New Bank Station Entrance Opens

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Geoff Marshall

Geoff Marshall

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@blindwheels
@blindwheels Жыл бұрын
so chuffed to see that its now a step-free entrance! as a power wheelchair user, this is absolutely exciting to me.
@Ibis117
@Ibis117 Жыл бұрын
As a crutch user some years back, Bank has been a step free station since the DLR arrived (but, I think, ONLY to the DLR), but by crikey it was convoluted (and quite well hidden).
@rjcurl
@rjcurl Жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@mudchute4dlr
@mudchute4dlr Жыл бұрын
The thing is though, I’m no wheelchair user so I can’t comfirm this, but one step-free entrance isn’t much. It must still be annoying to go all the way around to one entrance just for step-free access whole others just go through other closer entrances.
@blindwheels
@blindwheels Жыл бұрын
@@Ibis117 yes & God forbid if you were also legally blind!
@blindwheels
@blindwheels Жыл бұрын
@@mudchute4dlr hell yeah. I HATE the attitude that ppl with physical disabilities need to be reminded daily that we aren't equal importance to abled.
@johnserocold1797
@johnserocold1797 Жыл бұрын
Re: travelators: four at Bank (two to the Drain and two new) and at least two at Waterloo (connecting the Jubilee line to the rest of the Underground station. Keep up the good work and stay away from pub quiz questions. Would love to see a 3D drawing of the whole thing; I bet the programme manager you interviewed could lay his hands on some cool assets that deserve a wider audience.
@lewishlyd
@lewishlyd Жыл бұрын
Was at Heathrow yesterday, and there are a couple which connect the Heathrow Central stations.. Not sure if they count though
@FJF987
@FJF987 Жыл бұрын
I came here to comment on the Waterloo ones!
@AndrewLumsden
@AndrewLumsden Жыл бұрын
Could do with them at Green Park.
@matthewsmatters
@matthewsmatters Жыл бұрын
Was also going to comment Waterloo!! Glad not to be alone in this 😁 Now Geoff needs to film himself lying down in surrender to and travelling along these (forgotten) Waterloo travelators I say 😂
@SamSitar
@SamSitar Жыл бұрын
they need more walking moveways.
@peteristvanfi5454
@peteristvanfi5454 Жыл бұрын
This video gave me an idea for a new challenge: what is the farthest distance you can walk underground (trough underpasses, walkways, platforms, etc,) without going up to street level?
@gormster
@gormster Жыл бұрын
Without going through the same corridor twice, presumably. Or do you mean the furthest distance as the crow flies between the two entrances?
@mudchute4dlr
@mudchute4dlr Жыл бұрын
It could be from the exit closest to W&C to this new entrance, or maybe even Liv St to Moorgate
@ValleyBoySE7
@ValleyBoySE7 Жыл бұрын
Everybody else: Gets to the bottom of an escalator, carries on walking. Geoff Marshall: Gets to the bottom of an escalator, goes back up again. Never change, Geoff.
Жыл бұрын
I was surprised he didn't get down again to use the 3rd one
@prime1971
@prime1971 Жыл бұрын
Coming soon, "All the Escalators"
@grassytramtracks
@grassytramtracks Жыл бұрын
I like escalators, and sometimes if I have a while to wait for a flight or something I just go up and down.
@reececollison5101
@reececollison5101 Жыл бұрын
With how close Monument and that new Bank entrance are, it’ll probably be quicker to walk between those entrances at street level than through all bank’s corridors😆
@alexdavis5766
@alexdavis5766 Жыл бұрын
Love that Bank is now accessible for wheelchair users and step free on the northern line. With monument and Cannon Street not being accessible, it opens up that area of London. Slowly making London more and more accessible for those of us on wheels.
@mjbesant
@mjbesant Жыл бұрын
'Oh, sorry' for merely being at a door is the most British moment ever.
