Bond Street to Stratford, Three Ways

[@JagoHazzard]

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[@Thnsrd42]

@JagoHazzard Stratford has the most rail modes in the UK and possibly Europe!

[@SIMONWINTER-m6d]

@@Thnsrd42 Just wait until the Croydon Tramlink reaches Stratford !!

[@msg5507]

It's a pity Ground News doesn't let you be a bit more adventurous with your ad reads in the way Surfshark does.

[@eddisstreet]

Until 1991 (pre both Jubilee Line Extension and the Elizabeth Line) the 25 bus ran from Victoria via Bond Street to Stratford and on to Ilford

[@Thnsrd42]

Yes, the route has had an on and off affair with serving Bond Street. It stopped 19 years after LT extended the route to Victoria in 1972.

[@jamiecapes2644]

Well timed shot, capturing a bus, a DLR, and a Jubilee line train.

[@TalesOfWar]

Something tells me he was waiting quite a while for that shot, or just got very, very lucky lol.

[@General_Confusion]

If it wasn't complicated, we wouldn't have to rely on you to explain it Jago. So complicated is a good thing.

[@Roland-pw5xj]

Except when trying to find the right platform at Stratford.

[@traintakes]

Closing in on quarter of a million subscribers 🤯 an amazing feat and not by accident. Another marvelous piece sir, one of many throughout the year. Have an excellent Christmas 🤝

[@anzakaleem7932]

Around Christmas time in 2017, I was in London living around Stratford. I went back and forth between the two places multiple times and wondered the same. There was also a direct bus route as far as I remember that took two hours. 😅 And of course the liz line was there without the service running at the time. 😅

[@johnbishop8324]

Merry Christmas Jago and thank you for the 2024 videos.

[@stephendavies6949]

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year Mr H. Thanks for all the top quality content in 2024. You are peerless.

[@Tevildo]

If physical separation rather than line name counts, there are three routes from Euston to Stockwell - Victoria Line, Hampstead Tube (Northern Line, Charing Cross branch), and C&SLR (Northern Line, City branch).

[@norbitonflyer5625]

The two Noortehrn Line routes share track south of kennington

[@Tevildo]

@@norbitonflyer5625 True, if the routes have to terminate at different platforms, it doesn't work. Going by the map, there are three routes between stations that TfL now consider to be "the same": Monument / Bank to Moorgate / Liverpool Street, via the Circle, Northern, or Central lines. However, it's been some months since I last used Moorgate, I don't know if you still need to pass the gateline to change trains to Liverpool Street. If so, I don't think this is valid.

[@1258-Eckhart]

Danke! Another great year! Merry Christmas! 🙂

[@JagoHazzard]

And thank you, and a merry Christmas!

[@sem49]

There's 3 ways from King's Cross to Finsbury Park. Piccadilly, Victoria and National Rail.

[@Inverse_to_Chaos]

Good catch. Not as distant as Bond Street from Stratford, but I guess that qualifies.

[@DanBen07]

There are three routes from baking to West Ham: 2 tube lines that go the same way and National Rail c2c. 🤔

[@bh_92-k4t]

By rail… the 4th way is the 259 bus, which is cheaper 😉

[@Wildcard71]

There are also connections on the map that don't count because lines are split.

[@quintuscrinis]

​@DanBen07 the challenge mentions avoiding services that run parallel on the same tracks. So doesn't count Otherwise we could say there are 4 routes from Baker Street to Paddington. Arguably there are 3 but the long way round the circle feels like a cheat answer no-one would seriously consider using. 😅

[@tantaf123]

There’s nothing better to start my Sunday afternoon than watching the newest Jago video :D

[@ReubenCornell]

Loved your videos from 2024, and even way before that. Looking forward to more nerdy transport videos in 2025.

[@grassytramtracks]

Well in Paris there are four ways to get from Charles De Gaulle Étoile to Nation, metro lines 1, 2 and 6 and RER A. Basically all the history of the development of transport in Paris in the last 50 years has been easing congestion on lines 1 and 4 and relieving the lines you built to relieve those lines (hence the extension of RER E). RER A is the fastest, followed by line 1 and lined 2 and 6 take about the same amount of time but line 6 is just a shade slower. Line 6 is pretty nice though with a lot of it being above ground including right next to the Eiffel Tower. Line 1 is automatic so it's very reliable and it's fun when you have the view out of the front (or back)

[@chortler]

I have no interest in trains, railways, stations etc, but I’ve a lot of love for this channel.

