London Underground. Delays and reversing at Heathrow Terminal 2/3. Piccadilly Line. Drivers POV

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We head westbound on the Piccadilly Line down to Heathrow Terminal 4.
However we get delayed and reverse at Heathrow Terminal 2/3.
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[@CrashOrganism]

To any London transport bosses. Thanks for allowing Dale to show us these videos. I am not a train person, but this I love. London Underground is a world of it's own. Love it.

[@TypicalDutchSaysHi]

Don’t worry to film the usual stuff that has been shown before. We are here for the ride and every ride is different.

[@paulcharleton3208]

The cab view is excellent but its also really fun spending an hour in Dale's affable company. Little things come up too to make evey trip different - my favourite so far was a recent station stop where he spotted a dog with its owner "hello doggie" says Dale 😂😂

[@thurstylark827]

So, being the weird kid that I still am, I "got" to ride the bus home starting in 1st grade, and I found it very exciting. The bus that served my route happened to be a flat-nose, which meant the front wheel well was in the first and second row of seats. I stood on that wheel well right behind the driver, and absolutely pestered him with questions the whole trip home almost every day. To his credit, he answered every last one with the patience of a saint, and I cherish the memories of how his tolerance of my relentless curiosity made a seemingly mundane thing supremely interesting. Your videos bring me right back to that wide-eyed knowledge sponge that I once was, and I can't express how happy I am to watch each one. Cheers, mate. We need more like you ❤

[@DameJudiHench]

This channel should be prescribed on the NHS. Wonderfully relaxing.

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

That’s not a bad idea 🤣🤣

[@martinhogg9140]

Dale, joke coming up…..why do elephants wear sandals….to stop them sinking into the sand….why do ostriches stick their heads in the sand….they’re looking for elephants that were not wearing sandals. Love your channel thanks😊

[@getthedefib_]

Always very relaxing and wholesome watching your videos. It's as if we're making the drive together, nothing crazy just chatting away about anything as we chug along. Don't worry about the footage being repetitive, your commentary - even when not about the intricacies of the underground - is nice to listen to. You're very knowledgable and are good at explaining. Keep up the great content!

[@leedavis66]

Your explanation of CSDE and the over-ride procedure was eminently understandable. Thanks for another great video, Dale!

[@PaulL66]

Thanks! Keep up the good work. People need to understand the vast degrees of knowledge and focus required by any train engineer. Your videos and commentary exemplify this.

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

Thank you so much. It really is appreciated

[@TheTraindriver85]

Blimey Dale, getting home around 3am, that’s when I’m usually getting up. Another good upload, ty.

[@beardedmonkey1320]

i don't finish till 4am but im perminent night, not sure if Dales perminent night or just per requirments

[@Alan.92n]

Appreciated, Dale. Wasn't a "mess" at all! Good commentary. Take care. 😊 👍

[@2010ditta]

Great seeing the above ground stations all lit up at night. Very enjoyable Dale...thank you.

[@marksinthehouse1968]

What’s sad for me is how the old workhorse 73 looks so tired now I’ve lived by the picc in Hammersmith for 47 years and remember the last one delivered in the half red front and shiny aluminium finish then later the refurb ,be nice if one unit could be wrapped to look like an as built train for its last years like they done with the class 507 and a 455 ,take care 😊hope the new trains don’t get tagged and are looked after they are one of the first trains passengers see at Heathrow so it’s good to make a good impression of the U.K.

[@jeffgodon1335]

Keep producing the videos Dale.Dont worry about being the repetitive you always make them interesting.

[@haroldsmith45302]

Thank you, Dale. Always interesting, and you explain issues very clearly.

[@SamuelIles2015]

This video is definitely better than tonight’s game!

[@Yoo93x]

This is great Dale. Have watched your videos and your breath of knowledge is fantastic. Please encourage your colleagues on other lines to do similar. I love these kind of videos!

[@BeachGramps3361]

Dale, we love your waffling about all-and-nothing, and I love it when you repeat things. We have never seen this side of life before.

