Evolution of the London Underground

An animated timeline showing how the London Underground started in 1863, and then grew over the years to present day. It shows how the lines were first created and how the Circle Line and Hammersmith & City Line were originally part of the Metropolitan, and District Railways.
This animation is just the London Underground and does not include the DLR, Overground.
The stations in the Hounslow area are really tricky to show (Hounslow Town opened in 1883, closed in 1886, then had a period when it was open again between 1903 and 1909).
The Northern City Line was not originally part of the Northern Line but is shown here in black, as it did later become part of the Northern Line, and appeared on carriage maps of Northern Line trains.

[@TPRJones]

Well, I certainly feel much better about my layouts in Mini Metro after seeing this.

[@stadt-undstraenbahntv4321]

TPRJones hahaha I know your problem 😂

[@clareatkinson9528]

I share the same rage

[@Jamtri]

dang it someone already made that joke

[@UnseenVids]

holy crap someone else plays this game!

[@LongHaulPilot]

Geoff should do evolution of the nyc metro

[@tristan5494]

Why am i watching this it’s 3 am and i’ve never been in london

[@joshuathorp1557]

Welcome to London my old friend! I'm sure you'll appreciate our sense of community and warmth! Explore the underground, make new friends, lovers and perhaps even children! Welcome to London... the greatest piece of land on planet earth.

[@gtxg.]

we have technology btw

[@gerberjenkinson4963]

Tristan Hoenselaar lmao same

[@BirbarianHomeGuard]

Welcome to Geoff Marshall videos. I don’t live in the UK nor do I ride trains... yet here I am.

[@bojack40]

Tristan Hoenselaar come visit its cool

[@goldenboat9106]

1863: Paddington to Farringdon 1864: Paddington to Hammersmith/Kensington Olympia 1865: Farringdon to Moorgate 1868: Baker Street to Swiss Cottage and Paddington to Westminster 1869: Gloucester Road to West Brompton 1871: Earl’s Court to Hammersmith/High Street Kensington 1875: Moorgate to Aldgate and Westminster to Mansion House 1877: Hammersmith to Richmond 1878: Turnham Green to Ealing Broadway 1879: Swiss Cottage to Harrow on the Hill 1880: West Brompton to Putney Bridge 1883: Aldgate to Tower Hill and Acton Town to Hounslow West 1884: Tower Hill to Mansion House/Whitechapel 1885: Harrow on the Hill to Pinner 1887: Pinner to Rickmansworth 1889: Rickmansworth to Chesham and Putney Bridge to Wimbledon 1890: Stockwell to Borough 1892: Chalfont and Latimer to Amersham 1900: Shepherd’s Bush to Bank and Borough to Moorgate 1903: Moorgate to Angel and Stockwell to Clapham Common and Whitechapel to Upminster and Ealing Common to South Harrow 1904: Harrow on the Hill to Uxbridge 1906: Lambeth North to Baker Street and Finsbury Park to Hammersmith 1907: Lambeth North to Elephant and Castle 1909: Angel to Archway/Golders Green 1910: Baker Street to Edgware Road and South Harrow to Rayners Lane 1915: Edgware Road to Willesden Junction 1917: Willesden Junction to Harrow and Wealdstone 1920: Shepherds Bush to Ealing Broadway 1922: Bank to Liverpool Street 1924: Golders Green to Edgware 1925: Moor Park to Watford 1926: Clapham Common to Morden and Euston to Kennington 1932: Wembley Park to Stanmore and Finsbury Park to Arnos Grove 1933: Arnos Grove to Cockfosters 1941: Archway to Mill Hill East/High Barnet 1949: Liverpool Street to Epping and North Acton to West Ruislip 1971: Walthamstow Central to Brixton 1975: Hounslow West to Hatton Cross 1977: Hatton Cross to Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 1979: Baker Street to Green Park 1986: Hatton Cross/Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 to Heathrow Terminal 4 1994: Waterloo to Bank 1999: Green Park to Stratford 2008: Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 to Heathrow Terminal 5

[@ayanrage6597]

Goldon Boat910 What about Epping

[@echowang134]

@@poteyatocheapp6978 it was

[@xtusvincit5230]

This video would serve just as well as journal of silly English names.

