Stamford Brook Underground Station: It’s Chis-Wicked!

[@francisboyle1739]

Takes me back to my days smuggling marmalade across the Chiswick/Hammersmith border. Wild times they were.

[@bruceperkins4601]

Full story required! The suspense is killing me.

[@Krzyszczynski]

@@bruceperkins4601 A real live Passport To Pimlico scenario?? Can't wait!

[@francisboyle1739]

@@bruceperkins4601 Alas, I fear that the tale of condiment smuggling in the London suburbs is one that not even Jago himself dares to tell.

[@caw25sha]

I've seen an old photo somewhere of the new Stamford Brook ticket barriers captioned something like "robot ticket inspectors". Reminded me of Marvin. "Brain the size of a planet and I just stand here all day checking tickets. I'm sooo depressed."

[@eattherich9215]

Evening all. Let's settle down for another informative and entertaining tale from the tube.

[@timmyphillips6264]

It's always good to hear about Yerkes He's my hero

[@monoonyx]

With Chiswick Park, Stamford Brook and the never quite existent Central line branch done, we only need Gunnersbury and Turnham Green videos to complete the Underground in Chiswick set.

[@Julius_Hardware]

Mornington Crescent! I'll get my coat....

[@ianpatterson6552]

Jago could go really historic by covering the Battle of Turnham Green.

[@2760ade]

@@Julius_Hardware Jago should do a video about Mornington Crescent actually! I bet it hasn't occurred to him.

[@simonwinter8839]

Jago,if you do make a video about Gunnersberry Station please give Chiswick works a mention. Chiswick works was opposite the station.

[@dawnlizreads]

​@@memofromessexHmm. That's my local station. It could do with a lift or escalator. Those stairs are not fun if you're carrying a heavy bag and in a rush.

[@brettpalfrey4665]

Welcome back Mr Yerkes! we have missed you....Thanks Jago!

[@roderickjoyce6716]

Every time Yerkes' photo pops up in one of Jago's videos, my mind's ear hears a sinister chord, rather like the sound track from Jaws.

[@ttrjw]

I was rather thinking of the honky-tonk piano tune which plays in the old St Trinian's films when Flash Harry appears...

[@ManilaChinchilla]

Every time I see that picture I take a drink

[@barneypaws4883]

I hear cheering and thunderous applause

[@hb1338]

Edward Elgar has trimmed his moustache.

[@grahamcarter5431]

I was born and lived in Stamford Brook until I was about 9 years old, which was 1970. But in those easier times, my brother and I were already seasoned tube users and I've got fond memories of this station. I used to go to small school between Holland Park and Notting Hill Gate, and while you could go on the 88 bus, the tube was much more fun. I do remember once in about 1968 seeing a steam train going over that bridge by the station - that muct have been one of the last steam trains on the underground. The other line you mentioned, the North & South Western Junction Railway used to run behind the house we lived in in Emlyn Road. The line had pretty well closed by the time I was born in 1961 but in the late sixties, we did see the occasional steam train chugging along.

[@davidhenry2927]

Ah, the 88 bus. It was the worst route in London and my daily transport to school. I still shudder at the memories.

[@GustavSvard]

So, when is the Netflix series about our main man Yerkes coming? Costume drama, railways, corporate shenanigans, personal rivalries, and at the very end you cap it of with Jago unveiling a statue of the man outside the London Transport Museum inviting people to enter.

[@jamesharmer9293]

@@PCMartin-ky6yt I would have suggested the late, great, Roger Delgado but sadly he's not available these days.

[@telhudson863]

@@PCMartin-ky6yt The late great Vincent Price would have been ideal.

[@alexandreprince2708]

I did my 1st trip to London last year in May and stayed just between Chiswick Common and Chiswick High Road, what a lovely place to stay when going to London! Chiswick High Road is a perfect mix of not being overcrowded but being well alive at the same time. A few times, instead of getting out at Turnham Green, I got out at Stamford Brook to walk the bit between SB and TG on High Road. Thanks Jago for reminding me of this, I will definitely come back, and your videos are one of the reason why.

