ALDGATE TO UXBRIDGE | Metropolitan Line Cab ride

[@colineasson4116]

Spotted myself waiting to board this train at Farringdon! Wearing a blue polo shirt carrying a black bag at the end of the platform. Travelled to Ruislip Manor. A daily trip back to home.

[@sajidbutt2530]

Hi mate just saw yah...

[@trainrover]

Brits're the only earthlings blathering coincidental glories, nobody else gives a fuck 💡💡💡

[@georgemaund4964]

For those of us living well away from London, these excellent videos give us a good insight into the infrastructure, track layouts, signalling and operations of the Underground....thanks for your efforts.

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Thank you for the kind comment😁

[@MrDoinfine]

Excellent video. The gold standard for cab ride videos. No distracting background chatter or music, nothing but the sounds of the train. Interesting bits of information provided along the way, and good picture quality.

[@gamingwithpros4047]

I like the background chatter, I can listen to something and learn new things, music just gets on my nerves though

[@bluedamsel1185]

An enjoyable journey and I didn't have to tap in or out!

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Thanks!

[@jorbharris8097]

@@thechilterntrainspotters Thank you so much for this video. Thanks also for the informative captions(!) I used to travel this line in the 1950s. As a youngster of 12, I would set out with a packed lunch and ride all over the LT network. It was safe for a lad to go adventuring on his own then. I could write a book of reminiscences, I think. Well, a long short story anyway. Thanks again for an excellent production. I look forward to more! From Alberta, Canada.

[@pauljohnson8872]

@@jorbharris8097 I did the same thing in the Early 90's from this Terminus :)

[@Petecope]

Another great video. It is strangely fascinating trying to follow all the signalling details you provide and relate them to the countless journeys I've made as a passenger. I don't care if my wife came in and sighed at me watching attentively, it was excellent!

[@vlogplusuk20]

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[@NextSound170]

Think its a great hobby to have, let them sigh. We love what we love

[@peterrobertbowers7639]

Most probably the best quality video cab train ride, I’ve ever seen. And unlike some cab train rides… at least there’s sound to it. I’ve never ever been on a tube / met train before…… going through London’s underground system; So…. taking this particular cab ride gives me a good impression of what it’s like travelling through all of these stations dotted all the way around London. Monday afternoon at 17:09H. 19th October 2021. U.K. Southampton

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Thank you

[@TheBeagle58]

Oh, we need this line in TSW2. this is far more exciting than the Bakerloo.

[@Kaipo125]

Or the Victoria line

[@BenTaylor.]

Wouldn’t be possible because of ATO

[@TheBeagle58]

@@BenTaylor. I f it could be done in BVE 2 and 4, this surely is possible in this.

[@northessexrailphotography4458]

@@BenTaylor. Well, all lines are possible - the 2009 stock like all modern stock does have ‘manual’ driving modes (albeit only used in emergencies) but still leaving possibility for future DLC

[@Hammondfreak]

Wonderful stuff !!! This is a line I travelled often when I lived in Harrow in the 50's, with Baker Street one of my favourite haunts (when the Bakerloo line ran all the way to Watford) and also Uxbridge particularly for the Trolleybuses, the bus garage and Red Central area and Green Country buses. Happy Days !

[@frankmacdermott1589]

Thanks for the video, im 73 and used to travel on this line as a child,bought back such memories.

[@a.butler8908]

A very nice video, thanks! Having grown up in the Uxbridge/Ickenham/Ruislip area then later commuting into Kings Cross it was very interesting to note the changes both in the scenery and the rolling stock. Have spent many long, cold moments on some of those platforms awaiting the last train home!

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Haha, good to here some peoples stories

[@bruceerdner7428]

Wonderful trip down memory lane. I rode this line many a day going form Eastcote to Baker Street while posted in London with the U. S. Forces. Amazing how much has changed. Thank you for this video

[@alanmusicman3385]

Great video - fascinating to see all the underground infrastructure so clearly. One nitpick you don't arrive "into" a place, you arrive "at" it.