[@HS-PGX]

79: Baker Street to Charing Cross

[@MrRevika]

Golden Boat910 you didn’t do the East London Line closure

[@jasonroman8031]

This helps since I live in Toronto

[@chocomanger6873]

Oh, the TTC... Gotta love those guys sitting in booths collecting fares, then going on strike because they're so unhappy with their 50 grand a year.

[@yustinj.3910]

Vancouver is the superior one

[@wilfstor3078]

@@chocomanger6873 I miss Andy Byford

[@chocomanger6873]

@@wilfstor3078 What did he do?

[@wilfstor3078]

@@chocomanger6873 Put enough care into the system and avoided enough strikes to get the TTC to be North Americas best transit system in 2017.

[@namenamename390]

I love how what would become the northern line started at the southernmost part of the tube at that point

[@andrzejgalka3859]

Geoff, this is a lovely evolution and all of your videos. I love all your videos

[@sebwilkins]

Shouldn't it be the southern line?

[@internetperson9813]

I think one branch of the northern line should be turned into a Bakerloo Line extension and the Bakerloo should form a loop around London. But that's just my opinion.

[@davidguthary8147]

Morden is still the southernmost Tube station today.

[@zForce4]

@@internetperson9813 wouldn’t that just put load on bakerloo ? Bakerloo used to have the jubilee branch but got changed bc there was too much passenger for it to handle afterall

[@MikeWillSee]

I would love to see a newer version of this that also includes other lines such as the overground, DLR, crossrail, maybe even other services such as Thameslink!

[@Alekspfg]

yea the thameslink is in collaboration with TFL (not funded by it tho), and its officially on the map

[@chandlerbstransport422]

And now Battersea Power Station Station Station Station Station... lol

[@MikeWillSee]

@@chandlerbstransport422 Battersea Power Station Station Underground Station is truly a very nice Station to serve the Power Station in Battersea, as well as providing an interchange with the other stations in the area. Battersea Power Station Station deserves to be on the Tube Map of Stations for sure...

[@egg_mittens]

I think the Elizabeth line's one the map now too

[@MikeWillSee]

@@egg_mittens yeah it is

[@frankw4847]

I don't know Geoff personally but I know he's a fan of the London tube. When I see this video I only have gratitude and appreciation in my mind. Thank you for your time, Geoff.

[@JC-pg3cy]

London metro designers: throw cooked spaghetti on a map of London and make the tunnels based on that x

[@Adam-tj6is]

someone’s hacking their money in cities skylines to make this metro

[@2112jonr]

The payback comes to the city and the operating companies through the longer term economic benefits (better faster rail services = fewer cars = less gridlock = better air = more people want to live there = greater spending and taxes raised), and through the revenues raised both directly from fares and from the rates on shops that want to base themselves at the stations, and rents from businesses that want to be based near or over them to be attractive to commuting workers. London's got an amazing public transport infrastructure, there's so many ways to get around and options at each station. Makes for a very flexible and mobile city.

[@Smittel]

@@2112jonr unless however the random death wave kicks in killing 20k people because of traffic jams

[@therealdave06]

Metro is actually surprisingly cheap in Cities

[@eduardotogashi6011]

@@2112jonr yeah i don't think you get the joke...

[@adrianatgaming8640]

to build such a vast network, you'd need a vast city. and the building/node limit forbids that. if you want a good looking city, the most you can do is 500k.

[@BrewersTV]

For anyone curious, all errors from the original have been erased. It is also now more up to date. Great video Jeff!!!

[@73APhotography]

Brewers TV geoff*.

[@sirgreggorygroda]

why not Yeph?

[@BrewersTV]

The Transport Guide Yeah, aha. Whoops 😂😂

[@gazzaldn5749]

No Old Kent Road Station though

[@deegeraghty3421]

Love the Underground map. Brought up in London and lived & worked there until aged 28 Design is so clear and colour coded. Always found5 it so easy to follow in comparison with other international cities' transport system maps. . Thanks

[@AgnostosGnostos]

