Trains at: Ipswich, GEML, 18/12/21
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ธ.ค. 2021
- An excellent afternoon session spent at Ipswich station on the Great Eastern Mainline where we see plenty of services from Greater Anglia and freight from Freightliner.
The original station was opened on the other side of the tunnel in 1846 by the Eastern Union Railway, the station was opened there because it provided easy access to the harbour where the steamboats would operate from Ipswich to London calling at Walton-on-the-Naze.
The current station wasn't opened until 1860.
The original station had a single through platform and some shorter bay platforms, this was purely because when the station was opened the traffic wasn't overly heavy which meant having a large station wasn't necessary. A new island platform was built in 1883 which would eventually become platforms 3 and 4 that we all know today. Interestingly though the original station building still stands to this day, albeit with a few modifications but fundamentally its the same building.
The GEML hadn't always been the most well maintained and a lot of things were starting to become very expensive to operate and maintain. One of the many things was the old signalling system still in use just North of Colchester. It was a mechanical system that was still in use and it wasn't until 1978 that this was recognised and eventually acted upon. This work eventually took place in 1980 when the line was going through the process of being electrified, because of the modernisation of the line it also meant that the signalling was improved upon.
During the period between 1980 and 1987 Ipswich was a hive of activity, this was because it wasn't until 1987 that the line from Ipswich to Norwich was fully electrified which meant that the intercity services would run using a class 86 from London to Ipswich and then switch to a class 47 for the remainder of the journey. And it would be the same thing going the other way, a 47 would bring the train down from Norwich and then give the train over to an 86 for the rest of the run.
Then over the years that followed the station went through periods of work to make things easier for staff and passengers.
My next and final station will actually be Clapham Junction as I sadly didn't have enough time to get Queens Town Road (Battersea) filmed.
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Brilliant video! I enjoyed this very much, Merry Christmas! :)🎄👍
Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :) I hope you had a wonderful Christmas :)
Excellent video thanks for visiting Ipswich
Hi Tornado, what a great video once again full of details and off the cuff other remarks which give these videos life. I have been off the scene for 2 yes and now will catch up on all the excellent locations and the fact for me you bring your videos alive by all the incidental commentary. Graham
Great video 🍺👍
I prefer these smaller stations like Leamington Spa , Great video again! Here is to a Happy New Year of spotting in new places
Great video
Thanks very much :)
Another fantastic video love the video happy new year all the best for 2022
I love the trains love this
Thank you kindly
They stop short on platform 1 because the wires end there to switch to electric to save fuel and nice video
Ah right that makes sense!
Great video at Ipswich nice to new freightliner livery on the 90
Thanks very much, the new livery really does work well on those locos!
R.I.P my favourite trains the intercity 125 I miss it's diesel powerful engine it's up in heaven now
I don't think the HST ever visited the GEML
Nice video💜💜❤❤👍👍
Happy Christmas 🎄🎄🎄 Great video❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰 very nice ❤️❤️❤️
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
Other brilliant video legend I was enjoying watch videos
Thanks very much!
Great video Tornado922
Thanks very much!
Great video keep up the good work good to see the 90s still working 🙂
Thanks very much!
I thought the class 90s had been put into storage over issues with the costs levied by network rail increasing by 210% and 66 substituting?
Would appear these issues are resolved then?
Have a great Christmas tomorrow
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas :)
Nice railway video Tornado, and have a Merry Christmas.
Thanks very much, I hope you had a very Merry Christmas!
Great video mate Ipswich is a good station have a great Christmas Jarred 😉🎄
Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :) I hope you had a very merry Christmas!
Awesome! Have a good Christmas everyone!
Thanks very much, hope you had a wonderful day!
@@Tornado922 no problem, i hope you did too!
I’ve been to Ipswich before. But I haven’t seen the Class 755s. I would like to see them and ride on them including riding on one of them working the Marks Tey-Sudbury local service. I also want to see and go ride on the Class 745 to Norwich.
Another excellent video jarred well detailed gotta say I loved the paring of class 90’s they looked beautiful Also loved the detail you give of where the train is going to and from, merry Christmas!
Thanks very much and thank you for your support throughout the year it really is greatly appreciated :) I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
Ipswich Bonus!
Always a great station to come to!
Great vid mate can you film at London bridge at some stage or another Cheers mate.1
The new voice on the Greater Anglia network stations is called Amy
Another excellent video there sir! Decent catch of the class 90's of course as I'll never say no to them! Shame that you couldn't spend longer here but I guess the traffic was not on your side! I'm guessing it was the car to Hatfield Peveril and then a train to Ipswich! Shame that you missed the first one but oh well! You did well to catch what you did at Ipswich regardless though! I'm guessing a hold up somewhere or something prevented you from going to Queenstown Road (Battersea) but I'm sure we'll see a film from there next year! I shall look forward to the final film of 2021 from Clapham Junction instead then as that will be absolute bedlam... well that I hope anyway! Speaking of final film, I remember I believe the previous full lockdown stopping your usual rule of thumb from last year if I would be correct!
Thank you ever so much, Ipswich is always a great station to come to as there is always some activity taking place in the Freightliner Yard. You are right in saying that I drove to Hatfield and then got the train down to Ipswich. And yes last year the lockdown prevented me from going to Clapham to do my final film of the year
@@Tornado922 Well glad you got to do Clapham Junction this time!
Great video. I thought you might be going to Chelmsford but I might be mistaken
Thanks very much, unfortunately time wasn't much ally which meant I had to for-go Chelmsford
filmed on my birthday
As someone who lives in transport for Wales territory I look at the class 745 and 755 like can I have one of those at some point the sprinters are getting a tad worn