End of the Line No.7 - Upminster

Out to East London we go, to the extremity that is Upminster at the end of the District Line. It's in Zone 6 and shares the station with National Rail C2C services, but have you ever been? No? That's OK i've been for you!
You can download the Bingo Sheet here to play along here : geofftech.co.uk/downloads.html
Visit the Upminster Windmill here : www.upminsterwindmill.org/
CORRECTIONS:
2:38 For some reason I say "Upminster to Barking" when the Overground shuttle of course runs to Romford.

[@geofftech2]

OK, so there *IS* a windmill at on Wimbledon Common, but i wouldn't say that it's close to the station ...

[@moistpeanuts]

Brixton!

[@nopy99]

There is indeed a windmill on wimbledon common. The windmill is probably a 30 minute walk from the station. Alternatively the 93 bus goes there. Get off at Parkside Hospital and walk down "windmill road" to get there.

[@funcik1]

Brixton has also windmill

[@vjaska]

Brixton Hill has one where Blenheim Gardens is located and only 15 minute walk from Brixton Station

[@richardcoleman1616]

I saw the windmill and thought Jonathan Creek

[@johnperkins7401]

I was lucky enough to meet Geoff Marshall on Sunday ( yesterday 13th Nov ) on the way back from him shooting this video. I saw him on the Elizabeth line. I got on and there was Geoff. He was incredibly charming and generously spirited. Thank you Geoff

[@LisaSargent03]

He is a very charming man, no blur pun intended.

[@roderickmain9697]

@@LisaSargent03 ...or Morrisey

[@lisakaz35]

Nice! #LizPurpRoyalty

[@johnperkins7401]

@@geofftech2 Thank you Geoff. Keep making those videos, you are the best at what you do😎

[@williamerazo3921]

@@geofftech2 👏👏👏👏👏 nice callback not a lot of celebrities will do so

[@jakemarquis2687]

2:04 Correction: There's actually 7 platforms at Upminster. You forgotten Platform 1A, but that's rarely used, but when used, it's for trains mainly on the Grays to Upminster Shuttle Service

[@baseballfan99]

Windy Miller was in Camberwick Green which was the sister program to Trumpton along with Chigley

[@kapuchinoification]

Geoff, at 3.15, you can be seen walking away from the station, with a green electrical box behind you. What you probably didn't realise is that the green box is marked 'London Electric Tramways'! I have no idea why it's there, on account that Upminster never had trams, however, it must be one of very few pieces of London tram infrastructure still in use!

[@JenOnTheMove]

Only here for the Wimpy!

[@highpath4776]

Have they changed their menu recently ?

[@GreenJimll]

I usually like Geoff's videos, but if I could give it a double like it would be for that seat animation with the Windy Miller sounds. Genius!

[@jacksomb1]

I'm now stuck with the earworm ''Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb'' 😀

[@Andi090386]

@@jacksomb1 Windy Miller was from Camberwick Green, not Trumpton. But I know the bit you mean. The role call before the Fire fighters set off.

[@EngineerLewis]

I missed windy miller in my early years as my parents didn't have a TV but I had to watch one episode to understand the reference to the seat animation. The episode I found was when Windy Miller got drunk on apple cider - hmmm .. not a suitable subject for kiddies today!!

[@paulknight5018]

@@EngineerLewis That's the one most of us of a certain age remember!!

[@Glamrockqueen]

@@EngineerLewis He was always getting drunk and falling sleep. Don't know if anyone remembers The Pogles? They always drank Elderberry Wine.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

It’s so nice to see a new episode of ‘End of the Line’ with “Marshall. Geoff Marshall.”

[@olivergeraghty2646]

Don't forget about the Brixton windmill! The last working windmill in London and end of the Victoria Line :)

[@SenorSupreme176]

Pretty sure Wimbledon has a windmill

[@iiExplosionz12]

The EOTL series is such a joy to watch! That's all

[@bobparsons77]

Lots of useless info.

[@MadCatPerson1977]

Other sights to see in Upminster include the Tithe Barn, a museum of nostalgia if you will. It is only open on select days of the year.

[@template16]

Windy Miller, a children's TV icon!

[@randomtrainfan6501]

We need a 10 minute or maybe 1 hour version of geoff switching chairs in the waiting room

[@PrograError]

oddly therapeutic...

[@johnhalton3312]

Another great edition. The Windy Miller waiting room edit shows why your videos are a cut above. But ‘Windy’ is a character from Camberwick Green not Trumpton.

