Newcastle Central Station: A Journey through Time

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  • @HSMiyamoto
    @HSMiyamoto 7 років тому +32

    It is really amazing how complicated the pointwork at Newcastle used to be compared to its present state.

  • @letraindejardin
    @letraindejardin 6 років тому +3

    Fabuleux ! Mille mercis pour ce montage merveilleux. Même au pays du chemin de fer, les rails ont laissé la place aux automobiles... Et ces aiguillages aux courbes élégantes qu'on imagine commandés par autant d'aiguilleurs arc-boutés sur les leviers... Disparus ! Le temps est un ogre jamais rassasié !

  • @alanhuntley
    @alanhuntley 8 років тому +53

    Excellent, I remember from 1966-68 when I traveled by train from South Shields to Newcastle daily for work and was always amazed at the crossings.

    • @TheAmir259
      @TheAmir259 7 років тому +2

      Now it's simplified, no longer unique but also less complicated.

    • @trainsgochoochoo
      @trainsgochoochoo 7 років тому +11

      There are less than half the lines and platforms, it's easy to simplify when there is less to manage.

    • @ccityplanner1217
      @ccityplanner1217 3 місяці тому

      Then they converted to diesel right before the oil crisis. Oopsy!

  • @ShaunL
    @ShaunL 2 роки тому +9

    Brilliant idea, very well executed. I find these really captivating, especially the ones of places and subjects I know. From the transitions to the sound effects and the choice of music - it really draws you in. 👍🏻

    • @JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist
      @JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks Shaun! This video is one of my early projects I have since put out many more - here is one recent example of Newcastle: ua-cam.com/video/pxzkSJMvyVo/v-deo.html

  • @mscangliarail
    @mscangliarail 7 років тому +2

    Great to see the Central Station over the years see the diamond xings again takes me back to when i worked with the Signal Engineers in the 60,s in the Central Station. Thanks for sharing a great pieice of history and Engineering .Mike

  • @davidcoleman6032
    @davidcoleman6032 Рік тому +1

    Truly awesome! That track layout was so complex years ago, but looking at the area again now, I can't imagine how it all fitted in unless some bridging has been demolished.

  • @joachimwelsch8989
    @joachimwelsch8989 6 років тому +4

    This is fantastic, amazing, I feel great respect for the work, the thinkers, inventors, engineers, the workers and the photographers of this presentation!

  • @spompey
    @spompey 8 років тому +37

    A brilliant piece of work, most stunning changes, incidentally loved the music ........Mark

  • @Shubhamn1273
    @Shubhamn1273 6 років тому +1

    Stunning. One cant resist keep watching such stuff. It keeps my attention. Well made. 100 times thumbs up.

  • @wilhelmtauber836
    @wilhelmtauber836 6 років тому +9

    What a superb way to travel through time; well done, sir! It really brings home the fact that the mainline railways of Britain were largely untouched until the drastic changes from the late 1980's onwards whilst preparing for privatization when the engineers swept away all that wasn't vital to the electric age. How soleless the modern images are by comparison.

  • @Transport-UK
    @Transport-UK 8 років тому +129

    I'd give this 10 thumbs ups if I could.

  • @Адриэн
    @Адриэн 7 років тому +116

    Why the old images look better than of now?

    • @cemops8660
      @cemops8660 7 років тому +9

      they are probably more crisp because older cameras had less detail and no colours

    • @Swansniff2
      @Swansniff2 6 років тому +4

      さくら more likely that a lot of the modern pictures seems to be taken by crappy digital cameras such as web cams that are used to monitor for example weather. the old ones used film stock which is pretty high res even for 8mm film. Smack up a good dslr or even phone camera and modern tech wins.

    • @cherylgregory4086
      @cherylgregory4086 6 років тому +5

      Because the old pictures have steam engines instead of dirty diesels

  • @markruddle5136
    @markruddle5136 5 років тому +17

    The remnants of the buildings bottom right, show how the railways have decreased from their peak in the early to mid 20th century, to where they are now. The buildings were bustling busy places once, reliant on the railways industry. No longer.

