End of the Line Ep. 21 - Mill Hill East

It's an End of the Line Bonus video! As I've been to Mill Hill East before, when doing the "Least Used Stations" series on the Tube, but I thought that there might just be a way of doing it again, even it it was strangely familiar ....
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Have a play of the original "Least Used Northern Line" video is here: • Mill Hill East - Least...

[@AzureOtsu]

Precisely where jay foreman started his adventure!

[@acnhsasha3085]

Yep

[@eurihub]

True! Even his first adventure inspired me to switch up my content. Still working on it tho btw.

[@torspedia]

Someone beating me to it, mentioning the Jay Foreman video on this. 🙂

[@Alexandraofficialproductions]

Unfinished, London

[@bossfight6125]

One of the many unfinished pieces of “Unfinished London”

[@Jacobhouse610]

It was great seeing you at Clapham Junction today I was in mcdonald's uniform (Jacob) I've watched your videos from when I was 14 -13 and been a huge fan of travelling so thank you

[@guillaumemaurice3503]

Thank you for the video Geoff that was great information. ❤

[@GustavSvard]

You've done End of the Line and Least Used Station. Time for the reverse? Most Used Station & Middle of the Line (counted by number of stations, by track km, or by travel time?)

[@arthurwilson537]

Geoff what about bank and waterloo. The Waterloo & city is missing out!

[@teejayy2130]

One of those would could have havw been bit of line. Elstree missed out on the tube😢

[@ajgelado]

What's going on with the "bingo!" shout after the car park mention? Is it some kind of buzzword bingo I'm not aware of?

[@deshaunbennett7424]

Geoff why not do of end the line London Overground Edition or DLR that the easiest

[@gwh3013]

Bumped into Geoff in Edinburgh on the weekend. You'll be pleased to know he's a nice guy in real life too.

[@chrisjones5411]

Found him on the Elizabeth Line on the opening day. I’ll echo the sentiment that he’s a lovely fellow.

[@mudchute4dlr]

I found him in LTM Acton Depot, and I agree with you

[@Football-gaming-Highlights]

@Farleigh1050 same

[@davidcollins9512]

I have yet to meet Geoff, and I would be (nicely) surprised if I did bump into him, being in Christchurch (NO - not the one in Dorset, but the one in New Zealand)! But - I live in hope...

[@Transportationspotting]

I’ll echo that, after bumping into him in Acton depot

[@richt71]

Geoff you're a very brave man rolling around the floor on the tube especially with some of the things I've seen happen on them!! 😯

[@drew9606]

Seriously foul. Could never 🤮

[@geofftech2]

I washed 🧼 myself thoroughly when I got home, I promise! 😅

[@musiqtee]

A totally free booster for the immune system, with… some caveats. But free, yay…! 😂

[@baystated]

35,000 viewers, in turn: "Ewwwwwwe" [misses whatever Geoff was saying]

[@DadgeCity]

I no germophobe but seeing you slide your arm across the train floor even gave me the icks!

[@jordanshred510]

Jay Foreman's video in his Unfinished London series is a great companion video for this all about the history of this line, if anyone is looking for something else after this.

[@davidchilds9590]

Once upon a time (at least until the late '60s, but possibly later), the road side of the station had a fine glass canopy emblazoned "LNER". Although the passenger service (steam-hauled) beyond Mill Hill East ceased in 1939, goods traffic (mostly for coal merchants) continued until the building of the M1 caused closure of the line. Also, the gasworks (the other side of the tracks from the road) was an unforgettable smell when the wind was in the wrong direction (which was most of the time)!

[@jailbreakhat1890]

Do one more bonus episode for end of the line series for Kensington (Olympia) Station

[@VascoRoblox-yp5rw]

Hi Geoff. I think Stratford counts because of the Jubilee Line. If it counts can you do Stratford?

[@michaelocyoung]

22 steps from street to platform. This is the equivalent of a 15 storey building.

[@transportationuk7656]

Them steps must be massive then. You’ll literally have to climb it as if you are climbing over a wall. At least you’ll get fit as a fiddle 😅😂

[@GUNNERS_GOAT]

Stolen from my comment.

