I used to live with a railway line backing onto my house. One night I came home about 4am utterly steaming and noticed a load of network rail workers on the line. I ended up making them all hotdogs and tea until the early hours of the morning. Good times 🤪
Andrew Clark it’s a pleasure! I’ve always wanted to work on the railways but I’m too much of a durr. Guess I’ll have to carry on playing with buses instead!
@@williamg209two oh dear. I thought she was nice and very knowledgeable. Seeing her being buffeted by the crowd as she checked tickets, I thought she was nicer than I would have been!
@@jmmt1968 Yes she says that people leave their common sense at home - it would be too much to ask that she left her typical gobby American over the top domineering look at me I'm American aren't we all wonderful attitude at home. But of course without that what would Americans be ???
I love Virgin Train's train managers, never once had a problem with them over at least 500 trips between Preston and Glasgow. They deserve so much more recognition.
Karl Johnson I like him too! Especially when he said everyone is in such a rush. I work in retail and I routinely have to deal with stressed out customers so, friend, I feel ya!!
I have utmost respect for railway workers. They deal with all the BS the public throw at them, and through thick and thin keep the trains and services moving to the best of their ability
It's a different perspective. All the US police have guns, and an assault on the police officer is fairly rare. London at 35000 police officer assaults last year is last year alone!!!
I absolutely identify with the long haired young man... people seem to have lost the ability to use their manners. A simple please and thank you go a long way toward making a working day more pleasant-you feel as though you’ve been both helpful and appreciated. Yet people can’t seem to manage even a smile, a nod or eye contact these days. I like his summation-‘it’s nice to be important, but more important to be nice’.
This series is brilliantly done. I love the poshies who are offended they've let the yobs sit in first class. I wonder what brought the American wedding planner to the UK. The scene where she reminds someone English to use 24h time is quite amusing since we don't use that in the US.
Daniel Pinnock Are our trains"bad"? Depends how you define bad. Some North American railway advocates would be happy to have a system as extensive as the UK's. It's hard to compare though, because we have almost 10X lower population density than the UK. Hardly any European countries are as sparsely populated: so railways don't make as much sense - or at least they didn't - in much of the US because our populations centers are so far apart.. For example, it impressed me when I visited the south coast that trains were running to & from Brighton, to the west & east, all day very frequently. Nowhere in the US are quasi-resort areas (basically) linked by such frequent trains. And in fact very few beach towns have any kind of rail connection. It is changing slowly. Massachusetts has restored a train to Cape Cod for vacationers.
Daniel Pinnock there is not a ton of trains in the USA. Mostly on the East coast.. Amtrak (the us train system) is not bad but not great either.. But the City Trains in Boston (the T), New York (the Metro), And Washington DC are not bad..
Salmagundii...they are not 'poshies'. They are people who have paid a very substantial amount to guarantee the entitlements of being in first class. That is their right and legal position, and British Rail allowing 'yobs', as you call them, to invade that space was entirely wrong. Robert.
A friend of mine failed his Glasgow to Edinbugh train at Falkirk High because the rugby hooligans were destroying it. The police turned up and didn't know what to do. There wasn't enough of them apparently. They said to him, 'If you don't get this train out of here, we will arrest you.' He said 'Go on then.' They had to think about that for a minute, then they set about clearing the train.
People who are inpatient and in a rush, blaming everyone but themselves for delays, should watch programs like this and then they may realize what actually goes in to the day to day running of the network.
@@AndrooUK But they're always unreasonable, expecting everything to work out perfectly or being surprised that it's humans that are behind everything. I think that everyone who complains about delays should work on a Railroad and see how hard it is.
The BBC iPlayer was not playing Episode 4 (West Coast) on my Tablet, so I took a chance and was delighted to find this series uploaded on here - I can watch it under the duvet. :-D
Wonderful series!! Trains are SO much better in the UK than in Canada....The West Coast trains (Virgin Trains) are great! They are comfortable, fast and the schedules are fantastic. I wish Canada had a rail network like the UK. Can't wait for the rest of the episodes in this series!
You're in luck, VIA Rail is getting brand new Siemens Venture transets with European style interiors this year, as well as new Siemens Chargers that are streamlined with the train sets
So, ik this is like 10 years old, but the red levers are home/stopping signals, the yellow ones are distant signals, the black levers are points, the blue levers are point facing interlocks, the red levers with a white band is a block locked lever
Oh yeah, the ones who understand keep quiet. I'm a maritime engineer, I completely understand down time and problems encountered in transportation. The real problem in the UK is we need more capacity, so delays dont cause more knock on effect. They need projects like HS2
We have a saying in America, "If you can't keep up, how can you catch up?" That's all we have in American English, though. The British have the greatest sense of humor in the world! My favorite was a train station employee talking to a teen. He asked, "How old are you, son?" Boy says, "Fourteen." Train man says, reflecting, "I was your age when I was fourteen..."
@@pipeqez911 Indeed, France and Germany has built their High Speed lines way Ahead of time, Since Britain invented the railways, We have become a laughing stock to the rest of the world.
