More Secrets Of The Underground

[@15october91]

I love procrastinating, and these underground video are the ideal videos to watch when doing so.

[@Banom7a]

i feel attacked

[@TrevorTyroneSSH]

Amen

[@FarmYard-Trains]

mood

[@dereham1]

I just love watching videos made by people who (1) Know their stuff (2) Clearly enjoy making the videos (3) Are happy to be classed as nerdy.Keep up the good work, Geoff!

[@pagesofDawn]

My kids are going to enjoy watching this after school. We've been binge watching the series.

[@KDURRANI]

YES! My favorite series on this channel has returned!

[@Londonistvids]

It never went away ...

[@tomi_c]

Zain Durrani same reaction for me :D

[@floralsparkle7125]

but its been ages

[@floralsparkle7125]

i hope there will be more after this then, these videos are my guilty pleasure, when im bored ill binge watch the whole playlist of them!

[@dangergamercfc-minecraftan534]

Zain Durrani SAME HERE!!!

[@ankdoeslego9731]

Imagine a James Bond scene where they change the train direction and the train falls off that bridge stub and crashes into the building

[@RBenjo21]

Ankdoeslego So... Skyfall?

[@StuartClary]

I used to get a late Piccadilly Line train home from work past that vent shaft after Manor House. You can hear the air pressure change as you approach it and regularly lots of dust got sucked into the front carriage of the train as it passed. There's another identical shaft building between Bounds Green and Wood Green

[@airplaneplustrainguy8143]

Stuart Clary yeah

[@hotelmario510]

“It used to carry Coltranes.” John? Alice? Robbie?

[@vaclav_borsky]

I have been only twice in London but I love the Underground and this series! Greetings from Czech Republic!

[@ChrisColtrane]

I was going to comment saying I enjoyed this anyway, but especially after I heard that the track carried coal trains.

[@TheFpsStealth]

Chris Coltrane bloody hell 😂😂😂

[@Chelseaeditz1]

Chris Coltrane £

[@kellynaz9256]

ahhahahahah

[@multiplio2924]

This series is definitely my favourite on this channel! Maybe you could extend it with just 'interesting things about the tube', which contains generally interesting stuff that might not be good enough to put in a 'secrets' video? It would be cool to see how many secrets you can spot in one days tube spotting! Might do that on my next 'London outing'!

[@darrylkennedy2236]

another good informative video. lived in London in the 70's -80's and loved the tube.Lived in Streatham Hill SW16.Overground to Balham,northern line to Stockwell, Victoria line to the west end every week end.loved it and NEVER KNEW there was so much interesting information about it.Thank you for all the effort.

[@samsaunders6738]

I lived in the flats in front of that rogue piece of track off the Rayners Lane - South Harrow lone for 3 years and always wondered what it was used for and why it closed, thanks for scratching that itch of me needing to know all these years later!

[@willpembroke5732]

Why do I watch these. Im not even from London

[@VirreFriberg]

Same

[@dtjoyce]

Ditto. I live in New York.

[@stargate12A]

I'm not from London but watching these episodes with interest

[@WouterWeggelaar]

Enjoying these from The Netherlands!

[@TheKozin]

same, I live in Semarang....which doesn't even have electric railway....

[@Nayson]

Metropolitan line which share platforms with national rail between Harrow on the Hill and Amersham still reference "British Rail" on the signage even though British Rail hasn't existed for more than 20 years. The LUL ticket office/ticket machine at Marylebone is still painted in Network Southeast colours even though that's not existed as an entity for 20 years either.

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

essex road still has network southeast signage apparently

[@bowlerstuff9589]

@@wclifton968gameplaystutorials I think all do

[@Larry]

Fun Fact: Rayners Lane Station was originally named Harrow Gardens.

[@2thinkcritically]

Jeez Larry, you're everywhere!

[@apx24]

It has always been called Rayners Lane, though in the 1920s the Metropolitan Railway attempted to rename the station 'Harrow Garden Village' (a nearby area of semi-detached houses) but the local council at the time rejected the name change.

[@brbbloke3223]

Your old photo of Liverpool street redundant platform 3 brings back memories. I used to work for NWR Ohl maintenance, remember working through that area on the old permaquip trolleys a couple of times back in the 1990s. Always made me wonder when you see these derelict lines/ platforms to nowhere. There’s so many of them still knocking about in the undergrowth, great podcast mate .

