Documentary backdrop image for Reading to Waterloo (2013)

Documentary backdrop image for Reading to Waterloo (2013)

201376 minGdocumentary

Reading to Waterloo

201376 minGdocumentary

Eight coaches form the South West Trains service from Reading to London Waterloo, which operates with a minimum half-hourly frequency throughout the day.

Genres

Synopsis

Eight coaches form the South West Trains service from Reading to London Waterloo, which operates with a minimum half-hourly frequency throughout the day.

Synopsis

A South West Trains service departs from Reading, traveling to London Waterloo. The 76-minute film follows the route, stopping at stations including Earley, Wokingham, and Richmond. It features eight coaches and documents operations from three signal boxes. Notably, Wokingham signal box uses a traditional lever frame for train control. The footage was filmed in the summer of 2013, capturing the busy commuter line's activity.

Comments

What are people saying?

Play More Like This

How Do You Get An Entire Train Into A Sealed Tunnel? (2020)

How Do You Get An Entire Train Into A Sealed Tunnel?

In London, a team transports £20 million worth of new Tube trains 200 miles to the Waterloo & City Line while wreck chasers Pat Madden and Annette Spaulding recover a lost aircraft in Manitoba.

How Do You Get An Entire Train Into A Sealed Tunnel?

Reviving Train Tracks For Better Travel (2019)

Reviving Train Tracks For Better Travel

Simon Calder explores the impact of the Beeching railway cuts in the 1960s and advocates for reopening branch lines across southern England.

Reviving Train Tracks For Better Travel

How Do Train Drivers Learn To Drive? (2019)

How Do Train Drivers Learn To Drive?

Ishmael and Nengi navigate an intensive training course to become London Underground's newest train drivers, revealing the complexities of operating The Tube.

How Do Train Drivers Learn To Drive?

A Day In The Life At London's Most Problematic Underground Stations (2019)

A Day In The Life At London's Most Problematic Underground Stations

Brixton's underground station faces significant challenges as staff navigate strikes and repairs while ensuring smooth operations for frustrated customers.

A Day In The Life At London's Most Problematic Underground Stations

1960: WEST Highland Railway - A Day in the Life (2025)

1960: WEST Highland Railway - A Day in the Life

West Highland Railway showcases the breathtaking landscapes and sounds of Scotland's iconic railway, enhanced by stunning black and white cinematography and an inventive score.

1960: WEST Highland Railway - A Day in the Life

The Making Of The London Underground's Incredible Design System (2019)

The Making Of The London Underground's Incredible Design System

The London Underground's rail lines are still growing, enhancing urban transportation capacity.

The Making Of The London Underground's Incredible Design System

The Chaos Caused By Engineering Works On The London Underground (2019)

The Chaos Caused By Engineering Works On The London Underground

Wembley Park station can handle up to 60,000 passengers during special events, but ongoing redevelopment work has turned it into a building site.

The Chaos Caused By Engineering Works On The London Underground

1969: The Vanishing Railway (2025)

1969: The Vanishing Railway

The final two days of the rural railway line between King's Lynn and Dereham in Norfolk are documented, highlighting the impact of the Beeching Plan on local communities.

1969: The Vanishing Railway

By tram through the Polish city of Wrocław (2026)

By tram through the Polish city of Wrocław

Wrocław's tram line No. 1, operated by driver Tatjana Granowska, showcases the city's transformation through the stories of its residents, including Kamil Zaremba and Zenon Dębowski.

By tram through the Polish city of Wrocław

1970: Dawn of the Super Trains (2025)

1970: Dawn of the Super Trains

High-speed trains in the 1970s promise to revolutionize travel and urban design, connecting cities like London and Manchester within commuting distance.

1970: Dawn of the Super Trains

Explore Reading to Waterloo

Browse more like this

How Do You Get An Entire Train Into A Sealed Tunnel? (2020)

How Do You Get An Entire Train Into A Sealed Tunnel?

In London, a team transports £20 million worth of new Tube trains 200 miles to the Waterloo & City Line while wreck chasers Pat Madden and Annette Spaulding recover a lost aircraft in Manitoba.

How Do You Get An Entire Train Into A Sealed Tunnel?

No digital watch option in your country

The Railway: First Great Western (2013)

The Railway: First Great Western

2013•43m•★8.0TMDB

One of the largest train operating companies in Britain connects London to the southwest of England through a dedicated team of drivers, managers, and technicians.

The Railway: First Great Western

Wessex - Weymouth to Waterloo (1994)

Wessex - Weymouth to Waterloo

A class 442 Wessex electric train travels non-stop at speeds of up to 100 mph from Southampton to Waterloo along the former LSWR main line.

Wessex - Weymouth to Waterloo

HST Great West (1993)

HST Great West

Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Western Railway connects London to Bristol, featuring important engineering landmarks and historical significance.

Kent Coast (2007)

Kent Coast

Two rival railway companies served Ramsgate for over fifty years before the Southern Railway built a connecting line between them.

Piccadilly Driver's Eye View (2003)

Piccadilly Driver's Eye View

Four closed stations are visible from the driver's cab as a 1973 stock train travels from Acton Town to Heathrow Airport's terminals.

Piccadilly Driver's Eye View

Eurostar: Paris to London Waterloo (2004)

Eurostar: Paris to London Waterloo

Eurostar trains operated between Paris Gare du Nord and London Waterloo from 1994 to 2007, passing through Lille and the Channel Tunnel.

Eurostar: Paris to London Waterloo

London's Railways in the 1960s (2010)

London's Railways in the 1960s

Never before released colour footage captures Southern steam at Waterloo and major London stations during the British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s.

London's Railways in the 1960s

Victoria Line (Driver's eye view) (2009)

Victoria Line (Driver's eye view)

Fifteen of the sixteen stations on London’s busiest underground line provide interchange with other underground lines or Network Rail.

Victoria Line (Driver's eye view)

HST West - Driver's Eye View (1986)

HST West - Driver's Eye View

The route from Exeter St David's to Plymouth showcases Isambard Kingdom Brunel's railway, featuring scenic views and historic semaphore signals before their removal.

HST West - Driver's Eye View

Northern Line (West End) - Driver's Eye View (1999)

Northern Line (West End) - Driver's Eye View

A driver's perspective captures the London Underground routes from Kennington to High Barnet and Finchley Central to Mill Hill East.

Northern Line (West End) - Driver's Eye View

Is this your film?

If you made this film or hold the rights to it, we'd like to talk. We can license it and pay you a share of what it earns.

License it with us →