Rush Hour Trains at: London Paddington, GWML, 18/10/19

A very enjoyable and busy evening spent at London Paddington which is the terminus of the Great Western Mainline where we see plenty of services from Great Western Railway, TFL Rail, Heathrow Express and London Underground when I had the chance to capture them.
There is a long and vibrant history in regards to London Paddington but I won't go through all of it as there is just so much to tell. So I'll try and keep this as brief but as informative as I can.
The current station wasn't actually opened until 1854, before that there was a temporary station opened in 1838 and served as the terminus for that time.
The current station we all know and love has gone through so many changes in its life time to keep up with the growing population and the ever increasing usage in rail traffic around the UK. Although London Paddington wasn't actually going to be the end of the line to start with. Brunel had proposed that his trains could use London Euston, this would've been very cost affective but he ended up designing his own as he feared that other companies would pose as a threat to his railway with a connection from the Midlands to Bristol.
Once the main station had opened the GWR had demolished the former in 1855. The inspiration for such a grand station came from two places. The first was Crystal Palace and the second was Munich Train Station.
During the later stages of the 1800's track and platforms were added to increase capacity and meet growing demand. So an additional 2 tracks were added in the 1870's, then in 1878 a new platform was built and a further 2 were then added a year later. Whilst all of this work was taking place the roof structure was never touched.
The station used to be lit by gas lights. But because the station was starting to get bigger and busier it meant that newer more powerful lighting was needed. So in 1886 they started experimenting with electric lights running the whole course of the station. At first there were no end of power supply issues but eventually they managed to get the system working, this meant that they could power the terminus, office, goods yard and Royal Oak and Westbourne stations. Something like this had never been done before and soon started to pave the way for electric lighting to be used in all London train stations.
The station wasn't just busy with passengers but also freight oddly enough, the station had a milk dock built and was dealing with over Epps churns of milk every day co in out of the station. It was also used for the transportation of fish, meat, horses and flowers. Not just for the south of the country but for the whole country. Goods would be taken out by horse and cart through the streets of London to their respective destinations.
In 1913 platform 12 was completed, and every year after that for the next 2 years a new platform would be completed. Amazingly during WW1 the station was never hit by German Bombs, primarily because the station itself wasn't a significant military target because there were very little troop movements coming out of that station, Charing Cross and Victoria were the more common ones used for that purpose.
In between WW1/2 more work was done to the station to lengthen platforms and make it more user friendly by adding in New address systems. Or tanoys this day and age. However during WW2 the station didn't favour so well. It became the source of several Luftwaffe attacks and was given heavy damage during the blitz. Yet despite all this the passenger numbers sky rocketed as people were being evacuated from the city into the countryside and holiday makers wanted to get away from the military controlled areas of the UK. Mostly on the South coast of England. The station was first hit by a parachute bomb that detonated on the departure side of the station and the two 500-pound flying bombs destroyed the roof between platforms 6 and 7.
Inside the station you will find a sculpture of Isambard Kingdom Brunel standing proudly overlooking his grand station. The statue itself was completed in 1982.
There is so much to tell about this station it really is an amazing one to read about.
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 now find me on Instagram through the name tornado922.

[@gooldowen8811]

I love how you say some far and distant land when you don't know where a train is going

[@Tornado922]

That way I cover all the bases for what it could be

[@Kwebbel48]

When you go to the end of the year you get the London stations love that very much. Great video again and thanks for your answers and heart♥♥♥Have a great weekend x Debby

[@Tornado922]

I love having the chance to get the London stations done, each one has a certain charm to it :) Hope you had a great weekend Debby! X

[@Kwebbel48]

@@Tornado922 yes thank you hope u2

[@breeze1472]

Great station Paddington i love it and plenty to see,thanks

[@Tornado922]

This is a great station to come to, just a shame that the HST's no longer come here

[@blkpig6664]

Loved the spot you picked, all the way into the night. Nice work here!

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, I find that this spot really does give you a great perspective on how the station works

[@blkpig6664]

It was brilliant!

[@echandler5558]

i remember when you would walk into paddington and your feet would be rumbling with all the diesel trains, i've never heard paddington to quiet, how times have changed :(

[@PanzerFalcon2232]

Same ehe walking through the underpass at Temple Meads. And the smell of the Valentas was magical

[@Bobslogistics001]

you have the best videos...... you gave me my train future because you gave me my knowledge on trains and i thank you for it keep up the excellent videos :)

[@Tornado922]

Well thank you kindly for saying so, that really is greatly appreciated

[@maciejkublik6297]

Good evening :)It's pleausure to watch Your films from London railwaystations;greetings from Warsaw :)

[@sethgallop9266]

Really enjoyed these rush hour films can't wait for when you can film them again

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, it will now be sometime next year when I get the chance to start these rush hour films again

[@telemachus53]

Your vids are sooo nerdy - but I can sit watching them for hours.

