Mid Evening Trains at: Stratford, GEML, 16/05/19
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2019
- A very enjoyable evening spent at Stratford station on the Great Eastern Mainline where we see countless services from Greater Anglia, TFL Rail, London Overground, London Underground and C2C and freight from Freightliner and GBRF including a rare sight of 66711.
Theres so much to tell about this station but I won't go through it all.
Stratford station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1839. A year later a large engine shed was constructed along with a large works which is now the sight of the impressive shopping centre.
When the line was opened it was used running track which was 5ft, this was done on the basis that the wear and tear on the trains wouldn't be as high, although because of this it meant that other railway companies had to adopt the same size if they wanted to share the line. It wasn't until 1844 that standard gauge was seen as the more easier and common gauge to go with. Which is 4ft 8 1/2
From when the station was opened to when the Great Eastern Railway made an appearance in 1862 - 1923 the station went through hundreds of changes. Lines were being added from all over the capital to give better ease of access to commuters trying to get in and out of the city. Platforms were built and more trains were coming throuh on a daily basis.
In 1877 several changes took place and include: a fourth line going from Bow Junction to Stratford, Western Junction was moved further south, New goods lines were added to ease on congestion with passenger traffic and a new signal box was built.
And in 1891 to 1893 the following took place: two more lines were added taking the total to so because of the growing number in traffic and the signal boxes at Western, Central and Eastern Junctions were all replaced with more modern structures.
There really is so much to try and tell about this station but I simply haven't got the time to go through absolutely everything. I could probably do a 10 part documentary about the station!!!
I'm gonna skip right up until the modern era. A full history can be found on Wikipedia about the station and how it helped the local area.
All of the station facilities are actually located underneath the station with ticket barriers just outside the shopping centre. The station is multi level with the upper serving the Great Eastern Mainline and the lower serving High Speed 1.
The station had to be redesigned when the central line was added to go through the station. Along with trains having to serve the North London Line.
Last year the station saw over 40 million passengers on its platforms last year. That's a loss of 2 million passengers from the year previous
My next station is going to be Watford Junction on the West Coast Mainline.
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Another top notch and enjoyable video. I have to say that the Greater Anglia livery is really smart especially on the 90s. The livery on 66711 is eye-catching to say the least and the new Freightliner livery on that 66 was awesome. Keep safe, regards Gary.
Thanks very much Gary I'm glad that you enjoyed watching this, I always love coming to Stratford it's an amazing station to come top as there is always something good to catch here. In that nights case it was the aggregates liveried 66
Another lovely long film. Perfect start missing that 321 number! Lol. and some great 90 shots too. Well done mate!
It wouldn't be a Tornado922 film without the obligatory missed first unit haha
Great video
thanks very much
As always fantastic thanks for sharing
thanks Debby!!
Great video! Really enjoyable.
Once again well captioned in the title. I am starting a series on the CML soon by the way.
thanks very much bud I'm glad you enjoyed watching this, when you do start you'll have to let me know
Thanks, I tried to film at Birmingham Moor Street yesterday but it all went awful as I only caught 3 trains as I had a train to catch myself
Also, I’m probably going to be only filming 1-3 times each weekend
Thanks so much for filming near my local area (Bow) and catching all these great trains. Keep up the good work. And it is ok if you film at Manningtree next.
You're more than welcome and thank you for watching and enjoying this. I will go back to Manningtree at some stage but I don't know when that will be
Excellent video
thanks very much :)
Another brilliant video here, i really enjoyed this :)
Thanks very much
I’m really excited for Watford junction! It’ll be fantastic I bet ya 😃
It is a great film I can assure you
Nice video tornado922 my favorite trains were the 321s the 66s and 70s
Thanks very much, this station always gives a good variation of traffic
Great video.
Thanks very much
Beautiful Station, awesome sounds. I can't lie, I'm liking these services, and the trains are great! @13:46 Pure money shot, nice to see and that 70 too, wow... Once again such sweet sounds. 66711 was a beast! Start to finish, time well spent. Thanks! B.P.
Thanks very much, this is always a great station to come to at any point of the day but the mid to late evening is definitely the best time of the day to come. You get such a great variety in traffic passing by and you're never waiting any longer than 5 minutes between trains coming and going
Great video again!! Keep it up mate
thanks very much
No problem
Good video
Wow, this was great!
Daniel Rogers I mean it’s tornado so yes, but the vid has been out for three mins when you commemted😁
@@trainspottersouth I think you should let others keep their point. They just know it's good from the start maybe you should stop commenting that.
@@leccystar yes
Kyran Haffenden I mean ok I was a bit rude, but the point is people want real feedback not just great vid when it’s been out for a minute 😂
GREAT vid!
Kyran Haffenden yes because it’s tornado but you commented as soon as you got on the vid, hasn’t been out for long enough 😁
It's quite obvious that it's going to be good so I just put it's good straight when it uploads.
Whilst I appreciate the support it would be nice if you could watch the entire way through encase there is something you would like to see different done to my films. Or offer any constructive criticism
Nice One =)
thanks very much
Will you film at Norwich later this summer? It would be nice to capture the current stock and by then the running of Stadler's in that area!
I have been meaning to go there for a while now but I will be going there in the next few months
By the way, do you intend to do any ECML videos in the near future to try and get some of the Azumas now they’re actually in service?
I will be going to Potters Bar this Friday evening
Tornado922 my home town ✌️✌️
Are you seeing the flying Scotsman
29th this month
At Victoria
I will be away on holiday by that time
@@Tornado922 ah ok no worries
Wonderful film as always Jarred, the more I see your evening peak videos, the more I like them, do you know if all FL 66s will receive the black and orange, thumbs up from me as always mate.
thanks very much Tom. This is a great station to come as there is always so much to see and do here. I don't know if the whole fleet will undergo the new paint job but I do know that in the last couple of days they have repainted another 66 into the new colour scheme
What is the difference between 313s and 315s
Because of that wall behind you you are missing traffic from London Overground on platforms 1 & 2 and any services using platform 11 & 12
I know I was, I chose to stand here as it gave me the best view possible for the GEML
This Stratford Regional and not served by HS1 but is multi-level.
It's not multi level. Regional and International are actually separate stations. It just so happens that the international station is at a much lower level because of the nature of the line having to traverse under the city
@@Tornado922 DLR is at a lower level (below GEML).
The DLR is actually on the same level as the GEML, when leaving Stratford towards London Liverpool Street you will pass the DLR station on the left hand side
I actually film here on my birthday well I actually came from Scotland
I hope you had a good time
@@Tornado922 I did had a good time
The Named Class 317 Driver John webb and I thought he was called driver John Wick From the John Wick Films
Hahaha. That's funny! B.P.
great video and how do you like the 345 and the rentues 321 livery
thanks very much, I haven't travelled on the 345 units yet but they do look very good. And yes I do like the 321 in the new livery
@@Tornado922 so do i with the 321
@4.44 It's a Shame the newspaper doesn't get fined it's the only way it could hit the headlines!!!
Whilst I should be ashamed at the joke there I have admit it did make me chuckle XD
13:46
"...good start," ... you're useless!!!,! 😂😂😂
I do try ;)