Great drone footage. Very wide yellow bands have been painted on the platforms which emphasize the narrowness of the platform at Lake. It is questionable whether all this yellow is really necessary since no HSTs will be going past! Thanks for uploading!
In this case, the yellow line is to aid the visually impaired (hence it being "bobbled"), rather than warn passenger to keep away from the platform edge.
Great video. Hoping to find the time to look at the work this week. Just need network rail to continue to Ventnor and reinstate the missing pieces of the line to Newport now ;-)
Thank you for your comment and I’m glad you like my video, yes that definitely would be great especially Newport! Hope you managed to get down to see the work!
I'd love to see the line reopened to Ventnor, there's a few obstacles present at the moment though. At 1:39, you can see that the trackbed of the old line beyond Shanklin buffer stops is now a tarmac roadway giving access to property (this wasn't the case as late as 1992) which would have to be reversed. Also, I think there are obstructions in the Wroxall area now, and the tunnel immediately prior to the old Ventnor station site is now a bat sanctuary. Ventnor Station itself is now a small industrial estate. It's not impossible, but all this and possibly more would have to be removed or revised.
Excellent work!! Thanks for loading. I noticed the Class 483 (1938 Stock) units still in situ at Ryde St. Johns....with 4 out of the 5 "new" 484 units still on the mainland at present, I presume that the same low-loader lorries that eventually bring them over will take 006 and 008 back with them...?? Brading's looking more like how it should be...I believe the double track extended to Sandown before the loop was taken out in 1989, now it just runs through the platform areas, at least the 20/40 minute frequency can be done away with now!! And at Ryde Esplanade, I noticed they've severed the track through the disused platform now at the southern end, I take it both tunnels are still being used?? Thanks once again!! Ian
The ones that are getting scrapped have left the island and 006 and 008 will be preserved on the mainland 007 (with the very white roof!) will be preserved at the IOW steam railway but it had a overhaul finished just before the line shut which was a bit odd The new train has only been from St Johns to Sandown
@@edward6206 Yes, 007, fresh from overhaul (which I think was part funded by the Steam Railway) stood in for 008 in early December after 008 failed. This was fortunate, as 006 would have had to soldier on alone to the end otherwise. They still only ran one train an hour though, and there were some days when the service was suspended, as 006 wasn't infallible either! That just leaves the fate of 004...!!
Really enjoyable video thanks. I noticed there was nothing from Smallbrook is anything happening there? Now would have been an ideal time to reconnect the IOWSR to the Island Line potentially allowing steam trains to access Ryde SJR. I also think more should have been done to explore the potential to extend the steam railway into Newport. I’m sure there is demand for a commuter service on that route that could co exist with the steam service using battery electric or low emission diesel units.
Thank you for your comment, glad you like the video! Yes it was a struggle to get out to smallbrook but I plan to try get there soon to get some shots, I don’t believe much has been done! There was a idea at one point but I believe this has now been changed.
Some really cool footage here! I have a feeling this might not be the last time we see upgrade works on this sort of scale on the Isle of Wight, since there's been an Ideas Fund set aside by the government to look into a potential extension of the line south towards Ventnor and west to Newport - though it'll be a long endeavour and the lines probably wouldn't be able to follow the original track in places, due to widespread building on the route, it'd be really cool to see more areas of the island connected by rail. Looks like even the stations are being given a much-deserved refurb after thirty years of being exposed to the sun and salty air! I'm really looking forward to visiting again when it's all set up and the situation with the pandemic is a bit better - my family own a house in Lake and we often go there in the summer, so I've ridden on the Island Line quite a bit.
See they have cut the "spur siding" at Ryde Esplanade that used to be the double track into Ryde Pier. Looking forward to seeing the new trains although I hear they have software issues with reading trackside equipment.
Great video - especially for railway modellers! Marvellous that Brading passing loop has been reinstated - that should greatly increase lins capacity. Will the down loop at Ryde St John's also open I wonder - platform has safety stripes for both faces. Thanks for sharing this super video!!!
I had read something previously about platform 3 at Brading being reinstated with track and there being a preserved 483 unit stabled there and used as a cafe/refreshment room. Then I heard that the local council had blocked it once they realised that they would be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of it. Do you know if this is still the case?