[@davidbray5982]

Just to the left, outside Stamford Brook Tube Station, the pavement inexplicably widens a lot. This is because the area used to be a terminus for trolleybuses, and the road had to be that wide to allow them to turn around easily. Now that trolleybuses aren't used anymore, that space was given to the pavement for pedestrians instead.

[@johncamp2567]

JAGO: ‘Just a note to remind you how much your followers appreciate your effort and dedication to bringing us these videos! You tell remarkable stories of Victorian and Edwardian corporate intrigue that rival a modern soap-opera, and I feel much of this history would be lost to obscurity (or apathy) without your remarkable knowledge, research, and presentation! 👍

[@michellebell5092]

As a Gateline Assistant , Stamford Brook must some sort of spiritual home to me. I will especially enjoy visiting it on my upcoming “pilgrimage “ around all the stations in the Oyster Zones, following my imminent retirement from the Gateline.

[@ianmcclavin]

Stamford Brook was also the location of the original first trial of Automatic Train Operation (ATO) back in the early 60's, then taken up by the Victoria Line, and the section of the Central Line between Hainault and Woodford.

[@rogerparritt2607]

My Grandfather always called it Stand and Look as Piccadilly Line trains westbound didn't stop. At that time they stopped at Turnham Green

[@SmallBlogV8]

Thank you for this! I'd always wondered what the non-stopping Piccadilly platform was about.

[@BritishBeachcomber]

Hi Jago. I was born in Hammersmith, lived at Chiswick Park, and my mum's maiden name is Turnham. So that area is very close to my heart.

[@highpath4776]

Stamford Brook Bus Garage (former London United Tramways power station thing and later trolleybus depot later housed the BEA Fleet of Routemasters after Hammersmith (Riverside) Garage ex Depot was closed. Later the LGOC Turnham Green Garage (Code V) (used by Chiswick works for a lot of experimental chassis often on the 27) closed overnight with the vehicles and staff etc being transferred to Stamford Brook (retaining the V garage code)

[@chrispoupart2171]

I lived on Goldhawk Rd and used this station in the 60s to go to work at Gloucester Road and Ealing Broadway. Thanks for the memories.

[@brianparker663]

Oooh! Unless I misheard, I will have to quibble with you that the District built the line to Uxbridge - that was down to Mr Atkinson and the Met. Railway. The District built to South Harrow and the Met. then made the Roxeth viaduct to connect the two up at Rayners Lane. A spur off the viaduct served the local gasworks which the Met. supplied with coal.

[@matt44128]

As a schoolboy I used to go from Acton Town to Ravenscourt ok daily and even as a young underground nerd I’d never spotted the platform differences at Stamford Brook. Thanks for another toptastic instalment jago

[@tombloomfield4784]

Thank you. I used to live a few yards along the Goldhawk Road from Stamford Brook station.

[@donahuetroy]

Great video, I was born in this area of London so it's good to hear about its history.

[@Trek001]

And just when you think Jago only has things in the far past to talk about, I'd love to see him cover the recent cockup at Charing Cross that had passengers go to the station by accident

[@hb1338]

TfL claims that moving the train to Charing Cross was a planned move to allow a late-running service to pass it.

[@amethyst7084]

The history of the Underground is especially interesting at the western extremities of the network. Thanks Jago 👏🏾 🚇

[@garycook5071]

Nice to see Yerkes back after his two part special

[@watchmakersp9935]

Another great video Jago....and good to see Mr Yerkes make another appearance! Lovely station - only used it once....need to inspect it again with the disused railway so close to it.

[@Krzyszczynski]

The course of that disused line still maintains a distinct if ghostly presence on the map. It's obvious from the odd shape of the streets situated alongside the line (with no connections between them). And the boundary between the W4 and W12 postal districts runs for almost its entire length.

[@bruceperkins4601]

The first time I’ve managed to travel over a route on the same day as you discuss it. Although it’s close to home for me, you still manage to fill in several embarrassing gaps in my local knowledge.

