An awkward layout that was; the layout was Down Slow/Up Slow/Down Fast/Up & Down Stoke/Up Fast, so trains for Stoke and Manchester had to slow right down to 25 mph and cross the Up Fast, and trains from Stoke for the Up Slow had to cross both Fast lines. That's one very useful improvement that Network Rail did replacing that.
Fostered my interest in trains there in the 1940s.I used to cycle there from Stone as a lad.Mostly steam in those days of course .Great video and thanks for sharing.Chris
Thanks for this video. Really enjoyed seeing the variety passing through Norton Bridge. Was surprised to see a passenger actually get off the train that called at Norton Bridge. Wonder if anyone else got on or off? Strange location for a station and when I last saw it, the bridge was long gone and the inaccessible island platform was really overgrown. Now officially closed and gone for good.
I was taken here a fair few times as a child/teenager in the 80s and early 90s. Back then I don't remember ever seeing a passenger train on the slow lines, but you have captured several here. It might be because in the mid/late-90s some new Regional Railways type services were introduced between Stafford and Crewe and InterCity/Virgin didn't want them clogging up the main lines. The 37s were on the North Wales Coast line, for some reason those trains were extended back to Birmingham for a few years in that period.
It was common to stay here the whole day, people brought deckchairs in the summer, as there was little if any seating outside the small brick platform shelter. You would see the same guard on the stopping trains multiple times, almost always way more trainspotters on the station than passengers. I think it would be very frowned upon these days, especially given that the up platform was on the up fast with expresses blasting through every few minutes at full pelt.
@ It’s all a kind of bending over backwards to pander to woke lefty loons and disabled groups. Me? I’d stand well against it all! I’ve never yet seen anyone fail to find the doors on a train!
I think the footbridge leading to the platform had to be removed when they were preparing the line and overhead wires for the Pendolinos, also there was extensive track remodelling here to remove the pinch-point of the junction with the Stoke line. The up platform was on the up fast line in a way that health & safety folks probably did not like, with faster tilting trains on the way. Hardly anybody ever used the station so it wasn't felt worth the investment to rebuild it.
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An awkward layout that was; the layout was Down Slow/Up Slow/Down Fast/Up & Down Stoke/Up Fast, so trains for Stoke and Manchester had to slow right down to 25 mph and cross the Up Fast, and trains from Stoke for the Up Slow had to cross both Fast lines. That's one very useful improvement that Network Rail did replacing that.
Up/dwn stoke was called the recess
Many thanks as always Andrey....Much appreciated....Mark
Thanks Brian...Mark
Fostered my interest in trains there in the 1940s.I used to cycle there from Stone as a lad.Mostly steam in those days of course .Great video and thanks for sharing.Chris
You are most welcome Chris, and many thanks, quite a lot of change in traction you must have seen......best wishes...Mark
Great video once again. Really enjoyed the footage so thanks for sharing, Colin.
Very welcome Colin....Best wishes and many thanks....Mark
A hive of activity that day great footage always great to see thank you 👍
Many thanks Steve and you are always welcome...Mark
Used to love going to Norton Bridge....Great memories, thanks for posting.
You're most welcome and many thanks...Mark
Many an day / evening spent there with my dad spotting or photographing in the eaely to mid 90s... I miss that variety! Tjanks!
You are very welcome and many thanks...Mark
Great days when we had a proper railway, not like the crap we now have to travel on.
Many thanks antman and my best wishes to you as always...Mark
Amazing variety from Norton Bridge. Very enjoyable...all the best.
You're very welcome and many thanks...Mark
Was a signaller at Norton Bridge from around 1994 to 1998 was a great box to work
It looks like it would have been very busy Paul....Many thanks ...Mark
Thanks for this video. Really enjoyed seeing the variety passing through Norton Bridge. Was surprised to see a passenger actually get off the train that called at Norton Bridge. Wonder if anyone else got on or off? Strange location for a station and when I last saw it, the bridge was long gone and the inaccessible island platform was really overgrown. Now officially closed and gone for good.
Yes I saw the station too a few years ago...nature claiming her ground back....Many thanks and best regards...Mark
Great stuff thanks for sharing
You're very welcome Albert...Many thanks...Mark
I was taken here a fair few times as a child/teenager in the 80s and early 90s. Back then I don't remember ever seeing a passenger train on the slow lines, but you have captured several here. It might be because in the mid/late-90s some new Regional Railways type services were introduced between Stafford and Crewe and InterCity/Virgin didn't want them clogging up the main lines. The 37s were on the North Wales Coast line, for some reason those trains were extended back to Birmingham for a few years in that period.
Yes I think International...Many thanks and best regards...Mark
Our friendly guard on 323210 must have gone "🤨" when he went past a second time and you were still there 🤗
It was common to stay here the whole day, people brought deckchairs in the summer, as there was little if any seating outside the small brick platform shelter. You would see the same guard on the stopping trains multiple times, almost always way more trainspotters on the station than passengers. I think it would be very frowned upon these days, especially given that the up platform was on the up fast with expresses blasting through every few minutes at full pelt.
He did look a bit confused....Many thanks Andrei...Mark
@@kevinfowkes2327 True , what a way to get a suntan though....best regards...Mark
Those 323s sound hilarious 😂
Still going strong 30 years later with Northern rail 9 are stored
Wooop..Woooop.....Woooop....Many thanks ...Mark
@@Kandlelite Not like me....Cheers...Mark
That pesky 323! That looked like a 47 on Mk 3 stock passing at 5:23.
It was sure Pesky Andrei...Many thanks again.....Mark
Great video! I just love trains before the stupid different coloured door crap came in!
It was a continental trend, I maybe wrong though, for poor sighted passengers to identify where the doors were.....Many thanks and best regards...Mark
@ It’s all a kind of bending over backwards to pander to woke lefty loons and disabled groups. Me? I’d stand well against it all! I’ve never yet seen anyone fail to find the doors on a train!
19:42 probably the first 'ilkley moor bah tat'
Thanks Jake....Mark
Everything is still there..why did it close? The line is still in use.
I think the footbridge leading to the platform had to be removed when they were preparing the line and overhead wires for the Pendolinos, also there was extensive track remodelling here to remove the pinch-point of the junction with the Stoke line. The up platform was on the up fast line in a way that health & safety folks probably did not like, with faster tilting trains on the way. Hardly anybody ever used the station so it wasn't felt worth the investment to rebuild it.
See Kevin's comment below.....Many thanks...Mark
@@kevinfowkes2327 Many thanks for the info Kevin and best wishes....Mark