What's Coming to the UK Railways in 2025?
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- Опубликовано: 6 янв 2025
- To kick off 2025, Hugh takes a look at what to look forward to this year in the British Railway world from New stations, New trains, stock transfers, Refurbishments and significant changes to franchising. Do Enjoy!
Also one thing I forgot to mention is that this year is Railway 200! So Happy Bicentennial UK Railways!
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Some quick corrections about some stuff I pointed out in this video:
- Of course Beaulieu Park station is currently being built in Essex, I omitted it from the video due to the fact that while researching I found some sites saying that the station would open in 2026 although this is subject to change.
- I didn't mention the relocation of Hairmyres station on the East Kilbride Line in Scotland, was unaware of this project while researching though it is likely to open sometime this year.
- The Marston Vale line is double tracked for most of its route except near both Bedford and Bletchley (that was an accidental slip up while recording).
I highly doubt that the station will open in 2026, the platforms and the overflow car park is extremely close to completion, the third track is most likely operational by now, and the car park next to the station is beginning to show, I think the station will open in July-September time
IS THAT AN SCR REFERENCE
One other thing to mention is the anticipated move of the mk5 sets to Chiltern railways, these will replace their current mk3 coaches.
This video summarised "was meant to happen in 2024 but has been pushed back to 2025" 😭😭
"And probably will again be pushed back to 2026"
@@nathanw9770and to 2027
Just had this video recommended to me by the algorithm. What a clear, concise and well edited video. My compliments- have subscribed!
Great overview of the upcoming projects, I'm starting to fill in my calendar. Thanks Hugh!
It was a little hard to work out while researching this video on when it would actually open but I did read somewhere that work is planned to restart sometime this year (of course subject to change). I kinda left it in as most places said estimated opening 2025, of course delays happen. ~Hugh
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8:28 I hope those 2024 tube stock trains enter service soon they're heavily over due as our the new DLR trains. The Piccadilly line should've been upgraded years ago I hope that the signaling gets upgraded soon so that the the line can stop at Turnham Green on a regular basis which is what the local residents have campaigned for decades.
Great Info.......
2:40 mins that Bedford/Bletchley line really needs extending - the amount of bus replacements EMR have put on to Hitchin, because of work past Luton.
5:40 mins Yesss the upgrade of EMR on my East Midlands line, I cant wait for this...... And I hope they upgrade the Parkway Connects Services. they are the only trains with no charging sockets.
Very interesting and informative video. The Class 175s are the replacement for the HSTs as they being planned to run services in Cornwall and Devon but also used on some branch lines as well.
Best railway video I've watched in a long time!
0:26 new stations
3:39 new trains
8:45 franchises
10:14 great British railways
Great British Railways needs to succeed since not much is going well for Labour at the moment and this is one of the few issues where most of the public agrees with them on. Here's hoping Starmer won't abandon it since he thinks it's going to end up being too expensive.
The entire working population now takes responsibility for the cost of running a nationalised rail network.
Starmer hasn't told you that you will have to pay more tax to properly fund and invest in it.
10:14 remember Network south east? I think that branding will return in southern England and become the new combined name to replace the vast majority of services in southern England apart from GWR. Eg. Thameslink, southeastern, southern, Gatwick express, c2c, South Western railway, chiltern railways and Great northern
Imagine seeing the class 465 back in NSE Livery
@@ELiJah_PRaYed There is a rumour floating round that 465020 might be going into NSE Livery, but nothing conformed yet
What would happen to thameslink? That’s both north and south of London
brilliant video the one im looking forward to most is the East West rail opening from Oxford to Milton Keynes & the LNWR class 730s
Strange that east west rail doesn’t have the overhead wires installed
Uk is lazy
Me over the past few years with Northern on my line - 2017 “Oh come on why do we still have squeaky pacers packed with people going through Manchester.” 2019 - “Yay finally 158s, still not great but better than squeaky pacers.” 2022 - “Oh come on, you bring in 331s in so many other places but now we have been given 150s joined with 156s.” 2024 - “You have got to be joking, 2 car 150s, I’ve had enough of not getting a seat and my ears aching after getting off.” (no AC obviously so only open windows). 2025 - “Well, I can only dream at this point.”