[@michaelocyoung]

I think about 20 people all made the same joke.@@GUNNERS_GOAT

[@swededude1992]

That joke still runs on! 😂💪

[@GUNNERS_GOAT]

@@michaelocyoung Oh, sorry.

[@ClydebridgeStation]

If only they had fulfilled 1989 plans to extend beyond Mill Hill east, one stop, to copthal as it would have provided decent loadings on trains on home matches at saracens rugby union club.

[@AV-Trains84]

So even here Geoff didn't miss the CAR PARK for our Bingo sheet... What a genius... 😅😅😉

[@GUNNERS_GOAT]

1:08 The equivalent to a 15-storey building!

[@HenrysAdventures]

Mill Hill East is one of just three tube stations not to have ticket barriers!

[@SilverScroll]

Potential further bonus episodes (arranged by zone, and then by end-of-the-line-ness): Hainault, Woodford, Barking, Stratford, Kensington (Olympia), Hammersmith, Elephant & Castle, Edgware Road, Aldgate Extra bonus silly candidates might be Waterloo and Bank, but that would feel like an April Fool's episode xD

[@FouiAnimations]

Geoff, where did you go? I hope that everything is okay. :)

[@Team_e_cola]

Look on the news he got arrested for crashing a army truck

[@FouiAnimations]

@@Team_e_cola I think it's another Geoff Marshall, our Geoff is 49, not 41 ;)

[@Team_e_cola]

@@FouiAnimations oh good

[@chunkyboyjames]

I’m assuming you’re counting Olympia as one of the 4 single platform stations? (Even though technically the station has 3, only 1 is for tube). The other 3 of course being Mill Hill East, Chesham & Heathrow T4.

[@papaspoof]

The east London line used to have 3 all by itself, Shoreditch New Cross and New Cross gate.

[@MrGreatplum]

I had real de ja vu watching this… and I’ve just rewatched the least used northern line video - you are a clever man, Geoff Marshall! That must have been tricky to do!

[@geofftech2]

it took more work that i thought it would ... well done for noticing, thank you !!

[@christiantrainspotter6727]

Geoff can I request you either see or go on the XC farewell tour on 27th September

[@roderickmain9697]

Do you ever feel its a shame some of those onward lines dont exist anymore?

[@Foxy_AR]

yes

[@pauls6963]

You can walk the disused railway path from Mill Hill East all the way to Edgware depot!

[@Ro99]

1:04 ‘only one of four…’. What are the four single-platforms? Mill Hill East, Chesham, Kensington (Olympia) and East Acton?

[@surreygoldprospector576]

If you go back a few years you could also have had Ongar, Blake Hall, Aldwych, Shoreditch, South Acton (sort of).

[@Ro99]

@@geofftech2 oh right thanks Geoff 😉. So does that mean Ken Olympia or E Acton is disqualified?

[@Football-gaming-Highlights]

Ahhh! Tim Dunn on the TV or Geoff Marshall!!! Edit: I realised he tried to match what he done on the least used station episode

[@adaptandsucceed6875]

Mill Hill East has no barriers and is the only LU Station to have a remaining wooden platform (now covered with a non-slip surface - elf ’n’ safety).

[@geoffreyford7288]

Having driven trains over many years to Mill Hill East as I was a driver out of Golders Green Depot in the 70's and 80's. The biggest problem was the high elevation on the viaduct during hot sunny days the rails were liable to buckle! They had to station a PWay man to keep check. During the hot summer of 76 we were on 15mph speed restriction down the line.

[@AchyutChaudhary]

Whenever I see a video about Mill Hill East = 😄

[@WolfmanWoody]

You didn't tell us how many bricks went into building that viaduct. Come on, Geoff, really? 🤣

[@michaelocyoung]

"All I know is there's more than 37." @@geofftech2

[@Mark-eq9nw]

Thanks for making another video in the series Geoff!

[@gb9727]

"I'm Stadning at the rather pointless Mill Hill East Station" -Jay Foreman

[@jackazagury-slattery]

Geoff Marshall, This is Episode 21.

[@mathboy1066]

Yay! More Geoff is amazing!

[@ViacheslavTaran]

It is!