That would mean cutting a swathe through Lower Hyde Holiday Park, but then looking at some of the holidaymakers, I dont think that would be such a terrible thing !
It's nice that the line is being modernised, but I can't help thinking that (again) it's being done on the cheap; with no future proofing built in. Would it not, for instance, have been better to reinstate the Sandown loop all the way to Brading - as it was prior to NSE's 1980s line modernisation? Would DfT have not been better off using the second platform at Esplanade and the second line on the pier, to add capacity at the north end; routing that line at Pier Head into the working platform. I believe that there were crossovers at Pier Head, prior to electrification in the mid-60s. Plus, is 5 trains going to be enough to cope with crowds during the Summer season? Like I said, all of it gives a bit of an air of being done as cheaply as possible; with little regard to any possible growth or issues, down the road.
Its cost a lot, but much old remains from railway lines cut shorter, to platforms that just have bit put on top of them to old signals, unlike Okehampton route which has new rail and sleepers
This was an impressive and iconic railway.. Glad to see they have sort of kept their old rolling stock... It is such a shame that they had been left to rot and ruin. Has there been any work done on that tunnel.
Great to see these upgrades being carried out, it really feels like a modern railway now! The only thing that keeps bothering me, is the footbridge at Brading. With the second platform being brought back into use, will it become the main way to cross over? Last I heard, it can only support a few people at a time. In any case, even if they are keeping it, it still doesn't provide step-free access to the other platform, which would seem like a downgrade, as the current (or old) arrangement provided full step free access, and I find it hard to believe, in this day and age, that a substantial upgrade of a station like Brading wouldn't include step-free access.
@@aaronthomas1826 ah that's good to know, will that be kept in place after the upgrade works have been carried out, and is it acceptable for disabled access, after all, the little wheels can get caught between the rails at many crossings. I suppose supervised crossing will be needed but it's not ideal. What I still don't understand is it the bridge is being refurbished (I assume it is) because last I heard it has been locked out of use as it is not strong enough to carry more than a few people at a time. It'll be interesting to see what they end up doing but I'm sure they've worked it all out somehow!
Great Video. Any chance of another " drone fly past" to show progress since this video? A lot of work has been going on, especially at Brading, with a new (temporary?) footbridge. The wide "yellow" strips on the platforms include the tactile surfacing for the visually impaired, but do emphasis the narrowness of some platforms. The platform overlays to raise the height are only long enough for a pair of 484s. The line can't be extended south of Shanklin, as most of the formation and the station sites at Wroxall and Ventnor have been lost. There is a new(ish) road on the track formation immediately to the south of Shanklin, where the Languard Road bridge used to be. The Class 483s seen in Ryde Depot yard are (l to r) 008, 006 and 004. 007 was inside the shed and is now at the IOWSR. 004 has gone to "House of Chilli" at Holliers, Hale Common, for use as cafe seating area (eventually). 008 is in Sandown Engineers' Siding, awaiting its move to the mainland. 006 is currently stabled in Platform 3 siding at St. John's Road alongside footbridge, also awaiting its move.
Great video. One question...the siding at Sandown is I think used to upload the new rolling stock. is it the intention to also use it to store one set overnight to enable an early train from the Shanklin station?
Would like to have seen the former Bembridge Platform at Brading at least hold a pair of the old stock as some kind of useful something ! (though I understand the rust problem with them)
And just in case anyone's watching this who doesn't understand electrified railways, the current to the live rails on this line would of course be switched OFF and securely shorted out to prevent it from accidently coming back on to keep the workmen safe. But once it's back in service the current is ON 24/7, and that includes the sidings at the depots so keep off. If you lose your foot ball on the line, tough, get another.
Back in the 1960s, they lowered the platforms when they replaced the steam trains with electric tube trains. Now they're raising them again 50 years later when the tube trains are being replaced by larger London Underground trains
Would not been cheaper to tarmac it put tramline service in place this an other network job run 40%over cost then delay by 5 month got leaves on track the good old snow be there for 22 happy new year ta brian 🏴
There's something VERY fishy about this Project: quite apart from it running late & being over-budget, it's clear to me that it's a "Sledgehammer to crack a nut". Therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if Central Government personnel are lining their own pockets with this one, PARTICULARLY if Serco (& therefore Theresa May's husband) is involved! Holistically, much of the Civils work is WAY O.T.T., from the methodology of painting the platform safety lines, to the Fixed Assets / P-Way upgrading. I humbly venture to aver, this entire Project - including the procurement process of the D Stock / Movable Assets - is in dire need of detailed scrutiny. Yes, the reinstatement of the Brading Loop will enable a balanced summer service (e.g. 18 & 48 minutes past the our off Pier Head) to operate; but - to me - that's the only change worthy of such intense Civil Engineering. (Although the loop should never have been removed in the first place). I remain highly suspicious as to where the surplus cash is going. The Project is in DESPERATE need of a full independent Audit.
