Train Drivers Eye View : Lyttelton to Middleton

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6 ай бұрын

Christchurch, New Zealand.
Lyttelton Line is a name sometimes used to refer to the section of the Main South Line in New Zealand's South Island between Lyttelton and Christchurch, and can also be used to refer to the operations on this section. As it has always been part of the Main South Line (originally the Canterbury Great Southern Railway), this name has never been officially used to refer to the track itself.
The line between Lyttelton and Christchurch is notable for several reasons, including: incorporating part of the first public railway in New Zealand, between Ferrymead and Christchurch; including in its route the still operational first railway tunnel in New Zealand; and, having been the site of the first electrified suburban service in New Zealand.
Thanks to the Kiwirail driver who filmed this on a coal train doing the "coaldumps".

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@user-gf2kf1kq3q 5 ай бұрын

Loved that! Brought back 1950's memories of multiple trips to Lyttelton from Opawa station over the 6 weeks of summer school holidays. Dad worked for the railways, so got a free family ticket for free travel, which we used over January to go to Lyttelton, then walked round to Corsair Bay to picnic and swim. Was great to see the view from the cab. I remember when we scrambled to close the carriage windows when going through the tunnel!

@hankbier3065 6 ай бұрын

I’m flabbergasted. This completely unrecognisable as the Christchurch I once knew. No sign of a platform at Linwood, no tracks leading from the massive locomotive depot that was where Fulton Hogan is now, and I could not easily place where Moorhouse station was, now a graffiti alleyway between tilt slab concrete buildings. Unbelievable, and it was “only” just 55 years ago that I travelled the reverse direction behind an Ec electric on a subbie and wandered around at Linwood loco. Thanks for the trip guys, astounding. I’d be interested to know what the new tracks on the left just past Linwood are going to be for where there is a long structure built over one of them.

@017Bushbuck 6 ай бұрын

I left Christchurch in 97 for the UK and like you I could barely recognize anything, perhaps some (or many?) of the changes are a result of the earthquakes.

@garryproud8198 5 ай бұрын

I'm with you there I got to Lyttleton in about 1975 2 Gilmore Tce right next to the timebalL I can remember there was 2 flights of steps to get to our house from town 137 in all . The electrics had finished but Lyttleton rail yards were very busy and there was a 22 Lever signal box just outside the tunnel controlling Lyttleton . Having arrived from Perth WA a year earlier to Kelston Auckland my young brother and I travelled down on the Silver Fern railcars and then caught the Rangatira ferry overnight to Lyttleton where we were met by our parents but what a trip I was 17 my young brother was 14 now we are both in our 60's more to come Gazza

@thepointlesstroll5702 3 ай бұрын

Society has been going backwards for quite a while now just look at the rubbish the youngins are watching on television and radio these days

@laurencefraser 24 күн бұрын

Strangely, it turns out privatising functional infrastructure in an environment where the 'optimal' path for maximum profit in the shortest period of time is closing down and scrapping everything you can legally get away with, is a brilliant way to end up not having most of that infrastructure anymore.

@christophermarshall527 6 ай бұрын

Ā brilliant look behind the scenes, thank you!!

@annawitter5161 6 ай бұрын

This is so cool. THank you

@rickcullarn1347 Ай бұрын

Beautiful Clear Video Thanks

@EntertainmentWorldz 6 ай бұрын

super great video sir Love You All Time 😍😍❤❤

@ianfarrar5634 2 ай бұрын

Mate and I missed the last bus 28 in the square one night ,and had a brain wave let’s walk home back to port through the tunnel ,what an experience all I could here was him falling in the puddles ,all you could see was one faint light which I thought was the end ,wasn’t it was a bend in the tunnel big walk great memories,should have just put the thumb outside the road tunnel ,one of the locals would have taken us through eventually

@kiwiderek2647 5 ай бұрын

Great video, many thanks. Why is the lower green signal flashing as the train rejoins the double track section coming into Christchurch?

@lindsaycourtis3050 5 ай бұрын

in 98 i went to greymouth in the cab. Friends last drive then. great. still get abuz thinking.!!

@ChristchurchRailAction 6 ай бұрын

Guest appearance by me as you go into the tunnel

@ExploringwithMark 6 ай бұрын

Dam that is cool in the tunnel. Man i wish i could go on train like that in there. Lucky bugger.

@RollestonRails 6 ай бұрын

Well you'll have to wait and see as he has had permission for a go pro to be put on the train as the line is freight only

@ExploringwithMark 6 ай бұрын

What are the white panel areas in the start of the tunnel? @@RollestonRails

@samconibear3506 6 ай бұрын

I like how the destinations rhyme. My favourite part was the long tunnel. Is it NZ's longest train tunnel?

@geoffadams5537 5 ай бұрын

No, actually it's a railway tunnel,you are using kiddy speak and the longest RAILWAY tunnel is the Kaimai on the line to the bay of plenty

@Devilofdoom 29 күн бұрын

At 2596m it's the 6th longest tunnel. The Kaimai tunnel is 3 times longer at 8879m.

@user-zl7sk7jd8y 3 ай бұрын

Wow that tunnel is quite a distance, would like to know how long is it

@tesscurry4171 Ай бұрын

2.4km at a cost of 195,000 pounds. Opened in 1863 then officially to Passenger Trains in 1869

@briantones5993 Ай бұрын

Would be good if you insert the names of the towns as you go through them.

@lvmarv1 24 күн бұрын

He starts in Lyttelton, goes through the tunnel through the Port Hills and then the rest you see after the tunnel is Christchurch. There is no "towns".