Trains at: Leicester, MML, 10/12/22
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An enjoyable but cold afternoon spent at Leicester on the Midland Mainline where we see plenty of services from East Midlands Railway, Cross Country and freight from DC Rail.
Leicester was one of the first towns to receive a railway and railway station. The reason why I say town is because back then it was a town. The station was opened in 1832 by the Leicester and Swannington Railway which would eventually become part of the Midland Railway.
At the time there were roughly seven railway stations located throughout the town, the original station was built on the outskirts of the town at West Bridge and was eventually closed in 1928, Leicester Belgrave Road which was located on the Great Northern Railway closed in 1962 and Leicester Central which was located on the Great Central Railway was closed to passenger traffic in 1969. These three were the main railway stations in the town before they were subsequently shut down. The current station was formally known as Leicester London Road.
The station was first opened in 1840 by the Midland Railway and for a while just had the one platform serving it, as at the time the amount of traffic passing through along with the passenger numbers didn't require a second platform to be built, it wasn't until around 1858 when the first of the expansions took place and this was because there were more routes being opened up for trains to get to and from Leicester which meant that a second platform had to be built. Additionally for a long while this was the home to the headquarters of the Midland Railway company. Because they had now built two platform it also meant that they could have them dedicated to serving trains in a certain direction. So P1 was used for handling trains going North and P2 was used for southbound traffic.
Between 1892 and 1894 the Midland Railway completely rebuilt the station after many years of contemplation and some flaws in the planning. There was a new booking office opened by the then mayor of the town in 1892 when the station was renamed from Campbell Street station to Leicester London Road, the front entrance to the station consisted of four archways with two of the having the word 'Departure' inscribed into them and the other two have the word 'Arrival' These weren't done for the overall aesthetic appearance, this was done to help the local can drivers at the time.
Fundamentally the frontage of the station remains the same now as it did almost 120 years ago, the interior of the booking hall and the platforms however were redesigned in 1978 by Sir Robert McAlpine.
Once privatisation came into effect under British Rail the station fell into the care of Railtrack and eventually Network Rail, whilst these stations were under their control they actually contracted the work out to update the stations to the local railway operating company which at the time would have been Midland Mainline, when BR took over there wasn't any work done to the station. They obviously kept it tidy but in terms of modernising it they never looked into it. Once Midland Mainline were given the go ahead they began to introduce new things to the station such as large departure boards in the station and smaller ones dotted around the station. Along with smaller refurbishment work taking place.
In 2006 the station had automatic ticket barriers installed to crack down on fare evasion which still sadly takes place today.
My next station will be Nottingham on the Midland Mainline.
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i maybe just maybe might be coming back to leicester this august for 3 months thanks for lifting my mood tonight Tornado rachel from queensland australia
I love your trainspotting videos Tornado! KEEP IT UP
@Tornado922
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Thank you very much, that is very kind of you!
Another great video 👍🍺
Great video at Leicester
@Tornado922
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Thanks very much!
Great reporting. THX
@Tornado922
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Thank you kindly!
Hi Tornado922. Great film at Leicester. Looking forward to watching next film at Nottingham. Kind regards, Chris.
@Tornado922
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Thanks very much Chris!
Watching your videos always make me feel happy . You can beat just sitting down and watching some trans 😊
@Tornado922
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That's very kind of you to say! Thank you :)
A very good Wednesday evening buddy from Alan in Lowestoft buddy and a very merry Christmas and a Happy New year
@Tornado922
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I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
Super video!
@Tornado922
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Thanks very much!
Really good view of leicester, sad the middle road has gone, but still a fine station to visit.
@Tornado922
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Thanks very much, Leicester is a great station to come to, you do have to get the timing right though for all of the freight
60029 was Formerly named after Clitheroe Castle
@Tornado922
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Ah right ok
amazing video jarred
@Tornado922
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Thanks very much!
Merry Christmas Tornado922 and happy 2023
@Tornado922
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I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
Great video
@Tornado922
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Thanks very much!
Amazing
@Tornado922
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Thanks very much!
I was on 222017 and 013 on my way to Kettering from Loughborough and I just spotted you right I was departing Leicester, there was point failures at Sheffield. So it was heavy delayed by approximately 25 minutes.
@Tornado922
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I hope you had a great journey!
@uktv05
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@@Tornado922 cheers lad! 👍🏼
Great video. Leicester is a class station. Merry Christmas
@alanshelly7068
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@The_Vut390 Leicester is my home town but I now live in Lowestoft
@gavlptvbk8665
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It’s really not a ‘class station’. The frontage is beautiful but the rest of the buildings are from the 1970s and are dated, lack character and are dirty. There are a total lack of facilities at the station for a city of Leicester’s size. Also, trains are limited to 222s, 180s, 170s, the off 158s and soon to be transferred 156s, so hardly an inspiring roster.
@ClaretBlueTrainspotter
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@Gavlptvbk nothing wrong with 222s, 158s, 180s, 170s or 156s
@gavlptvbk8665
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No there isn’t, but Leicester station is still a dump and needs rebuilding.
Gud video at Lester. Appy crismus and noo year. Carlin at bar wen yer reddy. Nuff sed.
@Tornado922
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Ta much
I got sad news my grandad past away on Sunday at 3.30 pm afternoon and I am upset
@Tornado922
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My condolences to you and your family
Superb video as usual Tornado922. Any thoughts on visiting Bolton and Manchester Victoria stations?
@Tornado922
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Thanks very much, I will see if I can get these stations done at some stage this year. Just not sure when that is going to be
it finally left without the coffee
@Tornado922
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The coffee was the most important part!
If there is a point failure @ Bedford why are they diverting via Corby, Corby line into Kettering what happens between Wellingboro & Bedford?
@Tornado922
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Turns out there was engineering work taking place at Market Harborough that weekend
I agree with you buddy
@Tornado922
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Jolly good
Hello Tornado922. Can You Film At Hayes & Harlington And Biggleswade Please
@Tornado922
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I will see what I can do for you
Please can you do Carlisle next
@Tornado922
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I will be getting Carlisle done later this year at some stage
170379? That's more like 170397 actually! At least one of your films isn't complete without an error is it? There would have been a service to and from Grimsby as well but was cancelled or terminated short I think. Was the Cross Country service from Cambridge near the start of the film supposed to have been started from Stansted Airport? Also yes that route needs trains that are better equipped! What could perhaps be if either Avanti West Coast transfer their 221's to Cross Country and/or East Midlands Railway transfer their 222's (all part of the Voyager family) over there to boost their overall Voyager fleet and enable some to be used on services to the likes of Stansted Airport and Cardiff Central etc. To be honest though can't see that happening at the moment! The 170 certainly not the best type of train to use on an Airport route though that's for sure!
@Tornado922
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Would it be one of my films if there wasn't an error in there haha!
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