[@mrdream69uk]

CSDE - Correct Side Door Enable. There is a Transmitter on the platform and a Receiver on the train and there is a 1.8m tolerance in total from the perfect stopping mark, 900mm in both directions. The Receiver on the 73TS is on the steps getting to the cab door. There is a aerial loop 1.8 m in length under the platform which gives you the tolerance. Difference at Turnham Green its set up differently due to when the D stock was operating, the S stock use a different CSDE system

[@Slycockney]

Excellent once more Dale, your commentary is really informative and enjoyable. Thank you

[@amtrak1007]

Thanks for the chat mate. Always a pleasure to ride along.

[@laserhawk64]

As others have said @ TfL -- thank you for letting Dale do these videos... and, additionally, @ the other drivers, quiet you, Dale is a famous KZbinr and you are not, so you show him some proper respect. Also, @ Dale yourself, sir... as I'm sure I've mentioned in the past, between 2000-2007 when my mother was making good money (and before she got sick during the second half of 2007, and we got poor, and I got stuck here in the US on Disability), I've been to the UK and several places On The Continent; London has always been my favorite. My heart and soul shall forever pine for a flat there, although some part of me knows I'll never make it back. If perchance I do, however, I'd hope to meet you in person, working the Piccadilly line -- and maybe, just maybe, we could convince TfL to let me sit in the cab if I promise not to touch anything? That'd be a right trip... :3

[@tonycook603]

I love these insights into how the system works. Many thanks.

[@EricB-erb]

Always good watching from Dale's travels

[@CrashOrganism]

LMAO "Also i'm ginger, so I melt" 😂

[@Mitch-Hendren]

With him on that one 👍👍🥴

[@bpb235]

Another great video, best drivers eye video's on KZbin, cheers Dale

[@Ian-Steele]

Another great video Dale. I was one of the ones that asked about opening the doors on the wrong side of the train so thanks for the explanation of CSDE.

[@kevingraham2733]

I enjoyed that one Dale, always nice to see when things don't always run smoothly, thanks for uploading.

[@stevewareing8525]

That was a treat to see such an informative night time run, which through experience you called right as control did reverse you as you predicted. 👍.

[@MrLewis555]

Awesome video, great to learn these little bits of how the trains work and how you drive them.

[@UrAvrgYoutubeWatcher]

I'm part of the early club and couldn't be happier

[@seanbonella]

Want a medal 🥇

[@camotech1314]

Your not average at all then 🤣

[@kevinhendry306]

Thanks Dale. Loving these, makes me want to make a trip to the big smoke from Cornwall.

[@mehdibenhamou8809]

👍

[@markpearce5793]

Really enjoying these rides with you. It's fun to see the Piccadilly line after retiring in 2016. Good to see the run down from HTX to T23 for a change. CSDE: Basically the electronics are a loop of wire attached to the platform wall close to the headwall providing an enabling signal. Trains are equipped with an aerial on each side below the cabs and just below platform level. The train has to be in the area of the loop so the aerial picks up the signal to allow the doors to be opened on the correct side. Simple but effective. As station staff we can disable the loop usually if the station is closed for any reason to remind train operators not to open the doors there.

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

Thank you for the info

[@simonfp3339]

Thanks once more for an excellent video Dale. I like the night time views very much. I also suffer with OCD and symmetry is my thing too, so I know exactly where you are coming from. Keep up the good work.

[@robho9401]

A great video as usual, with your usual clear explanations. I don't envy you the drive home at that time of night, especially with road closures and all the roadworks, not to mention the numerous speed limits now on the A1.

[@georgearchambault6185]

Thanks for another great tour of the Tube in action. Always something new and always learn something... Please keep the videos coming...

[@Lighting_Desk]

As someone who is very much based up north with the Tyne and Wear Metro, the underground has always amazed me in terms of investment and infrastructure. Metro opened in 1980 and were only just starting to get new trains after years of retrofitting. Service generally stops at 11pm with trains between 7-20 mins apart. London doesn't know how lucky they have it.

[@andynoble8451]

Thanks for another absorbing video, and the lesson about CSDE. The Piccadilly line is my favourite, it was the first one I ever travelled on at the age of 10. If I tell you it was also when the Victoria line was almost brand new you can guess my age.

[@psych_1123]

Thanks for this! Enjoyed the explanation of the CDSE. Not the first time I've heard a driver say that a big concern is opening the wrong doors. What an interesting service!

