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I'm outside West Dealing station this morning I've come here today on the 7th of December 2022 to ride the last parliamentary train to West Ryslips That's a Chilton Railway service which runs from here to West Ryslip upper section of track Which after today won't be possible to do on the passenger trains and freight trains will still use it It's going to be replaced with a bus because That's supposedly cheaper to run a bus than a train The whole idea of this train well It goes back to when Chilton Railways used to run a service into Paddington We used to be quite common from time to time at weekends You'd get a Chilton Railway service and you'd find it's going to Paddington if there was engineering works on the line to Marilipen What then happened was they needed to keep driver route knowledge alive So you would get a train about once a week into London Paddington, which was always good fun to ride I always enjoyed it that line closed because they need part the track bed for HS2 But to avoid closing the line fully without going through the Parliamentary closure proceedings they then started running a ghost train or a parliamentary train called ghost trains usually not many people on it I think there'll be quite a few today from South Ryslip to here at West Ealing so it's like a express service down the Greenford branch You have got the local service that stops at all the stations from here to Greenford Which I did do an episode of branch on Britain on so if you want to see that video See more of the branch and its history in detail then have a look at the link on screen now So what we're going to do is we're going to go over onto the platform We're going to wait for the Chilton Railways train to arrive and we're going to ride it up to West Ryslip I'll just come into the station from the mezzanine level on the footbridge get quite a nice view of the station There's an Elizabeth flying train just pulling in that's the Greenford branch platform just there So you do get the Great Western 165 which shuttles up and down between here in Greenford And it has some of the least used stations in London So it's quite an exciting little journey to do and that's still going to be available It's not that that we're losing it's the Chilton Railways service So I'll have a look the service was coming empty from London Marilibone. It's already left London Marilibone So I'm going to go down to end the platform and we'll wait and see that arrive You never know might see the other odd interesting train pass through You go something sounds like It's a great Western 800 or 802 not as exciting as the HSTs But you know anyway, let's go and wait and see this train arrive for our last trip up to South Ryslip So I've just come down the bay platform now waiting for the train on the Dot matrix indicator behind me. It says the next train is I know you can't see it because that's that funny thing With cameras it goes all funny anyway It says green for the next train and the next one the 1117 says West Ryslip. So today is the last day We'll see that you might get it on the dot matrix indicator in front of the station It will say you know the next one to West Ryslip is a bus from the front of the station So it'd be interesting to see how that works and how many people use it today. There is quite a few enthusiasts Waiting on the platform, you know to see and ride this train I did this train when it used to run from South Ryslip to here to West Ealing in How when would it be? It was the summer of 2019. I did it with my girlfriend I told it no one else would be on the train or if any very few and there were six people which was quite a lot For that day. I actually said to the guard. I said is this a lot? He said yeah, normally it's two or three But today or that day it was six. I do also remember another parliament train used to run these few one from Wandsworth Road to Kensington Olympia now. We're talking so back in 2010. I must have done it No, maybe before then and I remember going on that was a southern class 455 which will been scrapped now and I was the only person on it and I remember I got off at Kensington Olympian. He said we have not seen anyone He said we've not seen anyone use the afternoon train for about two weeks. So that was quite funny Anyway, I'm gonna wait now and we'll probably see what we will We'll see the great Western class 165 come in and then that will go I think and then the children always want to come in sometimes you get both of them in at the same time Because it's a fairly long platform for the short train they run. So let's wait and see what turns up Well, we know class 165 is going to turn up So the great Western trains arrived and I think it's just about to go. It was quite nice to see a class 66 come through in a retro livery So that's gonna go now A few minutes later there goes Elizabeth line train Once that's gone, then the children are always trains gonna come in and that's the one we're here to catch So this service isn't in danger. It's not closing. It's not stopping. So you can come and ride this one But today's train the one we're coming in next that is the last one and it's gonna be a free car unit Which you know people that are here. I think that's a good idea Just be a few minutes time now till the children always train arrives and that's what everyone's here to see and ride Last train West Ealing last time I probably ride class 165 a children always class 165 out of West Ealing So there's quite a lot of people this train because I said doesn't normally get many people But there's people still a lot of people out there taking pictures and it's gonna fill up pretty soon So we're gonna have a look out the window see what we can see This is gonna become a very rare track after today for passenger trains apart from the odd rail tour I don't think there'd be many more passenger trains coming up this way So it's gonna be quite an enjoyable quite a short but enjoyable journey through the West London stuff We're just about to depart just got the road we're departing bang on 11 17 Go up to the Greenford branch as I said I've covered that video before Endeavour to point out the window a few things once we get to Greenford South Junction It's Greenford South Junction to Norfolk Junction, which is the rare bit track Which you won't be able to do again after today So we're going to go up, sometimes we'll run the QT up West to Greenford South, West to Greenham Ladies and gentlemen, we're off to final 11 17, children's railway service to West Rhine We're calling at West Rhine Saboni, hope you enjoyed this final ride Thank you I think we will enjoy that final ride and I think everyone else on the train will enjoy it The train is pretty full, so it's all the funny thing is it's a ghost train that no one uses You get last run and everyone turns out for it So we're just on the triangle now That was the plaza works in there In a minute, there's a rare bit track which I've still haven't done the other side of the triangle So a train heading down the Greenford branch, whereas up the Greenford branch can then turn right onto the Great West Main Line I've still not done that bit track I've done all the other bits in this area So that's that triangle there, they quite often use this triangle and the other triangle at the other end of Greenford The turning steam locomotive there, that's that bit of line, about to go through Drayton Green Because you get steam locomotives at South and West Coast Railways and the locomotive services So they quite often