[@JonPrentice]

Hey Jago, have you considered a video on bits of railway/infrastructure you wish existed around London? An overground station at Brixton? An interchange between Weaver and Windrush at Shoreditch High Street? Extension of the DLR from Stratford international to Walthamstow?

[@PokhrajRoy.]

We do love it when you find new and creative ways of making videos.

[@sr6424]

Birmingham New Street to Wolves has 3 routes which doesn’t share tracks. The Stour Valley Live via Smethwick, the new route via Tame Bridge and the. Metro.

[@Wildcard71]

If I search for "Wolves", I get results for _Wolverhampton._ I suppose this isn't meant.

[@RichardWatt]

​@@Wildcard71Wolves = Wolverhampton from the shortened name of their football team.

[@whophd]

Jago, we love you enough that EVEN IF a fact is incredibly well known, we’d rather learn it from you instead, or hear about it in a correct amount of correct detail from you anew

[@AndreiTupolev]

I like how 🎅 waves just as you say your traditional "cheerio" signoff 😊

[@chrisburton9645]

He's probably given up on trains to where you want to go, and is randomly hailing in the hope of a Taxi

[@LewisCollard]

I caught that too. Exquisite syncing!

[@DoubleZeroChallenge]

Would now be a good time to mention that I watch these while working from home, and I always wave at the screen with a 'Cheery-bye!' at that point? That said, I might be the same weight as Santa, but that's where the similarities end.

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

Just came back from London last Saturday, took the central line each day to and from Woodford from Tower Hill. There's 2 sections on that line that is extremely loud with squealing etc. that line seems to have seen better days too. Cool city, London and it's people were great.

[@pubwebmaster]

The Central Line doesn't go to Tower Hill!

[@jumpingjeffflash9946]

@@pubwebmaster No but the district line from tower hill got me to Mile End then I got on central line.

[@catinarage5538]

Cool city, but the Central Line is an oven.

[@quintuscrinis]

​@@jumpingjeffflash9946bank isn't that far from Tower Hill either. 😎

[@Jonago.]

Stratford is one of the stations that particularly interest me, as I've used the station a good few times over the last couple of years while visiting London. It's quite the interesting station, and it's fun to see bits of the network I clearly recognise!

[@davidpeters6536]

And Santa gives us a wave @ 13.57... Merry Christmas to all at the Hazard household and to all fellow viewers.

[@roberthuron9160]

Merry Christmas,and Happy New Year,Jago,and may the output of your videos,grow by leaps and bounds! Thank you,for the past year! Thank you 😇 😊!

[@ricktownend9144]

Three direct routes Liverpool St to Paddington: Elizabeth (23min), H & City (28 min) and Circle (south side - north side you'd have to change at Edgware Rd) (28 min).

[@amanvir100]

south side Circle is actually 35 min (timetable at tfl.gov.uk/tube/timetable/circle?FromId=940GZZLUPAC&fromText=Paddington%20Underground%20Station&toText=Liverpool%20Street%20Underground%20Station&ToId=940GZZLULVT&departureHour=05&departureMins=42&selectedDate=mondayfriday) You can take the clockwise circle line from paddington to Liverpool Street if you go to the H&C station instead of the District/Circle (Praed Street?) station, without changing at Edgware Road, because it rune the same route at the H&C until Liverpool street.This route takes only 18 min.

[@norbitonflyer5625]

Also Paddington to Embankment - either way round the Circle, or across the middle by Bakerloo

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

The Circle and H&C share tracks

[@kruador]

@@Inkyminkyzizwoz The OP @ricktownend9144 was suggesting going anti-clockwise around the Circle, starting from the Circle/District platforms at Paddington (Praed Street) and proceeding via Bayswater, Notting Hill Gate, ...., Tower Hill, Aldgate, Liverpool Street. I don't believe that going that way round can only take 28 minutes, though! The TubeMap app I use on Android suggests 24 minutes to get from Paddington to Temple (arbitrary station I chose because it's only served by the Circle + District), then another 15 minutes to Liverpool Street, so 39 total. I can't get it to tell me alternative routes - if I just put in Paddington to Liverpool Street it tells me that the Liz Line takes 9 minutes, not 23!

