Kidderminster to London via the Chiltern Main Line

Kidderminster to London via the Chiltern Main Line - DRIVER'S EYE VIEW

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Filmed for a total of 9 months, the Kidderminster to London via the Chiltern Main Line driver's eye view is now here. Filmed in November 2022 six months before the Kidderminster section was withdrawn, we get to see the unique journey from there all the way to London Marylebone taking 2 hours and 36 minutes, although most parts have been edited for a journey of just 2 hours.
Our journey will take us over the busy Snow Hill lines to Birmingham Moor Street where offically the Chiltern Main Line commences. From there we can accelerate to the maximum permited speed of 100mph. The last scheduled stop before London is Banbury and we run non-stop through the Chiltern Hills where the company and the main line take it's name from. This is a wondeful journey to experience on board a Class 168 Clubman/Turbostar. Apologises in some shots the sun was quite low in the morning but hopefully it won't effect the viewing too much.
My thanks goes out to the staff members of Chiltern Railways who were able to make it possible for me to make this film. There help has been grately appreciated. As always please like comment and subscribe to this channel and stay tuned for more driver's eye views coming soon in the near future. All that is left for you now to do is sit back relax and enjoy this driver's eye view from Kidderminster to London via the Chiltern Main Line.
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Artist: Whithe & Blure
Title: Atticus
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:52 Kidderminster
07:11 Blakedown
10:38 Hagley
14:17 Stourbridge Junction
23:39 Rowley Regis
34:09 Birmingham Snow Hill
36:39 Birmingham Moor Street
44:47 Solihull
52:37 Warwick Parkway
57:13 Leamington Spa
1:09:39 Banbury
1:20:56 Bicester North
1:32:53 Princes Risborough
1:47:44 Gerrads Cross
2:01:55 London Marylebone

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@billseymour-jones3224 11 ай бұрын

Today your films, together with those of other luminaries who record our railways in such detail, might be seen as being of niche interest to some, however they are of tremendous historical importance and I do hope that they are being properly archived. Thank you for all your hard work in filming, researching and producing these excellent documentaries.

@AndyGabrielPowell 11 ай бұрын

Your work just keeps getting better and better. A little vibration apparent, but other than that, excellent. A credit to your perseverance.

@rickstravelrides 11 ай бұрын

Nice, a full journey of the Chiltern Mainline. I do like Leamington Spa station as it has it's GWR look to it. Surprisingly, a class 168 and not a class 68 and MK3 set for this journey. A brilliant journey along to the capital :-)

@VIDDYONVIDEO 11 ай бұрын

This is bloody Excellent and to such a high standard I feel like I should be paying for this!!! Excellent work!!

@rwm2986 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for a good presentation. I used to live at High Wycombe pre-privatisation when this was the Cinderella line of British Rail. Ancient DMUs and Marylebone was always under threat of closure but a magnificent pint of Ruddles County in the pub on the station. What a difference under Chiltern Railways. There is also a plan, I don't know how 'firm' it is, to reinstate the fast through lines at Beaconsfield

@Fenestra_M 11 ай бұрын

A nice ride through the centre of England with good view of the Chiltern Hills- thank you.

@andrewr2825 11 ай бұрын

Greetings Paul from Australia! Your videos just get better - this was a great run on a route that has a lot of interest for me having lived and travelled on it many years ago. Keep ‘Em coming👍🏻👍🏻

@markduhig6472 11 ай бұрын

From Neasden South Junction to Marylebone the distances are measured from Manchester London Road via the ex GCR. Marylebone is 205 miles from there.

@brrob8108 11 ай бұрын

Another great video, well done. Excellent captions and narration.

@TheNorfolkThunderbolt 11 ай бұрын

Excellent production! Keep up the good work!

@bogieman9654 11 ай бұрын

It's not demolishment, the word is DEMOLITION! Otherwise, a great video, thanks.

@gregdover9316 11 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed this video, history provided making it extra special, thanks

@mark5439 11 ай бұрын

very pleased to see so many positive comments and 23k views already. your videos deserve the biggest audience possible

@woofwoof1able 11 ай бұрын

Lovely video. And a piece of history. With the Chiltern service from Kidderminster to London withdrawn, Hagley's one direct service to London a day (with no direct return) is now history. I'm glad there is this record, not least so that it will be possible to show people in the future that a Hagley-London direct service did actually exist!

@customtransport2777 11 ай бұрын

The less congested way of getting myself from London to Birmingham

@laurenceskinnerton73 11 ай бұрын

This will eventually be electrified.

