Geoff Marshall (@Geofftech) travel's London's H&C tube line, looking for the unusual and little-known features. If you like this video, check out Londonist's KZbin channel for the secrets of other tube lines.
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@lenniet10 жыл бұрын
Hello Geoff... The reason that the pedestrian tunnel under the broadway was closed is rather sad. Back in the late 1990's a young man was stabbed to death in the tunnel where you were standing and the council used that as the catalyst to close all the pedestrian tunnels around the broadway. It's better the way it is now, but I do sometimes miss the public toilets that were situated down there.... especially after a night on the beer!
@richardcoughlan92138 жыл бұрын
+Geofftech I have waited at those lights bloody annoying lol
@lenniet8 жыл бұрын
+Richard Coughlan That's because those are the only lights on the Broadway that are for the benefit of pedestrians and are not to keep the traffic flowing. I too have waited and waited and waited!
@ianmcclavin7 жыл бұрын
lennie thomas Yes, I hadn't realised it had closed, having not got off at Hammersmith for some time, but yes I remember it, handy having loos down there too. It can take ages to cross the road at street level now.
@viengsamphet6 жыл бұрын
lennie thomas so the man that killed him is infamous for closing that foottunnel?
@poznanskiszybkowiec_official6 жыл бұрын
Lennie thomas, Hammersmith & city line was formed in 1990 by metropolitan line and district line from 1863 to today, the line is from hammersmith with connection with district line to Barking
@smartsearch797010 жыл бұрын
Hi Geoff, love this series, all the stuff you need to know after 20 odd years of commuting and never noticed before !
@goatgamer0012 жыл бұрын
20 odd years=39 total years
@CycolacFan7 жыл бұрын
This is the fourth of your videos I've watched and they are all fascinating. Various things I've noticed and wondered about but not taken the time to stop and look at. Thank you.It's amazing how much of the old station furniture and signage still exists, hopefully they'll always keep that history in place.
@amethyst70844 жыл бұрын
I always feel (like to think) that the Hammersmith and City Line existed in actuality before it got its name, as I can remember that most of the time (when the current H&C Line was part of the Metropolitan Line) you could only get Metropolitan Line trains to Hammersmith from the Barking end of the line. Amersham, Chesham and Watford trains hardly ever ran from that end of the line; you had to get those trains from west of Aldgate or from Baker Street.
@MrBannystar5 жыл бұрын
The old Wood Lane station was used as a location for the Doctor Who story The Dalek Invasion of Earth in 1964. For the DVD release, they show a few clips of what it looks like inside the old abandoned tunnels with the original posters and the steps leading outside. I hope it still remains intact today!
@onlyyoulyj5 жыл бұрын
Tfl: Proposes the New tube for London Tfl: Builds crossrail Tfl:is going to install platform edge doors at many stations Also Tfl: *_-cannot build a interchange between white city and wood lane-_*
@alexleo1724 жыл бұрын
Between what?
@cryptiic20634 жыл бұрын
White City and Wood Lane..........
@KasabianFan444 жыл бұрын
TfL in a nutshell ^
@alexleo1724 жыл бұрын
Also also TfL: *_makes the new map look like a maze in the city_*
@SharkVaderYT3 жыл бұрын
they considered it but it was too expensive
@tubester45678 жыл бұрын
If England runs out of town names I have some suggestions, Cobblers Knob, Bollocks Heights, and Cocksmack Wharf .
@virtualoriginal7 жыл бұрын
Munters Hole, Arsentits, Charing-slightly-miffed
@tubester45677 жыл бұрын
Haha..... Queefers Hill, or Queefsberry, Slappers Bush, Iverbone Green, Farking.
@virtualoriginal7 жыл бұрын
Randomizerford
@jacklowe17877 жыл бұрын
tubester4567 there's a town near me called pity me
@seiran60027 жыл бұрын
tubester4567 there is a village near me called Horton upon cum
@Talbot9515 жыл бұрын
Amazing videos and I've just seen the Middlesex flag on one of the tiles! Can't wait to watch the other videos and keep up the good work! I'm learning something new all the time 🤓
@theolms8915 Жыл бұрын
This is my favourite line
@irfanraza37978 жыл бұрын
ive just discovered this series of video and they are brilliant!! they shud be compiled and put on tv too
@Londonistvids8 жыл бұрын
+Irfan Raza Thanks Irfan! Glad you enjoyed. We did make a DVD out of them all with extra bits in ...