[@DurhamGooner]

The Windy Miller waiting room edit was inspired Geoff!! 🤣

[@Lingwaixiaowai]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@asac159]

Grrr. A windmill but a full binbag so we can't see a windmill blowing an empty bag. Thanks Geoff, another good un and a windy miller seat shuffle. Happy days.

[@MrTinkx]

Love it that in the Upminster signal box they listen to the banging dance tunes of London’s premier dance music station KISS 100FM ❤

[@kingofaxolotls6653]

There is also a platform 1a that operates during engineering works!

[@BenStevenson2]

I am pleased to have found this video. I previously lived in Cranham. Haven't been to Upminster station for over 30 years.

[@joebenn996]

Geoff! I love your channel, I love the stories you tell and I love this video especially as I spent 7 years using Upminster to travel to secondary school on the shuttle (or push n pull as it was often known) but from ROMFORD - not Barking! You said Emerson Park twice and you said Barking (incorrectly) twice but not the wonderful Liz-Line station of Romford! I think you can go to Barking from Upminster but on the C2C from platform 1 or 2. Keep the videos coming, I have learnt so much!

[@stevenwebb996]

I noticed this but as nobody else had commented on it I thought maybe I had got it wrong 😂

[@lewis_chronicles]

Thanks. Saved me writing it. I used to use it occasionally when I lived in Romford but it was operated by national rail. The trains were old things from the 70s when I used it ten years ago. It’s a single track so just one train push and pull.

[@stephendavies923]

Great one Geoff, I remember Windy Miller as being the hardest character on TV, because he never looked or checked as he walked between the moving sails. I doubt the HSE would be happy with him these days.

[@geofftech2]

They’d make him wear a Hi-Vis at the very least. And put yellow and black tape on the edge of the sails. 😆

[@michaelhepworth4756]

I’m planning a visit to Upminster for a different reason. I’m a Brit living in the city of Savannah, Georgia USA and I learned that General James Oglethorpe, founder in 1733 of the colony and now state of Georgia is buried at All Saints Church, Cranham. And now I know the depot is there too! Thanks Geoff!

[@Balthelion]

There's also a local school named after him. I had no idea of his connection to Georgia, TIL! :)

[@Pierlover]

I went to Oglethorpe School from 1955 to 1960. I can remember some Americans visiting once and we thought they were all film stars! @@Balthelion

[@FouiAnimations]

I'm tired and sick but getting a notification of your new video makes me really happy. Thank you from my bottom of my heart Geoff, now I feel better than before ☺️❤️

[@stuartr7785]

I was going to add: ‘Time flies by when I’m the driver of a train…’, but then realised that was Chigley, which is in Zone 7.

[@a99swc]

Between the station and the windmill is St Laurence church where in 1709 the rector, William Derham, was the first person to calculate the speed of sound. And three of the other stations beginning with U are at that end of the District line - Upminster Bridge, Upney and Upton Park.

[@oddcinema]

Nice to see a bit of (former) Essex! I used to get the Upminster-Romford link, long before the Overground took over. The service was terrible. I also had no idea Upminster still had a Wimpy -- my home town (Grays) still has one, I think.

[@andrewhotston983]

I used to love a Wimpy Beanburger. Last saw one in Swanage.

[@johnchurch4705]

There’s a Wimpy in Lakeside shopping mall.

[@gennieseaview3656]

Grays does still have its Wimpey, along with one in Lakeside.

[@callumwhite2993]

I went to Upminster a few months ago to get to Emerson Park Station. I remember it vividly. It’s a pretty nice station that feels a little bit too quiet for London/Essex.

[@Steggs]

Often gets busy on the weekends for Upminster! Being a Westcliff resident who now works at Southend East station, nice to see the spotlight shone back on c2c a little bit

[@gileslawrence1168]

Excellent video... I too am of a "certain age" and well remember the said Windy Miller!!! Visited Upminster a few Sundays ago - on a evening where it absolutely "tipped" it down with rain and sheltered in that very shelter on Platform 6 whilst waiting for an Overground train, after narrowly missing one that pulled out as I was crossing over from the Underground.. Thanks - I've got that bloody Windy Miller theme going around my head now!!! :)

[@1-less-car]

See if you can weave into your dialogue my childhood hero - Zebedee...'Time for bed '. Your enthusiasm is infectious. Thanks for your hard work.

