Baker Street to Amersham by A Stock on the London Underground

[@jonka1]

Absolutely brilliant and thank you for leaving the soundtrack intact. So good that you had no desire to inflict any musical entertainment on us. This is almost a form of meditation and it felt like I was there in the cab. Interesting to note the power rails occasionally swapping from left to right.

[@MrGregHiller]

I couldn't possibly agree more !!

[@MrGregHiller]

A truly wonderful video of one of the best journeys on London Underground. Thank you very much for posting !!

[@DC4444]

*Stations* 0:00 Baker Street (for Bakerloo, Hammersmith & City and Jubilee Lines) 5:15 Finchley Road (for Jubilee Line) 13:35 Wembley Park (Not stopping) 14:45 Preston Road (Not stopping) 16:00 Northwick Park (Not stopping) 17:15 Harrow-on-the-Hill (for Metropolitan Line to Uxbridge and National Rail Services) 19:35 North Harrow (Not stopping) 20:30 Pinner (Not stopping) 22:00 Northwood Hills (Not stopping) 23:10 Northwood (Not stopping) 24:40 Moor Park (for Metropolitan Line to Watford) 28:10 Rickmansworth 31:55 Chorleywood 35:50 Chalfont & Latimer (for Metropolitan Line to Chesham) 39:25 Amersham (for National Rail Services) *Jubilee Line Stations between Finchley Road and Wembley Park* 6:37 West Hampstead 8:50 Kilburn 10:30 Willesden Green 11:25 Dollis Hill 12:00 Neasden

[@steeveedee8478]

Back when the underground was still powered by angry bees.

[@lartensgrill6106]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jasonyu7563]

Thanks for uploading the excellent video. Miss the older stocks for their comfort and sounds.

[@DaveInBridport]

That sound took me back... Ruislip to Hillingdon for school.

[@charliechaz1982]

The true sound of the underground

[@killerorca1]

to bad you cant see much. good if you like darkness. better head lights

[@matthewbrown3420]

Yes. Very similar to 59/62 and 38 stocks.

[@matthewbrown3420]

Does anyone know what they did to the traction motors to make them quieter and whiny? I much prefer this original sound of the traction motors. I understand they did something similar to the C stock but they were still loud. Anything to do with gearing changes? Why do this?

[@anotherview9604]

R-1 or BU motors.

[@Nice_Person7379]

You mean the class 313-322 and 455-457 and 507/508 trains? The underground stocks (which make a similar sound) sound like they’re angry at the passengers whereas the British rival trains sound like sick elephants

[@kapoorchavda]

I worked in Neasden Depot for 12 years and so much memories.i was in North depot entrance where we would arragements where trains be stabled over night for next day service.We worked in all weather condition as part and parcle of work .LOVELY Memories .

[@RBenjo21]

Having been born in Harrow the A Stock is the sound of my childhood. This takes me back. And I wasn’t even born in 92.

[@bazza945]

Pretty good video qualityfor early '90s. Thank you.

[@BaileyChap]

I think this is still the best cab ride of the met available, and quite possibly the only one on the A60 stock, it's also a fast service, which is rare for cabrides on this line. The lack of narration or captions getting in the way makes this a much nicer watching experience and I love the audio.

[@instinct_yt281]

13:52 A prime example of mainline overtaking

[@peterharris3563]

Oh boy! this really brings back the memories of cummuting on the Met in the early 90's, when they ran a proper service and before the toothpaste livery swamped everything.

[@TheCyberSalvager]

Nice bit of nostalgia there, especially seeing the NSE-liveried Networker Turbos. I was 15 at the time and just becoming a railway enthusiast, and would travel on those networkers into Marylebone on occasional school day trips.

[@IamRobotMonkey]

Thank you so much for this; proving to be invaluable for my model railway research. I owe you one!

[@acceptableandbornind80s32]

Such a good Train the A60 Stock and this Video takes me way Back when jumping on the Metline was such a treat

[@jacksugden8190]

Lousy rolling stock-bone shakers-uncomfortable.

[@phillipwilloughby5013]

When living in Kingsbury, I'd take the Metropolitan Line to Wembley Park, then run across the platform when the Jubilee Line for Stanmore was there.

[@lindsaypickett6146]

I loved these A60 stock trains!! Fast big and beautiful!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nicholasmorgan9237]

Brilliant, thank you, have doe that trip many times and wondered how it looked from the drivers view.

[@idrisscisse9453]

This video is a legacy video. Omg I never saw a A Stock on the Metropolitan Line . Totally amazing . Wow I cannot believe it !!!!

[@Ingens_Scherz]

Brings back so many memories. Thanks!

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

GREAT VIDEO. I lived in Chiltern Court (Baker Street) when I was 4-10 and used to look down to the action at the station! I remember these car sets on the Met!.

[@johnpritchard347]

Memories of the Chesham shuttle seen at Chalfont & Latimer! Thank goodness we have a through service now from Chesham!

[@keithvincent3993]

Lovely vid...brings back memories of when I used to work on this line...based at Baker Street.

