The Abandoned Eurostar
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- The British Rail Class 373 or TGV TMST train is an electric multiple unit that operate Eurostar high speed rail services from London to France and Belgium via the Channel Tunnel, part of the TGV family, it has a smaller cross-section to fit the smaller loading gauge in Britain, was originally able to operate on the UK third rail network and it has extensive fireproofing in case of fire in the tunnel. It is both the second longest-387 metres (1,270 ft)-and second fastest train in regular UK passenger service, operating at speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour (186 mph). It is beaten in both aspects by the Class 374 (E320) which is 400 metres (1,300 ft) long and has a top speed of 320 kilometres per hour (199 mph),though this is never achieved on HS1 in Britain.
Known as the TransManche Super Train (TMST) or Cross-channel Super Train before entering service in 1993, the train is designated Class 373 under the British TOPS classification system and series 373000 TGV in France. It was built by the French company GEC-Alsthom at its sites in La Rochelle (France), Belfort (France) and Washwood Heath (Britain) and by Brugeoise et Nivelles (BN, now part of Bombardier Transportation) in Bruges (Belgium).
Since the delivery of the new Class 374 E320 units from Siemens in 2014, refurbished examples of the Class 373 or TGV-TMST sets have been officially dubbed as E300s by Eurostar to distinguish them from the new Velaro fleet.
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I feel in love with this train, it was a train that inspired me being a rail fan. When I discovered it was scrapped, I was shocked. This was one of the trains that got me into these stuff, even though I’ve never seen it, it’s gone. May this train Rest In Peace.
R.I.P the 373 class
Same
Don’t worry, many still remain in service
Have you ponies heard of 👻🚄❓
We must put al our resources together and save this poor train
Yes
YEAH!!
Yes
EDIT:WITCH COPANY MADE THAT TRAIN SAVE IT NOW 1 LIKE 1 PRAYER
and if yes, treat it like an actual train and not a museum piece
Are you aware that it has been scrapped to metal?
Man that is actually Painfull to see such a magnificant train in that state
Air Dogz ik I almost cried
I actually cried
I was 99.99%\100.00& almost crying
I no joke cried a little bit after revisiting this video.
The best TGV eurostar train to abandoning😭😭😭 so sad😭😭😭
Eurostars Were My Favorite Train 😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Could be restored for future high speed railways don't let it rot
@@ianmclaughlan they can't
charter trains: ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MY SELF (hope it happens on the east coast in GNER or Three capitals)
I makes me sad😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😢😭😢😭
Don't worry friend....I'll find you....And bring ya back home...So can ya wait for me till then?
No. It couldn't. It was scrapped.
*insert sad music*
Well I can take another Eurostar
@@jd_kreeper2799 it might still work.
This train should be in a museum or change it into a railway restaurant or a railway hotel is actually a great idea and not to be abandon in a place like this.
Seeing this train slowly breaking apart after what this train done for us human bring us from one place to another is just sad.
For all those asking why it was abandoned - i found this in a news article:
And if you’re wondering why these 373s were abandoned and not reused elsewhere, well, it seems like a few factors were in play. Technology had simply moved on, leaving these 22-year-old trains out of date. It was also more cost efficient to bring in a modern fleet rather than overhaul these existing trains, especially as the replacements had a greater seating capacity, meaning more money over less time. In the end, therefore, many of the 373s were deemed “life-expired.”
Shame they didn't sell them
Well anyways they still use the e300 or class 373 but they refurbished it!!!! I didn’t get to rid it yet but they did refurbish them and in fact I heard they still use the original e300
@@Samuel-lq3gh Only some were refurbed
In Thailand we still ride the 50 years old train. More sad
When you consider Class 37s and older diesels are still working on mainline duties after 60 years, it does make you wonder how these can be so obsolete after a couple of decades.
Luckily there are some fixed old Eurostar 373 Speeding Around In The Railways Of Europe... Also There Are Refurbished Eurostar 373...