Why does such an otherwise good video have to be ruined by such an excruciating sound track? So-called "whistling" is absolute torture for some folk. But at least here I can hit the mute button unlike in supermarkets.
Thank you for your comments sorry to hear you didn’t like the video, to help my future videos could you explain a little more in what you mean ? Thank you
@@photographyrue 01. Actually, I have an apology to make. I realised later that I had my video settings on 720dpi for some weird reason. So please accept my apologies with respect to the focus issue. That one was entirely down to me. 02.I had no context whatsoever for what is being done on the Isle of Wight. It would have been helpful to have known either via voiceover or captions what the overall project is, what the purpose of the project is, its scope and duration, that sort of thing. Then as you showed us the various parts of the system, it would have been good to know what the intended changes were. All I saw was something of which I knew little to nothing with no understanding of what I was looking at or where we were headed in terms of the changes being made. I could not engage with your video because there was no story - just images with no context. Stories / narratives are the strongest form of communication mankind has ever invented. Unless you are playing a music video or displaying abstract art or something similar, every video should have a storyline. A simple example: Trains Trains Trains has a channel where he shows you photographs of specific railway stations over time. Some of them are long demolished now. The point is, however, that he tells you enough (via captions) about the station that you can see its birth, life and death played out before you. Even though he is only showing us a series of photographs, he gives us a narrative which holds everything together. 03. As for the music, this is a pet bugbear of mine. Your music choices may not be mine. In particular, any music which has heavy thumping beats makes it impossible to concentrate and absorb video content. The music dominates the senses. This, by the way, is a practice in which even profession TV companies indulge to the point that some documentaries become unwatchable. As a general rule, if you have an interesting story to tell, you do not need a music track. Let people absorb the content rather than be distracted by something which unnecessarily distracts them. If I were making a video and adding a music track, my music choices would be very, very different from yours - but I would annoy and alienate just as many people. Why? Because they did not come to the video for the music but for whatever unique content had attracted their interest. If you DO want to add music, think carefully. It should either be very neutral or it should thematically support your story. Something that is just thumping beats won't add anything but it may deter people. Again, Trains, Trains, Trains has a particular piece of music he plays. I happen to like it and think it DOES support his narrative. It is good mood music ... to my ears. I have no idea whether everyone feels like that. I suppose I am sort of saying no music often works best but if you must have musc, make it appropriate and avoid anything that is just an ear worm.
Good Evening Thank you that detailed feedback I will take that away and try the new idea, always happy to get some feedback :) I accept your apology thanks for that and I will try a voice over or story as you say, I do try to put lots in the description but I can try adding more. Thank you again for your valuable feedback on this Thanks Photography Rue
@@photographyrue Don’t make your video description longer ... put your narrative in the video itself so we can follow along. Whether you do voiceover or add captions along the way, the story should be in the video itself.
So what do you want to do...draw up a petition? If you want to apply to the Police I am sure they would love to give you a Cummunity Officer position 🤔🙄
Those situations cover a large amount of what people would want to use a drone to photograph. It only leaves open countryside. My feeling is that private gardens are a no-no for privacy, but public spaces like streets and parks are OK (people shouldn't have an expectation of privacy there). And railways ought to to be OK as long as you are above some minimum height for OHLE clearance etc. Airports are a different matter, apart from authorised fliers who get clearance between planes etc. But it's the standard problem: someone invents some new wonderful technology (drones, electric scooters, Segways) and the legislators go and spoil them by banning them in all the situations where people may want to use them (ie everywhere except your own private land). When I went on a cruise which called at La Corunna (Spain) we went on a Segway tour around the town. To begin with, while we became familiar with balance, regulating speed and stopping safely, we were kept to cycle tracks alongside foot pavements. By the end we were taken through quiet streets (some of them cobbled - that was "interesting" on a Segway!) into the town centre and main square. Pedestrians were used to them and looked out for them. We rode very slowly as we were passing people. A sensible mature attitude, unlike the UK attitude which is "No! Never! Not in a million years!"
