Trains at: Winchester, SWML, 03/08/19

A decent enough afternoons session spent at Winchester station on the South Western Mainline where we see plenty of services from South Western Railway, Cross Country and freight from Colas Rail.
The station was opened by the London and Southampton Railway in 1839 and was for a lengthy time a terminus station for the Winchester and Southampton section of the mainline. The following year the line was extended to Basingstoke and at the time it was the most complicated section of the line to complete with 4 different tunnels needed for the line to reach the two towns.
When you consider the importance of the town you would've thought that the station would have much more work done to it over the years but in all honesty its hardly been touched all that much, it wasn't until 2009 that the station received ticket barriers and CCTV which to me just sounds astonishing especially when over the past 5 years the station has been handling on average 5 million people!!
Overall I'm not impressed with this station and I very much doubt I will be coming back here.
My next station is Micheldever.
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[@srduke]

16:22 Eye watering! LOL

[@Tornado922]

The stupidity of some people can't be helped

[@cameronstrainsadventures]

Amazing vid. Yesterday I went to Radley station and I really recommend it. Plenty of trains to see.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, and thank you for the recommendation. I will look into it

[@Trainspotter11_]

Another Fantastic video here Tornado922! I really enjoyed this :)

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much :)

[@paulskilling6637]

Just subscribed to your channel I enjoyed it very much thank u

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly for subscribing to my channel

[@alisonrawlings6679]

Amazing vid tornado 922. I do agree with you that it isn't the best of Staitions but I still enjoyed this video. :)

[@Tornado922]

Atleast it's done and dusted now, I wont be coming back here

[@blkpig6664]

This station was better than the last, yet could use a huge amount of love. That said, train magic on this with lovely sounds and solid action. Those folks at Colas don't mess around, wow... Thx! B.P.

[@Tornado922]

I was really disappointed when I first laid eyes on this station, they really need to do something with the overall appearance especially for people who are visiting the city. This will be their first impression and it wont be a very good one at that. Atleast Colas Rail put on a show!

[@blkpig6664]

Put that way, yeah someone better get the Paint and Bricks in order. Yup, Colas Rail! B.P.

[@CasperTrains]

Great video!

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@ClaretBlueTrainspotter]

Great video.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@benstrainvideos7327]

Great video

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@MrTudwud]

Agree with your sentiments re- the station. Definitely seen better days and, for the erstwhile Capital of Wessex is not a very good advert for South Western!

[@Tornado922]

You would have thought that they would've wanted to have taken better care for their stations especially for a place such as Winchester

[@ukrailfreightclips7217]

You’re point about the layout and appearance hit the nail on the head but if you pick the right day this Stretch of line is as good as any you could go to.

[@Tornado922]

I have no doubt that this stretch of the line could be very good but unfortunately the appearance of the station really let this down, I wouldn't have minded so much if they had taken better care of it or at the very least shown a vague interest in wanting to make this look like a welcoming environment for tourists

[@busguy9019]

Awesome!

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@ghighlandchieftain4462]

Fantastic video tornado 922

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@miguelsmegavideos9297]

Nice video good videoing

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@JaredRouse8465]

Home of the Winchester rifle.

[@alextrainspotterhd6444]

Hey mate would you recommend this station to trainspot

[@Tornado922]

Probably not

[@Jack-hd4qy]

Good one

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@Jack-hd4qy]

Tornado922 Np

[@chrisatrailway7573]

Nice video and what is your next mainline series?

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, next year I will be focussing on the South Eastern Mainline from Dover to London

[@russouk]

HST sounds are the Daddy...IMO Voyagers sound like the son...nice sounds from those diesels

[@Tornado922]

The older Valenta HST sounds could never be beaten, however EMR have the VP185 engines installed and they are easily the next best thing!

[@hamshackleton]

That chap at the end was wondering why you were talking to yourself!

[@Tornado922]

I get that a lot hahaha

[@Les_MeilleursMCFC]

why does Winchester look like west cliff ?

[@Tornado922]

I have no idea

[@maimadha]

What is the difference between a voyager and and a super voyager?

[@TheBungle699]

Madeline Ely super voyagers can tilt

[@tescotrain]

And a voyager has 4 cars

[@JackJackProductions]

220 voyager 4 cars. Only with CrossCountry
221 super voyager 5 cars and can tilt with Virgin West Coast and CrossCountry

[@pantographproductions1888]

Spiffing!

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly good sir!