Trains at: Didcot Parkway, GWML, 11/08/18
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- An excellent morning spent at Didcot Parkway on the Great Western Mainline where we see plenty of services from Great Western Railway, Cross Country and just the one freight train from Freightliner with the new liveried 66.
Didcot Parkway was built and opened by the Great Western Railway in 1844. When First built the station was simpky known as Didcot. It wasn't until 1985 when British Rail renamed the station due to the then new bus link that was brought in. Thus making it a parkway station.
The town of Didcot owes is growth and success to the coming of the railway, as the same year as the station being opened the line towards Oxford was also opened. This allowed greater ease of access for passengers and freight alike which meant the local economy was able to grow which meant more people could move out of the louder areas of the country and move to a relatively small community. But this eventually became a sprawling town with markets a plenty and houses popping up all over the place.
There was another line that lived here before it closed. This was the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway. This line saw a connection from the Great Western Mainline down to Southampton via Newbury, Highclere, Winchester and Eastleigh. This line though finally saw the end of its life in 1962 just before the infamous Dr Beeching report saw the closure of hundreds of rural lines across the UK. Many of which are actually in the process of being brought back into working life.
There used to a regular commuter service running to Swindon from Didcot Parkway that would call at Steventon, Wantage Road, Challow, Uffington, Shrivenham and Stratton Park. This was run up until 1964 when the service was terminated. Which then resulted in the closure of those stations.
1985 saw the current station building opened along with a 600 space car park to make the station more accessible, it would also serve as an entrance for the Park and Ride buses to pull into which would also aim to take traffic off the city Centre roads. This has still worked to this day and is very successful, however A new multi story car park is currently being built to the West of the station.
My next station is Cholsey
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Awesome video speedy 800s and nice to see the 2 HSTs power cars livery
They were definitely motoring along. It was great catching those two power cars
Nice video again. I am going here for the first time in 3 weeks time, making a day of it and going to the railway centre as well. Looks like a great place for videography .
Thanks very much for saying so I'm glad you enjoyed watching this, it's a great station to come and one that I highly recommend. I haven't been to the railway centre in years
Great video mate and it was a good station
Thanks very much mate it was a great day out with you and kicking things off at this station was definitely the best way to go.
I really enjoy your videos tornado 👍
Thanks very much for saying so it's greatly appreciated
Well done for getting that freight train on camera
Thanks very much :)
Great video. Good to hear your heading to Cholsey, I regularly head down to there, good high-speed content, I recommend going on a Friday if possible, a lot more freight seems to move along the line that day. I also recommend Pangbourne station just down the road.
Thanks very much for saying so, I filmed Cholsey and Pangbourne on the same day but sadly there wasn't any freight running whilst I was there
Another fantastic video here Tornado922 I Really Enjoyed it :)
Thanks very much for saying so I'm glad you enjoyed watching this
fantastic video thanks
Thank you very much for saying so :)
Amazing video Tornado922. Cross Country has changed its diagrams. Now the Reading/Southampton Central diagrams runs right into Scotland and head via Leeds. Whilst the Penzance/Bristol/South West services are faster trains as they go via Doncaster. With those services terminating at Newcastle.
Thanks very much for saying so, I had a vague idea that the XC trains were getting new routes brought it but thank you for letting me know either way :)
Why is it, when the 387s are leaving for London Paddington, the station announcer always says it's bound for Ealing Broadway?
#great video.
I really haven't got the faintest idea. I'm sure I've asked someone in the past
I think it’s because they want to encourage Paddington passengers to use the Intercity services as they’re faster..........they do the same thing with the outbound services from Paddington, the say they’re terminating at Cholsey rather than Didcot.
And possibly to prevent commuter trains from overcrowding.
So you don't mix up high speed and stopper services
Great to see 66413 with the orange livery. Even though you want to take the picture of it.
11:17 that was probably London Paddington - Pembroke Dock, that was my train into Cardiff most likely.
