Chester to MP CLC 

Thank you, I enjoyed this driver's eye view journey from Chester to Manchester Picc. The twin arches of the overbridge with the optical illusion of gothic style is a highlight for me. The commentary at the bottom of screen adds to the enjoyment of this journey.

Excellent video, loved it. As an addition, as the train leaves Delamere Station. 19 minutes 43 sec., the immediate bridge at the end of the platform is the B5152, Cotebank (A49) to Frodsham Road, but just behind it is a large three pipe overbridge. It is the Vrnwy Aquaduct, normally underground carrying water from Lake Vrnwy in Wales, supplying water to Liverpool's Prescot reservoirs, but here it has to cross over the railway, as the railway was there first.

Another great train journey Don, thanks for the on screen information it sure helps this rookie train enthusiast here in Canada . Stay safe my friend 🇨🇦

Had to smile at the mention of Hollyoaks. My daughter's claim to fame was that, whilst she was a uni student in Chester, she was asked to be an extra in Hollyoaks for one scene. Great presentation, as always. Thank you.

Another brilliant production Mr Coffey. Very informative and as always a pleasure to watch. Thankyou...

Only just got around to watching this, but have really enjoyed it. I used to travel the route regularly in the 1960s and 70s so it brought back loads of happy memories of the beauty of this part of the country and the architecture of the structures such as bridges and stations. Thanks for sharing.

Again thank you Don from NZ.. I have been missing from watching you for a time. Summer and as you know we are the lucky ones. But I will be back often and do think about you and yours and the stress you live in.

A fascinating journey, thank you. A lot of hard work went into that video. Very worthwhile.

“They sleep in Hale and Sale by night, in Manchester by day! They travel home by CLC and MSJ&A” Converting the direct line from Altrincham to Oxford Road definitely makes the journey longer over this route. The last time I travelled over this route which was 40 years ago, The Chester Trains started from the now rarely used Bay Platform at Oxford Road. It seemed a very slow journey all those years ago but it always saved the track across Manchester from Piccadilly to Victoria.

Thanks for posting this, Don. I know and love this line and lived by it (in Northwich) for many years. Just one small correction; the freight only line to sandbach is via Middlewich not Winsford. We're hoping to see a return of a passenger service on that line in the not too distant future.

This was my commute line Knutsford to Manchester Piccadilly and or via Metrolink for 10years 1996 to 2006 lots of memories there and info I didn’t know many thanks I like the way you keep the viewer engaged cheers

Enjoyed your video Don, hope you and family are all well. With all best wishes.🚂🚂🚂

Excellent work! Thanks to your dedication it's possible to get travel experience for people that for various reasons can't allow themselves to take journey.

Those Virgin Pendolinos suggest you must have kept this up your sleeve for a year or two. Glad you rolled it out though as I enjoyed every minute of the ride.

Surely you must have been in that crowd somewhere as, at least. an extra. The descriptions are epic. Most of the others you re lucky to know what town, bridge or viaduct you are passing through or over. Keep up the good fight.

Thank you, Don, for this, yet another, of your very enjoyable and informative railway videos. Your descriptions of details along the route are a great addition!

Thank you so much for these great videos. Watching from Erie Pennsylvania USA.

Fascinating 'documentary' as always Don. We followers really need to club together to get some flowers for Mrs. C. for letting you escape to youtube once in a while! Here's hoping you get a chance to do some more videos when time permits.

I really enjoyed this video. As an American I felt that the commentary running at the bottom was very helpful.

Your route knowledge is amazing. I live in Scarborough, and you have already done that route. Now your over the other side in Lancashire....Amazing knowledge.

Thank you for posting these! They are fascinating to watch

Thanks, Don, for your usual helpful comments. I didn't realise Badgers made their setts line-side! More please!

Interesting journey, odd how you stop everywhere in the middle of nowhere yet once you get into the built up area don't stop at all!

