London Underground Central Line in February 1989

London Transport underground Central Line trains at Gants Hill and Wanstead stations on the 4th of February 1989.

[@cianog]

Redbridge was my local back then.

[@chalkfarmcarsquadso1664]

Stunning and simple.

[@PeteS_1994]

It’s amazing the 1992 stock are not seen as well built however they have lasted as long as the 1962 tube stock did, 30 years.

[@oludotunjohnshowemimo434]

Two of the 1962 still serve the Central line as Sandite Rail trains today. one 5 car unit at the west end and one 8 car unit on the east side

[@paulbaumer8210]

Look how dingy and dirty it is. That's how I remember it from the 70s.

[@robtyman4281]

wow, this video really highlights the bad state the Underground was in at that time. LU have come along way since then!!

[@tropicalpalmtree]

Sure it's cleaner and more modern, but it doesn't have the character that it used to have.

[@zoee3296]

@@tropicalpalmtree it was also highly dangerous

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

I much preferred the run-down neglected look of the Underground and it's old trains.

[@Brookspirit]

@@zoee3296 Nope, but London is more dangerous now.

[@deanashraf12]

​@@Brookspiritgot some statistics to back that up? Or is it just your opinion? Which as we all know, is now as valid as fact.

[@andrewthornhill7042]

That was 'my' line, every day for months, Nottiing Hill Gate to Bank, riding to work between the Bank of England and Moorgate.

[@robertp.wainman4094]

Love the sound of those trains....

[@thecornedbeefcouncil9792]

Dirty looking trains, dirty looking stations...I love it!

[@Horizon344]

Agreed, there's something real about it

[@rjjcms1]

Dirty old town,dirty old town.

[@andrewthornhill7042]

Oh, it was definitely a time! But part of London's charm has been its seedy, slightly scummy charm. I know this might upset some people, but it's all part of the deal. London is grimy, New York is grimy, hell even Sydney is grimy. It adds another layer of sensory excellence to the whole.

[@Evemeister12]

Riding in those trains weren't fun.

[@bst857]

@@andrewthornhill7042 its ok, maybe even a bit fascinating, if you visit for a day, but imagine dealing with that depressing shit every day of the week for years, and if you have some horrible job you're going to. Its crap :D

[@Resholden]

On the Eastbound platform, near to where I threw up once after the Law Society Final Exams, near where car 7 opens, is the only example (as far as I'm aware) of a stalagmite, growing on the platform

[@jaydeeee1977]

Descending into Bow Road and Mile End on the District Line from Dagenham felt like going into another world then 😮

[@harryelliott4310]

Central Line 1962 Tube Stock

[@cianog]

The tube was less busy back then. Tourism wasn’t an all yr affair

[@OlafProt]

0:17 these opening shots it might just as well be 1969 not 1989 😮

[@SiVlog1989]

Shows the lack of funding for LT at the time, Wanstead and Gants Hill stations look delapadated when compared to today

[@SpeccyHorace]

Gants Hill was my local station at that time. I loved that old central line stock.

[@christopherdean1326]

You must have lived near me! I was in Redbridge (see other comment)

[@GokTurkBey]

you say that, its like me saying 2020's were amazing 30 years later.

[@eseopu]

fairlop is my local station

[@tropicalpalmtree]

@@GokTurkBey trains look gash now. Everything modern does. The cars, buildings, trains all 💩 and I'm still under 30

[@nickatnights]

Ahhhhhh the good old days when London was filthy

[@_B.M_]

Not sure if thats an attempt at sarcasm but it looks truly awful back then. Dirty, shabby trains and plain boring platforms. Way nicer now!!

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

@@_B.M_ The shabby trains had character unlike the sterile capsules of today

[@TrainBusFan06]

Not really london is still filthy in places in now 🤣🤣

[@GokTurkBey]

this video must of been filmed a month before my mum was pregnant for me

[@bowlerstuff9589]

The central line before the 1992 stocks was proberly the most decrepid and dirty line since the bakerloo and piccadilly had been modernising for 20 years,the sub surface lines were well maintained and the victoria and Jubilee were built modern,while the central and northern were old and worn out

[@flyingscotsman_a3]

Look who I found >:)

[@Aarontlondon]

That’s where I grew up, and that’s how I remember central line trains. I feel so old. 😂

[@whynotagain3639]

It's amazing to see video's of the London Underground and New York Subway from the the 1980's. All the trains covered in graffiti, now they obviously lock the train sheds at night, as neither city has trains covered in graffiti.

[@LaWendeltreppe]

OMG, the emptiness and the filth! Looks like some eastern Europe station ;))

[@bertiewooster3326]

It is now full of EEs !!

[@MrMicrolin]

Back when it was all so beautiful.

[@_B.M_]

You serious? Looks awful. Dirty trains, boring old plain stations. So much nicer now. The trains and platforms are much cleaner now. I will say its a darn sight busier these days though

[@rax816]

@@_B.M_ the guy must be blind as a racist bat.

[@LaWendeltreppe]

Yes with bottles rolling in the carriage, vomit everywhere and we, trying to avoid to hit some maybe dangerous cable dangling from the ceiling. So beautiful...

