You'd think as the premier content creator covering the metro, you could manage to convince them to give you an early peek!

@coxallk32

Ай бұрын

Really? Anyone can pop out with their smartphone and wait hours on end for a test train to arrive. Doesn't make anyone a content creator, especially a 'premier' one, just someone turning up and hoping for the best. I think you need to be a Geoff Marshall to get any of those privileges pal and even then, its not guaranteed. Sadly, this 'premier content creator' is nowhere near the 300k mark that gets you those perks. The entitlement these days is staggering.

@edificity

Ай бұрын

@@coxallk32 OP knows as well as I do the operators aren't going to give some guy with 3k subs insider access. youtube.com/@deadtotheworld22 I take the compliment in the spirit it was given- with a sarcastic wink. I want to make my videos with love and simply hope that the people who watch them derive some enjoyment. No entitlement present, pal.

My office overlooks the railway lines running through Brixton and I occasionally see these trains on the long way to their home. They look great.

Surprised you didn't get spotted. "Oy, Edificity, get on board!"

Great to see these trains have a motor sound, the old trains don't really have a motor sound

They sound so nice

Looking shnazzy! They're like a cute 777... and probably work better too!

@caramelldansen2204

Ай бұрын

Are there any plans to preserve the old units? The Merseyrail PEP unit (507 001) has been bought and is currently fundraising for transport to her retirement home! :)

@edificity

Ай бұрын

Yes, metrocar no. 4001 (the first prototype) is going to be preserved at the Stephenson railway in North Tyneside, run by Tyne And Wear Archives and Museums. Six further units were offered to charitable causes but that plan seems to have been abandoned due to transport costs, which is really sad.

@caramelldansen2204

Ай бұрын

@@edificity That's great news! Shame about the others, you'd think something like departmental services would at least strip them down and reuse them! Our railways are so wasteful nowadays!

@sglenny001

Ай бұрын

​@edificity what I would loved too off seen Is the metro cars to be used in local communities

i love the noise they make

Is the train now in service?

Will the current announcements change or stay with new trains.

@edificity

Ай бұрын

I've heard they'll stay the same, but can't confirm

@CM_Railways

Ай бұрын

They are the same

Why does the door opening sound the same as the door opening on the LNER door openings also it looks like a class 777

Do they test them at south sheilds ?

@edificity

Ай бұрын

Not just yet, afaik

@loganmorritt194

Ай бұрын

@@edificity ok thank you

Why does the Metro use kiliometers? Uk standard is miles

@pj6641

Ай бұрын

Speeds are in km/hr, distances are measured in metres and kilometres etc. When it was designed, in the 1970's, the metric system was becoming the accepted way of designing and measuring engineering works, which is the standard used today in Europe and much of the rest of the world.

So these trains are ALL longitudinal seating? Why do the new trains keep being downgrades for passenger comfort?

@coxallk32

Ай бұрын

Thats a joke in itself. 'Passenger comfort' means "get those seats longitudinal so we can squeeze in as many people as possible", so your 'comfort' goes right out the window because everyone will be squashed in against each other. Deep down, they don't give two sh!ts about passengers.