[@bonskieur5558]

The map at Greenford has recently been corrected, so no longer says Shepherd's Bush Green :( At Northolt (my local station) you can occasionally see something cool. Some Westbound trains terminate at Northolt (often in the mornings) and then go into a siding, just beyond the platform, between the Westbound and Eastbound lines. If you stand at the end of the platform, and wait a few minutes, you can see the driver enter the cab at what was the rear of the train and then switch the lights from red tail lights to white headlights. If you then wait a few more minutes the train will come into the station and you can get on a empty train with plenty of seats!

[@mark1973lowestoftNSMGUK]

The Londonist is my favourite channel on KZbin please keep your videos coming they are fantastic to watch and I love watching them over and over Thank You.

[@joshm3059]

Also at Upton Park, there is a sign for West Ham United FC, which is now out of date as they have moved.

[@raveslave4682]

that was quick

[@yegventures]

Gotta love Geoff and the Underground and how they keep little bits and pieces of history on the system. In Edmonton, enthusiasm for transit is seen as strange, and historic references are removed when people find them.

[@TheBritFromOz008]

This series has taught me an awful lot. I'm sure a lot of people will be with me on that. It's a great series Geoff. Keep it up!

[@BiviShkurti]

Excuse me, who are you?

[@woobiewoo5405]

There is loads of stuff you can find to do with the underground! U always say u can only squeeze so much into one video so there must be more ! WE WANT MORE ! 😂

[@raphaelnikolaus0486]

Re St. John(')s Wood: Actually the apostrophe is also missing on the tiles overhead!

[@bahnspotterEU]

I always smile when I see a Secrets of... video. Here in Berlin we have an Underground station called "Wittenbergplatz" that for some reason has a LU roundel logo on one of the platforms with the name "Wittenbergplatz" on it. I still don't know why. Might have to do "Secrets of the Underground" in Berlin myself ;)

[@arfski]

It was a gift from London Transport in 1952 to celebrate 50 years of the U-Bahn.

[@arfski]

(But still qualifies as a secret of the Berlin underground!)

[@apx24]

I remember when I went to Berlin I went to Wittenbergplatz U Bahn station specifically to look at that roundel :)

[@Andyhandle]

Great video. I'm from London and love these. I'm a frequent underground user who sadly has deliberately travelled to the end of all the lines, but there's lots I haven't spotted over the years!

[@Pinkybum]

The tile on the wall (behind your head!) at John's Wood doesn't have an apostrophe either.

[@tjejojyj]

Yes. At 03:19. Are there apostrophes on similar tile work anywhere. I was expecting Geoff to crack out a white pen and draw in the apostrophe, or walk up to one he had done before filming to say “On this sign someone couldn’t stand the incongruity of it any longer. (wink)”

[@ScrotusXL]

I’m addicted, your attention to detail, knowledge and enthusiasm is infectious. Like the person who commented, ‘they’re not from London’ , neither am I. It’s irrelevant. This is quality stuff👍

[@koeln-sued1948]

Damn, just made a cup of tea, then enjoyed the video. Could the day get any better? Greets from Cologne.

[@Hungrybonegaming]

Yay again!!! love this series, planning to come to London when I finished high school in 3 years. Going to get a selfie with all roundals.

[@majorgeneralexcaperr2583]

You forgot that at Upton Park, there is an old style roundel tucked away at the end of the platforms. I only know about it because I was travelling to Chafford Hundred and saw the roundel.

[@benisaten]

I love this. I'm a Canadian and have been to London once. Had an amazing time. Loved the underground. So much history. Ill definitely be back.

[@andrewfrancis3591]

Also at liverpool st platform 1,2 overground linked to subsurface. The tunnels have only recently been removed for crossrail. When i started on the railway in 1985 they were used as the clothing store, BR canteen and the BRSA gym which served beer.

[@TessaRooney4EVER]

I love it each time you discover some inconsistency and share it with us!

[@lethe56]

Thank you so much for this, and all other Londonist vids you guys make. I'm in love with London, sadly don't live there (in France) but I just get giddy at the thought of my next trip, which is never that long away... 4 times this year already, and counting, there's gonna be a fifth. Your videos both help me wait and drive me mad with frustration at not being there... Thanks!

[@karlthewimpykid]

I was a transport nerd who didn't know about London, now with you i am great in this!

