Manchester Airport to Liverpool by Train

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ม.ค. 2024
  • The first installment in our “Bear Goes British” mini-series. In this episode, my brother Bear flies into Manchester Airport. His destination today is Liverpool, so of course he takes the train. The first train is a TransPennine Express Class 397, followed by an East Midlands Railway 158 and a Northern 156.
    Friends were met, mistakes were made, and naps were taken on this short but eventful trip across Cheshire!
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  • @collectivelyimprovingtrans2460
    @collectivelyimprovingtrans2460 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I spent the pandemic learning everything about trains in the UK, impressed the British counselors at camp.
    It's cool to see an experienced traveller like Thom and Bear ride the trains I learned so much about.

  • @TransportNut89
    @TransportNut89 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Love the Avanti class 390 Pendolino, solid trains they are

    • @Thom-TRA
      @Thom-TRA  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Bear got one in a special livery too! Stay tuned

  • @chopperbillintexas5854
    @chopperbillintexas5854 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bear and Jack....a very handsome couple of fellas! I'm jealous. 🙂

  • @collectivelyimprovingtrans2460
    @collectivelyimprovingtrans2460 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Looks like that 156 hasn't been refurbished. The seats weren't in the Northern Trains Livery

    • @ChilternTransportProductions
      @ChilternTransportProductions 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      EMR hadn’t either - I had one just like that with Greater Anglia between Norwich and Great Yarmouth back in March 2017!

  • @justmeajah
    @justmeajah 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Finally, bear goes British!!!

  • @brianhubert8418
    @brianhubert8418 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow what an adventure for Bear. Thanks for sharing!!

  • @Chronograph71
    @Chronograph71 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you! Great video!
    My experience with British rsilways was so long ago, it is no longer relevant. :-)))

  • @londonwhaley8690
    @londonwhaley8690 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I enjoyed that video👍👍

  • @rikkichunn8856
    @rikkichunn8856 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It was delightful to see Bear's misadventures on the train in Britain. When I was there, Britain's national rail system was still owned and operated by British Rail, and it was a national treasure! Wherever you were going, there was only one ticket good on every train, which was so easy.
    I was working in Burgess Hill, Sussex. It was on the main line from London Victoria to Brighton. There was a train every half hour all day long. They checked your ticket before you went on to the platform, and sometimes when you got off the train as well. There didn't seem to be any conductors on the train, except on Sundays.
    So I tried the obvious. I moved into First Class, which was deserted. Instantly a conductor appeared, asking to see my ticket. He was very nice about it, since I was a foreigner, but I had to move back to Second Class. Oh well.

    • @Thom-TRA
      @Thom-TRA  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      At least he was nice about it!

    • @stanley3647
      @stanley3647 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Still, You can but ticket valid at all trains, all operators
      BUT - this is most expensive ticket, so You need to think:
      Save money or be flexible.
      Off peak or Super off peak are helpfull solutions as well (weekends/off peak hours)
      Other than this - Do not buy "ADVANCED" ticket if You wanna split journey. Or buy in counter instead app or machine - person selling tickets explain You everything.
      FUN FACT: On some routes flexible tickets are CHEAPER than advanced one.
      On some stations You can buy ticket in train (by Conductor) but mostly this apply to smaller stations with no cashier desk, or when no other option avaliable (like: counter closed and broken ticket machine). Otherwise in other situations, still You can buy ticket with penalty fare included.

  • @Trainsaregreat365
    @Trainsaregreat365 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm interested to watch it all

  • @UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq
    @UranusMcVitieFish-yd7oq 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Manchester Airport is probably most famous for being the third busiest in UK and by far busiest outside the London airports.

  • @teecefamilykent
    @teecefamilykent 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant video, you should come to the uk and ride our trains!

  • @jacobenyart4075
    @jacobenyart4075 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you haven't seen it yet the CP 2816 came out today and she will be in Franklin Park IL on May 8

  • @davemcnally3627
    @davemcnally3627 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Getting thrown off the east midlands train, even though it's going where you want,shows what a confusing mess the privatised railway is.

  • @officialmcdeath
    @officialmcdeath 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good start to the series! If you follow Jen, you'll know the rail authorities are currently trying to make spontaneous travel here more expensive by making advance purchase the default option \m/

  • @godlydestroyer8658
    @godlydestroyer8658 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm very interested to see this series, an outsider personally to my local area!

    • @Thom-TRA
      @Thom-TRA  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I hope I don't butcher any names or other facts. Trying my best!