[@JBFlytography]

Loving the Geoffy Miller edit in the waiting room! 😂 The last time I was in London and found myself with some free time. I headed out to Upminster for a go on the Overground just to say I had 😬

[@SamSayaz]

Growing up in cranham I was looking forward to this end of the line ep to see what information I could learn from this and I can say I was pleasantly surprised!

[@boofalah36]

Thanks! Love this series so much! Seeing this in my feed this morning brought warmth to my heart 😀

[@FouiAnimations]

I agree 😁

[@frglee]

Between 1910 and 1939 the District Line went even further east than Upminster, to Leigh-on-Sea, then Southend Central and Shoeburyness with seasonal Summer excursion trains. There were up to three a day, starting from Ealing Broadway. Upminster was where the electric locomotive was changed for a steam one as the Southend Line was not electrified until 1961. The District Line coach set for this service were fitted with retention toilets.

[@malthuswasright]

Two other nice things about Upminster - there's a lot of very nice 1930s architecture (reflecting when the place took off), and the church is very attractive too.

[@rade-blunner7824]

Not only is the church attractive, It's also where the speed of sound was first (correctly) recorded, way back in 1709.

[@emotivelyy_]

That's where my Grandparents and my Aunt live. But my Grandad died.

[@alexanderhawksworth7309]

Met the legend himself filming outside wimpy! Spent the rest of the day chuffed I'd met you, thank you for taking a selfie with me

[@geofftech2]

Ha ha! Hey Alex! nice to have met you!

[@smokerjim]

Got to love the Windy Miller earworm you left us with - happy nostalgia!

[@markstramtrainbuscapades1729]

Windy Miller was in "Camberwick Green" not "Trumpton", though he may have guested!

[@hughs591]

Very nifty bit of editing for the waiting room / Windy Miller sequence, well done!

[@Crowley2979]

Excellent stuff! I haven't seen a Wimpy for a while - used to love their original quarter-pounder 🙂

[@grendel_nz]

'A Bang and a Wimpy, And home in time for tea. ' Thanks Attila the Stockbroker :)

[@jonathancombe9991]

So which of the 5 seats in the waiting room was your favourite? 🙂

[@riddypr]

I've been to Upminster a couple times and I have indeed visited the windmill. I did *not* know about the other entrance though, and I do agree it looks nicer than the main one.

[@MichaelSebastianTodd]

brilliant video ive passed through Upminster a few times now and ive done the Emerson Park branch on the London Overground and handy knowing that theres a Wimpy there too keep up the awesome work

[@highpath4776]

Funny there is a Wimpy at Morden (and used to be one at Wimbledon till the Fridge on The Bridge came along)

[@thetwistedsock3253]

The Windy Miller waiting room editing was totally worthwhile 😊

[@stewy62]

The Windy Miller seat shuffle was strangely hypnotic, I’m glad it stopped when it did.

[@LondonEmergency999]

You should do a series where you propose made-up extensions (anything you think would be a good addition to the network) to tube lines, overground lines, new lines etc and use your amazing diagram skills to showcase. All regardless of engineering/ construction constraints, as it would be purely hypothetical.

[@paulknight5018]

Liking this idea @ Geoff Marshall.

[@Pez1979]

In the spirit of End of the Line, he could call it Extending The Line 🤔

[@CCA2020]

That would be awesome

[@mizukane7247]

As a child I lived in Aveley so this was my local station. Feels really nostalgic seeing this area again.

[@Nathan-op4eg]

I live in Aveley as well, wouldn't you say Ockendon station is more local?

[@simonguy9441]

I have to say the Windy Miller gag was laugh out loud funny 😂

[@vanessaruiz4705]

Ok, this is funny. I found one of these videos by chance and I thought it didnt look very interesting... and here I am watching all of them now :D And I noticed I've been in london for many years but I've only been to one end of line, Uxbridge :O

[@LancashireLass]

I have watched the windy miller seat shuffle about five times now and it still makes me laugh like a drain .