Damn, at that point I would fully boycott Northern and just walk 😭
Great video. Informative with out making it about yourself. And straight to the point!
An excellent presentation of what is to come.
As someone who works frontline for a nationalised TOC, we’ve been told that nothing will really change. Brands such as LNER, TPE and Northern will survive, but under public ownership.
We’ve already started the automatic ticket acceptance between the nationalised TOCs in the event of cancellation/major disruption. This will grow as the franchises are brought under the state.
All in all, even those of us inside don’t know what will happen - the Gov haven’t been particularly clear on what it will look like.
I also think they're not going to spend any money on rebranding everything, we already have a national logo across stations. Perhaps they'll just do what the existing TOCs do which is wait for a station/train fleet to need a refurb then make any branding changes. You still see Network SouthEast things on some parts of the network down here, if the TOCs didn't repaint poles, why would the new GBR! :)
Loved using the Stansted Express 379s when going to college, happy memories
This is a great video, i have been going through information myself to try and find out what is happening in 2025 and found out some of the things that were happening, but you have told me a bit more about rolling stock and the Wales scheme. There is also going to be an extention of the West Midlands Metro to Dudley and Brierly Hill opening this year i think. I believe the electrification of the Transpennine Line and Midland Line schemes are going to continue and their are plans to electrify the East West Rail and some parts of the South Western Railway with discontinued electric rail, but i dont know when this is going to happen. Also there are the usual plans to upgrade signaling around the network and some renewals but i could not find out all the details on line about these. There is the boring of the tunnels for HS2 as well. I think the trains will probably just get a sticker with GBR and a double arrow on them, until they need repainting and then they will be painted in the chosen new livery, otherwise it would be too expensive. I think the livery will be a blue colour like it was before, maybe slightly deeper in colour than it was before possibly with a red and white band with the logo on it.
What if they create retro version of the old liveries such as long distance trains has intercity livery, commuter lines has the network southeast livery and regional railways have the regional railways paint. This would distinguish the services from each other
Solid vid, am looking forward to the class 810 fleet for EMR and the 2024 Stock tube trains
Hello I am delighted to hear we got some brand new trains in new year 2025 they are going be very beautiful to travel from Birmingham to London
We have been waiting for the Farnborough North station to be relocated just up the lie to a more relevant location of Farnborough gate where a new Frimley, rail air station will be relocated urgently.. Whilst the reinstatement of the Frimley junction branch at Frimley junction will provide direct access from Frimley to London Waterloo.
slight correction on the Marston Vale line- most of the line is double-tracked, with the exception of two single-track pinch points at Fenny Stratford and Bedford St. John's Road
My bad, was a slip up while recording
Can't wait dor tbe 810's on EMR. Thanks for the summary, i didn't know about some of these.
Of course being a local and having great fondness of the Piccadilly Line, I am mostly excited for those new trains to arrive in service this year
not sure on when exactly these are meant to be completed but there are currently station renovations and construction at Beaulieu (Chelmsford, New Station), Eaglescliffe (new car park and entrance), Darlington new bridge and platforms, new freight avoidance lines), Bedlington (station renovation/build before joining the Northumberland line)
Thank you for an informative video. I hope the new nationalisation will be different from the previous British Rail, which was grossly underfunded for many years.
Great video! I had almost forgotten about the 730/2s in addition to the 810s and 398s. And nice to see my 756 CC photo used in its third video 😁
I hope you don't mind me using that image, I made sure to credit the original creators as best as I could. ~Hugh
@@thetflthree all good, that's what CC is all about! it's just nice to see 😊
00:00 - new stations
03:39 - new trains
08:46 - franchises
I'll be looking forward to those brand new upcoming events.
I hear about the new train serves between Stirling and London with Grand Union which shout start around June, I'll be going on those to try it out.
