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717008
Class 717
Videos featuring 717008
West Coast Mainline trains
Fantastic Busy Few Hours at Alexandra Palace London GWR castle Set Freight passenger 7th Jan 26
This video captures a busy period at Alexandra Palace in North London, featuring various train services and freight operations. It includes trains operated by LNER, Grand Central, Great Northern, Hull Trains, Thameslink, and Freightliner, among others. Multiple train classes such as the Class 180, 379, and 387 are present, along with several headcodes indicating different services running through the area. The footage also shows storage activities and a variety of passenger and freight trains passing through the location.
East London Transport
*Christmas Countdown Special Day 11* - Trains at Finsbury Park, ECML, 21/11/25
This video captures train activity at Finsbury Park, a major intermodal station in North London serving London Underground, National Rail, and bus services. The footage includes multiple trains identified by their stock numbers, with operators such as Great Northern, LNER, and London Underground present. Additional locations referenced include Alexandra Palace, Cambridge, and London King's Cross, suggesting the broader rail network context. A headcode of 2F55 is also noted in the metadata.
The footage includes observations of various train stock such as Class 37, 377, 378, and 66 units, with notable appearances of two Class 37 locomotives on a test train. Locations shown include Clapham Junction, Kensington Olympia, Highbury & Islington, and other stations across London. The recording highlights different operators and provides insight into the diversity of rolling stock in use on these routes.
Robbinsman Transport
Trains and MANY tones at Hadley Wood - HDW - East Coast Mainline - 17th April 2024
This video captures train activity at Hadley Wood, featuring a variety of rolling stock including classes 387 and 700, as well as several units from the 717 series. Multiple operators are represented, including Grand Central, Great Northern, Hull Trains, LNER, Lumo, Northern, and Thameslink. The footage includes various trains passing through the location, though specific headcodes are not identified in the metadata.
This video captures rail activity at several locations including Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Stevenage, and St Neots. Multiple operators such as Grand Central, Great Northern, Hull Trains, LNER, and Thameslink are present. The footage includes various train classes, specifically DMU class 180s and EMU classes 387, 700, and 717. While specific headcodes are not provided in the metadata, the video offers a view of railway operations across these sites.
This video captures railway scenes from Hatfield and London Bridge in 2023. It features multiple classes of electric multiple units, including 375, 376, 377, 465, 466, 700, and 707, as well as a Network Rail test train accompanied by ex-British Rail class 73 electro-diesels. The footage includes trains departing from Highbury & Islington and highlights various operators and locations across the network. Some details such as headcodes are not included in the record.
This video captures train activity at Hadley Wood and Beverley, featuring multiple locomotives including classes 456, 56, 700, and 717. Several operators are associated with the footage, including Grand Central, Great Northern, Hull Trains, LNER, Lumo, Northern, and Thameslink. The record does not include headcode information.
This video captures passenger trains at Welwyn Garden City and Stevenage. It features multiple train units, including classes 700 and 717, though operators are not specified in the metadata. The footage provides a view of railway activity in the area, with no headcodes identified.
It includes scenes of various locomotives and services, such as a crossover working to and from Moorgate and Stevenage, a newly unveiled locomotive in DB Cargo Keyworker livery, and multiple trains passing through the station with different destinations including Leeds, Acton Yard, and Hoo Junction - Whitemoor. Several train headcodes and stock numbers are visible throughout the footage.
This video features a collection of clips from Stevenage Railway Station on the East Coast Mainline. It includes various train units such as London North Eastern Railway Class 225, Class 800/801 'Azuma', Grand Central Class 180 'Adelante', Great Northern Class 387 'Electrostar', Thameslink and Great Northern Class 700 'Desiro City', and Great Northern Class 717 'Desiro City' EMUs. The footage captures different operators and rolling stock at the station and surrounding areas, including locations such as Doncaster, Finsbury Park, Harrogate, Lincoln, and Newcastle.
A Great Northern Class 717 electric multiple unit, numbered 717008, is shown passing Stevenage on 31 August 2021. The train was operating an ECS service from Letchworth CSD to Hertford North. Other locations mentioned include Doncaster, Finsbury Park, Harrogate, Hertford North, Horsforth, Leeds, and Lincoln. No headcode information is available for this recording.
A video captures a newly introduced train, likely 802301, at Hadley Wood. The footage includes another train, 717008, and is associated with operators Hull Trains and British Railways. No headcode information is available in the current record.
This video explores Brookmans Park station on the London rail network, which is marked as a contactless-only station, meaning it supports pay-as-you-go contactless payments but not Oyster cards. The content discusses the implications of this change and highlights other stations expected to follow a similar approach. The footage includes travel to Brookmans Park and references additional information from an external website about contactless and Oyster payment systems. The video features rail stock 717008 and mentions several locations across the London area, including Welwyn Garden City, Elstree & Borehamwood, and Watford Junction.
A Class 66 locomotive, numbered 66745, is seen delivering two new Class 717 units, numbered 717007 and 717008, at Tonbridge. The train is working a service with headcode 6X71 on the route between Dollands Moor and Ferme Park. The locomotive is operated by GBRf, while the Class 717 units are for Great Northern. This footage captures the arrival of these new units, which will eventually replace older rolling stock on the network.