[@ChanaxMC]

Discovering London thanks to you, love your videos as a french, understand everything, I'm learning a lot of things about London transit, quite useful when I'm travelling in this massive city

[@horsehollerer]

Brilliant video, cheers. The Windy Miller musical chairs sequence was particularly inspired, with a psychedelic undercurrent that might have been more at home on The Magic Roundabout. 😉

[@MrHovis44]

Another brilliant video. Also of a certain age, Windy Miller lived in the village of Camberwick Green which was in Trumptonshire of which Trumpton was the main town ..... obviously.....I will get my coat 🤣

[@joermnyc]

In NYC the western most part of the “subway” is actually the last stop on the Staten Island Railway (it’s also the southernmost point). The easternmost point is just past the last stop on the F train at 179th Street, there’s just enough “tail” track to store several trains on two levels, but the top level goes farther and ends at a “temporary” wall as the old plans to extend the line possibly almost all the way to Little Neck Parkway (just short of the Queens/Nassau County border) never happened. (The lower level was always just going to be storage). The northern most is in the little bubble of the Bronx/Westchester County Border on the 2 line at East 241st Street, Westchester County starts at East 243rd street. It’s an elevated station that just slices off at the north end. The depot is next to it, but the rails accessing it are farther south (many lines have their depots along the line near the last stop, but not past it. (Even the major depot in Coney Island is before the last stop at Coney Island (and the trains sometimes have to crawl through it to get by.)

[@alanspooner3612]

Another blinder Geoff. You always make the mundane fun and interesting. Love it.

[@brayand8022]

Love to see Frank still around after the Last of the D-Stock vid!!

[@clivejohnson8868]

Fascinating facts, as always. Quite something to see the windmill in such good condition.

[@JamesTheBell1]

Interesting to note that 4 of the 5 Underground stations beginning with the letter U are on the eastern end of the District line - Upminster, Upminster Bridge, Upney and Upton Park.

[@UKwithoutacar]

We just went to Upminster. Took a look at the Windmill. Went to a park. Very nice day. We haven’t forgotten about Epping

[@paulwheeler4283]

The windy miller Gag in platform shelter at towards End made me chuckle Geoff always knows how to make me smile

[@simonrees9441]

Worthy of a Brian Cant BAFTA Tribute award, splendid editing there

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

Brilliant edition, even if Windy Miller is now grinding in my ear 🥴

[@jacquelineharrod6386]

Wow! To Upminster today to shop at M&S nearby! What a small world. Thank you for a fascinating episode, as always.

[@rjjcms1]

I travelled the District Line from,to back from there when staying for several nights at a secluded hotel in a place called Bulphan,a taxi journey into the greenery from Upminster station. Someone said the outward appearance of the hotel reminded them strangely of the Bates's house in Psycho.

[@gennieseaview3656]

Guess you are refering to rhe 'Ye Olde Plough House,' (also just known locally as 'The Plough.) It's still there, don't know if it's still as popular as it was for a wedding venue.

[@LisaSargent03]

Not Trumpton for WIndy Miller Geoff, my brother said it was Camberick Green in the county of Trumptonshire.

[@yatil]

“There are no roundels here, except of this, and also these Overground roundels. Oh, and the roundels in front of the station that I won’t even mention.” 😂 Thanks for these videos, I enjoy them immensely.

[@fightersweep]

Woohoo! Upminster! My Dad was a signalman on the BR box there back in the late 70s/early 80s. Spent many a Saturday there with him as a kid (even got a cab ride and the chance to drive a Class 302 on the Upminster/Grays branch one weekend. Wouldn't get away with that these days) Don't think the box is there anymore, but happy memories.

[@samp3180]

The old box is gone but there’s a much bigger signalling centre there now just beyond the station car park. Geoff should’ve mentioned it - it controls all the signalling for the whole LTSR and even parts of the GOBLIN!

[@fightersweep]

@@samp3180 Thanks for the info! I only realised the old box had gone when looking at Google maps a few years ago. I've often tried finding photographs of the old Upminster box my dad work at. I've only found one photo of Upminster East signal box, but I don't think that's then one (mind you, I was only 11 years old at the time so it could be memory fade). Found photos of the other two boxes he worked at that I remember going with him to, Purfleet and Tilbury East.

[@MrGreatplum]

Very enjoyable as ever, Geoff - love the Windy Miller references! 😀

[@grahambaker7563]

I never got as far as Upminster "back in the day"! My late Nanny Banks lived at Elm Park. Great video, Geoff! Have just started to watch this new series of yours! And, yes, I used to love Windy Miller and the other characters in Camberwick Green!!

[@IIVQ]

Upminster has 7 platform tracks! Next to the 1 and 2 National Rail, 3,4,5 London Underground and 6 Overground, there's also a platform 1a, that is used only used during engineering works and only accessible by trains from or towards Gray.