I believe that the 175’s will also be replacing a lot of the 150’s that gwr operate on the Cornish branch lines x
Great summary - one topic you didn't include is the new government's integrated transport initiative (get your thoughts in to the DfT by the end of this month). For me this is refreshing - the failures of both nationalised and privatised bus and train operators to get together and provide a joined-up public transport service has been a tragedy since the big four railways of the 1920s sold off their shares in the bus companies they had helped to start up. The current situation is a bit like a country where bolts are produced by one manufacturer and nuts by another - and they don't see that by working together to make products that fit each other they could really compete with the flashy but dangerous new staple-guns which everyone is buying!
But there are examples of good practice which can be built on: the London Underground has worked as a proper network for a century, so that from your local tube station you have lots of journey offers which can be reached easily with the aid only of the well-known map, using the frequent and consistent train services and the well-signed interchanges. Pity the bus network doesn't copy that better! And many of the Metro-areas have some good integration.
Providing a decent public transport option for all journeys should be a quick, relatively inexpensive, and popular win for the government and for us all, with a significant modal transfer from car driving, leading to quick payback from better airquality (lower NHS costs), less congestion (lower costs all round), and for climate change (even lower costs all round - as long as the rest of the world does its bit too).
Look forward to your videos in 2025
I wonder if Greater Manchester train joined the Bee Network in 2028 how will it goes, will we have something similar to Merseyside rail or still Northern
Thanks!
Nice video. I wonder if the class 376 refurbs will see the reintroduction of class 465/2's on the network for a little bit. If not I'm guessing it will be class 465/9's coming from the Tunbridge Wells route but it would be nice to have back our 465/2's.
Honestly Hugh, I feel like the 360 refurb will have the same copy and paste seats that we get on other desiros, E.g 350, 450, 444.
I do wonder how simplified country-wide branding would work when it comes to tickets that are cheaper if you take certain operators. Crewe to London is simple since you have "everyone" or "London NorthWestern" which could more easily convert to "regional trains only" or whatever. Crewe to Manchester, on the other hand, has Avanti tickets, TfW tickets, and everyone tickets (Northern and sometimes Crosscountry also do that route). These toc-specific tickets might just stop existing when everyone becomes nationalised or get reallocated to more sensible splits, but I have doubts there will be any change in branding in the long term.
You still cant get between 2 of UKs major cities (Sheffield / Manchester) by decent roads, and only one rail.
I'm so looking forward to see the 379s back in action. Wonder what they're doing to the Stansted Express interiors!
I'm glad the Viva Rail sets are going back into use.
As someone who relies on Scotrail - a nationalised train company - good luck.
So does anybody know, when SWR gets nationalised, does it lose its branding? Or will it act as like a subsidiary of GBR, and keep its branding and stuff but be owned by GBR
Unifying intercity brands will be more important imo which should also follow with full ticket acceptance across it. (Unlikely though with open access)
Regional operators I think should carry GBR branding but I suspect they probably won’t as mayors and local transport bodies seek local control. If they do it will be 10 years away and be far more gradual.
Whatever happens the renationalising and rebranding process will be very very slow, Whitehall (DfT) is not famed for doing anything at pace.
Great video, although you did miss Xc of your list of franchises graphic, LOL i had to pause it because i couldnt see it, sorry lol its my favorite only for the train, lol a Voyager
That was an image I got off the net and it didn't have it 😂
@thetflthree no worries, no hate, I only noticed because it was XC
Brilliant video, well done, got my subscription from it
I think that 2025 will be all about HS2, new railway stations to open including Cambridge South and Beaulieu Park. More new trains to be built and new trains enter service this year. Proposals of the East-West Rail link to extend from Bedford to Cambridge. And so much more is happening in 2025.
I do have to say, as much as I hate IET's for replacing HST's I much prefer them over Voyagers
In terms of branding, if I was in charge:
Avanti West Cost would become London Midland & Scottish
C2C would become Tilbury & Southend Railway
Everything else would initially remain much the same as it is now.
