It was either this song or Megalovania. Also it was fun rewatching that video to find the easiest bit to censor lol. Hopefully this'll teach some of you to behave. Oh who am I kidding. Anyway, you know the drill. A millets suit, a greggs gift voucher and a Northern Rail penalty fare ticket for whomever guess the stations filmed at.

if i recal correctly this is the first time diesel and electric trains were reviewed together not including the IETs as they are bi-modal

speed hacking power enabled

quick opinion on 197 : you will not get a seat on your train and you will curse tfw for not buying bigger trains for it's busiest routes

Haha loved this. Have to admit though, I don't find the ironing boards as insufferable as most. I greatly prefer them in these to whats in the 156s as their seats are annoyingly low to the ground and, as a tall person - I'd rather have a higher up seat with higher up armrests that happens to be very firm than sitting low down to the floor with my arms not being able to find a comfortable spot on a well cushioned (ish) seat. As a northerner, my expectations on rolling stock are clearly very low - all I want is air conditioning and well quiet (on the inside) trains on my miserable sprinter-dominated local line😭

I was waiting a long time for this one... Keep up the great work!

Having to ride the spanish plastic several times i always question why i still do this all the time

Another episode in your fantastic series of Railway Review videos 🤣🤣👍👍👍

Another quality upload my good sir.

Finally another railway review!

Not been on a 195/331 unfortunately (despite having been to the north, I have only been on a Virgin Pendolino, LNER Azuma, TPE Nova 1, Manchester Metrolink and Tyne & Wear Metro up there lol). The closest to a 195 I've been on is the class 196 at WMR sometime back in September 2023. I thought they were alright tbh - certainly the seats weren't too much of an ironing board. My favourite thing about the 196s (which is true of the 195 too) was the bus like sound on acceleration, due to the ZF Ecolife gearbox. That said, strangely there are no 195s up in Geordieland (where I went last summer - best place in the UK but that's a topic for another discussion). Northern only seem to use 156s and 158s up there...

Great video! I think it would've been good to also rant about the 331 East/West swap as all units didn't arrive in the right places in time for the timetable change thanks to the units and the Class 37 locos!

Deffo a very accurate review of them to be fair. I like them a lot, but mostly because a lot of my journeys would have been 142s before these, and they run alongside the horrible 150s most of the time too. However, a 323 will always be better to me, and the 319s are sadly dying as they too were better for me than these.

Don't forget Northern are still due their 450 new trains to replace the Sprinters.

That look cool

Wake up everyone, maverick hunter daniel posted

Cant Avoid Fractures Quality 1.95/10

Oh no He’s back Time to lose 10 minutes rolling on the floor laughing

I want Greggs now, thanks Daniel lmao

the norf can never not suffer

4:38 I didn't expected to see my local station in the video, as well as my favorite train (French here btw)

as a northerner, this wasnt even bias lol. its facts

I've travelled on the 331s between Manchester and crewe and I don't mind the seats they aren't the best but I find them comfortable better than the 323s but can be improved

Lol, 331 defo a speedhacker, 195 looks like a bus but its more like a train tho Also we have trains from CAF called the LRTA 13000 class, which it has a door sounds (stolen from the 195/331), but it been slapped with Japanese traction, but it doesn't mean it has no problem (the door sounds are starting to die, interlock lights still lits when doors closed but fixes itself and there was a waterleak issue which its been fixed)

6:41 they're the same seats we poor Thameslink users have to suffer on our Class 700s, what else did you expect 😂

The real question is what is your thoughts on the Engine/Motor sound of these?

I feel like the coaches on the 195 is similar to the 197 (ik they are from the same family

real quick, what text to speach do u use

Can you do railway review to mars bars

You should make a railway review for the Class 745/755!

the 331 acceleration is so fast to the point i once fell over leaving Buckshaw Parkway

Bulit by the same people who bulit the Midland Metro trams which totally haven’t been withdrawn several times due to cracks

Hi umm were you at Brent Cross west on thameslink on the opening day

Oh yeah quick not that on rare occasions class 331/1s will occasionally run intercity from Liverpool to Blackpool North because lol

What is all that lower bodyside curvature for? It cuts into the space at floor level. How big is the gap at concave platforms?

part of the governments plan to drive passengers to coach services which are much more comfotable

RAilwAy ReviEW tO thE cLasS 73

What do you think of the class 156

Whoo

Only been on a 331 between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport Yeah, miserable is definitely the best way to describe them, because it broke at Manchester Airport, and I ended up on a 197 back to Piccadilly 😂

8:20 what overhead live wires

What about the 397?

If the ckass 331 got better suspension it would be perfect

Bro is using speed hacks 💀

158

Ok but when the mark 5a

You should use megalovania for a video at some point or big shot

also Wales deserved better trains than the class 197 given how long the Manchester to south Wales routes are and the quality of the class 158 and 175 which the 197s replaced

Can u do a 165/166 review

Northern Ireland does not need money for the railway

As someone who's local to both of these (And we're even getting the Leeds units to replace 319s, oh no), I personally have very mixed feelings on these. The 195s are at least better then the 3+2 150s we otherwise get on our services, but they're also a far cry comfort wise from the 185s/156s/158s that also run this line - But even still, They've since added slightly more padding to the seats on the 195s in particular, which combined with the fact the cushions have been worn in quite a lot, It makes them a lot more bareable. I think I like the 195s, but not entirely sure on the 331s.

These are really quite awful trains - I use the 196s and 197s regularly and, whilst they're better than the 195s, they've taken journeys I used to savour and turned them into ones that make me relieved to get off the train. Oh, the Electoral Commission shows that CAF have donated £175,000 to the Conservative Party over the past 6 years, and have subsequently won contracts that the Government has some control over (i.e., every contract these days!). Whilst the first of their donations (£50,000 in 2018) was made after the Civities were ordered, this nonetheless stinks so much I'm not sure I can trust that the 195s/331s were ordered purely to be the best trains for their passengers.

I’m back to say.. Class 139 next…

As a northerner, the 195s were a welcome replacement for the pacers. However, I agree that they are still FUCKING MISERABLE to travel on. One example in my case are, on a trip to Nottingham from Sheffield, two of the units both had their toilets out of order. But that's not the only problem, another one is that the ride quality is godawful, not as bad as a pacer, but these are the complete opposite, the pacers bounced and threw you around the train, the 195s (And I presume this is the same for the 331s) are such a harsh and crashy ride it feels like the pacers that were scrapped are haunting the 195s. The ironing board seats make me want to jump through the window that is not lined up with the seat (For fucks sake, is it really that difficult?) the trains are step entrance which means if you're a shortarse or have issues with steps or you're in a wheelchair, good fucking luck because the fact that a train built in 2019 has to have a separate ramp for wheelchair access is just ridiculous. The vestibules aren't separated from the saloon which annoys me, yes I get these are commuter trains but come on, it's just nicer imo.

first video ive seen by you. i dont get it, you start with your voice then use some crappy text to speech kinda sad

Don't do the 150/153 you will regret it, absolute awful ride quality!