Trains at: Ashford International, HS1, 26/05/18
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- A very enjoyable afternoon spent at Ashford International situated alongside High Speed 1 where we see plenty of services from SouthEastern, Southern and Eurostar.
Ashford International is really a junction station. This I because it has links to the South Eastern Mainline, Marshlink Line and High Speed 1.
The station has gone through several different refurbishments with The first station being built in 1842 by the South Eastern Railway, the station was formally opened on December 1st.
It remained the property of the South Eastern Railway until Southern took control in 1923, once this happened they then renamed the station Ashford Kent.
Once British Rail was introduced in 1948 a lot of the former services were getting changed and newer ones introduced to meet with the growing demand of passengers.
Eventually Network Southeast took over operations when BR privatised its network.
The station went through a major redevelopment when the Kent Electrification Scheme went through its second phase, this resulted in two former bay platforms being converted into through lines and the former station buildings on the left and right of the railway were demolished and replaced with an over bridge that contains a booking hall, newsagents and catering facilities.
The station eventually became known as Ashford International in the 1990's when the plans for the European Services were introduced by Eurostar. This in turn then brought 2 new platforms into the equation to split the regional and international services. Because of the importance of the station it means that passenger numbers have been increasing over the years with 3.7 million people use it last year.
Joining me today was Kent Rail Observer and EWS Trains so please do check out their channels.
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 2018.
My next station is going to be Sheffield.
When will you next be at Ashford international
Wont be till next year I would've thought
Hi jayden
Passengers for st pancras international trains depart from platform 3 and 5 (Eurostar and southeastern highspeed services only).
There is international platforms for pick up and drop off only for Eurostar services who are travelling towards the Netherlands
I prefer 373s to the 374s
No wifi older and slower and louder
How is it slower?
Same here. The Class 374s are shit when compared to the Class 373s.
What do you mean how is it slower? it has much faster acceleration and a higher top speed, locos are the thing of the past .
It is not slower, but it is imported crap.
There is a flyover for fast Eurostar services only towards the channel tunnel
Nice video glad you met kent rail observer. I met him at the nvr gala
Thanks very much it was a very enjoyable day out and it was a pleasure meeting Kent Rail Observer and his brother
Tornado992 why there so many southeastern at London at pancers, London vorica, or London bridge
Southeastern highspeed go to St Pancras International. The regional trains go to Victoria, Charing Cross and London Bridge
Thanks for visiting my local, I trainspot here rather oftern
It's a great station to come to
Awesome video, can you make a new video from Ebbsfleet International if that's possible?
Thanks very much, I will try and do one later this year
Tornado922 OK, thanks
Glad to see that all the South Eastern units are in their new colours instead of the plain white. Must say those 374s do go mighty fast on that flyover.
It's been a long time coming to get them all sorted but the fleet does look good in their new colours. The 374's do thunder along that flyover
Tornado922 what’s your real name ?
Enjoyed the video Jarred, it is odd to think the services to London Charing Cross/Dover/Ramsgate are now 8, later divide here into two lots of 4 coaches. Maybe the time it was the engineering works happening again.
It's great seeing the various operations take place at one station, and they manage to do it without really causing any serious delays
Really great mix, class 374 Eurostar is really amezing and really speed like i don't know what :D I don't understand everythink what you speak because my English is bad but this is not problem. Great video :)
This is a great station in the UK to come to if you want a good mix of slow/fast trains. That's quite alight your English is perfect
How come the Eurostar from Paris to London was so long ?
Trains that traverse through the channel tunnel need to be a minimum length for safety reasons, that's why the Eurotunnel trains are so long as are the Eurostars
Yesterday I watched trains at Rainham it was great. I'm glad I am up to date and caught up with it.
