Section 1: St
Pancras – Luton Airport
We see an
arrival and a number of departures from St Pancras Station. Every suburban
station is then visited to watch the services run through, finishing with the
newly completed Luton Airport Parkway.
Section 2: Luton -
Bedford
Luton Station sees
the stopping services, before we continue with the views at each station to
Bedford, where changes at the station are seen over time.
Section 3:
Wellingborough - Kettering - Market Harborough
Each of these three
stations is visited and fast and stopping services are seen in a number of
liveries.
Section 4:
Leicester Station The busy hub is visited on a number of
occasions. We see many services arrive and depart and on one day three HST sets
are seen in service in three platforms.
Section 5:
Leicester - Nottingham After departing Leicester, services are
seen passing through Syston and Barrow-upon-Soar. At Loughborough both through
and stopping services are viewed. At the recently opened East Midlands Parkway
we see a stopper in each direction. After passing service at Attenborough our
train arrives at Nottingham to then depart south again.
Section 6:
Derby – Sheffield - Manchester Piccadilly We visit Derby to
see services. Chesterfield is our next calling point before terminating at
Sheffield. Now returning to Dore, we travel along the Hope Valley, seeing services
pass through a number of stations en route. Hazel Grove and Woodsmoor are seen and
stops are made at Stockport. At Manchester Piccadilly an arrival and departure
are seen.
Running time of this DVD–R is 77 minutes.
Gary Heelas
review for
Magazine May/June 200