@Dean256
@Dean256 Жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I went to head office in London of the company I work for and someone said to me don’t worry the office is near bank station, what they didn’t say is bank has lots of exits and if you get the wrong one it’s a long walk. I spent 20 mins walking around the station trying to find the correct way out. Great Video.
@TomNook.
@TomNook. Жыл бұрын
haha I did the same for a job interview. Luckily I was 30 minutes early!
@katarinajanoskova
@katarinajanoskova Жыл бұрын
Ohhh nooo, I always tell any visitors to avoid Bank at all costs (and changing at Earl's Court) 😁
@Dean256
@Dean256 Жыл бұрын
@@katarinajanoskova I wish I was given that advise. I genially use Aldgate now at least I understand it. Maybe a little further but at least it’s simple. I live on the east coast so going to London is on a have to bases lol.
@jeff__w
@jeff__w Жыл бұрын
Too bad it’s not like Hong Kong’s MTR where each individual exit has its own designation (e.g., Tsuen Wan station has A, A₁, A₂, A₃, A₄, B, B₁, B₂, B₃, C, D and E). That makes it _very_ easy to know exactly _which_ exit to go to.
@PrograError
@PrograError Жыл бұрын
@@jeff__w I think all transport agencies should really number the exits... tho right now Singapore's a mess with the exits numbered with numbers (New and TEL interchanges) and alphabets (old) but they are resignaging slowly for all stations...
@Brendan_Keyport-WA7BMK
@Brendan_Keyport-WA7BMK Жыл бұрын
The actual savings on a given escalator will depend on how often the unit is idle, estimates state installing variable-speed drives on all the region’s escalators could reduce total electricity use by about 28 percent. There's also likely motor torque matching hardware (adjusting the motor torque depending on how much weight is on it) in use, which would take another 25 to 35 percent energy use off. Pretty cool tech.
@HarryLovesRuth
@HarryLovesRuth Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it also gain a good bit of savings on general wear and tear on the mechanisms? The slower it goes, the longer it would take for bearings and what not to wear out.
@chrish7590
@chrish7590 Жыл бұрын
Question, are those savings lost when it starts to speed up again, getting all that weight back to full speed must use quite a bit of energy too.. Wonders - with no people on it, with it still running at full speed and the weight of the falling back down bit - would it equal out and be balanced and so minimal energy used anyway to keep it turning?
@bogdanconstantin5911
@bogdanconstantin5911 Жыл бұрын
@@chrish7590 Accelerating for 2-3 seconds should definitely be less work than going full speed all the time.
@davidaarthur
@davidaarthur Жыл бұрын
In Scandinavia, some escalators stop completely when not at use, though presumably that would be excessive at a tube station.
@LunaDragofelis
@LunaDragofelis Жыл бұрын
@@davidaarthur In Munich, Germany, many of the more peripheral metro stations have bi-directional escalators that are stopped when idle, go up when someone gets on at the bottom and go down when someone gets on at the top. So there's only one escalator for both ways.
@GimmeMoreMilk
@GimmeMoreMilk Жыл бұрын
There's also travelators at Waterloo! You may remember that an engineer sadly died while doing maintenance on one of them a few years ago 😥
@mudchute4dlr
@mudchute4dlr Жыл бұрын
Died? Thats so sad 😢
@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian
@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian Жыл бұрын
Geoff doing his thing feeling like a “rebel” is why we love this content 👏👏👍😀
@avinashbhunjun5429
@avinashbhunjun5429 Жыл бұрын
Defo, screw talking to the seniors, he goes and explores the station, looking for shortcuts via lifts, which is what we want to see!!
@LAGoodz
@LAGoodz Жыл бұрын
Wow I used Bank in the 90s and 00s every working day, it’s literally unrecognisable now. Gonna pay a visit! Thanks for the review, as always! Miss working in The City.
