The Oldest Passenger Train | UK
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- The latest Train in the UK to be labelled the oldest has now been labelled since the Isle of Wight Island Line ex London 1937 stock trains have ended their Service.
Now (2021) The MerseyRail Class 507 and 508 are the Oldest Passenger trains in services in the UK.
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the 313s run by southern are a few years older than the 508
Yes
Class 313 units are the oldest national rail trains, but the oldest trains in regular service in the UK are the 1972 stock on the Bakerloo line
They also won’t be replaced for quite a while. :/
@@iman2341 Probably by 2030 Southern will get some more new electrostars
Mum... Still the 1972 stock on the Bakerloo which run on Network Rail between Queens Park and Harrow and Wealdstone.
Now you're getting stadler metro sets, same as the Tyne and Wear metro, I would want to see Merseyrail become what it already sort of is: the Merseyside Metro.
More stations, extensions to the east of Liverpool and more frequent services.
Actually, they're not; there are still some 313s running on Southern, and these predated the 507s
Yeah, the 313s beat them by 2-3 years. Still very old though.
But I think what he meens is the oldest in service fleet in the UK.
@@dylanSNL816 the 313s are in service though, with Southern.
Depends how you classify 'oldest' because the first of these trains were transferred from what is now South Western Railways. The four car sets were too long for up north, so they took car 3 of each set and incorporated them into newer 455 class. Car 3 on these rustbuckets are still rattling themselves to death on one of the busiest lines in the country, the Kingston loop, and still serving Waterloo, years after we were promised new trains
I remember the 503's when I was growing up in the 70's around Moreton and Wallasey Village. They were great, better than the 507/8's. Don't know what the new ones will be like as I've lived down south since 1978 :(
Wirral Channel not really doing their research......HSTs built from 1975 onwards and still in service......and will be for a good few years yet in Scotland.
As a kid the noise the 503s made whilst waiting at Hamilton square used to terrify me I will be sad to see the end of the 507/508s but they can't go on forever they've earned their retirement I hope either the liverpool or world museum can preserve one.
Heard some groups are looking to keep one
@@TheWirralChannel hope so or wirral transport museum
There are older trains in service than Mersey rail. The 1972 stock on the bakerloo line on the underground.
Yea he means British rail though
Loved the former LMS (503) units. My regular commute from Hoylake to Liverpool James Street started in 1974, those old units were draughty, noisy and full of character.
Perhaps a new generation will eventually go “glassy eyed” over the 777 units?
Thanks for uploading!
10 months later, still no class 777s. You see them on test routes sometimes. Not fully in service yet, even though it say they would be near the end of 2021.
Yes seems like the dates keep getting pushed back.
liking the most : current merseyrail PEP
disliking the most : the 777's
quick note : i will very miss the merseyrail 4PER's , they we're such good trains im traveling on them since childhood..
Just checked some of the hst built in 1975 are still running
Which units?
It’s actually the 313 as they are a few years older than the 507/8
They’re like Triggers brush. No original parts left on the current fleet. When are the new trains coming into service?
Dont think a date has been set yet. But without the pandemic they would have already been in service.
I do hope that at least 1 507/508 gets preserved.
Though there's only one heritage railway that is 3rd rail DC electrified, the Great Central Railway. And if one was permitted to be used on the main line, it would be restricted to the extent of 3rd rail electrification anyway.
I like the507/508’s
There is supposed to be an extension of the Ellesmere Port train to Helsby using battery power which some Cheshire West and Cheshire council officials confirmed to me a while back.
I will believe that when I see it, Cheshire West seem to live in a fantasy world.
@@Steve14ps That's a strange controversial thing to say, when electrification was first extended Merseyrail only had plans to go to Hooton, CWaC's predecessor, Cheshire County Council paid to extend it to Chester and Ellesmere Port. Merseyrail themselves have mentioned the battery powered trains to Helsby, they also have plans to extend other routes on battery powered trains.
@@peterbrown1012 As a council tax payer to CWaC I feel frustrated when they introduced bus & cycle lanes into Chester, then after a matter of weeks take them out of use, rather a waste of public money. They have withdrawn funding on local bus services including the 33 & X3 which served Ince and Elton, potholes in roads are not being attended to, every two months I am given a job lot of black bin bags which I have to return to the town hall as I have no use for them as I still have some from the days of Chester City Council!! They need to prioritise where they spend money. Good luck to an improved train service to Helsby.
@@Steve14ps if your referring to the bus lane on the A5116, it was a waste of money, the number of buses using it didn't warrant it, they also had pull in bus stops, all they achieved was to create traffic congestion.
www.liverpoolbidcompany.com/liverpool-city-regions-30-year-rail-future-detailed-in-new-strategy/
The important paragraph
• Improving Connections to Chester and Ellesmere Port
Electrification of Chester-Crewe line (Crewe being HS2 hub), North Wales mainline and Chester- Warrington line and Ellesmere Port - Helsby line; new route between Chester and Leeds via Newton-le-Willows.
you forgot when conex southeastern had a few
What about the 72 stock. It’s technically a passenger train that has been operational for 7 years prior to the 507s and 508s
Nothing about the 46 year old class 43s
Wouldn’t the Bakerloo line 1972 stock be the oldest passenger trains in britan
It will be a shame to see them go another form of traction which I trained disappearing off the network , out of 17 types there’s probably only 6 left in regular use on the railway.
Great video! Would you be able to tell me the name of the song used in the intro (0:05 to 0:15)? Thanks very much
Hi, Thanks for watching. The Song i made myself years ago.
@@TheWirralChannel Do you have any recordings of it online? i would love to hear the full song.
There is nothing of it on line sorry, although more of it is used in one of our other videos . Can't remember which one.
They were built in 1976
When he said not the real Waterloo I expected him to mention Belgium, it saddened me when he said London. Are we really so ignorant of our own history?
Bruh I was on a 507 a few years ago the last time I visited my sister... They sounded kinda rough pulling into and out of the stations... Wonder whether they'll be replaced by the next time I visit
Some class 507s are used on some SWR trains with 455s, they aren't almost as nice
Isn't the HST older than that?
Wow, this video about the history and future of UK trains is fascinating! I never knew the oldest passenger train still running is the Merseyrail Class 507 and 508. And those new Class 777 trains sound like they'll be a game-changer for Liverpool's travel scene. Check out the video here if you want to learn more about the first passenger train in UK: Watch Now: ruclips.net/video/kVrkF_aoGRg/видео.html
I would love an OMD-labelled train lmao
How will I be able to find out when the last service of the 507/508 will be? So I can make sure to ride it.
Keep an eye out on the mersey rail social media. Bound to be published on there
@@TheWirralChannel The British rail class 499 are older being brought into use in 1972 as 1972 on the London underground with line north of Queens park being on network rail area and the British rail class 313 in 1973 and the British rail class 43 between 1974 and 1976.
What about the Castle Set HSTs still in use?
Southern 313s are older
Are some of the hst trains older than these
Didn't they smash one up last week...?
One crashed over in liverpool at kirby station
507006 allegedly
Can a person travel by train from York to Wallasey?
You can travel from York to liverpool lime street station then take mersey rail to wallasey grove road or wallasey village stations
@@TheWirralChannel Great, thank you!
May be the oldest but they continue to provide excellent service.
Nowhere near as shit as the Pacers.
My god, the Pacers...
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