@hueyj19757 жыл бұрын
It's sold out or something
@FarlandHowe10 жыл бұрын
Love the old light box. I really enjoy your videos.
@amethyst70844 жыл бұрын
I remember the subway that used to connect the H&C Hammersmith station with the District and Picadilly station. It was dead handy!
@harryfoley22944 жыл бұрын
Your probably telling a lie there
@ianhelps37496 жыл бұрын
I remember my dad pointing out the embossed tiles at Aldgate. Thanks for the interesting series.
@NiXnipe3 жыл бұрын
At 4:14, Geoff mentions that the little decorative tiles at Aldgate East that people often miss can easily be seen at Swiss Cottage and Bethnal Green stations too. But what he forgot mention was that because Swiss cottage and St John’s Wood station were built at the same time and therefore almost identical in appearance, those decorative little tiles that Harold Stabler designed can also be seen at St John’s Wood station as well.
@trilobyte310 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. Always interesting to find out more about the city we know and (sometimes) love!
@tahmedurrahman6665 жыл бұрын
I've been living in Aldgate East for since 2009. I have noticed it a couple times but I had no clue about it. Great History lesson!
@fToo10 жыл бұрын
the subway at Hammersmith - "i don't know why they closed it" ... it was a nasty urine smelling crime hotspot ... that's why they closed it !
@Damianlearyo10 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I never noticed throughout your videos that you have worn a t-shirt to match the colour of the tube line! Until now! *bangs head against wall*. Keep up the great work, Geoff. Waterloo & City line vid will be short and sweet!!
@bennettplay6 жыл бұрын
I heard the subway tunnel was closed when the new offices were built above the district/piccadilly lines station because the companies there insisted there should be pedestrian lights rather than a subway to cross the road. This may have been related to the stabbing reported below.
@jamesflowers294010 жыл бұрын
Fantastic , I have been waiting for the new one...Keep up the good work.
@kimpossibleyescruelladevil49602 жыл бұрын
I know your problems of Hammersmith and I agree with you they should’ve never close that subway that connected both of the stations if I was the mayor of London I would reopen the footpath
@NATO4623 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact at barking station there is a secret platform called platform 3 there is only three trains that departs from that platform and also there are only served by Hammersmith and city line
@baframer9 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy the series.
@hakc97again9 жыл бұрын
Dude! You missed out the purple handrails at Ladbroke Grove which represent the Metropolitan Line
@richardcoughlan92138 жыл бұрын
drivers on the metropolitan line are still trained to go Hammersmith in fact there will be to trains stabled there overnight when the line is closed between Wembley park to aldgate in may this year when the line closes early during the week!
@samscragg59566 жыл бұрын
Coldclough I
@c.c87526 жыл бұрын
Didn't know that and lived in Ladbroke Grove for years
@passeficknayshenallflaiugh94115 жыл бұрын
He did that in another video
@transportfromolly4 жыл бұрын
Coldclough he made an extra vid
@TraindudeShields8 жыл бұрын
I love the tube
@transportenthusiasta11846 жыл бұрын
Even I love it
@AzzyHighlights6 жыл бұрын
Wait till you get on the northern line lol
@rkytrock81366 жыл бұрын
Me to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to To!!!!!!!!!!!😂😂😂
@dawnwalden86866 жыл бұрын
Tube metropolitan circle district central bakerlloo
@erin81336 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@Mr-dm5et5 жыл бұрын
2:32 That’s the exact same train on the day of recording I went on that old HST to Swansea. We will always remember GWR’s unique and greatly cared HST’s unlike the Virgin ones
@midnightslui8 жыл бұрын
thanks londonist ltd im now gonna dont lost on underground line.
@MeAndMira6 жыл бұрын
The tube in Oslo closed most of their ticket offices a long time ago, now you can use the machines or head into the nearest kiosk and purchase tickets.
@Koploper7710 жыл бұрын
Omg I really like these series! I'm a big fan of the London Underground and you make awesome video's about them! I also like your voice and the interesting facts you tell. Greetings from Holland!
