The Class 730 Train Is Now In Service 

The livery makes it look like a Sainsbury`s on rails

I can never understand why we don't use the system of door buttons like the Swiss- where you press the door button before your stop and it remembers and opens the door when safe to do so.

8:37 Love Geoff whispering only after establishing there's no other passengers on the train!

5:25 I think the reason why is because the ceiling is lower down to make room for the pantograph and its wiring above. Because the ceiling is lower down, it means they cant fit the maps above the doors.

Tring station - so far from Tring that the village that grew up separately around the station actually carries the name "Tring Station". Which of course means the station itself should really be called Tring Station Station.

Berkhamsted is a lovely town definitely worth a visit

I wrote the bid proposals for these trains in late 2016. It's so good to see them in service!

That freight train was hauling ass there at the end! Electrified freight rail is a strange sight as an American.

I can't believe you're never got off the train at Berkhamsted. It is a lovely little town, with access to some great areas for walking and it has the ruins of an 11th century castle.

Thanks for the tremendous Tring train travel trial.

Berkhamsted is great if want to see a pendolino on it’s full tilt up close as you’re allowed to go onto the fast platforms.

Give us our train. We’ve been waiting for these on the cross city line for ages!

Geoff, they things you refer to as 'plugs' are sockets, the thing you plug into them is a plug! There I feel better now :)

Fun fact. These were actually pulled through my home town on a freight train!!

The cross city line has just begun the 730 units in operation of the first passenger services and I’ve caught it for the first time ever and it’s my first time travelling on that unit

Ha! I made it in the video walking passed at the 4second mark. I thought it was Geoff but I felt rude stopping to say hi when he was filming and ironically I had a train to catch too 😂. Love the content.

Please do Brent Cross West, opening on sunday!

To be honest, I really like the Orange - Gray livery, it looks more pleasent and interesting than green

I do think the Aventras are better with the 2+2 seating than the 2+3 seating on the class 720

Can just imagine the driver waiting for Geoff to arrive and get onboard 😆

About six months ago I was on the Class 730 project reviewing the Alstom design documents and the specs. Glad to see they are in service now!

There’s no route map above those doors because the pantograph was above your head, and the roof is lower in that part of that and only that carriage

Thanks Geoff. Outstanding and informative as always!

Very smart , interior looks reasonably decent for what is basically a commuter train , i dont think the bay with the restricted view seats will be an issue as a lot of people spend most of the journey looking at their devices anyway 😁🚄

I'm going to the UK next year, and each video makes me a look forward just that little bit more to riding the trains. Thanks, Geoff

Beautiful! Wow, that fright train was REALLY FAST!

I caught the 17:35 730 from Euston the other day. It was a pleasant experience with nice lighting, good aircon, and useful displays, but the seats in the refurbished 350s are so much better. There's little cushioning, no arm rests, and iffy leg room on the 730.

Well, thats the 730s in service so something is still waiting to enter service on south western railway

“This” at 2:44 is so that you can put a pedal in to it so your bike stands up and doesn’t fall against the wall once it is strapped in. And the low ceiling is indeed due to the pantograph.

great to catch a video so early! love your content Geoff!

Love to see London Northwestern Railway Class 730/2 in service from next year. The West Midlands Railway Class 730/0 is actually quite nice. Much better than the Greater Anglia Class 720s. Very nice trains.

I like the London "NorthWestern" logo. Simple, clean, modern, and distinctive.

Loving the color: Sure stands out. But when it runs on the rails. And you see it from a distance. Must be a landscape to see. Thanks Geff

Looking forward to the 730s coming to Northampton services. I always seem to get a 350/2, which were intended for the MK stopping services, instead of the comfortable 350/1 units. Hurrah for having at seat plug sockets.

Loved the "aw nice" when you saw the double header. Wholesome!

I feel some level of comradeship with those who would ride trains just to ride trains AND be the only person onboard. Thanks for this, Geoff!

Thank you for sharing this video Geoff that was very interesting & great information. Will check this new train route out. ❤

I’m so jealous of your rail system/network compared to the outdated and shoddy service we get on NJ Transit in the NYC metropolitan area. Love this new train you’re on!

Euston-Tring is 45km (28 miles) so that's not too bad. That train you were on was what is often called a "balancing" run, to get a (mostly empty) set to Tring for the start of its trip back to Euston, which will likely have a lot more passengers, being an outer suburban commuter run. I couldn't help but notice the design of the seats, only one pair of "club" type arrangement in the middle and all the rest fixed seating grouped facing either front or rear. And they seem to be cantilevered from the carriage side (??) for easier cleaning underneath. That's OK for trips of 45km like Tring-Euston, but that same arrangement has been put into the "new" Intercity trains about to be inflicted on passengers (er, 'customers") in New South Wales, much to the annoyance of said "customers". In NSW, Intercity trains do runs like Sydney-Newcastle, 160km and 2 hours 35 min, and that type of seating is disliked for such long trips.

I can't wait for them to come to Birmingham

I remember seeing these trains last year sitting in Crewe, on a test run no doubt. I liked the look of them :)

I just think its amazing you've made an interest into a passion and a passion into a career. wonderful

Looking forward to seeing these trains up here in Birmingham. They look a great improvement to our current stock.

Ah, I ended up on one of these from Harrow & Wealdstone to Euston last week, after the other service was so overcrowded I couldn’t get on. I did wonder why the West Midlands livery but it seemed nice inside.