    • @EASYTIGER10
      @EASYTIGER10 2 роки тому

      Before Covid hit, railway usage in the UK was considerably higher than it was in the mid to late 20th century

  • @grahamball364
    @grahamball364 7 років тому +1

    What can I say ,great video work and thank you for letting us see the past .Graham.

  • @kanel_8196
    @kanel_8196 6 років тому +7

    Excelent! I love Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

  • @sidirodromeas
    @sidirodromeas 7 років тому +1

    Excellent video!!! My most beautiful station in England!!! Thanks for making and sharing this history!!!

  • @IroncladInSteam4007
    @IroncladInSteam4007 6 років тому +29

    WOAH THE CAR PARK USED TO BE PLATFORMS!!?

    • @Simon-eu2hz
      @Simon-eu2hz 5 років тому +1

      That's the case with most stations in Britain.

    • @dvferyance
      @dvferyance 5 років тому

      @@Simon-eu2hz It appears it was removed sometime in the 80's.

    • @gavinreid8937
      @gavinreid8937 4 роки тому +1

      another minor shock is the building on the edge of the car park suddenly turn into flats.

    • @Clivestravelandtrains
      @Clivestravelandtrains 3 роки тому

      Yes indeed, and you will have noticed the third-rail electrification in the 1960's. The Tyne Loop was de-electrified and the EMU's transferred to the Southern Region, where they survived for many years. They were classified 2EPB.

    • @Mrmakeyoumad
      @Mrmakeyoumad 3 роки тому

      @@dvferyance the platforms were removed in 1987-1988

  • @tonylancaster8704
    @tonylancaster8704 7 років тому +21

    This is first class very clever and very well made.

  • @Clivestravelandtrains
    @Clivestravelandtrains 3 роки тому +2

    A great film, and I was glad to see the third-rail electrification of the suburban lines shown in the pictures circa 1960.

  • @sueruck7172
    @sueruck7172 7 років тому +5

    Liked it the way it was. Thank you so much, best thing I have ever seen and the music perfect. This should win multiple awards, have you entered anything. You should. THANK YOU

  • @daveelliott5855
    @daveelliott5855 7 років тому +33

    Wonderful pictoral video of my favourite station, always remember my dad showing and telling all about the famous diamond crossing as a lad and just marvelling at the shear complexities of them, a marvel of what this country could achieve, and also the the unforgivable and sad downgrading of our wonderful railway system, thanks to people like yourself and the photographers for keeping a very important part of our history alive

    • @RazordraacGaming
      @RazordraacGaming 7 років тому +2

      A lot of the "downgrading" was for good purpose, as sad as it is. The much lower maintenance with the new points over the diamond crossing would have been safer and cheaper. Sorry to be that guy but the new system was put here for a reason.

  • @stevesullivan233
    @stevesullivan233 7 років тому

    What a video, one of the best videos I have ever watched. Brings back a few memories.

  • @lewisner
    @lewisner 7 років тому +6

    One of the nice features of the station was that the 1959 signalbox was at the end of the footbridge so you could actually see your train approaching on the track diagram.

  • @ZetanCrisp
    @ZetanCrisp 6 років тому +2

    That was excellent, it reminds me of the changing view out of the conservatory window in the original Time Machine movie!

  • @SantaFeAllTheWay
    @SantaFeAllTheWay 6 років тому +3

    Actually, it is a work of inspired genius. Bravo!

  • @peterwest6827
    @peterwest6827 7 років тому

    Brilliant absolutely brilliant very well done and eye opening seeing all the changes to the track layout.

  • @Stevenhamer82
    @Stevenhamer82 7 років тому +2

    a delightful video. that was amazing

  • @flippop101
    @flippop101 6 років тому

    This is a superb film of a classic location! Thank you!

  • @gregrsvr3947
    @gregrsvr3947 8 років тому +8

    A superb piece of work

  • @Steve-qz4vt
    @Steve-qz4vt Рік тому

    Very clever the way this has been done, remember the complex diamond crossings in the 60s when train spotting.