@lizardlordlordoflizards5096
@lizardlordlordoflizards5096 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Geoff. Your vids really highlight the amount of - often underappreciated -work that is being done to keep London functioning for the 21st C. These 'small' projects often go kind of unnoticed, what with the Liz Line and so on grabbing the headlines, but they make a huge difference to the travel experience in the capital.Keep em coming:)
@peter5486
@peter5486 Жыл бұрын
Always good fun hopping over a beam on an eco escalator. Did this all the time in an old workplace to make sure it took forever for me to get anywhere 😁
@extrastuff9463
@extrastuff9463 Жыл бұрын
Would be even more fun to have figured out what wavelength is being emitted and have a remotely switched light source aimed at the sensor so you can prevent it from going on normal speed. Could be great fun to mess with some people always slowing it down for certain individuals.
@lzh4950
@lzh4950 Жыл бұрын
My country instead programs its new train station escalators to run slower at off-peak hours after the elderly feedbacked that they were more scared/found it more difficult to step on & off faster escalators. Previously the gov't would've told the elderly to use the lifts instead (all our stations have them)
@cujoyyc4453
@cujoyyc4453 Жыл бұрын
FTR on my first (and still only) visit to Munich in 1975, the escalators in the S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations stopped when not in use and restarted when pedestrians stepped on the mat (like old style automatic doors at old grocery stores). I thought it was brilliant and a great way to save energy. No doubt they've since replaced the mats with optical triggers as you pointed out. Slowing down rather than restarting from an off state is probably easier on the equipment and motors and may even save more energy than constantly starting and stopping.
@johnplampin7274
@johnplampin7274 Жыл бұрын
And some single escalators go up if you step on the bottom mat or if you are at the top they take you down saves having to have two escalators. But if course only in lightly used places
@LunaDragofelis
@LunaDragofelis Жыл бұрын
At least in 2021, there were still mechanical mats in use at Georg-Brauchle-Ring station.
@UnmayoGaming
@UnmayoGaming Жыл бұрын
Wow! Finally after ages it opens 🤣Thanks geoff for awesome videos as usual 😃. Funny when you're at the Northern Line platforms you can hear the ugly tunnel noises so loudly down the platform!
@andy8017
@andy8017 Жыл бұрын
As well as eco, the slower moving escalators might save on maintenance. Slower moving parts might not wear down as quickly as faster moving.
@rachelwalker7091
@rachelwalker7091 Жыл бұрын
I almost expected Geoff to discover a secret Bond villain’s lair down there. Great video
@YoRocky_YT
@YoRocky_YT Жыл бұрын
Hey Geoff I love your videos ever since secrets of the underground when I was young I couldn’t stop watching none stop Untill now I still watch you your my childhood nice video and Finally the Bank Station is finally open
@Inno94709
@Inno94709 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@ondrejkratochvil4589
@ondrejkratochvil4589 Жыл бұрын
Two speed escalators are pretty common here - either there's a beam, or, more often, there is a pressure pad, slightly longer that one normal step - so you have to jump if you want to have slow ride :)
@philipbrailey
@philipbrailey Жыл бұрын
Great video. I really enjoyed the journey. Always educational.
@lawrencespinelli7850
@lawrencespinelli7850 Жыл бұрын
Another great video that made me feel like I was there! Thanks Geoff!
@cathellis6015
@cathellis6015 Жыл бұрын
Looks like this entrance is now the quickest route from Cannon St main line station to the Northern line at Bank. It would be useful to know whether it is also the quickest route to get to the Central line platforms.
@danielboulton98
@danielboulton98 Жыл бұрын
probably very similar to central but the new route avoids the cold and rain lol
@11nitrox
@11nitrox Жыл бұрын
Now there's the moving walkway you can go from Cannon St to the new entrance, down to the Northern line concourse and then onto that and the escalator at the other end direct to the Central line platforms. Just one road to cross. BUT - from cannon Street, walk up Walbrook, past the W&C entrance and use the stairs down to the Central line ticket hall at the opposite end. Probably simplest? If you wanted to be fancy: Cannon St - Walbrook, then lift or escalator down and W&C moving walkway up, then escalators down to the Central. There's a world of possibilities, but the least interaction with ticket gates and escalators/stations from point A to B is probably still the fastest!