[@dronespace]

great video, miss the a stock, such lovely sounds

[@SimonRML2456]

oh now there is a sound I miss so much...great vid

[@thbe51]

Fun to compare this with the black/white movie from 1910 on the same subject!!

[@markcf83]

The A stock was easily the most comfortable of the rolling stock on the Underground.

[@carlosmunozmarin499]

1992 and doesn't look filmed with a potatoe. ¡Congrats!

[@carlosmunozmarin499]

I believe japanese homerecorders in the early 90's got a massive resolution improvement

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

One of my favourite London Tube Vidz, because in the 1970's I lived in Chiltern Court above Baker Street Sation, and at 5 years old as wee-lad I would go 7 floors up on the roof and peer down into the Well at 00:25. It was like having my own train layout! I miss the sounds on this Vid. Thank you!

[@jacksugden8190]

I can’t get excited anymore

[@beneliastrains]

Good to see the silly 25 at ricky was seldom obeyed back then!

[@Islanderview]

Back in the 80's 90's I would sometimes get on a Amersham train from Baker Street. This would then catch up and overtake The Uxbridge train that had already gone. You could then change at Harrow on the Hill and get on the train you had already missed. Can you still do this today?

[@simonjames2974]

There is a you tube of the met in 1910 of this journey it makes fascinating comparison with the stations between Baker Street and finchley Road all open for example.

[@JayJay-nc7pr]

The Met line really is it’s own mainline, it has more in common with the Chiltern than the tube, the Aylesbury line is a express Met Line, Amersham/Chesham Met services are semi fasts, I miss the A stock

[@louisducasse1397]

This is a lot quicker from Baker Street compared to video 125’s version filmed on the same tracks a few years later in 1995 from a newly refurbished A stock, should make a race between the 1992 and 95 version.

[@Dark_Richician84]

Love the noise this one would make when it leave a station.

[@karakakouu]

Absolutely epic thanks a lot !!!

[@matthewbrown3420]

I was told by an A stock driver they are big 1959 stock trains. I can see a resemblance, I guess. Traction motors sound like a more powerful version of the 38s and 59s.

[@bb-3653]

They sound like br class 455s a lil bit

[@bb-3653]

@Joe Schmo idk man? I've never heard a 1962 train

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

To me the unrefurbished A Stock trains sounded more like 1962 TS trains

[@jacksugden8190]

A Stock were so uncomfortable to ride with those hard high backed seats, thought the units were bone shackers and should have been replaced much earlier.

[@user-wv6gz8wm5w]

Why isn't the tunnel lighted? It would seem to the drivers' benefit in the case of an animal (two legged or four) being on the tracks.

[@MrTelly82]

+Billy Bailey The driver sees much more than the camera. Back in those days, a light bulb would consume a lot of energy and it would burn out quickly. So it would cost too much to have the light turned on at all times.

[@naththoau]

+MrTelly82 More likely its the camera with poor dynamic range it is the problem. Or camera didn't have low luma available. Newer camera like these today have much better dynamic range than it was years ago with old film video camera.

[@peterudbjorg]

In Oslo it’s common to have the tunnels dark, only lit up when there’s reason to (maintentance or similar). Plus our trains have decent headlights… ;) The lights are switced on/off by Traffic Control.

[@rotherham37]

Wonderful.

[@sheltie777]

I did not watch right through. But I did notice there were no stops at either Northwood Hills or Northwood. And was this train on the parallel British Rail tracks?

[@SJTech1001]

The fast Amersham trains ran non-stop from Harrow-on-the-Hill to Moor Park and shared tracks with the BR Aylesbury services from Harrow.

[@piotrekmisiu7870]

Good old A stock. 1961-2012

[@Richardsrailway]

Never a good sign to see a pway bloke running with his back to traffic like that on leaving Harrow on the hill

[@patrickspeaight9154]

Was thuds one of your early video? Do miss captions for the stations and land marks. ( junctions, etc). Thank you, Patrick, Northamptonshire

[@thephoenix3155]

Reminds me off video 125 without narration

[@Cameronsworld]

was that the jubilee line

[@thephoenix3155]

HuhItzCameron Yes, before modernisation

[@laurenceskinnerton73]

Interesting.

[@joesmith34]

When the train goes into a tunel.Why doesnt the tran have gead lights.

[@limeyfox]

Interesting fact: at about 4:40 you pass over the West Coast Main Line.

[@paulhollis8879]

limeyfox And just before Northwick Park too.

[@thomcousens5345]

This is very soothing to watch. Forgive my ignorance, but what are the flutey-whistley noises you hear occasionally?

[@Richardsrailway]

Thom Cousens that would be the air whistle on the A stock being sounded by the driver to warn staff about the track

[@robtyman4281]

It would be helpful to have the names of the stations flashed up on the video.

[@markcf83]

At just before 31 minutes it passes under the M25.

[@limeyosu2000]

Sounds like the driver is playing the recorder sometimes ! Must be a draught coming in the cab.

[@wc9885]

Can't remember if all Amersham trains were fast before 2011 or a mix of fast, semi fast and all stops throughout the day. I know now there are only fast ones at peak times with the flow?