[@davebirch1976]

Charles Yerkes??? Nope never heard of him, sounds like an interesting guy, I'm surprised you've never mentioned him before 🤣

[@TheBritFromOz008]

When I was last in London, Stamford Brook was my local. I had wondered why the eastbound Picc didn’t have a platform but the westbound did. Spent a lot of time on those platforms waiting for a District to Hammersmith/ Barons Court to get the Picc (my favourite line) into the city, or vice versa coming home. Plenty of pictures of 1973TS going through there too.

[@fjkelley4774]

It occurs, that a consideration of disused/abandoned lines, even sections of track, might be of some interest as the lines themselves often seem to remain. Some have been converted to walking trails, and some removed and gone forever, but traces always linger. London has been a rail hub for so long that parts of this are almost completely forgotten (except by our Jago). Just a thought (actually, this thought came because of several of Japanese rail enthusiasts who show what a former line has become -- sometimes parks, sometimes walking trails or roads, sometimes gardens, and so on).

[@jamesharmer9293]

The Parkland Walk in North London for example.

[@fjkelley4774]

@@jamesharmer9293 On a visit to New York City I saw the Highline, a repurposed former New York Central elevated section of railroad that provided goods/freight service to industries on the west side of Manhattan Island (apparently sending trains down the streets had become a major production, though there are photos of what look to be cowboys riding horses and leading the trains to act as ... I'm not sure ... a parade?). There is something similar in Paris, la Coulée verte, which preceded the Highline, and by now there are probably others. Anyway, it was heavily used.

[@hb1338]

@@fjkelley4774 The Highline is a wonderful example of allowing local residents to do something to improve their neighbourhood instead of allowing large corporates to create yet another dull and soulless non-attraction.

[@fjkelley4774]

@@hb1338 And then there is always the odd case in which an old (and sometimes long) abandoned section of railway is put back in service, I believe that applies to portions of the DLR. But this happens elsewhere too. As for New York's Highline, the city itself wanted to demolish the remaining section (a portion on the southern end had already gone -- I gather the city wanted to remove all elevated tracks from Manhattan), but a move by rail and environmental enthusiasts rose to prevent it. But for them, the park would not now exist; and I doubt the city would ever have thought up such a project on its own. This isn't to criticize municipalities for not doing things they see no reason to start. Budgets are only so large and if there is no interest, why would a city do such? Now, of course, it has become a very popular and others are looking into doing this as well.

[@illyasvielemiya9059]

I like this, "Jago goes to wrong place because the name are similar," joke please keep doing that.

[@ttrjw]

Abbey Road (DLR)?

[@ianthomson9363]

I do too, I like the Guy Ritchie-type quick-cut sequence.

[@stephengentle2815]

Awesome! Stamford Brook was where I caught my first Tube train the first time I visited London (a long time ago, back in 2019!). I was staying in a cute little family-run hotel a short walk away that has sadly closed in the last year or so.

[@johnnyrvf]

Stanford Brook. My stomping ground for many years in the last 30 years of the 20th century.

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

Charming video about a charming station. 👏👏👍😀

[@baxtermarrison5361]

One can't help feeling that a selection of mustacheoed merchandise would go down a storm! 😊

[@teecefamilykent]

And some jago Hazzard merch too?

[@highpath4776]

@@teecefamilykent Indeed, a good selection of plain white mugs or the sillotte

[@CharlieFlemingOriginal]

Once again you were so close to where I live!

[@MrSloika]

Said it before and I'll say it again. I enjoy watching your channel because it shows the bits of London that are not touristy. I've always been more interested in the ordinary and mundane environs of large cities. I've been to London but did not have time to explore it properly...on foot. Hopefully I'll be able to do that in the near future.

[@TB76Returns]

"Oh no, not again, hold on a second!" (trains fastforward to Stamford Brook)

[@ubergeekian]

"... were opening all under London ..." is jolly good.

[@p1mason]

I'm looking forward to the episode on Epping Station that starts with you accidentally at Epping Station in Melbourne. That'd be commitment to the bit.