[@Billcommaagain]

100% these videos are the nerdiest, most London thing I've ver seen, and it makes me so proud to be from London

[@TCX757Pilot]

How many more secrets can there be now?! Interesting to see all these quirky little things though!

[@Londonistvids]

We've not run out yet ... potential for still one more video to come!

[@TCX757Pilot]

Maybe secrets of the Gatwick/Stansted Airport People Movers next ;)

[@robertewalt7789]

In NYC there is a disused track line repurposed to a park, the High Line. It used to bring freight, especially meat, to factories and warehouses.

[@brianfield792]

Robert Ewalt yes I saw a KZbin video about hiline, just amazing what they've done there,a real recreation area,

[@spammerwhammer5526]

Please try and get a driver's eye view of places such as the Northern line Stockwell marshalling yards. I was fortunate enough to know an LT tube driver who let me sit up front. The view was amazing. It was donkeys' years ago, and I genuinely do not remember his name, officer.

[@BritainsRailways]

There are flood gates, from WW2, at most stations each side of the Thames, they used Hydrophones to detect where bombs went off in the thames, they where monitored from South Kensington tube station.

[@andrewholloway231]

As always Geoff, a really superb video. Super informative. I really enjoy these. Any chance of a 'Secrets of the Underground' book being published?

[@andrewholloway231]

Yeah, in the form of a guide book with photos and a short description, just a suggestion really.

[@wang_one_95]

I will buy it!

[@DavidMcClellandcouk]

A book? I am totally buying this book. When's the book coming out, Geoff? Can I pre-order it? Will you accept book tokens?

[@mikebe2090]

Book sounds great, I enjoy these interesting facts or an iBook 👍

[@brianartillery]

Excellent. I can't get enough of this sort of stuff.

[@PeterYoung357]

And Geoff did you notice the tiles at St John(')s Wood also didn't have the apostrophe?

[@seiran6002]

there is a plastic pigeon on one of the platform stairs going to the entrance at South Harrow

[@gottagothatsme]

There's that many National Rail lines in London you could do this series forever! Please! We want more!

[@HenrysAdventures]

Love the old spur of the Piccadilly Line.

[@EM-yw2qr]

YAY! Finally a new episode!

[@LucyMichela]

Nope, I'm with Geoff, the Arsenal roundel is the cooliest nerdiest secret. That's so strange! xD

[@andymadden8183]

Or Shepherd's Bush Green.

[@HammaneggsAirborne]

You probably already know this, but Barbican has some small decorative metal bits above the arches, which used to be where the roof supports were attached to when it was Aldersgate.

[@RichardAucockCars]

Starts off at Rayners Lane: how could it ever not be brilliant?! Cheers Geoff!!

[@theocrooky]

Please, please do another secrets of the underground. It's been one of my favourite series on KZbin.

[@amethyst7084]

Great video and facts - no one makes them like Mr Marshall. 😊 I think the platform signage at Upton Park, which referenced the Metropolitan Line (i.e. which is now the Hammersmith and City Line), has now gone; replaced by modern dot-matrix moving signage. 👏🏿👍🏾

[@uktrainspotter2104]

You possibly have the most fun out of all the Train-related KZbinrs I know :)

[@milliehindle4507]

"Shepards bush green" also appears on the Liverpool Street central line westbound platform !

[@perielosgaming3903]

I got one: North Ealing (Piccadilly Line) is the only station on the network that has a car park for the station

[@ela_seo]

This was great. Can't wait to tell my friend about St John's Wood

[@stewie325]

watching for a year now and love it - has inspired me to go visit more tube/dlr/overground stations #nerdandproud

[@nitramretep]

Always fun to watch these observational video! Thanks.

[@SpartanBunzer]

The distance between the following statations are also long(as far as I know): Seven Sisters - Finsbury Park (3mins) Highbury & Islington-King's Cross St. Pancras(3mins) Caledonian Road-King's Cross St. Pancras Chesham-Chalfont & Latimer (7mins) Amersham-Chalfont & Latimer (3mins) Finchley Road-Wembley Park (6mins) Euston-Camden Town Camden Town-Kentish Town Archway-Highgate Debden-Theydon Bois Romford-Emerson Park (Overground(4mins))

[@eddiewillers1]

But the outer Vic Line stations were designed to be well spread.

[@evanslater4551]

At Hainault on the Central line (my local station) on platforms 2 and 3 on the side of the stairs there is a London Underground roundel in a really different font.