Great video. Congratulations. Some extra info about the underground if you don't mind. The Underground network was a mix of private companies until its nationalization in 1933. The first cut and cover lines were created in a period of seven years. The subsurface, cut and cover lines are: Metropolitan line 1863 electrified in 1905. Hammersmith & City line 1864 electrified in 1906. The pneumatic line Waterloo and Whitehall Railway 1865-1867 failed financially. District line 1868 electrified in 1905, originally Metropolitan district railway. Circle line 1871 electrified in 1905, originally two separate lines that joined in 1949. For a period of at least three decades these lines were using steam trains. After 1906 all the Underground network with the subsurface and deep-level lines was electrified and steam was a thing of the past. Until then steam trains were used for 42 years in the Underground. Due to the smoke the lines had and still have many open to the air spaces. So they are not true deep-level Underground lines. Also even today on pavements can been seen the little holes the smoke was escaping. These holes are covered with thick glass today and are letting light to pass. The newest lines Jubille 1979 and Victoria 1968 are much younger than the next older Piccadilly 1906 and Bakerloo 1906 lines which were started both in 1906. For 62 years no new Underground lines were created. Instead older ones were extended constantly. The Metropolitan line 1863 had gas lighting units inside its carriages in order to be friendly and safe to the ladies. The Central Line was the first underground railway to have the station platforms illuminated electrically. All the platforms were lit by Crompton automatic electric arc lamps. During 1950's the wages of London Underground were very low and it was unfavorable by workers. So London Underground decided to massively employ immigrants from the Caribbean islands, India and Pakistan. Until late 1970's smoking was permitted inside the carriages of the underground. Until 1980's the Underground was full of advertisements for cigarettes.

[@9ancho]

This video is my childhood, I watched this over and over again!

[@DarthJedi2005remixes]

"All the tube map. All of it. All the tube map. All of it..." Sorry, wrong series!

[@MianCowell]

easy mistake to make

[@MadBiker-vj5qj]

Underground... tick!

[@lightriver7860]

If to include tubes from other countries!

[@matthewfield2958]

To the trains…

[@MartinTheSmoggyUTB]

Geoff sir. I’ve seen a few of your videos and enjoyed everyone of them. All very interesting. Thanks for the hours of entertainment.

[@transportguy101]

Great history and explanation. This video really makes me want to go to the London Underground in the next several months.

[@thomasotto5828]

Absolutely enjoyed this, very helpful for an overview.

[@johnrymell202]

This is just wonderful. Thank you. Any plans on extending it with the DLR and TfL Rail and any other changes/additions?

[@selsebeetes2861]

London Overground too

[@matthewb6916]

Ayyy! Geoff's back on the tube game! Man I've missed you. Don't get me wrong, All the Stations was beyond amazing, but part of me always missed your tube-geekery content. Will your 'daily' vlogs be continuing by the way? Best content in my subscription box at the time :) Keep up the work, get yourself to 100k subscribers, too. You definitely deserve that. Cheers, Matt

[@ayanrage6597]

Geoff Marshall's Back on the tube map and next year in 2020 and then you know how to do I lt

[@ayanrage6597]

Keep up the good work

[@janrie7330]

I rode the tube for the first time a few moths ago, It is absolutely crazy. A few classmates of mine even got lost. The gap is also not that bad.

[@mk-hf2qs]

what lines

[@janrie7330]

@@mk-hf2qs This was in may, so I dont remember everything in detail but I think it was the circle,northern and jubilee line. Stations I visited were Westminster, North Greenwhich, Leicester Square and a few others.

[@mk-hf2qs]

@@janrie7330 no wonder you where they are like the longes

[@robotx9285]

​@janrie7330 You just went through the operational hell holes of the Circle line(alot of merges) and the Northern line(literally becomes two branches in the middle, than become two branches to the north)

[@Hejhej781]

This video is amazing. It shows so much history and it’s so fun to watch.

[@agsrealistic8079]

Great job! Thanks for sharing! It would be great to see how the Tube is planning to expand in the future

[@ianrogerburton1670]

WOW ! Great narration, too: very fast and enthusiastic as well as very clear ! Well done !

[@aehighfmcolinchin]

Can you do the evolution of the Overground?

[@iajnim80]

Colin Chin yes

[@KofelinaPL]

Yes that would be a very good idea.

[@christianzhouzheng]

No, that would be stupid because the Overground is really just an amalgamation of old Silverlink Metro routes from when the Silverlink franchise expired. The only other things he'd have to show are the North London Line to North Woolwich (past Stratford) closing and all the new works on the East London Line.

[@ishandey6061]

@@organicwaffles3792 London's

[@ayanrage6597]

@@ishandey6061 Did you like it

[@peabody1976]

New update video! Thanks, Geoff!

[@savolrat]

you will have to make an update video when the Elizabeth Line opens in 2095

[@adrian1622]

Why in 2095???