@aphexHQ
@aphexHQ Жыл бұрын
Geoff, we've been waiting for your visit - and you did not disappoint!
@stevewalsh1987
@stevewalsh1987 Жыл бұрын
Thanks to this video Geoff I was able to help guide and elderly couple to the DLR with ease today. Thank you.
@CloudmasterGaming
@CloudmasterGaming Жыл бұрын
I've been hearing this so much and FINALLY! It has opened
@travellingjourneys7840
@travellingjourneys7840 Жыл бұрын
Living out in the sticks as I do, your videos along with Joolz Guides make my visits to London so much more interesting and I take a proper look round at everything now. Loving your enthusiasm. Thanks
@hreader
@hreader Жыл бұрын
All very splendid and reminiscent of the Elizabeth Line! One of my minor fantasies of a sci-fi type is that traversing a wormhole would be rather like walking through one of these interconnecting passages - complete with ads for a remake of Stanley Kubrick's '2001' perhaps (which I think must involve wormhole travel right at the very end - the bit I always call 'the ultimate trip in all senses of that word'!). Just imagine being able to walk to the possibly habitable planet circling Proxima Centauri, or even to a planet circling a star in the Andromeda Galaxy!
@PetertheRock.
@PetertheRock. Жыл бұрын
A superb video, Geoff! This new entrance is almost a tourist attractions now, thanks to you!
@joffdorling3562
@joffdorling3562 Жыл бұрын
Great video as always mate I really enjoyed watching this one yes it must save energy on the esulater😊👍👍💜💜
@maestro_oz
@maestro_oz Жыл бұрын
Hugh Pham so good to hear an Aussie accent!
@kenbakie4590
@kenbakie4590 Жыл бұрын
Great vlog Geoff. I can remember stopping off at the site of the entrance when it was a McDonalds and picking up a Mcmuffin in the morning on my way from Cannon Street Station to my office at Tower Hill. I didn't see any signs, but does anyone know if Ronald McDonald has any plans for a return to the site within the station? I am now retired, but it could be useful information for others.
@TheKlink
@TheKlink Жыл бұрын
often wondered if it would make sense to just replicate the existing network one level down and let people walk/cycle along those
@damian-transport-enthusiast
@damian-transport-enthusiast Жыл бұрын
Amazing video, as always! 😃
@SiVlog1989
@SiVlog1989 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if they'll put a connector blob between Cannon Street and Bank for an OSI, given the short distance between the new entrance to Bank on Cannon Street itself and the Circle and District line station at Cannon Street
@LUtrainwizard
@LUtrainwizard Жыл бұрын
4:03 4:11 5:06 The legendary Marshall Lift Button Triple Tap™ is back!
@michelemcgarvey7517
@michelemcgarvey7517 Жыл бұрын
What a fun video! With stations close together it’s easier to get in during bad weather.
@deez_nu1s
@deez_nu1s Жыл бұрын
That is indeed brilliant, Geoff
@MrGreatplum
@MrGreatplum Жыл бұрын
Great stuff, Geoff. I saw the entrance nearly completed just before Christmas and it’s great to see it open - and step free too!
@MikolajCzyta
@MikolajCzyta Жыл бұрын
That was a very nice video Geoff. I cannot wait to see the new entrance☺️
@hampshirewanderer5078
@hampshirewanderer5078 Жыл бұрын
Shouldn't the lift floors go down to around -15? Or do they follow a different logic to the steps?
@Veni_Vidi_Vortice
@Veni_Vidi_Vortice Жыл бұрын
Variable speed escalators would be a lot of fun, especially at rush hour.
@lzh4950
@lzh4950 Жыл бұрын
Would be cool if the escalators ran faster but could be slowed down momentarily by pressing a button at their entrance & exit, if say you're less mobile & more worried about tripping when getting on/off the escalator
@max-beckett
@max-beckett Жыл бұрын
Love this Geoff, thank you ❤ tho at 8:33 is there not also a set of travelators at Waterloo as well??