Theres one in the national railway museum in York
RIP the best Eurostar 1994-2018 (don’t let the TMSTs get abandoned)
2021
1901/1953/2011/2015/2017/2019/2020/2022
They should preserve the whole train set for historical reasons.
2021
@Plane lovers alike And what about the rest of the passenger cars? Have them be sent to a heritage steam railway?
R.I.P. the eurostar 🚄 you will be with us in our hearts 🇺🇸😿😭🖖💗💔
I like trains😢😢😭😭😭😿🙀
Me too, especially the high speed ones!
wAwaWaWaawaa
Burch Family always will
😭Rip Eurostar 301718
This particular type of Eurostar train was earmarked for early retirement because of the extension of the contenental rail network into Germany.
this is so sad! and this is even sadlier for the train lovers! (as me) !
Unlike other people I love trains tooo
Nct Notcooltube replacment chanel same this makes me cry knowing that other trains will turn out like this
Me too rip eurostar
Yea you are right
I need to go daily with the train i realy wanna go once with that train
"For the good of you and I,
Please, don't let me die..."
-373018 ✝
That struck me deep....😔
"Never will you be forgotten"
-railway enthusiasts
I know how it feels
They are completely worn out with rocket mileage and extensive corrosion. Apparently this is due to the atmosphere in the tunnel being highly corrosive. They are not suitable for any other mainline working and have huge power demands. The ones scrapped in the UK go direct from their last service to a proper scrap facility where hopefully they are reduced to their bare metals and recycled. Sadly any form of restoration or heritage working isn't really an option which is a shame as these units were groundbreaking in connecting two capitals separated by the English channel. Why this unit has ended up like this seems to be unexplained but if its their train on their track I suppose they're entitled to do what they like with it. Not good PR though as we all are becoming more environmentally aware
any preservation is next to impossible due to SNCFs policy which is basically "total destruction" of the vehicles and parts
I’m not sure it’s fair to say they weren’t suitable for other main line working, one set was used on the London to Leeds route, known as The White Rose.
I traveled on it when it was operated by GNER.
I guess Brussels is not a capital to you?
James Seward-Prior the electronics are 286 based architecture they are badly corroded and pull so much power that they would reduce the amount of trains usable on a section, add to that they were built to initial tunnel regulations means they are a nightmare to service, great trains but no upgradeability and so power hungry they aren’t able to relocate
It is parked in Blackpool council yard. Its now used on the tramlines when illuminations are on.
I rode the Eurostar from Brussels to London in 1997. It was an incredible, amazing experience. Being from the US I had never seen anything like it. Sad to see the original configuration has been reduced to scrap. I guess that's called progress.
RIP class 373. Luckily some sets have been fully refurbished to work with Eurostar still and work on rail networks in France however the original Eurostars have sadly been abandoned/scrapped
Simple, undeniable fact of life; things wear out. The mileage on that thing must be insane after 10+ years! I've also noticed in the comments a lot of people saying it has serious structural rot due to the salty atmosphere it's been operated in for it's entire service life. It's not operable on standard railways (in the U.K.) and anyway, it's not as simple as a few replacement windows and a lick of paint! There's still the structural rot to deal with and that would be a big, expensive, time-consuming undertaking. Sad but true.
Paul Bennell yeah most people don’t understand, you can see them raging everywhere...
Yes but I'm sure the damage wasn't irreparable before it was left to abandonment. After however many years of being abandoned sure your right its probably not worth saving now but I bet at the time of abandoning it, it was well enough off to be fixed
Nearly 25 years of service...
@@galactic_nerd-sk4747 not like the IC125, or even pacers right?
this makes me sad ...
This is really sad.
Seeing this old train been broken down by some shitheads.
They could have kept this...
I love more old trains than new trains.
Teens have ruined this.