@TransportFan37810 жыл бұрын
Hi there! I like the facts that Geoff tells too. He should hurry with these secrets videos.
@Tube-Shots Жыл бұрын
Such an efficient Line
@maplady5729 жыл бұрын
Geoff, I share your love of old station furniture (GWR seat) - have you been to Leamington Spa station? A wealth of lovely old features there - including a fireplace in the loo!
@seanmaxwell33195 жыл бұрын
0:09 you don’t have to tease us like that, Geoff ;)
@kappucinokid10 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your videos. Yes, they are short but so informative.
@HenrysAdventures6 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed that video! I'll look out for those tiles next time I'm at Aldgate East!
@Teddy_Bass6 жыл бұрын
Surely this channel deserves a back stage tour by London underground
@Skibdi89654 Жыл бұрын
Your so close to 1 Million views!
@robbiemorrison70852 жыл бұрын
1:50 memories of 2013, when Wood Lane was the newest station, not any more
@mahnazalaei86279 жыл бұрын
Hey, did you realise that Geoff Marshall is in the guinness world records 2015 book!He's in the transport section. :)
@railwork26438 жыл бұрын
He's been on TV trying to beat it before
@airplaneplustrainguy81436 жыл бұрын
Mahnaz Alaei yeah yeah
@jpbdude42236 жыл бұрын
He should host a London Underground TV Show
@elviss5 жыл бұрын
Also once upon a time, up until the early mid 90’s, at Westbourne Park, you could change trains and take trains to Redding from a platform behind the Eastbourne Platform
@keremburada10 жыл бұрын
When he pronounces the line, he always wears the same color of t-shirt as the line's representing color.
@leostrains4 жыл бұрын
sockington1 what?
@joesos4 жыл бұрын
really? i would have never guessed!
@therobster6044 жыл бұрын
No way I thought he just liked to wear plain t shirts
@ankledsquid4 жыл бұрын
Shit. Really?
@leostrains4 жыл бұрын
keremburada do you mean when he goes on the line
@birdsbayes6 жыл бұрын
So I can't get the bonus video to work - wonder if this is a relic from an older iteration of youtube?
@Eddyspeeder4 жыл бұрын
Found it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIu7fGSopqZ8h5I
@duolingoowl70434 жыл бұрын
2:31 and 0:56 Class 43 (Intercity 125) R.I.P C Stock R.I.P Man, the world changes really fast. I remember being on the D stock like yesterday!
@Digscomics7 жыл бұрын
(puts on nerd glasses, adopts nasal voice) That GWR logo on the benches wasn't adopted until 1934. My guess is those benches were reclaimed from some closed station in the 60s. There are some Victorian GWR benches in the station, though - they have a much more elaborate monogram.
@paulmartin63976 жыл бұрын
You might be one year out? The GWR roundel logo was adopted as part of the GWR centenary in 1935... ☺
@RhysBeard10 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Geoff!
@brian97314 жыл бұрын
So now it makes sense. There is an old line from Waterloo to the Shepherds Bush area which explains how, when the Eurostar trains ran from Waterloo, their depot was off Scrubs Lane.
@ZeldaFitz6 жыл бұрын
The subway at Hammersmith was closed in the very early 90s when the broadway was redeveloped. There was a dragon mural on the wall of the closed subway.
@1nothingspecial10 жыл бұрын
Love the fact there's a FGW train stopped at the signal at Royal Oak in the background, where they always seem to stop for ages.
@quelltarum10 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, as always!
@yegventures10 жыл бұрын
YAY!!!! You're back with your beautiful face! Love this series. Do you have a formula for writing these? I'd like to do a series in my home town.
@mentholminchies10 жыл бұрын
***** you should assemble all the rest for a director's cut video for the fans...!
@Sentryscan6 жыл бұрын
I love the tube especially you
@marcuslp12127 жыл бұрын
Im from Berlin but I ❤ London! There is a game (World of Subways 3) where you can ride the C-Stock on the Circle Line
@philipsarell24673 жыл бұрын
At White City, Geoff, the results of the 1908 Olympics are preserved in stone together with the Marathon finish line.
