End of the Line Line Ep.18 - Battersea Power Station Station

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Let's go to the newest End of the Line on the network. It’s in Zone One as well! Welcome to Battersea Power Station Station Station Station …
The Labyrinth Documentary is here : • Labyrinth Film
Darren over at 'Adventure Me' also has a great "What's inside?" video all about the Battersea Power Station development here : • What's Inside Batterse...
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[@tristanclayton1139]

That retail unit is just begging for the British Transport Police to open a little office - a station, if you like - which would be their Battersea Power Station Station Station.

[@highpath4776]

when they order office supplies it will be Stationery for the Battersea Power Station Station Station.

[@alloallie]

Who, of course, uses electricity in the office. Battersea Power Station Station Station's Power

[@AlastairjCarruthers]

Would an officer being transferred to Battersea Power Station Station Station be in receipt of a Battersea Power Station Station Station stationing?

[@NebraskaGonvilleJones]

Everyone, hilarious 😆 😂🤣👍🏽

[@alloallie]

@@NebraskaGonvilleJones Thank you ! 😃

[@mrtnsnp]

If the extra labyrinths are added, then they should be numbered 271/270 and 272/270.

[@kaitlyn__L]

Yes!!

[@alloallie]

Also a good idea ! But definitely not "x/272". What if there will be future stations ?

[@acmenipponair]

The problem with the labyrinth then is, that they wouldn't fit into the world record anymore - or how would you get from Heathrow Terminal 5 to Battersea Station Station inside one day? :(

[@alloallie]

@@acmenipponair It's partly why I suggested just 271 and 272 (and succeeding stations be 273, 274, etc).

[@mrtnsnp]

@@acmenipponair I'm sure there will be a new record at some point, in a different order. Maybe move all labyrinths to the new order, and then number out of 272?Although how anyone gets to Heathrow inside of a day remains a mystery to me. On the other hand, you'd hope that new stations will continue to be added. Perhaps another scheme for the new ones? With 272/270 it is at least clear that they are outside of the record.

[@rbcc_ab]

Honestly, the station joke makes things much easier in videos like that. One station means you're talking about the shopping centre, two stations (station station) means you're talking about the underground station.

[@92xsaabaru-]

I think an interesting series would be Geoff's least favorite stations. I don't want to torture Geoff with him visiting places he doesn't like, but I feel he could still find things to appreciate while offering some lighthearted constructive criticism and stories.

[@pixoontube2912]

I think this might well be complemented by a series of Geoff's favourite stations. Maybe even do a video for every line like "Sudbury Town - Covent Garden" for the Piccadilly line.

[@alloallie]

​@@pixoontube2912That would be so good !

[@Pesmog]

Is there a TFL passenger survey somewhere that highlights the stations with the worst feedback?

[@pixoontube2912]

@@Pesmog I don't know if there are official TFL studies, but to be fair, some stations like Covent Garden or Bank (at least before the upgrade) are infamous. And there are plenty of unofficial studies ranking the "worst tube stations" And in the end, it depends quite a lot on one's personal taste. For example, I actually really like Covent Garden, despite it being one of the stations that are the least popular.

[@FouiAnimations]

"End of The Line Line" That's a really nice touch !

[@Ro99]

Yeah I was trying to work out what had happened to the map this time and then laughed when I saw that.

[@FouiAnimations]

@@Ro99 Lol 😆

[@Northerner_Transport_Hub]

Drinking game: take a shot every time Geoff says "station"

[@markiangooley]

Not such a fool…

[@mjpm2409]

Double points on this episode 😜

[@AndreaZzzXXX]

39 ! (station and stations)

[@southern.spotter]

youd be passed out on the floor by the end of the video 💀

[@akintolashekoni4600]

Alternate title:the best game to play before you die it is definitely a must play if you have kids

[@PokhrajRoy.]

‘End of the Line Line’ with ‘Battersea Power Station Station’ with our favourite Tube Guide Guide.

[@neilyoungman9814]

but who marshals the Marshall?