  • @NasserAlazzawiTV
    @NasserAlazzawiTV Рік тому

    Really nice work. I grew up liking the trains as a kid in the 90s when the intercity 225s became an exciting thing and only just found out how complicated the points system used to be. I had no idea the car park used to be platforms!

    • @TornadoTrick
      @TornadoTrick Рік тому

      That photo from 1992 is ahead of its time

  • @Glenn1967ful
    @Glenn1967ful 7 років тому +2

    I can still remember the platforms where the car park is now for local trains. I can remember going through a barrier to catch the train to North Shields in the seventies and then the train going through a complicated set of points and then to a much bigger Manors station. All gone now and there's only one unstaffed platform at Manors.

  • @ABNJIM10
    @ABNJIM10 4 роки тому

    What a wonderful video. Thank you for creating this.

  • @siddywiddyb
    @siddywiddyb 5 років тому

    I had a book when i was a kid, that had a before and after picture of this incredible track layout! Great edit thank you so much!!

  • @Brijesht86
    @Brijesht86 7 років тому +1

    Amazing video.. what a time travel!! Brilliant work!!👌👌

  • @HROM1908
    @HROM1908 7 років тому +19

    I was amazed by the simplification of the track work over time. Well done.

  • @amitavamanna2696
    @amitavamanna2696 7 років тому

    Imagine life back then-sweet in every home and heart. Why does that tear me up in sadness?

  • @Starkid1236offical
    @Starkid1236offical 7 років тому +25

    Fantastic !

  • @XleeHS
    @XleeHS 7 років тому +2

    Man, i wish I could go back in time and witness that yard at its finest. Outstanding video!

  • @sundayakpan2663
    @sundayakpan2663 Рік тому

    Great old Train videos for this timeline from present to past.

  • @nigeljohnson8022
    @nigeljohnson8022 7 років тому +1

    Amazing video thanks for sharing it.

  • @kohlemainen
    @kohlemainen 7 років тому

    Beautiful. And wonderful music !

  • @roderickjoyce6716
    @roderickjoyce6716 6 років тому

    My local station! I love this; thank you.

  • @johnstubbington5163
    @johnstubbington5163 7 років тому +3

    I watch quite a bit of You Tube. This piece of film is very unique and totally amazing how it has been compiled!! How do people think up this type of thing!! Excellent and of course, well done... John

    • @jamesfox2225
      @jamesfox2225 7 років тому

      Thank you John. I am a bit late in updating my youtube channel - there are more recent films on my fb page: facebook.com/timetravelimages. Best. James

  • @tedygarzanti08046561TEDNORM
    @tedygarzanti08046561TEDNORM 7 років тому +1

    Amazing!!! ...Fabulous, fantastic video.

  • @Keith19563
    @Keith19563 8 років тому +7

    Lovely presentation, well done.

  • @Kev5565
    @Kev5565 5 років тому

    I usually don't like youtube being used for slide shows but this is way better, well made and the music fits so well. I know i'm late but thankyou for this interesting video. I have that old photo of the worlds largest crossing on my work pc, the track men back then had a nightmare I bet when they saw the plans for that lot lol.

  • @sirjohng1
    @sirjohng1 7 років тому

    What can one say but WOW perhaps? Really interesting and thanks for who took the trouble to do this.

  • @johnmehaffey9953
    @johnmehaffey9953 6 років тому

    First class, my mum comes from ashington and when we went to visit nan, we always to the ferry from Ireland and got the train to Newcastle and the lovely curved platform always impressed me

  • @johnjeanb
    @johnjeanb 3 роки тому

    Superb video on a time lapse in Newcastle station: a tale of new technology and reduced traffic in trains perhaps.

  • @daciatravel.647
    @daciatravel.647 7 років тому +1

    Nagyon jó videó Gratulálok! Magyarországról.

