Engineering the London Underground

[@jaredm8555]

The Tube has been the fascination of my entire life of 51 years. I collect everything from station signs to train driver backpacks to wall tiles. My cousin is a station master which allowed me to have unprecedented access to hidden and disused stations and walk ways. Every time i fly to the UK from Florida, it is the Tube that I most look forward to visiting and traveling on. long live the London underground

[@kmaro1973]

This video is a small piece of craftsmanship. It brings in life 150 years of history. Extraordinary work. Greetings from Greece.

[@etscablecomponents]

We continue to supply electrical products to the Underground network, and even in our time in business, it's astonishing to see how far the engineering on the tube has come. It's something we can all be proud of.

[@stuartedwards8820]

Looks fantastic. Must have taken ages to compile and animation all the archive pictures. Great job!

[@devonenvironmentnetwork7960]

This feels more like a fully fledged BBC documentary, than a youtube video.

[@DavidAndrewsPEC]

Does a bit, doesn't it? You have a famous name there....

[@devonenvironmentnetwork7960]

Do I have a famous name? Explain....

[@DavidAndrewsPEC]

Frank Close There's seriously awesome particle physicist by the same name. His lectures are on KZbin somewhere.....

[@devonenvironmentnetwork7960]

Thats pretty rad.

[@DavidAndrewsPEC]

Frank Close Yeh I thought so. :)

[@GiovanniKallika]

This film should be dedicated to those people who sacrificed their lives to build The Underground, and inspire new engineers to keep construction safe, for everyone. G.K,

[@polpojliekwanjaroen3511]

I have high admiration for the British and London for its remarkable engineering that paved the way for the modern world. The British are the pioneers to essentially all of the foundation of modern engineering, and their ingenuity is unquestionable. I imagine the world without London would arguably still might not reach the modern era.

[@tunnelgirl7923]

I live and study in London for 3yrs, it is very nice to know the history of all these Underground stations which I am using whenever I traveled.

[@glenatkinson7732]

After 45 years I'm still fascinated with the tube. Been on plenty of metros, all of them newer and most cleaner. However not even NYC compares with London for the anorak! Great vid...thanks

[@polpojliekwanjaroen3511]

Fascinating how they pave the way for the world in modern engineering.

[@johncarnaby4884]

Great video. It brought back many 1970's memories. I installed the mechanical services when employed by Matthew Hall, starting at Waterloo Bridge, under the Strand to Charing Cross and Trafalgar Square and up to Green Park. At that time it was called the "Fleet Line", later changed to the Jubilee Line. I had offices at ground level outside Charing Cross Station and also next door to the National Gallery where the main contractors offices were and also the lifts to go underground, the Sainsbury Wing was later built here.

[@Armuotas]

The segment starting at 8:30 squeezed the tears in my eyes. An epic description of a seemingly mundane thing that we use every day. Damn...

[@elizabethannegrey6285]

Thank you for this fascinating view of London’s travel network. I commuted regularly, and find the historic aspect interesting. Now retired, no longer in UK, it pushes a nostalgia button for me. Sixties, Bond Street station, winter weather and an old man selling roast chestnuts at station entrance. Oh happy recollections of simple pleasures in a different era.

[@polishlad8873]

Just visited London and I can proudly say that London Tube is the best piece of engineering I've ever seen. What a masterpiece. I was there for 3 days and moving around was like teleporting.

[@terencesommer6307]

London is a miracle! A brilliant city. Love from America.

[@beanbake99]

Awesome. Went past the new crossrail station at canary wharf and I have to say I was in awe!

[@nickyjlyons]

Truly fascinating. I wish I had made decisions earlier in my life that would have paved a career in civil engineering!

[@David-xx7ny]

It's never too late!

[@sidneyasiegbu]

If you're not too old and still have solid qualifications then you're alright.

[@TheByard]

It's great to been part of the Undergrounds expansion, I drove a tunnel boring machine on The Victoria Line. A Senior Inspector of Works on the Dockland Light Railway extension to Bank Station. Also SIoW on CrossRail and have inspected the unused stations that were used as air raid shelters in WWII Between the above have worked on major tunnel projects around the world, retired now I just dig the garden and watch KZbin.

[@shopshop144]

this is more a short history of the underground then anything about the engineering of the system.

[@greyforge27]

Who needs sci-fi when the real world is like this?

[@tommychumley4248]

Scifi is just our vision of the future, most scifi becomes reality.

[@ckhazwan]

I am impressed !!! Such a remarkable achievement. Yeah, 'cope it did & cope it will'.

[@gruntpartystyle]

This video gave me chills. Great job.

