Trains at: Manchester Victoria, 07/12/19
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- An excellent afternoon spent at Manchester Victoria station where we see endless services from Northern, Transpennine Express and a rail tour worked by DB Cargo UK.
Manchester Victoria was opened by the Manchester and Leeds Railway in 1844. Most of the original station still stands. When the station was opened it was served by two railway companies, the parent company the Manchester and Leeds Railway and the Liverpool to Manchester Railway. In 1845 the Manchester and Leeds Railway became part of the Grand Junction Railway which eventually became part of the London and North Western Railway in 1846. In 1847 the Manchester and Liverpool Railway became the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway to which they then moved their headquarters to Manchester Victoria.
In 1865 the station saw the introduction of four bay platforms were built on the eastern side that used to be home to a cemetery that was moved to another area of the city, there was another platform built on the western side. There was also second through platform built because the station only had one and at the time was served by 6 different companies so space was becoming a bit of a premium. Trains were running from Victoria to London and Glasgow.
20 years later the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway brought the workhouse North of the station and used the sight to build another new bay platform and five through platforms which came into use by 1884.
In 1904 the station was at its biggest with 17 platforms gracing it.
The station wasn't just handling passengers traffic it was used for parcel traffic and the deliverance of newspapers. From 1895 to 1940 there was a overhead parcels carrier that would be used to lift parcels and transport them across the station.
During the Manchester Blizt of WW2 the station was constantly under heavy bombardment and was hit several times by high explosive bombs resulting in the destruction of the parcels office and a large chunk of the station roof, the parcels office was rebuilt but the damaged section of the roof wasn't replaced and instead just simply removed.
Platforms 1 - 4 In the 1970's were shut because there had been plans for a new rail tunnel linking Piccadilly to Victoria, however the costs began to spiral out of control and instead proposals were put forward for a light rail transit system to be put in place which is eventually what happened and is now the home to the Metrolink system running across the city. The Metrolink system opened in 1992.
In the 1980's and 1990's British Rail had adopted a policy of trying to focus the bulk of the train services running into Piccadilly, in 1989 the Windsor Link Chord was opened in Salford which enabled a lot of the trains running from the north to go straight to Piccadilly and miss Victoria, in the same year the Transpennine services were also diverted which meant that the station was eventually reduced to just 6 working platforms and some of the site was sold off for development between 1992 and 1994.
In 2009 Victoria was identified as the worst interchange station because of its poor appearance and overall condition. The Secretary of State at the time had named Victoria along with nine other stations to have a share of £50 million which would go towards getting the station revamped. But in 2010 the funds were withdrawn from the budget and Network stepped up with the funds to get the station back into shape and look appealing for the passengers that would use the station, the improvements carried out by Network Rail included: A new roof, restoration of the station walls, exterior canopy and facades along with new finish facilities and better accessibility getting into and out of the station.
Last year the station took 8.2 million passengers.
My next station is Leicester on the Midland Mainline.
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They don’t mess around those 802, it staggered me how fast that thing got going.
They do have some great acceleration
Great video.
5:09 you can tell how long he spent on the SWML. 458.
train vids and more yep
train vids and more swr have 158s
I noticed that as well lol
@@trainspottersouth So does GWR, TfW, EMR, and Scotrail
Instablaster...
Wow what a fantastic station and video. Two brilliant cops as well with the TPE 68 and the two 67s. I bet you can't wait to go to other stations to catch the TPE 68s. Keep safe and take care, regards Gary.
Thanks very much, this was a great station to come to and the amount of traffic passing through was incredible from start to finish. I will happily come back here
Very good video once again Jarred. Firstly, the hill you speak of is Miles Platting Bank which has a 1 in 46 climb out of the station and secondly, the first set of double trams you saw coming in would've been off to Altrincham from Bury. Also, Manchester Victoria is a regular stop for me as Manchester Arena is right above you. Seen a few shows there in my time. Great to see TPE"s new toys out and about and the bonus of the charter service too. I'd have been more than happy too if i were in your position
I think I was very lucky to get everything that I did when I was here, this was an incredible station to come to!
Nice to see the new trains great video
Thanks very much
Almost 7K wow!!Congrats Very nice video as always but watching it from newest to 4 video's before this one sorry didn't watch youtube to much lately. Want to say Merry christmas to you and all your loved ones♥♥♥
Thank you Debby! That's alright you don't have to apologise to me :D I just hope you're having a great week so far and I wish you a wonderful Christmas and a Happy new Year to you and your family xx
This station is in fact a pale shadow of its former self. Back in the 80's most trains were diverted to Piccadilly and about half of Victoria was demolished to make way for the arena.
When I was reading up on it I was staggered to find out how much of the station has actually gone. I ever realised that is had such a troubled past
Great action
Thanks very much
Love all your videos, but you would have really liked the 1960s Victoria/Exchange. Loads of platforms, endless trains, frequent banking up to Miles Platting. After many years away I passed through on a steam excursion in 2001, and thought where am I! Ok, it’s improved since, but hardly the majestic station of times past.
When I was reading up on this I was staggered to find out that so much of the station had been sold off and otherwise forgotten about
A little "Weed B Gone" and some Rust Paint is all she needs, this Station. Jokes aside, it looks great inside even with/due the ongoing work, just the outer needs some love. I really like the 185's, 142's and those old 150's some hard working ladies. Oh my Splendid, yesss! Sweet 67, just wow, and so clean too. Nice work here, a very relaxing set of services.
