Wareham to Swanage Drivers Eye View

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15 жыл бұрын

A driver's Eye View of the Swanage Branch early in 2009. The Swanage Railway are connected to the national network at Motala, although the track needs much upgrading before regular passenger services recommence. In this video you will see the various stages that have to currently be gone through to come of the National Network at Worgret Jct before proceeding down the stub to Motala, the official boundary, then onto Norden where I was on crossing duty protecting the ungated crossing. After getting onto the Swanage Railway proper the journey through to Swanage is straight forward with two 'single line tablet' exchanges at Corfe Castle (where we pass the Swanage Railway class 117 unit) and Harmans Cross before arriving at Swanage where we see M7 30053 waiting to depart with a service train for Norden. With thanks to everyone involved for the filming.

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@davidpoulton2860 5 жыл бұрын

I saw the line derelict in mid 1970s what a achievement re-built from Wareham to Swanage

@corrinecummings3538 5 жыл бұрын

How wonderful. What a stretch of line!

@Rorrytherouter 10 жыл бұрын

I remember going to Swange by train as a youngster. We would get the train from Bailey Gate to Poole and then travel to Swanage. This has brought back some great memories thanks very much.

@neilbolger2679 2 жыл бұрын

Great footage . I've sat many of times overlooking Swanage station at Gala's admiring the old school trundling around and I enjoyed it . This video was great . Totally enjoyable

@philipkersey4892 16 күн бұрын

So glad it’s connected to main line again

@stuartb3663 2 жыл бұрын

Wow i love swanage great holiday place

@peetey249 Ай бұрын

Music done my head in

@michaelhampton9493 8 жыл бұрын

Great vid . Thanks for sharing. Went on the Swanage railway last Sun 30 Aug . Had a great time.

@localdriver 8 жыл бұрын

I remember travelling on this line, being hauled by a steam locomotive, going on our summer holidays, in the1950s.

@billcobbett9259 8 жыл бұрын

Me too, and I remember sitting with my folks outside Corfe Castle on the hill, watching the M7 go past below.

@philclennell 11 жыл бұрын

Lovely video and like others I was wondering what the music was - whiffs of Elgar, Brahms and yes Mendelssohn too. Parry's 3rd symphony is well worth a listen, lay back and think of old England and a requiem to those glorious branch lines of old! And dream of singing the Blest Pair of Sirens again before too long!

@wentonmastermind 12 жыл бұрын

Bless you, saquabote. It was so English - and so well coordinated with the film.

@oggy1953 14 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Vid

@johnhealy8513 6 жыл бұрын

Lovely interesting video but could someone not have cleaned the squashed insect off the window or had it paid to travel!

@georgobrowno5857 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid

@dodgydruid 7 жыл бұрын

Lovely vid, bit saddened not seeing me dad as I always had at Harman's Cross but I think he had retired for the second time by the time this vid was made.

@Cheekylittlemonkey81 7 жыл бұрын

Keith? I think he was still about with a roll up and a cuppa :)

@Cheekylittlemonkey81 15 жыл бұрын

It has been sent away to be professionally refitted with original seating and doors etc. Should be a valuable asset for the evening service outside peak season

@rodbowler2170 11 жыл бұрын

Truly amazing video, thankyou! I just hope the railway get the future funding to progress with thier plans with the connection to Wareham soon. When it happens, (not if) it'll be a fantastic croud puller and make some awesome headlines for the preserved/heritage railway fraternity.

@petercurtis7375 2 жыл бұрын

My girlfriend and I walked the line between Corfe Castle and Swanage in the summer of 1975 which was derelict at that time, hats off to the Swanage Railway for rebuilding the line and now with a direct link to Wareham. Do you think that Network Rail will ever consider the possibility of reinstating the Swanage platform at Wareham?

@Cheekylittlemonkey81 2 жыл бұрын

They refreshed all the signalling to include running trains from Swanage a few years ago. It would have added over £1m extra funding to include a dedicated platform and all the additional trackwork needed. It is unlikely to happen next time the signalling is replaced but would be nice.

@Humaneering 13 жыл бұрын

love all these trane vids all the best RobotRuss

@raysmith114 5 жыл бұрын

Nice, but I would have preferred in real time not accelerated and with the sound of the train rather than the music. The music was very good though.

@jbbumpkin 7 жыл бұрын

How much the first part of this journey from Wareham to Norden has changed since this video was taken! Signalling directly off the main line, all the embankments done, track layout changes at Furzebrook, no more double catch point at Motala and the proper level crossing at Norden Gates! And ....... the passenger service is starting from Wareham next month!!!

@scopex2749 6 жыл бұрын

How wonderful i dreamt of this day in my younger years. I only saw desolation and a few miles of track opened when i was going there every year for holidays. Thanks to flippin Beeching killing our rail industry. Luckily by closing this line he allowed a superb Heritage railway to be built up!!

@pooletrainboy 6 жыл бұрын

it was not Beeching that closed this line

@michaelhearn3052 3 жыл бұрын

@@pooletrainboy Correct. Beeching left office in May 1965. This line closed in Jan 1972 IIRC. It certainly was not mentioned at all in his 1963 report.

@kcphillips1000 Жыл бұрын

Used to have family holiday in Swanage during the 50s and 60s before the closure of the line .In the late 80s I lived there for a few years and often was invited to the workshop to see the Engines being worked on including one that was being built from scratch . I wonder if they ever finished it ?

