Aldgate - End of the Line Ep.22

[@geofftech2]

Bonus points if you can tell me the station that the opening shot is at !! 😮

[@benjamindenton]

Liverpool St.

[@colonelWalakiraii]

can you do elephant and castle on bakerloo line in zones 1/2

[@barryxxe_2294]

Liverpool Street Sub Surface platforms

[@DeenLight744]

Liverpool street sub surface

[@NicholasPayne01]

Liverpool Street

[@rogajones]

Hi Geoff I live in Aldgate and I'll tell you why those underpasses were closed. The management of roads and pavements was split between 3 authorities - City of London, Tower Hamlets & GLA (red route) There were a number of complaints about cleanliness, and also concerns about rough sleeping. It turned out it was too difficult for the 3 authorities to come to some kind of effective management agreement, so when the old Aldgate gyratory system was closed to make some new pedestrian space they decided to shut them down.

[@michaelwincott]

So rather than solving the rough sleeping, let's get rid of the space for them to sleep in. This country is just a horrible place.

[@PhilipLinnell]

@@michaelwincott Dream on - they had to be cleaned out regularly to prevent them getting filthy and smelly and uninhabitable. There are also 5 large hostels within 5 minutes walk of this station.

[@PhilipLinnell]

It looked like they were being filled with polystyrene foam - so could probably be reopened in time. Do you know what happened to Aldgate Barrs, the shopping area linked to Aldgate East?

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

@@PhilipLinnell Hostels, while a useful stopgap, do not solve the reasons for rough sleeping.

[@llynllydaw]

​@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xxBut neither does letting people sleep in underpasses.

[@1258-Eckhart]

The trackwork at Aldgate is an absolute delight - all those points and junctions with trains banging and squealing over them. Heavenly.

[@nickgiles7568]

Thanks for another video which brings back memories as I used Aldgate for many years,. Also a big thank you for taking time to show the memorial plaque and to remember those who lost their lives in the Aldgate bombing. I was in the train in front of the one which got bombed. Made it to Canary Wharf and I will never forget having to walk back from there to Marylebone- all tubes cancelled . It was a very strange walk through the streets that day. RIP those who lost their lives.

[@Stephen_Lafferty]

I clicked on this thinking that it was the latest 'only unconnect' before I registered the title! Great to see that there are more episodes of this series, Geoff!

[@MargaretUK]

I kind of had a feeling that this series had not yet come to an end 😊 I love those green tiles! 😍

[@Fan652w]

I can remember the time when Aldgate had a much larger 'Minories' bus station. This station was used for many years by Green Line Coach services 720, 721, 722 and 723, and also by some trolleybus routes, notably the very busy 653.

[@stevieinselby]

If 'Minories' was larger, would it be 'Majories' 🤔

[@Kazdy]

In B.C. (before Covid), Aldgate was my stop for work. Ah, the memories. Thanks Geoff.

[@keithdalgleish5659]

Ahh I can literally smell the Metropolitan line from where I am right now in Yorkshire. Before Covid, I used to travel frequently between Kings Cross and Aldgate so I'm very familiar with this station.

[@pauljmccluskey5532]

The strong smell of smoke, heat and sounds of metallic scratching too lol 😜

[@keithdalgleish5659]

@@pauljmccluskey5532 Most of my travel to/from Aldgate was on the new (at the time) S Stock trains so I missed the 'metallic scratching' sounds or I was oblivious too it! I remember the station as being quite warm and about 1,001steps to get from platform to street.

[@lespattison704]

I live in New Zealand and have visited London 21 times and have thoroughly enjoyed traveling on the underground. It is marvelous to see now a lot of the underground stations that I visited on my travels. Thank you for your vlogs.

[@Leojw10]

Wow you've been to London 21 times. Its crazy i live an hour from London and only been to London 10 times in my life first time was when i was a kid in 2012 and the 10th time i went to London was in march this year and went there last year on my birthday in December. London is honestly my favourite city i will definitely visit the city this summer and i love trains especially the underground

[@firesurfer]

That's a whole lot of flying!