Thanks for this, brilliant as always. As a child I remember the line from Altrincham ran to Oxford Road, so going straight on after Navigation Road via Sale (we lived in Ashton on Mersey), Stretford, Warwick Road, Old Trafford, Deansgate and Oxford Road The route from Altrincham to Oxford Road in the 1950's was, I believe, the only electrified railway in the North of England apart from a small piece between Morecambe and Heysham for some reason I was told the line had been electrified because of Metropolitan Vickers,where my father and grandfather both worked, possibly for an exhibition?. {In fact Metro Vicks was originally the Westinghouse plant where my grandfather started around the time when they bought and demolished the original Trafford House and Park. It looks as if the old electrification has gone. Do trains still run directly to Oxford Road or is that only the tram type system. And o you know when the old electrification?

Another great video. Loved additional inserts. Thank you Don.

There is something magical about trains! Keep up the wonderful work Mr. Coffey, and don't mind that OTHER Mr. Coffee, he's just a big drip!!!

That was an incredible journey thanks for posting this

Thank you Don for posting these video's. I'm enjoying them from Sydney Australia. 32:10 mark is special to me, Lest we Forget.

I love these Drivers eye view vlogs, but the only thing that's spoils it for me are the plethora of adverts at the start all the way through and the end. NOTE TO RU-vid! you are spoiling it for everyone with your new add system!!! Keep them coming Don, they are great.

Ha, not sure why this popped up in recommended vlogs but was interesting to watch. I'm from Chester, but have lived in Northwich for about 13 years now. I actually live in Greenbank, our house backs onto the railway(our washing can be seen on the right at about 33:08). I often wave to the drivers, usually the freight ones as they pass, being much slower we often get a wave back or a hoot of the horn.

Many thanks for another good video Don, look forward to more in the future. Take care.

Thank you for splicing in bits from other videos that cover, for instance, a junction, from a different angle - that's really appreciated. As are all of the extra bits of information you add these days. You have a good eye for interesting things. I have to say [whilst appreciating the workload!] that more of them wouldn't hurt, even things like the route numbers of the intersecting main roads, e.g. 'A56', 'B6089', or names of all the rivers [I know you do this sometimes]. These could appear without comment in one corner of the screen for a few seconds, and would be useful, especially for a viewer who has an especial interest in part of a line and may be watching with their own map, or planning an outing to look more closely at some feature. One exception: is it wise to point out badger setts, when badger-baiting gangs are reported to be as active as ever? Anyway, thanks very much for what you do. It's fantastic, and fascinating not only for the various interests of railway enthusiasts, but also for mechanical engineers, civil engineers, topographers and geographers in general, and industrial and local historians - to name but a few...'

Love to see some Merseyrail trips,Hunts Cross to Southport maybe,back in the 70's I was a crossing keeper at Brooke Rd West,gone now that box all automated...so many different types of jobs with every station having a full crew.Miss those days.

Brilliant videos don-would it be possible to have a cleethorpes to manchester airport run and return-that would be a great trip...love the scenery and the journey...thanks...p.cooke

Thank you driver, a very pleasant journey👍🙂

Thanks again Don that was a very interesting trip !!! Take care ...:):):)

Very high quality! Next time, as you work for TPE, I recommend you film a cab ride on the Nova 2 from Manchester or Liverpool to Glasgow or Edinburgh via the WCML! :) Up to you of course, just a suggestion.

Absolutely fantastic and insightful video. Thank you.

Minor point: the freight line to Sandbach, just west of Northwich, goes via Middlewich not Winsford. Great video. Northwich is my home town and I have travelled along this line countless times. PS. Just noticed the comment re the line to Sandbach. I should have read all the comments before adding mine. Apologies.

Thanks Don, another enjoyable trip 👍

always wondered where the northern train sat at chester went when changing at chester to go wales

Was of the understanding CLC was the route between Manchester and Liverpool via Widnes. Always referred to this line as the Mid-Cheshire.

Nice to see these old plastics are still in service.

Excellent again Don! Keep up the good work!

Is it p[ossible to use, say, a 50mm lens instead of a wide angle, some time please.

Don, thanks for another great video with very informative foot notes. Though you have mischievous youth, I can assure you them better than ours, that try and often succeed in striking the engine windshield, forcing our cabin windows to be protected with steel rods or at the very least, a piece of chain link fence.

