Rush Hour Trains at: Rugby, WCML, 23/08/19

A very enjoyable evening spent at Rugby on the West Coast Mainline where we see plenty of services from Virgin Trains, London Northwestern Railway and freight from DB Cargo UK, Freightliner, GBRF, DRS and Royal Mail.
Rugby was opened and built by the London and Birmingham Railway in 1838. This was the first orientation to be built and at first was a simple wooden structure and was located half a mile to the West of where the present is currently, and this was because at the time it was the location of the only access road into the area and was the only road north or rugby.
The station didn't last long however, once the Midland Counties Railway had a junction made it meant that a new station could be built on the junction making connections easier. Because of the location of the new station it meant that a new access road had to be built which would link the station to the town centre, because the station was built on a junction it meant that it was managed by 2 different companies, the London and Birmingham Railway and the Midland Railway. Because of this it meant that the station wasn't really what you would call conventional, it was slowly rebuilt over a course of 10 years but the platforms were significantly lower than the trains serving them which in turn caused a lot of passengers to complain as they either had to jump down off the trains or climb up, often struggling and sometimes resulting in injury.
The station was getting busier and busier and would continue to do so until 1880 when a new station had to be built as the LNWR deemed the station to be unsatisfactory, this was caused by the Northampton Loop opening which would connect Rugby to Northampton, at the time £70,000 was allocated to build a brand new station where the current one now lies, obviously having gone through several modifications. The Midland Railway still had a presence at the station however it was very small as they had local trains running to Leicester from the surviving platform that was used at the previous stations location. But this was closed in the 1960's and no trace of the line can be found.
When the station was built it consisted of a large central island platform and bay platforms located at either end for various terminating locals services, the way in which the island platform was accessed was via a tunnel running from the booking hall under the lines and up via a ramp. When the station was built it also came with a rather impressive steel and glass trainshed roof which covered an area of 117ft which spanned across the station and the surrounding tracks. The sides of the roof originally had glass side screens but were later removed, the roof was poorly maintained and fell into a state of disrepair. The glass on the roof was taken away leaving the station exposed to rainfall. It was completely removed in 2000 and instead replaced with canopies covering the platforms.
For a long period of time rugby boasted one of the longest stations on the rail network at 1,381 feet. However during the redevelopment of the station during 2007/2008 the island platforms were shortened.
During the time when the West Coast Mainline was being modernised to allow for higher speeds of trains along the length of the line and through stations rugby was given a new makeover with new signals installed and platforms built which would allow trains to pass past one another without affecting the speed of the passing train and making connecting services easier. Previously the max speed for non stopping trains was 75mph but once the work was completed it allowed for a max line speed of 125mph.
For a better visual representation of how the station used to look I recommend that you check out Mrdeltic15's channel as he has some truly incredible films from the 90's which shows how the station used to look and the types of trains that was used that sadly you wouldn't see much use of this day and age.
My next rush hour film is from Oxford on the Cherwell Valley Line.
You can now find me on Facebook through the group Tornado922, there you will find regular updates, videos and photos from all of my goings on throughout 2019.
You can also find me on Instagram through the name tornado922.

[@FJx36]

South Western Railway Service: We are the worst train service in the UK when it comes to delays
Virgin Trains: Hold our Services

[@Beastlysimmer_uk]

It's really surprising that swr is 20% Japanese

[@thefoodchallenger3982]

Love to agree but on December 9th vitgin trains is leaving and a new service is coming

[@insertnamehere3357]

Whats the new service?

[@Tornado922]

LNER is the current operator of the East Coast Franchise, the new company that will be operating on the WCML will be First Trenitalia and the rumours are that LMS will be the name that the company will be running under

[@helenpeat3294]

@@insertnamehere3357 avanti west coast

[@theamtrakfan568]

I Love The Virgin Pendolinos

[@dozman1708]

Great vid and informative description as always. Thanks

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly

[@leledacuca60]

really nice videos mr. tornado , your comments is very helpfull , good quality

[@Kwebbel48]

Rugby is always great!! Loved it♥♥♥

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, I love coming here especially when the weather is on my side :)

[@dianecooper9932]

Tornado 922 it's Joel Ryan Cooper from heanor your videos are great xx

[@evanswoodcentral315]

Brilliant video, thoroughly enjoyable. The only thing to say is Rugby absolutely delivered big time. The mighty rumble from that 70 was excellent. I also enjoyed the 88 and the final 66 rounded things off an absolute treat. Keep safe, regards Gary.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, I'm glad you enjoyed watching this, it was a great evening spent here

[@jamesc1199]

Yep. That Pendolino was definitely going fast enough to 'blow me away'.

[@Tornado922]

It was just mind blowing

[@jamesc1199]

@@Tornado922 Indeed it was...😂

[@alisonrawlings6679]

Amazing video Tornado nice start with the 2 86s. Keep up the good work. Oh and I can't forget that 70 at 9:35

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this, and thank you for your continued support

[@alisonrawlings6679]

:P

[@dianecooper9932]

9:35

[@superintendent8964]

ah great to see a bit of WCML at Ruggers - spend a lot of time on EMR on those awful 222's, thanks for another great upload Tornado922

[@trainspottersouth]

Samuel Cairns your saying it’s not that bad because it’s like a voyager 😂, that’s a bad thing lol

[@thefoodchallenger3982]

Hi it kyle and i have a few more stations on the west coast mainline for you.
Warrington Bank Quay
Wigan North Western
Oxenholme Lake District
Penrith North Lakes
Motherwell
And another great video love rugby any chance of another video at coventry

[@Tornado922]

Thanks for the recommendations, I have a film from Coventry that will be uploaded within the next few days

[@thomasnorton2679]

You may always get muddled up in what you're saying but what you said at 41 25 was the best in this video "I see noises" LOL, thumbs up as always Jarred.