[@DWtrainsNZ]

Hello from a fellow kiwi. Jeez 21 times, those trips would have depleted your bank account a smidge. I've looked at going back there a few times over the years (was born in Inverness, Scotland. Lived in Kyle of Lochalsh for awhile), the last time I looked it was going to set me back around $5,000-$6,000 just for the return flights 🙁

[@Nooticus]

That’s very impressive! Glad you love our great city so much

[@annmcrory5089]

When Iived in London during my college days, Aldgate was my nearest tube station. This video brings back so many memories ❤

[@Brian-nf6bt]

I enjoyed the vlog Geoff about Aldgate station,I went to school just to the left of that station,and us school boys in the late 1950's were puzzled by a Metropolian train that always stood on the right middle station,it had dirty brown carriages like a overground train you opened the door to a compartment turning the handle and the window had a leather stroop so you could actually open it as you went through the tunnel,of course we had to do that,and so our adventure ended at Moorgate or was it Farringdon,anyway the train went off to wherever its destination was,also you mentioned the tiles my grandfather was one of the men who tiled Aldgate I thought they had all been removed,I must next time I am in the area pay a visit.

[@Jsone260]

Wow I wasn’t expecting this!! Great video as always Geoff!

[@crispyfrogs]

You're one of the few good eggs out there. Your videos always cheer me up, even when little else can. Thank you for making them 🙂

[@stephenholt4670]

Ooh I like this. I did think quite a few ends of the line were missing at the time, so good to catch them up

[@robertdnero2217]

Just when you think you've escaped... Loved it..

[@JGrandcourt]

Thankyou Geoff for posting another episode in this series. Fantastic work as per usual.

[@Sim0nTrains]

Wasn't expecting a End of the Line video but nice to see Aldgate, great video Geoff

[@jakeosullivan5547]

I quite often travel down to London from the North of England to a client on Mansell Street, and always do my best to get a Metropolitan to Aldgate from Kings Cross rather than a circle line train... I just find it so satisfying being one of the last people to get off at the end of the line

[@johnplampin7274]

For flat junctions it is rather amazing how many peak services they get through the three sides of the triangle.

[@ricktownend9144]

It is amazing indeed. I've sometimes wondered if a dive-under line (as between Ken.High-St and Earl's Court) could be managed? I think the distance between Aldgate E and Liverpool St station is a little less, but with modern traction moters maybe the slopes could be a little steeper.

[@darryldarwent3676]

If there ever was a better expert on London trains and subways your name would be at the top of such a list. 💯 percent.

[@PaulJaYmes]

Going to guess that KZbin analytics were showing Geoff that End of the Line was too popular to end 😀 Now looking forward to Waterloo and Bank 🤣

[@guillaumemaurice3503]

Thank you for sharing the video Geoff, it was very interesting. Where I live in Hertfordshire the mainline train terminates at London Liverpool Street station which is 1 stop away from Aldgate. 💖

[@marthaanderson2656]

Across the street from the station entrance is Peters Cafe. A small busy cafe with super breakfast . Excellent coffee

[@Claggyt]

I spent 4 years getting the Aldgate Metropolitan Line train to work and always jumped out at Liverpool Street. Odd now to think that I never once stood on an Aldgate platform even though the name resonates so much in my memory.

[@Big.Al.3]

There are still a few end of the underground lines still to do Geoff...... Hammersmith (Circle and Hammersmith & City), Elephant and Castle (Bakerloo), and both ends of the Waterloo and City.

[@Big.Al.3]

@luelou8464 think there is another one as well. Will have to check my list.

[@thecyberleaderwhufc]

Also Edgware Road on the Circle plus District Shuttle

[@beatlesfan2884]

And Olympia

[@Big.Al.3]

Barking

[@i69420]

Bank would be a good video on in general

[@twyfordlion]

Excellent work Geoff, always an education.

[@matthewjburt6482]

When I drove the route 42 I used to love peeking over the wall onto the platforms. Really illustrates how close to the surface the subsurface lines are below your feet. Great little video Geoff. Looking forward to more "End of the Line" videos in the future. 😊

[@ilyresss]

At stratford station they also have an RCC on the jubilee line 5:05

[@JohnJohn-e4g]

Did you know back in the day there was a signal box at the Liverpool St end of Aldgate Stn. I used to work there 1974 - 1975 as a Railway Operating Apprentice (ROA) aged 16. On sundays 2 trains each direction were run by District line crews using "CO" stock the red trains.

[@richardmonnick1908]

Aldgate bus station was also the terminus for Essexbound greenline coaches.

[@MRTransportVideos]

End of the Line - the Second Platform.... great to have you back, giving us more little gems like this!

[@KTHR56]

Glad the series is continuing!

[@dikleatherdale8947]

Long ago an edition of the Ian Allen London bus spotters' book had a photo of Aldgate bus station with the caption "Aldgate out!".