[@genralty]

@@neilyoungman9814the goeff marshall marshal, thats who

[@bluesfish98]

Cough ... bank and Waterloo are zone 1 tube termini

[@MS-bh2te]

You were walking to Vauxhall, and that reminded me of a Russian urban legend: The Russian word for "station" is VOKZAL. Legend has it, that the russian engineers, who came to Britain in the 19th century to study about trains, were based in Vauxhall. So all day long they were saying things like "I work in Vauxhall", "I go to Vauxhall", so the word "Vauxhall" became synonym to "station", and with a little russian accent became VOKZAL

[@Luluxxxx]

Would be amazing if that were true 😆And in Russian, voksal *Воксал* refers to train stations and river stations, whereas in English we would be more likely to say port or pier or wharf. I always remembered it because the bus I needed from Moscow Airport to the nearest metro stop was the one that went all the way to Rechnoy Voksal Речной вокзал (river station).

[@viacheslavnovikov1657]

@@Luluxxxx It's because the word "Vokzal" is referred to a TERMINUS or a TERMINAL BUILDING (hence applicable to River Terminal or Airport Terminal or Bus Terminal) whereas the term "Stantsya" (station) is referred to a Railway station which has sidetracks along the main track(s). And the railway station that has only the main track(s), is called a "Platform" or a "Stopping point".

[@Luluxxxx]

@@viacheslavnovikov1657 Love this! Thanks for the info.

[@TalesOfWar]

I fully condone the continuation of the Battersea Power Station Station gag.

[@erik_griswold]

And yet, as it is the end of the line, it is not a station, but a terminus.

[@gargargargar]

@@erik_griswoldI’m pretty sure all termini are considered stations

[@fernbedek6302]

I see they have their very own ‘do you love the colours of the sky’.

[@newheych9434]

8 left: Richmond, Stratford, Hammersmith, Wimbledon, Elephant & Castle, Aldgate, Barking and Kensington Olympia

[@DavidShepheard]

2:15 Admit it Geoff. You want to buy that roundel and put it on the wall in your home.

[@naimo1013]

Why would he want it it has scratches and a dot in the O.

[@FelixvonMontfort]

I think his home is full of roundels

[@DanielMorsing]

The dotted lines do appear in zone 1. There's one between tower hill and tower gateway, both in zone 1

[@LeedsInAHat]

…and between Euston and Euston Square.

[@elljones6159]

and if you count Thameslink, St Pauls - City Thameslink

[@Luluxxxx]

When you said there was a shopping centre at Battersea Power Station, I immediately thought: Why have I not been there!? Then I saw the types of shops in it … 1:29 😂😂😂

[@Extreme_Rice]

Yeah I’ve only been there once, and we didn’t buy anything from the actual shops but we did have something to eat in Itsu. Then we got to the Station Station and found we’d just missed a train so we went back and got some posh ice cream before we went home.

[@MRTransportVideos]

You can just Window Shop - I spend a lot of non-existent money at some very expensive shops that way

[@highpath4776]

Battersea Park Station for the cheapy shops on Battersea Park Road (mostly food and things you never knew you wanted)

[@MRTransportVideos]

@@highpath4776 Or needed. Or knew existed.

[@kevinliley1102]

Presumably, if you ever have to wait for a train to arrive, you would be stationary at Battersea Power Station Station.

[@JBLewis]

And if you were also carrying a ream of paper? Stationary stationery at Battersea Power Station Station.

[@francis_n]

And if there were people selling papers there you could buy stationary from the stationers while being stationary at the station station

[@anthonykdramanu9158]

Battersea power station has come a long way!

[@stephenlarking2247]

If Richmond isn’t covered I’m gonna cry😢

[@TrainsWithEthan]

There actually is a dotted connection in zone 1 on the Standard tube map and Tube and Rail services map between Euston and Euston Square

[@sihollett]

Tower Gateway - Tower Hill as well, with Fenchurch Street added on the Tube and Rail map. City Thameslink - St Paul's as well (not an OSI). Also several pier connections (but several just have a boat symbol by the station name) are shown with dotted lines to a blob on the edge of the river.

[@cybergreghu]

Public artworks that require some sort of mechanism will usually break down quite quickly, and no one bothers to fix them.

[@ajs41]

The first and only time I met Geoff was at the opening of this station when he signed my copy of his book about all the tube stations. Thanks again Geoff.

[@paultidd9332]

Good to see Battersea Power Station busy. I visited about a month ago through the week and it was very quiet!