[@raheem201231]

Technically no. Elizabeth Line is like the overground. A different mod of transport

[@adrian1622]

@@raheem201231 but why it will take till 2095 to be build?

[@raheem201231]

Fr Gh it’s been delayed like 4 times in 2 years

[@adrian1622]

@@raheem201231 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 EXACTLY THE SAME THING was happened in BUCHAREST(ROMANIA) at M5 metro line🤣🤣

[@jelofts]

Your contributions are always fascinating Geoff!

[@meltrain]

Nice overview. In 1968 the first underground line in Rotterdam (and The Netherlands) opened. Since 2009 it carries the (somewhat boring) name Line D and has the same blue colour as the Victoria line, which was opened in the same year.

[@jxnm0334]

And thats how it looks today.... Recommended two years after release

[@aaugustus87]

great to learn more about what I use everyday to commute. Thank you

[@yinan02]

I really love looking at those Undergroung maps that Geoff describes in the description.

[@trancehi]

In my graphic design college interview I was asked who my favourite designer was, I answered Harry Beck, it was well received and I passed and graduated with flying colours.

[@trancehi]

@Scranvan Jealousy is horrible trait to live with. Good luck with that.

[@EK-eg8oh]

I got lost in this video just like how i got lost in the tube

[@gregf9160]

Thanks for this Geoff! I'm a great Underground history fan and this was very detailed. Cheers :)

[@j0sh_g1nger]

In 2021, The Northern Line extended finally to Battersea Power Station via Nine Elms.

[@CameramanCat]

And in Prague, Czech Republic, there are just 3 lines: A, B, and C. There is a plan to build the fourth line, aka the autonomous line: D. And there are only around 60 stations total. I am overwhelmed by the London Underground!

[@mehmedkaanyaman6740]

yes but in Prague you don't really need Metros because you have a large Tram system

[@CookieCft]

Anyone else notice the circle and Hammersmith and city lines fade in at the end?

[@uwlodar]

All The Stations was fun, but its gonna be good to see you back on London stuff now, especially with the new crossrail (sorry, Elizabeth Line, should've been called Crossrail 1) trains already in service and the tunnels to be opening soon.

[@mittfh]

H0ll0aloio As Crossrail 1's been officially dubbed the Elizabeth Line, now that Crossrail 2 is being planned, I wonder who they'll name it after - Philip Line or Charles Line anyone? One option they almost certainly won't go for is crowdsourcing the name (Thomas Line? Awdry Line? Thin Blue Line? 😁)

[@arenner4205]

+mittfh The Andrew Line

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

Proposals for a line along that route have existed for several decades, and at one point it was referred to as the Chelney Line (Chelsea-Hackney)

[@jacobsaxby9468]

They should call crossrail 2 the Geoff Line

[@ericbeauchamp2291]

Lived and born by South Acton station,it’s still fondly talked about today as well as photos and video on our We Love Acton FB site.RIP😢

[@martinjcooney4537]

Cross-rail too, Cross rail 2, 'cannot wait!' All the infra-Structure enhancements that London needs can't come soon enough. We must remember it is a very old City and restructuring is a lengthy process. I must say that after watching the documentary on Cross-rail on the Beeb, it makes me so proud of the engineers carefully segmenting their way through old layers of the sediment recovering Archaeological finds, and also peoples graves. Well done everyone :-)

[@2112jonr]

It is an amazing piece of engineering. And the "delays" are actually how long the engineers told the idiot politicians it would take in the first place. Likewise the cost. So it's actually due to come in on time and on budget, rather than missing the lies we were peddled by Westminster idiots who are more familiar with the anatomy of pigs than how to use a TBM.

[@smallstudiodesign]

I love this, with *clean simple graphics* & lovely *British voiceover narration* ‼️👍🏼🤩✨💖✨🏆✨👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@bigjaffa02]

This makes my brain hurt.

[@alanmalan2644]

Just one underground in the world

[@alfredjustindumalagan]

Thanks Geoff! this so helpful as someone who dont even live close to london let alone europe

[@passionfruit7276]

The Circle Line never got mentioned so although its not a line built individually for itself, its just a mixture of current lines in which a service was introduced in the early 70s or 80s to complete a rotation around London and offers a more frequent service from any platform to and from many other London stops on the district line.