[@patrickspeaight9154]

Your angled camera makes for a more interesting journey, colour and prospective, makes it more realistic, thank you, Patrick Northamptonshire

[@alisonmike2912]

I love how when I'm watching this I feel a little jolt when the train comes to a halt 😂

[@Pykem]

Excellent video thanks - as an ex-pat Londoner 12,000 miles away I love watching cab views around the old home town. Look forward to any future productions.

[@TransporterTony]

As some have said below. Beyond Finchley is Tripcock and not Protected Manual as the system isn't installed past Finchley Road yet. Protected Manual is only to be used to drive manually during the cbtc area

[@duainesimpson274]

Just watched this awesome video! Thank you so much for posting up 🏆💯😃

[@m1klgordon]

Thanks for this lovely vlog and trip down memory lane for me. I lived in Ruislip and travelled to school at Harrow on the Hill everyday for several years. My grandparents moved from Glasgow to be with their darling grandson (ahem!) in West Harrow. I saw glimpses of the park. through the trees, of where me and my parents would visit.

[@dianarolph1770]

Snap!

[@lamiaitaly2549]

Thank you, really enjoyed that. More captions the better as far as I am concerned

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Thank you!

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Thank you!

[@davethewanderer9887]

This brought back memories from the 1965 when I was a guard/driver on the met, I then was a signalman at Neasden depot and finally a station inspector. Strange not seeing any signals from Aldgate to Finchley Road. I take it that the scc is the Hammersmith one.

[@JasonNeil]

I grew up in Harrow and later moved to West Harrow. You can actually see my old house and bedroom window on the approach into the station. Very nostalgic.

[@seesaw41]

I can't tell how strangely fascinating those 50 Minutes were.

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Haha, thank you

[@Harry_Hippie]

It’s amazing how much of the run is in a straight line!

[@gerrymckenna4878]

At approx 2:41 you can see on the right hand side the curve opened in 1875 whereby Metropolitan Railway services ran into Liverpool Street mainline station itself. Last used 1904 and connection severed 1907.

[@johnnyrvf]

Uxbridge. Eastcote, Hillingdon, Northolt were all my stomping grounds before I emigrated. Brings back some good memories!

[@landl47]

Mine, too. I went to school in Hillingdon (Bishopshalt) 1959-66, worked for the London Borough of Hillingdon in the mid-70s and lived a short distance from Northolt Airport. I used to play cricket for Hayes and played against Uxbridge, Eastcote and Hillingdon many times.

[@johnpowell5433]

"I say, Holmes!" "What is it, Watson?" "Blighters have misspelled your name!" (Holmes, with a frown creasing his visage, leans on the mantle and smokes a pipe.) "Do you have your revolver, Watson?"

[@johntyjp]

Oh how the old slam door ones used to roar in the tunnels and the lights flickered!! Fun for a kid!😆

[@tango6nf477]

Love your videos thanks you for uploading and sharing. Not being London (or near) born one of my greatest delights on visiting the capital is riding on the tube, it doesn't really matter where to but I am suddenly a small boy again (in my 60's now!) Each time I visit I try to go somewhere different on a different line just for the experience. To Londoners the tube is nothing special of course, just an everyday facility.

[@edwardtodd9734]

Have used most of this line in my time. Used to live along the parallel road between Finchley Road and West Hampstead. Used to use it to Barbican for work, but occasionally had to work in Uxbridge so used all the rest of it. One day, remember us moving onto Kings X, but by the time the doors opened, I saw people looking down at me. I had fainted and was flat on my back. Was helped up and onto the platform. Sat down for a couple of trains, then continued my journey.

[@peterthill]

Another great ride. Thx for having me 👍

[@sharkpedal]

love me some Baker street _ lived in London W1 for a semester in college back in 1990 - about three blocks from Hyde Park

[@Oxyopiia]

Excellent cab ride. Good quality video, actually has audio, explains everything well and gives some information along the way, matching in real time to what’s around. Absolutely spot on!

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Thank you!