@Louie Cohen That's enough
I said that's enough
Great Film as normal. I had 9 hours at Reading on Saturday hoping to get a lot of 800's but got only a few. I did notice how squeaky there brakes were, some on par with the class 180's. Everybody i spoke to complained about how uncomfortable they are , i would have tried it for my self but the Tickets i bought from Banbury stipulated that its for 1 Train so i couldnt change at Didcot, the Parking wasn't included either so it was a more expensive day. Next day i will drive...
Thanks very much I'm glad you liked this film, I'll be spending a lot of time on the GWML this year when I start my GWML series. So I have no doubt that I'll be doing plenty of journeys onboard the 800's. I've also been told that the trains are very uncomfortable
This is my first video back and it's good to be back with your brilliant videos.
how many carriages on the eurostars?
18
What is it with you and Pacers???
I hate them haha
U LEGEND! I LOVE THE NEW EUROSTAR LIVERY, Well done for getting that almighty 373 in at the end, I love u dude!
Well thank you ever so much for saying so that really is greatly appreciated :) I was dead chuffed with that final 373
On Saturday i went to Peterborough and i saw lots of class 66s for dB cargo gbrf and freightliner. It was great.
Any Class 90s?
Thomas Mason yes i saw one illegally on a 225
What one?
They look good though.
Thomas Mason that's your opinion and respect it
Another beautiful station and a masterpiece of a film. That HS1 Line is something to behold, it's like a show while waiting for your train. Awesome job as always, thanks! B.P.
I really enjoyed my time here, it's a great station to come to as there's always something good to see, the Eurostars on the flyover look and sound incredible
Indeed they do, always a pleasure. Thanks again! B.P.
Might be stupid to ask but Is there Border Secruity at Ashford? And where are they?
You'll find them in the Eurostar check in area in the main station building
Who likes that the old Great nothern 365 fleet some of them have gone to scotrail they look different I'll say 365 with scotrail em just don't look that great tho.
Kai Footer I like them with scot rail. When they are at great northern they are a nightmare. They cause delays with them.
Very good quality. I would like to see Rochester or Gillingham in a video but good job
Thanks very much I'm glad you liked it :) I can certainly look into filming at those stations in due course
Great video how do people get on the Eurostar platforms as in are there special barriers or something
There is a departure lounge located inside the main station building with border security before you go up to the platform :)
Now southeastern have the former Thameslink class 377/5 units
They are slowly expanding their fleet
glad to see your videos again I know you've been on holiday cant wait for the next one
It was a great station to go to. My next Trains at should be filmed in a couple of weeks time :)
That would be something if I could get up where you are to film
Where about in the UK are you from? I'm sure we could arrange something
+Tornado922 I live in the south of Devon in Exeter
it good to see 377/5 are getting use to their new home southeastern
I think they're getting use to the network requirements
Southern only go to Eastbourne now due to a low amount of available capacity
I was under the impression it was because of the amended timetable that has been brought into operation
Sometimes driver do the depot whistle cause they are scared that the horn might deafen you
That has nothing to do with it.
I mean the driver did want to. scare you, Once my friends in Sydney were doing a meet up and in one of the Vlogs for the meet up one of the drivers that used the depot said that they did it cause they didn’t want to scare them
Fantastic video and I like the blue livery of the 373
Thanks very much, the blue livery really does work on the 373 units. More so than the 374's
377 for Southeastern
EUOSTAR
erm, yes they feature in this......
☺☺ GREAT VIDEO ☺☺
Thanks very much :)
Tornado922 Your Welcome :D
Fantastic video Ashford international is the best
Thanks very much, I love coming here :)
Awesome Video Their :)
Thanks very much :)
cool video jerad hope your videos going very good
Thanks very much I'm glad you liked it
my plesher
Why are the white and yellow trains still there? refurbish or scrap
One or the other.
No scrapping should be allowed for the 373s
Just refurbished, same with the 465
How often do Eurostar’s pass by
It depends on the day you go, I think they are more frequent on weekends but as to how many pass in the space of an hour I would've thought roughly 4 or so, your best bet to find that information out is to check how many are coming into and out of St Pancras International
This video was brilliant
I'm glad you thought so