@Sean Lecca old trains are better
Why would anyone want to keep the old trains? They are old and outdated, and bringing them back would just cause problems, no offense
Looking at the virtually intact structure of the carriages that are dry and still full of seating - why isn't this and other trains due to be scrapped used as temporary shelter for the homeless? Somewhere they can take shelter from the elements, such as the recent so-called "Beast from the East". Maybe the buffet car can be used as a soup kitchen? It just seems so wrong to let all this unused potentially useable space fall victim to vandals.
Jinty7109 fan You are thinking the wrong way. This needs to be shredded for scrap.
Shelters for the homeless can be made from much more suitable materials, 100x cheaper and in much more suitable places eg City centres and not limited to remote sidings with no access.
Jinty7109 fan You are quite perceptive I do like smashing up model railway equipment but my favourite method is treating it like a golf ball and playing full shots with a sand iron. I'm a good golfer and you would be amazed how the engines and carriages shatter into a huge number of pieces when hit at high speed. This is a great way to separate the plastic from copper bearing motors, both of which can then be recycled. I don't throw them out windows though. Also stamping on them with heavy boots is a good way to scrap them.
However none of that is relavent to your asinine comment that this EMU would make a suitable shelter for homeless people.
SteamLocoScrapper lol, I laughed so much, I think Jinty just got owned!
Well Jinty7109 fan, I do get them from fairly cheap sources like boot sales and the like, or even for free, and I do sell copper bearing motors and other metals as scrap. You are probably right though.
But what price does good entertainment cost? I can spend a whole day enjoying smashing up piles of trains and other toys or electronic goods that I got for say £25 whereas someone else could spend £300 going to an away football match which is really boring or their team loses and they had a crap day by the time they have paid for travel, hotel bills, meals, and tickets.
So they spend £300 and have a bad time. I spend £25 and have a great one, and I can sell the copper and scrap afterwards. Who is wasting the most money? Or people spend £100's on a bottle of wine which is gone after they drink it. It's all of a question of pleasure and cost benefit.
Whereas, I still have the scrap to sell :D
Baa! That's always the same with urbex people and rail fans. Many of them trespass or break and enter themselves to get pictures etc. This is in a deserted siding miles from anywhere. Homeless people need proper facilities, heated, and close to food and medical help if needed.
These rail fans wanting to make it into a homeless shelter do not have a clue!
WHY THEY WERE FAST AS ME😭😭😭LIKE IF YOU CRY IM CRYING😭😭😭
It's so sad :(, Because these lovely trains have been serving us from London to France! there one of the only trains in the world, who carries us over sea, and now they're introducing new trains! I would so anything to save these Class 373 TGV TMST! R.I.P
*they're - you got it right the second time, so why not the first?
And it’s under sea not over but
This video made me sad. Its weird that the eurostar trains are being scrapped. If only we had them in my country...
RIP OLD EUROSTAR TRAINSETS
1 like save euro star
Save euro star back for train lovers!!!
Eurostar isnt dead, its just the E20s that run on thier lines now.
their still allive they don’t just scrap them they save and store them
i got scared of this train
Me hope original eurostar dont deleted
If I had enough money I would buy one of these, refurbish it, and run tours on the ECML. Would be an amazing feeling to have saved such a train.
We should refurbish it, clean it etc and it and put it on the Glasgow transport museum
Edit 1: wow never thought I would get likes thanks for the likes
What you Looking at?
How much weed you smoked last night
If u ever seen this train, u will know how huge and long it is.
I am meaning like one or 2 carriages or it is outside open for the public on a track but in a circle and I have no weed I think you mean yourself has weed
What you Looking at? Ok
Kinda pointless for many Scot considering the fact it's a Eurostar though...
After revisiting this abandoned Eurostar Train video it finally made me cry a little bit.