[@stormx2827]

"fleet line" is such a lovely phrase to say. It's a shame we didn't get it.

[@ds_e5202]

If we wanted to stretch our horizons beyond just London, I’m sure we could find more examples. For example, Portsmouth & Southsea to Clapham Junction has three different direct services. Via Basingstoke, Guildford or Horsham

[@hakc97again]

Waterloo to Guildford via Cobham, Epsom or Woking

[@ks2091]

London Bridge to Dartford (which is barely outside London anyway) via Sidcup, Bexleyheath or Woolwich.

[@pauljmccluskey5532]

Nice to hear a few mentions of the Eastern Counties line from my home town to yours in less than 2.5 hours 😊

[@dougmorris2134]

Hello Jago, thank you for yet another highly interesting video. I noticed in the very last few seconds of the end of this video of an unusual connection at Stratford, on the opposite platform standing and giving a wave, minus reindeer and sleigh, that Santa Claus/Father Christmas is an occasional rail passenger. That’s a nice festive touch. Wishing you, and All, a Happy Christmas and a Very Merry New New Year 🎄🦌🎁🎁🎈🥂🍷🍻🍾🎄 Love - Peace and Happiness From Oxfordshire

[@RJSRdg]

There are three direct routes from Paddington to Liverpool Street - Corcle/Hammersmith & City via King's Cross, Elizabeth Line, Circle via Victoria.

[@Scodiddly]

Really nice moving shot at 4:20, lovely lighting effect.

[@Mounhas]

Is it just me but this is the first time I can remember having videos from Jago interrupted 4 times mid sentence.

[@geekandguide]

Merry Xmas Mr. Hazzard. Thanks for another year of keeping us informed and entertained.

[@itsjohndell]

Wishing you and yours a most Happy Christmas and New Year, Jago...enjoyed these past years and looking forward to your content in 2025!

[@ratinatrap7815]

Used Stratford for the first time back in September.....jeez trying to find the correct platform was a complete nightmare!!!!

[@markduke8878]

Excellent video as always. Nice shout out to Iain Sinclair. A book based on a simple coincidence - sounds about right!

[@markberg6197]

Bond Street has a thing with opening late after the rest of the line does with both the Liz line and central line

[@Keithbarber]

@@markberg6197 but at least it was open ready for when abbey wood services extended beyond paddington and shenfield services reached paddington

[@kieronlintott9210]

There's King's Cross to Euston on the Northern, Victoria, and subsurface lines (if you count the out of station interchange with Euston Square). It's significantly shorter than Bond Street to Stratford but I'd say those 3 routes have different characteristics.

[@richjhart]

Bus route 30 can get you all the way as well, with a bit of a walk at the Stratford end.

[@blaynepereira1413]

11:30 Definitely paused and slowly played the video to try and play 'Spot Jago' as the Lizzie Line train entered the tunnel.

[@BulletNoseBetty]

I can see the ghostly appearance of a hand but that's it.

[@djtraxxehv1058]

Pretty interesting as it is! Happy Christmas and all the best for the new year!

[@Anonymoususer_8823]

It’s easy to get to Bond Street from Stratford. Central Line from Stratford to Bond Street Jubilee Line from Stratford to Bond Street Elizabeth Line from Stratford to Bond Street via Whitechapel. And as always Merry Christmas Jago.

[@timelordgeek16]

I love the way Santa waves when you say Cheerio

[@mattmclafferty6265]

Thanks! Gauranga!

[@crabtonia]

Thank you dear boy...your Underground/Overground revelations are a continuing joy...thank you from a former London resident ('63 to '71)...dgp

[@wickiezulu]

Have to say the Hanover square entrance for the Elizabeth line has been a very useful alternative to both TCR and Farringdon when interchanging.

