History of Britain's Rail Franchises Episode 1 

My Lord, there is more drama in this one video than in the entire history of EastEnders.

Stopped here to say Massive Thank You for your effort for simplifying this complex British Rail Structure. I’ve known this but had always found a way to get confused. Made it so easy. I will never mind to see a video on how all these Main lines were merged and handed out by Network Rail to these TOC’s even if the video is hours long. Great work. Absolute masterpiece..

Great quality,Interesting and educational :D

I never realize how complicated modern British railways are. Thank you for the video.

I love the editing style of this video, it’s so much more entertaining than other peoples. Defo gonna watch more of your vids

A great and entertaining video! Loved it a lot and the editing is amazing! :D

For some odd reason I used to think LNER started at London Liverpool Street rather than Kings Cross. Learned something new today

I needed to know why they don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 37 Octagon and Every 17 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 142MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 142MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 17 Tonnes for all of those 142MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!! And please do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

virgin operated 221s and 390s into Blackpool north and 221s into shewesbury prior to Avanti taking over but very informative

Well that was fun

October 31st 2021 I was stuck in LNER from Stevenage to Peterborough and I had no hot food only Ian food was ham and mayo sandwich’s they had limited food I got back in time for Halloween.

@Rail Challenge Crew (RCC) The line between Paddington and Hayes & Harrlington was electrified in 1998 and not 2016.

A comment on newark is that the midland line does not go to newark north gate but a separate station. This is due to the midland main line in Nottingham and Lincoln areas not being electrified so can’t join onto the east coast line

8:19 My home station!

woahhh, its finally out lmao

9:47 wasn’t the line already electrified between London and Hayes for Heathrow Express?

you missed a key stop on the great western mainline its Bristol Parkway

virgin trains already served blackpool north

West Coast mainline no mention of Crewe!

That department for traaanspaaart tho

I thought Midland Mainline had 170s at some point for Corby services?

It’s kinda goofy how the GWML was the first mainline ever in the UK (that carried passengers properly) and also the last one to be electrified Also, if this series isn’t completely dead then maybe add some more information on Wessex trains and of course Thames Trains. However I think the series is dead, which is quite sad as this is very successful and brings money in you for you guys

9:51 mmm such beauty 😍

This is incorrect. FGW already ran HST services via Newbury and Westbury before the Greater Western franchise of 2006. It was only in 2006 First Great Western Link and Wessex Trains merged to bring it under one brand.

You do know easy Midland train came to Scarborough before covid

Ooh so that’s why I don’t see Virgin trains at Harrow and Wealdstone

Franchising, just combines all of the disadvantges of public and private ownership - there's a democratically unaccountable body which wants a share of the revenue and also no incentive for improvement, who thought it was a good idea?

me gonna make part 2 ;)

I very much like this video and the animations however I would recommend being careful with using images since you might infringe their copyright if you don't attribute the author. The picture at 7:17 is mine of the 360 at St Pancras as well as the Class 222 diagram in the thumbnail and though I don't mind them being used, there might be people who do mind and could potentially prosecute you. You may not always need to ask for permission so crediting the author under the photo might suffice. TL;DR just be careful when using media.

The trains look like thomas

Oof

Rip givi

Hi, How do you make this type of videos

Where services toCarmathen and Pembroke?

5:13 you forgot Holyhead

first

WHERE IS GIVI???

you’ll be going nowhere