[@redacted1157]

Didn't explain the introduction of the Hammersmith and City and Circle line conversion from the Metropolitan line that would've been interesting

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Really interesting. Thanks for this, I love maps! Will you do an update with the Crossrail added when it's _finally_ finished?

[@jonistan9268]

Mandy B The title very clearly says "Evolution of the London *Underground*" so no, he won't, because Crossrail is a national rail line, not an Underground line.

[@daroldcarold3443]

@@jonistan9268 no? Crossrail is tfl not nat rail

[@jonistan9268]

@@daroldcarold3443 Crossrail is National Rail, operated by TfL. Just like the Overground.

[@grassytramtracks]

​@@daroldcarold3443yes, crossrail is TfL, but it's still not part of the London Underground, just as the Overground and DLR aren't

[@daroldcarold3443]

@@grassytramtracks I never said it was part of the underground bro. I just said it was operated by tfl

[@be4v228]

im obssesed with railway maps idk why but i just love them

[@matthewsmith6197]

Geoff's videos here and in the Londonist channel are clear and concise enough to cover the main facts in a language that anyone can understand, unlike the University Professors with their PHDs who send me to sleep within 2 seconds.

[@jamesrice21]

Wahoo! Geoff brought it back, improved!

[@dattouk]

Great video showing the evolution of the underground - How did you do the animation? It's very polished.

[@username9175]

Miss London, only visited there twice, each only a day trip but using the trains and underground was so much. I must drop back over for a few days and really explore around

[@zanelindsay1267]

Nice visual capsule history of the Underground evolution.

[@thameslondonmail8865]

These victorian's showing crossrail how it's done lol

[@MattCamelly]

XD

[@belenhernandezbenavente3420]

I love London underground 👏💕💕💕

[@knudpin]

Excellent. I like the 'blank sheet' starting point but for an occasional visitor til London is would be a great help to have a few landmarks like the Thames river, the Parliament, Oxford Street or something like that to give geographical awareness.

[@nathanb1849]

1:08 Geoff: In 1878, 1879 sign: *am I a joke to u?*

[@joey-kaboey6475]

YEP

[@Nilstv24]

Very nice video! I've been to London until Friday and it was so cool! I miss it so much! It's all so much more orderly than in Germany, for example the Tube/underground etc.... Greetings from Germany and it's cool to see the evolution of the London Underground!! :))

[@planmaestrometromty4697]

Greetings from Monterrey, México Geoff!!!, I love your videos and watching them inspire me to create a project for my city

[@JimLord999]

Good old London Town, miss you so much. Am now in Australia and loving the beaches and of course great weather. Thanks for the memories in London.

[@sparkyprojects]

It seems there's a lot of duplication of lines due to many companies. Imagine there is no underground, and you are the designer, knowing all the current and planned stations, how would your tube map look if there were no competing rail companies. Would you adopt a circular pattern, a starburst radiating out from a centre, or a spiderweb with radials and circles (extra points if you draw it :D ) You may add stations not even served, and may enlist the help of the tube map guy if you decide to draw it.

[@2112jonr]

It's worth a look at the Shanghai metro map in this regard, as it was built without competing factions, is modern and very different to London: www.travelchinaguide.com/images/map/shanghai/subway-map.jpg

[@ianmoseley9910]

Would probably been built to serve ,existing needs unlike the speculative development by the Met. See info on Metroland for details

[@---fh6em]

@@2112jonr it's also worth to take a look at Moscow metro map

[@tubetrainboy]

I think that whilst circular patterns are nice, you need to focus on the commuting aspect, so mine would focus on direct routes from suburbs and perhaps a couple of circular routes in the city centre

[@indayteray8647]

Why am i here i am thousands of miles from London

[@skanyone2602]

same here actually

[@smallstudiodesign]

Because the artificial intelligence algorithms predict that you will be in London in the future and you will need to know this.

[@robertbuckley2429]

In 1999 Charing Cross on the Jubilee Line Closed having had only been open for 20 years and extended as far as Stratford

[@markstramtrainbuscapades1729]

Easily the quickest way to check on the Undergrounds various opening dates! Nice one Geoff!

[@2112jonr]

There's a few facts on the TfL site: tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/culture-and-heritage/londons-transport-a-history/london-underground/a-brief-history-of-the-underground Just be very wary of anything you read on Wikipedia and double check it with a primary source, as its accuracy is sometimes dubious and not always backed up by primary references.

[@tfl780]

​@@2112jonr why do you need to send the link?

