Captioned Manchester Victoria to Manchester Airport 

This is how cab ride videos should be. Running information and signalling information very much appreciated.

Nice touch with the passenger disembarking at the end, I like the guy running for his plane, that's usually me!

Another great documentary, Don. Living in the West Midlands, I can only say that I wished that our tram system was as advanced as that in Manchester. Also impressive is the investment that can be seen in the city. Manchester is certainly a cranespotters delight at the moment!!! My wish list for 2019 is for a West Midlands driver to give us some cab rides as good as these.👍🏼

Thank you SO much for filming this and putting this together! It gives me such joy to dig deeper into how this line is put together, having taken this train quite often when I lived in Manchester.

Same! The subtitles are awesome. Enjoyed this enormously! Thank you.

Most interesting and very informative to a total stranger like myself. A captioning epic - your hard work was appreciated!

One of the best cab rides with great driver info. Thank you

Wow. I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoyed this video. I'm originally from Rotherham but have lived in the US for donkey's years. I've used this train a few times on my visits home having come from Meadowhall to Manchester. The engineering puts the US railways to shame. Thank you so much and I look forward to doing this trip again soon :-)

Thank you Don, another great video, I love these captioned ones that you do, I've always been fascinated with Manchester rail infrastructure :-)

I really enjoyed this. I don't get up to Manchester often so it was nice to see the views etc. Your comment about new and old buildings rings very true for me and seems to epitomize Manchester as a whole.

A brilliant video don! Thank you for uploading!

Excellent I love the subtitles very informative.

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing!

I've travelled quite extensively throughout the UK on the rails over the years, albeit it not around the Manchester Area though! So your Cab views are excellent ways to see these routes, & your captions are most informative. Many Thanks

Very interesting and informative. Thanks for the time and effort you put into these videos.

loved it Don; as always a bloody good video full of fascinating facts

Excellent yet again, thank you.

Superb work, thank you, most interesting & informative!

Excellent as always Don.

A very informative video with great information about Manchester

I do like Manchester's railways, there's just something about them that I love. It's like a replacement London.

Thank you for another excellent 'travelogue.' I really appreciate the time you take to add the commentary.

Another great and informative video. Many thanks.

I have travelled on that line many times over the years but this is the first time I have seen the drivers view. Great video and thanks for sharing 😁😁😁😁

That's probably one of my favourite lines out of Piccadilly with an almost complete straight elevated line up to heald green with the A34 along side it. My second favourite is the line up to clitheroe.

Wonderful, very informative, thank you for that. Hope to see more.

very rare I will watch a whole video anymore. Im old and time isnt on my side. I watched the whole thing, and subbed. I cant wait to see what I find in your other videos. Thank you!!!

Great video Don. I used to live in Didsbury and used the Styal line in the 70's, then by AM4 and 8AM10s (as I knew them) to get into town and also do my trainspotting at Picc, Victoria, Reddish and Crewe, well before the Ordsal loop and the Airport spur were put in. Good to see it well used and so providing an effective (and efficient?) service for the public. It was good to have an up to date refresh, and the commentary helped identify the landmarks.

Don, a million thanks for this video. I travel to Manchester from Huddersfield by car, but will have to come on the train to experience the journey. Your descriptions are very helpful and enjoyed this journey with you and the view from your cab. Kind Regards Stewart 😁

Superb and I like the sound!!!! Regards, Dana.

Great ride, thanks Don.

Excellent! Thank you, Don.

Another interesting and informative video. I try to get friends to watch these videos, to get them to see the hard work that the driver has to put in to get the train safely to its destination. Many people think that the driver just sits there doing very little and just follows the tracks, little do they know. Thanks.

Brilliant Don! Interesting info on the trip wire at Manchester Airport.

Really interesting video and the captions very informative. Working on the Infrastructure side of the railway, its interesting to see the driver / operations prospective. Hope you keep producing these video over the coming years, because there should be a many more infrastructure changes within the LNE territory as Transpennine Route Upgrade picks up moment.

Don, I've just watched this one for the first time more to reminisce - I retired in April - than as a route refresh. Very good running commentary as usual, particularly referencing the railhead conditions on the Styal line (one of the worst in leaf-fall season in my experience)

was great to see the area i grew up in (longsight) from the tracks. used to spend years as a kid spotting with my dad at longsight depot, watching the old shunters zip around the yard. thanks for the video.