[@RJSRdg]

Another feature of MHE is that a new Co-op has opened across the road, which is close enough that you can arrive at MHE by train, cross the road, buy something to eat and get back on the same train before it leaves - useful when attempting the Full Network Challenge!

[@reptongeek]

I was unlucky on my Tube Challenge attempt I didn't get a direct Mill Hill East train so I had to wait for five minutes at Finchley Central to get one. It is a bit of a time sink because it cost me an extra twenty minutes when I was short of time, the couple of missteps in the morning catching up with me

[@bobg56]

Geoff can always do "Most Used" stations on each line.

[@chunkyboyjames]

Problem is for several lines the stations are the same (eg Central, Victoria & Bakerloo have the same station as most used - Oxford Circus)

[@jasonlam9017]

@@chunkyboyjames do it anyway!

[@osbornehouse1123]

@@chunkyboyjamessurely Victoria is King’s Cross St Pancras, central is Stratford, and bakerloo is Waterloo?

[@chunkyboyjames]

@@osbornehouse1123 Oxford Circus is busiest station on the network, followed by Waterloo and then Kings Cross. Stratford is about 6th or 7th busiest overall, but is the busiest outside Z1.

[@Scotford_Maconochie]

Bank on the central line. Very busy

[@osman732]

The best thing about the viaduct is the whole discovering it for for the first time drunkenly stumbling between Mill Hill East and Finchley Central after missing the last train. You go round the corner of an average residential road and suddenly there is an enormous brick viaduct in gloomy moonlight towering above you. You might wonder for a second if you are in the right place or even the right century.

[@iankemp1131]

The Dollis Brook viaduct is certainly worth a visit from below, not least because it is almost invisible from the train, at least in summer with all the foliage out and with the longitudinal seats on tube trains. Mill Hill East to Finchley Central is an easy walk, about 15-20 minutes plus time to look at the viaduct. And there is a Dollis Greenway along the stream that runs all the way up to Barnet and is easily accessed from several stations. Mill Hill East's partonage is probably going due to a lot of modern buildings, especially flats, that have appeared since the previous time I was there many years ago.

[@LondonWalkability]

Geoff please could you assist in the campaign to get full service to MHE.there are thousands upon thousands moving to the area and the service is shocking! Advertised as 4 trains an hour when really it's closer to 3.

[@llynllydaw]

Many people outside London would be delighted to get three trains per hour - or two, or one, or any...

[@LondonWalkability]

@@llynllydaw cool, get those people to organise and campaign for better public transport. I'm talking about London here

[@jailbreakhat1890]

Actually, there is still no direct service from Mill Hill East to central London after 23:15 every late night with trains from Mill Hill East either terminating at East Finchley or Finchley Central.

[@Govvy]

Dear Mr Wondering Geoff, there is a nice walk along the Dollis brook, The Dollis Valley greenwalk, from Mill Hill East. I’d expect you might like that.

[@Citydwellerpodcast]

Do you consider Hammersmith and Elephant and Castle to be end of the line stations, since both have lines which terminate at them?

[@Mgameing123]

Oh yeah there is technically two Hammersmith stations.

[@MichaelRichardson]

I wanted to ask this as well. I guess someone has a brilliant explanation of why the Circle Line is no longer a circle, but I haven't found it yet.

[@Mgameing123]

@@MichaelRichardson It was because if the trains run late they stay late and that was a big problem as it caused delays on the other lines that share track with the circle and those trains delayed circle line trains further.

[@HarrowwInk]

for them to be end of the line you cannot continue your journey by tube so no

[@chiefpred9982]

1:08 isn’t there only 3 stations: Mill Hill East, Chesham and Heathrow 4. Unless you’re counting all of TfL (minus the trams) than it would be 4, cuz Emerson Park

[@VisualApproach]

Sprawling all over the tube carriage floor with hands is a step too far🤣

[@goldenboat9106]

You could do End of the Line for Overground/DLR/Trams/Purple Train as well.... West Croydon Crystal Palace New Cross Clapham Junction Barking Riverside Chingford Enfield Town Cheshunt Watford Junction Beckton Woolwich Arsenal Lewisham Stratford International New Addington Beckenham Junction Elmers End Reading Abbey Wood Shenfield

[@barrydevonshire9749]

Cue for a song. Finchley central 3rd stop on the Northern line.