[@ashleyhoye]

nice video tornado 922 loved the class 800s and 387s when they were departing and swinging over the points

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, this is a great station to come to if you have a decent camera which can zoom in rather well, you would get some amazing shots at the corner where the trains enter the final approach into the station

[@chrisatrailway7573]

Excellent video 👍

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@CopenhagenRailProductions]

Or it could be that the driver at 17:00 had a text from his misses saying something like ‘honey come home. The bed needs to have a “supsension test”’ and he’s like “damn right i’m going home!”

[@Tornado922]

That could very well be the case!

[@ClaretBlueTrainspotter]

Great video.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@emilianohaskurti9344]

Nice London Paddington. I Like The 800s 👍

[@joshwaaa]

It's almost as if the trains leaving stations nowadays are just Hornby trainsets with the acceleration they have, it's remarkable.

[@arnoldspottingvideos5269]

Great Rush Hour videos Tornado.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@arnoldspottingvideos5269]

Is the 17:33 to Paignton via Westbury

[@paulhill8224]

Great video Tornado922.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@jonathanvandijk1818]

First to watch, love the 800's, shame the HST's have gone.

[@Tornado922]

The stations loses some of its charm now that the HST's have gone

[@rlproductionsyt]

Don't mind me just watching whilst nearly falling asleep lol

[@Trainspotter11_]

Another Fantastic video here Tornado922! I really enjoyed this :)

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@celovity_747]

I like the way they call the 1742 to Cheltnam the Cheltnam express

[@Tornado922]

They have a few names for a lot of their evening services. I know that there was a named service heading to Penzance that evening

[@srduke]

26:24 The passengers had been spread evenly along the length of the train but the driver braked harshly passing Ladbroke Grove and they all ended up in the front two coaches LOL

[@Lauren-dz9fq]

What else happened at ladbrooke grove?

[@srduke]

5th October 1999. I remember it vividly.

[@Lauren-dz9fq]

@@srduke it was especially bad becsuse of Southall 2 years earlier

[@srduke]

Indeed. As was the situation with the Selby crash of 28th Feb 2001 coming so soon after the Hatfield crash of 17th Oct 2000. Which, incidentally, both involved 91023. It being renumbered 91132 instead of 91123 after overhaul at Bombardier, Doncaster later in 2001.

[@alanmolyneux5957]

The Selby crash was very unfortunate as it was caused by a dozy motorist falling asleep at the wheel and driving down an embankment off the M62. No way were the railways to blame for that.

[@GCOzOfKkvkOEzwc0zCgs]

IET looks cool and quiet.

[@Tornado922]

They do have something about them

[@ousmanlowe8364]

Good vid

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@zelq..4194]

Great video man keep up the good work

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@rlproductionsyt]

Good Video it's full of Action and did anyone count the amount of times you said Jolly good

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, I must have said jolly good a fair few times haha, I'm sure someone was keeping track

[@influential69]

I am watching this video to see if there is a GWR to Brighton in this video

[@QwertyScream]

26:14 800s to Penzance? Services from London to Penzance are worked by 802s. Evidence is seen later as an 802 departs for Penzance.

[@williamradford8817]

London Paddington 2019 before covid 19, GWR 800s replacing the good old class 43/Intercity 125s, nice sparks captured in this video

[@Tornado922]

There was some great variety here

[@maimadha]

@@Tornado922 London Paddington was better with the HSTs and Turbos

[@hamshackleton]

Paddington is a very screechy station! And was I reading that painted sign under the platform edge correctly - glass ballast do not tamp?

[@cipher_]

hamshackleton It says glued ballast do not tamp. I didn’t know they glued ballast

[@hamshackleton]

@@cipher_ - ah GLUED! That makes sense. They glued the ballast on the Dawlish line, where it keeps getting washed away by storm tides.

[@sydwoods9686]

nice video mate love your commentry it gets fantastic at times love the way you keep the waffling in i like it keep em cumming :) syd

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much Syd

[@leonb5293]

2:28 I think I was on that train lol 😁

[@Tornado922]

you might have been lol

[@henryatkinson8639]

25:57 arrival is the wrong way round. First Class on GWR and most intercity operators is at the London end. On this example it’s at the back.