[@ianpeddle6818]

Absolutely brilliant really enjoyable I LOVE cab ride videos 🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👏

[@PreNeanderthal]

At 17:05 I was amazed at how shallow the foundations must be for such a high block of flats/offices immediately above the tunnel.

[@NextSound170]

Was in two minds when they were to replace the A60 stock because it was the last of the creepy underground trains, where it had no announcements for each stop. Was always enamoured with how far out it went. London always was a closed off sort of place so any mode of transport that steps outside of London was always interesting. Thank you for this. Former Londoner now in East Mids

[@robtyman4281]

You do know the main reason why they announce the next station on the route, is for the benefit of blind or visually impaired people who will not be able to see when it is their station. It's not really for you and I (capable of seeing). Similarly the on train displays telling you what the next station will be, are principally for deaf people who can't hear announcements.

[@michaellittlejohns7968]

Great video

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Thanks 😀

[@rydermike33]

A great video of a fascinating system. I love anything to do with the 'tube'. Many thanks.

[@frankwhittle4364]

Superb, can't wait for more.

[@truckingjohnno7]

Great Video thanks so much i know how much work goes into making just one video ready for display and so i Tips my lid and look forward to many more

[@m1klgordon]

Oh good heavens, this a bit weird. The flats adjacent and close to the bridge at Ruislip Manor station have a rather significant place in the archives of my life.

[@mikeprice9826]

fantastic video loved it from start to finish

[@JohnJoseph-xw5zk]

Thanks for the memories, I used to live at Hillingdon as a boy. Always a good adventure going to London with mum and dad on the train. You should mention the connection to the Ruislip central line depot just after Ickenham.👍

[@neilmarktaylor4386]

Years ago I was going from Canons Park station into central London a woman got off at Wembley Park onto the met line but she then got back on the same train she got off of at bakers street 🙈

[@joebarrett4353]

very informative video. Love the helpful captions. Thank you for posting this vid

[@alexwebster7065]

I had to laugh when you referred to Piccadilly Line stock as 'ancient' - it's the same age as me!

[@jorbharris8097]

I too laughed! When I used to ride the Piccadilly line in the '50.s it was 1928 stock!

[@faithdenelzen8808]

Although I'm not a Londoner I still love the Met line and S stock trains Now watching a cab ride is even better 👌 Baker street is a song by Gerry Rafferty made famous by that street too fun fact

[@rudolfx1070]

The advertising is much nicer and quiter than droopy old U-tube, keep it that way!

[@gerrymckenna4878]

The 1st Hillingdon station was sited at approx 48:26 and resited in 1992 when a new section of the A40 was constructed

[@Zerbey]

So eerie seeing how dark it is from the cab, I wonder how much this affects the drivers.

[@BenTaylor.]

23:02 means the end of the CBTC section the driver switches back to tripcock

[@dannypaulread1023]

It's TBTC Transmission Based Train Control!

[@BenTaylor.]

@@dannypaulread1023 TBTC is different from CBTC

[@gerrymckenna4878]

The siding seen at 46:14 leads ( by reversing ) up to the LU Ruislip Depot including LU's infrastructure rail welding plant.

[@jimmyedwards1639]

Peak hour Piccadilly line trains which terminated at Ruislip used that siding to reverse back towards central London

[@phwbooth]

Very good, Thanks.

[@neilforbes416]

5:55 Omigosh! That train appeared out of nowhere! Barbican Station is hau-hau-haunted!😄

[@daveoftheclanburgess]

Enjoyed that, thanks.

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

No problem and thank you

[@mitchellgiffard1978]

This was more in depth to watch than compared to metropolitan line on video 125 drivers eye views I have by Rob curling 👍

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Thanks 😀

[@VojtovySumavskeVlakyCZ]

Great video like and subscribed from Czech Republic 🙂👍👍👍

[@timosha21]

I'm a train and I approve this video!!!

[@tomryann86]

I have to say this is a educational cab ride. Please do Northern line from battersea fire station and also central line

[@copilotconrad]

Very enjoyable thank you, I noticed there were a lot of trains running eastbound between Baker Street and Aldgate, very frequent!

