000 which in today's money equivalates to £97,080,000. I'll take a portion of that quite happily.
When the LMS was created Crewe continued to grow in size, locomotives were still being built on a daily basis and the signalling was given a complete overhaul. The two former signal boxes were instead made into concrete fortesses to withstand air raids. But aside from that nothing else really took place in the 50 years LMS were running around.
It wasn't until British Railways was formed that further changes were taking place around the station. Most notably was when steam was starting to be raise out and replaced with diesel and electric locomotives and multiple units which meant that the works were starting to close down because of lack of work and the fact that smaller depots were starting to pop up across the country that would task care of the trains.
Although as we all know Crewe works survived to an extent for the heritage centre and the actual works itself for restoring steam engines.
Much more work was taken out from then to the present day to incorporate the electrification of the WCML, bigger trains, better facilities to make it the station we all know and love today.
My next station is Manchester Piccadilly.
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Yet again another stupendous video. Thank you
Thank you kindly for saying so
@@Tornado922 credit where its due sir
It’s usually a pair of 66’s on platform 2 but on platform 12 it’s usually a pair of 56’s going down to Llandudno junction from Shrewsbury to Shrewsbury
I don't know the workings that they are usually on to be honest
Another fantastic video here Tornado922! I really Enjoyed this :)
Thanks very much for saying so I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :)
Great video mate, class 56s sound amazing and northern are on strike
Thanks very much mate, I had a feeling that Northern were on strike that day but it wasn't a huge issue in the grand scheme of things. The two Colas 56's were the highlight of the day for me
Excellent video as always buddy
Thank you kindly :)
I really enjoy train spotting because I was doing it when I was 13 and now I am 57 and still doing it now
Well I'm glad to hear you still enjoy to this day
Great video mate Crewe’s my local loving your stuff real hidden gem of a channel
Thank you very much for saying so it really does mean a huge amount to hear that :)
Storied, just amazing. Those big girls know how to get it, what a launch. Have to admit I felt an Ol'skool vibe with this at times, must have been the lighting. Great work Tor! B.P.
This is a great station in the UK to come to for people who want to try and get into the hobby because there is always something good here to catch, the two Colas rail Locos at the start are the perfect example of that and when they pulled away they created an awesome sight
No doubt, I see what you mean. Steady pace and various make/models to film in a not too overwhelming setting, not to mention the feel of history. B.P.
56's doing you (and us) proud there!!
You've gotta love them!!
Great vid as usual.the highlight for me was the "56090"the clag was fantastic.
Keep up the great work.
T.T.P.F.
Thanks very much mate, the highlight for me as also the 56's powering away. Awesome sight to behold :D
fantastic commentary from you mate
Thanks very much for saying so :)
Tornado922 yes! I also love your commentary
Awesome Video Bud :) Love the clag off the 56's
Thanks very much mate, it was definitely the highlight for me that day
tHANK YOU For another video love you tornado
Thank you kindly for saying so :)
Brilliant film at Crewe. I need to go down there in the summer but it’s ages away
Thanks very much, I really recommend that you come to this station if you ever get the chance to :)
Well i get days off on Wednesdays and Fridays so maybe I could venture up there soon ish
Crewe station is very good indeed
good video
Thanks very much
I love that station
It's a great station to come to :)
awesome video
Thanks very much
Well done tornado another great video!
Thank you very much for saying so
Nice video. My favourite part is the pendolino bound for Edinburgh Waverley
I'm glad you enjoyed watching this
Nice film;) Gave a thumb up and subbed to you:)
Thanks very much and thank you for subscribing to my channel. I hope you enjoy my other content :)
Brillant video!
-Kyle
Thanks very much
If you look at Stafford before they closed the shrewsbury&Uttoxeter lines.It looked like crewe.So there kinda like Sisters.But Stafford got a refurb
I can kinda see the similarities
Love ur vids and another belter here but is there any chance that you can say where the trains are calling at
Thanks very much for saying so, I may start doing that next year
25:23 finally a pendolino to Edinburgh Waverley
Great video 😁😀
cheers bud!!
