Central Line | Oxford Circus | London Underground | Rush Hours |

[@andrewmarks4640]

There’s another train in 1 minute.......that’s already full.

[@OldNissyPlays]

When 1000 people cramped are more silent then your class of *10*

[@vittovioletcreeper]

First London Rule; NEVER talk in the tube. NEVER

[@reececollison5101]

Vitto Violetcreeper true that I went on the tube with 4 friends (at 9am so still really busy) and we were the only ones talking amongst teacher, the amount of dirty looks we got😂😂

[@miquelonatthemochi3664]

True

[@daku_waku]

Sup old nissy

[@iurope4834]

@@vittovioletcreeper no

[@reececollison5101]

Who’s watching in 2020 when crowds are not allowed, scenes like this feel like a distant a memory

[@officialchiller2729]

Me

[@Sjeiejd]

Me

[@Chelsea_12345]

Me ofc

[@miquelonatthemochi3664]

True

[@nathandomshy3090]

I think that’s crazy.

[@fionamcgregor5687]

Watching for the memories. Never thought I'd miss this ....

[@pritamchy8328]

Same here

[@Pit-jt3lw]

What time is this? I like busy hours. I usually go on Victoria line from green park up to about kings cross at around 4 or 5 pm

[@btl-ln5kl]

Fuck this shit i miss corona 😭😭😭

[@danielmurphy3520]

@@Pit-jt3lw is that the busiest route at that time

[@PC-lu3zf]

I used to not have problems with busy trains now I do can’t ride them packed anymore:(

[@Winst3n]

1:16 the person with a green shirt lol

[@keithsnider1958]

God that platform is dangerous when the trains scream in. Just one shove.

[@Pit-jt3lw]

Quickly and easy tho

[@zerovibe7392]

That's what I'm terrified of

[@anjistone2946]

I think that when I'm on the underground all the time. Its not just that one.

[@paulinius]

some lines have glass placed on the platform.

[@wallacewestmeath]

you had to stand braced and ready to stop being pushed forward

[@MultiMarty25]

Suppose this is what happens when 12 million people live in one big city together

[@user-xw4zt9gc7l]

It’s actually 8.7 million, but also don’t forget that people outside of London commute into London everyday.

[@rizcheema1254]

There are approx 6 million journeys on tube every day.

[@GhostDcuo]

stfu no one cares about your fake facts

[@Rey-ik9tk]

GhostDcuo nobody cares about you kid

[@lucasbarton1773]

1.87 billion people use the London Underground annually, the most used network in London

[@vix3075]

This was literally me yesterday with my 35kg dog and a huge suit case...had no idea the underground was nearly this busy at rush hour. It was stressful because I was worried for my dogs safety but everyone was so polite, understanding and help us out when they could 😊

[@Lemon-zw7cb]

@No One your family does not care about you

[@adolflenin4973]

@No One Cares About This

[@dhruv1863]

Holy moly. This is some serious stuffing

[@leonardssenkindu5802]

Cody Smith 😈😈

[@aq_h09]

Look at the Victoria and Northen lines. Even worse

[@vanessaruiz4705]

nah, I've never seen a packed train in london. I thought i'd seen it, until I went to Japan. Now those are packed trains. Londoners dont know what a packed train is.

[@lexifillems]

That's usually what I'm told at Christmas dinner.

[@danielmurphy3520]

@@vanessaruiz4705 how could it get more packed there already squeezing Is Japan just total sardines everyone on top of each other how tight is it actually?

[@aaronolasz]

Ah this is my metro system in Cities Skylines :D

[@levs5319]

Nekem is hasonló😄

[@sonicstep]

My stomach sinks just seeing this. I avoid it like the plague. 😖

[@MalaysianAviator737-8]

Welcome to the plague

[@lamargoat2.054]

Well you can't always avoid it

[@warrenpereira9411]

Kudos to the London Travelling Public they are so organized and calm even in this rush hour. Contrary to travelling in peak hours in a Mumbai Local Train !!

[@googleuser5120]

You can't compare two different countries. One looted the other and displays it to the world. Anyways that shows your reasoning skills

[@warrenpereira9411]

@@googleuser5120 I'm not comparing them, both countries are poles apart in terms of infrastructure and development. I'm complimenting the traveling public for being so organized and co-operative. You don't have to worry about my reasoning skills they are just fine.

[@googleuser5120]

@@warrenpereira9411 haha, you brought in Mumbai while talking about London. And you use the word contrary. I'm not worried about any stranger I meet. I'm just talking about something you yourself are not aware of while writing such comments. Go ahead and praise the queen. To me, queen , prince princesses belong to disneyland in this new age. It's the British who introduced corruption in India, which has grown with age. And next time if you compare, bring in a country with diversity as much as India.