Bastian Mann In Switzerland they run special trains for football matches, that go right to the stadia stations if possible (or if not to the nearest railway station) Keeps the hooligans away from the mainline services and means other people aren't bothered. But doubt that's ever going to happen here in Blighty.
Gamer Deluxe I was returning from a trip to Edinburgh after an incident earlier in the year I got two first class tickets, so we were returning on the day last year of multiple fatalities up at Euston driver change at Preston normal shit but a 2 hour delay! Me fuck yea everyone else, not so happy. I also got to roam the platform for like 20 minutes which was cool ish
The Hunter - Oh yes, because children tell one another they won't get women if they aren't cool enough, with a playlist called "CRINGE" on their accounts. You're a right kick in bollocks with your fake bravado.
Skeleton Toaster Cringe is a real word, nothing wrong with using the word Someone is angry, is this your alt account? From my profile you can tell I am a adult from his you can tell he is a child, I am assuming you're a teenager
Sorry, I don't take burns from a person assuming I was angry for calling him out. REAL adults do NOT need to flaunt off the fact they grew up to others by boasting about their age. I'm an adult. So I will do the polite thing and assist you: why do you call other's children when you have a playlist for cringe videos, the epitome of what white teenage XBOX lovers watch?
Thanks again for the upload, you do a wonderful job. I live in New South Wales in Australia where it's obvious our government doesn't really want to run a railway. NSW is about 3 times the size of GB, however we have a grand total of 22 train services per day - that's it! Usually they're late, because of 'operational issues', and none of them really go anywhere relevant anyway.
I recall when I was a kid going on the Chicago and Northwestern train to the end of the line, Ishpeming...we had to back to the station at Escanaba when we had left a train man at the station, exciting.
Goddammit. All these 'paying customers' thinking they can do whatever the fuck they want and if anything goes wrong it's always your fault. Customer service is a tough job indeed.
Tuppoo94 just saying if you were extremely tired (random example) from a 12 hour flight and you'd been waiting in a crowded hot platform for 3 hours beacuse of a pigeon hitting a train I think someone might have the right to be slightly annoyed
There's no reason to be mad at the station staff just because everything isn't going smoothly. Are the staff members somehow responsible for the train hitting the pigeon? Trust me, it isn't easy for them either, because they know they'll get shat on for no reason.
Totally agree with you mate well said , some people have no idea as to how much hard work goes in rail network to keep us all safe when we all travel on trains, and it really pisses me off when I hear people moaning about the engineers doing sod all even though they work very hard and under massive pressure and the truth of the matter is if there are no engineers, then the train network would stop altogether and it is a shame that people and think about this.
All those who are complaining about British railways must travel to India and consume a healthy commute of daily Mumbai suburban railway. It will change your perspective.
America isn't like that anymore. Many people blame our police for every hangnail in life. And they don't spare words about it, either. Due to all the political correctness, the officers have to put up with it. I wish cops could give the police dogs some practice....
I can sympathise with chris I work as a bus driver and literally 99% of passengers are ignorant and rude and seem to think the bus is automated. It used to really get to me but now I just stay quiet and only speak if I'm spoken to.
I go to football with my dad in London, but it's a shame that people like the drunk people have to put shame upon us because I go too football to enjoy it but always get people like these on the trains!
"Exactly as usual, bloody chaos"... well if you KNEW this would happen, why not go on an earlier train? Why not go the day before and make it a day trip to London, instead of just watching the game and pissing off home and being all drunk on the train making life miserable for everyone because you lost? Also, why are football fans always balding and slightly overweight?
Liverpool Lime Street always was a bit of a hovel and in the AC Electric days (Class 86/2 and 87/0 et al) it was a nightmare to approach with the brake burning downhill incline 'down' from Edge Hill CSD especially with a well loaded WB rake behind! I used to be based on the West Coast Main Line and have many happy memories of being a driver from 1992 to 1997 just before the privatisation in fact. The line has been upgraded and in a number of cases remodelled quite extensively since I was 'on the footplate' and the days of two drivers in the cab on 110 MPH diagrams are over. However 'footex' trains have not changed based on this programme: Always were bloody chaotic as were the extra booked stops made at Wembley Central! :o)
Every day I live the world changes. I’m 76 and it’s nothing like it was 50 years ago. I know it is disruptive, but that is life. Grow up and contribute to the change in a positive way. God Bless us all.
They complain about the delay, but if they didn't do the checks and their was a fault that killed a few of them, and pernamently injured others, their families would be complaining a lot more! Who are these people? They really have nothing serious to worry about in the UK anymore, this is the problem.
you know what i get from this ??? the management should relies just awesome staff they have . And that all the rail staff in these vid's have all mastered the art of stress management .
even with all the delays involved I find rail service in the UK and europe far superior that rail service in the states. I did ride the California Zephyr from Chicago to Emeryville and back to Chicago Problem I find that at one time there were lots of tracks and routes were available but in today's world only some of the larger cities have a train depot ,,so it's getting off the at a nearby city and then many times a bus ride to the destination you want. The ride thru the mountains was spectacular I must say,, Bit slow but very scenic .