Good to see Brading had been re-doubled
Marvellous video. Great visual detail for modellers. Very clear pictures and easy to watch, too. Thanks for taking and sharing this super video!!!
Wow, this is magnificent -- thanks for sharing this and great to see the old stock at Ryde!
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The Music , video and images are very excellent . I like your video. Thanks for your sharing. Nice to miss you my friend.
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Great drone footage. Very wide yellow bands have been painted on the platforms which emphasize the narrowness of the platform at Lake. It is questionable whether all this yellow is really necessary since no HSTs will be going past! Thanks for uploading!
In this case, the yellow line is to aid the visually impaired (hence it being "bobbled"), rather than warn passenger to keep away from the platform edge.
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New railway new trains ish 🤔 Hopefully the network can be extended one day 👍🏻
Yeah maybe to Ventnor or Bembridge
excellent video lot of work going thanks for sharing
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Good video, you should do a drone vision of how the track used to continue to Ventnor.
Definitely can look into that :)
Great video. Hoping to find the time to look at the work this week.
Just need network rail to continue to Ventnor and reinstate the missing pieces of the line to Newport now ;-)
Thank you for your comment and I’m glad you like my video, yes that definitely would be great especially Newport!
Hope you managed to get down to see the work!
I'd love to see the line reopened to Ventnor, there's a few obstacles present at the moment though. At 1:39, you can see that the trackbed of the old line beyond Shanklin buffer stops is now a tarmac roadway giving access to property (this wasn't the case as late as 1992) which would have to be reversed. Also, I think there are obstructions in the Wroxall area now, and the tunnel immediately prior to the old Ventnor station site is now a bat sanctuary. Ventnor Station itself is now a small industrial estate. It's not impossible, but all this and possibly more would have to be removed or revised.
Excellent work!! Thanks for loading.
I noticed the Class 483 (1938 Stock) units still in situ at Ryde St. Johns....with 4 out of the 5 "new" 484 units still on the mainland at present, I presume that the same low-loader lorries that eventually bring them over will take 006 and 008 back with them...??
Brading's looking more like how it should be...I believe the double track extended to Sandown before the loop was taken out in 1989, now it just runs through the platform areas, at least the 20/40 minute frequency can be done away with now!!
And at Ryde Esplanade, I noticed they've severed the track through the disused platform now at the southern end, I take it both tunnels are still being used??
Thanks once again!! Ian
The ones that are getting scrapped have left the island and 006 and 008 will be preserved on the mainland
007 (with the very white roof!) will be preserved at the IOW steam railway but it had a overhaul finished just before the line shut which was a bit odd
The new train has only been from St Johns to Sandown
@@edward6206 Yes, 007, fresh from overhaul (which I think was part funded by the Steam Railway) stood in for 008 in early December after 008 failed. This was fortunate, as 006 would have had to soldier on alone to the end otherwise. They still only ran one train an hour though, and there were some days when the service was suspended, as 006 wasn't infallible either!
That just leaves the fate of 004...!!
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Really enjoyable video thanks. I noticed there was nothing from Smallbrook is anything happening there? Now would have been an ideal time to reconnect the IOWSR to the Island Line potentially allowing steam trains to access Ryde SJR. I also think more should have been done to explore the potential to extend the steam railway into Newport. I’m sure there is demand for a commuter service on that route that could co exist with the steam service using battery electric or low emission diesel units.
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Yes it was a struggle to get out to smallbrook but I plan to try get there soon to get some shots, I don’t believe much has been done!
There was a idea at one point but I believe this has now been changed.
Have you seen this: www.iow.gov.uk/news/Railway-plans-for-Newport-and-Ventnor
@@UKWMO Thanks 👍
Great video!