@christopherhulse8385 11 ай бұрын

@@laurenceskinnerton732030 to 2035 latest estimates for electrification.

@alexpeak16 11 ай бұрын

@@laurenceskinnerton73When? I’ve not heard anything about electrifying and I wonder if battery trains are the Chiltern future

@LittleWing-35 11 ай бұрын

@@alexpeak16it won’t be even considered until 2030, the government have said that to chiltern. In the meantime, diesel is the way until then. No battery powered either, the hybrid wasn’t a success and is being transformed back to a diesel unit

@amnohakka 20 күн бұрын

@@laurenceskinnerton73 probably eventually but not for a while

@jessicamorgan3073 6 ай бұрын

Thank you, you put a lot of work in this.

@TheMisterB2u 11 ай бұрын

Very informative,so look forward to future productions!

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico 11 ай бұрын

A Driver's Eye View i've been waiting so long to watch is finally here! I grew up on this line and remember my journeys between Kidderminster-Birmingham on the Class 150 Sprinters, 165 and 168 Clubmans! It brings back so many memories. Shame this part of the route is not featured on JustTrains Chiltern Mainline route for Train Simulator

@EdgyNumber1 10 ай бұрын

There's something oddly satisfying about hearing the sound of a choir of droning TurboStar engines, at full chat from a distance.

@johnkeepin7527 11 ай бұрын

Good to see the the double track replacement north of Princes Risborough via Bicester, and the new junction, which is used for services between Marylebone and Oxford. The Chiltern Railways depot at Wembley is relatively new as well. There was a minor error re the introduction of the first commissioning date of Marylebone IECC. It was actually August bank holiday weekend 1989 (I was there, around 05:00 when it came into service). It was a tiny stage geographically, as it was just between Amersham and just short of Aylesbury. However, it was complex enough for something that was novel, and it did have a boundary with London Underground, at Amersham (the other one being at Neasden). At that time, Marylebone IECC was only the second one ever brought into use, the other one being one of the earlier stages of Liverpool Street, out as far as Bethnal Green.

@davidbird4713 2 ай бұрын

Great filming and commentary, lovely countryside.

@davidlouisson8445 9 ай бұрын

🎉with a serious upgrade of the Chilten line to Birmingham, we could have saved many millions on the HS2 project??

@timothymorris814 11 ай бұрын

Superp as all your Videos are thankyou Tim

@nutsnproud6932 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video.

@ramoth01 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Really good work Greetings from Naples

@martyncarroll5035 11 ай бұрын

No mention of the railway Accident that occurred at Knowle and dorridge on 15 August 1963 The driver of the passenger train involved in the accident Was Ernest morris Who is the driver of the video Let’s Go To Birmingham A wonderful video keep them Coming A surgestion Freight train ride from Buxton Via chapel in le frith central Towards Sheffield or Manchester

@jimififul 11 ай бұрын

Was just about to post the same!

@davidkimmins8781 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for a great video. The Kidderminster-Brum stretch has changed a lot since I last travelled it (in 1982!). Just a couple of picky spelling observations - it's Beaconsfield with an 'a', and Gerrards Cross with another 'r' (as if 3 weren't enough!)

@shamus2503 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jackharrison6771 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video, thanks. Enjoyed the trip. I think I only used Marylebone once or twice.

@geofer023 11 ай бұрын

Excellent captures👍👍👍Succes for the future videos🙏🙏

@markcf83 7 ай бұрын

Excellent video as usual. My sister lives practically next to Saunderton station and the main line is at the foot of the garden of her home.

@KarlKornel 10 ай бұрын

Well done!

@alandavidpryce5459 11 ай бұрын

Nice opening title sequence, and excellent cut aways, as per usual - you could make an interesting video just using this material

@baedenwilliams8291 6 ай бұрын

15:30 Aw, look at that train! It’s just so smol.

@AFCManUk 11 ай бұрын

Lol. Going through the Hampstead and St John' Wood tunnels could sometimes be a spooky experience back in the late 80's with the old slam-Door trains....especially as sometimes, the driver forgot to turn the lights on in some carriages!!

@Mortimer50145 5 ай бұрын

I have heard of couples managing to get into a non-corridor compartment of a slam-door train with no other passengers (usually on a late-night train) and making "good use" of the 12 minutes between Marylebone and Harrow-on-the-Hill - a sort of train equivalent of the Mile High Club ;-)

@AhtNFG 23 күн бұрын

they still forget to turn the lights on to this day - sitting in a 165 with the only light being the information displays

@EASYTIGER10 7 ай бұрын

34:40 I'd just started at Uni in Birmingham many moons ago when the rebuilt Snow Hill Station was opened. What a grim, depressing piece of architecture it is and such a contrast to the elegance and light of Moor Street. Given its high usage and importance to Brum, hopefully it'll be replaced with something a bit more fitting some day. Great video!