Then, as some services get transferred to regional governments,
Trains around Manchester would carry the same livery as the trams and buses
Trains around Newcastle would carry the same livery as the Tyne & Wear Metro
MetroWest (Bristol) would get its own livery
Some more services around London would join the Overground network
and so on.
In Scotland, I would also like to see Strathclyde Transport return, and something similar for local services around Edinburgh, but that isn't currently government policy, so I doubt it is going to happen.
I think in. The future train operating companies will be split into routes or areas, for example: Avanti west coast will become west coast express, London northwestern will become west coast local, West Midlands railway will become west midland authority controlled like tfl, northern and transpennnie will merge etc etc
I want to see more railways open. U forgot to mention Darlington station is getting a new platforms and a new footbridge to connect to the new platforms. I want to see more railways open lots and lots. I want to see British rail back one in go . The trains are so modern . I miss seeing the loco
Hauled trains and shunters shunting parcels.
Not new trains or stations (as yet) but does anyone know how the plans for the upgrade of the Penistone line are going?
One line that needs significant improvements is the birmingham to peterborough line. Constantly overcrowded, not frequent enough and just a terrible service. Cross country is the only one that operates it and the 170's need significant improvements. I think EMR could do this line even better or cross country just need to improve it overall. Good video though top notch!
I honestly can't wait for Cambridge South to open as it's been nothing but a nuisance for my commutes to work in Cambridge. Don't get my wrong I'm glad that it's being built but I'm pretty fed up of the constant rail replacement buses
we could see a return to how things were during sectorisation in the 80s and 90s- for example the return of the intercity brand for intercity routes (e.g. Intercity West Coast, Intercity Cross Country, Intercity Trans-Pennine)
You missed Rail 200 , Tyne and Wear 555's, class 93 and class 99's .
Cross Country should be investing in longer trains rather than refurbishing the woefully inadequate Voyagers. The cascaded stock from Avanti is not going to resolve the over crowding issues. They have had years to resolve this and chose not to which shows the contempt they have for their passengers.
From what I heard, the problem is the DfT
@@stantorren4400 If MPs or civil servants had to use them things would change very quickly. The main thing against Cross Country is that it does not serve London.
I think some class 700s should have a refurbishment with more comfortable seats and a softer ambience for its longer routes.
Very interesting. So they could do it like the BR divisions in the late 80s up until privatisation? NSE, Regional Railways, Inter City etc. It was actually all coming together & just needed the investment (I started with BR-NSE in 1987). Colour scheme for GBR? I've always detested BR blue & grey. One of my favourite schemes was Inter City Executive. Love the LNER colour scheme, be a shame to see that go.
Typically those new seats look horrendous. We had very deep padding, about 8" (20cm in foreign), on the old slam door TC stock, some of those new ones look like it's going to be 8mm 🙄 Some of the best seats were on the pre SWR refurbishment 158s and 159s. At least they kept the 1st (unless they've changed it since I retired).
Wouldn't be surprised if it's just one brand, like the original 1948 BR, before they realize it doesn't work, and go back to sectorization (Intercity, Regional, NSE), which did work. Because learning from the past is too hard for politicians
Changing the names or branding is just a distraction. I would be happy staying with Network Rail for infrastructure. Whatever happens, ticket prices will rise or the Treasury will have to subsidize or both. Politicians just try to pull the wool over the the eyes of the public, nationalization will make no difference.
I needed to know why they couldn’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for most of the mainline Trains so that they could extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock which will include the class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign all of them into an overhead wire line trains and also make most of them into Five carriages per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Gardner 6LXC, Leyland 510, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7 Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 10 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into 11 carriages per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers? A Stock Train and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it even much more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 carriages per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 carriages per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Gardner 6LXC, Scania N112, Cummins M11, Leyland 510, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 87 Octagon and Every 48 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 147MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 147MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those 18 Tonne Boxes of Coal for all of those 147MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!!!!!!! So please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!!!!!!!!! And PLEASE do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.
No mention of any new stock for Chiltern?