@garywilliams534 жыл бұрын
Huh.I Did Not Know That,Geoff.I Am Your Biggest Fan
@FeWorld10 жыл бұрын
Love this series
@onoonigiri32538 жыл бұрын
Slammersmith and Pity Line
@ax2bxc8 жыл бұрын
*Hammersmith and Titty line
@CoolTransport5 жыл бұрын
at 0:56 there is an old C stock train. I miss those
@Popularmmos_fan-de8gj8 жыл бұрын
1:37 my favorite animation on this KZbin channel
@R3c0gniz3d2 жыл бұрын
I went there yesterday
@jonesm1310 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@_soundwaves2 жыл бұрын
His jacket do be blinding my eyes at 2 am
@390h8er7 жыл бұрын
On the westbound platform at Ladbroke Grove, there is a spelling mistake on one of the signs. It says 'For Port'a'bello Road' not Portobello as per the others.
@Londonistvids7 жыл бұрын
We didn't know this! amazing. OK for us to use this in a future video?
@390h8er7 жыл бұрын
Yeah sure, be my guest. I only spotted it on 17.12.16. I was sat on the 'Kidulthood' bench looking across and there it was. I should get there quickly, I think it was only a temporary sign!
@pedrocooper10 жыл бұрын
Excellent!!!
@SteamboatWilley5 ай бұрын
Can you put the link to the bonus video in the description or in a card, please? Clicking on the video does nothing.
@BlueSheep955 ай бұрын
Back when KZbin had annotations... 😢
@Moechtegernpilot12 жыл бұрын
Hammersmith is best smith Hammersmith best Station ❤️❤️❤️ The Hammersmith & City line serves as kind of helping line mainly for the circle line wich is much used by tourists I think plus it serves as an additional link between the west AB’s the east of London without going fully up to the outer skirts of the city
@railphoto110 жыл бұрын
Very good facts :-)
@keithrussell98345 жыл бұрын
Will you do the secrets of the crossrail?
@LemoncloudGT5 жыл бұрын
keith russell he probs will when it's out
@roses12988 жыл бұрын
Hammersmith Grove Road station is by far the most sucsessful abandoned tube station 1869 - 1916
@patsk81275 жыл бұрын
so fascinating!
@harrymiles26529 жыл бұрын
I don't know if anyone else noticed it, but there was a bench next to the lift at the entrance to Paddington. I've never seen a bench next to an escalator before.
@harrymiles26529 жыл бұрын
Also, I love canal boats :)
@joesneddon20177 жыл бұрын
3:30 Ah no! I was sitting on those stairs last time I went to baker street! I should have walked up them and had a look.
@Danburybeeches10 жыл бұрын
Fantastic as ever Geoff. I love that you can get to the canal so easily at Padders, I'll have to check that out next time I'm there. Do you just follow signs from the exit?
@IluvSD40s8 жыл бұрын
3:37 Whoa whoa whoa, why do the emergency exit signs lead you to a gated doorway? Is the gate openable during a stampede? How is this legal?
@RetroAdz7 жыл бұрын
Never been there but from what I can see there's a magnetic lock that'll automatically unlock during a fire alarm
@howardbattersby56726 жыл бұрын
What is the point of the Hammersmith and City line. On the northern side passengers are served by the circle line with the stations exactly the same. When it comes to the eastern section passengers can be served by travelling on the Circle line to Tower Hill and then changing to the District Line. The only functionality the Hammersmith and City line offers is the short cut to Aldgate East by missing out Aldgate and a change at Tower Hill, hardly a reason for all the other duplication and extra cost. Or am I missing something?
@timrollpickering5 жыл бұрын
The H&C predates the current Circle arrangements and prior to 2009 it was the only line serving the Hammersmith to Paddington section. I live on the eastern section and the line is very useful to getting directly to the northern side of the circle and the mainline stations on it. Changing at Tower Hill is not easy, especially when hauling a big suitcase. It's the Circle Line that is the "what is the point?" one. TfL & their predecessors spent about a century trying to rid of it (operationally continuous loops are a pain and many thought it was wasting capacity that could be better allocated to trains from the suburbs but finding a workable alternative was a pain) and at one point in the 2000s the proposal was for it to have been completely fused with the H&C, with the Metropolitan diverted to Barking. However for some reason, I think stock compatibility, the Met stayed as it was.