[@Maxo11x]

Kings cross/St Pancrass to Finsbury park is doable by national rail, Piccadilly and victoria lines

[@jakeandrews-iz4wf]

Your videos are the videos about London to my exile from London.

[@erwallace1]

13:33 Liverpool Street to Stratford of course, but I wouldn’t be sure about whether that counts. In future, there could potentially also be Canary Wharf and Stratford, with the existing DLR and Jubilee lines routes, and the potential Thameslink 2/Crossrail 3. Always Stratford! Actually, now I’ve thought about that, could you please do a video on the Thameslink 2/Crossrail 3 scheme? Ashley Rabot has already made one, but it was 4 years ago, and things have changed since then, and doesn’t go into a lot of detail. Thanks Jago😊

[@williamwinslow8807]

Have a merry Christmas Jago and happy new year when they come.

[@mrcellophane99]

There are 3 ways from Liverpool Street and Farringdon to Paddington Elizabeth Line Circle Line via Kings Cross Circle Line via Victoria (But only if you aren't in a hurry)

[@EngineerLewis]

The Three Kings of the road to Stratford I believe! Merry Christmas Jago and thanks for the video stories in 2024. 😁

[@TheRailwayGuy175]

I used to live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. There are two ways to travel from KL Sentral to Subang Jaya. One via the Kelana Jaya Line and the other via the KTM Kommuter Port Klang Line.

[@jasonmfalconer]

Epic vid. Still blows my mind going on the Elizabeth line. Uncle of mine was a driver there for 20+years.

[@xoneqraft_transport]

driver where?

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

Since Bank and Monument are connected and so are Liverpool Street and Moorgate via the Elizabeth Line platforms, that technically makes 3 ways to get between them - Northern, Circle and Central

[@TheEarlofK]

The Elizabeth Line from Stratford to Bond Street is definitely the quickest route and the trains are generally less packed and more comfortable, the only drawback being the ludicrously long walk you have to take to exit the station, particularly if you get on a train nowhere near the exit at Bond Street. I mostly use the Central Line, but the trains are showing their age and it's like a rickety fairground ride that seems to go on forever. I would never use the Jubilee Line to get to Bond Street, like going to John O'Groats via Lands End.

[@rubenvanvessem7221]

I know it’s only two lines, but I love how you can take both the Piccadilly and Metropolitan from Raynars Lane to get to Kings Cross St Pancras, but one route takes significantly longer.

[@RJSRdg]

There are also three routes between Finsbury Park and Kings Cross.

[@IIVQ]

There's also three direct routes from Waterloo to Embankment (but not the other way around). Northern Line, Bakerloo & Thames Clipper!

[@miles_thomas]

Sticking solely to TfL services and not backtracking, the Mildmay line enables at least one more route (Jubilee to West Hampstead, Mildmay), probably several more.

[@nickk7653]

“Stratford is a more complicated story” yes, it really does and is. There is such an incredible contrast between the two sides of the station following the Olympics investment and other investments since. The new “East Bank” cultural development is gradually opening, Saddlers Wells in Feb 2025 and V&A East at the end of May 2025.

[@Vile_Entity_3545]

Love your videos. No fuss just good interesting information.

[@SIMONWINTER-m6d]

Did you know that Mr.Selfridge actually started tunnelling from his shop to Bond Street station and a court order had to be served to stop him. And you all thought Al Fyed was bad !!

[@RJSRdg]

There are also three routes from Stockwell to Euston if thr infrequent Morden-North London via Charing Cross is included.

[@Jeff-q4u]

13:58 SANTA!!🎅

[@Inverse_to_Chaos]

Even Saint Nick uses Stratford on a regular basis; it’s THAT useful of an interchange!

[@Jeff-q4u]

@Inverse_to_Chaos 🤣🤪

[@iandixon2201]

I''m going to imagine its a cameo from Geoff

[@thisis_mudchute]

canary wharf to woolwich has a light rail (assuming you can change at poplar), a heavy rail (elizabeth line) and a boat

[@KevinFields777]

This is a game changer for Mornington Crescent!

[@J.Bliszko]

Now I've learned your upload routine, I'm aiming to be in the first 1k viewers...

[@SIMONWINTER-m6d]

It's generally a competition to see who can be first !!