[@Tornado922]

I think it's just my style, no film would be complete without the traditional cock-up of words haha

[@samuelcairns7116]

I went through here the same day you filmed it. I think I was on the 16:47 going north

[@Trainspotter11_]

Brilliant video here Tornado922! I really enjoyed this :)

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :)

[@hamshackleton]

I think that Rugby has been given Warrington B Q's weather forecast, as it has been drizzling for most of the day, here, except when it was just wet spots in the air!

[@Tornado922]

I was pleasantly surprised by the weather I had that evening, I would much rather have that over pouring it down with rain any day

[@srduke]

16:36 The actress said to the Bishop! LMAO

[@dianecooper9932]

16:36

[@Desiro360]

Superb video. I really enjoyed it. :)

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much :)

[@Desiro360]

@@Tornado922 You're welcome. I've been to Rugby Station before. It's a great station especially when through trains speed past. :)

[@srduke]

I live locally to it, and I've always known Hednesford to be pronounced as "Hennersferd" (said quickly LOL)

[@Tornado922]

To be honest my greatest skill would have to be the butchering of various pronunciations of places not only in the UK but throughout the world haha

[@paulhill8224]

Great video Tornado922

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@emilianohaskurti9344]

You Say Various Freight Because The WCML Has Lots Of Freight. Firstly They Pass The North London Line On The Overground

[@scotlandtrainspotter4223]

Absalotle amazing video tornado

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@davidfinney5404]

I have always been into train spotting

[@Tornado922]

Glad to hear it

[@chrisatrailway7573]

Great video 👍

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@blkpig6664]

Great Write-up, awesome film!

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much!

[@viper783]

that first double virgin train first train was unumberd

[@Nayson]

nice vid tornado

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much!

[@susandraper1375]

Some times there is a Peter Pan there in there next to the direct rail service

[@Tornado922]

This time it was located the other side of that wall

[@no6804]

make a video at Wylde green

[@trainsimgamer0342]

I filmed at Rugby a few days after you filmed there.

[@Tornado922]

Did you see anything good?

[@trainsimgamer0342]

@@Tornado922 Just the usual, but after I filmed I went to Coventry to ride a class 220 to Oxford where I went on my first class 800 to London Paddington.

[@gaoeykreg]

Will be so strange seeing the Pendolino's in a different livery with no Virgin logo. For me Virgin Trains and the Pendolino's came as a package.

[@maimadha]

@@samuelcairns8820 you are awesome

[@mattleeman8556]

Looks like it was a nice warm day but where was the wet weather from the delay announcement

[@Tornado922]

It was a lovely evening spent there

[@howtotech.w]

4 minutes ago. 892 Views, 1003 comments. Is youtube drunk?

[@geo5128]

Nightpink MSP No I think you’re drunk. It has 6 comments as I’m writing this

[@howtotech.w]

@@geo5128 🍻

[@eliottjeary1492]

Another fine 100* video by the legendary Tornado922 :) keep up the fab work mate, could you let me know when your back down at exeter st davids for another filming session?

[@Tornado922]

Thank you kindly for saying so, once I know when I coming back down to that area of the UK I shall try and let you know

[@kenny-jamesthebesttranspor3988]

What does it mean by a flat wheel

[@emilianohaskurti9344]

WCML Freight

[@robloxgamer-sm1zr]

Great video do you live in rugby bcz I do

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, no I don't live in Rugby

[@timdaugherty5921]

How many mainlines are there in the UK?

[@josephharrison8354]

West Coast
East Coast
Great Western
Midland
Great Eastern
They're the principal mainlines, though there are others - Southeastern, Southwestern, Chiltern, Chatham etc - that are called "mainlines".

[@impulsivegamer1737]

That 57 has been sitting there for along time I passed it yesterday do you know why it's been sitting there for so long

[@HSTJames1]

Avanti T bird, in case a pendo fails

[@youtubeviewer7030]

@11.39 now that’s fast

[@Tornado922]

It's nice to get a different perspective on the speed of the trains passing through the station at a distance instead of standing right on top of them as they are passing

[@youtubeviewer7030]

Tornado922 this could be the future look of our XPT in Australia

[@Nayson]

22:49 where?

[@Tornado922]

hednesford

[@caregiver3504]

does anybody want to do a colab with me tomorow at birmingham newstret

[@maimadha]

When did you begin trainspotting?

[@Tornado922]

I started trainspotting when I was a kid, but only started filming 5 years ago

[@OfficialRyanx]

Did you ever say why the service was ‘wacky’?

[@Tornado922]

I'm sure I did

[@amjkodaz]

If you live in London then that's a drive lol

[@Austwickguy]

Hloo

[@secretmantiis6464]

my lines are 66

[@secretmantiis6464]

66 are a not stop here

[@archieeaton1333]

33:10?

[@dianecooper9932]

9:35

[@ghighlandchieftain4462]

Brilliant video tornado922

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much