[@vincenttaber8497]

As someone who is also old enough to remember Windy Miller, I loved this video Geoff, especially the clever seat animation. Having worked in Upminster back in the day, this brought back some fond memories... Keep up the good work!

[@grendel_nz]

Excellent Geoff. My fav End of the Line. Especially ❤ the musical seat hopping w classic windmill sound sample👍🏻 I hope lots of ppl go off and check out Windy Miller and Camberwick Green after this. Oh yes, exorcise that earworm!

[@SabotsLibres]

You must have watched the Camberwick Green repeats, Geoff. Because Brian Cant and Trumptonshire were my era, quite a bit before your time! Glad you remember them, though.

[@brianwoodhouse9911]

Funny as F. Best one yet due to the Windy Miller skit 👍

[@williamerazo3921]

I like the old subsurfaces tubs lines terminals and neighborhoods around them

[@tyrozone5]

Geoff's version of Musical chairs 6:30

[@davidbassett4577]

Another great “End of The Line” video Geoff… especially like the Windy Miller treatment for that waiting room!

[@andrewkeegan1876]

Worth a trip to Emerson Park on the Romford-Upminster Overground line, if only to visit The Hop Inn. Nice little micropub close to the station. Some lovely beers, and thoroughly decent folks running the place too.

[@Thomas828]

Yes, I remember the first time I rode the Upminster to Romford line when it was run by British Rail, using a three-car 315 unit (if I remember correctly). This was in 1991.

[@adampenwarden3225]

A friend of mine (who worked in a Govt Department) used to change trains at Upminster and was always amused by one of the station announcers who invariably pronounced Upminster as Up Minister.

[@adamcrafts3645]

Gorgeous station, visited yesterday

[@wainwright3]

Geoff I LOVE LOVE LOVE your videos, your drive, enthusiam, your knowledge and the wonderfully inventive camera tricks and angles to make every video you make such compulsive viewing. The waiting room sequence with Windy Miller sounds was laugh out loud. The best railway channel by far on KZbin ... even if you've never been to the Isle of Wight. 🙂🙂🙂

[@geofftech2]

thank you! that's very kind if you and appreciated ... i do make an effort! thank you for every time you've watched :-)

[@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico]

Always liked Upminster due to it being the District Line Termius! Also a WIndmill in greater London Goose Lord!! Looking forward to the next end of the line episode which also begins with the letter U!

[@PaulB-xs6hq]

Brixton also has a Windmill, albiet a 10-12 min walk from the station rather than 5 at Upminster.

[@jackiespeel6343]

For planning purposes - keep an eye on the Bakerloo Line/Overground closures to Harrow and Wealdstone in December.

[@CoastToCoast_Trains]

Brilliant! I love this series

[@rickyzuc]

Loved the Windmill but am I the only person that was happy to see a Wimpy?!

[@nigelcole1936]

I live in this area and the windmill always made me think of Windy Miller, thanks for the memories. I think you mean Romford-Emerson Park-Upminster and not Barking

[@ReubenAshwell]

I just love the Camberwick Green references in this. :)

[@emmaslater7927]

I really enjoyed this video. Your videos always cheers me up.I love your videos Geoff.😁

[@patryk4757]

This is really an amazing series!

[@gavinwarren1413]

Next one. Uxbridge I guess. Great videos Geoff

[@FushionJulz]

Geoff...there is a windmill in Brixton,too. Only a few mins walk (less than a mile) from the tube station in Windmill gardens off Brixton Hill

[@michaelpatrick895]

That footbridge has been out for like a year despite the sign saying 5 weeks 🤣

[@msc2fine271]

Thanks for doing Upminster I’ve been waiting since ep.1 Thanks Geoff! 🙂

[@lescalverley8335]

Great video Geoff. Brought back some happy memories.

[@guillaumemaurice3503]

Thank you for sharing this video Geoff that was very interesting and informative. Great video.

[@DesiroDriver]

I’m of that age too Geoff 😉 great 📺

[@christopherbraiden6713]

Thanks for another end of the line video Jeff. Lots of going on's here with different companies. Good to see the depot must visit here!!😎🚇🚇🚇🚇🇬🇧

[@simonf8370]

Argh, that tune. Now I've got to work all day humming that 😂

[@kaitlyn__L]

Don’t worry Geoff, I’m 27 but I grew up with Trumpton and Camberwick Green too. Windy Miller was my favourite