@max-beckett
@max-beckett Жыл бұрын
Never doubted you for a second xxx
@highpath4776
@highpath4776 Жыл бұрын
@@geofftech2 are the bank pair at w and c though the only ones that are inclined ?
@JamesofQPR
@JamesofQPR Жыл бұрын
Interesting...thanks!
@timothyleberl1202
@timothyleberl1202 Жыл бұрын
Another solid 5 star video Geoff, keep it up mate. This new entrance looks amazing. I'll need to try this that's for sure. So am I right in thinking Bonk/Manument (jokes 😅) has 31 escalators in total? Someone do let me know.
@joermnyc
@joermnyc Жыл бұрын
Slow mode could also save on wear and tear, meaning less need for maintenance works. In New York, Queens Plaza used to have 2 travelators between the E line side of the station and the G and 7 lines, but they were in a row with a break in the middle for a station exit. Someone would have to stop them and reverse them at certain points of the day to accommodate peak travel direction. Eventually something expensive failed and they removed both to save money.
@LisaSargent03
@LisaSargent03 Жыл бұрын
I still miss that Mcdonald's outlet. Considering my dog used to wait there for me to get my food and we put him to sleep at the beginning of the month.
@raakone
@raakone Жыл бұрын
Love this! Yes, a total of three sets of moving walkways, the newest at Bank and the ones at Waterloo are flat, whereas the original set at Bank are on a slope. Also, interesting that the escalators at Bank, or at least the newest ones, have that beam to change speeds. Firstly, the Tube experimented with two-speed escalators, mostly for ones going up (because passengers came in batches when trains came, as opposed to the steady downwards trickle from above) back in 1934 but stopped in 1974 for being uneconomic, but things must have improved. Actually, where I live, Montreal, all the newest escalators (made by CNIM) have the same two-speed setup, and I often try to step over the beam. If you want something more extreme, at some places in South Korea, you have escalators that are OFF when not in use, and a beam that will either start up the escalator when you approach, or, if you try going the wrong way, it will sound a buzzer, and a message in both Korean and English will tell you off for going the wrong way. Also of interest, our Metro has a station that copies Bank in a way. Beaudry kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHyrd6drlLGioLM has a sloped passageway with a pair of moving walkways, except the sloped stairs are on either side, in the same passage, as opposed to Bank. But like Bank, it was originally a pair of Otis Travolators ("Travolator" still belongs to Otis, "Escalator" originally did, too, and other companies had to come up with other names, would you ride an "Electric Stairway"?), "belt-type", and in the early 2000s at both Beaudry and Bank, they were replaced with CNIM machines that used metal plates instead.
@clangerbasher
@clangerbasher Жыл бұрын
There is a theory that one day we will all have access to Bank even out here in the provinces.
@cadetlimbo
@cadetlimbo Жыл бұрын
8:27 if I'm not mistaken I believe there are also a pair of travelators at waterloo? if not then another station on the jubilee line possibly
@LtKernelPanic
@LtKernelPanic Жыл бұрын
Looks amazing. I was there in 2019 right when some of the work was starting and it was a mess. Can't wait to see the finished product in a couple months hen I'm back in London again.
@herenow6953
@herenow6953 Жыл бұрын
I've got to be honest, only Geoff Marshall can make the underground interesting! I'm hooked lol! I have to say that the Bank upgrade is pretty awesome looking - I'll check it out next time I'm in town - thanks for the enthusiastic update on it!
@Mark-eq9nw
@Mark-eq9nw Жыл бұрын
@Geoff Marshall I think there are some travellators at Waterloo station
@neilbain8736
@neilbain8736 Жыл бұрын
If you see the escalator moving slowly and step on, does the sudden speed up catch you unawares? I'd imagine your feet would psychologically going to match the speed you saw.
@thepan
@thepan Жыл бұрын
I'm more curious to see whether it'll make us access the DLR line easier/faster or not.