I miss virgin trains, yes avanti kept the staff on the ground (and they’re still as wonderful) but the prices have gone up with less of a service. I travel thus line a lot (Stafford to Euston and back) as a wheelchair user and so know a lot of the staff at both stations who help me on and off the train and they’re wonderful but you used to get a first class return for £25-30 and then the month avanti took over that jumped up to close to £100!
To be utterly pedantic it is possible for the time to be minutely different in different parts of the train if the train is travelling East-West or West-East. Although Britain works on the same time zone, the actual time by when the sun rises/ sets is different in different parts of the country, so if the train is travelling West-East and it's a particularly long train there is a possibility of it being 1 o'clock in one part of the train and 1 o'clock and a few seconds in another part.
Guy gets caught with a stolen first class ticket with the true owners details on it. Two witnesses saw him take the ticket. Why wasn't the thief arrested?
FPVtrainee Sometimes the delay to the train and its passengers takes precedence. When I was a passenger conductor it was a judgment call. If it was something like a drunk being especially out of line, and abusive to others, I’d call ahead for police. Sometimes a cop would happen to be at a station, then it was convenient to deal with something like a ticket scam.
@@carlisroy6666 I agree like it use to be where Villa park was a regular semi final venue, having the FA Cup semis at Wembley takes all the fun and excitement and glamour out of reaching Wembley for a cup final, they only started using Wembley because of the massive tragedy the FA and police caused in 1989, before that happened semi finals was never thought of being played at Wembley, so thanks to the fa and Yorkshire police football fans have to pay twice as much as they would at a regional ground to watch an fa cup semi and also because Wembley is in the London area and the fa is also the greedy cunts want to make more money out of us, so yeah I say bring the semis back to the neutral regional grounds where the real atmosphere of an FA cup semi final is and keep that excitement of reaching Wembley and keep the Wembley for the finals only the way it use to be
yea man dont fucking tell us not to fuckign swear . Its the fucking internet we can do whatever we fucking want! (Just a joke, it's what my dad does when I tell him not to curse, he says "Don't you tell me not to fucking curse")
Years ago, I worked for GO Transit, a commuter railway and bus service in Toronto. One afternoon, I was talking to a co-worker who was a ticket agent at Burlington Station. He was on the other side of the glass and he had the microphone and speaker in the window at full blast. I asked him how things were going. He said (again, full volume here), “The trains are all fucked up!” A passenger across the waiting room, wearing a suit, gave me a shocked look. I shrugged my shoulders and hollered over to him, “Well, it’s true!” The guy laughed.
53:30 Anybody want to sign my petition for this guy to work an average night shift on the railway, bet he won't be calling people "lazy fucks" after that!
The American woman talking about cops doesn't seem to grasp that US police have far too much power Yes, I don't like their 'animal mentality' either, but we can never allow a situation where police have too much power
Centrist american cops r assholes crooks liers & so much more I could call them I know cause I'm in america & really hate the states but can't afford to go nowhere else I'd love to move to England if I had my choice but being poor isn't an option for me so I just live here in this hell hole of a country .
She’s not getting into a political discussion she’s just stating a fact maybe she does actually think that the cops in the us have too much power so why are you assuming that
"The way you people can talk to cops is shocking". Err... The way US cops think they can treat people who haven't done anything wrong is shocking. I heard her say 'thanks love' though so she's integrating. She's really sweet actually. Euston, we have a problem :D.
That's a stupid argument and I am so tired of the UK versus US comparison. The fact that US cops are intransigent does not make it right for people in the UK to disrespect the authorities.
I recall our train into Bristol was late by 5 minutes so we hurried to catch the connecting train and it was still there waiting for us :) very nice. btw, our son told us of a guy who wanted to have an elevator reserved just for himself :)))
I was very fortunate to visit London many years ago. Everyone had seats with room to spare on trains or buses. A group of us (U.S. teens) on a bus were going on about no ice in the drinks. No ice anywhere! A British woman in the seat ahead of us turned around and said, "You Americans are MAD about ice!!!" One of my favorite memories! (That, and little boy in Germany on the soccer field who stoutly insisted Germans invented Coca-Cola....) I always wanted to return to England, but I have a feeling it wouldn't be the same.
"Lazy fu**s" would you rather have them work on the tracks and keep you safe, or have your train doing 125 mph and flip over and a broken rail come flying through the floor? Your choice!
Been on the train from london to liverpool on Holiday - Perfectly on time and comfortable, everyone had a seat. It was right after Holiday season in rush hour, was that huge rarity?
I used to watch this series, i come back every year at some point, cant believe how blind people are to engineering works back then. Obviously now everyone should know to keep track.
First and Virgin trains running 1980's British rail trains repainted purple and charging passengers 10x what the price should be. They're lucky that they have such good staff. The railways should never have been privatised.