@owenchuarbx10 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas Geoff
@britannia555 жыл бұрын
There's not enough ticket machines on stations, yes to videos on canals and boats my friend Jeneene from America is mad on them
@LavenderAudio8 жыл бұрын
Heh, I ended up in those disused tunnels in Baker Street a couple weeks ago after getting the wrong train and ending up in a part of Baker Street I'd never seen before.
@DS_UKD8 жыл бұрын
Secrets of London Rail Terminus's? Maybe? Would be amazing!
@xevlonperc8 жыл бұрын
No. That video is just a timeline.
@adamrobinson64608 жыл бұрын
Isn't this line essentially completely pointless as it always runs alongside another line?
@pixelsandbacon6 жыл бұрын
More capacity I suppose
@Lauren-dz9fq6 жыл бұрын
Double circle Hammersmith-tower hill and district tower hill-barking (the aldgate curve is the only h and c only track)
@jsrfmaster4 жыл бұрын
2:54 - The H&C/Circle line running every two minutes? Pull the other one
@dozenazer18116 жыл бұрын
Why do the trains have yellow handrails?
@amorembalming5 жыл бұрын
High visibility for viewing impaired people.
@ashleyjiscool3 жыл бұрын
This is cool
@AndrewG9754 жыл бұрын
Shepherds Bush Market, till 10 years ago, was also called Shepherds Bush station. The two stations were on separate lines and a 5 minute walk from each other, very confusing and poorly thought out.
@VelociraptorAnimations Жыл бұрын
1:03 I remember seeing those little flashes on the tracks when one of the Northern Line trains went in when I went about a month ago. Are those meant to be electric or something?
@jollygoodyoutube7 ай бұрын
Those are electric sparks
@dhtelevision6 жыл бұрын
I went to Aldgate East, my first tube station
@robwix80035 жыл бұрын
Geoff with that coat you should take over from Liam Neeson in the Taken movies
@ConnorPlayzHD8 жыл бұрын
whats the point of this line it just runs next to others
@mickys80656 жыл бұрын
Connor 91004 1. Your icon matches the comment 2. I suppose it links lines making it easier to change line
@dansmith46016 жыл бұрын
More convenient for people going east from kings cross as it means they don't need to get the circle line to Tower Hill and then change to the distrcitt
@ovaltineforlife47785 жыл бұрын
@@dansmith4601 distrcitt?
@Nice_Person73793 жыл бұрын
Isn’t this secrets of the circle line? Like the only thing special about this line is the connection from Aldgate East to Liverpool Street
@david.tlrave35593 жыл бұрын
There used to be a Metropolitan Line Link as it ws then going west at Hammersmith along path of district Line.!!!!
@BigGrease16 жыл бұрын
wow... even the oldest tube corridor looks better than the corridors in the paris metro.
@michellecrowhurst45112 жыл бұрын
Can you please do the thames link line video and Thames clipper (a request from my 5 year old daughter who loves your videos)
@sebastiangoddard17177 жыл бұрын
0:56 the old C stock...I miss them
@SpartanBunzer7 жыл бұрын
Can you see circle and metropolitan line services passing Aldgate on the Hammersmith and City service as well as District services?
@Matthew-it2jw9 жыл бұрын
The nearby by? (royal oak caption)
@lorna_alice5 жыл бұрын
Word on the Water book barge ourside of Paddington is now docked on the Regents Canal behind Kings Cross.
@londonbusexplorer10 жыл бұрын
highest on the underground on platforms is @ waterloo. platforms 25 and 26
@cdw198810 жыл бұрын
***** pretty please can you do secrets of the waterloo and city line ;)
@Davidcherbrat10 жыл бұрын
cdw1988 That'll be interesting. There's lots of history about the W&C line. It'll be hard to fit it all into 5 minutes lol
@theghost16532 жыл бұрын
@0:10 “do you want buy some… knowledge, kids”
@SimonS447 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or is the lightning on the "Danger! High voltage!" sign at 2:45 the wrong way around?
@jpbdude42236 жыл бұрын
Simon S. It’s just you
@Arapoksi2 ай бұрын
Nope, it’s reversed
@rafaelgamma075 жыл бұрын
5 years ago today?
@eastlancsesteem2 жыл бұрын
I would extend it to Rainham (via Dagenham Dock and Rainham).