I'd blame Jeremy Clarkson's TGV12... that sportstrain is just better in every single damn way.
iHeart GT86 {KatyCat} 😂😂😂
But can it carry 700+ people at 186mph while serving food?
iHeart GT86 {KatyCat} lol
Hahaha - still, better then the pacer ;)
iHeart GT86 {KatyCat} same
I am so upset I never got to experience to be in those older Eurostars. This was my favorite train as a kid. It's such a shame I never got the chance to experience this amazing train. I'll never get the chance to experience it
Nothing so lonely as a once-crowded place now standing empty. It looks so modern, but it is "old" technology. Development these days is faster than the TMST. I wonder how much of the wiring has been gnawed by rodents.
I love that sound when it's passing.
Bloody shame to have it parked there and vandalised. If you haven't a proper use for it anymore, at least be prepared to recycle it responsibly. This is pure bad management!!!
John Krols the recycling company possibly can’t fit the train in and is probably waiting to do something about it.
:( so sad I am crying
It has a history, and life. It went so fast.
Nooo DONT go away!!
Just cuz a stupid train Was ‘better’ doesn’t mean the other train gets destroyed
I remember driving this train. I still miss those seats...
Please donate these types of train to poor countries ,they can use these types of train after refurbished
Mr EnTerTaiNMeNt Its allready in a poor country
..... France and England are not poor.
Mr EnTerTaiNMeNt how is a shithole country going to maintain this even if they were given it free and to run on what imaginary rail network ?!
Mr EnTerTaiNMeNt - Well unfortunately that will never happen because it has been scrapped. But if you look up the abandoned Eurostar in google, the first result has a map which you can use to find it on google earth.
Curi0u50ne the uk is not a shithole country just to let you know i live in the uk and i was born in england
Really sad to see this.I drove these to Paris and Brussels from 1994 to 2011.😪
100 likes 100 long eurostar and 893M saves for the cutest eurostar EVER we will miss you
Great production. Saw some of the coaches from the freight line at Washwood Heath while on the tour train.. The Walsall Concerto. One would hardly know they were there,
Amazing that a multi-million pound piece of rolling stock can one day just become garbage.
When you have next a good deal with "good" politicians, such machinery becomes worthless by some reasons. Then you put in work another machinery and the pockets stay filled.
Like the entire steam train rolling stock (thank god!)
Like the saying goes "thats progress"
Michael Sharp I guess it's what time does to everything sooner or later. (Both people and things wear out and disappear, leaving only the ghostly embers of memory. )
Michael Sharp so true
We love you Euro Star!
Never forget! ~♥️
Yeah
#youwillbebackagainclass373eurostar
The Italy star train is now abondond but in memory for the Eurostar we have frecciarosa and frecciarosa1000
Great video combining footage when these trains were in their prime with the state they are in now, kind of sad too.
Setsuna F. Seiei those e320s/374s need to fuck off
Yea realy sad
i teared up while watching this. How such a great EMU falls into abandonment really quickly. 373's are much better then the 374 more comfy and lots of space.
Miles Campbell Its the same with all new trains.
RailwayProductions 2210 this needs to be ripped apart with shears and cutting torches and melted down for scrap asap.
*better than
It's not an EMU it's an electric loco
I thank you for searching out this eurostar and uploading here. I have just seen eurostar in its starting year 1994 in Paris. This type of cars of eurostar is only the eurostar in my remember. I appreciate your activity.
i remember this train movie scene on "Mr. Bean Holiday"
Me too
that was a TGV.
Me too but it was a TGV
@@concordef-btcs3772 it wasnt a TGV.
@@drobviouslol the TGV was at the end
it makes me hot in the heart it's sad to see an abandoned train
I feel sorry for the eurostar......................
Anitha Prabhakar same
Well this Video killed he Eurostar,
Video killed the Eurostar fans!!!
Same
Same It had a nice but hard journey and they got retired
So sad - heartbreaking - because I am a loving fan For EUROSTARS! Just rode on one from Paris to London and London to Brussels a few weeks ago! Amazing ride - topped the top speed with 334 km /hr! Was announced on the onside board system!!👍👍
it is so sad save the eurostar
one like is one eurostar
Sadly every passenger car is now in the facility and likely scraped but the two Engines are still outside. But probably not for long. So sad...