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I NEVER read the comments to this video, but years later I've done it! Wow! Thanks everyone for love! Matt - (ex) Train Manager! 😁
Nice to see you here! Are you still in a Railway role or are you working outside of the rail world?
true inspiration so you are are you still on the railways
Used to see you a fair bit on the trains between Stafford and Euston. You still working for avanti?
Great you treated that guy how you did. As you say some guys amd gals would have had him hauled off by the BTP several offences. Fair play to you.
we love you xx
I used to live with a railway line backing onto my house.
One night I came home about 4am utterly steaming and noticed a load of network rail workers on the line. I ended up making them all hotdogs and tea until the early hours of the morning. Good times 🤪
Aw, that's so nice and thoughtful of you! x😘
I’m sure they appreciated it.
Andrew Clark it’s a pleasure! I’ve always wanted to work on the railways but I’m too much of a durr. Guess I’ll have to carry on playing with buses instead!
Aww how nice
Sorry to know you miss NZ.
12:12 Lol that train conductor turning up the heat to make em sleep. genius!
lol amen
Simple but apparently very effective
Snacksy that’s brilliant thinking 😂
I used to do the same on coach tours when traveling from Paris to the South of France.
You can tell he’s experienced.
The American lady is a real pro, great customer service skills. The long haired ticketing info guy was really entertaining.
shes horribly cringey thou, id hate to work with her
@@williamg209two ‘horribly cringy’?
@@jmmt1968 yes, everything she says makes me wanna walk away from her
@@williamg209two oh dear. I thought she was nice and very knowledgeable. Seeing her being buffeted by the crowd as she checked tickets, I thought she was nicer than I would have been!
@@jmmt1968 Yes she says that people leave their common sense at home - it would be too much to ask that she left her typical gobby American over the top domineering look at me I'm American aren't we all wonderful attitude at home. But of course without that what would Americans be ???
"bit sarcastic bell ringing there"
Literally bantering with bells cheers signal man
Michael John Dennis :v
I love Virgin Train's train managers, never once had a problem with them over at least 500 trips between Preston and Glasgow. They deserve so much more recognition.
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I absolutely love the fat guy with the long hair in the information desk at Piccadilly! He's a proper guy! Well done lad. You have my appreciation.
Karl Johnson I like him too! Especially when he said everyone is in such a rush. I work in retail and I routinely have to deal with stressed out customers so, friend, I feel ya!!
awww, dont say fay guy, karl. takes away from your really nice expression of him.but i kno u don mean it nastily.
He is not fat 😀😀😀
Agreed, if you edit the comment and then he reads it he might actually feel nice rather than shitty from a backhanded compliment
If you appreciate him , calling him fat , than you a piece of shit of a person :). Humans , heh?
Chris in the information booth is my spirit animal.
"Had enough of the lot of ye'!" xD
I have utmost respect for railway workers. They deal with all the BS the public throw at them, and through thick and thin keep the trains and services moving to the best of their ability
that person in the info desk is great, a smile and a thank you is free and will always get you further than a scowl every time.
I make a point of complimenting the service person. I've been there, and people shouldn't be treated like machines.
Matt is the best train manager ever unlike many train managers
The American lady is a good ambassador for her country, Respect.
Give the woman a promotion. She's amazing
Utter respect
It's a different perspective. All the US police have guns, and an assault on the police officer is fairly rare. London at 35000 police officer assaults last year is last year alone!!!
I absolutely identify with the long haired young man... people seem to have lost the ability to use their manners. A simple please and thank you go a long way toward making a working day more pleasant-you feel as though you’ve been both helpful and appreciated. Yet people can’t seem to manage even a smile, a nod or eye contact these days. I like his summation-‘it’s nice to be important, but more important to be nice’.
Those signal boxes are pretty cool! Old system but it still works!
"How about work at night" well they do every night, unfortunately they don't have enough time at night so shush bud
what a little dickhead he was, people think they are so entitled
53:28 lmao
@@LukeCoulterr I have a strong feeling that he is a private school brat.
Proper toff, couldn't last a night of shoveling wet beds could he 😂
That lad doesn’t obviously have any idea that we track workers work at night while he’s in his bed or in the fucking pub bloody scrot
chris is an absolute star . hero of the day award should go to him , every day !!!
This series is brilliantly done. I love the poshies who are offended they've let the yobs sit in first class. I wonder what brought the American wedding planner to the UK. The scene where she reminds someone English to use 24h time is quite amusing since we don't use that in the US.
are trains bad in the US as bad as they are here in the UK
Daniel Pinnock
Are our trains"bad"? Depends how you define bad. Some North American railway advocates would be happy to have a system as extensive as the UK's. It's hard to compare though, because we have almost 10X lower population density than the UK. Hardly any European countries are as sparsely populated: so railways don't make as much sense - or at least they didn't - in much of the US because our populations centers are so far apart..