Some really cool footage here! I have a feeling this might not be the last time we see upgrade works on this sort of scale on the Isle of Wight, since there's been an Ideas Fund set aside by the government to look into a potential extension of the line south towards Ventnor and west to Newport - though it'll be a long endeavour and the lines probably wouldn't be able to follow the original track in places, due to widespread building on the route, it'd be really cool to see more areas of the island connected by rail. Looks like even the stations are being given a much-deserved refurb after thirty years of being exposed to the sun and salty air! I'm really looking forward to visiting again when it's all set up and the situation with the pandemic is a bit better - my family own a house in Lake and we often go there in the summer, so I've ridden on the Island Line quite a bit.
Thank you glad you like the video
Very good. Thank you
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I'm surprised there's still 483s sitting in the depot! Surely they all would've been gone by now?
See they have cut the "spur siding" at Ryde Esplanade that used to be the double track into Ryde Pier. Looking forward to seeing the new trains although I hear they have software issues with reading trackside equipment.
Great video. ☺️
Edit: I just subscribed to ur UA-cam channel.
Thank you so much I’m glad you liked the video and thank you for subscribing :)
@@photographyrue Ur welcome. ☺️
Great video - especially for railway modellers! Marvellous that Brading passing loop has been reinstated - that should greatly increase lins capacity. Will the down loop at Ryde St John's also open I wonder - platform has safety stripes for both faces. Thanks for sharing this super video!!!
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I’ll have many more to come once opened :)
I had read something previously about platform 3 at Brading being reinstated with track and there being a preserved 483 unit stabled there and used as a cafe/refreshment room. Then I heard that the local council had blocked it once they realised that they would be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of it. Do you know if this is still the case?
Thank you for your comment, I don’t know unfortunately but if I hear any information I will definitely pass it onto you.
While you have all the gear on site, how about extending the line further south, great job all the same.
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That would mean cutting a swathe through Lower Hyde Holiday Park, but then looking at some of the holidaymakers, I dont think that would be such a terrible thing !
The route onwards to Ventnor id tantalisingly shown. It SHOULD OF COURSE be re-opened!
The tunnel might be a step too far, but extending the line to Wroxall would be a benefit to the island.
It's nice that the line is being modernised, but I can't help thinking that (again) it's being done on the cheap; with no future proofing built in. Would it not, for instance, have been better to reinstate the Sandown loop all the way to Brading - as it was prior to NSE's 1980s line modernisation? Would DfT have not been better off using the second platform at Esplanade and the second line on the pier, to add capacity at the north end; routing that line at Pier Head into the working platform. I believe that there were crossovers at Pier Head, prior to electrification in the mid-60s.
Plus, is 5 trains going to be enough to cope with crowds during the Summer season?
Like I said, all of it gives a bit of an air of being done as cheaply as possible; with little regard to any possible growth or issues, down the road.
Its cost a lot, but much old remains from railway lines cut shorter, to platforms that just have bit put on top of them to old signals, unlike Okehampton route which has new rail and sleepers
Cracking video - shame the line won't reopen until "End of Summer"
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This was an impressive and iconic railway.. Glad to see they have sort of kept their old rolling stock... It is such a shame that they had been left to rot and ruin. Has there been any work done on that tunnel.
They actually are worn out
Thank you for your comment & I am not sure but I believe it needed to be lowered down to let trains pass through!
Great to see these upgrades being carried out, it really feels like a modern railway now!
The only thing that keeps bothering me, is the footbridge at Brading. With the second platform being brought back into use, will it become the main way to cross over? Last I heard, it can only support a few people at a time.
In any case, even if they are keeping it, it still doesn't provide step-free access to the other platform, which would seem like a downgrade, as the current (or old) arrangement provided full step free access, and I find it hard to believe, in this day and age, that a substantial upgrade of a station like Brading wouldn't include step-free access.
There’s a foot crossing at the other end of the station across the line
@@aaronthomas1826 ah that's good to know, will that be kept in place after the upgrade works have been carried out, and is it acceptable for disabled access, after all, the little wheels can get caught between the rails at many crossings. I suppose supervised crossing will be needed but it's not ideal.
What I still don't understand is it the bridge is being refurbished (I assume it is) because last I heard it has been locked out of use as it is not strong enough to carry more than a few people at a time. It'll be interesting to see what they end up doing but I'm sure they've worked it all out somehow!
@@MikeWillSee: The existing footbridge is to be removed, restored and reinstalled I understand.