@criispereyra
@criispereyra Жыл бұрын
Great video! Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷🇬🇧😊
@squidgame2021
@squidgame2021 Жыл бұрын
The eco escalators with the light beams are interesting! In Hong Kong they are activated via weight on the landing area so it's definitely more of a challenge here. Korea also uses infrared beams but they usually span at hip height.
@TransportofPerth
@TransportofPerth Жыл бұрын
Yeah they're like that in Australia too, and almost all escalators are like that, I was surprised it was considered a new thing for London.
@NorthernMonkeeUK
@NorthernMonkeeUK Жыл бұрын
@@TransportofPerth It's only a new thing on the Tube (mainly because most of the escalators date to before "eco" was a thing) - the rest of the UK has has multi-speed escalators for years.
@lzh4950
@lzh4950 Жыл бұрын
SIngapore has added this energy-saving feature to its older escalators too by cutting a hole at the base of the metal panels where the handrails are fed into/out of the base of the ballustrude at both ends of the escalator, & installing proximity sensors there
@mudchute4dlr
@mudchute4dlr Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it would make sense to have a higher beam or pressure pads
@mudchute4dlr
@mudchute4dlr Жыл бұрын
Security: We have someone sitting on so-called walking moveways, going down an esclator and going back up, and jumping over esclator beams. TfL: Is his name Geoff?
@motorcyclerefurbishment8162
@motorcyclerefurbishment8162 Жыл бұрын
We need tons more moving walkways especially if you have dodgy knees...
@roberthatcher2773
@roberthatcher2773 Жыл бұрын
As always, great stuff Geoff!
@PokhrajRoy.
@PokhrajRoy. Жыл бұрын
1:37 It’s just a moment but it’s so profound. It’s a commentary in itself.
@LiftsAndElevatorsOfScandinavia
@LiftsAndElevatorsOfScandinavia Жыл бұрын
Bank looks so much better now and it may reduce congestion :) Great to see that the station is now step-free and 9 Basements is certainly a lot. I think this is now also one of only 3 stations on the Underground to have travalators unless the ones in the corridors to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 don't count
@lzh4950
@lzh4950 Жыл бұрын
Those lifts also look faster than those in my country's stations, where probably to save money by maximizing parts standardization, those in our 40m+ deep stations use the same slow 1m/s motors as those in our more common ~10m deep stations
@briiree
@briiree Жыл бұрын
Geoff, how about a map of the bank/monument/cannon Street Station and how to get from one line to the other? Also, keep up the good work!
@SteveInskip
@SteveInskip Жыл бұрын
Eco mode uses less energy. If you stopped the escalator altogether there would be an energy spike on starting.
@toast99bubbles
@toast99bubbles Жыл бұрын
I'm heading into London tomorrow. Exciting that it'll be straight after the new entrance has opened. I'll get to see it in all its glory.
@grahambaker7563
@grahambaker7563 Жыл бұрын
It all looks pretty amazing there now, Geoff! And really huge, too! Great video, btw!
@jayfielding1333
@jayfielding1333 Жыл бұрын
It's a very elegant and sophisticated design.
@ChemicalPenguinn
@ChemicalPenguinn Жыл бұрын
I feel a race the tube episode coming on with how close Monument/Cannon Street/Bank all are
@ashwinkumart
@ashwinkumart Жыл бұрын
Hi Geoff, all your train videos are excellent. My 9 years old son Aadith loves your video and he's your big fan. Every day he watches it. Like you, he is also fond of trains, railway tracks, tunnels, etc. If you get a chance, please take him for a railway tour once. Thank you..
@kevinlynch8614
@kevinlynch8614 Жыл бұрын
I love the childlike joy with which you discovered and played with the escalator eco mode! 😂 I wonder, would it be practical for them to develop a 'sports' mode so the escalators move extra fast during peak hours, or when they detect extra loading, to clear passengers off the platform areas even quicker? And I also wonder, at this point it's surely time to consider just placing the entire Bank/Monument complex under the single name of 'Bank' station? Especially since one of the new entrances is so close to a Monument Station entrance, there seems no point to them being separate stations any more... 🤔
@jaygray4784
@jaygray4784 Жыл бұрын
Doesn’t the Jubilee branch of Waterloo station have travelators also?