For example, it impressed me when I visited the south coast that trains were running to & from Brighton, to the west & east, all day very frequently. Nowhere in the US are quasi-resort areas (basically) linked by such frequent trains. And in fact very few beach towns have any kind of rail connection. It is changing slowly. Massachusetts has restored a train to Cape Cod for vacationers.
Daniel Pinnock there is not a ton of trains in the USA. Mostly on the East coast.. Amtrak (the us train system) is not bad but not great either.. But the City Trains in Boston (the T), New York (the Metro), And Washington DC are not bad..
Salmagundii...they are not 'poshies'. They are people who have paid a very substantial amount to guarantee the entitlements of being in first class. That is their right and legal position, and British Rail allowing 'yobs', as you call them, to invade that space was entirely wrong. Robert.
It's very rare for someone in the UK not to know 24 hour clock. Mainly because of busses and trains.
I've been inducted on the improvement work for the West Coast Mainline. There is a lot going on. Good guys working on it.
Turning the heat up : Fantastic ! :-)))
Right? Brilliant really. He should have the ability to dim the lights too as he says.
19:22 that train manager is best
A friend of mine failed his Glasgow to Edinbugh train at Falkirk High because the rugby hooligans were destroying it. The police turned up and didn't know what to do. There wasn't enough of them apparently. They said to him, 'If you don't get this train out of here, we will arrest you.' He said 'Go on then.' They had to think about that for a minute, then they set about clearing the train.
British police are too lenient when it comes to this
People who are inpatient and in a rush, blaming everyone but themselves for delays, should watch programs like this and then they may realize what actually goes in to the day to day running of the network.
What's your point? That we should blame an ethereal force for delays?
Demanding excellence is not a bad thing.
They should take a vote: Everyone who wants to wait until the tracks are connected back together, raise your hand.
@@AndrooUK But they're always unreasonable, expecting everything to work out perfectly or being surprised that it's humans that are behind everything. I think that everyone who complains about delays should work on a Railroad and see how hard it is.
The driver at 1:05 is the best, "To infinity, and beyond!"
ROFL!
That's the spirit mate!
What a fantastic documentary. Loved it
The BBC iPlayer was not playing Episode 4 (West Coast) on my Tablet, so I took a chance and was delighted to find this series uploaded on here - I can watch it under the duvet. :-D
Wonderful series!! Trains are SO much better in the UK than in Canada....The West Coast trains (Virgin Trains) are great! They are comfortable, fast and the schedules are fantastic. I wish Canada had a rail network like the UK. Can't wait for the rest of the episodes in this series!
You're in luck, VIA Rail is getting brand new Siemens Venture transets with European style interiors this year, as well as new Siemens Chargers that are streamlined with the train sets
I understand but the UK population love to complain about them
I find it hilarious when people run for trains, get on board then I tell them that the train ain't leaving for 20 minutes lol.
22:51 I've often wondered about the colours on the different levers in 'boxes and this is really informative :)
So, ik this is like 10 years old, but the red levers are home/stopping signals, the yellow ones are distant signals, the black levers are points, the blue levers are point facing interlocks, the red levers with a white band is a block locked lever
Oh yeah, the ones who understand keep quiet. I'm a maritime engineer, I completely understand down time and problems encountered in transportation. The real problem in the UK is we need more capacity, so delays dont cause more knock on effect. They need projects like HS2
We have a saying in America, "If you can't keep up, how can you catch up?" That's all we have in American English, though. The British have the greatest sense of humor in the world! My favorite was a train station employee talking to a teen. He asked, "How old are you, son?" Boy says, "Fourteen." Train man says, reflecting, "I was your age when I was fourteen..."
HS2 gets an awful lotta stick, its going to make a monumental difference when phase 1 is done.
@@pipeqez911 Indeed, France and Germany has built their High Speed lines way Ahead of time, Since Britain invented the railways, We have become a laughing stock to the rest of the world.
I hate it when people complain about someone doing their work or they get mad for something workers can’t control.
Guy in the info office is hilarious 😂 would love to go for a beer with him
12:15 That drivers great! A simple, passive yet very effective way of sending the drunks off to sleep.
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I really cannot understand why those drunk football fans are allowed to travel 1st class. That's like giving rewards for their missbehaving.
Bastian Mann In Switzerland they run special trains for football matches, that go right to the stadia stations if possible (or if not to the nearest railway station) Keeps the hooligans away from the mainline services and means other people aren't bothered. But doubt that's ever going to happen here in Blighty.
In germany they do the same. Those football fans are destroying most of "their" trains, costing the taxpayer a few million euros each year.
jeanpauljh It used to in the British Rail days.
+Bastian Mann They did it so the rest of the train wont be that overcrowded. Its common sense. They are not getting rewarded.
+Deadbeatloser22 east coast does it non-stop to for example Newcastle and will say football fans
40:15 "I feel sorry for people who have delays!" Me I love delays! I get to stay on the train for longer!
