Trains at: Oxford, GWML/CML, 10/08/18
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ส.ค. 2018
- An excellent evening spent at Oxford railway station. The station itself whilst not very big plays a vital role in the railway network as it is the line for trains running from London Paddington to the likes of Hereford and Worcester Shrub Hill, the starting point for local trains running to London Paddington and London Marylebone, shuttle services for Reading and Banbury as well as serving the north/south Cross Country Route for trains from Manchester Piccadilly and Newcastle to then go via Birmingham New Street towards Southampton, Reading and Bournemouth.
At Oxford we see plenty of services from Great Western Railway, Cross Country, Chiltern Railways and freight from DB Cargo UK and Freightliner.
Oxford station was built in 1852 by the Great Western Railway and was intended to be used as a starting point for their line towards Rugby, however because of the gauging issues this never took place. The station was first known as Oxford General, this was done so not to Claus confusion to the London and Northwestern Railways Oxford Rewley Station that formed the terminus of their Varsity Line that went to Cambridge. Of course this line is now in the processof being rebuilt as the East-West Rail Link.
This wasn't the first station however as in 1844 a terminus station was constructed from London Paddington on what is now the Western Road.
The only real big changes for the line came in 1872 when the GWR Broad Gauge 7ft tracks were removed to make way for the traditional standard Guage railway lines that we all see today on every part of the country. This then stayed the same roughly until the mid 1970's when the Western region of British Railways managed to get the station eyed up for improvements. This actually involved completely rebuilding the station to essentially what you see today. Then in 1974 the station was given a new travel centre which would make passenger lives easier when getting out of the station to connect to local buses or even just to walk around the city centre. The current station building and footbridge were introduced in 1990 by Network Southeast.
The station then stayed this way right up until 2016 when Chiltern Railways wee finally allowed to launch their services from London Marylebone to Oxford. This saw the introduction of 2 new bay platforms to accommodate the terminating services. During the same year track work was taking place south of the station to raise the height of the tracks so that they wouldn't be flooded by the Thames River, all they had to do was raise the line by an extra 2 metres. But because of this it meant that no trains could run in or out of the station. So for a period between July and August local buses would act as rail replacement services ferrying to and from Didcot Parkway.
My next station is going to be Didcot Parkway on the Great Western Mainline.
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My comment re Oxford features are based on 40 years of spotting when Oxford Bletchley line was open in then the days of steam so therefore as the stations remodeling gradually took place with original architecture being removed, to see it so streamlined,was a clash with how it was on my last visit.
another great video! i love the narrations, keep it up!!!
thanks very much mate I'm glad you enjoyed watching this
This video was perfection
I'm glad you enjoyed it
Great Video Love your commentary.
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Great video I am on a LNER heading to Peterborough fantastic video well done
Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this
Great video. 👍👍
Thanks very much
Oxford Station has become quite featureless now, almost a wind tunnel, therefore l hope the future development will augment this. The filmmaker did exceptionally well to reduce the noise. The trains made up for it especially the Chilterns and the freight. Much platform swapping by the despatcher' s causing delays all of which would have been lost without the voiceover. Still s good watch.
To be honest this is the Oxford that I'm used to, I don't really know it in any other way so when you say it's become quite featureless now what do you mean by that? Was there more station architecture before this modern version came along? With all the delays that were taking place on this evening it was certainly keeping me busy
Maybe the reason why 168115 went on that platform was because with it being a 168 3 car set it was to long to go onto the usual platform
thats what i thought
I agree. There's no way an 11 car formation would fit into either of the bay platform. What did surprise me was that it got priority over the late running vomiter?
it was a 9 not 11 and yes it is odd they didnot let the voyager in first. i call it voayger not vomiter cause vomit sounds like a silly name the real name is a voyager
Great video
Thanks very much for saying so
I'm waiting for the 230s runing here I am exited for the marston vale to be closed :D
Fantastic Video Here Tornado922. I really Enjoyed it :)
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Great vid
Thanks very much for saying so :)
That was awesome! B.P.