@bbgorb
@bbgorb Жыл бұрын
great video and info, love ur camera angle~
@redriverraider
@redriverraider Жыл бұрын
I'm from Dallas, TX and always in awe of London's mass transit. Maybe Dallas will have a good transit system in 100 years. Mind the gap and carry on!
@torspedia
@torspedia Жыл бұрын
When I saw an article on this earlier, I thought there was going to be a GM video on it... glad I wasn't wrong. 🙂
@lewismassie
@lewismassie Жыл бұрын
I wonder if the escalator speed thing is about wear on the mecahnism as much as about energy saving. Escalators are pretty efficient when empty since there's no net weight moving up or down
@waifong23
@waifong23 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for your videos Geoff. Especially this one, means I don't have to face the long downward trek and avoiding the never ending stairs when changing from Circle or District at Monument to DLR at Bank. But instead coming out at Cannon Street with fewer steps, then heading towards the new station for the DLR That lift is a TOP TIP 🌟 THANK YOU
@waifong23
@waifong23 Жыл бұрын
Especially right now when the second escalator is out of action.
@tubemapper
@tubemapper Жыл бұрын
Love the escalator music, very soothing!
@pewattsuk
@pewattsuk Жыл бұрын
Already had a go myself, used to enter at Monument and walk to Northern Line. This is a nice alternative, particularly on a pleasant day!
@mudchute4dlr
@mudchute4dlr Жыл бұрын
There are actually 4 travelators, some at Waterloo for a jubilee line connecting corridor. Now, every station on the W’loo and City Line has travelators. Good to know.
@BlueJazzBoyNZ
@BlueJazzBoyNZ Жыл бұрын
Hopefully there will be a Banksy there sometime soon...
@fuzzylon
@fuzzylon Жыл бұрын
Great vide! Thanks! I'm having trouble visualising all of Bank/Monument station now - are there any good diagrams - ideally 3D?
@ice401557
@ice401557 Жыл бұрын
I used to work at an elevator company where we sold escalators and "travelators" (at that time passenger conveyor was their name) too. You have to know these consume a lot of amperage when starting. So if the electrical network of the building is able to cope with this amount of sudden rise of power output, we offered escalators and passenger conveyors which stop to a halt when nobody is using them, but if the electrical network was not designed to do this, we offered escalators and conveyors which only slowed down, having a lower power consumption when nobody is using it, and a lower power output when accelerating. Anyway, another advantage is that the passenger can see which escalator is in use, they won't block the way thinking "hey, all of them are stopped, how can I get down/up?" :-)
@icecranberry2148
@icecranberry2148 Жыл бұрын
When that woman overtook you on the travelator (strangely no one has done it on the escalator to you, I was mostly overtaken on them), I had to laugh. Happened to me in London the last time I was there too. I live in a country where that normally doesn't happen but I guess Londoners are used to a faster pace.
@mrkangaroo83
@mrkangaroo83 Жыл бұрын
Indeed Londoner's move to a different pace! Always feel that way when transiting between Euston and Waterloo on the tube with a wheely bag in tow, getting tickets out/putting them away and tackling the escalators that I always feel like I'm going to take a wrong step on and end up going down them face first, all whilst the Londoners are going at lightspeed haha! Although I suppose in our respective hometowns/cities it would be the other way round!
@anderslarsen6009
@anderslarsen6009 Жыл бұрын
In Copenhagen you are supposed to stand on your right and walk on the left. So its not only a London thing :-)
@theschoolkid
@theschoolkid Жыл бұрын
8:33 I am pretty sure there are another 2 at waterloo which brings the total up to 4,
@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian
@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian Жыл бұрын
The big question I have is: What’s on levels -1 to -7? The Bank of England Vaults? 😮
@paulbaker654
@paulbaker654 Жыл бұрын
It's where they store the Strategic Steam Reserve, beloved of all conspiracy theorists.