This is the best cab video on RU-vid - totally informative and as an exile from the North West shows how Manchester/Salford is the UK's second city. As an old trainspotter I can appreciate the vast improvements west of Victoria station. The listed hotel at Oxford Road was the old Refuge Assurance building. From Piccadilly the heavier wire gantries from the early 60s show how the WCML has fewer wire problems than the ECML where I live now. Blow your nose anywhere near the track in Co Durham and there's a problem with the overheads. Notice the suburban stations - all with waiting passengers. An excellent upload - thank you.

Another one of your fascinating informative films.

Seeing the pacers!

Fascinating video. I've used Platform 13 at Picadilly quite a few times and it is really interesting to see it from the driver's viewpoint.

Excellent and very informative

Great video - the captions are very useful.

Great vid! Thanks from Australia

Definitely better with the captions. Thank you for the information on Manchester city.

Another excellent video, thank you.

I was there on May 21 2018 when they swapped over timetables and "job action" - was originally going to take the direct Wigan NW to Airport, something I have done many times. However, it was cancelled so I hopped over to Wallgate to catch whatever was heading in to Manchester Victoria [via Bolton] the train was supposed to go on to Stalybridge but was cancelled to go no further than Victoria. At Victoria eventually got a train to the airport on the route covered here but that was cancelled at Piccadilly. We caught the next train down the same route as your video [I had only gone the other way in and out of the airport] and eventually arrived at the airport in time for my flight. [not everyone did] The usual 45 min direct journey from Wigan NW took almost 3 hours on this day !

Great video Don, when I worked for a while in Piccadilly powerbox in the early 90s they were talking of building the Ordsall chord then, so it only took about 25yrs to get round to it! Really it should have happened in the late 80s when they built the Windsor link and started routing more of the traffic through Piccadilly. It used to be said that the corridor from Deansgate to Piccadilly was the most heavily used 2 track section in the UK, I don't know if that is still the case but it certainly is busy. It is is the Piccadilly signalmans nightmare to have something fail in that section. We used to joke in the signal box that Piccadilly is actually a 2 platform station with 12 bays ;-)

Once again, Thank You, Sir, for a very informative and relaxing cab ride through your country. Your scrolling Information is wonderful and greatly appreciated. Ed from Pennsylvania.

this was a very interesting video, i like the idea of the descrptions via the captains under the film. i have subscribed and will look out for more videos from you.XXXXX Thats five stars for this video, thank you Chris

Lovely video. Seeing the caption for Burnage Stn reminded me of my Grandparents who lived there. Dad told me during WWII a large parachute bomb or mine landed near by. The railway embankment saved their house deflecting the blast upwards. away from the houses. They lived at Burnham Avenue now Burnham Drive.

another great video very informative excellent quality liked the camera left running at end.Thanks

A nice comfortable ride. Thank you Don! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙂👍🇺🇸

Signalling up to Oxford Road from MCV now controlled by the Manchester Central signaller at the ROC, but I was quite upset when the old Manchester North Signalling centre was shut a few years back at Easter. Knew a couple of signallers in there, and would sometimes pop in during the evening for a chat and a brew when I was in the area. Never been to the ROC and would love to go. Thanks for another great clip, Don

Thank you for sharing

Very nice run.

Very interesting thanks 👍🏻

Brilliant video! Nice to have little urban ride though Manchester!

Great cab ride again! There is an evening TPE service that is scheduled to stop at East Didsbury (I think it's ex-Middlesbrough) but I don't know about in the morning, you'll know more than me as you're the driver, and I was only station staff at York during the summer! (Although I'm returning over Christmas) Also, in reference to the Manchester International Depot, the Eurostar trains are actually '373's. Finally, I'd just like to say that your cab ride videos are some of the best on RU-vid! I was your 34th subscriber and I've watched every video in full since. Now you're at 2.5K subscribers, I just have to say really well done! You must be one of the fastest growing railway-related channels.

["Who the heck gave the thumbs down? a great video that took effort to produce, typing all the captions - some people are never satisfied - Thanks Don appreciate the effort to video and caption the your work."]

Wow ! That was very interesting ! Than you for sharing!!! :):):P)

thankyou don didnt know we could get it from victoria we always went to picci to catch it thinking that was the only way

Brilliant!

beautiful time of day to film. The golden hour ;)

Very enjoyable video

Great video Don

Very nice video , greetings from Greece

Thank you.

Hi Don, great video once again. It is a pity that the work to increase capacity west of Piccadilly was cancelled but I can't help but think what a nightmare it would be trying to provide extra running lines up to the chord given the very close proximity to some of the buildings either side of the line. It would call for much demolition of some fine old buildings.

Not one for cab rides but these are excellent quality video and information, will watch more of your work.