[@charlottejohnson5173]

I can't be the only one getting déjà vu from parts of this video...

[@bexhillbob]

Of course, the trains from Mill Hill East to Edgware didn't end up at the Edgware tube station we know today, but the old LNER one that's now Sainsburys.

[@shero113]

More the Iceland really! I remember the old station, in a knackers yard then. Edgware was a through station design, as it had running powers to Watford Junction, which LT took over, and adapted, before cancelling it post-war

[@aperis.5108]

Almost tthe hole video has the same words as in the least used station's video, a cool detail!!!

[@Shadowtail292]

22 steps that’s the equivalent of 15 storeys

[@GUNNERS_GOAT]

Stole my comment.

[@Shadowtail292]

@@GUNNERS_GOAT maybe I didn’t see your comment think about that dumbass

[@GUNNERS_GOAT]

@@Shadowtail292Woah, that’s rude!

[@billiam7]

You must go to Barking! Historic station!! Historic town! Historic people!! History..

[@millercool21]

Do one for London Overground and trams please

[@CityOfGravella]

Regarding the Dollis Brook Viaduct, it must be a little ironic when seeing an underground train 60 feet in the air.

[@rossp-nz3974]

Have you downloaded the transcript for this and “another” video and done a comparison at all…. 🤔😉

[@soundssensational4568]

The clock looks very similar to the Swiss railway clock design.

[@ricky6565]

They should extend the line to Page Street and call the station "Mill Hill South"!

[@AH_1320]

Would you do Elephant & Castle next? Or even Hammersmith on the H&C and Circle lines

[@HarrowwInk]

not happening

[@AFCManUk]

Bet Mill Hill East is one of those tricky one's when doing the 'Tube Station Challenge'.

[@EuanBCFC]

Not as tricky as it used to be now there are more through services

[@AFCManUk]

@@EuanBCFC Are groups still doing the challenge? I'm guessing you'd have to time it all just right and be extremely lucky to do it on a day when there are minimal to zero service disruptions.

[@JeSuisRene]

@@AFCManUkIt’s certainly difficult, but completion is such a rewarding feeling!

[@fernbedek6302]

I wonder, is Glasgow the only city out there with a metro system that couldn’t have an ‘end of the line’ episode? 🤔

[@stevenmurray436]

Ah, i'm going to get withdrawal symptoms. I demand a new series of.....Middle of the Line??

[@mudchute4dlr]

Middle of the W&C line: some random tunnel section

[@Team_e_cola]

What about end of the line on national rail services? Or elizabeth line or overground

[@duddud5319]

Wait… since when did Mill hill East get full service?

[@FouiAnimations]

4:25 Even higher than Amersham?

[@UnmayoGaming]

YAY A BONUS! Do you know if Aldgate, Elephant& Castle, Waterloo or Bank counts?

[@GUNNERS_GOAT]

Kensington (Olympia) ?

[@ashersiddique1276]

And Stratford and hammersmith maybe

[@matthiashartge5520]

Love your attention to detail with this shot by shot remake :D

[@geofftech2]

thank you! it took more work/effort that i thought it would!!

[@jasperkelly181]

Have you forgotten about elephant and Castle station, on the Bakerloo line and Aldgate station for the metropolitan line and barking station for the Hammersmith & city line and Hammersmith station for the Hammersmith & city line

[@tgcace]

I knew it had to come. Thanks Geoff

[@dougf94912]

In the 60's we would travel regularly to Mill Hill East from South London to visit an aunt. She lived in Inglis Barracks (her husband was in the Army) across from Finchley Golf Club. It really felt like we had traveled to the ends of the Earth!

[@jthecoder]

I can't help but feel that this episode seems familiar...

[@hyttennis]

I grew up in Mill Hill. Always loved this odd little station

[@RoadkillGoat1]

Why have you not done Stratford for the jub line?

[@bossfight6125]

Stratford and Elephant and Castle

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

A good series..... You could always start a new one, perhaps stations that were the end of London Underground lines at some point in the past but are no longer? You would need more than an Oyster card for some of those as they are not in London!