[@martinstovey555]

I’ve just recently re-discovered Geoff’s channel, and currently binge watching the ‘End of the line’ series, absolutely fantastic.

[@Chevy-jordan]

Wish you interviewed the station manager. “Hi. I’m Alan. The Battersea Power Station Station Station Manager”

[@chiefpred9982]

Thanks for talking about Battersea Power Station Station Station Station Station Station Station Station

[@gregsherlock5119]

I've done the nerdy thing with Battersea Power Station Station by covering both platforms (arriving and departing), and all the lines through the scissors crossover.

[@OdarrCZ]

I really like TFL's approach of putting new stations in zone 1 to make travel cheaper. This would never happen here in Prague. Here on the line that passes through one zone, there is one request stop that is in another zone, so if someone goes there, they must have a ticket for two zones, even if they are only passing through.

[@DavidShepheard]

We can actually have stations in more than one zone. (So these could be Zone 1 / 2 and travelcards for both zones would be valid.)

[@jamesmarsh6853]

That’s exactly how Shoreditch works tbf as the only Zone 1 station on a line of Zone 2 stations. These are only Zone 1 because it was a condition of developers paying for them to be built, so that they could advertise the development as Zone 1.

[@Leojw10]

Wait what more stations being made in zone 1 London?

[@JohnDoe-gc1pm]

If there is a WHS Smith, in the vestibule, and you stop for a moment you could be buying stationery, while stationary in battersea power station station while a tube is stationary in the station by the old station

[@pavlof8898]

Hi Geoff, would you maybe consider doing a second series of End of the line but instead of Underground terminuses, you could visit the Overground final destinations ?

[@barbarabarczyk1088]

End of the line at Aldgate

[@Trainspotter722]

We Need To See Richmond, Abbey Wood, Reading And Stratford International

[@_its_finn]

The filming skills are amazing, great work again Geoff! ❤

[@COMEINTOMYWORLD]

Caledonian Road & Barnsbury station says hello. Great video many thanks!!

[@oneteaminbristolbcfc]

You’ve got to do the 109 lift at Battersea it’s brilliant

[@LolBot720]

Came to the opening of Battersea Power Station that one chilly morning - I remember scouring the station in search of a labyrinth but couldn't find one! Asked the staff and they explained that the why there wasn't one, but still disappointed.

[@DesiroDriver]

Geoff is one of those very few video producers where I always find myself liking the video in the first couple of seconds! 😀

[@tapemaj]

Wealth of knowledge !! Enjoy watching your videos always .

[@edwardburek1717]

The refurbed power station looks pretty nice. To think that there was a suggestion that Chelsea would make that into their new ground. I think next time I visit London, I'll get off at Nine Elms and walk to Battersea Power Station just to walk underneath that swimming pool that links the apartment blocks on either side of the street. I hope the management of the shopping centre doesn't mind the presence of a sweaty asthmatic Midlander panting towards them.

[@PaulJaYmes]

The second entrance to Battersea power station station is shown on artists images as being part of the Norman Foster building, just down the steps and to the right behind where Geoff is standing at 1:39 This building is almost finished so the second entrance might open later this year.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Good to see another of Geoff's walking challenges

[@TransportForLuka]

I've been waiting for this one because I love Battersea and I love Battersea power station and I live in Battersea. Great job! Geoff.

[@Leojw10]

I live an hour and a half from battersea

[@TransportForLuka]

@@Leojw10 nice

[@Leojw10]

Northern line and district line probably my favourite tube lines

[@hampshirewanderer5078]

Only 2 ends of the line!?! Don't forget the Waterloo and City line! 🤣

[@charliebramley]

the 'station station' had me thinking for a sec 😅

[@poliscigirl]

As a bit of a Tube nerd of course I had to see the new Battersea Power Station Station on my first post-pandemic visit to London in Feb, and I was so surprised to find this whole area with everything being so new and beautiful! There was also a light festival or something going on and all of it was absolutely breathtaking

[@tyrozone5]

Station, station, station, station, station

[@justanother_brit]

Hi Geoff, will you be including the Waterloo and City line terminals in this series? If you are, then both Waterloo and Bank will also terminus stations in zone 1 ;D 0:36

[@xenophonlaw9952]

I think they should be included and could even have both in 1 episode. Have we had Richmond or Hammersmith yet? Also, what about Wimbledon? They're all end of the line, aren't they?