[@steveastill997]

I love these videos its great to see a different perspective on the underground rather than a passenger perspective and also how polite, and knowledgeable,you are keep it going

[@SonicbusterX2000]

Love the slow TV dale - especially the not so smooth sailing runs, shows the skill of the driver! Great explanation of the selective door opening, good to know the safety motive behind it. Favourite part of the video was the parallel shot with the Pic train, great work & looking forward to the next video. We don't mind the rabbiting on, great slow TV

[@evelynsutton4411]

Correction, sonicbuster, saying we 'don't mind' the rabbiting is an understatement! The rabbiting is what makes the vids!

[@stephenrice4554]

Always a clear explanation of operational practice . Explains much . 👍

[@rodericfindlay4147]

Interesting trip. Thank you.

[@NapierNimbus]

Great video always interesting plus running at night. Thanks for explanations and could follow the wrong side door prevention measures.

[@stephenrice4554]

Thanks for your films , chat and information . I worked on the p.way for 20 odd years and your films are a fascinating insight. Look forward to the next installment.

[@tingewickmax]

Great videos, full of interesting facts and information. Chiswick Park was my "home" station in my teenage years, I'm now 68 ! Can remember the odd Dillypicca line trains stopping there late sometimes. Still running the same trains 😂 Left town 25 years ago for the wilds of North Bucks'. Still a big LT(TfL) fan.

[@KatelynsAdventures707]

Loving the vids, watching from aussie. thanks Dale

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

@@KatelynsAdventures707 thank you. Glad you enjoy them

[@laura_shannon_]

When you said the people throwing themselves through the doors as they’re closing it reminded me of what happened when I was a kid We have lived in Wales since I was five but are originally from Kent and my mum’s parents and brother still live there and part of our journey to visiting them involved the tube (Euston to Victoria and visa versa) and we got to Euston and it was busy and the train that got to the platform was full so we decided to wait and this person threw their suitcase onto this packed train (they were literally like sardines on that train) and then tried to hold the doors open to get themselves on the train and got themselves on but like I was about ten and even I knew that was stupid… 🤦🏻‍♀️ I am still in shock they made it onto the train because they literally had to force the doors open and the train was already so packed that they were leaning against the doors once they had closed 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

You would be surprised people will try and fit in to the tiniest space rather than wait for the next train

[@laura_shannon_]

@@dalecharmantravels8057 ironic really considering their next train would be no longer than 5 minutes 🙄

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

Some times I try to think to myself. Isn’t that nice they would rather be on my train than the one behind. 🤣🤣

[@camotech1314]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Michael-zf8up]

Hi mate I have never seen that before when you go from a green to a straight red most unusual I must say good job you had your wits about you!!

[@darrenlavender5424]

Love the videos mate. Gives a great insight of the London Underground from Australia, Thanks Dale

[@camotech1314]

Night videos are cool, wanna see more of these!

[@SwitchedDreams]

Would be cool to see your actual head-POV. So we can see you operate the levers and switches and whatnot. IF that's allowed, then that would be cool, because no one has ever done that!

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

I have done a video showing me driving. It will be out soon

[@SwitchedDreams]

@@dalecharmantravels8057 I'm excited!

[@melvynread3887]

Another excellent video keep up the good work

[@james-5560]

Can't wait to watch this later, enjoying these.

[@theduckofevil]

I do enjoy these videos, thanks for recording.

[@Swaggerlot]

I always thought Turnham Green was just a place in an Ian Dury song 🙂

[@RichardMEL-777]

Really enjoyed this one. Also love that you have a cat. Cat people are geeat people! 😻

[@timballam3675]

It's not just the heat it's the relative humidity in the UK 😅

[@jackkreighbaum783]

The traffic lights can be confusing to the non-driver and underline the necessity of being "certified" for a route.

[@AaronD_]

I really like all the inside information, it really helps aspiring railway workers to get an insight in to certain things! (e.g. are toilet breaks allowed)

[@laura_shannon_]

Dad joke for you: A train track and a motorway walk into a McDonald’s… The train track says “A burger for me, and one for the road” 😂

[@George-jz9fk]

Do any of those Bullies you mentioned , seriously think that you need to swear in a video?😂😂 They are obviously jelous of how much better of a driver you are. Keep it going, Dale. Watching on holiday in Tbilisi, Georgia

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

@@George-jz9fk im sure I deserve it 🤣🤣🤣. It’s all in good fun

[@CrashOrganism]

Perfect, Just sat down with a brew.