[@twixieshores]

13:58 that footage is either A) very recent, B) filmed in the previous 2 Decembers or 3) it was actually filmed in May, but Santa likes to go on holiday in East London. I choose to believe the latter

[@contrapunctusmammalia3993]

I think it's sort of worth pointing out that the central line extension on 1949 coincided exactly with the electrification of the mainline route from Liverpool Street to shenfield. This is some of the oldest overhead line electrification still in use in the country and is similar to that installed on Woodhead.Many praise the Elizabeth line for its cross platform interchange with the central line at stratford but it's been there since the 1940s when the station was majorly rebuilt to allow it. I think it's at this point that stratford starts to become recognised as a major interchange for commuters in london and the need to connect a busy commuter line with an underground urban railway before crossrail joined the routes directly. The shenfield metro was planned by LNER and existed mostly as a BR then national rail service from 1949 to the full opening of the crossrail timetable in 2022. I think it might deserve some more attention than it gets as BR ran (at points) an incredibly intense service with complex stopping patterns that might have rivalled even the Japanese railways of the time.

[@IIVQ]

And don't forget the three routes between Bank/Monument and Liverpool Street. Circle, Northern & Central line!

[@sjTHEfirst]

How about a video on how they get the adverts on the far wall. Or a history of adverts in the underground.

[@SummerHoneyClock]

If the Cross River Transit had been built, there would have been a tram from Euston to Stockwell as well as the three tube routes.

[@chrisburton9645]

Great vids again this year J. Happy Xmas + best wishes for the new year

[@isashax]

If you find Stratford confusing... imagine me! 😂 Merry Christmas, Jago! And all the best for 2025!🎉❤

[@johnhaines4163]

I was Design Manager for the Concourse at Stratford (not the Jubilee Line platforms) that opened in 1999. I find the place confusing.

[@isashax]

@johnhaines4163 hahahaha! That says it all!

[@TrainJosh395]

I can think of Charing Cross to Waterloo, which is quite trivial, but there are three ways. Bakerloo line, Northern line, and southeastern. There were four in the past with the Jubilee line.

[@birdsbayes]

I think the Jube never went to Charing X and Waterloo at the same time - the OG terminated at Charing X, and the new version mothballed Charing X and extended through Waterloo. I don't think you could ever go between them, though I may be wrong - I was only 8 when the changes happened.

[@TrainJosh395]

@ you’re right, the Charing X ‘branch’ ended when the line was extended. I forgot about that!

[@IIVQ]

There's 3 ways from Paddington to both Farringdon and Liverpool St/Moorgate: Via the LizPurpCross Line Hammersmith & City Line & via the southern route of the Circle Line.

[@thewisetzar5363]

Nice video

[@kennylikestrains]

i love the elizabeth line

[@teecefamilykent]

Bravo sir.

[@MichaelCampin]

Stratford used to have a shunting yard but my grandfather was killed there when his engine was hit during WWII

[@thomasburke2683]

Michael Campin, Sorry to hear that. He gave his life for the railway as well as the war effort. YOU CAN RIGHTLY BE PROUD OF HIM.

[@MichaelCampin]

@thomasburke2683 I met his fireman at my Mothers funeral 14 years ago, his stories or tales , I wish I'd had the time to write them down .

[@grahamstubbs4962]

Or one might simply summon a hansom cab. 'My man, take me back to Bond Street with the ultimate despatch.' That sort of thing.

[@marioavossa]

My friend who lives near Stratford tells me that getting to Stratford from where I work on the overground is a festival of cancellations and delays almost on a daily basis. I have no idea what the hell is going on with it. So they have to go round the houses and takes over an hour to get home.

[@f1oryan719]

Stratford to canary wharf, if you will, could be considered to be covered via the jubilee line, the elizabeth line and the dlr

[@Peter-mj6lz]

It's not a direct route with the Lizz Line though

[@Wildcard71]

@@Peter-mj6lz You're right. Stratford is on the Shenfield branch, but Canary Wharf on the Abbey Wood one.

[@f1oryan719]

@@Peter-mj6lz that's why i said it could be considered one but ofc you're right

[@mrewan6221]

Here's a cheeky set of three routes that _do_ share tracks: Liverpool Street - Moorgate - Barbican - Farringdon - St Pancras - Euston Square - Great Portland Street!