  • @CODHELPUS
    @CODHELPUS 7 років тому

    Brilliantly done my friend, loved it !

  • @jennytalia226
    @jennytalia226 5 років тому

    Remember the model railway they had running around the Xmas tree, you put a penny in the slot to start an engine off on its journey, also the big red machine that stamped out your name onto a metal strip , and the Record your own voice machine ! Brilliant !

  • @michaeldelisieux5252
    @michaeldelisieux5252 7 років тому

    A work of art!
    Cheers!

  • @7anthillmob
    @7anthillmob 7 років тому

    Thoroughly enjoyed that, thanks.

  • @greghuff6612
    @greghuff6612 7 років тому

    Great footage! Neat to watch the changes.

  • @breeze1472
    @breeze1472 7 років тому

    What a brilliant clip of timeline on the railways.i wonder if anyone else has done this near their hometown? Also shame to see those branch lines turned into car parks.thank you for posting

  • @WestBlythMPD
    @WestBlythMPD 8 років тому +6

    Superb video!

  • @KingLizard84T
    @KingLizard84T 7 років тому

    Absolutely amazing!

  • @KenwayJoel
    @KenwayJoel 3 роки тому

    That was amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed that. 🙂

  • @Castlebridge-00
    @Castlebridge-00 8 років тому +4

    That was just great. Thanks.

  • @carlmaster9690
    @carlmaster9690 2 роки тому

    Its odd to see the large portion of portion of the station at the far right of the screen suddenly disappear and be replaced by a large car park.

  • @karlpremier7851
    @karlpremier7851 7 років тому

    Amazing, well put together👍

  • @jonsmith8582
    @jonsmith8582 5 років тому

    Very well done video , top work !

  • @cymonalex
    @cymonalex 7 років тому

    Class ! Great work James

  • @frenchsteam7356
    @frenchsteam7356 7 років тому

    I worked in the SMO at Newcastle in 1966 -changes were starting then -electrics going for a start. Old wooden buildings throughout the station.

  • @imcadam121
    @imcadam121 8 років тому +2

    A superb time & motion study.

  • @TravellerFair
    @TravellerFair 6 років тому

    Amazing! Thank You.

  • @kevinosullivan7121
    @kevinosullivan7121 8 років тому +3

    Great. A lot of work went into this.

  • @ozyankee4403
    @ozyankee4403 6 років тому

    I really enjoyed that... thank you

  • @britanniafirst1254
    @britanniafirst1254 5 років тому

    Very clever. You managed to cover my footplate career from 1978 to 2016.

  • @deborahwhite6580
    @deborahwhite6580 6 років тому

    Really enjoyed this.

  • @PBallroomBlitzK
    @PBallroomBlitzK 2 місяці тому

    Fantastic work👏👏

    • @JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist
      @JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist  2 місяці тому

      Thanks I run another channel bringing to life lost UK railway lines you might enjoy! It's called Ghost Train Lost Railways of UK 🚂

  • @snowmageddon1
    @snowmageddon1 8 років тому +2

    Stunning!

  • @PaulBriden
    @PaulBriden 7 років тому

    Brilliant, why did they remove the right hand side of the station for a car park ?.

  • @zak6889
    @zak6889 6 років тому

    This is fuckin mint tbh, t see how much this fuckin place has changed is outstanding. Think about living back then is unbelievable and how much we’ve changed is so like amazing

  • @Peter-hw6tk
    @Peter-hw6tk 4 роки тому

    Bravo, absolute class

  • @logotrikes
    @logotrikes 6 років тому +1

    Brilliant...!!!

  • @whostolemysocks2798
    @whostolemysocks2798 7 років тому +19

    So the station was getting bigger and bigger and then after 1970s it got smaller and now its a tiny station then in the 70s

    • @roderickjoyce6716
      @roderickjoyce6716 6 років тому +3

      It got bigger again; the metro has two platforms which you can't see as they are underground beneath the north (Neville Street) side of the main station, and there is a new island platform - numbered 5 to 8 - built along and half out of the south side of the station. The entrance to platforms 7 and 8 is an opening through the south wall, which is decorated like a Roman doorway and an inscription about Hadrian's Wall - Gateway to the Roman Empire. The station is probably the busiest it has ever been, at least as far as passenger numbers are concerned - freight trains are pretty infrequent nowadays.