An important point is that GBR will only apply to TOC's in England controlled by the DfT.
Transport for Wales will continue to be operated and controlled by the Welsh Government and ScotRail will continue to be operated and controlled by the Scottish Government, neither will be rebranded as GBR or become part of it.
Only operators that operate within England and to/from England into Wales & Scotland will become part of GBR. Northern Ireland is an entirely separate system and won't become part of GBR
Great video. I think that the GB wont do SWR name to south west and keep as SWR. I hop they wont do that as it can make the system more confusing like Brighton to Cardiff with no changes
5:50 wait what's going to happen to the class 222s there only 21 years old they could have a much longer lifespan and there really nice trains they can't be scrapped? Why are they being withdrawn
Scotrail, to replace the hst's i hear
Lmao, really nice trains, what a joke. They’re horrible, have no space for luggage, always overcrowded among other issues. They’re horrible will either go to Scot rail I’ve heard, or go to XC, which given the state of the trains would fit pretty well with XC
I don't have direct exparience of the 222s, but the cross country versions definitely need to go. They are inadequate for the traffic levels (and always have been) and often feel like they are falling apart. About the only good thing about them is that the seats are a little better than those in the 800s, but that's not exactly difficult.
You’ve missed the opening of the beaulieu park station 😅
Read the pinned comment where I've addressed this.
What's your source for stating that Trefforest Industrial Estate will be moved? When I asked TfW about this last year, they said there were no plans to do so.
I got the list of the stations to mention from this website here, trundleage.co.uk/timeline-of-openings/ which was put together in November of last year. Apologies if this source is outdated in any way and apologies if I misinterpreted it but there are articles about it from 2018 I think. If this does turn out not to be the case I will add it to the pinned comment of mistakes. ~Hugh
100% agree that XC needs to order new trains...
I think it should be in a way like before, with sections such as GBR south east, GBR Scotland and so on.
I’m so excited for the 810 s !!!!!
My thoughts on what will happen for the new privatisation are:
Full BR System however with regions included.
The following operator(s) will be part of GB Railways South West:
Great Western Railway
South Western Railway
Southern
Gatwick Express
The following operator(s) will be part of GB Railways Wales & Borders:
Transport for Wales
The following operator(s): will be part of GB Railways London & Midlands:
West Midlands Railway
London Northwestern Railway
Thameslink
Great Northern
C2C
Chiltern Railways
East Midlands Railway
The following operator(s): will be part of GB Railways West Coast:
Avanti West Coast
The following operator(s): will be part of GB Railways East Coast:
LNER
The following operator(s): will be part of GB Railways Scotland & Borders:
Scotrail
Caledonian Sleeper
The following operator(s): will be part of GB Railways Cross-Country:
Cross Country
The following operator(s) will not be privatised as they are open-access operators:
Hull Trains
Grand Central
Lumo
*disclaimer
This is just speculation and may not come to existence, please do not judge my point of view as it is just speculation, if it turns out to be this in the future, please do not give me bragging rights for predicting it, as I probably won't remember I ever commented this.
I would rather they replace the central line than Piccadilly. The central line trains are the only tube line I feel sick on due to the windows and the heat
I wonder what will happen to the class 222 fleet once it leaves EMR. I could see it being snapped up by either Scotrail or Crosscountry
Scrap hopefully and they can send the voyagers along to the scrapper too. Horrible trains to ride in
@@Phil-ws5jp I absolutely loved my trip on the 222s to Leicester the other week
One thing that could be good to happen is the Cross Country (Voyagers) with a refurbishment inside, seats are looking old and worn now.
I hope Great Western Railway keeps its branding, it gives pride to the Westcountry as well as honour the historical significance of railway travel to the South West. Having a unified brand would remove the cultural impact of travelling on the SDML and CML.
It would be a shame to lose the current branding of the TOCs, although one or two could be changed to reflect older companies such as LMS.
I’d argue that a unified strategy is imperative, as it is a clear visual indicator the government can use to say that “they’ve changed something” with the railways. Keeping similar independent brandings won’t feel like nationalisation to the general public.