Ah right ok , I do remember there being a Pembroke Dock service at some point whilst I was there
Just heard some news of Scotrail purchasing, repairing and using some Intercity 125's, so next time you're up in Scotland, look out for them!
GWR have started to send off their HST sets which are steadily making their way up to Scotland
Tornado922 are all the 365s going to Scotland
I don't believe that they are all going up to Scotland. But don't quote me on that
Your right the pantographs are at didcot.
I told you ;)
Nice video
West Midlands rail Productions have you seen it all the way through
RailFan53 lol
What's the rule for the 800 series units in whether they run using the electric mode (panto-graph) or in diesel mode? Trains headed away from Paddington going into non-electric territory obviously have to run in diesel mode but where do they switch on/off if not at Didcot? What about the 800 series trains that bypass Didcot station (whether going via the Oxford line or going non-stop through Didcot)?
You'll have to forgive me for my lack of knowledge here but this is purely what I have seen whilst I was on my travels that day. As you say the trains going to the west of the country will run under diesel power because even though the catenary is up to Swindon the wires haven't been made 'live' yet. When trains top here heading to London they will switch to their pantograph and run off that for the rest of the route. However if an 800 is passing through the station towards London then the driver will shut off the diesel engine and raise the pantograph as the train is moving, this means that no time is lost during the journey. When they are heading on the line towards Oxford they will do the same thing but in reverse if you catch my meaning. So they will travel the length of the network under electric power and I believe just before they leave Cholsley which is about 4 miles up the line the driver will lower the pantograph down and turn on the diesel engine. I hope that helps
Yes, I do get it. I was wondering if the change could be done 'on the fly'. The trains that ran non-stop through Didcot station already (or still) had the pantographs down so they were lowered/raised outside your view. There was one train in the video headed toward London that had stopped at the station but was shown leaving with them still down. Guessing the driver either forgot or deliberately did it later. I guess the rule is that if the train is in electrified territory, it has to run on the overhead - no running into or out of Paddington on diesel only. Obvious exception are the HSTs or any 165/166 units. FYI, there's at least one video on UA-cam showing an 800 series making the changeover to from diesel to electric as it shuts down its diesel engine and raises its pantograph units. Thanks again for your great videos.
It seems to be a bit random - whether they switch to Pantograph for the electric option or not. And how much longer will they have to continue the diesel shuttle to Oxford I wonder?
I’m sure I read somewhere that the 800 can switch from Diesel to Electric and vice versa while moving, but I don’t know whether they do it in practice.
16:03 the cross country was going to Bournemouth from Manchester Piccadilly
Is Didcot South than London or North if the HST was from Exeter St David's
Didcot is west of London
Shame you didn't get a transfer to Pantograph..
I have to admit I was thinking about trying to get one but I was always having a conversation with people on the platform that were with me whilst I was waiting for the train to depart.
387 130! Tested and commissioned that bad boy!
Well it's certainly serving the line well!
It was 800016 and 800023
Thanks for letting me know
Yo your vids
Why do the 387s do shorter routes than the 165s
Because the route isn't fully electrified yet
Do you watch countdown if so did you get the conundrum word from that.
I'm very good at English. That's how I know that word
Tornado922 wow I say it because I watch countdown
On freight trains do they have construction materials.
Depends on what freight they are hauling, containers won't haul things like that inside them.
2:04 where was the cross country from
I don't know
7:43 where was the gwr from
I don't know either
1:38
13:43 let’s get out of here
Stop spamming Kieran Clarke
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DawlishBeach CamsFan I'm asking nicely please can you not say that. Please.
DawlishBeach CamsFan and that's not how you spell my name it's Keiran not kieran
Sorry but saying "Please Shut up" doesn't make it any better than saying "Shut up"
TCDAM Mania why i'm trying to ask nicely
Do people look at you as it look at you funny as it looks like you are talking to yourself not know you are talking to your UA-cam watchers 😂
Neil mark Taylor he is talking to all of us who are watching the video
Keiran Clarke yes I know that that’s not what I meant
I do get a few people looking at me from time to time. Once they realise what I'm doing though then they just go about their business