@@UKWMO ah that would make sense
Once more work is completed I will try get more footage :)
Great Video. Any chance of another " drone fly past" to show progress since this video? A lot of work has been going on, especially at Brading, with a new (temporary?) footbridge. The wide "yellow" strips on the platforms include the tactile surfacing for the visually impaired, but do emphasis the narrowness of some platforms. The platform overlays to raise the height are only long enough for a pair of 484s. The line can't be extended south of Shanklin, as most of the formation and the station sites at Wroxall and Ventnor have been lost. There is a new(ish) road on the track formation immediately to the south of Shanklin, where the Languard Road bridge used to be. The Class 483s seen in Ryde Depot yard are (l to r) 008, 006 and 004. 007 was inside the shed and is now at the IOWSR. 004 has gone to "House of Chilli" at Holliers, Hale Common, for use as cafe seating area (eventually). 008 is in Sandown Engineers' Siding, awaiting its move to the mainland. 006 is currently stabled in Platform 3 siding at St. John's Road alongside footbridge, also awaiting its move.
Thank you glad you like the video, I will try get a updated drone shot soon :)
Nice bit of of flying along with the great video ,how will the new points be controlled
From the signal box at Ryde St Johns I would have thought which is still in use.
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Due to a software issue train testing at Eastleigh has been suspended
Germany, France, Sweden, Norway? There would be a rail tunnel link to the mainland. Not the UK though....
If only!! And cut out the inconvenient, expensive Pirates...I mean ferries! I know only too well as I have to use them daily.
Great video. One question...the siding at Sandown is I think used to upload the new rolling stock. is it the intention to also use it to store one set overnight to enable an early train from the Shanklin station?
Not possible I'm afraid, it's neither electrified nor signalled
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Would like to have seen the former Bembridge Platform at Brading at least hold a pair of the old stock as some kind of useful something ! (though I understand the rust problem with them)
Good stream
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Great video. Just a shame that the line isn't connected to the national network at Fratton!!
Well the line is on a Island
You missed out Smallbrooke station 😭
Am I right in saying that there appears to be no wheelchair access via the footbridges?
And just in case anyone's watching this who doesn't understand electrified railways, the current to the live rails on this line would of course be switched OFF and securely shorted out to prevent it from accidently coming back on to keep the workmen safe. But once it's back in service the current is ON 24/7, and that includes the sidings at the depots so keep off. If you lose your foot ball on the line, tough, get another.
Why not use the old track beds to extend the lines back to the original routes
I think it’s just costs and planning
Back in the 1960s, they lowered the platforms when they replaced the steam trains with electric tube trains. Now they're raising them again 50 years later when the tube trains are being replaced by larger London Underground trains
Yes one day to Ventnor
Given the amount of hardware and effective line rebuilding the cost to re-instate to ventor would have been marginal (and the IoWSR to Newport)
Bout time they reopened Ryde Esplanade station ther used 2 b 2 platforms
Would not been cheaper to tarmac it put tramline service in place this an other network job run 40%over cost then delay by 5 month got leaves on track the good old snow be there for 22 happy new year ta brian 🏴
their garden.
There's something VERY fishy about this Project: quite apart from it running late & being over-budget, it's clear to me that it's a "Sledgehammer to crack a nut".
Therefore, I wouldn't be surprised if Central Government personnel are lining their own pockets with this one, PARTICULARLY if Serco (& therefore Theresa May's husband) is involved!
Holistically, much of the Civils work is WAY O.T.T., from the methodology of painting the platform safety lines, to the Fixed Assets / P-Way upgrading.
I humbly venture to aver, this entire Project - including the procurement process of the D Stock / Movable Assets - is in dire need of detailed scrutiny.
Yes, the reinstatement of the Brading Loop will enable a balanced summer service (e.g. 18 & 48 minutes past the our off Pier Head) to operate; but - to me - that's the only change worthy of such intense Civil Engineering. (Although the loop should never have been removed in the first place).
I remain highly suspicious as to where the surplus cash is going.
The Project is in DESPERATE need of a full independent Audit.
obviously you didn't ask permission to do this
Why does such an otherwise good video have to be ruined by such an excruciating sound track? So-called "whistling" is absolute torture for some folk. But at least here I can hit the mute button unlike in supermarkets.
What a waste of time and money. The line should be a tram. It's an ideal location for a tramline.
