Greater Anglia Trains at Chelmsford on December 3rd 2022

3rd visit to Chelmsford on Great Eastern Main Line featuring all services from Greater Anglia
The curved layout at Chelmsford station opened in 1843 when the Eastern Countries Railway or ECR opened the line between Brentwood and Colchester however at the time of opening due to the geological surroundings of Chelmsford meant a 18 arch viaduct had to be built consisting which nowadays passed over the Central Park.
The first version of Chelmsford was built slightly to the North of the existing site of todays station.
The former ECR station building was replaced in 1885 which was constructed at the same time when the Great Eastern Railway (GER) merged with the ECR however the station buildings, forecourt largely dates back to 2016.
A collision took place in 1907 on the up line when a passenger express ran into a wagon and loco whilst during shunting operations although the wagon was completely wrecked and the loco suffered minor damage and stayed on the tracks fortunately there was no injuries in the incident.
As for the 2 platform layout at one time there was a 3rd line between the 2 platforms tracks which was controlled by a nearby signal box on the up platform at the eastern end which also controlled the station, set of sidings that served a goods yard as well as the Hoffman Ball Bearing Factory.
The signal box was taken out of use in 1994 although the original building is still in intact today however the avoiding line was removed overtime and the sidings were reduced down to serve a building materials yard and a mail sorting office.
The Mail sorting platform long since been out of use and eventhough the sidings did see some use before closing in 2014 during track relaying.
Lines north of the station nowadays only use by a limited number of trains at either end of the day.
Monday to Saturdays upto 5 trains per hour call here in either direction
Hourly services to and from Norwich call here as well which since March 2020 are operated by Class 745s which replaced the Class 90s loco hauled services with the Class 90s being used for Freightliner replacing the Class 86s. The 745s will also replace the Class 379s for Stansted Express as 745/1s although the difference between the two is that the 745/0s which will be used for GEML have 1st class whilst the 745/1s for Stansted Express are standard class only.
On Sundays trains are 2 per hour with only stopping services from Clacton and Ipswich with Norwich services which run non stop
There are no direct services from Braintree to London on Sunday which are cut back to Witham and No direct services from Colchester Town either.
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Filmed on Saturday December 3rd 2022 on iPhone 14 Pro and edited on iMovie
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[@explorewithlorenzo9940]

Brilliant video at Chelmsford railway station! Nice to see Greater Anglia trains (especially the 720s). The 321s will definitely be missed. I love your content 😍!

[@RoscoTrain107]

Thanks Lorenzo as Always.

[@explorewithlorenzo9940]

@@RoscoTrain107No problem as always! I appreciate how much effort you put into your videos. Merry Christmas 🎅! HO HO HO!!! 🎄❄️:D

[@CasperTrains]

Very nice video Rosco 👍

[@RoscoTrain107]

Thanks Casper

[@Roman-LW16_24]

@RoscoTrain107 tomorrow I'm going to the nrm national railway museum in York! I will also trainspot at York railway station to see some freight, some 91's, pendalino and Azuma, I'll also be seeing some voyagers

[@RoscoTrain107]

Ah nice. Just to clarify a few things
One There is no pendelinos at York by the way the only mainline they operate is WCML.
Also Just to warn you on the 27th you will have some problems at York
Firstly all train’s except for Grand Central being cut back to York so it’s unlikely you will see some freight due to engineering works at York itself which are due to run until January 1st according to network rail
And if that’s not bad enough you got strike action on LNER as well that day.
Also the station hall at the National Railway Museum itself your lucky to visit that because that closes from January 3rd for 18 months for renovation work and urgent repairs being carried out to the roof.
So check on RealTime Trains for updates of what trains are running and also check for updates regarding engineering works

[@Roman-LW16_24]

@@RoscoTrain107 Thank you for the reply and I am aware that on the 27th (aka the day I'm going)there is a strike on lner.

[@RoscoTrain107]

@@Roman-LW16_24 ok trains will be a lot busy so be aware of that but other than that hope it goes well.

[@shihanthetrainspotter]

Nice one Ross can I ask see the 807's will they look like the class 805's but they will just have longer carriages?

[@RoscoTrain107]

Thanks Shihan
On your Question.
The difference between the 805s and 807s is that are biomode just like the 800s and the 807s well they will be like the 801s and 803s being electric only the only difference is the number of coaches per set with 805s being 5 cars and 807s being 7 cars
The carriage lengths are 26 metres per carriage which are both the same for Both Trains
Both sets when in service likely sometime around 2023 will be maintained at Oxley depot near Wolverhampton

[@shihanthetrainspotter]

@@RoscoTrain107 ok thank you very much Ross 😁

[@manlikeskllz]

I thought stansted express stops at Chelmsford?

[@RoscoTrain107]

Normally 745/1s were planned to be used for Stansted Express services however Greater Anglia have used 745/1s on London to Norwich services regularly alongside the 745/0s

[@manlikeskllz]

I still don’t get it? Why was there no trains to Stansted Airport?

[@RoscoTrain107]

@@manlikeskllz Stansted Trains go via Tottenham Hale to and from London Liverpool Street via the West Anglia Main Line

[@andrewbrown6786]

Chelmsford is on a different line to Stanstead altogether. If a Stanstead Express were to find itself stopping at Chelmsford, there would be a driver look for re-training or a new job🤷‍♂️

[@Srigaigamet3668YT]

Are the 315 gone?

[@explorewithlorenzo9940]

Yes they are

[@RoscoTrain107]

Been Gone since December 9th

[@explorewithlorenzo9940]

@@RoscoTrain107Yeah but the last tour was November 26th

[@RoscoTrain107]

@@explorewithlorenzo9940 Last tour was November 26th however their final run was 13 days later.

[@explorewithlorenzo9940]

@@RoscoTrain107 Yeah