Rush Hour Trains at: London Kings Cross, ECML, 05/08/22
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2022
- A superb evenings session at London Kings Cross on the East Coast Mainline where we see no end of services from London Northeastern Railway, Thameslink, Great Northern and Hull Trains.
Kings Cross has a huge and varied history behind it but I won't go into absolutely everything as there really is far to much to tell, and lets be honest you're not going to want to res through everything on here. Although I could be wrong. Either way let's get started.
The station was built and opened by the Great Northern Railway in 1852 and served as their London terminus, this was the fifth station to be built in London.
The stations named derived from a nearby building which was called Kings Cross building. This was a monument to the former King of England King George IV.
The actual design of the station really hadn't changed all that much abeilt with small changes having to be made to accommodate bigger trains and everything else that you would expect of a station serving the nation's capital. The design of the station came by the hands of several people including: Lewis Cubitt who was the brother of Thomas Cubitt whom designed the Bloomsbury, Belgravia and Osborne House. Sir William Cubitt who was the chief architect of Crystal Palace.
The main features of the station included two brick arched train sheds covering the platforms, there would be a brick structure at the end of the station which would reflect the archways throughout the station, there was a large clock tower reaching 34 metres in height. The inspiration for this impressive structure came from the Moscow Riding Academy.
When the station was opened it was officialy the biggest in the country. When it was first built it had one departure and one arrival Platfrom with space in between the two for a carriage sidings.
The station started gaining much more attention when the following stations were built: Holloway Road, Wood Green and Severn Sisters Road which is now known as simply Severn Sisters. These were opened in order of date, 1850, 1859 and 1861.
When the Midland Railway began operating there services from Leicester via Hitchin and Bedford they used Kings Cross as their London terminus which meant that platform 2 had to be lenthened and platform 3 was built to help with the growing traffic.
In 1866 the Metropolitan Railway made a connection to the line which then meant that the London, Chatham and Dover Railway could reach the station. The result of this caused a new suburban station to be built at Herne Hill.
As I'm sure many of you are aware there was actually a line that went around and under Kings Cross station and the tunnel entrance of this can still be seen opposite the end of Platform 1. This was known as the Kings Cross Mainline Local Station and was opened in 1875 and was followed 3 years later by the Metropolitan Railway making a further connection in 1878. In 1893 a further two platforms were built to cater for the growing demand, these are the current platforms 5 and 6. Because of the size of the station a new iron footbridge was built to connect all the platforms together. Because at the time there wasn't much in the way of long distance trains it meant that by 1880 almost half of the traffic that was serving the station was for suburban use. A rather interesting feature of the station is the Gas Works Tunnel that you see quite clearly in front of the station which has a rather sharp incline. This hadn't seen any real attention since it was first built and was all most forgot about which meant it was the sight of countless bottlenecks. Especially with freight traffic trying to get past the station. Inevitably an accident did happen between a light engine and a coal train which was caused by combination of signal man error and poor weather conditions.
When the LNER took ownership of the station from 1923 to 1948 there were an all manner of changes being made to the station to try and simply make life somewhat easier for everyone. These included adding toilets and dressing rooms beneath what is now platform 8. The lines going through the Gas Works Tunnel were redesgined and signalling greatly improved which would make things so much easier for managing the growing number of trains.
Now we think that overcrowding these days is bad. I think we have it easy when you look at what Kings Cross went through during WW2. Because of where the line travelled it meant that it became a major player in the transportation of civilian and troop traffic. Because there wasn't enough trains to cover the demand it meant that people were being crammed onto suburban and regional express trains with an average 2000 people per train!!!!
My next rush hour film will be from Cheddington on the West Coast Mainline.
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Great video. Love the variety of trains at King's Cross. Kind regards from Croatia.
Always Nice to see the the 225 sets, speaking of back in June I went on a trip to York and just outside Leeds I saw a couple of 225 sets in a different lner livery don't have a clue what it's called all I know is that it was a darker shade of red and it looked really quite nice
That's the new 225 livery that lner are painting all there locos and sets in, they're about halfway through the fleet now
Apart from the alarm, I was using headphones, really excellent 43 minutes. I cannot believe how much KX has changed since my first visit back in 1959 or 60, fading memory. Truly enjoyable.
I was worried that alarm was going to continue for the duration of my stay there so I was relieved when it finally stopped! This is always a great station to come to, just a petty that the variety is slowly going away
@@Tornado9222:47 I wonder who?
Another great video 🍺👍
Thanks very much
great video mate, really nice to still see the 91s doing the rounds
thanks very much, it's always great to see the 225 sets still plying their trade to the EMCL
Nice video great work I loved the 225 sets can’t wait for the Tamworth video
Thanks very much!