[@roundel52]

Glad you made some corrections Geoff, but you didn't show the Jubilee terminating at Charing Cross and being abandoned, plus, did you miss the Bakerloo bifurcation at Baker Street to go to Stanmore?

[@roundel52]

Geoff Marshall sorry Geoff, so it does. I must have blinked and missed it. All I thought I saw was it terminating at Bond Street!

[@OllieWasHere]

I am not British I do not live in london But I love watching london underground video

[@Blackout888]

Same but I am British

[@kavguy]

same

[@AmazinJ89]

Would be cool if you did a redesign of tube and rail networks based on populations and demand in the big cities that have outgrown the old networks like London, would be something interesting to imagine.

[@Niribu]

Seeing my commute being created is pretty cool

[@jeremyhaines4481]

💘 love the london underground

[@jaredgrey39]

I also love the London Underground because it's so big.

[@jonah6404]

Pyongyang metro is better

[@horizelux2212]

@@jonah6404 It sure is!

[@casualonion]

I don't even know how Londoners use the tube - I find the seemingly simple Sheffield Supertram (alliteration!) complicated enough!.

[@zacharywilson9596]

casual onion, trust me, it's easy. I'm only 13 and I can independently navigate through the stations!

[@zacharywilson9596]

Masoarian, what? The percentage of how many good ideas someone has has no correlation whatsoever with the ability to navigate through a Tube station.

[@MissDatherinePierce]

When you are there, it is actually pretty easy. Just remember the color your home/hotel is on and the color of where you want to go (and of course the station names of both). From there on it is pretty easy navigating as all lines eventually cross each other somewhere (correct me if I'm wrong) and they have written on the wall before the platforms which stations come next. If it is not on it, then turn the other way because it will surely be on there. Pretty easy system, even non-natives will get when they use it.

[@railroadtracks]

Nice video! :) What program have you used to create these animations?

[@philipvellowwood]

@geofftech, I'd love to see a video like this showing the national rail network. Maybe not covering every line (that would take too long), but the main developments: single lines, expanding into regional networks, mergers, grouping, nationalisation.

[@SolarMechanic]

Is there a version without the camera pans? This is great work, but the angle changes are unnessessary, distracting, and even disorienting. I get the urge to make it dynamic, but it's contrary to the entire purpose of the video. Reminds me a bit of how The Day Today took the piss out of news graphics, but minus the irony. (Sorry!)

[@shahimnganji6492]

Westminster used to be above ground thats pretty surprising seeing as how deep it is now

[@dorthusiast]

No, it was never above ground, cut and cover is technically still underground

[@AJ_1346]

I’ve got 2 questions 1. When did the metropolitan district became the district 2. Are you going to do the evolution of the overground and DLR

[@fai9al86]

i have lived in London for like 8 years in Uxbridge. I really missed those days. London is a great city with greatest people on earth.

[@torspedia]

Do you know how it would have looked if those pre-WW2 plans had come to fruition?

[@alanlittle4589]

Toran Shaw Jay Foreman has done a video on plans shelved for the Northern line

[@explorebytrain448]

Geoff Marshall, what program do you use to do this map animation? I was hoping to do an animated timeline map of railways in Ireland.

[@ejcmoorhouse]

He's replied to a comment here saying he used paint.

[@Coolerics2011]

ejcmoorhouse im pretty sure it's actually a mix of Adobe creative cloud programs (premiere/after effects/illustrator)...

[@ejcmoorhouse]

I don't know, I was just quoting Geoff who replied to another comment asking about this saying it was Paint.

[@Coolerics2011]

ejcmoorhouse right, although Ms paint is the butt of a lot of computer jokes now

[@gamercoolcraft4208]

MSPAINT.EXE he said

[@Krzyszczynski]

Disappearance of the former Great Northern and City line (it was transferred to British Rail and "repurposed") is made to look contemporaneous with the opening of the Victoria Line, but actually happened 6-7 years after that.

[@gp7071]

I found this strangely fascinating!

[@BNStudios1]

What animation software is used to create this?

[@robintrigoso5966]

Geoff Marshall microsoft has discontinued paint now...😥

[@iMarbot]

The twitter memes

[@willmelbourne]

Robin Trigoso You can still download it from the Windows Store, they just removed it as default

[@thedude3651]

Pen and paper

[@jackguest145]

Robin Trigoso No they haven't

[@jailbreak8484]

Where’s the hammer smith and city line?