[@JagoHazzard]

Or Kew Gardens in New York…

[@msg5507]

There was a discussion a year or 3 back when we decided that Waterloo station in Wellington, New Zealand was probably the furthest distant namesake station for London. Life goals hey Jago?

[@Dave_Sisson]

@@JagoHazzard I'm happy to assist by sending Jago appropriate footage of any Melbourne station named after a London location such as Epping, Eltham, Camberwell, the four Richmond stations (North, East, West and just plain Richmond), etc. Melbourne has a great tradition of stealing names for its over 300 suburbs, there are even four named after places in Germany (Coburg, Brunswick, Altona and Heidelberg).

[@peterjohncooper]

How do you manage to make such recondite inforrmation interesting and important sounding? A real skill.

[@christopherlawley1842]

He's learned to read between and embellsh the lines

[@hb1338]

Clarity of thought and clarity of expression methinks.

[@dougmorris2134]

Hello Jago, thank you for another Tale from the Tube. Following on from this tale from this District to a another. Please could you do a video on the little Ginny Train/the Penny Ginny/the Jenny as it was known to the locals. This was the spur from Acton Town (platform 5) to South Acton using the shortest train on the London UndergrounD, the single G stock car with cabs at each end. To drivers it was apparently known as “the tea run” - as a driver could put a kettle on, do a circuit and be back in time just before it boiled. Best wishes from Oxfordshire.

[@Trek001]

He did that three years ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGPSqYt4pNGep7c&ab_channel=JagoHazzard

[@keithhales6740]

Remember seeing that when passing through South Acton on the North London Line between Richmond and Broad Street. Now of course part of the Overground, to Stratford rather than Broad Street.

[@telhudson863]

Already done. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGPSqYt4pNGep7c

[@Krzyszczynski]

The "Little Jenny" was a steam-powered railcar which operated from 1909 on the short Hammersmith branch of the N&SW Junction Railway (referred to by Jago at 3:42, and possibly one of the most pointless pieces of railway building in all the history of London). The single car that traversed the South Acton line was known among staff as the "Pony", and there certainly was a local legend that "there and back while the kettle boils" sometimes dictated its timings. (Its two-car predecessor at one point in the early 1930s apparently carried signboards reading "Acton Town Non-Stop" and "South Acton All Stations" at the appropriate ends.)

[@qtrainprod]

He does it again with confusing the stations

[@simonfoster7288]

Re the Hammersmith and Chiswick spur, I seem to recall railway tracks passing under the LT viaduct at Stamford Brook were still there in the early 1960s, when as a boy I used to commute to school on the District Line.

[@bryan3550]

Fascinating to hear that station distancing was affected by the motive performance of the time. Hadn't thought of that before..!

[@bganonimouse2754]

Always used to get such a by in flying back Stamford Brook in a Piccadilly line train. Conversely I intensely disliked being stranded on the district line platform while a perfectly good Piccadilly line train was sprinting by!

[@SoiBuakhaoRoutemasterbus]

Yes, do a vid on the Ham+Ciswick branch, plus a little interesting (oh no i hear you groan)..... The very first ATO train on the Underground ran from Stamford Brook to Ravensbrook Park on the Eastbound District. One east end R Stock car was fitted with primitive equipment as part of the Victoria Line programme. LT techhie bods would meet the train and switch the equipment in, the guard shut the doors and gave the bell as normal, and the Motorman just pressed a button. The train took off and did its own think to RP where the bods switched it all out again. The car in question had a booked working each day for this to happen (car 22681 i seem to recall), when the testing phase moved on the car was returned to normal and ran until the early 1980s.......

[@supermanifolds]

“Don’t know if you’ve ever heard of him” I love the sprinkling of dry sarcasm in these videos never stop

[@rintella9169]

I commute from this station every day so this video was particularly fun to watch!

[@rintella9169]

Now I have a fun fact about it too!

[@PopeLando]

Jago mentions Richmond a lot. Looks like a setup for starting his next video in North Yorkshire.

[@hb1338]

Richmond, Virginia is also an option.