    • @godlydestroyer8658
      @godlydestroyer8658 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @Thom-TRA you'll probably be fine, only thing to watch out for is that Kirkby is pronounced Kirby. I'm also not surprised bear had trouble at Warrington, so many tickets are inexplicably not valid on that line

  • @mrvwbug4423
    @mrvwbug4423 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Of course your Avanti West Coast video is going to come out right around the time that I get to experience it first hand, I'm heading to the UK for a trip in a couple weeks, will be riding Avanti from London to Crewe, and then TfW to Shrewsbury, and will probably end up using TfW a fair bit as we're staying there for a week and exploring Wales.

    • @Thom-TRA
      @Thom-TRA  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m sure you’ll love Wales!

  • @rbrouns9569
    @rbrouns9569 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As always a great video; but where is Bear. Let the mystery Bear loose! 😉

  • @jackjohnson2101
    @jackjohnson2101 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We did that trip once.

  • @davidbalcon8726
    @davidbalcon8726 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every one of my booked rail trips in this region last spring were cancelled including the MAN to Liverpoool direct. Had to go into Manchester and do the same type of transfer. Same getting back to MAN for my return flight. Disgraceful for the country that “invented” passenger train travel! Of course on the same trip, all sorts of trains were a mess as one day strikes shut down either the Tube, the Elizabeth line or Heathrow Express. And since getting between terminals at LHR/Heathrow often required using one or another of these trains, it was a complete fiasco for several days!

  • @WendyCollins-cc4zz
    @WendyCollins-cc4zz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Visit Ellesmere Port

  • @ck4426
    @ck4426 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was an awesome video about Bear being in the British trains… I thought the trains were awesome too!!! Did he get to see the Beatles sites?

  • @MrCrazycook8
    @MrCrazycook8 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Amtrak has contracted with Alstom to produce 28 next-generation high-speed trains that will replace the current fleet of Amtrak's premium Acela service. After 4 Years of Delays, Amtrak officials said that the new trains, which had failed an extended series of computer modeling tests, had passed on the 14th try. No date yet for when it can carry passengers. (Jan. 13, 2024)

    • @Thom-TRA
      @Thom-TRA  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I've been checking online to see when a test run will make its way down to DC, but so far none yet

    • @mrvwbug4423
      @mrvwbug4423 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Thom-TRA Apparently they've been doing a bunch of test runs in the usual spot around Princeton Junction and some runs up between Boston and Providence. The two primary 150+mph sections. Been seeing a fair bit of footage on some other channels from the last week or so.

    • @stanley3647
      @stanley3647 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In UK Hitachi was choosen to deliver new Express IC trains to replace 40+ years old HST's
      In Midlands we still waiting (few years delays already)
      At East Coast - all sets (class800) was return to manufacturer due to cracks forming in frame (trains never was design to run at bumpy British rails)
      Not a great start.

  • @kr46428
    @kr46428 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    British trains and ticketing are just _slightly_ mad aren't they? As infamous as TPE are, I really love their liveries. And the new Merseyrail 777 from Stadler look like large angry wasps; something about the yellow and black scheme with the multi-part LED headlights is just perfect.

    • @Thom-TRA
      @Thom-TRA  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The TPE livery is one of my absolute favorites of any livery in the world!

    • @HughzieTube
      @HughzieTube 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was reading someone's rant on FB about ticketing that said if she booked a ticket direct to the station she wanted, it would be £4 more than booking a ticket to 1 stop beyond where she wanted to get off.
      If you get off 1 stop early and get caught by the ticket inspectors then she risks a fine.
      Ticketing is very mad.

    • @Thom-TRA
      @Thom-TRA  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@HughzieTube I just read that some restaurants in the US are switching to dynamic pricing. The world has truly gone mad.

    • @HughzieTube
      @HughzieTube 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Thom-TRAPrivate firms are shamelessly milking as much profit as they can get out of products and services now.
      I don't even bother looking in the annual Black Friday sales as you will find everything is cheaper at seemingly full price after Christmas.

  • @sammymarrco2
    @sammymarrco2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    how much did the train cost from the airport to Liverpool?

    • @Thom-TRA
      @Thom-TRA  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      13

  • @a81517
    @a81517 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lord have mersey

  • @MaximusHandimus
    @MaximusHandimus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    7:14 from all over the _what???_

    • @Thom-TRA
      @Thom-TRA  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The world. It’s the planet you and I live on.

  • @azuma892
    @azuma892 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is Bear his real name? I thought only Hymeks could be named Bear. Just ignore this if you are not a Thomas fan. 😅

  • @stanley3647
    @stanley3647 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You really trying to use EMR?
    Feels lucky?
    EMR in current days are overcrovded, delayed or cancelled. New franchise owner (Abedilo) is same who bring Northern to collapse.
    Totally avoid!

  • @trainworms
    @trainworms 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    a l l h a i l t h e 1 5 8