One of my favourite trains in the UK...just behind Class 373 and Class 374 (In particular...Class 374 are Siemens Velaro D trains used my Eurostar and Class 373's are called the TGV TMST) Beautiful trains!

Looks nice, thank you for showing us. The 730s look very similar to their class 720 cousins on Greater Anglia, which I use a lot. I enjoy my journeys on those: they seem spacious and comfortable enough, at least on the services I use, and the power and Wi-fi are very practical. I get lots of work done!

Great train, thanks Geoff

Berkhamsted is such a lovely place - used to date a girl there and frequent the train station regularly. There's a reason that the house prices there are extortionate!

I got on one of these on my way to work earlier this week! Thought it smelled pretty new :)

Thanks for another great video Geoff.

Looks fantastic! Love the color scheme too.

Excellent video Geoff. The new trains looks nice.

I was on a train like that today, however the middle of the carriages were not that big. I got the 10.50am train to Worcester Forgate Street today. But it wasn’t my first rodeo as I had got a train like that to Hereford from Birmingham a month ago. Very comfortable seats 💺. Also, the toilets on those trains were not bad. Loved the charging stations too.

As Jen did that one into Euston surprised that you didn't see Jen!

This video has the purest, maximum Geoffness

Nice looking trains. By the way it is Up to London and Down to Tring . Railway terminations Up line and down line.

I loved how casual this video was! Surprised you got the train to yourself thohgh

My friend living in Watford: They give up providing correct number of carriages on the trains, added all the poles and remove all the seats 😂

Nice video Geoff, look forward to see you do your video on Brent Cross West station.

Thankyou Geoff!

They weren’t that busy this morning from Bletchley

See you at Brent Cross West!

I live in Shrewsbury, and I must say the new WMR Stock (Diesel equivalent of this stock, I forget the stock) are excellent. Very spacious and much better than Transport for Wales for Shrewsbury to Birmingham. I'm planning a trip to London in July and will have to look out for this new electric stock when I head in.

Thank you.

Back when the 1996 jubilee stock was refurbished your companion for that video pointed out the different coloured flooring around the doors was to comply with new laws so I think that has been around for a few years at least.

The gray and orange seats remind me of the Glasgow subway!

Nice to see the wheelchair area has a window. Here on the LIRR, the wheelchair areas are blocked off because that’s where the door moves into when it opens. (For some reason American trains don’t want passengers to see the doors moving into the walls.)

We love you Geoff

Gad those seats look so thin and hard!

It only the Class 350/2s that these units will be replacing, the ones with 3 plus 2 seating, great video Geoff

I know they aren’t, but they look like an updated version of the class 377 EMUs that are so prevalent south of London

They look like very nice trains. I envy the commuters. I have to commute on old broken down highways each day.

Thanks

It seems like they've been around for ages as I seem to keep seeing them out on test. I'll look forward to riding one in the future.

That was a well-timed shot with the Class 90 locomotives hauling the freight train through Tring. At least, I think they were Class 90s.

So jealous seeing stuff like this, living up north.

I think the camera slide was actually cool. So is your floor slide 😂

Dont forget that the official LNWR 730's will be 5 cars, with a slightly different interior layout

Great video as always 🍻

I was in Euston last week, I knew about the two middle screens being changes, but I didn't know about the outdoor one nor the mahoosive one. I saw the Class 730 being tested last week on the WCML, I think it was going back and forth between other services and they were testing the door closing sensors. I just want to see those 3 row cattle bay trains that are the Class 350/2 to go. Especially when its the return train and there is no power to charge your phone. Not convinced those USB port deliver a decent enough Ampage for charging.

My two favourite emu families (from uk at least )ane the aventras and the stadlers. I like the 730 because it has a gangway and despite being a regional intercity train it can go with 110mph which is rare as only 387, 360, 350 and 730 have this trait in uk

Amazing woohoo ❤ Love from New York City 🇺🇲 ❤️

Tring is my local station! I’m so sad I didn’t see you there!! So unfortunate!

Hoping you get to check out the 323s before they leave service.

Looking forwards to seeing them on the X-City line in Brum.

2 videos in one week. I'm mc lovin it😊

wow Geoff they have seats that cater for guys like me with BPPV, it allows travel without looking at the motion of the world outside, which will affect balance and make individual sleepy trying to process it.

Lovely video Geoff as usual. I mean, who else would lie prostrate to take a floor shot to contrast the carpets?

Thank God they are not pacer train level💀

Come to Berkhamsted when the Amersham & District Motorbus Society are having their Classic Bus Running Day (usually 1st Sunday in October) .. then you can take a Routemaster or older RLH to Amersham on route 336!

Great video Geoff. A couple of months on from the posting, and the units are used on more services now , still orange, still rather lovely and still smell 'new.' If you take the full journey, then ironically there is not much of Tring near Tring station.

Great video geoff

Nice one geoff

I saw one up at Manchester on my way up to Scotland parked up, in April time

Geoff you legend

With high speed freights running adjacent to the platform, I'm surprised there aren't those walls with the doors next to the track like in the new Underground stations.

I thought the announcement said the "Train will be stopping at....Train". I thought that was hilarious until I realized it said "Tring". Now I kind of want to visit Tring. Bet it's the best town.

USB is just starting to be universal at the point that it is becoming superseded by USB-C 😂

How nice a train running into Euston unlike last Sunday when there were none again….

I saw one at 16:10 at Euston today 😊