I do hope there are more of these in 2025. I can't find this episode on the patrons channel

Mark Lane sounds like its as busy as BobTrimbole's travel agent!!!!!!

Another fascinating video. Curious unfinished look of the surface building in the 1925 photo discussed from 4.47. Page 63 of "Tiles of the UnexpecteD" has photo LTM 26161 which shows that the cornice and parapet were finished in oxblood. The left hand end frieze panel has the word "GREAT" in black lettering on a white background with the other panels in brick, suggesting that this dates from just at or before the opening in 1907. Presumably the frieze would have been completed like some of the stations on the Hampstead tube.

Wonderful to see the poster for Henry Heath's "Ye Hatterie" (the building survives in Oxford Street and the name can be seen in the brickwork at the back) at the bottom of the stairs from the lifts to the southbound Bakerloo platform. Plans and a photo in "The Sphere Supplement" for the 10th March 1906 show two narrow archways onto the platform at the bottom of this staircase to the right of the exit that is still in use. I wonder if these two arches and stairs were originally intended to be for two-way passenger flow, and the exit stairs were an amendment made during construction. Loved seeing the loop passage which was the route from the lifts and stairs to the northbound platform.

All the makers tiles here too! Were any removed and put in the archives at the Depot?

Had to watch this again after finding that strip of odd brown tiles at Hampstead station spiral staircase and omg they are so much like these brown tiles here like you thought Alex ❤ can’t believe it took me so long to even notice them when I’m at Hampstead daily. Looking forwards to you guys confirming the origin of these odd brown tiles at Hampstead 😊 having a binge watch tonight of hangouts ❤

Absolutely brilliant ❤

Great track walk. I have a copy of the Victoria Line book. Your video helped me make sense of the layout.

Just found your channel so it's going to take me a while to catch up. Great videos. Enjoying what I've seen so far. I remember using the long tunnel to and from Earls Court Exhibition centre, for the Royal Tournament in 1977 and the Smithfield Show up to 1981. I think where it dips down (about 30 mins) is where it passes under the District Line branch to Wimbledon.

These people are arseholes. They make this unwatchable.

R49 Stock looks like futuristic trains to me (I made one on ROBLOX)

If I am not completely mistaken, the two tracks at Oval Station are also on different levels. I remember a cross section of this special tunnel arrangement. Can anybody confirm?

Great video. I rememner coming here in 1956 or 1957 on primary school outing to Tower of Liondon. Was called Tower Hikll thern. Closed some years later for the new present Tower Hill station so trains could terminate there especially in rush hour.

A very happy Christmas to all of you , I hope you are all well , thanks for all the wonderful trips you have taken us on during 2024 , all the best for 2025 and best of all luck to Siddy Holloway 🎄⛄✴️🌈💕

Hair today, gone tomorrow!

Brilliant video. As Linda said 'you feel joy' to see the beautiful architectural features.

I've just discovered your vlogs. Brilliant.

While it’s nice to see and get photos of old abandoned rail infrastructure, to see it being brought back into life for EWR is even better. I believe the long term plan will even see the line through Quainton Road reopened to passenger traffic to give Aylesbury a link to Milton Keynes (it’s currently freight only for waste traffic to Calvert). My only problem is a lack of ambition and opening EWR as a non electrified line (especially as it connects to electrified lines at Bletchley and south of Oxford at Didcot).

This episode was unexpected just when I thought I'd seen them all. It sounds very spooky.okay up till now Earls Court episode was my favourite but this beats it.

Brilliant

In this corridor countess Teresa Łubieńska was murdered on 24.05.1957 and nobody knows who did it

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i was lucky enough to see this in operation at baker street radio room along with something i think called K.A.R.L.A. I was a bus operating trainee in the late 70,s there were only about 40 of us if i remember.

I just noticed there is no Queensbury station on this map. What??

16:10 there isn't a single Range Rover in that photo, but there is one Land Rover in it.

It would be great if you guys could come back up and try the new trains out, and maybe do some behind the scenes stuff as well - get in touch with SPT!

Alex - just looking at the picture on the wall behind you, one of those kind of trams is in Birkenhead Liverpool at The Wirral Transport Museum & Heritage Tramway and on certain days they have it in operation

Chris GMB buses happy Manchester here too as a child

Go, Leonard!

Did you ever make it back to film live at Mail Rail? You mentioned wanting to return. Also, please next time ask if they plan to expand into new areas. It’d be wonderful if you could film some of the off limits areas as well.

Hi All, I’m after any pictures of 95/95a Tottenham Court Road from the late 30’s. If it makes it easier, the shooting range, ‘Fantasyland’ was at 92 at the time.

Travelator or Travolator? I've seen in written as the latter (on the Underground), so I assume, that is the brand name. So I guess, it would be alright to speak of Travelators (but not Travolators). Admittedly: pronunciation-wise no real difference tho.

I loved this

I’ve ridden round the City Hall loop in New York. There is conflicting information as to whether it is allowed. The lights were not on in the station, so I couldn’t see much.

What a lovely video to come home from a long day and unwind to.

Hope you get to go Alex

19:08 that's a Road Rail Vehicle (RRV) _version_ of a Unimog; not all Unimogs are RRVs.

When it comes to Moorgate i can never really get past what happened there on Platform 9 in Feb 1975

44mins…SM…looks like the start of ‘Smoking’. Could there once have been a ‘no’ above it? Looks like the lettering for the old No Smoking stencils.

As you’re exiting via the old CLR building (east of Argyle), there’s a wall of silver doors. I’m assuming these are to the old lift shafts (and to the steps Laura and Sean are walking down in the vid).

Seeing this is a real treat! Amazing how even with war-time use, the station itself has barely changed - there's hardly any modern adjustments at all. A shame it will never be a physical Hidden London tour but I can see why. Thank you for this, cannot believe it closed 100 years ago this year - hits home when I realise it was the same year my late grandad was born! Thinking it about it, York Road has never seemed to do tours either (at least in person ones) - and from what I've seen, the platform area there seems to be very similar - i.e. platforms removed with only the walkways remaining and then you step out onto live tracks! Also, ever since watching Secrets of the London Underground I always say how much I want Siddy's job. 😂

Siddy can be olive from on the Buses

I remember when metropolitan trains were Burgundy on the outside and green on the inside.

How catty is this ?

HG Wells lived at Chiltern house.

Great on-location presentation Alex

We did this on Monday with my Daughter, First time she has met Santa, loved the kids area and (at 16 months old) tried the Elf trail too. Love LT museum and can’t wait to return in the summer ❤

I am not quite binge watching but I am trying to catch up. I started to follow you and watch the Hidden London Hangouts after I saw Siddy and Tim on Secrets of the London Underground. I fell in love what that show and I am waiting for it to come out on the Roku Channel since that is the only way I can watch it. I live in New Jersey and work ing New York City and I can 100% say that the London Underground is much nicer than the NYC Subway. Thanks for all of the excellent episodes. I am trying my best to catch up because I really want to see what you are currently up to.

As I child, this station always held an air of mystery to me as the train always passed through but never stopped on the way to visit my nan at Chalk Farm.

I was lucky enough to be involved in the planning and parliamentary stages of the Crossrail Bill. The Geotechnical project to instrument the entire line of route was a massive undertaking: done mainly (IMHO) to defend claims from land owners who wanted compensation after subsidence during and post build. Who can forget the clusters of laser targets around all the stations along the route - particular TCR.