@martinbradshaw7877 11 ай бұрын

Great video. I was saddened by the fact that we saw only one freight train the entire journey. Surely a missed opportunity to lighten the roads

@damiendye6623 11 ай бұрын

Line from Oxford to Leamington is mainly fright, so basically between anyho junction and Leamington has a lot running though. You can stand at my local Banbury and watch the containers come though with a 66

@dilwich 11 ай бұрын

This video has a lovely 1970s feel to it.

@nicktyler6254 10 ай бұрын

Great film. One small pedantic point. London Bridge, Euston & Kings Cross all host occasional diesel trains,

@LodzkiKomunikatyw 10 ай бұрын

Cool video, liked and subscribed

@masters6672 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul, another ripper

@laurencecope7083 11 ай бұрын

We went on this from Comberton primary school summr outing in 1969, but it terminated in Euston.

@pjaygeorge8016 11 ай бұрын

Con: sun glare, cab/camera vibration, dirty screen/interior reflection, light/dark exposure. Pro: nice journey, commentary, railside shots. But still worth a subscribe/view. Tx.

@davidredgewell7415 11 ай бұрын

We need the trains back to kidderminster and the catering trolleys restored on the long Distances trains to Birmingham Snow hill and stourbridge junction

@telhudson863 11 ай бұрын

Thank you. It's difficult to gauge the correct amount of info in the voice over. I think you got it about right. 😊

@user-se2pq4xq6s 3 ай бұрын

Yes.

@grahamaldridge5570 11 ай бұрын

GCR distances were measured from Manchester London Road via Sheffield Victoria.

@Volvoman24 11 ай бұрын

Excellent as ever, and I got the first like in 😅

@peterwhitaker4038 10 ай бұрын

every December i have to go to a meeting in London (from Liverpool) so this year instead of the norm (Avanti) i am going to go London North Western Lime Street - Birmingham, have a look at the BULL. have a bite to eat then Moor Street (a must see station) for this chiltern line to Marlybone. why not? can't wait!!

@laurenceskinnerton73 4 ай бұрын

Interesting.

@user-bv5lc1nf5d 6 ай бұрын

Giving Video 125 a run for its money!

@kevinellis8869 11 ай бұрын

Another very good, informative video. You might want to change the narrative about Marylebone and diesel trains to the fact it's the only non-electrified station. Euston has the Voyagers for Holyhead and Waterloo has the 159s for Exeter.

@kiarnturner9739 10 ай бұрын

And any of the intercity EMR services out of St Pancras are operated by diesel class 222s (at least until they get the 810s)

@simonsv9449 9 ай бұрын

But St. Pancras and Euston have overhead wires and Waterloo has third rail so they have electrification.

@harrh4528 10 ай бұрын

what was the point in withdrawing the section from Kidderminster?

@transportlegend.shorts 11 ай бұрын

Cool

@jimififul 11 ай бұрын

According to Wikipedia the zero mile post was at Manchester London Road, now Piccadilly

@andrewrcmadwilkinson6999 11 ай бұрын

CHEERS MATE 😜

@poppasmurf 11 ай бұрын

I travelled this line before I retired in 2009, and remember it being very overcrowded with standing room only leaving London Marylebone. But can anyone tell me - Was this line ever considered for a substantial upgrade instead of building HS2? I know others have said the old Great Central line trackbed should have been used by HS2. It would be interesting to know.

@Lee_303 11 ай бұрын

They wanted to close it & replace it with a busway. But with the M40 & the Oxford Tube bus running very frequently, no real need. No idea why they simply haven't lengthened the "mainline" loco hauled service.

@drdoolittle5724 4 ай бұрын

I really appreciate all the effort and input to produce these videos but the camera shake makes it very uncomfortable to watch!

@davidredgewell7415 11 ай бұрын

The Stratford on Avon Honeborne line to Cheltenham need reinstating

@richardgriffiths5920 9 ай бұрын

I agree as the run through that part of the north Gloucestershire Cotswolds is beautiful.

@hamshackleton 11 ай бұрын

Judging by the amount of camera shake, it must be a rough ride in those units!

@Lee_303 11 ай бұрын

The you should try a 196! The clubmans on Chiltern have a far better ride with very comfy seats.

@hamshackleton 11 ай бұрын

@@Lee_303 Maybe - bt the Chiltern line is a long way from me!

