Wales’ Regional Express Trains! Transport for Wales Class 175 Review - The Scenic Welsh Marches!

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  • Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
  • NOTE Not sure why HD wasn't processed for this video - will be something I'll look into for the next upload!
    In this video, we'll be looking at the Welsh workhorse, the Class 175 "Coradia", between Manchester Piccadilly and Newport (South Wales), along the Welsh Marches Line. These trains will be gone within the next year or so on this route, so we take a ride just to show what it is we'll be missing in the near future!
    Journey details:
    Date of recording - April 2022
    Operator - Transport for Wales
    Train - Class 175 "Coradia" DMU
    Origin - Manchester Piccadilly
    Destination - Newport (South Wales)
    Price - £20.40 (incs Railcard discount of 1/3)
    Distance - 176 miles
    Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed the video!
    Music - The Process by LAKEY INSPIRED.
    #Class175 #Coradia #Alstom #TransportForWales #WelshMarches #ManchesterPiccadilly #Newport #England #Wales #TfW #TripReport

КОМЕНТАРІ • 25

  • @welsh_trainspotter
    @welsh_trainspotter Рік тому

    One of my favourite routes for sure! You'll have to join me on a 153 Heart of Wales jaunt sometime!

  • @Seagull81006
    @Seagull81006 2 роки тому +9

    Transport for wales should really put on longer trains for these journeys, 2-3 cars really isnt enough for a journey like this

    • @OMtheRails
      @OMtheRails  2 роки тому +3

      100% agree - I hope when the Mk4s are introduced on some of the Manchester to Swansea diagrams, more can be used in multiple on the Welsh Marches.

  • @berndbarthel6885
    @berndbarthel6885 2 роки тому

    Thank's for the video, I'm going to check out Crewe-Heritage right now!

  • @DIEMLtdTV
    @DIEMLtdTV 2 роки тому

    I’ve never found the Coradias comfortable. Going the Crewe to South Wales journey a few times a year, it’s a long drag, often crowded and people having little space for luggage.
    Lovely journey, cramped and I can’t imagine the 2/3 coach class 197s being an improvement.

  • @grassytramtracks
    @grassytramtracks Рік тому

    I don't think the soap necessarily wasn't there, but you have to press a button on the front, which is a little hidden if you look from above the dispenser

  • @downonthestour
    @downonthestour 2 роки тому +2

    Great Video as usual Midland! Although the best station in the North West has to be Liverpool Lime ST ;)

    • @OMtheRails
      @OMtheRails  2 роки тому +2

      Maybe in the 20th century 😉 And cheers DOTS! 😁

  • @DexterPlayz_Productions
    @DexterPlayz_Productions 6 місяців тому

    Once I got on a 175 to Manchester Piccadilly to go to Old Trafford via Metrolink, it was uncomfortable, the seat cover was tearing apart, the heat was stuck on, it got delayed and no refreshments.

  • @jacobporrett
    @jacobporrett 2 роки тому +2

    Great video mate. 175s are good trains. Don't like Manchester Piccadilly myself.

  • @machendave
    @machendave 2 роки тому

    RTT does have some problems at times, I use Railcam data

  • @dizzydevil547
    @dizzydevil547 2 роки тому

    looks a lot better than the transport for the wales train i got from Newport to Manchester (caught the train to Newport from Bristol) last year to go home for a funeral ..it was a sprinter was an awful journey thank god coming back I was on the cross country service through Birmingham to bristol

    • @OMtheRails
      @OMtheRails  2 роки тому +1

      The 175s are the principal trains used on the route, although Sprinters do find themselves working the route quite regularly as TfW’s stock situation isn’t great at the moment.

  • @liamclarke9527
    @liamclarke9527 2 роки тому +3

    Devastated that you left out my town nantwich as "there wasn't much going on from here" 😭

    • @OMtheRails
      @OMtheRails  2 роки тому

      🤣 Sorry to disappoint, if it makes you feel better there was a 197 on the approach to Nantwich but someone was sitting on the other side so couldn’t get it 😭

  • @joemercedeschannel196
    @joemercedeschannel196 Рік тому

    It's a shame the 197 is replacing these units. These are more better than the 197's to me. They're more comfortable and better and have better reviews than the 197 as well.

  • @tom0044
    @tom0044 2 роки тому

    I see me!! Working at Starbucks In Manchester pic

  • @Rail_Focus
    @Rail_Focus 2 роки тому

    I'll be sad to see the 175s go 😥

  • @bus3s
    @bus3s 2 роки тому

    what app did you use

  • @jaddokproductions2470
    @jaddokproductions2470 2 роки тому

    this is going to sound like a dumb question but do you need a passport and visa to travel between the nations of the UK

    • @alivinghuman1
      @alivinghuman1 Рік тому

      no

    • @grassytramtracks
      @grassytramtracks Рік тому

      No, it's not really different to travelling between different states in the US in that regard

    • @jaddokproductions2470
      @jaddokproductions2470 Рік тому

      @@grassytramtracks thank you. ok im not an American. im worse. Im Australian

  • @dukc9012
    @dukc9012 2 роки тому +2

    what is the phone app you use to display line, speed, and speed limit?

    • @OMtheRails
      @OMtheRails  2 роки тому +2

      The app’s called Speedmeter, not sure if it’s on Google Play but it’s on the app store 👍