Oh thats was a awesome ride ! thanks don coffey . only regret is i miss that " universal square" building lol it often catches my attention . im from india and i wish to visit those places , i love train rides coffey , esp night drives , it heaven trip . please night services too lolll :)

excellent

Another riveting insight to a driver’s responsibilities. Fascinating. Thank you again for posting. Locals seem to be well served by this transport with sooo many trains rushing in all directions. Must be very stressy for the signalling operators.

InterCity liveried GUV still sitting in the siding opposite Longsight, I just noticed.

Excellent commentary. Just a few bits remain of Exchange.

Interesting how close Deansgate and Oxford Road are, so that the starting signal at Deansgate controls entrance to Oxford Rd. And also interesting there's one signal halfway along the platform at Oxford Rd and another at the platform end.

Mind-boggling that a city like Manchester in England has an airport that requires a 26-minute train ride at high speed in parts to get to it. I'm pretty certain Kingsford-Smith Airport in Sydney, Australia is a heck of a lot closer to our State Capital's centre.

Falling leaves on the tracks. Same problem for trains over here in the Netherlands 😁

very Good video Don, i have subscribed too Your yt!

love it mate only thing that would make this 10 times better is if you could record it in panorama view now that would be cool

Actually You met Metrolink tram line before arriving at the airport. The train tracks run above Metrolink just before East Didsbury station (few hundred meters away from the station there is a terminus stop for Metrolink's East Didsbury line)...

Very interesting.

Nice ride ta

I prefer the subtitles Don! Very interesting as usual, my only quibble is that Oxford Road isn't Art Deco, built in the sixties from laminated timber to keep weight off the viaduct, did my dissertation on the laminated timber back in 1975....

I notice the weather immediately improves when you leave Manchester

Hi Don, again a pleasure to watch your video! I have even got my question already answered what the F and S at the signal boxes stand for - fast and slow. However, I am a bit puzzled about the U next to the orange signal when leaving Oxford Road Station (near the Principal). Cheers!

wonderful! I hope you get chance to film the Glossop and Hadfield line someday?

Hi Don, from the British train videos that I watch on RU-vid I can see only two bad things about the British Rail. First is third rail used as a train power supply in London area, in the South and South East (If I am accurate enough). In my opinion the third rail might be a cheap in installation and maintenance, but it causes numerous deaths every year among people trying to cross the rails illegally, not to mention poor unaware animals. I think the third rail should never be used outside, only in the underground and at the railway lines that are well fenced off. The second unpleasant thing that drew my attention in the videos are piles of trash at some places along the tracks. Everything else looks great. Many thanks for excellent videos from the area where railways were born.

You haven't seen how busy Birmingham International gets during rush hour and an exhibition is on at the NEC, as well as the large volume of airline passengers. Those lines get a double whammy.

:) Been there done that as a passenger from Oxford Road to Ely on the East Midlands from Liverpool. Once passed Piccadilly we head on to Stockport and then on to Sheffield and beyond. Had heard that they are/were thinking about upgrading the through lines at Piccadilly - Not sure where the space is going to come from as there are a lot of roads/buildings there.

15:45 Fun fact: Burnage is birthplace of the Gallagher brothers and where Oasis was founded

Спасибо, большое очень интересно.

Don, we met when you worked at I think Mintex. I worked for a haulage contractor in Barnsley. You helped us with braking problems. Sent from my iPad

I love the footage. May I ask what kind of camera do you use?

I enjoy your videos, enriched by your excellent rail-centric and general comments during the journey. I may be alone in this but please allow me to make this observation - I sometimes find it a bit difficult simultaneously to follow the scrolling captions and "admire the view." Perhaps static subtitles, as done for foreign-language films, might ease reading of the text while still following the video. Thank you for your efforts.

Excellent video.brought many happy memories of my time spent on the original work to electrify from style into MA.did they change the mast original lettering of MIA/??/??

AWS being cancelled a bit quick LOL great film.

Nice one Don! Goes past my house at 18:30 😛

Hi Don, great video again. I frequently travel between Manchester and Leeds. From your perspective as a driver, do you find the Ordsall Chord has caused more problems than benefits due to the cancellation of capacity improvements on the line, e.g. extra through platforms at Piccadilly and quadruple track to Oxford Road? As a passenger I frequently experience delays and cancellations to TPE services that run from Manchester to Leeds via the Ordsall Chord, even when everything goes to plan it increases my journey time because we spend 15 mins meandering through Manchester instead of going straight out to the Pennines via Ardwick Junction. Thanks.

Thank you so much for such an interesting video. The subtitles are a very useful pieces of information. Do you have to have special permission to film in the cab?