[@quintuscrinis]

Paddington to Liverpool Street (via Elizabeth and voth ways round the circle) Paddington to Embankment (bakerloo and both ways round the cicrle). Or does that violate the 3 separate (not shared tracks) rule. More importantly, thank you for the brilliant and fascinating videos you produce and best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

[@shekelstein8014]

Between Euston and Stockwell has two routes on the northern line and one on Victoria Line

[@BlaegeFlannel]

A cool coincidence elsewhere is Kings Cross St Pancras to Hammersmith (either Circle/H&C or Piccadilly) both routes have 12 intermediate stops.

[@reptongeek]

I don't have an example of how to get from Station A to Station B three ways, but I do know on the Tube Challenge you visit King's Cross St. Pancras four times on four different lines

[@norbitonflyer5625]

Not necessarily. One visit changing from Picc to Northern (City branch). Another passing through on the Circle. From Northern to Vic you can change at Euston without doubling back through KX

[@juliansadler6263]

And three ways from Bromley South to Victoria. And four ways from Victoria to Portsmouth Harbour (used to be six before the 1950s and still five until the 1970s). You can always have fun with a season ticket 'by any reasonable route'.

[@Bruce-h8w]

Changing at Beckenham Jn for C. Palace route?

[@juliansadler6263]

@Bruce-h8w That's right. The Central Division train was timed to leave one minute before the South Eastern train arrived but a leap across (slam door stock) usually made the connection.

[@chrisrand5185]

Despite the Elizabeth Line, Fenchurch Street never did get its underground station (if you discount Tower Hill).

[@neuralwarp]

I used to get bored when I worked in London. I went home Old Street to Gidea Park by every possible route.

[@habs249]

'sometimes the creative process is a straight line' hehehe

[@IIVQ]

If you count routes but not direct connections, there's 3 routes from Waterloo to London Bridge: Jubilee, Thames Clipper & Northern Line (maybe you can hide in a train returning via the loop at Kensington and stay put)

[@norbitonflyer5625]

kennington, and unfortunately there is no running connection between the Bank branch and the Kennington loop

[@IIVQ]

@norbitonflyer5625 That's why I said routes instead of direct connections...

[@GeorgeChoy]

Merry Christmas jago

[@AnthonyMeso-p1y]

Another route with 3 options: Kings Cross St Pancras to Finsbury Park. Victoria and Piccadilly lines; First Capital Connect.

[@katrinabryce]

Finsbury Park to Kings Cross / St Pancras maybe? Piccadilly line or Victoria line on the underground. Great Northern or Thameslink to the upstairs platforms at Kings Cross - that is one option on the same tracks but different trains Thameslink to St Pancras downstairs platforms

[@f1oryan719]

Was about to write just that

[@quintuscrinis]

@katrinabryce great spot. Would be interested to know the time differences between the options. You could also add Paddington to Liverpool Street or Embankment (Circle both ways and then the Elizabeth or Bakerloo lines respectively).

[@katrinabryce]

@@quintuscrinis Victoria - 5 mins Piccadilly - 7 mins Thameslink from St Pancras downstairs - 7 mins Thameslink or Great Northern from Kings Cross upstairs - 5 or 6 mins No 259 bus - 20 mins

[@jacksonmacmanus1001]

i dont know 3 or more routes but i do know that you can travel from euston to king's cross and back going northbound both ways(Vic to travel Euston-Kings Cross then Northern Bank Branch back to Euston)

[@norbitonflyer5625]

If Euston Square ever gets intergrated intio Euston, as planned for the rebuild of the main station for HS2, that will make three ways

[@pubwebmaster]

I'm sure it's a deliberate error to drive engagement, but the Northern & Eastern Railway was not merged with the GER until 1902. It was, however, leased to and operated by the ECR from 1844.

[@MelanieRuck-dq5uo]

I always thought that the Fleet Line was created as a rival to the Atlan Tean.

[@SIMONWINTER-m6d]

That's really very good !!

[@MelanieRuck-dq5uo]

@SIMONWINTER-m6d I do my best Simon!