[@CCA2020]

I was waiting for this one especially

[@Jimyjames73]

Good to hear / see that they have done some thing with Battersea Power Station 🙂🚂🚂🚂

[@squidgytop.2050]

Wow it looks like a wonderful station good video geoff

[@jamesabbott5242]

Awesome Video Geoff

[@chrishall3785]

Thanks!

[@guillaumemaurice3503]

Thank you for sharing the video Geoff that was very interesting and useful information.

[@dcw127]

Went to Battersea a few months ago, have to say it's very impressive and the architecture is tremendous. Very good work, Geoff.. as always! ❤

[@cdeldn2012]

Yes Geoff great video, said hello at Whitechapel last week. Craig 👌

[@infrequentlyaskedquestions]

3:09 Interesting point about there being no use for ads, but I was stuck waiting on the platform at Battersea Power Station Station for about half an hour earlier this year when there were severe delays. I guess brands don't want to be associated with severe delays though, so even more reason not to have ads there if that's the only occasion they'd be seen.

[@bizmen81]

The US really needs a guy like Geoff!

[@CB-zr8fq]

Always Look forward to Geoff's New tube videos. Such a good presenter. Far better than some who get pad for it on TV

[@reptongeek]

I took the 344 bus from Vauxhall to Battersea Power Station on my Tube Challenge attempt rather than do the walk. I did double back from Brixton because after following the Labryinth route in practice it just seemed easier. One thing you mentioned on your video for Uxbridge is the timetable change for Piccadilly line trains in the early morning meaning there are more Metropolitan line trains from Rayners Lane. This does alter the Labryinth route a little bit but it can still be done 85-90% in the same order

[@stephenmares9039]

Glad to see that someone else has picked up my suggestion of Zone 1/2 for both Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms. It makes more sense to me. Another dotted walking route exists (at about 6 minutes) between Battersea Park station and Battersea Power Station - with the chance to visit Battersea Dogs and Cats home on the way!

[@Pepelepewwwww]

Off topic, you should make a video on the north london line planning on using class 710 on the line. Been on one at night at clapham junction

[@scullytawoody4852]

I'd like to thank you as I'm going to battersea power station the end of next month. Great info for the journey.

[@stephfh]

Always a giggle when you are at Battersea Power Station Station!

[@shelbyschofield5520]

Thanks

[@SDCentralTSV]

0:37 and Bank and Waterloo

[@nikonordman7624]

Battersea power station makes me think about throwing all sorts of cars around the place in Dirt 3 as a child

[@katharinecooke1873]

We stayed in Battersea on our last UK trip! Loved it. Shame about the bougie shopping centre but from memory it was better than some of the redevelopment proposals. (I think a theme/amusement/rides park type thing was suggested?) I absolutely fell in love with Clapham Common tube station.

[@willingshelf]

I’m pretty sure there’s a dotted line between Euston Square and Euston on the map, as well as in the Tower area

[@Farleigh1050]

I remember meeting Geoff on my visit to LTM Acton Depot, very nice person :)

[@Mikeper94]

Geoff now calling it "Battersea Power Station Station (The Station)"

[@JohnJoseph-xw5zk]

Howdy, the station layout with the trains seen from the ticket hall remind me of the metro stations in Singapore. Definitely a place for you to visit.

[@comicus01]

Geoff, I am only disappointed that you did not use Battersea Power Station Station in the title of the video! But I'm glad you at least said it within the video. Also! Why the dislike for expanding Zone 1? I think it's a good thing if they want to keep a couple of new stations inside Zone 1. More friendly to the fare paying public after all, even if geographically a little odd.

[@comicus01]

@@geofftech2 always nice to get a reply. Keep up the good work! And perhaps one day on a future visit, I too will visit the Battersea Power Station Station!

[@customtransport2777]

I was going to go to that station today and show my mother but we had different plans today for a reason

[@sarahjoyholden7856]

Incogni works, Geoff posted it on an earlier video. I still get junk mail but far less than before. Thanks Geoff.

