Busy Evening at Leighton Buzzard, WCML | 21/08/18
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2018
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A brilliant hour at Leighton Buzzard on the West Coast Mainline during the peak time hours of Tuesday 21st August 2018. We had loads of time to kill here inwhich we planned to head to Bletchley later on, however it never turned out as planned.
Leighton Buzzard info:
Leighton Buzzard railway station serves the Leighton Buzzard and Linslade area of Bedfordshire and nearby parts of Buckinghamshire. Actually situated in Linslade, the station is 40 miles (64 km) north west of London Euston and is served by London Midland services on the West Coast Main Line. Until the 1960s the station was the start of a branch to Dunstable and Luton, with a junction just north of the present station. The station has four platforms. Platforms 1 & 2 serve the fast lines and are used by Virgin Trains services running non-stop to/from London Euston. Platforms 3 & 4 are served by slower London Midland services to/from London Euston and by Southern services between East Croydon and Milton Keynes Central.
Page's Park railway station, terminus for the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway (a narrow gauge heritage railway), is on the opposite side of the town.
History:
The first station simply known as Leighton was opened by the London and Birmingham Railway on 9 April 1838 as part of the first section of its line from London Euston to Denbigh Hall. The line had originally been planned to pass through Buckingham but opposition from the Duke of Buckingham ensured that it forced east through Linslade. A station with two-facing platforms was opened a ¼-mile south of the Linslade tunnels. These are arranged unusually for a four track main line: the southbound slow line has a tunnel to itself as does the northbound fast line, however the northbound slow and southbound fast lines share a tunnel.
In May 1848, the station became a junction when a branch line to Dunstable was opened. The London and North Western Railway replaced the first station in February 1859 by another more permanent structure located 8 chains (160 m) to the south. The new building had an imposing frontage featuring arched windows. Access to the Dunstable branch was controlled by Leighton No. 2 signal box situated to the north of the station, while the actual branch signals were controlled by the main line box to the south. In 1874, land was purchased to the south of the station alongside the Dunstable branch for the construction of goods sidings.
The LNWR was absorbed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in the 1923 railway grouping and, in 1927, it added a crossover between the fast and slow lines. This was to play a significant role in the derailment of Royal Scot No. 6114 "Coldstream Guardsman" at Linslade on 22 March 1931 when the driver took the crossover at 50-60 mph instead of the regulation 15 mph. There had been a diversion in place on the fast lines and the driver had missed the warning signals. The engine overturned and six people were killed including the driver and fireman. The Scotland amateur football team was on the train.
In 1957-8 the platform buildings were rebuilt and a concrete awning placed over the platform. At the entrance a larger booking / waiting hall, central heating, electric lighting and the cycle storage, parcels and loading bay were improved.
The Great Train Robbery of 1963 occurred just south of this station, at Bridego Bridge near Ledburn, at a bridge on the southbound stretch towards Cheddington. Wing Yard was closed in February 1967 and it is now used as a car park, while the branch to Dunstable was closed from June.
Services:
The station is served by London Northwestern Railway and Southern, and is managed by West Midland Trains. Southbound, three London Northwestern Railway trains depart per hour on weekdays, one of which runs non-stop to London. Additionally, one Southern train per hour runs to East Croydon. Northbound, two trains an hour run to Milton Keynes Central, one from London Northwestern Railway and the other from Southern, one train per hour to Northampton and two trains an hour to Birmingham New Street. There is also one train on weekdays to and from Crewe and some services to/from Crewe on Sundays.
Accidents and incidents:
On 22 March 1931, a passenger train was derailed due to excessive speed through a crossover. Six people were killed.
The station played host to a tragic event on 11 April 2011 when a 43-year-old woman named Rachel James, from Uxbridge, Middlesex, kissed an elderly passenger aboard the 16.25 Northampton to London Euston service which was approaching the station from the north, and set fire to herself within the confines of a train toilet with a can of explosive gas. The train immediately stopped at the station and the passengers were evacuated. The unusual suicide method caused great distress to the passengers and closed the West Coast Main Line for several hours whilst emergency services attended to the fire.
fantastic video Richard especially seeing the trains at Leighton buzzard
Where all trains have to slow down to a shitty 90 MPH,except Super Voyagers (just to 115 MPH) and Pendos (keeping 125 MPH)
Nice capture of the Royal Mail train
Fantastic Video mate. Big Like
I wish I could make videos that good mate! 😀😀😀😀😀😀
2:23
question: why are some LNWR trains going to Birmingham New Street on the fast? Dont they normally cross at Ledburn?
Well done on 1K subs
Looks like an overgrown garden
Muito maneiro o seus vídeos Richard dos virgins trains aí na England Amilton 🇧🇷
Uhh mate the video say 350110 and 350120 but the number at the rear say 350114
Great video. What year does southern goes to the WCML.
British Kcr train sound
Is that geoff marschal at 6: 53?
O Richard manda o dia 22 eu pedir o vídeo aqui
Huh southern
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