This was an incredible station to come to and one that will become much more of a regular feature on my channel
4:09, the 2nd number rhyme in Manchester, 185 105!! 😁 😁 Splendid video as always
Thank you kindly ;)
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@@dianecooper9932 can you please stop commenting the timestamps that I have put? Pretty please? You have done this for Brighton video where I loved the GX white livery and the Welwyn garden City one when the class 313s are in an awful state. If you are going to comment, please write something with substance other it will encourage hate. Thank you very much for reading this comment.
Manchester Victoria is amazing. I have been here but I haven’t ridden on a train to Manchester Victoria
This was my first time here and I loved every minute of it!
Another Fantastic video here Tornado922! I really enjoyed this :)
Thanks very much, this was an amazing station to come to
Fantastic video of Manchester Victoria😃
Thanks very much!
I see that the class 800, 801, 802 are running on more lines and companies and I could see a 68 any day bril vid
They are getting more and more common throughout the network
Great video Tornado 922, I did like these M2 coaches on the christmas rail tour.
Thanks very much, they looked incredible
I found out for the first time on Wednesday just how loud those 68s are! One was sat in Lime Street at the far end of platform 1, you could hear it in the main concourse!
They are a joy to listen to!
Excellent video. Love the variety of trains
Great video, nice to see a railtour, class 68 and class 802👍🍺🎅
Thanks very much, seeing all that coming into here was incredible
Wow....
Its amazing to see how one previously magnificent station that looked like it covered alot of mass can be reduced to 6 platforms and no land Mass covered at all. Wow
It Looks so Different
Another excellent video thanks for making it I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year
Thanks ever so much for saying so, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family!
Awesome video just redone Victoria myself
Thanks very much, what did you think of the station?
Great vid
Thanks very much
Great video. Looks like you had a great time in Manchester.
Thanks very much, I had a great time up there
Great as always (love the 68’s)
Thanks very much
The 802s are very good other then the smell they make when they swap to diesel
Great video as always. Are you planning on coming down the midland mainline anytime soon?
Thanks very much, I have released three films from the MML for you to watch
@@Tornado922 I should have read your video description before posting! I'm based down the line from Leicester at Kettering. It's a nice station for spotting, the mml is going to see big changes soon
When your back in East Anglia area Suffolk Norfolk Cambridgeshire or Essex look out for the Great Northern class 387 101 . Thats the number of the unit that the queen travelled on this year for Christmas from London kings cross to king's lynn.
I'll be sure to keep a look out
I always travel up to Victoria so we might see each other
I'm sure we will
Yay Leicester next
Midland Mainline hopefully next.
A very good video again. Just an idea; can you make a video just with all of you videos with 68s in. I'd love that and probably sleep to the sound of them departing!
Thanks very much, I don't know if I would create a compilation video as it's not really my thing
Ok.
Watching this video made me realise how badly Northern need some new rolling stock!
Are you doing the Midland Maniline next?
Yes trains at Leicester he's doing
Yay.
You were mentioning Virgin going in a vid or two back...looks like they are going to be providing new services with new leased stock in conjunction with a french company...(10% cheaper tickets,better wi fi free movies etc as standard...not got all details yet...but looks good for VT.....funny enough was here two days ago.... 195 rear wheel spin 14:25
From what I have understood they want to operate as an open access operator running trains from Liverpool to London Euston using former LNER Mk4 sets
@Tornado922 would like to film trains at Amsterdam Central Station in the netherlands?
I would love that! I'm hoping to get there next year
@@Tornado922 yes there are trains of our national ralicompany NS(Nederlandse Spoorwegen/Dutch Railways),Eurostar to London, DB(Deutsche Bahn/German Railways) with the ICE 3 as ICE International to Keulen HBF and Frankfurt am Main HBF/Basel SBB and with the NS 1700(locomotive change at Bad Bentheim with the BR 101) and DB wagons to Berlin HBF,Thalys to Paris Nord/Marne la Vallee Chasee(Disneyland Paris) and the NMBS(Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen/Belgium Railways) as IC Brussel/Direct to Brussel South And very many cargo trains
And in 2020 please film at Nottingham.
Will do
Great video tornado 922
Thanks very much!
Have you been to bestgot stadium yet
Bescot Stadium.Not Bestgot Stadium.
Not yet
Tornado maybe do premieres?
I haven't thought about doing them before, but's it's something I'll look into
The Nova 3 Makes Me Jealous I Only Saw The IETs At York
They are great units
Why does a locomotive tick over? What does it do?
I honestly couldn't tell you
Can you go to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (That place in Wales with the incredibly long name)?
I'll have to get back to you on that one!
You should trainspot at Manchester airport
I will do it next year
You should go back up to Newcastle
I will be going there next year
On the date of 30/12/19 can you go to Darlington station
No
Tornado922, is doing trains at Leicester on the MML next
@@arnoldspottingvideos5269 I know seen him IRL
@@arnoldspottingvideos5269 he's already done it
Ok
I'm confused to as how there are overhead wires at this station yet there are only diesel trains dere
Happy Yo there is an hourly 319 service to Preston and the 802s run electric between Victoria and Liverpool.
@@Cactus732 hm snsn
Also the Liverpool class 319 stopper starts/terminates here at peak times. No through electric services as there's no wires on the eastern side of Victoria.
4:09
Dedicated to Anniken
why do the 67's tick so much
I honestly wouldn't have the answer for you. Maybe someone else can offer an explanation
@@Tornado922 Can you do London bridge next cheers mate.
Maybe after that do Lincoln central because i know you havent filmed at those two stations.
Ive got a question
What station do you hate and what station do you love
Don't you mean 158791
Maybe.........
23:03 its not clithrow its clitheroe.
he said clitheroe
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Wow I’m sorry but Manchester has some Obesity problems and I’m American
True