[@nomadMik]

London stations share so many names with Sydney stations. I wonder if Mr Hazzard will ever confuse those, and make a longer montage at the beginning. 😉

[@iankemp1131]

So Stamford Brook is an asymmetric station with an eastbound side platform, an eastbound Piccadilly track with no platform, and a westbound island platform of which the Piccadilly face never sees trains stopping? Took me a bit of time to get my head round it. Interesting that there were enough LSWR trains to Kensington Addison Road in 1905 to be a nuisance, but just 12 years later they were happy to let the service die - probably most people wanted to go straight into central London with the nice electric District tarins.

[@seanbonella]

....wait a second.......!!!!!! Love it Jago 😊😊😊

[@GerardScroogeGoes]

Ah finally explained why the platforms differ. Trust Jago to answer your underground questions.

[@anthonykeefe971]

To a non-Londoner, the instruction "Turn'em green" always sounds amusing.

[@sandragon13]

“Opening all under London”… brilliant

[@Sarahbryson321]

That was quite a funny intro

[@comicus01]

So this explains how the Picadilly ended up in the middle of the District line. I took it twice out to Heathrow when I visited. I didn't realize it acted as an express and bypassed a few stations. And thank goodness it does, the ride out to Heathrow was kind of long.

[@johnhood3172]

I was born right across the road , from the station, probably the first sound I heard was an underground train. Regards JH

[@Rog5446]

Charles Tyson Yerkes, I don't know if you've ever heard of him?🤣

[@iandraper8554]

Was born nearby at the now closed Queen Charlotte Hospital

[@vinceturner3863]

Thanks again, Jago; great video as usual!

[@sunjamm222]

🍺🍺Ok got my drinks in for Charles Yerkes.

[@MrGreatplum]

Another tube station I’ve never heard of - great video, Jago!

[@highpath4776]

For completeness I suggest you visit Stamford Bridge, that battlefield where Chelsea play

[@hb1338]

Jago has already been to York.

[@highpath4776]

@@hb1338 York Road vs York Liverpool Street vs Liverpool

[@nicolastokes8175]

Thanks i live near Stamford Brook didn’t know half off this information.

[@corinheathcote9868]

That was a fast moving tale from the tube, blink and you would have missed Yerkes.

[@jay9021]

Loving your Work as always

[@StLouis-yu9iz]

Excellent video as usual! Thanks for sharing. :]

[@template16]

A video involving Charles Yerkes. I was beginning to suffer withdrawal symptoms so thanks Jago.

[@Krzyszczynski]

As God is my witness: I thought Yerkes could die!

[@Ro99]

I actually really like these place to place intros even though you’re doing them as a joke.

[@AndreiTupolev]

I wonder how many people coming to watch their team play Chelsea at home (for Chelsea that is) have got off here, mistaking it for Stamford Bridge. I know I often have.

[@AyoHues]

I lived on the Ravensmede Way housing estate seen in this video from when it was first built in 1983 approx.☺️

[@SeverityOne]

You're going to make a video on every single Tube station, aren't you? That should see you through for the next five years or so. 🙂

[@CheshireTomcat68]

3:42 Ah, there's my stolen Bentley. Can I have it back, please?

[@stevesaul7975]

"In 1901 the District was taken over by this man, Charles Tyson Yerkes, I don't know if you've ever heard of him?"😂😂

[@ianthomson9363]

I think I've heard of that Yerkes chap- he seems like a person one could trust.

[@highpath4776]

I think Yerkes wanted to sell the LSWR his elecricity.

[@GeorgeChoy]

Great stuff Jago, please do some more canal related stuff.

[@MartyJackson]

I wonder if we could get Jago to 500k subscribers. Or better, 1m!

[@rachelcarre9468]

My cat is called Charles Tyson Yerkes.

[@bbrs925]

I feel like Jago should release a limited run of t-shirts with Yerkes face on them… maybe they could be captioned ‘the ghost at the feast’ or something.