[@googleuser5120]

@@warrenpereira9411 also you can compare if having an underground tube for Mumbai weather 😂😂😂 you got lots of time to put a country down.

[@bidishabanerjee21]

Rajiv Chowk in Delhi Metro as well..😂

[@erinuk6890]

Oh god the memory. honestly i don't miss that at all, summer is literally hell on the tube.

[@OliversElevators]

I always find it funny how the window tinting on the 1992 stock makes it look like all the interior lights are off to the camera. Idk if it looks like that in real life, but in every video I’ve seen with the 1992 stock, it always looks like the interior lights are off.

[@Edit.Name.]

I wouldn’t stand on the edge of the platform even for a million quid

[@hartstukken]

yellow line bro

[@vix3075]

They aren’t, everyone keeps behind the yellow line that is set back about 2 foot from the edge

[@vix3075]

They aren’t, everyone keeps behind the yellow line that is set back about 2 foot from the edge

[@transportflick923]

Edit name looks like you would never get to your destination on time. The only way to get on the train first is to stand right by the edge where the doors 🚪 open. It is quite safe as long as you stand behind the yellow line.

[@proletvladimirova828]

@@transportflick923 What if someone push you?

[@vanessaruiz4705]

30 seconds gap between some of them. Yeah, for those who say that it is not possible to run trains every minute. Even in less than one minute.

[@LmdsLucas]

its very dangerous we never know who's behind us

[@Pit-jt3lw]

No one would push you unless your target. Don’t be the unlucky one

[@nstheboss]

A pickpockets heaven

[@Pit-jt3lw]

Only if there’s more of them to do it on girls/women who put their phone in back pocket

[@PC-lu3zf]

I’m on an empty central line train right now LOL I used to work at John Lewis at Oxford Circus for 20 years I quit last year finally I hardly use that station now.

[@nicolaslil2521]

It’s a very frequent service though

[@Farleigh1050]

It isn’t meant to be, but traffic was held up and trains were oly 1 signal block away from the stations so they could quickly come in

[@mattdeeeezy]

This is an improvement to the rush hour on Tokyo trains. On my line, train doors often have to be pulled open because of the sheer amount of people putting pressure on the doors, keeping them from opening on their own. Trains are often delayed because of a "sick passenger" which usually means someone fainted from the crowding. People here also occasionally violently shove their body into the train, desperate not to wait for the next one. Outside of rush hour, Tokyo trains are a relatively pleasant experience.

[@Farleigh1050]

Trust me, this is rare. Its always much emptier in London, especially now with the new Elizabeth Line.

[@aethlingbeats]

@@Farleigh1050It was not rare when the video was published and still gets busy around rush hour

[@Farleigh1050]

@@aethlingbeats not THAT busy though

[@wallacewestmeath]

i remember looking many times to see when next train would arrive and the display would say " Next Train 1 Min" and it would state that for ages .. There are sometimes 500 seconds in a Tube minute

[@reececollison5101]

Just got off the Central Line from Oxo at around 5:30pm. Nothing like this video was now!! Hardly anyone even standing and we even got a seat, couldn’t believe it 😱 I wonder if this level of chaos will ever return

[@miklcct]

So sad

[@basictransportenthusiast4386]

can you do rush hour videos for other lines like the bakerloo, Waterloo and City or the Northern line

[@muhammadjunaid5840]

Miles Campbell sure :)

[@staymufc]

@@muhammadjunaid5840 Northern when corona is done, pls

[@williamhuang8309]

Northern would be INSANE Camden Town?

[@fplsupport1251]

@@williamhuang8309 Camden Town or bank

[@javieranguiano4654]

How the heck are you suppose to enter and exit the train, ridiculous I'm telling you.

[@rajas2774]

It happens only during peak hours and English ppl never push others

[@vix3075]

Literally the platform is packed to the max, when the tube arrives people just simply step aside from the opening doors, the exiting passengers head towards the rear of the platform and the waiting passengers at the back take a step forward as the front passengers enter the tube. It’s like clock work, not a word uttered nor are there printed rules but the people just do it...mainly because they all have the same goal...to get home hassle free!

[@caughtinyourtrance]

@@rajas2774 That unfortunately isn't true. Just yesterday I was at Tottenham Court Road on the Central Line and someone shoved me off.