[@ianmoseley9910]

Jail Break Was simply part of the metropolitan originally

[@robloxboi3108]

nice video! You should do another one of these soon

[@wizzardwacs]

It’s strange to think that the building of new stations has slowed down despite technological advancement. I wish there were more!

[@jaredlam7177]

Are you still a presenter for londonist?

[@8yr0n_q]

I believe he is but has been working on a major project for the last 3-4 mths

[@thomaspalmer1019]

Byron Q he has. It is called 'All The Stations'.

[@CoolTransport]

Hammersmith & city line and the circle line?

[@dorthusiast]

Hammersmith & City was a part of the Metropolitan line and Circle is basically just a "joint" line using Metropolitan and District rail tracks.

[@cigmorfil4101]

My memory telks me that Hainault on yhe central line "loop" used to be a double terminus - it was shown as a terminus from both clock and anticlock wise workings along the loop. An update to extend the video is the change of the circle line into the Lasso line as it is no longer posdible to sit on a train going round and round as they now start from Hamnersmith and do a complete loop before terminating at Edgware Road (?)

[@runitsacow]

I’ve watched this at least 20 times now for some reason

[@juntaolin8477]

You forgot Circle line and Hammersmith & city line

[@tarnveerbassi2198]

where is the circle and Hammersmith and city line

[@nochill9475]

I thought the same as well, I think it's because both these lines mirror other lines, I would have added them and every station, but that's just because I'm picky.

[@tarnveerbassi2198]

@@nochill9475 oh I see

[@ianmoseley9910]

Hammersmith an City was part of the Metropolitan and the Circle evolved as something of a joint venture using the District and Metropolitan track

[@tarnveerbassi2198]

@@ianmoseley9910 thanks for letting me know what about the dlr overground tramlink and tfl rail

[@mehmedkaanyaman6740]

@@tarnveerbassi2198 overground and tfl rail was mainly made from national rail lines but i dont know about the dlr

[@Turboaviation4357]

Bro the editing is godly

[@richards6269]

Nice job! I can't be completely sure but I thought the jubilee line was originally a branch of the bakerloo but was re-designated around the time of the silver jubilee. Seem to remember seeing the part north of baker street being the bakerloo on the back of an old A-Z.

[@grassytramtracks]

You are correct. The line to Stanmore was a branch of the Bakerloo line up from 1939 until the Jubilee line opened in 1979, and for seven years before that it was a branch of the Metropolitan. The part south of Baker Street to Charing Cross was only built in 1979, and the Charing cross part shut in 1999 when they built the extension which avoided it

[@iamdavelee]

and dublin just connected their two light rail lines.....2017

[@jaredgrey39]

On our visit to Dublin, me and my girlfriend had a train ride to Dalkey Station, for a walk to Killiney Station, we think it is the best bit of Dublin because of the self build houses, the forest, the hillside view towards the Wicklow Mountains and beach. At night we explored a bit on the 2 trams for the nightlife.

[@username9175]

Dave Lee Soon we'll have the metro from Swords to Charlemont, and extension of the green line to Finglas and then 2 days ago they reannounced the dart underground from the Docklands the Heuston Station. So a lot to look forward too in Dublin for train enthusiasts

[@adrian1622]

And Bucharest open his 5 th line 🤣🤣🤣 🤣🤣🤣

[@samsaltwell]

Fantastic video, nice work Geoff! 🚇

[@hellionfi]

Awesome stuff. Both technically as a video production and how appropriately nerdy the subject matter is.

[@indrearvydasmikelionis8169]

Are you going to make a dlr map vid

[@Bobrogers99]

To confuse the issue, there are other rail lines that look like Tube trains and serve parts of London, but are under separate management/ownership.

[@florriemccarthy2457]

I love this video, man - well done!

[@mr51406]

Hi Geoff! Bonjour from Montreal. 🇨🇦 New here. I found your channel through « Ferrovipathe » from Paris. This is my 1st video watched. It will be my first time in London in August. Your channel will greatly help me plan my journeys. And I’ll definitely get in some “metro-ing.” Keep up the excellent work! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@davidkleinvormdrift4826]

Wonderful overview! Would you by any chance have data on the actual growth in terms of km/miles of underground system? What was that number in - say - 1940, and what is it now?

[@OnkelJajusBahn]

All summarized, thanks for this great work.