[@davidhenry2927]

I disagree that the first automatic ticket barriers were at Stamford Brook. I have clear memories of them at Turnham Green, the next station down the line. If memory serves correct the barriers were designed and built at the bus depot in Chiswick High Road. Its now over 50 years since I lived in that area. On my last visit I was struck as to how unchanged the stations are, dilapidated then, dilapidated now. BTW I'm looking foward to a video on the Hammersmith/Chiswick spur line. In my childhood that line served a coal depot at the end of the line and it ran past the back of my garden. Ah, memories.

[@MichaelCampin]

There was a very good kebab takeaway next to the station many moons ago pre 1984

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

Kebabs? Has the residual smell gone now?

[@luxford60]

Stamford Brook is also one of the few stations on the Underground to have toilets, which is always handy to know.

[@michaeldwyer3352]

...but not if you happen to be on a Piccadilly line train. Cheers

[@DavidShepheard]

I'm liking this "Jago going to the wrong place" gag, but wonder how far it can be taken. Maybe you should avoid making a video about North Pole Junction on the West London Line.🐻‍❄

[@mediumdobbers]

I visited that station as part of recreating your seating video 😅

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Haha I like the sequel to the intro! 👏🏽

[@defender1006]

Brilliant, thanks for that, I'm still waiting for the London & District, North, East, South, West Upside Down disconnected circle railway?

[@PokhrajRoy.]

5:55 I didn’t know this fun fact. Interesting.

[@Punnery]

Stamford Brook, Stamford Hill... and then there's the whole question of Stamford Bridge, which isn't even close to London... which was too bad for Harold Godwinson, who might have benefited from a shorter commute to Hastings.

[@NemesisTWarlock]

If you want to refresh the joke a bit, next time you mention Yerkes, have a short snippet of the Imperial march or other such villain music and some Thunder and lightning. :)

[@Krzyszczynski]

A couple of other suggestions: (1) the famous main theme from The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Dukas, and (2) Funeral March Of A Marionette by Gounod (best known as theme music for the TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents ... )

[@ltankk]

Oh yes, Mr Charles Tyson Yerkes is back again!

[@wentonmastermind]

Good luck with the line that closed in1917. I walked what I could in 1978 and the trackbed was pretty much all there. These days...

[@neilbain8736]

Frequently and fast vs frequently slow. Oh dear Here we go again with added Yerkes. In that case I'll board a passing Donnington give or take an N or a Castle. Though I believe any Tarbert is particularly scenic this time of year*. *And wet.

[@doctordeej]

First ticket machines? Descendants today? Now, that does sound like an interesting subject…

[@dodgydruid]

I'm sure the LSWR had some very early overhead power lines in the days before 3rd rail across the SR, I seem to remember being shown the remains of at Clapham Junction.

[@bobfennell3717]

No, that was the LBSCR which electrified the South London line in 1909 and subsequently several other of its lines via Crystal Palace, West Croydon etc. with overhead power at 6600 volts if I remember correctly. The LSWR went with 3rd rail from the start from about 1915 and this was subsequently taken up by the Southern as it was cheaper and quicker to do.

[@highpath4776]

@@bobfennell3717 was that covered in the Addiscombe branch vid ?

[@peterbrown6224]

There were toilets downstairs, helpful when it was my station. Perhaps Jago could look into this: Why do some stations have them, and others don't?

[@apolloc.vermouth5672]

Presumably they're kept if they get used and aren't too much of a pain for station staff to maintain and supervise?

[@peterbrown6224]

@@apolloc.vermouth5672 They had to be built in there, in the first place. I don't know if some have been decommissioned. Busy Turnham Green doesn't have them, I don't remember Ravenscourt Park or Chiswick Park having them. As you say, maintenance is a factor. People are disgusting.

[@jessicabenge3797]

@@peterbrown6224 Most of the above ground stations at the High Barnet end of the Northern line have them; Finchley Central, Woodside Park, Totteridge & Whetstone & High Barnet.

[@ajs41]

@@apolloc.vermouth5672 They get rid of them as much as they possibly can, because it's just easier for TfL not to have them. They only have toilets where getting rid of them would cause such a big protest from the public that they don't dare to do so.

[@TwoWholeWorms]

Used to be my local back in 2005! :)