[@rajas2774]

@@caughtinyourtrance that someone shouldn't be an English, I travelled hell lotta times over tube.. only I had bad experiences with Britishers and new immigrants.. Anyhow it's been 6,7 years back , now I'm here in my hometown (India)

[@LunaPhoenix2009]

Packed like sardines- brings back memories.

[@williamhuang8309]

Good thing Victoria and Central Line trains are called at different times and frequencies. Otherwise, the rush of commuters exiting the station would be insane.

[@Pit-jt3lw]

Is Oxford the busiest station?

[@fplsupport1251]

@@Pit-jt3lw one off them. The main shopping area is Oxford circus

[@Pit-jt3lw]

@@fplsupport1251 I meant like lots of people on platform. I been seeing lots of people on bank northern line, but maybe that’s because of short platform

[@fplsupport1251]

@@Pit-jt3lw bank is very busy too, it’s where the majority of people work, London Bridge as well

[@williamhuang8309]

@@Pit-jt3lw Two of the busiest lines, Central and Victoria, intersect there. Good thing the Northern Line isn't involved and that Central Line runs at a different frequency to the Victoria Line.

[@idot3331]

I wonder how much more capacity the deep level lines could handle if they widened every platform like they have done at bank. The gridlock on the platform really seems like a huge bottleneck, if it was just double the width then he trains could probably depart much more frequently as there would be space for people to move on and off the train much more quickly. Of course it would be incredibly expensive to do so, but probably worth the cost.

[@JK.47]

Can you do a video during the heatwave which has been going on if you can want to see the effect

[@vincentkohlumcfan22]

Way more packed than our lines here in Malaysia haha our connecting compartment areas arent filled either...

[@srik7536]

I was wondering if this is actually during rush hour.I was just wondering how it would be compared with Mumbai Metro.

[@louiejonesponation]

Can you do the Waterloo & City Line in rush hour? It would be a very short video 😂

[@officialchiller2729]

I was only in a national rail service rush hour😭 Trains were cancelling

[@XxLiLGiJoE17xX]

Great video. Can you do the Jubilee line at one of the stations with the platform doors during rush hour? I would like to see how the crowds and the platform doors work in those conditions, along with the frequency of the Jubilee line.

[@muhammadjunaid5840]

XxLiLGiJoE17xX thanks, I’ll 😊

[@muhammadjunaid5840]

XxLiLGiJoE17xX will try Canary Wharf stn 👍🏻👌

[@Glass_Nkoaa]

I wish we would have 20 million more people in london so we would always run into each other. That would be fun.

[@occasionalcooper8814]

this sounds so weird but I want rush hour to begin again 🥺

[@cherrytheeckel]

hey, is it cool if i use this as found footage for a video project? :)

[@basictransportenthusiast4386]

also can u get a rush hour video for the lines that serve Piccadilly Circus

[@muhammadjunaid5840]

Miles Campbell okay

[@noob69420L]

Its always the eastbound platfroms💀

[@wilfbm9067]

That stuff makes me faint

[@osamaalmulki4548]

Hi guys ... what's the name of the last tube station put in service in September 2018 in Oxford street ??

[@millercool21]

It's amazing how these trains look so old but use automatic train operation

[@Farleigh1050]

They had a refurbish at sime point

[@decstrains9325]

Love your London Underground videos , would you be able to do the metropolitan Line in rush hour please

[@muhammadjunaid5840]

Dec's Trains thanks, sure

[@decstrains9325]

Muhammad Junaid Thanks 😎

[@johnrider5701]

I'm so glad I don't have too go through that anymore .

[@chloebearuk9200]

i don't miss this at all lol...

[@sabinakhanom8409]

Central Line is hell

[@kostisfourniotc309]

I hate the Tube during Rush Hour.

[@thebrownindian4906]

Excuse me, at what time is rush hour, more or less?

[@kostisfourniotc309]

@@thebrownindian4906 in the morning til 10 am and after 3 pm til approximately 6 pm.

[@thebrownindian4906]

Thx

[@thelegendoffortniteepicnes1834]

Anyone watching this during COVID-19? A lot better without 500 people on the platform shoving you to the last inch of the platform.

[@SdH76zhEU]

its simply build to narrow , the system seems to come to its limits nowadays, dont remember this from the early 90ies to that extend! And one train follows the next!!!

[@petercdowney]

Hard to believe that Jill Barklem got the idea for Brambly Hedge when commuting on the Central line...

[@MrRizwaldo]

You know like you get road rage surely people get enraged by this and there might be a few arguments and fights i can see plenty of reasons and good ones too

[@JimmyChiba]

Thrilling

[@officialchiller2729]

If I were there 😭

[@lauramolony]

If you thought THIS was overcrowded, check out the Tokyo Subway! It's far worse!

