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by ibrow 4667 days ago
Are the three videos running at the same speed? Or are they constantly adjusted so they keep up with each other so we can see more clearly any changes in landscape?

I can actually believe that the journey time hasn't increased since the 1950s. However, possibly the clock at the end of the film is there to indicate the differing journey times?

Anyway, interesting video. thanks for posting.
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billforsternz 4667 days ago
They've clearly made progressive adjustments to synch the journeys - it would be extraordinary if they entered/exited tunnels etc. at exactly the same time otherwise.
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TeddyLondon 4666 days ago
I make this journey everyday, pretty cool to see it as it used to be, it is a shame it is so fast.

You can see when they go through the first big tunnel (the merstham tunnel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merstham_tunnels) they enter at the same time and exit at the same time so the old one must be (maybe??) sped up.

It would have been interesting to see what Gatwick airport was like then but it doesn't really show it, other than there being a big space on the right hand side that isn't there any more (2:11).

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dredmorbius 4666 days ago
I just checked the clock times, and it's not possible to judge.

1953: no departure time, arrival is 13:05.

1983: departure at 14:00, arrival at 14:03. Fast trip! Or someone cheated setting up clock / departure shots.

2013: departure: 08:32, arrival 09:50.

The Brighton-London trip looks to be about 1:10 based on this site: http://traintimes.org.uk/?page=/service/timetable/lateroutbo...

Trip times here are 58m to 1h 20m. https://www.thetrainline.com/train-times/london-to-brighton

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j4mie 4666 days ago
The Brighton to London trip is just over 50 minutes on the fastest currently available route, which has two stops (East Croydon and Clapham Junction). The BBC article linked in another comment [1] mentions that the train used to make this video was a specially commissioned non-stop trip, so I expect it took a bit less than 50 minutes (assuming it was going at the same speed, of course).

[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23853863

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