@johnserocold1797
@johnserocold1797 Жыл бұрын
The sub vault at the Bank is below the Central line.
@DadgeCity
@DadgeCity Жыл бұрын
How many minutes does it take to get from the new entrance to the NL/DLR platforms? They ought to have a sign at the entrance warning you how far away the actual trains are!
@creativejamieplays7185
@creativejamieplays7185 Жыл бұрын
Wonder if the beam is on a timer or there is an exit beam. If there is just an exit beam I guess swiping the bottom is just a way to make it go fast forever (until someone else rides to the top or the same is done at the top(
@11nitrox
@11nitrox Жыл бұрын
I imagine it knows how long half a revolution takes and if no one else has broken the bottom beam since you stepped on, the machine would slow again once it knows you've been taken to the top. The 'timer' resets each time the bottom beam is broken, so at busy times the machine won't slow down as it is constantly being triggered to stay 'fast'.
@MisterTea74
@MisterTea74 Жыл бұрын
Surely the lift should go down to -15?
@Sim0nTrains
@Sim0nTrains Жыл бұрын
You can bank on it that Geoff would do a video about the new entrance of Bank Station on Cannon Street. 'The Mayor Turned up' that should be on a bingo card for opening of new projects! Enjoy the lights on the lift reminds me of the Class 777 Trains. But the new entrance does also reminds me of 'Elizabeth Line' style as well. Great video Geoff
@reptongeek
@reptongeek Жыл бұрын
I can't believe you are so confident on the escalator you can step onto it without holding on to the handrails. I had to put my logbook in my bag to go down an escalator when I was there
@jgodfrey546
@jgodfrey546 Жыл бұрын
Neat to see the changes @ Bank. Q: at the 7:17 mark, is that an old uniform cap roundel on the end of the platform bench..?
@Thornaby37
@Thornaby37 Жыл бұрын
I wonder how long it would take to walk along every platform, every passageway, every escalator / moving walkway, go up or down every lift and go to every gate line at Bank station
@HuggyBob62
@HuggyBob62 Жыл бұрын
Nice that TfL are catching up with the Brussels Metro, when it comes to variable speed escalators. I think it was at Merode station where I found an escalator that would burst into life as I approached it.
@chipyliyp
@chipyliyp Жыл бұрын
Regularly do the Central Line to DLR interchange (and back), when the walkway and new escalators appeared, daughter and I had to investigate where the old route was and it’s all still there, hiding underneath, not sure you save much time on the new route but good to avoid the steps.
@cherokee4151
@cherokee4151 Жыл бұрын
Amo muito seu canal!
@transportenthusiastlouis8713
@transportenthusiastlouis8713 Жыл бұрын
There is 2 moving walkways at Waterloo, no?
@transportenthusiastlouis8713
@transportenthusiastlouis8713 Жыл бұрын
@@geofftech2 omg the legend replies woooo
@dasreicht
@dasreicht Жыл бұрын
I really need an overview of the entrance situation. I can't get my head around Bank/Monument and surrounding stations and their entrances! A big 3D map or something
@PokhrajRoy.
@PokhrajRoy. Жыл бұрын
9:49 Geoff goes full ‘spy tries not to cross laser beam’ 🔥
@isunlloaoll
@isunlloaoll Жыл бұрын
The guys in the security room watching Geoff: keep an eye on this man, he's dangerous.
@Stuart_Johnson_Solutions
@Stuart_Johnson_Solutions Жыл бұрын
Energy saved, maybe 40%? But it's not about energy. It's about wear. If the speed halves, the wear halves as the stairs move half the distance. So yes eco mode reduces energy but also extends the life of all the parts by double on idle time.
@Nooticus
@Nooticus Жыл бұрын
Great video despite you not actually specifying where the new moving walkways actually go lol! They go to the Central Line!
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