@Danceup-dh6kn 11 ай бұрын

I wonder how many people took the train from Kidderminster to London daily

@rolymier8659 9 ай бұрын

May 2023 - The operator has made the data-driven decision to make small reductions in service where appropriate. Chiltern Railways will no longer serve Kidderminster, but there is no reduction in frequency to Birmingham due to service enhancements by West Midlands Trains. There will also be small reductions in off peak services in Buckinghamshire, and between London Marylebone and Aylesbury

@fatwalletboy2 9 ай бұрын

Was it 1.47 where the line crossed the WCML?

@darthdmc 11 ай бұрын

You leave Birmingham upon entering Olton, which belongs to the Borough of Solihull.

@Lee_303 11 ай бұрын

Still baffled at why it needs to go to Kidderminster. You'd think that, with all the new 196's coming in, WMR would run their own services. And then there's the EWR, which will be running WMR's 196's. D'oh!!!

@tram6214 11 ай бұрын

Great driver eye view it ashame that Chiltern Railway's only do one train a day from Kidderminster to London when a few years back they did about 4 to 5 journey's from Kidderminster to London in the morning and 5 on the return Journey in the Evening.

@christopherhulse8385 11 ай бұрын

They don't do any from Kiddy any longer, just 1 from Stourbridge Junction in the morning.

@tram6214 11 ай бұрын

@@christopherhulse8385 I know I just found that out it's ashame really like going from 5 service a day to nothing it's just show how the railway had become like I heard that maybe it's due to that Citren railways withdraweling their class 68 and Mark 3 stock .

@davidredgewell7415 11 ай бұрын

And the interchanges entance at Birmingham snow hill need completing it's a very poor interchanges for Wolverhampton at present

@craigymarsh941 11 ай бұрын

If you get accepted please do a drivers eye view on the jacobite.

@user-oq4oc2vw3h 11 ай бұрын

Добрый день! Привет из России. Класнно снято видео ! Спасибо примерно сколько стоит билет на этот поезд? У вас действительно стоит дорого проезд на поезде в Великобритании!?

@davidredgewell7415 11 ай бұрын

Do not know what the future is with Arrive Group plc chiltern railways by the German state railway later this year

@BigPaul62 11 ай бұрын

Bledlow Ridge is pronounced Bled - low not bleed low! I live in High Wycombe and consider myself lucky to have one of the best lines in the country on my doorstep. It was a big mistake closing the line from HW to Maidenhead - being an old fart I just about remember it!

@Mortimer50145 5 ай бұрын

I *think* my very first train ride, at the age of 3, was on the Maidenhead-Wycombe line. We were living in Maidenhead and my grandparents came down to look after me when my mum was about to give birth to my sister. I can remember Grandpa taking me on a DMU with a forward view through the cab, and the driver spotted me at the inner window. At the next station he invited me into the cab to "help him drive" to the next station. It made my day. It would have either have been on the main line to Twyford or Slough, or else along the Bourne End / Wycombe branch. Even more exciting than getting home to find I had a baby sister ;-)

@AndrewG1989 11 ай бұрын

I’ve heard that Chiltern Railways want like 70 new trains in the next few years. But they should keep the Class 165 and Class 168.

@mrbluesky2050 11 ай бұрын

perhaps they could take on the class 68's and mk5A sets that TPE have made A COMPLETE HASH of using

@darthdmc 11 ай бұрын

Bordesley is pronounced Boards-lee

@davidredgewell7415 11 ай бұрын

The lifts need to be completed at Warwick

@davidharrington9651 10 ай бұрын

Love the video & great commentary, but can you please do less cut-aways (especially ones of level crossings & bridges) as I feel this takes you out of moment.

@harryelliott4310 11 ай бұрын

Children Railway Class 168

@billyshearer117 11 ай бұрын

Chiltern no longer serves Kidderminster

@davidredgewell7415 11 ай бұрын

The line needs modern inter city trains

@johndashwood7671 7 ай бұрын

Good to have the run without the ugly gantries.

@laurenceskinnerton73 11 ай бұрын

Electrify the Chiltern Line!

@Mortimer50145 5 ай бұрын

No, keep it free of unsightly OHLE gantries - especially if they use the really heavy-handed, fugly gantries that they used on the GW Main Line.

@optout130 10 ай бұрын

👁 I see today (09/25/23) that passengers CAN still get from Kidderminster to London Marylebone via Birmingham Moor. Now a 2 or 3 train course instead of just 1 £36.30 [2 hours 50 minutes] ,_,_🚂🚃🚃🚃_,_,_,__