Gamer Deluxe I was returning from a trip to Edinburgh after an incident earlier in the year I got two first class tickets, so we were returning on the day last year of multiple fatalities up at Euston driver change at Preston normal shit but a 2 hour delay! Me fuck yea everyone else, not so happy. I also got to roam the platform for like 20 minutes which was cool ish
Baa! you're not fucking any girls from Essex on a train
Especially with that profile picture and your Minecraft playlists saved
Obviously a child
The Hunter - Oh yes, because children tell one another they won't get women if they aren't cool enough, with a playlist called "CRINGE" on their accounts. You're a right kick in bollocks with your fake bravado.
Skeleton Toaster Cringe is a real word, nothing wrong with using the word
Someone is angry, is this your alt account? From my profile you can tell I am a adult from his you can tell he is a child, I am assuming you're a teenager
Sorry, I don't take burns from a person assuming I was angry for calling him out. REAL adults do NOT need to flaunt off the fact they grew up to others by boasting about their age. I'm an adult. So I will do the polite thing and assist you: why do you call other's children when you have a playlist for cringe videos, the epitome of what white teenage XBOX lovers watch?
19:31 "sorry to disturb you" think the passing 390s tones did a good job at that 😂
That Cumbrian signal box guy has the best job
Thanks again for the upload, you do a wonderful job. I live in New South Wales in Australia where it's obvious our government doesn't really want to run a railway. NSW is about 3 times the size of GB, however we have a grand total of 22 train services per day - that's it! Usually they're late, because of 'operational issues', and none of them really go anywhere relevant anyway.
I recall when I was a kid going on the Chicago and Northwestern train to the end of the line, Ishpeming...we had to back to the station at Escanaba when we had left a train man at the station, exciting.
Goddammit. All these 'paying customers' thinking they can do whatever the fuck they want and if anything goes wrong it's always your fault. Customer service is a tough job indeed.
Tuppoo94 don't swear
My daughters use the internet too. It's not nice.
Maybe your daughters shouldn't use the internet then. Or maybe they should. They'll be exposed to the real world sooner or later.
Tuppoo94 just saying if you were extremely tired (random example) from a 12 hour flight and you'd been waiting in a crowded hot platform for 3 hours beacuse of a pigeon hitting a train I think someone might have the right to be slightly annoyed
There's no reason to be mad at the station staff just because everything isn't going smoothly. Are the staff members somehow responsible for the train hitting the pigeon? Trust me, it isn't easy for them either, because they know they'll get shat on for no reason.
I love London! Wish I could go back!
Totally agree with you mate well said , some people have no idea as to how much hard work goes in rail network to keep us all safe when we all travel on trains, and it really pisses me off when I hear people moaning about the engineers doing sod all even though they work very hard and under massive pressure and the truth of the matter is if there are no engineers, then the train network would stop altogether and it is a shame that people and think about this.
I’m literallly obsessed with their accents
Can you understand them???? (My cat and I are learning to speak British, Scottish, and Whateverish). My cat now says, "Where's me food, mate?"
All those who are complaining about British railways must travel to India and consume a healthy commute of daily Mumbai suburban railway. It will change your perspective.
Sitting on top of the carriage?
is that inside or outside the train
also why do you let people hang off the train and sit ontop?
@@Sarge92 it's illegal in India
Or try a commute service in the US, where most cities dont have them.
Very true. We really need perspective.
She's so right about the vibe. Can go from happy to angry in a moment. ...the conductor who increased the heat was brilliant!
Why do football supporters have to be so loud and arrogant??
They think they are the only passengers there! Not all of us like football.
I couldn't agree more. It's frightening for passengers especially Seniors and Young ones.
anyone can behave like that when there drunk. I know it's bad but deal with it
Jesus christ lighten up
Centrist Philosopher it's not just football fans there's rugby fans who are worse and normal people do it with their mates
Cause they're British and arrogance comes with the territory.
Gotta love the British public that aren't rail fans... They don't fucking care if they aren't getting home...
JD the Trainspotter I agree but don't swear
Does it really matter if I swear?
Yes!
The lady at 11:05 says it all! You guys in the UK are damn lucky to be able to speak back against the police there!
America isn't like that anymore. Many people blame our police for every hangnail in life. And they don't spare words about it, either. Due to all the political correctness, the officers have to put up with it. I wish cops could give the police dogs some practice....
From Wisconsin, I love these British trains c: I've traveled over many times and the trains are my favorite part of the journey :3
The American lady was so polite I actually thought she was Canadian 🇨🇦
Shocking right? We do manage to produce nice people here.😉
I can sympathise with chris I work as a bus driver and literally 99% of passengers are ignorant and rude and seem to think the bus is automated. It used to really get to me but now I just stay quiet and only speak if I'm spoken to.
I go to football with my dad in London, but it's a shame that people like the drunk people have to put shame upon us because I go too football to enjoy it but always get people like these on the trains!
Drunks are annoying no matter if they're happy drunk or mean drunk, they are still annoying assholes.
"Exactly as usual, bloody chaos"... well if you KNEW this would happen, why not go on an earlier train? Why not go the day before and make it a day trip to London, instead of just watching the game and pissing off home and being all drunk on the train making life miserable for everyone because you lost?