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Yes, its a good thing that traffic has really picked up recently

[@connorlikessimulation8561]

Great video. Thanks.

[@basictransportenthusiast4386]

I think it would be cool if you did fun facts about the abandoned stations that you come across, such as the old Kings Cross station or the old Aldgate East station. I found the video very relaxing though. Also I don’t think the NTFL is coming any time soon, about 10 years is when they will most likely come

[@Wolsey58]

An enjoyable ride. A shame though that the sites of the three former stations between Baker Street and Finchley Road (viz Lord’s 18:56, Marlborough Road 20:20 and Swiss Cottage 21:32) aren’t captioned. Apologies if someone else has already commented on this and I've missed it.

[@mrmil7980]

The metropolitan line is my favourite line going to c London all the way out to Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire. Different atmosphere all the way city, suburbs and country i wish all lines were like this

[@colmflaherty3963]

A train driver life is very alone, isolated. You see no people or shops Or anything really. A bus driver you see everything.

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Well I guess the upsides are that every day is a new challenge, and something different

[@CrazyInWeston]

What do you mean you see no people? You'll see thousands of people waiting for the train at all the stations you stop at! If you mean no interaction, then thats the same for any train driver all over the world. Personally, I'd love it. I'd love to be a tube train driver, cos I adore and love the tube and to work on the ATO lines where you just sit there and being paid £50k a year to press 2 buttons to close the doors!!!... But unfortunately my disability prevents me.

[@AndyWrightTravel]

cool video, not been on a s8 with my scooter yet. maybe will have to go to london soon

[@33stevelinda]

Excellent loved watching these videos so iv subscribed

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Thank you!

[@Рассел-г4в]

Darkness... Economy of the lights?))

[@shirmelduggins9984]

I remember taking the Metropolitan Line Trains from Baker Street to West Harrow or if it was a fast train getting on at Finchley Road and missing out all those stops in between until Harrow on the Hill

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Yup! Hopefully we should have a video from a fast service at some point

[@BenTaylor.]

Good video i Have few Cab rides from the met line Before CBTC

[@neilforbes416]

Where you identify each station with the traditional-style "roundall" sign, I would apply some animation here so the sign fades in spinning clockwise but in one spot(stationary), then exiting the screen by spinning out anti-clockwise as it moves off screen to the left.

[@Andrewjg_89]

Very nice view I have to say. What about doing the other tube lines if you do get permission. And maybe do TfL Rail, London Overground, DLR, Tramlink, Elizabeth Line and National Rail.

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Can’t promise anything..

[@Andrewjg_89]

@@thechilterntrainspotters True

[@RedArrow73]

Parliament should take up an Act forbidding Automation for the sole purpose of displacing Staff. Automation should reduce Injuries, quality errors, and the like, but ATO is being done solely to avoid paying out Health benefits and Wages.

[@dannycross5889]

i know this is an old video but its the mode they drive out of finchley road is called tripcock mode not prot manual

[@bertspeggly4428]

Great video, thank you. I thought you might annotate where the Thameslink lines dive under the Met at Ray Street to be on the other side. And it's ironic that the only typo I have seen so far is the word "edting" for "editing".😁😁😁

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Yes sorry, the whole video had to be re-edited after the initial render so it was done in a bit of a rush

[@bertspeggly4428]

@@thechilterntrainspotters Don't apologize, the video is excellent.

[@adrianmcdonagh57]

Hi thank you so much for this video and info along the way ,any chance of a fast met peak hours video in the future . The picture quality of the video is fantastic

[@michaelfoneill8005]

I can identify with Peter's sentiments.

[@matthewsmith2787]

Interesting when the train stops between stations the driver has to repress the ATO start buttons. On the Jubilee line you don’t need to press anything when stopped between stations

[@RedArrow73]

All manual operation is Da Bomb . . .