[@Simulation101YT]

Hopefully youre being sarcastic lol

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

@@_B.M_ Clean doesn't necessarily mean good. The old Underground trains had character, unlike the charmless sterile capsules introduced from 1995-2017

[@Zlervo]

No yellow lines 😁

[@TheTransportHub17]

No yellow lines on the northern city line from Highbury & Islington to Moorgate which also still has NSE tiling and signs.

[@oludotunjohnshowemimo434]

Redbridge, Gants Hill and Wanstead stations on the Central line, is the short tunnel section just below the surface in roofed up trenches or deep underground?

[@ronsmith3554]

From memory they are true underground stations (track is in tunnels) and not subways (cut and cover track just below surface).

[@Toby_the_Glen]

I always felt those old trains ran faster. That stretch from Mike end to Bethnal green felt like 100mph? Lol

[@amancalledkev]

Remember all this

[@ljc6535]

Those were the days ..

[@zoee3296]

Nah

[@oludotunjohnshowemimo434]

Some 62 stock were transferred to the Northern Line to join the 59a and 72mk1 but their days there were short lived as they were scrapped. Two of them are still operational on the Central Line as Sandite Rail Trains. One five car unit at the West End and one eight car unit at the East End.

[@gogosegaga]

What happened back then it’s filthy

[@ronsmith3554]

Yes, definitely a low point of neglect. Those dirty wooden escalators in combination with a smoking policy were perfect for getting a fire going.

[@Zlervo]

Is it true that there was a section where you could smoke on these trains?

[@iamthefly4813]

Yeah it was called Kings Cross

[@sanders2378]

Smoking was allowed in the trains. The Kings Cross fire led to smoking being banned on all trains and stations. Why it was ever considered to be safe enough to have naked flames underground is a mystery!

[@SpeccyHorace]

@@sanders2378 Kings Cross led to smoking being banned in stations. Smoking on trains had been banned since 1984.

[@Peter-gv6vf]

Oh yes! Second carriage at the front, last but one carriage at the rear. And people smoked on packed rush hour trains when we were jammed in like sardines. And no one batted an eye it was that normal

[@PSYCHIC_PSYCHO]

Yeah smoking was allowed but only for passengers travelling on the roofs of trains, though only at open air sections.

[@johnobrien8398]

No fcs in the picture then it’s so nice

[@techreviewer]

So different now +Ron Smith

[@kirillbarr]

Gants Hill looks like a Sain-P station a little bit

[@surmo]

The place looks dirty! I can almost smell the dust and feel the cold winter days when that was filmed

[@therarelement]

This looks more like bakerloo line.

[@kd84afc]

I think this was just the state of the entire Underground during the 80s

[@oludotunjohnshowemimo434]

This is the Gants Hill to Newbury Park loop tunnel part of the Central Line. It branches off from the main Epping branch at Leytonstone, tunnels down and coming back out at Newbury Park.

[@dougiemontana4815]

Central, bakerloo and northern all used similar stock trains

[@rd43trains32]

Local trains

[@evanslater4551]

How were you able to see when the next train was?? Did you have to just look at the timetable??

[@markhylton157]

I have to say the central line looks Very dirty and It looks like criminals would like the central line in 1989 😅😅 ❤

[@brickfirst2604]

If my mum was alive today she would turn in her grave if she saw what had become of London.

[@paulbaumer8210]

Yeah. It's a lot cleaner now. And the air is breathable too.

[@rax816]

Yes all these awful shiny new trains.. It's not cricket is it?! (oh wait I just realised you were doing a racist thing.. Seriously, why drag your mum into it)

[@IngweUK]

Everything is racist to you it seems@@rax816

[@LaWendeltreppe]

yes, but certainly not because of the underground being much cleaner and better running.

[@rick182z]

good... that's another racist not breathing anymore

[@bganonimouse2754]

The central line was in poor nick at the time but by god you found one of the worst examples of one of the rolling stock at one of the worst stations!

[@mayena]

I remember prior to 2000 many of the trains and stations was quite decrepit.

[@MrLeeflemwell]

MA's and RPA's.

[@joshdean9105]

Have you got footage of Newbury Park?

[@ronpsmith1298]

Sorry, nothing.

[@joshdean9105]

Ah fair enough.

[@kevphillips02]

Just dirty walls, not even a decent advert to look at.

[@matinhewing1]

Looks like a dump...

[@GorgorothBergen-ns7il]

Sir Oswald Mosley was right. Goodbye good old London town, now Londistan. Such a shame.

[@samiamhidi308]

London 1989 very safe place because no black but from 1997 the bloody crimes started drugs meder crime from my heart God bless England from criminal's

[@yourenotbetterthananyone681]

London had plenty of blacks back then, there’s also good and bad people in every race. Too ignorant.

[@seansmith445]

@@yourenotbetterthananyone681 No one is saying there isn't good and bad in every race but statistics speak for themselves.

[@Facts_have_no_emotions]

Have you looked at the actual data? Crime was much higher seems like you are brainwashed by the media.