Also, why are football fans always balding and slightly overweight?
Scy don't swear
Tobsie 7 shut up he can do what he wants
Well, why go at all, then?
Why not leave rail in peace until, some day in the distant future, they'll be fit for service again?
Tobsie 7 UK do you understand the term freedom of speech he can say whatever he wants
Very good point.... That was a bit of a stupid move by him.
1:06 Every time i see that guy, i can only think of Jony Ive (Apple's main industrial designer) driving a west coast main train :D
Liverpool Lime Street always was a bit of a hovel and in the AC Electric days (Class 86/2 and 87/0 et al) it was a nightmare to approach with the brake burning downhill incline 'down' from Edge Hill CSD especially with a well loaded WB rake behind! I used to be based on the West Coast Main Line and have many happy memories of being a driver from 1992 to 1997 just before the privatisation in fact. The line has been upgraded and in a number of cases remodelled quite extensively since I was 'on the footplate' and the days of two drivers in the cab on 110 MPH diagrams are over. However 'footex' trains have not changed based on this programme: Always were bloody chaotic as were the extra booked stops made at Wembley Central! :o)
i like Chris at manchester seems a decent guy who is a perfect asset to the railway
Every day I live the world changes. I’m 76 and it’s nothing like it was 50 years ago. I know it is disruptive, but that is life. Grow up and contribute to the change in a positive way. God Bless us all.
They complain about the delay, but if they didn't do the checks and their was a fault that killed a few of them, and pernamently injured others, their families would be complaining a lot more! Who are these people? They really have nothing serious to worry about in the UK anymore, this is the problem.
Absolutely, the American lady is so calm and respectful. As you say George Waite a great ambassador for her country 🇺🇲 😀
Wow! Only trains to Blackpool. I've travelled one eight of British rail routes
Rip London Midland
East Midlands Trainspotting Hub press F to respect
East Midlands Train. spotting Hub
like anything will change but the stickers
Yep I am with you on this one! Respect :o)
Let the good times roll...
you know what i get from this ??? the management should relies just awesome staff they have . And that all the rail staff in these vid's have all mastered the art of stress management .
I wish Germany had a rail system that was as customer oriented and high quality as the British one.
4:55 I could have sworn chris was a girl, till I heard him speak :)
even with all the delays involved I find rail service in the UK and europe far superior that rail service in the states. I did ride the California Zephyr from Chicago to Emeryville and back to Chicago
Problem I find that at one time there were lots of tracks and routes were available but in today's world only some of the larger cities have a train depot ,,so it's getting off the at a nearby city and then many times a bus ride to the destination you want.
The ride thru the mountains was spectacular I must say,, Bit slow but very scenic .
And I thought the trains over here in germany were packed, at times!
I'm almost thankful that the prices for trains are the same all day round.
The guy working the train booth is very knowledgeable of his job and very in control. He was glad when it was time to close tho, lol
I miss virgin trains, yes avanti kept the staff on the ground (and they’re still as wonderful) but the prices have gone up with less of a service. I travel thus line a lot (Stafford to Euston and back) as a wheelchair user and so know a lot of the staff at both stations who help me on and off the train and they’re wonderful but you used to get a first class return for £25-30 and then the month avanti took over that jumped up to close to £100!
The guy in the information desk just reminds me of a Peter Kay character, legend!
18:45 it's 1 o'clock in first class... What time is in standard? 1 o'clock and 5 seconds??? XD
Let's talk Transport as soon as It said it on my screen I saw this comment 😂
To be utterly pedantic it is possible for the time to be minutely different in different parts of the train if the train is travelling East-West or West-East. Although Britain works on the same time zone, the actual time by when the sun rises/ sets is different in different parts of the country, so if the train is travelling West-East and it's a particularly long train there is a possibility of it being 1 o'clock in one part of the train and 1 o'clock and a few seconds in another part.
To the signaller at Blea Moor - I hope you're there for a long time yet. I can't think of a job that would suit me more either.
Guy gets caught with a stolen first class ticket with the true owners details on it. Two witnesses saw him take the ticket. Why wasn't the thief arrested?
FPVtrainee Sometimes the delay to the train and its passengers takes precedence. When I was a passenger conductor it was a judgment call. If it was something like a drunk being especially out of line, and abusive to others, I’d call ahead for police. Sometimes a cop would happen to be at a station, then it was convenient to deal with something like a ticket scam.
Thx for uploading!
I spotted David Cameron in the intro bit. Made me very nearly through my laptop across the room
Excellent documentary........loved the lady who is the double for Elaine Bennis from Seinfeld...!
The woman in Seinfeld is hot...and less annoying.
23:44 'sarcastic bell ringing'
Well, let's hope HS2 will help with the congestion once it's built. I for one hope HS2 becomes a reality.
Liverpool playing Everton at Wembly. That really makes sense, doesn't it?
Stephen Furley fa cup semi final
Fa cup final
Semi finals should be regional again.