[@Boba._The._Therian]

L went to Liverpool Street on my holiday

[@allabouttrains401]

I like underground trains

[@mrbma]

Excellent vid. One question, when you travel north from Baker Street on the Met, are the tracks shared with the Jubilee, if so do you pass through St Johns wood and Swiss cottage and the closed Lords and Marlborough road...if you know !!!

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

The tracks aren’t shared no. However you do still pass through some closed stations.

[@catrinamoy8101]

Yay! Its out!

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Haha

[@keepgoing1973]

Great, no talking.

[@neilpearson157]

Sherlock HoLmes!!

[@marcodamasio]

23:09 actually "Protected Manual" means driving manually under ATP (like CBTC, TBTC, DTG-R, etc.). The manual mode using tripcocks is called "Tripcock"

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Ah thank you - just a silly mistake of mine

[@indranimaitra2353]

Yeah

[@3chords490]

Why would the train not stop at all the stations it went through ? Eg Neasden etc? I thought the whole point was to provide a good public transport system. Now that ULEZ has come in big time , surely trains should be stopping at every station possible ?

[@britishrailclass7174]

2:11 As the new signaling system is moving blocks signaling, fixed light signals or block markers (like Central line) are not needed along the line. So that means the “H” board that replacing the old signal has nothing to do with the new signaling system. But it will still be placed at the position where the old signal used to be and the old signal's number will be kept on the “H” board (like MRG 015 written on the board in 2:11) to help driver identify where he/she is when contacting the control center. Am I right? I just want to make it clear about the “H” board.

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Essentially, yes

[@traindrivergamer4279]

The H boards are called hold boards and are only used when the train is being driven in restricted manual which is not controlled by the ato system, the driver will have to stop at each hold board and then contact the signaller who will authorise the driver past that board and will give a limit of authority move to either next station or to another hold board if there is one before next station. Where some hold boards are located before a set of points the driver will also get a white LED sign displaying RS (route secure) and then a number from 1 to 4 depending how many moves can be done at those points. if its a trailing set of points you will only see an RS1 lit up as thats the only move available and is lit to confirm to driver and signaller points are locked and set to go over them.

[@RedArrow73]

Running commentary by Jago Hazzard on a video such as this is something you might look into.

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

This is something we will think about in the future

[@3chords490]

Oh tunnels , why you so dark? I yearn for the same light as the Paris Metro videos. Oh carriages , why your headlights so dim?

[@nanoamp]

I was trying to work out where the Chiltern mainline actually diverged off to the left, as it wasn't captioned. It's just after passing through Neasden, around 27:00, while the LU depot access also diverges to the right.

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Yes, you can see it if you look closely enoigh

[@AdventuresOnLondonTransport]

Hiya! How did you arrange this cab ride? Many Thanks, Luke

[@roncaruso931]

Why are there no tunnel lights? Here in NYC all the tunnels are lighted. We also have multi level tunnels. Do you have the same?

[@johnallan4826]

I don’t want a novel. Just a cab ride

[@rajeshsen4219]

At 9:56 is it a new station or old station which is closed ?

[@musicforaarre]

Do the Piccadilly and Met randomly use any of the three tracks at Uxbridge, or is the Piccadilly always on the south side, as I've seen it this time ? Aarre Peltomaa

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

No I believe it is completely random

[@bud4478]

One question, Why was there an abandoned tunnel on the left side of barbican station?

[@TheOneKEA]

Those are the former City Widened Lines, built by the Metropolitan Railway for the use of the Great Northern Railway and the Midland Railway. They formed a parallel route from King’s Cross and St. Pancras to the City of London.

[@nylix_yt7121]

I was on the exact train your on

[@scradventures306]

Can you do a District Line Cab Ride from Upminster to Richmond?

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

I believe there is already one of these on KZbin

[@algodoomarbleracing]

At 27:54 Was this signal a RMG 71 because of the number of the main signal after the repeater (MG 71)?

[@swire6984]

Is St Pancras the only sub-surface station that has platforms similar to the deep level tube?

[@thechilterntrainspotters]

Yes, I think so