@Cheekylittlemonkey81 Жыл бұрын

Steam trains run along 6 miles of the line from Swanage to Norden just beyond Corfe Castle. Diesel trains have started running 4 days a week, all the way to Wareham this year, hopefully as part of future developments to a regular service.

@phillwainewright4221 5 жыл бұрын

It might have been nice to include the names of the stations you passed through.

@philhomes233 7 жыл бұрын

Bloody hell, the music is Parry 3 !!!, worth watching just for that.

@michaelgamble296 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I skipped to the comments just to find out! Beautiful Railway and wonderful scenery - especially in the sunshine! Well Done!!

@Cheekylittlemonkey81 12 жыл бұрын

Hi Bruce, will run a trackID and let you know, I have forgotten the name but I think the composer is Mendelson

@gothbabe0491 11 жыл бұрын

Hi, PHil. When will the Swanage Railway be estimated to see regular services to and from Wareham? I've ridden the line several times as a child and I was always thinking to myself "Will the connection to the mainline be re-opened again?" It's one thing I have been hoping for since I was very young. Is it likely to be connected within the next few years? Also, does South West Trains still operate that Class 121 Bubblecar unit? Thank you! Abigail :) x

@johnlunnun9769 Жыл бұрын

Lovely! What was the music used for this video? Is it something by Elgar?

@Cheekylittlemonkey81 Жыл бұрын

I can't remember the track sorry.

@oldandgrey495 3 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/npuUrNubxNa3go0.html Hubert Parry - Symphony No.3 in C-major "The English" (1889)

@brucechanter6194 12 жыл бұрын

Like 674168 I have been waiting for a year to learn what the music is. My Wife thinks it sounds like Elgar. It is so frustrating. Please someone HELP.

@Inkyminkyzizwoz 13 жыл бұрын

I take it that this is speeded up?

@marc21091 5 жыл бұрын

The film shows that the Swanage line was built with double-track-width bridges throughout, presumably because of the Act authorising it. It was never likely to become double track. The Swanage Railway seems to have a number of sidings and works yards along its route. Why so many? The old LSWR-SR-BR(S) did not need them all. They seem to be used to park an excessive number of old railway vehicles of dubious value.

@Cheekylittlemonkey81 5 жыл бұрын

The railway is self contained as far as storage and daily maintenance goes. In BR days it was supplied steam engines from Bournemouth (Swanage shed was an outstation with facilities for only a short/ overnight stay). In later years the diesel units were based and maintained at Eastleigh so there were never major depot facilities on the branch. The only storage was at Swanage and this was quickly turned into a car park, health centre, fire station and latterly the addition of a supermarket. The railway has subsequently cleared out a lot of stock that was never going to be restored or could find a better use elsewhere.

@marc21091 5 жыл бұрын

@@Cheekylittlemonkey81 Many thanks for explaining - yes, of course, the steam locomotives and then the demus were maintained away from the Swanage branch. It is good to hear that some of the surplus stock has been cleared out - independent railways tend to have a lot of vehicles standing in sidings looking tatty and never get used. (Like the typical house where stuff is stored, takes up space, is never used, decays and is finally thrown out.) Removing one of the sidings or 'yards' that the film reveals would surely simplify the line too.... At Corfe Castle, a world heritage location where the railway is part of the attraction to tourists, and one looks down on it from the hills, keeping unused stuff and material to a minimum would be desirable.

@674168 13 жыл бұрын

Can you identify the music please.

@456013matt 14 жыл бұрын

no mate! it was always single track to swanage!

@MiLLwallpaul231258 13 жыл бұрын

did the fly on windscreen have a ticket

@gothbabe0491 12 жыл бұрын

Do you think the connection from Norden to Wareham will be re-opened to active duty? It'd be ideal for passengers to get to Swanage from Wareham, the park and ride could be moved there, and the main line trains could also use the line as well for special services.

@tacoboyshd9485 7 жыл бұрын

Abbie Turner I rally do want it to reopen as on my holidays I get a train to warhem then we have to drive into to swanage better and quicker way to get to swanage

@saquabote 12 жыл бұрын

The music is Parry's Third Symphony "The English"

@phillwainewright4221 7 жыл бұрын

Nice vid ... shame you didn't give the names of the stations it stopped at/passed through.

@jbbumpkin 7 жыл бұрын

On the SR - Norden P & R, Corfe Castle, Harman`s Cross, Herston Halt and Swanage

@justRayEvansopinion 10 жыл бұрын

You can keep the Japanese Bullet Train, I prefer our English version...

@Stubrit 14 жыл бұрын

The Swanage branch was always single track although the LSWR built the bridges between Corfe and Swanage to take two. And the closure had nothing to do with Beeching who did not list the line.

@philipclark1016 7 жыл бұрын

Stubrit a

@michaelhearn3052 3 жыл бұрын

Correct. Beeching left office in May 1965. Line closed in Jan 1972 IIRC. The reason why it was closed by BR, was because it lost its grant from the government as it was an unremunerative line but of a social need.

@alistairkewish651 8 жыл бұрын

I took a brief look at some of the costs of getting reconnected to NR at Worgret Jun. and nearly had a fit.Does a level- crossing really cost half a million?Or is this project pricing itself out of normal existence? Railway preservation enters the lists.Made that much more serious by running diesel units up to Wareham and back. I wonder if the financial returns can justify this financial commitment, even over a ten year 'recovery period'?It makes me wonder how much it costs to travel by bus from Swanage to Wareham ( and beyond)?The mind boggles!Alistair

@billcobbett9259 8 жыл бұрын

Its all made possible by donations from various bodies. Anything that reduces road congestion is worth doing.