@@JeSuisRene Well I agree with you that it's the way the government will likely take things. We just have to hope that everything won't be dragged down to the lowest common denominator!
the new piccadilly line trains are also planned to replace the over 50 year old Bakerloo line trains at a later date. which the Bakerloo line trains do desperately need to go
Bring back British Rail! I agree about the subtitles, though
Apparently for the new Piccadilly line trains it will now be 2026 tfl are saying. 😭😅
If the current franchises become "divisions" of GBR, I hope the WCML division takes on the old London Midland & Scottish identity, though maybe with a nod to the North West included too. I've never been a fan of the "West Coast" name (or calling that main line the WCML) because only a kilometre or so of the entire route (the section at Hest Bank north of Lancaster) actually runs along the West Coast!
Why do you love new trains so much, Hugh? And what is it about trains/railways that you like?
Perhaps cross country can take the meridians when EMR no longer need them after the Auroras enter service?
Gawd just what Cross country passengers need,more voyager clones. They need to splash the cash and invest in 8 or9 coach bi-mode with decent seating and refreshment facilities on board. The 220 & 221 sets were totally inadequate compared to the 9 coach loco hauled stock before.
I mean yes but a brand new fleet would take a while to implent a new fleet so i was thinking on a short term asssitance to their overwhelmed fleet
Honestly, thank fuck that EMR are upgrading to class 810 soon, the 222 are complete garbage now, especially cause it’s pretty clear there’s not even attempt for any maintenance or thorough cleaning of like windows and stuff, anticipating the new class
I just hope Labour can deliver on their plans for GB Railways. Hopefully, if Brexit gets reversed, it'll be a step in the right direction. With our rolling stock, I like a mix of the old and the new. A mixture of classic BR stock, and a variety of European built trains, that'll do for me.
You forgot Bealieu park
Hope the old BR makes a return.
Like BR East Anglia.
BR West Coast
Etc
For long suffering Avanti WC, Northern and Trans Pennine passengers, we will not believe there will be any improvement, been too many broken promises by the TOCs to improve reliability and reduce cancellations. Livery wise I just hope they get someone with a sense of style to design it, as the recent offerings have been awful, especially the dreary East Midland purple, and the equally boring Thameslink liver, makes me miss the BR Blue & white.
ScotRail and Transport for Wales are owned by the respective governments and the fares in these countries isn't set by Westminster. As regards Cardiff Bay station at this moment i time only 5 people work on this site if this was Germany it would have taken less time than the clowns in charge. also your update made no mention that the 100 million pound contract to run services from Cardiff central to the bay has just been signed that require an incline of 16 degrees to be created from street level to the line at Cardiff Bay . The line from Cardiff Queen Street to Cardiff Bay will be non electrified as well
I hope they keep the current operators names
Yay!
11:11 welcome to SCR
Class 777 is on metro
I hope the 360s don’t get 3+2 seating whonestly the current layout is disgusting and the first class as well sucks I can’t wait for the new interior lnwr should atleast keep one or two 730/0s to run on the abbey line and lnwr should keep some of the 350/2s
The whole sub-franchising would probably just be Great British Railway followed by the division name i.e. Northern, South Western, Great Western etc
I hope the new branding carries over to the tube map, where it's mentioned the types of services there are at interchange stations, so instead of just saying "change for national rail services" it might say "change for GB Rail Southwest services" for example
Thameslink should be renamed to Crossrail 2
I hate the new livery for cross country's class 220/221, it looks ugly
What's coming, a train that isn't cancelled or at least on time, trains are a joke, ask the Dutch how to run them.
i think it should just all go back to British Rail
Now all they have to do is sort out the ticketing fiasco.
Great video! And lets hope White Rose finally opens this year.
Oh I may be or may not be working on a little project to imagine what GBR would look like! - Watch this space
They need to abandon the existing franchise names ASAP as too many of them are associated with negativity & poor performance e.g. Northern