[@art_video_design]

What are the rush hours please?!? In my city they are

[@Farleigh1050]

Plot twist: an entire school ws about to enter for a school trip

[@armaaniankamboj3156]

I'm confused whether I should move to london Or not

[@interceptorphantom]

Just as always

[@NationalistsRuinAmerica]

It’s eerily quiet though. It’s packed but nobody is talking.

[@jjho8]

And I thought the NYC MTA was terrible... it’s still terrible.

[@Karim-en9on]

Very nice people response

[@tyrkuclub6398]

imagine this in the summer

[@AaaaAaaa-zg3gt]

I was watching the blond girl all the video and now she took the subway and I lost her forever and I’m sad.

[@billzon4]

I’m getting ptsd🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@silstyy]

Since when was the central line THIS frequent??

[@williamhuang8309]

Every day.

[@Farleigh1050]

Never, but there was traffic just before the station, so the next train would be stopped just one signal block away.

[@laurynasanfo1452]

Imagine the train driver of the first train be like *Uhhh they can use the next train*

[@fbl.editz6]

I wonder what happens when the door closes, everyone gets cut lol

[@OKAYIMTURNT]

Damnnnn

[@Luke_05]

Am I the only one who would physically hate squeezing on like that and would have to wait a while until a “quite empty” one comes?

[@Pit-jt3lw]

Hot days I would never squeeze on but that’s it

[@Peter-gv6vf]

You would have a long wait during rush hour😆

[@btl-ln5kl]

I miss corona times😭😭😭😭 gimmie back empty london, the social distance and ppl with stinky breath having to wear a mask

[@Pit-jt3lw]

I like seeing people🤣 I travel around peak hours to see people

[@interceptorphantom]

Can’t wait for crossrail

[@no-damn-alias]

they need to controll access to the station. Too many people slow down the deboarding and boarding process

[@Farleigh1050]

it is called alighting not deboarding

[@leonfasil6944]

OMG

[@brynerjimenez6162]

I don't see anyone under 10 years old. Reminds me of Japan. On normal times (off peak), you may see people under 10 even during weekdays where there is school

[@thelifeof2crazypeople28]

If you go on the holidays it’s full of kids

[@alisalexter4072]

@@thelifeof2crazypeople28 in december its full of tourist right

[@leonardssenkindu5802]

I’ve just heard arguing at the back ground, but there some people so stupid trying to on the train before the others who were waiting at the front.

[@redhairedgirlnatalie6436]

Imagine the smell, and the heat...

[@Peter-gv6vf]

Actually, the smell isnt as bad as it was 40 years ago. Now Virtually everyone showers daily and wears deodorant. That wasnt the case back then believe me! And it was this busy

[@ariffadam5611]

What if someone fell?

[@venmis137]

Ah, the no talking rule makes a lot more sense seeing this. Can you imagine if everyone on the train and the platform was having a chat? Deaf in a week.

[@YukiGersaniba]

I was waiting for an empty Central Line train...

[@Farleigh1050]

you’d be lucky to see an empty train in the peak unless you are at mill hill east

[@Trainspotters_Han]

Free Money be like:

[@03markimark]

10 years ago it wasn’t like this. It has got 25% more passengers in 10 years. In 10 years from now it will be even worse. The London Underground (a century-old network built when the metropolis was virtually the same size but had a fraction of the population) is completely overwhelmed. It desperately needs expanding. Not just with 1 crossrail line but with multiple. Look how dangerously and extremely overloaded it is. And the population density is increasing every day.

[@tmgbennett]

This is why I don’t live or work in the city.

[@fanspans7851]

I just don't get how none of those people are feeling uncomfortable being right next to each other like that 🙄

[@Apple-dw4sf]

Lol the doors hurt

[@basketburger]

Wtf this is crazy

[@BigDen-bd19z]

Vampires 😂

[@snapsnap6220]

Already packed on train and still people persist on getting on. Crazy. Just catch the bus or even walk? I walked half around London it’s surprising how close it is from Oxford Circus to Piccadilly. People just get lazy.

[@cameronabbey7981]

Most people getting these trains are commuters who live in places like Leytonstone, Loughton or Ilford. No one would walk that everyday from work.

