i am a huge fan of the London underground baker street is my top fav station

Really great episode! I love it when you show the old station plans.

I love the skill of the token exchange

Look at you two in the drivers seat. you're like the cats that have got the cream.

I remember these old trains from the 80’s era, with slight variations, even though we didn’t vandalise them but we played run outs on the train, two teams and we would give clues but we had a lot of fun. Not a good idea now I’m a adult but we used to come out at St Paul and it was like the film 28 days later, knowing the business mostly closed for business, my favourite station was Grange Hill.

That model of the original 1890 Stockwell station is AMAZING , i wish more tube stations models of how they looked when originally opened was made.

Think that the only real way to travel the old line to Brill and Verny was to build houses, and create demand for Chiltern Railways to provide a service, as there’s a lot of land doing nothing outside of London.

You Gus get me through my 3 times a week Dyalisis

I used to do screen printing it an amazing process

She didn’t shout 'Tooting'!

These Videos are amazing

I was re watching the old Hidden London hangouts and was wondering if during the explores of abandoned part's when you come across interesting artifacts for example the old tube map at Earls court do you go back to collect them for the museum?

You can hear the faint rubble of the trains

Andrew and Keith should join the hangout team, and both have a vast wealth of experience and knowledge.

Siddy's changed @2:52

The old platfirms used to scare the living spit out of me as a kid. Wouldent move from the stairs untill trains were in

Fantastic, very informative!! I wonder if you would consider doing a similar episode about Crouch Hill, Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill and Ally Pally stations?

Can't wait to do this station tour with Hidden London.

Excellent - wonderful trip. Thank you

Another fantastic Video. . A Family Friend was a Loco Fireman at Neasden Loco She'd. When they Used to take over from the Mets Electricblocosnat Rickmansworth hauling Metropolitan trains up To Aylesbury.

I blame you all for what felt like my immenant demise in Covent Garden station two weeks ago. I was on a day trip to the smoke from home on the Isle of Wight. I went to Battersea Power Station Station, and shared the experience you all had. Liked it a lot. Did stuff at the powerstation itself and then went to Covent Garden. Being a fan I checked out and photographed early tiling and signs and then, near fatally (or so it felt at the time) decided to go up the stairs, as all good hangout fans should. The sign at the bottom said it was 204 steps and, for real, 15 stories :-) I am a bit older than I was when I first used the tube (my home station was Turnpike Lane so I'm a Holden/cream, blue and bronze fan) or as a student in the early 1980s and so halfway up I had to have a breather... and soon after another... and another. I got to the top, and survived, but it was really hard work.I blame you all. Thanks :-) I wanted to go to the LT Museum but I had lost my card at Battersea and didn't have enough emergency cash on me.😵‍💫 So a visit will have to wait for another day/year/decade.

Flood gates retirement home 😂

Is it me, or was this a sloe episode....?....I'll get my coat...

Can't find this one on the patrons channel

You must assume points will throw they are not switched off they are constantly tested at nights i always ask the tester all staff and equipment are they clear

What a great episode! Thank you for showing these insights.

This is so interesting! I grew up in Chesham and Amersham 😊

Gave up on this one, too off-topic for too long.

2:39 double yellow lines = no waiting at any time, tut tut

Upstairs offices were home to the Permanent Way emergency gang for many years, with their vans parked outside.

Alright, here's something interesting for all you absolute nerds out there: Verney Junction to Aylesbury: 31 minutes (Bradshaw's, 1920) Aylesbury to Amersham: 22 minutes (Google Maps) Amersham to Moorgate: 63 minutes (Google Maps) Moorgate to Mile End: 12 minutes (Google Maps) Mile End to Epping: 31 minutes (Google Maps) Epping to Ongar: 15 minutes (ABC 1981-11) Total: 174 minutes That's just under 3 HOURS (give or take depending on exactly which train you use in the timetable) to get from one end of the Underground to the other. Of course, not all of these sections were open as part of the Underground at the same time. And Verney Junction to Aylesbury would have been steam-operated, so one could knock off some time from that. The general rule of thumb I've often seen is that electrics take about 2/3 the time of steam, so it would be about 20 minutes. If we apply a smaller time gain between Aylesbury and Amersham, we can cut that down to about 18 minutes. That gives a time of 2:30. Two and a half hours is still quite a long time. One wonders-if the Eastern part of the Central line was built to Subsurface standards and a track connection installed at Mile End, then the more suburban-oriented rolling stock might have kept Epping-Ongar open. Imagine what a through-run would be like from end to end. What a trip that would be! What kind of stock would be used? Can you imagine food service on the Underground?

The Christmas shopping special trains to Milton Keynes in the ‘80s served Winslow and I think Quainton Road Stations, and passed through but did not stop at, Verney Junction. The problem with the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is that it’s very difficult to get to. They no longer seem to have the charter trains from Aylesbury on two bank holidays, and the local bus does not run on Sundays or bank holidays when I would want to go. Some years ago when I was on the train I met Adrian Shooter of Chiltern Railways and a man who used to work for British Transport Films, I can’t think of his name now, but somebody here will probably know who I mean, he supplied many of the prints when The NFT did a BTF season some years ago. Both sadly no longer with us now.

The John betjamin documentary on metroland from 1972 is an absolute classic.

... and after you've strained the sloe gin, you've got a whole load of gin-soaked sloes. You can then re-soak them in port for a second round.

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That was a Brill episode!

Lived in Harrow until 2007 which was very much "Metroland" & was able to explore the "Met" line up to Aylesbury &,of course,beyond to Quainton Rd & Verney.This section from Marylebone shared track with the GCR which ran up through Rugby and beyond.I now live in Rugby & have naturally explored what remains which is quite a lot despite Mr Beechings best efforts!

32:40 35:19 The ladies in the background cracked me up, and I'm assuming the lady at 35:18 knew one of you. True journalism carry on don't pay them any attention. 😅

12+ seconds long!

Seeing "End of the line" and Geoff not being there is a bit odd.

Had the Pre war Northern Extension been built, would it have gone as far north as the Met?

These are my favourite trio of the lot.

❤ Alex Grundon (LNR) x

It almost feels weird that Geoff Marshall doesn't appear in this video.

Interesting take to say the Great Central died out and was taken over by the LNER rather than saying when it came to the big grouping the Great Central was lumped into the LNER. The Great Central main line remained until Beeching, although more used by freight..

Super programme. BTW, there are frequent references to being in the middle of nowhere and, even, "wildlife". Yet these are real places and what happens there isn't nothing or wilderness but agriculture.

I love how Alex is always enthusiastic and takes the role from a viewers perspective. His reactions are genuine and he's an asset to the team.

I think the famous 'See it, Say it, Sorted' announcement should be on clothing merchandise in the museum shop and one saying 'Anybody....'

these days they want public transport used more ,.but its not there to use ,,no one looked into the future

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