So Europe, if you guys don't need those high speed trains anymore, we'll take them. - America
They'd probably just end up at Dryden AFB alongside all the thousands of abandoned aircraft!
iliketrains0pwned Thats a great joke XD but yea wouldnt be suprised if they used them in that state with the amount of Amtrack funding
Where are you gonna put those high speed trains? On the acela line?
Ha! that will never happen, trying to get high speed rail between Chicago and St. Louis, all new track work, new stations, this has been going on for more than three years now. Plus this route is pretty much single track, how is that going to work. Besides most Amtrak trains are never on time anyway, I live in a small town about 80 miles southwest of Chicago and this line is also shared with freight traffic. The only high speed right now is between Dwight Ill and Pontiac Ill which is only about 20 miles. What a joke!
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50°22'43"N 3°32'41"E on Google maps
I couldn’t find it
@@chriggle1 because it has been scrapped :(
@@TMIX_TEAM :(
damn didnt realise it had been scrapped
Some third world developing country would appreciate this train.
I'm sure they would sir. Sadly it would probably end up being stoned and beheaded
It’s a tunnel train! What use would it be to a country that struggles with the principles of flight and aeroplanes?!!!???!
Some third world country would appreciate a horse and cart more!
That's so true!
islamic school of meme studies Doubt it. High maintenance costs, and a very large power demand. It would probably be something of a white elephant.
Farewell Class 373 E300. These were my favourite trains I’ve been on before. So heartbroken 😭😭
Why not do a video of the GNER Class 373. That were used on London Kings Cross-Leeds.
this is sad seeing the fastest train in the world
Sorry but it never was the "fastest train"
@@JohnMitch true but its powerful as hell
Ugh I loved the old euro star, the new one isn't as legendary as the old one, It was unique... #YouWillNeverBeForgotten
The 373 is the *real* Eurostar
RIP in pieces Eurostar!
Liek if u cri evrytiem! 😢
Adrian 😞 I feel you bro
Adrian is
Adrian no
RIP Eurostar! 😭😭😟😔☹
U mean rest in pieces
I really hate high speed trains but guys, this time you made me cry.
Sure its just been used for spares. All old trains get left out in the rain.
Sad
A poignant and intelligently edited film highlighting the wastage inseparable from our technological progress.
how much money thrown away ... a lot of sad and anger.
Yes
I never thought I would feel sad for a machine 😞rip euro star
Me too
Please pray for Eurostar 😭😭😭😭😭
Nice documentary, and rather fitting music. Sad to see, but thank you for sharing.
Finally, a video without the crap voiceover
I know this is stupid but I find things like this so sad and wasteful.🙁
Daniel Nimmo. Just crap music.
Daniel Nimmo k
YES!
Wow that bar is just....ruined. Everything actually. Just destroyed. RIP nice eurostar
The saddest thing here was the music.
Like if you agree.
*we have same profile image*
I hope one day, maybe even campaign for it myself, that one full set is refurbished back to how it was in 1994 and used for heritage high speed journeys & railtours.
Que triste por qué lo abandonó alguien me dice 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 era mí tren favorito
Man that's cool how you mixed up the past with the present! Great film!
Why can’t they just reuse this train instead of scraping it it would last a longer time
Turn it into a home for the homeless (coach)the engine I don’t know
@@jadspokemoncards275 I was just thinking about that too.
They cant because its too rotten from the seasalt covering up the train and rusting it so they had to go.... :(
This train was a British masterpiece but what’s good we got a new one the noise the horn we love you 373
RIP Eurostar ❤
a few of these units used to work the East Coast rout in the UK. They were operated by an organisation called GNER. This might be one of them if it's a north of London set. Apparently they needed software upgrades.