[@RichardWells1]

Brilliant ‘end of the line’ series Geoff. Loved the Mill Hill East bonus. Thank you! 👏

[@Blueguy6666]

Geff You should do the end of then line (Natinal rail)

[@brilliantbuilder4228]

Top video. Love the viaduct.

[@crix.antimony]

Nice video geoff!

[@AWTransport276]

Hey Geoff what do you think of this extension on the Chingford branch of the overground line: as the train would leave Walthamstow Central, it would go to South Woodford, and then Barkingside which is on the Hainault loop, Little Heath, before reaching Romford and finishing at Upminster, I thought to myself why not make the Romford to Upminster branch more useful

[@Vocalzone_covers]

Geoff, 2 weeks and no new videos.. I keep checking.

[@michaelmiller641]

Wonderful thanks!

[@RHCPLiveinLEGO]

Now done the entire termini of the Northern Line. Funny when my favourite train KZbinr comes to where I live I’m on holiday LOL 😂😂

[@firesurfer]

If there were a sign near the stairs, somehow 22 steps would still be equal to a 15 story building.

[@Sim0nTrains]

Nice bonus episode, forgot about Mill Hill East as a end of the line lol

[@walking_on_by]

Not surprised the Sanders Lane bridge has now been closed for both going over and under. I was last there about 2 years ago and it looked quite unsafe then with so much brickwork fallen off the arches.

[@kelvinchan7532]

They should had electrify the whole rail up to Edgware after the war rather than just left this awkward little station as a terminal.

[@johnchurch4705]

I agree, would have been easy to do, and have an interchange with Mill Hill The Vale and Mill Hill Broadway.

[@xiram1362]

What are the other 3 stations that have single platforms ? I guess Chesham and Olympia but I don't know what's the fourth one

[@WifeMamaArtist]

I suspect the station would be a lot busier was it not for the pandemic and more people working from home. The amount of housing that has been built in the area over the last 10-20 years is staggering!!

[@beatlesfan2884]

Can you also do Olympia as well for the District Line, please?

[@GUNNERS_GOAT]

And Edgware Road or Elephant & Castle.

[@beatlesfan2884]

@@GUNNERS_GOAT It’s for pure tube without changing into other lines

[@GUNNERS_GOAT]

@@beatlesfan2884 Oh, makes sense now.

[@jackazagury-slattery]

Geoff Marshall, I told you!

[@neilmcdonald9164]

MHE had off peak thru trains before recent times:some High Barnet line trains used to go here,then it became peaks only abd shuttle...something to due with flow of trains or something before regaining off peak through trains when the Vattersea branch opened🎩

[@GoranNewsum]

This video seems very familiar...🤔

[@ashersiddique1276]

Thank you geoff for Mill Hill East

[@ashersiddique1276]

And The other bonuses are kensington olympia

[@Maccification]

Hi Geoff, some ideas/challenges for you. - What would be the shortest time to visit all least used Tube stations? - What's the maximum amount of Tube travel (either distance or number of stations) you could fit into the off peak window of 0930 to 1600 on a weekday? - Starting and finishing at the notional centre of London (Charing Cross), what is the shortest possible time to visit the geographic extremities of the Tube? Noting that Chesham is both the northernmost and westernmost station. What about the furthest north, south, east and west you can reach by TfL bus?

[@mackan-kf4tg]

I used to travel to Mill Hill East back in the mid-1970s to get to the nearby army barracks. Not sure if that base is still there?

[@flubadubdubthegreat1272]

Home station!!!

[@marcocura295]

If this is your MO, then we should heartily demand one for Kensington Olympia!

[@markpearce5793]

Thanks Geoff. This goes to show how good you are. I watched Least Used and you’ve still managed to find fresh material to make this version worth watching and added to a great series End of… 😁👍

[@YouTubeWithLube]

What about doing End of the Line for Stratford, Barking, Aldgate, Edgware Road, Elephant & Castle and Hammersmith?

[@PopeLando]

It's not a "bonus" episode at all! You just forgot to do Mill Hill East before. BTW I can't believe that High Barnet gets a million more passengers a year than Cockfosters! And Epping the same!