@@tosborn0499it was an FA cup semi final not final
@@carlisroy6666 I agree like it use to be where Villa park was a regular semi final venue, having the FA Cup semis at Wembley takes all the fun and excitement and glamour out of reaching Wembley for a cup final, they only started using Wembley because of the massive tragedy the FA and police caused in 1989, before that happened semi finals was never thought of being played at Wembley, so thanks to the fa and Yorkshire police football fans have to pay twice as much as they would at a regional ground to watch an fa cup semi and also because Wembley is in the London area and the fa is also the greedy cunts want to make more money out of us, so yeah I say bring the semis back to the neutral regional grounds where the real atmosphere of an FA cup semi final is and keep that excitement of reaching Wembley and keep the Wembley for the finals only the way it use to be
Them saying "He manages the 4 trains an hour" To a canadian, that's REALLY GOOD!
"Right, fuck it!"
- The dude that drives the train.
The American Railfan don't swear
***** It's the Internet. I'll do what I fucking want.
No!
Tobsie 7 you clearly haven't met many of us yet then...
yea man dont fucking tell us not to fuckign swear . Its the fucking internet we can do whatever we fucking want! (Just a joke, it's what my dad does when I tell him not to curse, he says "Don't you tell me not to fucking curse")
Years ago, I worked for GO Transit, a commuter railway and bus service in Toronto. One afternoon, I was talking to a co-worker who was a ticket agent at Burlington Station. He was on the other side of the glass and he had the microphone and speaker in the window at full blast.
I asked him how things were going. He said (again, full volume here), “The trains are all fucked up!”
A passenger across the waiting room, wearing a suit, gave me a shocked look.
I shrugged my shoulders and hollered over to him, “Well, it’s true!”
The guy laughed.
Grant Mitchell (eastenders) sat on the left at 20:28
Oh my God it is as well!
that info guy is a legend great job !!
The guy who worked in the ticket booth has strong James May vibes
53:30 Anybody want to sign my petition for this guy to work an average night shift on the railway, bet he won't be calling people "lazy fucks" after that!
The American woman talking about cops doesn't seem to grasp that US police have far too much power
Yes, I don't like their 'animal mentality' either, but we can never allow a situation where police have too much power
though with yobs, I have little sympathy.
Centrist american cops r assholes crooks liers & so much more I could call them I know cause I'm in america & really hate the states but can't afford to go nowhere else I'd love to move to England if I had my choice but being poor isn't an option for me so I just live here in this hell hole of a country .
Centrist Philosopher Well said
She’s not getting into a political discussion she’s just stating a fact maybe she does actually think that the cops in the us have too much power so why are you assuming that
Don't be an asshole and you won't get cuffed & stuffed. Pretty simple.
For me, its usually never busy between Preston and Lancaster, I always get a seat on the 7:53am arrival at Preston and the 3:39pm arrival at Lancaster
"The way you people can talk to cops is shocking".
Err...
The way US cops think they can treat people who haven't done anything wrong is shocking.
I heard her say 'thanks love' though so she's integrating. She's really sweet actually.
Euston, we have a problem :D.
That's a stupid argument and I am so tired of the UK versus US comparison. The fact that US cops are intransigent does not make it right for people in the UK to disrespect the authorities.
I recall our train into Bristol was late by 5 minutes so we hurried to catch the connecting train and it was still there waiting for us :) very nice. btw, our son told us of a guy who wanted to have an elevator reserved just for himself :)))
Every time I watch these videos it just makes me happy to live in the US and have my car.
Makes us happy too.
I was very fortunate to visit London many years ago. Everyone had seats with room to spare on trains or buses. A group of us (U.S. teens) on a bus were going on about no ice in the drinks. No ice anywhere! A British woman in the seat ahead of us turned around and said, "You Americans are MAD about ice!!!" One of my favorite memories! (That, and little boy in Germany on the soccer field who stoutly insisted Germans invented Coca-Cola....) I always wanted to return to England, but I have a feeling it wouldn't be the same.
im glad i found this series.
“little stinker” hahaha
An excellent series, thanks.😃👌👏👏👏👏
"Lazy fu**s" would you rather have them work on the tracks and keep you safe, or have your train doing 125 mph and flip over and a broken rail come flying through the floor? Your choice!
7:52
The bobby yelling oi is so British
My colleague killed a lama. Luckily I'm not Buddhist. (The Dalai Lama?)
Person in the intro: Surely it is illegal to be packed in like this.
Me: Try using the London Underground during the peak of rush hour
Been on the train from london to liverpool on Holiday - Perfectly on time and comfortable, everyone had a seat. It was right after Holiday season in rush hour, was that huge rarity?
I used to watch this series, i come back every year at some point, cant believe how blind people are to engineering works back then. Obviously now everyone should know to keep track.
First and Virgin trains running 1980's British rail trains repainted purple and charging passengers 10x what the price should be. They're lucky that they have such good staff. The railways should never have been privatised.
Manners... I tend to remain quiet, but I do give a thumbs up to the person helping me...