[@tjmcguire9417]

Dale. Thank you. Anyone bullies you, shout me!. I grew up in Toronto in the early days of our Subway. The TTC. (Toronto Transit Commission aka The Red Rocket.) My granny took great glee getting me into the front seat to ride the rails and watch the tracks unfurl and listen to the noise. (Unlike your trains, our cars were divided at the front...a trainmans cubicle on the rght and and a 2 seat chair to the left. With window forward.) As a young boy, I was in heaven. Thank you for recreating that feeling.

[@greenthing99100]

Always interesting... Many thanks.

[@NeilShearer-ok2gi]

Excellent work as usual mate

[@SvanteTrackAndField]

I want to drive those:)

[@petermurrell5221]

Another great video.keep them coming

[@michaellittlejohns7968]

Great video dale

[@Kars77773]

Love your video's, you are the first tube driver that really explains everything! That is the best way! Do you ever have shifts during Rush Hour? I would really like seeing London's tube at it busiest.

[@user-nl9ib4dk8i]

Great video Dale

[@WildWildWeasel]

21:45 Dayum we got a 3-wide WITH a bonus bus! Awesome.

[@bill5067]

thank you for the videos

[@kagisoseleke]

Amazing video Mr Dale plz do more night videos my name is Kagiso from johannesburg south Africa

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

I have a couple coming up soon

[@seanbonella]

Brilliant Dale, 😎

[@user-gs7ig6mv4h]

I like this video in the evening. Your Gopro camera works really good in the dark

[@Dani331]

Nice one Dale I rode the piccadilly line from Ruislip Manor to Covent Garden

[@Lisbonized]

Was on a C stock at KCS and the driver opened on the wrong side westbound (before CSDE was a thing) and the driver had to detrain before re-opening the wrong side again and checking the whole train for safety reasons! Used to be standard procedure. Guards never had this issue as they’d realise when they opened their door and saw a wall!

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

It’s a scary thing. I would hate to make a mistake that ended up injuring some one

[@Lisbonized]

@@dalecharmantravels8057 fortunately it was a rare occurrence. Even less now CSDE is standard across the network

[@saint_jimmy4221]

Appreciate your videos, from a ginger brother 👍

[@6699Jackie]

Hi Dale, Enjoying your videos I am a femail viewer i wonder if there are other ladies interested, i love trains...i am in Shoeburyness so get the C2C to Fenchurch Street and walk round to Tower Hill. I came up Friday to Oxford Circus so had a good day I like First Great Western to Exeter too. Anyway thanks for posting these videos its good to see things from your perspective

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

I do have a few females watch the videos on her. On average it’s some thing like 90% men. On tick tok it’s mainly females watching. Roughly just over half are ladies

[@6699Jackie]

Thankyou for replying, its good to know that 😊​@@dalecharmantravels8057

[@user-qu5sq1sc8g]

Thank you. Just interested as you travel all over London from east to west.

[@RBenjo21]

24:00 This situation occurs in many places on the network and I think there should be a network-wide policy on this. Where I live (in Harrow), we get this at Harrow on the Hill a lot so I end up standing in the middle of the island platform and watching the signals.

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

As a general rule in the pic line at least it’s not a huge problem as the trains are only a couple of mins apart.

[@seanmcerlean]

Thanks Dale. An interesting one that I remember doing once or twice. Lates was always my preference as well. Railway was quieter after the peak. If you ever get a chance a reverse at Hyde park corner &/or Hammersmith would be worth a film. P.s when us the new stock coming online as I see all the new signalling going in ?

[@nickpeterson102]

The dad joke about hulk I thought it was funny Turnham green haha 😂

[@kliximBRUH]

great videos im 13 and i plan being a underground driver idk what line though

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

I wish you all the luck for when you are older

[@kliximBRUH]

@@dalecharmantravels8057 thx!

[@FrangoTV1]

Why did the scarecrow become a successful actor in W3? Because he was outstanding in his field at Acton.

