Trains at: Iver, GWML, 01/09/18

A very enjoyable afternoon spent at Iver station on the Great Western Mainline where we see plenty of services from Great Western Railway and West Coast Railways.
Iver station was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1924 making it one of the younger stations on the Great Western Mainline. There really isn't much to tell about this station. This section of the line is where the North Star made its trail run by Robert Stephenson who built the locomotive.
The only other thing that ever happened here was in the 1940's when the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University stepped out of a moving train, apparently he was nearly blind at the time so my only assumption is he thought the train had come to a safe speed to step off but was sadly crushed.
My next station is going to be West Drayton.
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[@chrisatrailway7573]

Awesome catch, 37s rules also the HSTs😀

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much for saying so, it was a great surprise seeing the WCR 37 that day

[@blkpig6664]

Poor Vice-Chancellor. Great scene for horror though. Perfect light in this film and all the ladies gave good Camera. Thanks, Tor! B.P.

[@Tornado922]

It's amazing the things you discover about the place that you otherwise wouldn't have known happened here before, but I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :)

[@tbds7788]

10:27 great catch 👍🏼
Amazing content as always😀😀😀

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much for saying so I'm glad you enjoyed watching this

[@BKNTH]

and that HST was absolutely FLYING

[@Tornado922]

It most certainly was

[@ethanelliott2812]

Brilliant video mate. Nice to see 37668

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed this :) The 37 was definitely a welcome surprise

[@Trainspotter11_]

Another fantastic video here Tornado922. I really Enjoyed it :)

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much for saying so I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :)

[@Kwebbel48]

Awesome video and great sounds

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much :) I really enjoyed my time here

[@ukrailfreightclips7217]

Wow great capture of the WCR train. Looks like a nice enough station as well. Great video.

[@Tornado922]

It's a great station to come to and one that I highly recommend

[@ukrailfreightclips7217]

Tornado922 ok I may come down myself sometime

[@BKNTH]

Thank you

[@DKS225]

Talking of Crossrail Jarred there's another Crossrail Project being proposed i found this on one of Geoff Marshall's clips about The Glasgow Subway this is called The Wallis Line which if built Glasgow Central will be rail-connected to Glasgow Queen Street for the first time.

[@Tornado922]

That would actually be very beneficial to Glasgow if that link were built. It would mean that you wouldn't have to walk from one station to the other. I think it's a 15 minute walk if I remember correctly

[@DKS225]

Tornado922 indeed it will fingers crossed that scheme’s funding is approved as it will make traveling between the two main stations at Glasgow easier

[@emilianohaskurti9344]

GWR. 2018 Was A Year When The Class 800s Entered Service And There Were Still 43s In Service. Until 2019 The 802s Entered Service

[@smd8945]

i really do hope you can make a patreon account so the community can further support you tornado, and again greetings from KSA!!!!

[@Tornado922]

I haven't really thought about that, but I guess there's no reason to suggest that I cant look into it for a later date :)

[@maimadha]

Great video

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much :)

[@keiranclarke2955]

Amazing video. I really like the 37's clag.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, the 37 was definitely the highlight at this station

[@keiranclarke2955]

It's always have been

[@BKNTH]

this was recorded on my birthday

[@Tornado922]

Happy Belated Birthday to you!!

[@70humdinger94]

Why doesn't the train pull up to the end of the platform to allow all 8 cars to be at the platform instead of short stopping with only 6 cars platforming? Doesn't make sense.

[@neilmarktaylor4386]

Watch Geoff Marshall latest TH-cam video why the cross rails delayed

[@Tornado922]

I know why its delayed

[@inbetweenersshorts6807]

And the Elizabeth line

[@neilmarktaylor4386]

Oh what a surprise another fence 😂

[@Tornado922]

You love them really

[@70humdinger94]

So the 387 units do 'skip stop' service at a station depending on whether the destination is either Reading or Didcot Parkway. Which stations serve the Reading trains and which serve the Didcot trains?

[@70humdinger94]

Also what do passengers do if they want to go between stops where one is serviced only by Reading trains and the other is serviced only by Didcot Pkwy trains?

[@Tornado922]

In terms of the trains stopping short of the platform edge I really don't know why they do this when they can so easily fit a whole 8 car train into the station. It's almost like they have markers at either end of the station telling them where to stop depending on the length of their trainsHere is a link to RTT showing a service stopping here bound for Didcot Parkway, it shows the stations it stops at www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C42929/2018/09/14/advancedThe next link shows a Reading Bound service so you can see where the services connect at certain stations to allow people greater ease of access throughout the network www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C43112/2018/09/14/advanced

[@Jacob-il4yf]

Crossrail too

[@vanillasplash6198]

Will doing again when elizabeth line running?

[@Tornado922]

When the trains start running next year I will probably come back here

[@dianecooper9932]

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