[@WonkySausages]

Geoff mentions two more episodes to come - what's throwing me is that there's Wimbledon, Richmond and Stratford to do.. Thennnnnnnnn, throwing a spanner in the works, what about Olympia, Aldgate (Met line) and Waterloo & Bank for the W&C line!! I'll go an sit in pedantry corner for a while :P

[@paulinacyganek7440]

Only Wimbledon and Elephant and Castle are now left.

[@TheMan377-vr2mx]

Went here yesterday and it was gorgeous on the inside but almost missed my train for the interchange at Kennington

[@LPM147]

It's funny. I was in London last year and was excited to go visit the Battersea development just to see how much they had done (it was still under construction when I was there previously). I do have mixed feelings about this kind of development, but was very impressed with what I saw. The only thing was that I could not locate the entrance to the actual tube station amongst the labyrinth of office buildings. It was either right under my nose or hidden somewhere where I would never find it. I ended up taking an Uber back to my hotel. 😞

[@markwaite5265]

Wellll .... one of the last two EOTL episodes *has* to be Richmond - certainly hope so as I've been waiting since Ep.1 !!!

[@SDCentralTSV]

8:10 two? I thought there were twelve more: Mill Hill East, Elephant & Castle, Aldgate, Bank, Waterloo, Edgware Road, Barking, Hammersmith, Kensington Olympia, Wimbledon, Richmond and Stratford.

[@brian9731]

I'm going to be there on Friday. I haven't yet decided if I'm driving or getting the Tube

[@JAmoahGranite58]

I walked down to Battersea Power Station nearby neighbourhoods in shopping centre, However Vauxhall become regular transmissions from Wandsworth borough somewhere like Victoria, Waterloo or Westminster would've been ideal gearing by A3036.

[@londontransportenthusiast]

Cool!

[@1258-Eckhart]

"Battersea Power Station" means the area of London that the tube serves (with its iconic shopping centre), "Battersea Power Station Station" means the station itself - easy really.

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

Slick 👌

[@ianmcclavin]

Traveling past Battersea Power Station in the late 60's/early 70's (when it was still an active power station, with smoke bellowing out of the chimneys) I would never have imagined all these years later it would become the terminus of a Northern Line extension from Kennington!! Especially after seeing the thing derelict for all these years! 😂

[@UnmayoGaming]

When you say there's no dotted line in Zone 1......... there is St Paul's to City Thameslink

[@amative1]

Two left, hmm.... I'm gonna guess Aldgate and Kensington Olympia =D

[@cr5418]

We were at Battersea Power Station station over Easter which was great. However it is annoying that they didn't continue the line to meet up at Vauxhall. We needed to get the South West Train from Vauxhall so had to take a bus. Usually that wouldn't matter however we had a pram which makes everything a little more stressful and complicated!!

[@blakey1152]

Woohoo I saw myself in one of the clips!!

[@PikalaxALT]

You had me at the "end of the line line" title card

[@LeoStarrenburg]

Nice edit at 0:25 👍

[@miguelbarreira5005]

OY! Where's the bingo card?!? 😂😂

[@lapiswake6583]

A fun easter egg on Google Maps is that if you look at this station from a distance, it shows Battersea Power. Only if you zoom in further does it show Battersea Power Station. Over the last couple of years, I've been going round the tube network visiting all the stations, and I still have 6 to go (I think, all in zones 7-9). Several labyrinths have been missing on my first visit, like Ickenham and Stepney Green, but I first visited Bow Road in december 2021 and have visited 3 times since to try and get its labyrinth, but it is still missing. I have filled out a form on the TfL website, and they replied to say i'd be notified when it is reinstalled, but nothing yet.

[@scottpeacock5492]

End of the line for now, i expect this line will be extended at some point in the future to Clapham Junction, would love to see this line extended even further into North Hertfordshire at some point in the future. Love Battersea station.

[@misgavltdadr4621]

Wimbledon. Richmond. Elephant & castle

[@Farleigh1050]

‘End of the line line’

[@elliotbradburycoolsquad]

Went there a few days ago

[@PokhrajRoy.]

2:37 Looks like a rainbow to me 🌈

[@gigitrix]

It does only go through pastelley sunrise/sunset colours though

[@DDTC73]

I wish they had gone with the theme park at the Battersea site, much more interesting than another shopping centre. How many watch stops does a mall need? i do hope they extend from Battersea to Clapham Junction, where it should end up overground and be a really useful link.