Northern are on strike with a limited service every Saturday to 29th December at present over the guards dispute and have been since 25th August. Unlike Southern though we don't get mentioned on the TV news as we are not London!
Ah right ok that would certainly explain a lot. As you can probably tell I'm not from the north haha. I can see why they are striking and to be honest I agree with them. The guard plays a vital role for the well being of the passengers on the train
When are London north western and West Midlands railway getting new livery on all there trains
Great video again
I think during the early half of next year the rest of the fleet should be getting the new colours
I quite agree with you about Crewe station needs tlc
Hopefully they give it a looking over soon
Is it me, or did 350110 have half old and half new livery on it?? If so, not very keen, have one or the other. Great video by the way mate.
The 2 middle coaches have been in that livery for a few years now.
350110 is called project 110, the middle 2 coaches have been painted to advertise this.
Tell you what some of the freight locos still has some Brillant clag :)
The old girls can still give it the beans!!
Boy, this station needs a regeneration.
It could certainly do with some work
i have seen a pendolino on platform 1
Smashing film as always Jarred, was the line to Holyhead closed and all trains thus terminating at Bangor?, I would actually go further than you and say Crewe needs re-modelled and the certainly at least opened up, thumbs up from me mate, can't wait to see Manchester Piccadilly!
Thanks very much mate I'm glad you enjoyed watching this. I love coming to Crewe it's always been a great station to come to. I have to admit I think a remodelling of the station wouldn't go a miss to be fair. There's so much potential for this to be far more appealing than it currently is
You should do more videos of Crewe
I go there every year
@21.50 Still Could be worse Jarred could have been flange scream from a Pacer But nonetheless was still a Fantastic clip especially the RHTT worked by a pair of Grids aka Class 56's
Well I don't think anything could be as bad as the flange from the pacer XD The highlight for me was definitely the 56's
Can I ask where you get all your information from like Train Numbers before they get into the station? Thanks
In terms of their destinations and arrival points I use an App called RealTimeTrains. In regards to getting their numbers I just have very good eyesight
@@Tornado922 Could you please link me to this app, I can't seem to find it
www.realtimetrains.co.uk/
Hi mate a other great video mate
Thanks very much for saying so :)
The class 56s are great
Indeed they are
Great video. Will you do some videos on the chase line
Thanks very much. I don't think I would film on the Chase line in all honesty. Time shall tell
You think the service to Milford haven is a lot of stops. Look at the Stevenage to moorgate train via Hertford north
Keiran Clarke ikr it’s my local station I’ve been on that train to Finsbury Park it took about an hour even the slow kings cross train via Welwyn garden city only takes about 35 mins and the faster trains take 15 to 20 mins
You should go to Liverpool lime street and Liverpool south parkway
I usually go there every year. You can find those films on my channel, although I haven't been there this year
Did you know that sometimes london north western railway terminate at stoke on Trent via Crewe
I have heard about that but only on a few occasions
Published on my Birthday 19th Nov
Very nice :)
Where's Northern?
They were on strike that day
How many 350s go to Birmingham New Street
There's 2 an hour from Liverpool and also trains from London Euston via Northampton which are 350 workings.
What's TLC?
Tender Loving Care
@@Tornado922 Thankyou anyways fantastic video
Hey tornado 922 how are u u ok good can I film with u down taunton pls
I'm doing very well thank you. I hope you're keeping well. If I'm ever down that end of the country then yes you are more than welcome to come and join me
Tornado922 thanks I would love to join u
Tornado922 how are u haven't spoken to u for ages would u like to talk again
Do you post some videos on Instagram
I only post photos on there
Every though of getting an intro
I've never really put much thought into it to be honest
not second :-P
Well done XD
@@Tornado922 haha :) good video as always!