[@tompurcell1499]

Is there really? I live about a 5 minute walk from Hainault Station and have never noticed. Nice one! I'll look out for this next time. P.S. Just to let you know how observant I am; it took me about 5 or so years before I realised that Aldwych was closed down!

[@henrybest4057]

Geoff, There's one secret you haven't covered. As the Northern line doesn't appear to have any Network Rail connection nor a connection to any other Underground line, how and where do they get new trains onto the line and how did they get trains to Acton Works, when that was the major overhaul depot? I believe there's an underground connection to the Piccadilly line somewhere near Kings Cross. Is that correct?

[@dukenukem5768]

I think it is near Kings Cross to the Picc.

[@ghostything]

The line hanging off near Harrow reminds me of the bit of the Mancunian Way in er, Manchester, that was built in error and never finished, because at the time it would have sent people the wrong way down a one way road.

[@bengale9398]

I went to Greenford it doesn’t say ‘Shepherds Bush Green” anymore, however at Buckhurst Hill it does

[@arlacta]

Love these videos. You have a very enthusiastic manner of explaining.

[@ianmoseley9910]

At Upton Park the ironwork on the roofing still has the LSER initials. At East Ham to the left of the East bound district line you can still make out the bay for trains that used to run back round to , I think, Stratford and points west - look at Browning Road E6 and you will see the curve where it followed the rail line. DLR - if you go to the buffer end at Tower Gateway and look straight across the road you can see the Fenchurch Street C2C platforms only a short distance away. - pity they could not make the connection

[@NeoDerGrose]

It looks like the Arsenal roundel is made out of little tiles. It may just have been a lot easier to use the same tiles between each diamond instead of individual ones to match the gaps.

[@JBS319]

There are whole new Overground lines you have yet to cover, plus the Elizab-I mean Crossrail (we know how Geoff feels about that) which have secrets of their own.

[@ianmoseley9910]

The lightbox at Upton Park was replaced recently. Should also note the ironwork in the roof still has LTSR - London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

[@glenatkinson7732]

Brilliant vids...spend a lot of time watching whilst at work!

[@bayyer04]

Just watched the whole playlist in 2 days. Love it even if I'm german ^^

[@HappyHauptwerk]

Please make more secret underground videos, Geoff. I love these!

[@businessbuilding1]

So glad to see more secrets of the Underground. Thanks Geoff!

[@Gary0557]

John's wuyhoufvgtr apostrophe is correct because an apostrophe is only used when two words are bring split. So well done roundel.😁

[@conorspencer5411]

My god this is long overdue

[@maxmullen6337]

While we are talking about the Jubilee line, why do the handrails on the escalators at Westminster move faster than the steps. Very weird.

[@thomaspower9351]

Can you try to get access to Aldwych Station and look round Can you do a video about secrets onboard trains

[@mja91155]

Although I have lived in London for 60+ years and travelled almost daily on the tube there are still bits that I have missed and never knew about.

[@cucumberman1234567]

Between Ruislip and ickenham on the Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly is also a little known loop passing through Ruislip depot to Ruislip Gardens on the Central Line. It's only used by engineering trains. Also, one of the roundel nameplates at St james's Park on the District and Circle is spelt wrongly. The one on the eastbound platform was positioned too close to the exit stairs, and rather than reposition the roundel they deliberately spelt it wrong. It reads St James' Park instead of St James's Park.

[@MrGamingmasters1]

There used to be a station in the Epping - Ongar branch called Blake Hall but closed in 2nd November 1981.

[@rafaelgamma07]

1994

[@hillelstoliar6003]

AAAAHHH WHY CAN'T I STOP WATCHINGGGGGG

[@dan1ukdsjn]

Ever mentioned the BOAC logos on the platforms of Hatton Cross?

[@andymadden8183]

At one time, that was the closest station to Heathrow (then what was originally called the Heathrow Airport station opened).

[@StuartLevene]

Warren Street Station - in the morning rush hour there is no down escalator to the Victoria Line. Ever since this rule was introduced there has been a sign saying "Please walk down the 99 steps" to get to the Victoria line. There are way fewer than 99 steps!