[@sonicstep]

@@cameronabbey7981 I believe what he meant is if your usual destination is Russell Sqr., to get there you would typically change at King's Cross from say the Northern line train and use the Piccadilly line, rather than wait for an available train to get on, just leave that station and take a brisk walk to Russell Sqr. Similarly, if you find King's Cross too busy most times, perhaps go to Warren Street station and walk from there. Goodge Street and Tottenham Court Road stations are other possible options. None are on the doorstep of Russell Sqr., but if time is of the essence, you could actually save time, whilst avoiding the crush. Plus you gain some healthy exercise. Walking from a London suburb from as far affield as Leytonstone, Walthamstow, Coulsdon, Caterham, Purley, Shirley, West Wickham, Elmer's End, Crystal Palace, Dulwich, West Norwood, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Norbury, Kingston, Richmond, Wallington, Carshalton, Cheam, Sutton, Morden, Collier's Wood, Wimbledon, Streatham, Brixton, Balham.. would be rediculous of course. 😂 To think 'one' Tsar bomba dropped in the centre of London could totally obliterate all of that and so much more. As far north as Oxford and as far south as Brighton.! Tsar Boma: www.bbc.com/future/story/20170816-the-monster-atomic-bomb-that-was-too-big-to-use I appreciate it is somewhat off topic, but it often haunts me and reminds me of how much worse things could be when in the crush.. metro.co.uk/2015/08/05/nuke-map-see-what-a-nuclear-bomb-would-do-to-your-home-town-5328851/

[@vanessaruiz4705]

if you think that's a packed train, go to Japan. Trust me, I've never seen a packed train in london, compared to what I saw in Japan..

[@qjtvaddict]

Buses are never going to compete with trains

[@lipkinasl]

This is rush hour, most people are travelling to (commuting) much further out than one or two stations in central London. They will probably be on the train for the best part of 20 - 40 minutes. After the Central Line (as depicted here eastbound) gets past Bank, more people get off than on, Liverpool Street will take quite a few people who need the national rail services off the train, then all stations after this will have more people alighting than boarding. Trains on the Central Line can be timetabled as close as every 1.75 minutes in rush hour, with 30 seconds for loading/unloading, this means 1.25 minutes between depart and arrive in the platform. One problem of the Central Line is that in both east and west directions it has 2 branches, so some trains aren't going where people on the platform want to go, so they wait for the train to the correct destination. When platforms get this full, they usually restrict access by closing the ticket barriers at the station entrance, but since Oxford Circus has interchange with both Bakerloo and Victoria Lines they can't really stop people reaching the platform. But this is why Londoners try to tell tourists to avoid travelling in the rush hours (or morning and evening peaks), apart also from it costing more.

[@Shiraz687]

stressful

[@ThatRandom6]

I feel bad for Toddlers without a buggy lol

[@jacobgorinevski1544]

Watching this 2021. Coronavirus xD

[@tomelvin255]

British people be like: yeah just a normal day in England Americans be like: Holy smokes that’s is gosh darn dangerous

[@FordEscape12345678]

And the Japanese...

[@neubro1448]

I've read that a Japanese reporter saying that London Underground rush hours are worse than Tokyo where trains are notoriously overcrowded. Mostly because the trains are smaller than Japan's feeling more squished by the ceiling and walls.

[@pablop5473]

Me sorprende que nadie hable ¿o sera que en Argentina somos muy sociables ?

[@andrewwilliams9580]

Vivo en Pais de Galés. Viajé a Londres recientemente. La primera Y ùltima vez. Nunca otra vez. La gente son MUY arogante y estoy contento que no me nació allí.

[@andrewwilliams9580]

Es arogante *

[@Arbeitsamt90]

What is the speaker saying? I'm German, I do not understand... Can you repeat it for me?

[@unblubby7139]

Basically reminding people to stand back and not to block the doors :)

[@rahulrathod-vx6yv]

Trains

[@stephensmith168]

I would rather walk don't care how long it takes

[@AirlinerCamera]

they're like a tin of sardines

[@Kratexmusic]

mumbai people: hold my beer

[@helderpostiga4531]

This is not normal for a rich country

[@qjtvaddict]

It’s very normal just not in the USA

[@rajas2774]

It happens only 1 or 1½ hours , rest times everything will be calm and peaceful

[@lipkinasl]

@@rajas2774 Not so sure about the calm and peaceful. Maybe slightly calmer and more peaceful. The Underground in central London Zone 1 tends to be busy even in the off-peak, just not overcrowded.

[@maxmullen6337]

helder postiga. Too many immigrants!

[@JustinAntonis]

Thans why i would go on a bike instead

[@sonicstep]

Yeah, now that I think about it, it's not so bad getting mangled by lorry at a roundabout..

[@spottymaxy1628]

Oven simulator

[@iiemxn2344]

This happened on Saturday 17th August

[@anjistone2946]

This is everyday in London.

[@syntheticmedic]

@@anjistone2946 not anymore