[@stumpy2000]

Those noises are so nostalgic. All off peak and nearly all peak Amersham's were fast, only stopping at Finchley Rd, Harrow and Moor Park then all stations. Glad i don't have to ride it now they stop all stations, it must take forever.

[@andrewmcculloch7891]

This is exactly as they were in the 60s and 70s. I went to school in Northwood Hills between 1964 and 1971. The first two years from Harrow on the Hill and the rest from Chesham (don't ask because I don't know). Those were the days of the Chesham shuttle so the morning journey was the first morning through train from Chesham, changing at Moor Park on to thectrain from Watford for the remainder of the journey to Northwood Hills. The afternoon was the reverse except that I changed at Chalfont for the shuttle.

[@nightw4tchman]

14:30 two of the pway workers have their foot on the Negative rail in the four foot?!! Is this area a compromise voltage area? If not how have they not been electrocuted? Is that section dead?

[@NoddyMaccy]

Being an engineer myself, the only explanation I can offer is the juice rail was dead, perhaps it had a fault and the train was relying on current from the positive rail. There is no foot protection that can save you from 630 volts DC.

[@raggir5083]

The rail inside the four-foot is energised at -210V, and the rail in the six-foot at +420V. The rails are connected by 2:1 resistors arranged so that their common join establishes a 0V reference point, which is normally taken to earth. In some places the four-foot rail is bonded to the running rails so that it is at earth instead. The p-way man may have been taking advantage of this arrangement; or maybe his wellies insulate him against 210V.

[@IDowney1988]

Was this on an A60 or an A62? IDowney all confused.

[@mrerichoodc6835]

The only old trains on the underground now is Piccadilly line and bakerloo lin :(

[@thephoenix3155]

Is this a 225 studios production?

[@tonnmiister]

13:25 best station ever say nizzy

[@mikoajem675]

Is that Harrow-on-the-hill?

[@markcf83]

@@mikoajem675 no. It's Wembley Park.

[@DaveInBridport]

Trumpfan..... 🤣

[@sylviaelse5086]

I read Baker Street to Amsterdam? What's that about?

[@andrewphillips9391]

is it me or were they quieter after refurb?

[@heikonaujoks]

i heiko from germany dreame sehr oft from GB genau so sagen über london

[@juanfranciscopenas2480]

SIGUEN LOS TUNELES SIN ESTAR ILUMINADOS, ESTO ES UN ATENTADO CONTRA LA SEGURIDAD DEL USUARIO, SEGUIR, SAEGUIR.

[@robtyman4281]

Where is this first station??? It's not Baker Street as that's underground

[@user-acs64]

The Metropolitan line platforms at Baker St are in a open-cut, the Circle and H&C platforms are the ones that are underground

[@justme-hh4vp]

Could do with some captions. No stop at Wembley Park?

[@DC4444]

*Stations* 0:00 Baker Street (for Bakerloo, Hammersmith & City and Jubilee Lines) 5:15 Finchley Road (for Jubilee Line) 13:35 Wembley Park (Not stopping) 14:45 Preston Road (Not stopping) 16:00 Northwick Park (Not stopping) 17:15 Harrow-on-the-Hill (for Metropolitan Line to Uxbridge and National Rail Services) 19:35 North Harrow (Not stopping) 20:30 Pinner (Not stopping) 22:00 Northwood Hills (Not stopping) 23:10 Northwood (Not stopping) 24:40 Moor Park (for Metropolitan Line to Watford) 28:10 Rickmansworth 31:55 Chorleywood 35:50 Chalfont & Latimer (for Metropolitan Line to Chesham) 39:25 Amersham (for National Rail Services) *Jubilee Line Stations between Finchley Road and Wembley Park* 6:37 West Hampstead 8:50 Kilburn 10:30 Willesden Green 11:25 Dollis Hill 12:00 Neasden

[@markcf83]

The old timetables had fast services for much of the Met.

[@davidmorgan8048]

Was enjoying this video, until the camera started moving, then I left.

[@juanfranciscopenas2480]

SIGUEN SIN LETREROS ANUNCIADORES POR DONDE PASA EL TREN.

[@tashashealy9173]

Is that on the drivers eyes?

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

No, it's a birds-eye view 😌

[@user-ph6gm8dv5g]

33:33

[@timdaugherty5921]

Why are they all white and so plain?

[@connordowning4588]

Underground s class

[@sjain8853]

Tim Daugherty pre refurbishment

[@phillipwilloughby5013]

They were bare aluminium because the weight of the paint would make the trains use more electricity increasing costs. Plus painting them would've been a big cost too. But when vandals began destroying the trains with graffiti and it couldn't be completely removed, it was decided to have the trains painted.

[@robinsonosa]

It looks like 2004

[@carlosmunozmarin499]

Dude haircut at 17:30 is as 1992 as a 1992 haircut could be.

[@phillipwilloughby5013]

Can't be 2004. The 1983 stock on the Jubilee Line were replaced by the 1996 stock before the Jubilee Line extension opened in 1999.

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

Until the crap red white and blue livery Underground trains were left in unpainted aluminium colour