[@mth280268]

Is this Eddie Butler providing the narration? Wonderful rich, rousing, tones. Magnificent piece of documentary making

[@rajballari5822]

it's an a honour to become a civil engineer

[@swimminlane3566]

Really enjoyed using the tube during our visits and learning some of it's history by guided tour. Regret not going to the transport museum while at Convent Garden.

[@williamo1390]

it's not enjoyable when your shoulder to shoulder

[@briane5706]

Note narration is by Eddie Butler. Clearly more than a rugby commentator, his dulcet tones are most suitable for many documentaries like this.

[@iTzMARXGaming]

Proud to work for the company!

[@Plysdyret1]

How I just love the tube! I am a tourist in London now and then and when wearing my waist bag, the Londoners think I am pregnant and I get a seat! XD

[@morzee94]

There are some truely beautiful effects in this video

[@melvincent5557]

there should be a movie about how the underground was built..it would be brilliant

[@jorgeyboy3364]

Stunning video, thank you for creating this wow!

[@LukeChristodoulou]

This video is an ok overview of the history of the undergound, though missing many details, especially any details about the actual engineering.

[@amapparatistkwabena]

Superb mini-documentary!

[@SohelShekhash]

Amazingly filmed. Would like to see more these kind of videos on engineering. #Engineering #LondonUnderground #London #Transport #Tube

[@NickElliottuk]

Terrific, well-made and fascinating video. The pseudo-3d effect on the old photos is particularly impressive. Was the last steam really only withdrawn in 1971?

[@kamal69ful]

Beautiful video of london underground history, Thank u admin keep it up

[@jamieashton1173]

Great short vid! London underground network continues to amaze me every time I use it! The underground really makes London what it is!

[@Freeedy]

Brilliant piece of film and encapsulates the LU story very well. It makes one proud to be a Civil Engineer

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

(W(L^2))/8 and more repetitive monotonous calcs. all day ad nauseam no thanks.

[@IcelanderUSer]

I love London. Damn

[@Henryk7000]

Excellent video! Truly inspirational.

[@frothybeast7884]

What a great archive!

[@CaptTarpal]

great footage! any idea of background music???

[@mattmattelig]

This was a good video, but I think the title was a bit misleading. not much talk about the engineering - more a sort of pat on the back for the fine job done. i was looking for the "how" part of engineering.

[@r3dp1ll]

Video is well done, good job. Just one little thing, in the credits the grey is way too dark to be readable when watching from a distance full screen.

[@businessbuilding1]

A beautifully told story!

[@shriprasadgujare8639]

I love London

[@dantdm6381]

very good we should reflect on underground.

[@dr.scottcrullphd9133]

I liked the old Docklands RW of the 1990s.

[@giullarecosmico]

can you please borrows your engineering to Rome?

[@theicemanhaslanded]

One of the best videos I have seen in a long time. Gave me shivers and almost bought a tear to my eye.

[@pierzing.glint1sh76]

they make it seem soooo epic haha...when it really is just a subway system common all around the world

[@TEMELTASCONSTRUCTION]

good work

[@adeh503]

What a fantastic video

[@basilguts1786]

Narrated by Eddie butler,the BBC rugby commentator.

[@London1064]

Great video 👍

[@CaptTarpal]

Thanks for response. but can you specifically tell me the soundtrack which was used from 0:16 ~ 3:24?

[@Stevieboy74]

Most Londoners wondered how the tube network would cope during the olympics, but cope it did. The above statement made in this film is largely true, but I think it's important to point out that the reason it ran like clockwork was large numbers of underground staff, including the drivers were paid handsome bonuses during this period, so basically paid more money to do their job which was quite frankly a disgrace. Dig below the surface (excuse the pun) and you'll find the real reason for things. Once the olympics finished us Londoners were back to the usual old delays and problems. Should have added that to your documentary. I'm not however taking anything away from the amazing engineering feats described in this film, which were indeed revolutionary. It should be said though that we needed both American expertise and finance to get a lot of the initial underground projects up and running.

[@Stevieboy74]

+Andmeuths - Not paid enough? A tube driver gets a trainee/starting wage of £45,000 per annum (which is over $66,000 USD in case you're from America). That's a huge wage and much more than any other public sector worker, and it's just a starting wage. Some earn up to £55,000 per annum, and they still think they have the right to hold the city of London to ransom by going on strike and demanding bonuses to do their jobs during the olympics. It's disgraceful. Sooner or later they'll get a wake up call.

[@azer8663]

Great Job 👍🏾

[@GulliversFlo]

Engineering at its finest

[@relacser]

Great video

[@00855446]

Love from Bangladesh.

[@marciotestoni]

Brilliant!!

[@arghpirate]

And nowadays it only takes a projected 15 years to "hopefully" install air conditioning on the northern line - dealing with the inherited thermal inertia of the tube. Is it health and safety, government bureaucracy, trade unions or just plain laziness that has affected our engineering prowess.