[@tristanfielding20]

17:10 I can tell you first hand that he is not going slower than the speed limit, 40.
By the way I play Train Sim World and I drive a 43 to reading and back

[@Sheffield5047]

okay got its but it doesnt really matter

[@7crtz]

Nice vid

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much

[@SigmaGamer6942]

That 17:33 service was bound for Paignton.The Cancelled 17:30 service was bound for Taunton.

[@Tornado922]

Thank for letting me know

[@samthetrainsandbusesfan1015]

I have never seen and 12 car 387 at London Paddington is it rare

[@evanswoodcentral315]

Absolutely brilliant video from Paddington as all the others have been as well. Again I hope your ears have survived Lol! Will you be going to Clapham Junction as usual to finish off the year? Keep safe, regards Gary.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, this was another amazing station to come to for a rush hour period. I will indeed be doing Clapham Junction as my end of year film

[@nightelectricityuniverse7349]

5:41, I don't understand how 2 IETs can come into Paddington simultaneously!! It is awesome but odd!! Both must have gone via or from reading but how can they get there at the same time when there is only one fast track London bound? Unless the empty stock movement went on the slower lines, then that will make sense. Otherwise it is a phenomenon that happened at Paddington. (Not the bear, lol)

[@Tornado922]

To be honest when I get to any London terminus I tend to through any and all logic out of the window and just go along with whatever turns up in whatever order haha! I rhink one of the IET's was held outside of the station and then allowed to enter it at the same time as they other arrival

[@nightelectricityuniverse7349]

@@Tornado922 fair enough :)

[@Great_WesternTVFan]

How busy is Paddington in the rush hour? Because it's really quiet on Sundays. Does it have lots of trains during rush hours

[@Tornado922]

Well this video should answer that for you

[@miahaskurti4539]

Would You Like To Film At Royal Oak. Its A Tube Station With Views Of The Great Western Main Line

[@CopenhagenRailProductions]

17:00 either this is a driver that wants to go home, or he’s just late, and he wants to catch up with the delay.

[@SionsTrainVideos]

no they start of fast but he was fast lol

[@Gaddafi28709]

Copenhagen Rail Productions speed limit is 40 out of the station he might have speeded

[@SionsTrainVideos]

@@Gaddafi28709 if he went over 40 the train would have stopped

[@Gaddafi28709]

Sometimes

[@JosephRattigan]

Hi
First comment love ur vids

[@Tornado922]

I'm glad you do

[@ghighlandchieftain4462]

Brilliant video tornado922 how ur ears from trainspotting

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, I had to get them replaced after that evening

[@ghighlandchieftain4462]

@@Tornado922 yeah

[@influential69]

Almost every video on my screen is from you

[@reecefoster5855]

Gwr why get rid of hst's there
op

[@FJx36]

im really confused why theres someone next to you with a baby and a buggy at the beginning of the video

[@Tornado922]

They were on the platform the same time as me. I don't know who they are

[@FJx36]

@@Tornado922 oh okay sums it up

[@plymouthtoleedsonaxchst9537]

Looks like more people like the 800s more than the HSTs,Hitachis get more views than HSTs,same on Flickr.

[@Tornado922]

I guess there is a large group of enthusiasts who like the more modern trains over the old guard

[@imaperson9693]

Could you one day
(Wishing on a train going to some far distant land)
That you would one day do a face reveal

[@chris4484]

I'm A Person he has before

[@imaperson9693]

@@chris4484 can you tell me the link

[@Desiro360]

Superb video of trains at London Paddington, well done. It's strange to no longer see HST's there but like you said that's progress for you.

[@Tornado922]

Thanks very much, the station has lost some of it's charm now that the HST's have gone

[@Desiro360]

@@Tornado922 You're welcome and yes it has. Glad you got to see the Class 332's in action before they are replaced by modified Class 387's.

[@arnoldspottingvideos5269]

Yes I don't know when they replaced the 332s from 387s for Heathrow Express

[@sarahhoward587]

A ho jolly good

[@camotech1314]

Electric trains are so boring, but really efficient. It's sad. I miss the sound and noises from different engines. 😞

[@stelladaqueenplayz9247]

who is watching in 2021?

[@Tornado922]

I would hope many people :)

[@dianecooper9932]

26:24

[@BobaShakeMallow]

What happened?

[@Great_WesternTVFan]

The 2013 version of paddington is better. Will the interior of London Paddington change in the future? Especially the concourse?

[@daytimefunlawrence3846]

Can u do a trains at Newcastle the last one you did was in 2016

[@Tornado922]

I will try and get it done this year

[@daytimefunlawrence3846]

Thank u

[@gustavkhn8]

Mklll

[@noahlikestrains4472]

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[@emmamchugh4222]

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[@aarongarnett9987]

800306 is poopy

[@Tornado922]

Thanks for the info