[@rjsieder]

I stayed at the Motel One behind that bus terminal shot last year and will stay there again in a few weeks. Took the Underground to and from Aldgate station most days. Thanks for covering my introduction to the London Underground at Aldgate!

[@jonistan9268]

I've actually been there (doesn't happen too often with tube stations) and I really liked it, both architecturally and especially how it's squeezed in between the two junctions. When I was there it was rather late in the evening and it felt a bit strange because nobody else was there. It was just trains on all sides but basically no passengers using the station. The train we then got on to leave towards Liverpool Street was also rather empty, if not completely.

[@IluvFbiFiles]

I did a lot of admiring Aldgate station during covid, as I had to use the tube trekking it to and throw between east ham and wood green. There was little else to do and the platforms were empty. I would have to switch at Aldgate to get to aldgate east for the district line.

[@LukeBancroft10]

I used to go to college opposite Aldgate East station and would occasionally get off at Aldgate and walk from there if there wasn’t a H&C train available. I would also use that subway that is no more. There used to be a really nice sandwich shop there. Sad to hear it’s gone now. Happy memories.

[@craigwilliams9110]

I’m actually planning to use Aldgate on Saturday during my visit to London. Thanks Geoff I’ll be taking more time there now.

[@alexoestreicher1092]

I stumbled upon that view of the station you showed last winter on vacation in London and was mesmerized. Thanks for rekindling a great memory.

[@Beatlefan67]

As a non-Londoner who rarely goes near the place (I can't stand it; I'm a country boy) it's hard for me to follow all what you're doing, but it's fascinating none the less. Trains everywhere!

[@bogdanivanov2756]

Nice detail about a diamond-shaped sign. I have a set of magnets depicting the different London transport signs and one of them is for Shoreditch, it is diamond-shaped as well, but is green and not red-blue

[@markholm7050]

The green tiles are lovely.

[@EdVanMeyer]

Used to go on the Tube when i worked in London, love the smell of fish!

[@raythomas4812]

Nice video. Re the missing Subway, I remember when I used to work around that area , there used to be a building next to it that had little cafes , a shoe repair shops (cobblers, no - really ! ) there. Used to use Adlgate bus station a lot , when I lived in Plaistow , used to get the 115 home...Happy days ( not )

[@NickMoss]

Thank you for continuing this Geoff! I only recently watched the whole series, thoroughly enjoyed it, and thought there were a few which were missed: Aldgate (Metropolitan), Barking (Hammersmith & City), Edgeware Road (District), Elephant & Castle (Bakerloo), Hammersmith (Circle, Hammersmith & City), Kensington (Olympia) (District), Stratford (Jubilee). Plus all the stations (all 2) on the Waterloo & City. I’m guessing car parks won’t be as much a bingo on these ones 😂 It’s also good to hear you’re extending this series to the Overground, the Trams, and CrossElizPurp. Will you also include the London Terminal Stations? So many lines to get to each end of!

[@railmeister]

I love this station. Thank you so much for this video!

[@Peter-mj6lz]

4:34 wow those must be old seats. I remember them being in a few bus stops and train stations in the late 90's/ early 00's.

[@waynebartholomew1299]

I used to do point Mtce there, a walkway took you above the track to the imr, walk abit further and there was a long corridor with sliding doors, iir used to be an old cable stoors. Spooky at night as the toilet was at the far end 😂

[@sheilaarcher3084]

The bus station at Aldgate Minories was the terminus for Green Line coach services 720. 721, 722 and 723.

[@smjrn63]

This station I have been to. I walked from the Tower of London to Spitalfields and then to Aldgate. I hopped on here with no specific destination as I decided I would randomly get off and see where I ended up.

[@reptongeek]

I'm on holiday this week staying near the London Underground and decided to finally visit the eight stations at the other end of the Metropolitan line I didn't visit in 2022. You weren't kidding in that episode of The Tube all those years ago it does take a long time to get to Preston Road if you start at Chesham I decided to carry on and correct my mistakes from 15 months ago to see if I could have still completed if I had started originally. I was at Aldgate only two days ago, so it is surreal seeing you walk the very same platform

[@reptongeek]

Also another tip when doing Tube Challenge. When you run/walk to Aldgate you need the exit with Sports Direct behind you as there are four exits from Aldgate East

[@harrygleed423]

Hi Geoff another great end of the line! I noted on the dot matrix board in says Amersham, semi fast, I never knew we had semi fast trains on the tube. Another possible programme? Harry

[@SchnitzelDaemon]

I've never been there but what a lovely station!