Bailed. Out of focus. No explanations. Bloody awful thumping beat music.
Thank you for your comments sorry to hear you didn’t like the video, to help my future videos could you explain a little more in what you mean ?
Thank you
@@photographyrue
01. Actually, I have an apology to make. I realised later that I had my video settings on 720dpi for some weird reason. So please accept my apologies with respect to the focus issue. That one was entirely down to me.
02.I had no context whatsoever for what is being done on the Isle of Wight. It would have been helpful to have known either via voiceover or captions what the overall project is, what the purpose of the project is, its scope and duration, that sort of thing. Then as you showed us the various parts of the system, it would have been good to know what the intended changes were. All I saw was something of which I knew little to nothing with no understanding of what I was looking at or where we were headed in terms of the changes being made.
I could not engage with your video because there was no story - just images with no context.
Stories / narratives are the strongest form of communication mankind has ever invented. Unless you are playing a music video or displaying abstract art or something similar, every video should have a storyline.
A simple example: Trains Trains Trains has a channel where he shows you photographs of specific railway stations over time. Some of them are long demolished now. The point is, however, that he tells you enough (via captions) about the station that you can see its birth, life and death played out before you. Even though he is only showing us a series of photographs, he gives us a narrative which holds everything together.
03. As for the music, this is a pet bugbear of mine. Your music choices may not be mine. In particular, any music which has heavy thumping beats makes it impossible to concentrate and absorb video content. The music dominates the senses. This, by the way, is a practice in which even profession TV companies indulge to the point that some documentaries become unwatchable.
As a general rule, if you have an interesting story to tell, you do not need a music track. Let people absorb the content rather than be distracted by something which unnecessarily distracts them.
If I were making a video and adding a music track, my music choices would be very, very different from yours - but I would annoy and alienate just as many people. Why? Because they did not come to the video for the music but for whatever unique content had attracted their interest.
If you DO want to add music, think carefully. It should either be very neutral or it should thematically support your story. Something that is just thumping beats won't add anything but it may deter people.
Again, Trains, Trains, Trains has a particular piece of music he plays. I happen to like it and think it DOES support his narrative. It is good mood music ... to my ears. I have no idea whether everyone feels like that.
I suppose I am sort of saying no music often works best but if you must have musc, make it appropriate and avoid anything that is just an ear worm.
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Thank you that detailed feedback I will take that away and try the new idea, always happy to get some feedback :)
I accept your apology thanks for that and I will try a voice over or story as you say, I do try to put lots in the description but I can try adding more.
Thank you again for your valuable feedback on this
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@@photographyrue Don’t make your video description longer ... put your narrative in the video itself so we can follow along. Whether you do voiceover or add captions along the way, the story should be in the video itself.
Ok I will give this a go for my next video thank you!
It is illegal to fly a drone within 50 metres of a railway, vehicles, people or private property in the UK.
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So what do you want to do...draw up a petition?
If you want to apply to the Police I am sure they would love to give you a Cummunity Officer position 🤔🙄
Yes better warn the whole 0 trains operating, theres a drone flying near by!
Thank you for the comment, I always make sure I am ‘drone’ safe and Stay away from any danger to myself or others and never invade anyone’s privacy!
Those situations cover a large amount of what people would want to use a drone to photograph. It only leaves open countryside. My feeling is that private gardens are a no-no for privacy, but public spaces like streets and parks are OK (people shouldn't have an expectation of privacy there). And railways ought to to be OK as long as you are above some minimum height for OHLE clearance etc. Airports are a different matter, apart from authorised fliers who get clearance between planes etc.
But it's the standard problem: someone invents some new wonderful technology (drones, electric scooters, Segways) and the legislators go and spoil them by banning them in all the situations where people may want to use them (ie everywhere except your own private land). When I went on a cruise which called at La Corunna (Spain) we went on a Segway tour around the town. To begin with, while we became familiar with balance, regulating speed and stopping safely, we were kept to cycle tracks alongside foot pavements. By the end we were taken through quiet streets (some of them cobbled - that was "interesting" on a Segway!) into the town centre and main square. Pedestrians were used to them and looked out for them. We rode very slowly as we were passing people. A sensible mature attitude, unlike the UK attitude which is "No! Never! Not in a million years!"