[@ianmoseley9910]

alex rainsley Priorities - operated without for years so not considered essential.

[@maxmullen6337]

I thought the deep tunnel electric tube system opened in 1890.

[@GHOSTGURUVJ0]

WHEN OPENS START OPEATING THIS TRAIN?

[@ecsciguy79]

8:58 - Why are the escalators 'right-hand travel'? I thought British drive on the left-hand side?

[@ds1868]

Yep we drive on the left but stand on the right for escalators. Just to confuse foreigners like you.

[@CaptTarpal]

thanks~ but who is the artist of that music' Orion'?

[@ilyPenn23]

JAE SEUNG ROE Terry Devine-King

[@jae-seungroe8679]

ilyPenn23 thank you so much!

[@gurjeetmalhi7836]

British people best in world

[@DavidAndrewsPEC]

I dunno - we fucked a lot of people over and a lot of people up. And a lot of people helped us but we never thanked them properly.

[@mr.nobody1998]

British are best at taking advantage of others...less fortunate

[@tomdrowry]

How about thanking your ancestors, if they were British, instead of slating them.

[@adeh503]

@@mr.nobody1998 cock head

[@kaiw8254]

respect

[@brianfearn4246]

When it doesn't fit use the hammer..result. it fits now ..

[@HenryJamesLau]

Feel like I'm watching a rugby match

[@MHLivestreams]

I remember London, back in the day, there was no trouble really. It was possible to roam the streets in reasonable safety. That was only in the 80's. Today, it's 'every man for himself' with 75% foreigners.

[@savolrat]

how much more investment does it really need? when i think about all the people tagging on right this second and every other second of the day. then think about how it costs 2.40 for a journey.. less for people with a monthly pass or whatever but still. the revenue generated must be enormous

[@ianmoseley9910]

savolrat It has been said that the only passenger service in the world that runs at a profit is in Japan

[@troyjarman]

I applaud those workers of old without the technology we have today they were years ahead of their time men of courage and vision good old fashioned "NAVIES" who were not afraid to work, men of substance, only the great wall of china could come close ,today all we seem to have is a generation who want to sit and sleep on every street corner waiting for handouts to nurture their INDOLENT mentality, we are in a time when a few centimetres of snow brings almost everything to a standstill, our attitude is breeding a pathetic mentality of do just enough to get by oh yes "A LITTLE SLUMBER , A LITTLE SLEEP , A LITTLE FOLDING OF THE HANDS BRINGS POVERTY

[@damiangrant1143]

Many of them were Irish men! They also contributed to building the transport infrastructure of most of the UK's bigger cities. True grafters!

[@-manxman]

investors searched for a solution - really - investors?

[@michaelhunt4445]

He talks of 30 years of underfunding.................................no change there then

[@rahulrathod-vx6yv]

Looks

[@sarahin5271]

London underground shoes

[@markymarco2570]

It seems that all the money from those wars and colonies payed off.

[@WizardmasterNZ]

Interest !!.... Auckland (NZL) is bad transport have few train. Everyone want like this London make drill more station and less vehicles. I think 1960s Auckland Council is HOPELESS !!!!!

[@ezekielrose11]

Im jealous of Europeans wtf africa

[@hafijurrahman7103]

me

[@dangerouslytalented]

Ooo big boring machines. I love boring machines

[@hostilepancakes]

dangerouslytalented Exciting, aren't they?

[@rfmjsdb9879]

Londoners, arrogant as always. The tube isn't the best metro nor the most modern. Just look at Seoul or Switzerland.

[@rfmjsdb9879]

and during those 150 years you didn't have time to properly update? nice

[@leonnorris3849]

Hi, can't help but point out that, until quite recently, the tube was not just the oldest, but the largest underground network in the world. It is genuinely unique! I'm not sure what 'Switzerland metro' you're referring to. Nor have I ever travelled on the Seoul underground train network. I am sure that other networks have superior features to the London tube. One thing is certain: the London tube network is an engineering and architectural marvel - it's age and sheer scale demand admiration! It is the original and, in many peoples opinions, (including non-Londoner's) the best!

[@rfmjsdb9879]

That is a fair point. Still, after living in London and visiting metros around the world, I concluded that the Tube is extremely overpriced (even for students and seniors), hot, narrow and half of it is private!! Now, public transportation in private hands is not a good sign at all. It's not the worst, a least it's clean and runs on time, but I find it underlines London problems of inequality and screwing on the poor.

[@SohelShekhash]

Amazingly filmed. Would like to see more these kind of videos on engineering. #Engineering #LondonUnderground #London #Transport #Tube