[@LadyInTrilby]

Those green-teal-blue-ish tiles are exactly like in Pet Shop Boys' music video Dreamland. I know, that video is actually located in the Berlin U-bahn, but it doesn't stop that song now looping in my head for the rest of the day. Thanks 😂

[@timothynixon9437]

I was a driver on the Metropolitan line for 37 years, I went in and out of there 100s of times, but did you know there is a disused part of the station? Adjacent to the Outer Rail Circle line platform 1, you should ask for a visit.

[@philroberts7238]

Maybe go along with the Museum of London crew on one of their Hidden Hangout jaunts?

[@stephensaines7100]

@3:10 / 6:25 Brilliant! All the diagrams in the world can't do justice to a real overhead view such as this.

[@kiranbahra]

If/when you go to Reading, make sure to go up to the top of the car park for a superb view of the eastern side of the station

[@joermnyc]

There’s some tiled columns in NY that have curved corners, as in the tiles are molded to curve through 90 degrees from one end to the other.

[@EppelheimTV]

Great to see that the series has not ended yet and there are more videos to come!

[@Smart1529]

I used to use that bus station when i was a kid, i used to live in East Ham and Plaistow areas so I has to go to the bus station and use the 115 bus which shares a bus service section with 15 and 135. In fact one half of the 15 bus is served by the 115 bus towards Limehouse and Poplar.

[@stevem-h3562]

so that shooping arcade under the Marsh Centre is now gone?? I used to work near there in 2000/2001 and my late wife used to commute into there upto 2008..... Lot of memories there.

[@roberthuron9160]

One of the New York equivalent,would be Brooklyn Bridge,IRT,and connections! Also Fulton Street,2,3,4,5,A&C,[IRT/IND],and to top it off,the 42nd Street rabbit warren! In Brooklyn,add Atlantic Ave/Long Island Railroad/IRT! Anyway,that Aldgate really is a New York City transplant,in the heart of London,and the books on London buses,that I read,never mentioned the Minories bus station was also Aldgate! Why,problems they assumed the readers,knew London,and forgot that the books,had far greater distribution! Thanks for an interesting video! Thank you 😇 😊!

[@benjamindenton]

Indeed there were a network of subways and a subterranean shopping mall called Aldgate Barrs. You could walk from Aldgate to Aldgate East via the subways.

[@ChoobChoob]

Those former subways at Aldgate used to lead to a mini shopping mall that closed sometime in the early 2000s!

[@gr3atdane]

I used to work right by Aldgate. Can confirm the Metropolian Line empties out at Liverpool Street. I used to transfer from the Central line to the Metropolian Line if the timing was right (an easy transfer as you basically walk past the Metropolian Line tracks when you come of the Central line), but most of the time I just walked the 10 minutes it takes by foot from Liverpool street to Aldgate!

[@allenwilliams1306]

The Metropolitan diamond station sign is not a roundel. Roundels are round. Aldgate bus station was known as Minories Green Line coach station and was where coaches from the Romford direction terminated for many years. It was also the terminal point for many trolleybus services from the east, because the City of London Corporation would not allow overhead wires in its territory.

[@STOCathain]

I used to live in the student housing between Aldgate and Tower Hill on Minories and always preferred Aldgate for the architecture, and at that point the Met & Circle lines had newer trains while the District was still running the old stock.

[@LittleGirlOfSeven]

Mention of Mile End has reminded me of something I have been wondering for a while... From the eastbound District/H&C platform at Mile End you can see the next eastbound platform of Bow Road station through the tunnel. Are these the only instances on the Underground where you can directly see one platform from another platform at two separate tube stations?

[@damianharris2167]

I’ll definitely be visiting here just to see those stunning old platform signs. Very early examples with the 4 fletchings. I kind of think that the Metropolitan’s diamond shaped “roundel” needs its own word or name though. Diadel? Droundel?? Maybe???

[@davelenthall1]

Great news Geoff. Keep them coming mate

[@rwm2986]

Thanks Geoff - wouldn't a diamond shaped roundel be a diamondel?

[@kenmorris100]

The shot is of Liverpool Street Met and Circle. The westbound platform is wider because before 1960 the loco hauled Aylesbury trains used to terminate in the bay platform that used to exist the other side of the board. There was a spur at the west end where the locos would be held for the next trip. Hence the disused signal box. The bus station was originally the Minories and used for green line routes into Essex and Trolleybuses as the latter were banned inside the City of London.

[@MrGreatplum]

Love this one, thanks Geoff!