[@Bogallan]

The coal deliveries to South Harrow Gasworks from Harrow yard did not end at the formation of the LTPB in 1933 as stated in the vid. Coal deliveries (and the removal of spoil) continued via the rail spur under the auspices of London Transport until town gas production ceased at the site in 1954. The site continued as a gas distribution centre for many years after this but there was no longer any requirement for bulk deliveries to the site. A large and unsightly gas holder remained at the site for many years. In 1960, it was the cause of a civil aviation mishap when it was wrongly identified by the captain of a PanAm Boeing 707 as the very similar gas holder at Southall, which was used as a convenient landmark by flight crews on their approach to Heathrow. The flight mistakenly came in to land at RAF Northolt, coming to a halt on Northolt's much shorter runway with only feet to spare. The aircraft had later to be stripped of its seats, surplus fuel and other excess weight in order to be able to take off from Northolt. After the incident the respective gasholders were marked NO and LH in large painted lettering in order that such misidentification was not repeated.

[@markdeakin6329]

The roundel on the glass at Northfields also has evenly spaced diamonds

[@silvercipher4276]

Cutty Sark DLR Station is actually closer to Greenwich Town Centre than Greenwich DLR Station.

[@luxford60]

True, but Greenwich DLR station is at Greenwich mainline station, hence the name.

[@KasabianFan44]

Should have called it Greenwich Town :/

[@bowlerstuff9589]

its actually in Greenwich.I went there on a riverboat from Enbankment once and the ferry stop is just next to cutty sark.so I got the DLR Back into the city instead.

[@andymadden8183]

I don't understand why people would put dislikes on entire videos. They could just not watch them. Or is it that they just don't approve of the fact that secrets exist on the Underground (or the "Lunderground", as was once said).

[@ceesvanegmond5172]

Wow, nice! 2 weeks waiting and them I'm going to visit London again. Love your serie.

[@rachomanukyan32]

Hey Geoff, do you reckon you would ever do a 'Secrets of the Thameslink route' episode? I know it's not part of the Underground but you covered the Overground, DLR and Trams and I think it'll be really interesting to get some history and facts about the often ignored route. It is, after all, the only rail line to cut through London! (If I'm not mistaken). Great content as always!

[@TheUrbanGaze]

This is like a gamer finding easter eggs, but irl, if you think about it.

[@1964cohibas]

Addictive viewing, thanks Geoff

[@WouterWeggelaar]

Hi Geoff, Got another microphone for the voice overs?? Or just a different room / eq? Nice and deep ;)

[@anthonykdramanu9158]

its a voice over ( for most of it )

[@SiVlog1989]

not a tube secret as such, but there's some Network Southeast vintage red painted lights on a path that still exists leading to the site of what was Waddon Marsh train station (the tram stop is not on the same site, it is a few hundred metres towards Croydon). In fact the entrance to the former train station is now a hand car wash...

[@rebmcr]

Here's some more: West Ham still has signage displaying a limited H&C service beyond Whitechapel. Canary Wharf LU is closer to Heron Quays DLR than to Canary Wharf DLR (plus, Canary Wharf Crossrail's relationship with multiple DLR stations will be a complicated mess!) Elephant & Castle still shows Jubilee line interchange at Charing Cross, on the map at the Bakerloo platforms' entrance.

[@iiExplosionz12]

Yeah, the second secret was mentioned on 'Secrets of the DLR' (which everyone knew), but it wasn't a secret anyways.

[@ianmoseley9910]

rebmcr - not sure what you mean reference West Ham. H&C runs Barking to Hammersmith - off- peak used to reverse at Whitechapel but Crossrail works have taken up the bays used

[@ianmcclavin]

I think the Arsenal "Underground" sign was re-done a few years ago...I'm sure the "original" one had the diamonds correctly positioned, but nobody bothered to tell the folks who commissioned the replacement..!!

[@timreay5148]

The Central Line station was renamed Shepherd's Bush Green around the time they were developing Westfield. Then they renamed the H&C station Shepherd's Bush Market, and changed Shepherd's Bush Green back to Shepherd's Bush again. I can't remember how long it was called Shepherd's Bush Green for (and it was closed for a while during the development) - anyone remember?

[@ForeverLucyxx]

these videos cured my anxiety

[@fregaropa]

Ive never clicked on a video so fast in the whole of my life.

[@pauljhowden331]

Magic stuff as always

[@JoseTwitterFan]

Can't wait for "Secrets of the Elizabeth Line".

[@johnbouttell5827]

This episode was well good. My inner nerd is well satisfied. Keep up the good nerdy work.