Trains at: Leicester, MML, 20/08/21
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A superb afternoon spent at Leicester on the Midland Mainline where we see plenty of services from East Midlands Railway, Cross Country and freight from GBRF.
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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Great video mate. The way that you told the announcement to 'shut up' but sometimes it takes a long time to end it.
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, you've gotta have some fun at times haha
Epic video Tornado922. How Leicester has changed with East Midlands Railway with the new rolling stock coming into play in the near future. For your interest, there is an evening peak EMR Intercity service that departs 18:01 (I think) out of ST Pancras International to Sheffield. This train is known as The South Yorkshireman.
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this, I had a great tine getting it all pout together. Thanks for the info in regards to that service
@lisathompson154
2 жыл бұрын
I lied to me
@lisathompson154
2 жыл бұрын
Hospital today as it is until 1230 NPR attitude on Thursday night that says “capital
Great video pal really enjoyed as always as best content on youtube And plus class 222 is my first ride on a Intercity from kings x to Long Eaton
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you ever so much that really is ever so nice of you to say, I hope you had a good ride on that service
Top stuff once again, really enjoyed.
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much
Brilliant video! I really enjoyed this :)
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much!!
Great video mate love your video of Leicester mate 👍
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :)
Very good video. I really enjoyed it. :)
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much I'm glad you enjoyed watching this :)
Other amazing video legend tornado I was enjoy watch your videos
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much :)
Nice video, Leicester is a very nice station I used to go though the station going to Loughbrough to see some friend, who has since pass away sometime ago.
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, I'm very sorry to hear of your friend passing away
Great video thanks
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much!!
Great railway video as always Tornado922, funnily enough I had an interview at Leicester for a job with East Midlands Railway.
@iago18958
2 жыл бұрын
May I ask what the job was?
@theimperialist2686
2 жыл бұрын
@@iago18958 Customer Service Leader at London St Pancras.
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
@@theimperialist2686 Thanks very much, how did you get on with your interview?
@theimperialist2686
2 жыл бұрын
@@Tornado922 Didn't get the job as the interview was at the beginning of this year.
Great video at Leicester Can't wait for Nottingham
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much :)
Good video mate
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much
Great video and weird not having HSTs around
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, it is strange not seeing them on the MML these days
Awesome 👍👍👍👍
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much
Cool video buddy from Alan Shelley
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
thanks very much
Did you ever try a spot of announcing? It could be cool! And btw the full aubergine is my favourite livery but only when its sparkling clean and glistens in the sun! Thanks!
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
I could give it a go if a station would be willing to let me loose at the microphone haha
Great video friend have you been to Market Harborough yet please keep me informed on live at Market Harborough that is my local station the good videos mate
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, I haven't done a film from there but I have passed through the station on a few occasions
Hithere Happynewyear Toyou
Leicester my home town. Spent many times getting the train to London. Calling at Market Harborough, Kettering and London St Pancras
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
It is a great place to go to I find
I love the class 70s in the East Midlands Railway livery.
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
I assume you mean the class 170s? If so then I agree
Nice Video
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much
What a headache those Adelante trains are. I hope you brought Asprin or Paracetamol. Take 2 of them and forget about the noise the Adelante makes. James Bond was in Leicester on the 20th of August 2021. 007
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
They certainly couldn't sneak up on you that's for sure!!
Leicester; home of Thomas Cook. They’ve had a good run (1841-2019).
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
They were a superb company
Sheeeshh those breaks on the Adelante's need oiling.
Great video on my town station much enjoyed watching. Just a quick one did you travel to Leicester by train? Or you just managed to get on the station normally staff can be funny about going on platform train sporting.
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, I took the train up here from Kettering and the station staff were perfectly happy with me.
Adam Adam have you been here for a few days for a few hours here and here
Do you mean Birmingham new street from Peterborough
yeah right i dont think 101 was going to Peterborough since its heading to Birmingham new street
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Just going off what I was reading on RTT at the time no matter what the direction it was taking
170101 was going to Birmingham. Leicester is a good station but not the same without HST's.
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
The HST's brought some character to the area for sure
Can u do a video this Thursday for me because it’s my birthday this Thursday
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
I can't film on Thursdays or anyway weekdays unless I book the time off work which is what I did for my time here, but I hope you had a wonderful birthday
You should go to Brockenhurst and Stone.
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Should I?
@maimadha
2 жыл бұрын
@@Tornado922 yes
sometimes leicesters full of action lots of freights sometimes can be like this not as much
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
I suppose it's like any station really, sometimes it can be a right goldmine and other times you're just not that lucky, but I was happy with what I had got on that day
15:00 I was wearing headphones ow.
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
It was bad enough for me standing there!!
@SlowLineTrainspotting
2 жыл бұрын
At least it was moving! Now I wish it wasn’t
First to watch
@georgedowns4034
2 жыл бұрын
no you're not...
@samstravelvlogsinthenorthe9818
2 жыл бұрын
@@georgedowns4034 I was I watched when I put it up 9 seconds later
@georgedowns4034
2 жыл бұрын
@@samstravelvlogsinthenorthe9818 oh in the case u probs are lol
you can call the MML a grave now
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
In what regard would it be a grave????
@maimadha
2 жыл бұрын
@@Tornado922 no more HSTs operate on the Midland Mainline.
next Blackpool
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
If you try asking I might consider it
4:50 Lol maybe that man was attracted to you idk
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
I have no idea haha
Why does everyone call Leicester, Lester, it is so annoying
@Tornado922
2 жыл бұрын
Because the 'ice' in Leicester is silent.