91130 is now in the new LNER livery, the loco obviously seen in the old VTEC livery in this film.
I have yet to see a full Intercity set
Amazing
Thanks very much!
Great video, mate. The 80x look good in Transpennine Express livery, also.
Thanks very much bud! The TPE livery is by far my favourite of the liveries currently applied to the 80x family
Great video mate. Nice to catch 91110 the battle of Britain livery 👍
thank you kindly!
Hi Tornado922. Great rush hour film at London Kings Cross. Nice 1-tone from 700004 at 39:21. I loved hearing the engines from the 91s as they arrived. I prefer the GWR, LNER Azuma, Lumo and TransPennine Express 800s to the Hull Trains ones. Looking forward to next rush hour film at Cheddington. Kind regards, Chris.
Thanks very much Chris and thank you for the continued support you have been giving the channel!
Great video at London Kings Cross lots of 800 Azuma's
Thank you kindly!
Brilliant video legend tornado that is one I wot mind trainspotting at king cross some off the station on East Coast main line
Thanks very much, if you ever do come here you will love it I assure you!
Great video and how fitting it should end with a pair of 91's next to each other. When you refer to the empty platforms I guess you have to factor in that just up the line at Finsbury Park you have the inner suburban trains to/from Moorgate and the long distance Thameslink trains to/from Sussex joining in the fun, so track capacity north of Finsbury Park in the peak hour is probably very limited.
I must admit I have often thought about going to Finsbury Park to do some filming, I might try it later in the year
Awesome video buddy from Alan in Lowestoft
Thank you kindly!
You have got good eye sight buddy
I'm very fortunate to have such good eyesight for sure
Nice video. Great seeing 91110 in it's new vinyl livery. Looks stunning.
91111 also has its new vinyl livery with 91119 expected to be in its new livery soon.
Not sure you could call 10 years new but I agree with your sentiment. 91110 was unveilied in that livery at the Railfest exhibition in York in June 2012.
@@alanmolyneux5957 It's basically updated versions of the new vinyl liveries as the other 91's plus all of the DVT sets get the new LNER livery, at least two of which already have it.
@@nottinghamtransportenthusi2784 Thanks for the updated info.
@@alanmolyneux5957 91119 is actually still in its original Intercity livery. It's got refreshed bogies on it though. Whether it gets repainted however remains to be seen.
Great Video Tornado922. Have You Been To A Lineside Location On The West Coast Main Line Called Dordon. I Believe Its Between Rugeley Trent Valley & Stafford
Thanks very much, no I haven't tried that location as of yet
Can You Go To Balham On The Brighton Main Line And Film Some Trains There
I will see what I can do for you
Of the operators using 80x units (GWR, LNER, TPE, Hull Trains, and Lumo), which colours are your favourite
I would have to say TPE for the time being, until East Midlands Railway and Avanti bring their units out
What is a flat wheel could you please explain thank you.
Excellent railway video Tornado922, are you moving to do trainspotting straight at St Pancras after this?
Thanks very much, I have got some plans to get to St Pancras International at some stage. Although I'm not sure when that will be as of yet
Good evening buddy from Alan in Lowestoft buddy
Hope you're keeping well?
That's funny cos I was filming at that same place this month and I was gonna upload my video today also hahaha
I hope you had a great time there!
Any chance of the nearby London St Pancras International this year?
I will try and get that done when I get the chance to do so
Why was the Grand Central service from Bradford Interchange cancelled?
I never did find out what the reasoning behind it was
387107 will need a Glazier to sort that window out. Not Malcolm Glazier
I'm just staggered that they had that train running given the state it was in
Please may you go to teynham
I'm sure I can give it a look at some stage
I think I went to Hever castle that day and was staying at Sarah's house
Hope you had a nice time!
I did you would've ssen the photos I posted on Facebook
First yayyy
So what?
@@alanmolyneux5957 BECAUSE IT IS GOOD 😡😡😡😡
Some of us like being the first to comment, others don't. That's just the way it goes.
@@chriswhitaker4577 Then just dont get involved 😡
2:50 That’s no good. 2:48
hi there, good video,but prefer the class 86 and 87 locos etc,the new one s are too startrek for me,
Hello there, the glory days of the AC locomotives working on the WCML and ECML were some of the best for sure!
I just realized that building in the background with a vinyl on it would've been a pokestop on Pokémon go if I actually went York I would've got it
You learn something new every day
ive learned filming in public is not a crime so people cannot stop you, you dont need to know this im just saying
Farewell to HM Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) It’s a busy week or so as people pack the trains to head to London to pay their respects to the late Queen and the heads of state and foreign dignitaries including President Joe Biden heading to the Queen’s funeral.
According to the video title this video was shot last month. (5-August-2022)
@@sadams12345678 Indeed it was