I love these trains like the eurster :(
this made me really sad... for most People its just scrap but for us railfans its a lot more.. Rip Poor Eurostar
i showed the video to my boss ....hes crazy and have weird ideas.....he wants to buy it......
He should
Oh yeah btw the eurostar was scrapped because it had an engine problem when running on snow so thats why this beauty is scrapped
BUT they have a newer eurostar it has no problem running on snow
But they can fix the problem too and so he can not to be scrapt
It's in Valencienne, France. The coordinates are 50.378467, 3.542801.
The cab is visible on Google Earth.
Yep - www.google.com.au/maps/place/50°22'42.5%22N+3°32'34.1%22E/@50.37862,3.5456016,18z/data=!3m1!1e3
I would prefer if you Don't tell them Because they Could go and vandle it..
1) This information is on the internet anyway - if you really want to find it, you can.
2) I doubt many people watching this are opportunistic vandals.
3) People are unlikely to travel all the way to France to vandalize a train. Most of the graffiti will have come from locals.
4) Some people may vandalize it, but it's a bit selfish to deny people who are passionate about trains to visit this place.
man findet es wirklich leicht aber von Leipzig Germany aus zu weit schade :-(
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its sad these being scrapped after only 25 years and this one in particular went from being in good condition to a horrible state
I wish they would preserve some of these otherwise it would be a huge waste of money
Same thing is going to happen to the Amtrak Acela trains about the same number of years, even younger.
Would have been quite interesting to see the state of the engine and generators etc too
It is fully electric.
Ye but it still has an engine and a generator. So does the TGV
Train:*gets abondoned.
Graffiti artists: lOoKs LiKe tHiS a JoB fOr mE
What Eurostar doesn't want you to see
Kacper Krakowski not really. If they didn't want people to see this, they would have scrapped it instead of leaving it to rot and have selfish wankers come vandalise it.
Hunter Railcar its a joke
Kacper Krakowski True. These should have been used on the ECML
it must be saved, maybe it can be placed in a museum, or i don't know, but it must be saved.
I've heard theres a eurostar in a raliway museum in York or something like that
I wish it was in the us but we can’t 😭😱😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Problem is that the US has a much wider gauge than the UK and Europe, so it would require pointless heavy modification which would cost more than just building a completely new unit
This was the fastest Train i ever Seen
This is so sad
I miss you
RIP favourite Train😢
Why don't they recycle the train??
Because it's been dumped in the EU and they have money to burn. We stick to the recycling rules here, in France they don't, just like many other "laws". It really is that sad and that simple.
I think they would do better to retrain the train. ; )
R.I.P British Rail Class 373 i hope they wont get retired :(
Sad to see, but these trains were complex, power hungry and not very reliable. They are unsuitable for use anywhere else so it's not surprising that they've been left to rot.
The rolling stock could have been passed along to any number of railway museums for public enjoyment.
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That driver control panel was pretty sick
R. Crompton yes id love to see that! (But sadly I cant)
Oh they will but there are only so many railway museums in the world.
Actually 3017/3018 was "stored" here. Vandals and scrappers just found it. There's no way this unit just fell into disrepair that fast! This had to been ripped up by those who found it. They demolished the set in its location in April 2018.
why is it abandoned?
Good to see a video from your channel again!
😭😭😭😭😭😭 lloré un montón
With technology advancing at an ever faster pace. It is okay to occasionally look back to where we started. From chopper dc traction to ac variable frequency.
This guy just put sad music over an abandoned train whats so sad about it? Its just a train.
This just shows you that the train is more than just a mode of transport
First off, why are there vandalised murals on the abandoned train ? 😡😡😡😡😡😡
GAMEMASTER THX bc gangs
Bc it’s abandons so no one really owns it and it’s just like that so you can easily get to it despite watching out for other trains
I don’t get it why they couldn’t scrap all of the 373s and have all of the new Eurostar’s in probably.