Great video. Thanks again Mr. Coffey.

Nice ride - that train sure doesn't sound like it wants to brake very much!

Really enjoyed this Don many thanks

Does the branch from Heaton Norris Jn to Guide Bridge still have only one passenger train - in one direction - per WEEK ?

Done this trip so many times between Chester to Moorfields station and back to lime street

Another great watch. Thank you Don. What's next?

Hi Don Great video as always. My mate who retired after 50 years as a driver at Crewe tells me that you made a slight error in the description of "Northwich West Junction". You state in the video that the freight line branches off there to "Sandbach via Winsford". My mate says this should read "Sandbach via Middlewich" !! Just thought you might want to know. My mate occasionally drove over this route with diversionary expresses from Holyhead to Crewe, or sometimes coal trains from Trentham to Oakleigh. Cheers Derek Cumbria

Fascinating as always. Hopefully the Hartford Viaduct wasn't harmed in the recent flooding.

Love all the old signal boxes on route.

Thanks Another great ride.

When was this video shot? I see a Virgin class 390 in it. I thought Virgin Rail no longer exists.

Great video, are you (or anyone) aware of any planned upgrades for this route? Theres a massive increase in population around the Northwich/Knutsford area and it seems like there would be a good business case to improve journey times along this route for commuters to Manchester and Chester. Sadly there seems to have been a bit of a decline in use primarily down to unreliability and journey times recently!

Cheers Don enjoyed that route. Not great with the kids chucking stuff off the bridge....

19:55 To be fair, nothing works better than keeping the bloomin trees away from the railway to begin with!! You could argue they look nice, but I really don't think the risk to life and institutional cost of autumn leaf fall is worth it. You could argue for the ecological aspect, but the railways (especially nowadays...) take up an absolutely minuscule amount of the country, and would displace very few trees versus our society's favourite tarmac abominations, like motorways and car parks!

Very good again really enjoy the video

Brilliant Don, thank you.

Very Enjoyable. Thanks Don for all your work on these! What does the TSR after Skelton Jct mean with the line through it? I've seen these in a number of videos.

I live near one of the station's you go through on this line. 😊

Great video.Thank you.

Nice video sorry I missed the premiere

Hi don,thanks for another wonderful journey,the beautiful old stations on this line are they listed?this train has got some go off the mark,thanks mate cheer's bob.

Thanks Don, take care.

Thanks Don, another line I have 'copped'. I note there are no check rails on Northwich viaduct, what are the criteria for installing these? Great quality and captioning as usual.

So the Mouldsworth to Helsby freight only line gone too, saddens me....

thank you for sharing your videos. do you sometimes find that when you finish work you are miles away from home?

How many stations are there between Chester and Manchester Piccadilly via Knutsford and Altringham?

Fascinating video, really love the narrative. I must admit, I got really angry when I saw those twats on the bridge!

Nice video and great captioning, shame the video quality in many places is pretty bad, it might have been compressed a bit too aggressively?

Hi Don I have i question from Sweden. Why did we meet a pacer? Shouldnt they end of they performance in 2020?

I think the 150s will eventually be replaced by the 195s, right?

What is the model of the cummins engine?

i'm from northwich this line has too many stops i don't have a clue why it even stops in greenbank

Thanks once again Don for the video and additional information. If you acknowledge an advance speed warning signal, but are exceeding the limit at the warning sign, are the brakes applied as they would be at a red signal? Is it the same situation at a temporary speed restriction?

Great video. Thanks ! Do you feel it would be worth reopening Cheadle Station ?

At just over 30 mins the 150 dmu suddenly changes to a locomotive!

I don't have any words for about those idiots on the bridge, I hope BTP is doing something because I bet it is a regular problem? The only other thing was I kept looking out in these videos to see the site of the old Mayfield Station, I think there is an excavator in the shot where it used to be, strange how until recently they had plans to reopen it, then all of sudden it is demolished to make way for HS redevelopment

the bridges seem very low on this line

I tried to watch this video but the number of mid-roll ads is just ridiculous.

Brunner Mond in Northwich - thats a name from the past

Do you ever worry something might be coming the other way on single tracks.?