    • @dancrouch2479
      @dancrouch2479 5 років тому

      Yeah that's what I was thinking I thought it was ever one was using cars as transport.

  • @APOTwixx
    @APOTwixx 6 років тому

    Wonderful video!

  • @barryroberts2196
    @barryroberts2196 8 років тому +2

    Very well done.

  • @stamrly418
    @stamrly418 6 років тому

    Ouch memories and a awesome way of recording and showing the famous diamond. Well done no very well done.

  • @johno4521
    @johno4521 7 років тому

    Apart from the obvious electrification, what changes occcurred in the 90s at the station which allowed that drastic simplification of the trackwork?

  • @leonperry123
    @leonperry123 4 роки тому

    How much track and points in the 1960? I had to pause and have a good look.

  • @sirafoxtron1701
    @sirafoxtron1701 2 роки тому

    The first video i watch on your channel!

    • @JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist
      @JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist  2 роки тому

      I made a remake a while ago! ua-cam.com/video/UZrIohJVcL4/v-deo.html

    • @sirafoxtron1701
      @sirafoxtron1701 2 роки тому

      @@JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist yes haha!
      well i was 11 but now i'm 6 years later!

  • @UKWMO
    @UKWMO 7 років тому

    A very well done, great job!

  • @bertiewooster3326
    @bertiewooster3326 Рік тому

    Look at yard in the bottom centre also nice new Ford Capri !

  • @136miles
    @136miles 7 років тому +14

    so what were the now missing platforms for? where did they go?

    • @The_Tops
      @The_Tops 7 років тому +5

      136miles suburban to the coast and parcel yard

    • @Glenn1967ful
      @Glenn1967ful 7 років тому +10

      Platforms 1-3 were for local services to Tynemouth and South Shields and were closed when the Metro replaced British Rail in the eighties. They were like a station in their own right with the platforms having ticket barriers and only Tynerail services using them. Can always remember the ticket collectors being older men and often miserable and abrupt.

  • @willmoffat1931
    @willmoffat1931 7 років тому

    Amazing!! Very interesting 😀😀🤔🤔

  • @baqarrizvi853
    @baqarrizvi853 7 років тому

    C:\Great_piece_of_work\Awesome_Creativity\Fabulous_Collection

  • @Aenopia
    @Aenopia 5 років тому

    The image for 2005 isn't from 2005- Arriva Cross COuntry started operating in 2007 and there were no Northern Rail liveried units until about 2007 as well.

  • @mike-myke22
    @mike-myke22 Рік тому

    Excellent 👍

  • @McRocket
    @McRocket 7 років тому +2

    Wow...mega impressive video, IMO.

  • @FSXNOOB
    @FSXNOOB 7 років тому

    Amazing work :)

  • @Makeroomformushrooms
    @Makeroomformushrooms 7 років тому

    What a great little vid, thanks

  • @daryl2510
    @daryl2510 7 років тому

    I'm from the East Midlands - but that is lovely photography and film-reel showing the ever-changing and sadly the decline of our beloved railway system throughout the decades - well done!

  • @hedgehog3900
    @hedgehog3900 7 років тому

    Superb production from a non train man.

  • @sergisedo7768
    @sergisedo7768 7 років тому

    Good job. Congratulations!

  • @patrickphillips6324
    @patrickphillips6324 2 роки тому

    Does anyone have any photos of the station being built back in 1840s? Would love to see anything like that.

    • @JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist
      @JamesFoxTimeTravelArtist  2 роки тому

      I too would love to see that from the perspective of the castle keep - would make a perfect end to an updated video

  • @snehelmukherjee2412
    @snehelmukherjee2412 6 років тому +1

    Why so many tracks were removed ?