[@juoig7799]

0:27 So that's why the London Underground is so hot. Someone keeps leaving the thermostat on max. 17:00 Plot twist: You leave the PA on and the whole train hears you calling the person that tried to get on while the doors are closing a bloody idiot.

[@davidlynch5748]

As a Texan, I'll back the Brits up on 30°C+ being unpleasant, especially if you aren't used to it and the humidity level is anywhere above "Saharan." However, as someone who has lived through both 43° and -18° in the same place within a period of six months, I reserve the right to mock the Brits for whinging like it's completely miserable any time the temperature goes outside a very small range.

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

We do like to moan about the weather 🤣

[@harryelliott4310]

Piccadilly Line 1973 Tube Stock

[@MrStevetmq]

Dale, Dale does not need a pail, toilet stop at Heathrow, allows him to go.

[@Alan-ln3ls]

It's not OCD: it's CDO with the letters arranged alphabetically AS THEY SHOULD BE! 😊

[@camotech1314]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 made it worse

[@PandaSenpai]

I have binged watched your videos. I love them so much! I have always been interested in the london underground and how it works. My question to you is: Have you ever seen ghosts or apparitions in the tunnels or on the stations? I am so curious as I know the tunnels were used as raid shelters during ww2.

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

Personally I have never seen any thing paranormal in the underground. Some drivers claim the sidings at down street are haunted 👻👻👻

[@paulcharleton3208]

I was alone on the tube platform at Edgware rd for last tube northbound late at night early '80's. A bloke came up to me and told me the station was haunted. Never thought about it until a few years later and it occurred to me what a funny thing to say to a stranger. Perhaps he was the ghost !!! 👻👻

[@cmmartti]

Dale if you upload video as 4K (even if it's only 1080p) KZbin doesn't compress the dark parts of the video as much. At least that's what I learned years ago when watching dashcam review videos, I don't know if it's still that way (I think it was the Techmoan channel that did this).

[@JoshCastleTCM]

Polite to the public, not each other. I've never heard something so relatable...

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

@@JoshCastleTCM 🤣🤣

[@jbc1829]

Another very interesting video and I appreciate the explanation of how CSDE works, I knew there was something that prevents opening doors the wrong side but I didn’t know exactly how it worked. Good luck getting home at 3am, do you live a long way from the depot?

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

It’s about 75 miles one way

[@TheLondonTransportDroid]

Interesting the westbound local was all green Acton Town to Northfields, they could have ran you down there or they don’t do that at night because of stabling of trains the depot and you could get stuck behind one if it has an issue getting drunks off? How comes the Eastbound local Northfields to Acton Town is rarely used? Do you use it much? This train looked like a rocket out of Hammersmith towards Turnham Green, the D stock always used to win that race out of Hammersmith.

[@FrangoTV1]

Hi Dale - got another tube joke for you:- Did I ever tell you that the day I left school I went to Baker Street because I wanted to make some dough(?).

[@stephen24601]

Great video! Noticed the member of station staff on the platform at T2&3 had a lamp with them - guess that was to effectively display a red signal. Is that always required for westbound arrivals into the eastbound platform?

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

That one got me as I have never had it before. It’s not needed. Maybe they was bored 🤣🤣

[@gordonm2821]

What a great find this channel! Quick question I don’t think has been covered. Can you start your shift in Uxbridge if you live there? Or does it change daily where you start / always based around Cockfosters?

[@truckerallikatuk]

Out of interest, why is it called a SPAD? LU doesn't call a red light "danger". I presume it was just adopted from overground?

[@LUAu101]

LU definitely does call a red light "danger" what makes you think it doesn't?

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

Red is classed as a danger signal so I guess that’s where it comes from

[@NoddyMaccy]

The word “danger” for a red aspect is used across the whole railway network.

[@maciejk3154]

Did you know the bridge after Boston Manor is over the M4 motorway

[@rogerwatson7205]

Dale, what’s the thinking behind the Picc trains stopping at Stamford Brook early and late? Always wondered. Great video again.

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

We don’t stop at Stamford Brook. I assume you mean Turnham Green. I don’t know why we do it that way. Every one has an opinion but I have no clue. Sorry