Drivers eye view of the St Ives branch

[Kris]

Shame about the music but muting is the way forward. 

 

Edited September 1, 2020 by Kris

[woodenhead]

Clearly filmed BC (before COVID) as not a mask in sight.

 

Was it some sort of special as there were a lot of people at Lelant Saltings and St Ives, the train didn't appear to stop elsewhere but there were some people on the platforms.

[SRman]

Lelant Saltings is in the middle of nowhere but has the Park and Ride facility, to discourage traffic from going into St Ives itself.

I liked the old first gen DMUs because you could have a view forward through the drivers windscreens from the leading passenger saloon.

 

Edited September 1, 2020 by SRman

[Mike_Walker]

1 minute ago, SRman said:

Lelant Saltings is in the middke of nowhere but has the Park and Ride facility, to discourage traffic from going into St Ives itself.

I liked the old first gen DMUs because you could have a view forward through the drivers windscreens from the leading passenger saloon.

 

Lelant Saltings has been superseded by a new, larger P&R facility at St Erth, few trains call there now.

[cctransuk]

38 minutes ago, Kris said:

Shame about the music but muting is the way forward. 

 

 

I know all about global warming and sea levels rising - but the thread title suggests that this is happening faster than I thought!

 

John Isherwood.

[Not Captain Kernow]

Yes this film must be relatively old.  The platform at St Erth is pre-rebuild and the timetable has since been amended so that most trains call at Carbis Bay and more call at Lelant, whereas Lelant Saltings now has  the bare minimum service.

[Gwiwer]

Lelant Saltings is no longer served other than by a Parliamentary train as the Park & Ride facility has been moved to a more spacious location at St.Erth.

 

For the years that Saltings operated there were regular timetabled trains which ran between that station and St. Ives non-stop and some which started and terminated there not serving St. Erth.  

 

It would have been quite normal to have large numbers waiting at Saltings and St. Ives but nowhere else; unless there was a direct connection with a main-line train (which was far from always the case) the branch service often left St. Erth lightly loaded but picked up significant numbers at Saltings.  Lelant (Village) was not served by most trains and Carbis Bay has long been rather quiet despite being a popular location in itself.  Those who frequent the beach there are more often locals than visitors and walk to and from their destination.  

[Kris]

42 minutes ago, cctransuk said:

 

I know all about global warming and sea levels rising - but the thread title suggests that this is happening faster than I thought!

 

John Isherwood.

Shows who was looking 

[Kris]

From info on other similar films from this individual, I suspect this was filmed in 2018. They appear to have been making route learning films around this time. 

[Mike_Walker]

1 hour ago, Kris said:

From info on other similar films from this individual, I suspect this was filmed in 2018. They appear to have been making route learning films around this time. 

Would be about right as you can see the work on the new P&R and preparatory works for the platform realignment at St Erth.

 

GWR do their own route videos for training in HD.

[Kris]

12 minutes ago, Mike_Walker said:

GWR do their own route videos for training in HD.

 

From comments made in other videos I suspect he may have been making them for GWR. I wonder if they can now be released due to the changes on the lines (not sure about the Looe to Liskeard bit however).