turn on that little track So we're just about to go through the short platforms of Drayton Green and then we go through the tunnel, the modern tunnel There's a few people there, a few cameras on the platform taking pictures I think I'd rather ride it and take pictures I did think about trying to watch the stop movement but I thought then I'd have to run from Drayton Green to West Ealing And I probably wouldn't have got a seat because I'm glad I did it the way I did And we're about to go into the tunnel So we've just passed through South Greenford We're coming up to the junction now, South Greenford Junctions South Greenford Station, South Greenford Junction, about half a mile apart And we'll see the spur that goes up into Greenford Station So that's the line, I can say, we'll be able to do, be able to keep doing in the future That's not closing, it's the line from South Greenford Junction Which goes up to Norfolk Junction, that's what we won't be able to do It used to be a very busy line with Great Western Expresses out of Paddington Up to Birkenhead, up to Wolverhampton It was basically GWR's North Main Line And now this is the last train on it Also we go through a complex of viaducts for the Central Line So the Greenford branch actually terminates in the middle of the two Central Line platforms I think it must be the only place in London where you can catch a national rail train And then continue your journey on further away from London On the London Underground It's going to be quite soon, we're just going past the houses And we'll just start to curve around now We'll soon see the girders of the Central Line viaducts And there is also the other side, we've passed the other side to triangles Because I can see the Central Line on the other side So this is it, now we're just about to... Just about to go onto the Central Line now That's the line into Greenford, that's the line you can still do Which I do recommend doing this line, it's quite fine And that's one of the Central Lines downline viaducts So we're now on really rare track And that's the Central Line's upline viaduct, I assume our impressions I don't know what I'm actually going to do this again Probably we'll one day be your charter So there you go, so we see a Central Line train We should also see the Great Western train in the station If we can see through to the station And it's also, we just passed it, I couldn't really see it There are seven or four signals as well Another thing that makes this line exciting So there was also a station here For trains stopping out straight up ahead Could have stopped around here There's essentially one train beside us That's going to block our view of the Great Western Turbo The same one we would have seen at West Dealing It would be up there Is it there? No, so we must have passed it Yeah, we've passed it, someone just said Because I was looking out on this side You would see it there Also, the other thing, the fun thing about Greenford It's got one of those travel-ator lifts One of those non-vertical lifts So that's always quite fun I'm going to enjoy the view out the window The Central Line, I'll go over and take a few Central Line trains Just passed through Norfolk And we're on Jointed Track You may be able to hear that clickity-clack Clickity-clack There's not many places on this from where you get that It's not completely unique I sort of usually think, oh yeah, we're on Jointed Track Which is nice to change from the welded rail So that's the Central Line, just there beside us The ironic thing is, although it's the last train on this line You could technically still do this journey And see pretty much the same Because you've got lines parallel So you've got the Greenford branch agreement Then you can get the Central Line to West Rye Slip And you're running parallel to these tracks You can see how close the Central Line is I think we're just coming up to Norfolk Junction It's not far away now And then just past Norfolk Junction To South Rye Slip Station So we're just coming up to Norfolk Junction Just now So the Central Line's there now I'm trying to think out, well I think we go No, we go over, don't we Because this junction was built to favour trains On this line The line just passed under us That is the down-slow line out of Maribyr So if you had to catch a train out of Maribyr And stop in West Rye Slip If you'd travelled on the line We'd just passed over If you're travelling on a train It's not stopping there They built a new fast line Which is parallel to the up line So there's some interesting bits of track To be had here Whilst once upon a time you could only ever go that way Now I think we're coming up to a signal Probably we're waiting for something out of Maribyr One of the Birmingham Expresses To overtake us You know, I mean, go ahead We're still waiting Just by Norfolk Junction Unfortunately there's a trespasser On the line in the Denham area So the whole dual main line is blocked at the moment So we just have to wait and see what happens No doubt we'll be on the move soon But yeah, we're going to be a little bit late Morning in the Denham area still Hopefully the police are on site now Hopefully we'll get a bit more information So I'm out We're still going to be sitting here for a little while Sorry for the inconvenience Hope you enjoyed the view And this very nice last ghost train Again, I'll let you know any more news There we are We're just now coming into South Rhyslip Sorry, yeah, West Rhyslip station I'm going to get myself some West Rhyslip stuff It's all coming in now And we're in the down platform So the train's now going to have to do a shunt move So we're going to get out We're going to have a look at the train And as I said, it's not that unusual See the 165 here We're going to have a look at the train And watch the... She goes a few people There's Jeff Marshall That was Jeff Marshall on the platform Maybe on it, but no He was standing there filming it come in So maybe just go and sell it to him West Rhyslip That was quite an enjoyable trip A lot of the crowds have moved over on to the other platform Waiting for a train back to London There's a few people on this platform Including Jeff Marshall Who I went and said hello to After seeing his little cameo As we arrived at the station I was thinking Now I don't know if anyone who's watching this will know Is this the only time You could get a direct train Between two stations That both have west in them I know obviously you might get a train That stops at two stations with west in But to get a train from west Ealing To west Rhyslip Is there anywhere else You can get a train from west to west You know, direct train And it's two wests together I don't know if you do know Please do comment and tell me I'm going to now wait And see what happens Well not a lot You might get the odd 68 through But I probably won't Wait see that The train we're on I think has gone to the siding up there We've got the HS2 tunnels Up there so that's It's all quite interesting Seeing what's going on It's this station Although not too far away from me I've not used that much over the years It's interesting to see How it's changing It's the HS2 tunnels We've actually run along under there So it's all gone quite quite Now there's a lot of infusions here You'd think a steam train Was coming through But there isn't We're just now going to wait And I'm going to catch a train home So I hope you enjoyed this video Thank you very much for watching Please do feel free to like Subscribe and comment And from a rather busy West Rhyslip station Goodbye