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Always nice to see freight
It does break the film up so you're not just seeing passenger trains
Tornado922 yes indeed
But I've got to admit, I kinda like Reading West. Even though the IET's don't stop there, it is reccomended (by me) for quite a few freight trains!
I will certainly look into it
greetings tornado from KSA, love you commentary in the videos, want to ask when you might upgrade to 60fps by any chance
Greetings to you from the UK. I'm glad you enjoy the commentary and films that I produce :) In terms of going to 60FPS this would completely depend on when I upgrade my camera, which is actually a Samsung Galaxy Tablet. So until I purchase a knew one then the frame rate will be at this current level. As to which this level is at I wouldn't know. But for the time being I'm happy with the quality that this camera produces but I'm sure at some stage I will invest in a new one that has a much better camera built into it :)
Very nice
Thanks for saying so
I see they finished the trackage building to allow the Chiltern trains to access the bay platforms without having to use GWR trackage to reach same.
It's good that they have completed it, so it now means that they don't have to worry about delaying other service. However as you probably saw towards the end of this film that still manages to happen when they hold trains for way to long when they need to go to the sidings
You should do more videos of Oxford
I only do 1 every year from there
It's not the Chiltern mainline, the line from Oxford to Bicester (the jcn to the CML) is the Cherwell Valley line
I knew it wasn't the Chiltern mainline but I couldn't remember what line was used by Chiltern Railways so I just used the Chiltern Mainline title to make things a bit easier and somewhat simpler in the same process. But thanks for letting me know either way :)
Great vid...wind wasnt too bad...did you park at oxford as it usually costs a fortune
Thanks very much for saying so, I haven't watched the film back so I don't know how bad the wind noise actually was throughout this. I parked across the main road overlooking the line and the parking was only £6 for the day, well evening.
26:12 At 9 coaches long, would it not fit in the bay platform?
From the video, it looks like the bay platforms can only handle at max a SIX car train. When you have a NINE car train, things kind of get weird on how they'll be handled. Notice that the sliver set also was on the main GWR platform when it arrived.
what camera do you youse when filming your videos???
I use a Samsung Galaxy Tab E
Can you train spot on London tilbury and southend railway please
I will go there at some stage but I don't know when that will be
Tornado922 that's fine take your time
Was this filmed on the 10 August or 10 April. The title says 10 April
It was filmed in August. I got the date in the title wrong
Great vid though
Thanks very much
Cool
I'm glad you liked it
I know it's cool
What's with GWR's array of messy HST consists?
after all the 800s are in service, any remaining HSTs will be shortened to 4 cars.
The bay platforms seem slightly redundant.
they are only used for the terminating Chiltern Railways services, and for the Oxford to Banbury GWR services
Also I love youf vids
Thank you very much for saying so
31:49 where has the reading train came from.
It was coming from Newcastle
31:49
I belive the chiltern train from paddington at 16:03 is a parlamentary train
chiltern dont go to paddington
They do but once a day
@@mraiq4223 yeah i know called the ghost train
Chiltern railways terminate from London Marylebone
The reason the 9 car (why 9 car anyway) went onto that platform is because it's to short for a 9 car
I think they have occasional 9 car sets running to help with the capacity on some sections of the route, but thanks for letting me know. I had a feeling that the consist may have been to long
Could you tell me what DBT is an abbreviation of please
it's actually a DVT (Driving Van Trailer). on a locomotive hauled train with a single locomotive (or two locomotives both at one end only) the DVT adds a cab to the other end, allowing the train to be driven in the other direction. The new CAF coaches for TPE have a DVT, because they will be hauled by a single Class 68.
@@RWL2012 thank you, DVT it is then
What he said ^-^ haha
+Tornado922 :)
Actually TPE scrapped the idea of loco hauled services
31:49
Don’t you mean 10/8/2018
I do indeed
PLEASE CAN U DO A TRAIN VIDEO IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY
I have some films on my channel from different countries if you would like to check them out
Shame about the 180s no longer at gwr. We can't have everything we want.
Atleast they are still getting a new lease of life with GC
Tornado922 I know this is great
The 168/0 dose look weird
I know what you mean
You sure so get around
Neil mark Taylor yeah it’s mad lol
I like to travel as much as I can
26:12