[@traintobeckton262]

i like how geoff continued the series with the ones he werent going to do, and the other modes of transport

[@mike_ctid_taylor]

I used to work in Alie Street & the subway being closed was really annoying on my walk back to Liverpool Street and introduced a wait at the lights. Completely unnecessary. That subway also used to connect into the ticket office at Aldgate East via an underground shopping arcade

[@mike_ctid_taylor]

Aldgate Barrs iirc

[@Anonymoususer_8823]

Never stopped off at Aldgate and both Aldgate & Aldgate East stations are very much near to each other. Bit like Euston Square that is near to Euston main line station.

[@MythTrainProductions]

Yayyy! Another video! :D

[@kaliou6645]

1:23 🌉New series: Best Station from Zone 1-8 🚇🎟️

[@ianthomson9363]

If you want to see what is possibly the most amazing fountain in London, turn right out the station onto Aldgate High Street and walk a little less than 100 yards to Aldgate Square. It's towards the northern side of the square. You won't be disappointed!

[@sssdddkkksss]

It would have been nice to do a small snippet of things in the area, like Bevis Marks Synagogue, the old city walls, why it's called Aldgate etc

[@SlivGames]

Yay, this series is back!

[@imrandarr1094]

Geoff: We are going to be covering the Overground, Trams and Elizabeth Line. DLR: Am I a joke to you?!

[@paulburton9386]

Hi Geoff, I am not sure if you're aware, but there are 90-minute tours of St. Pancras International this Saturday (6th July). I am not connected, but thought I would mention it. Link on request.

[@420-RMV]

Yes, Thank you

[@johnpalmer4102]

Aldgate bus station- happy days- Green Line coaches into Essex!

[@LouisOnAir]

I did a scavenger hunt not long ago and one of the challenges was "photograph 3 trains at once at Aldgate". We thought this would be simple enough because there always seemed to be 2 met trains parked and you just need to wait for a circle to show up. Unfortunately when we got there one of the mets pulled away and it looked like another wouldn't arrive for a little while. THANKFULLY 2 circle trains showed up at once, which was really lucky bc we were fully aware they only arrive once every 10 minutes.

[@Redbirdgangipad]

Great video!

[@Emily_20095]

I wasn't expecting this, generally because he said he wouldn't do interchange termini stops. Very Sneaky Geoff!

[@kroy2121]

Can you do Shenfield, Reading, Barking, Hammersmith, Wimbledon,Beckenham Junction, Elmers End, New Addington and Edgware Road please? Thank you Geoff 😊

[@BlackWolf.]

Great episodes ❤. But I wonder, I cant find Elephant & Castle on Bakerloo line in this series? Thats also a zone 1 station.

[@mouselovinlady]

Yay! I like this series. Is Elephant and Castle on the plan? Was there the other day, what a weird underground terminus station. Frames on the roundels, quest along one platform to get to another and a cute little “which platform for the next train” indicator!

[@Fan652w]

Very interesting video! Did we get a glimpse of Metropolitan 'Diamond Roundels' at 5m 34m? I am guessing that the diamonds were in use until the Metropolitan lost its independence in 1933.

[@Lieutenant3948]

END OF THE LINE IS BACK! 🎉🎉🎉

[@POTThaesslich]

walking between the two strations there is (was?) a C Stock train (it was used as a meeting/waiting room in one of the new buildings, but I believe it is gone now?

[@telemachus53]

I loved standing at the top of the steps looking down at the platforms. Sadly this station has no step free access, neither does Aldgate East.

[@neilpearson157]

When I was young, there was a bay platform at Liverpool Street behind the westbound Met/H&C/circle platform at which at least one train terminated during the morning peak but whether that was a Met or Circle I don't recall. There was no H&C then ('71/2). So was that a termination for the Met? Was Aldgate ever like Edgware Road with all four platforms through roads. I have once got a train from Paddington (C stock) which went into the current Circle Line terminator platform at Edgware Road and then departed eastbound to Baker Street. Some research required Geoff!

[@TheEulerID]

Ironic that @2.35 in the immediate background of one of those many sets of stairs at Aldgate, is a wheelchair accessible sign on a carriage door of the train stopped at the platform. In any event, I always find that junction of the Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and District Line all a bot spooky and weird. Trains just rumble past one another in that mysterious, underground cavern with its concrete columns and apparently aimless movements.

[@BusesOfHanworth]

No way! It’s back!!!!

[@FitzElda]

What happened to the pedestrian subways under Hammersmith Broadway that linked the Piccadilly line station to the H&C?