Secrets of the Central Line

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@burgerman2337
@burgerman2337 10 жыл бұрын
I found something out about the Central Line, between Liverpool St and Bank the tight curves are actually dodging the old foundations of the buildings above. Also there is one curve that avoids the Vaults of the Bank of England! :D
@patthewoodboy
@patthewoodboy 7 жыл бұрын
an old girlfriend of mine told me that
@jasonantigua6825
@jasonantigua6825 5 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Vogel She sounds like she would have been a keeper!
@blackham7
@blackham7 5 жыл бұрын
This sounds like it should be an idea for a bank heist movie where someone breaks into the bank via the underground tunnels lol
@louischallener5865
@louischallener5865 5 жыл бұрын
Drill through the wall of the tunnel into the vault gta v style
@johnashford51
@johnashford51 5 жыл бұрын
BurgerMan233 kk
@martinwood744
@martinwood744 2 жыл бұрын
I frequented the London Underground system for many years and I loved it. Now, as my time runs out, all that is finished, just memories. But what memories. I no longer have any reason to travel, or any money to travel. And I wouldn't just hop on a train to nowhere for the feels. It wouldn't work. The journey and the destination are entwined. Each enhances the other. So vids like these are my window into a gone but never forgotten past. Muchas Gracias!
@Ravelinn
@Ravelinn 4 жыл бұрын
I worked on the Railway for 25 years and love the history and idiosyncrasies of it... all the secrets and stuff ive seen.. its an amazing place..
@abzinhoo
@abzinhoo 2 жыл бұрын
Yh
@nailayaseen9994
@nailayaseen9994 2 жыл бұрын
Hi
@Londonistvids
@Londonistvids 8 жыл бұрын
"It's quicker to walk from Queensway to Baywater" t-shirt, now available from the Londonist shop! www.moretvicar.com/collection/londonist/product/its-quicker-to-walk-t-shirt
@jbm9918
@jbm9918 8 жыл бұрын
Nice 😃😃
@alphies.q.4858
@alphies.q.4858 8 жыл бұрын
Londonist my mum was born in Leytonstone😀
@insertnamehere5660
@insertnamehere5660 8 жыл бұрын
+sd2787 Its considerably cheap as t-shirts aren't that cheap anyway. He's not forcing you to buy a t-shirt, there just there if you want to purchase one.
@thephoenix3155
@thephoenix3155 8 жыл бұрын
+Alphie S.Q. My Grandad was born in Leytonstone!
@thebuzzah
@thebuzzah 8 жыл бұрын
Would one tap out and back in?
@001ChelseaFan
@001ChelseaFan 10 жыл бұрын
Hey Geoff, if I can add one more thing, if you go to the front of the eastbound platform at Holborn station and peer into the tunnel, you can see a distinctive white light at the far end of it - that's Chancery Lane station!
@NineEyeRon
@NineEyeRon 5 жыл бұрын
1:40:27-Speedence safety comes first though so sadly we miss out
@ISLTransport99
@ISLTransport99 5 жыл бұрын
What the heck why are you saying, "FUCKING BITCH!" why are you saying that kid
@johnsmith-wx5fb
@johnsmith-wx5fb 5 жыл бұрын
Mental problems
@alexanderstevenson6484
@alexanderstevenson6484 4 жыл бұрын
Tube station: *holds any record * Stratford: I’m gonna stop you right there
@terminx7841
@terminx7841 3 жыл бұрын
Stratford is just built different
@thatguyshawzy
@thatguyshawzy 3 жыл бұрын
@@terminx7841 Frrrr
@bottlebfdi
@bottlebfdi 3 жыл бұрын
Gants hill: 1. ur overground 2. im the eastermost completely underground station
@Kampfzwerg87
@Kampfzwerg87 3 жыл бұрын
Yes! And although it has the shortest escalator it's equivalent to 16 floors. Why 16 floors? Because every other tube station has 15 floors and Stratfort wants the record.
@elementballs
@elementballs 3 жыл бұрын
stratford gets wooden treads on escalators!
@pierferekatze2370
@pierferekatze2370 5 жыл бұрын
2:47 that woman in the background is like "wtf is that guy doing?"
@hyungwoo0312
@hyungwoo0312 7 жыл бұрын
The "Whistle" sign and the train whistling at 1:44 made me chuckle. Something about the scene and the sound itself is somehow charming!
@MiaFa_x
@MiaFa_x 5 жыл бұрын
Small but helpful tip. When entering Stratford station from the Westfield entrance. Don’t follow the first sign to the central line as that takes you on a much longer route. Its quicker to just go down the second escalator slightly further on, you’ll get to the central line platforms about twice as quick :)
@thisis_mudchute
@thisis_mudchute 2 жыл бұрын
Ikr
@moritzl7065
@moritzl7065 8 жыл бұрын
2:48 You're attracting quite a bit of attention, Geoff...
@aaronandmumleimayes8667
@aaronandmumleimayes8667 6 жыл бұрын
Moritz L why is the woman looking at Geoff?
@Richard_is_cool
@Richard_is_cool 6 жыл бұрын
Not very British..
@Chrnan6710
@Chrnan6710 5 жыл бұрын
*UNTIL THE NEW STRATFORD STATION WAS BUILT*
@TheCastleMarch
@TheCastleMarch 4 жыл бұрын
XD
@alzirabalde4010
@alzirabalde4010 4 жыл бұрын
Wow
@jasminejohnston6393
@jasminejohnston6393 5 жыл бұрын
Lift trick: Lifts always chime once when they’re going up and twice when going down. Useful info!
@NATENIL2
@NATENIL2 5 жыл бұрын
Jasmine Johnston yes ,this is true but not all lifts arent like this.
@toddhunter3137
@toddhunter3137 4 жыл бұрын
I live in a Manchester highrise and that's actually true. 👍👍
@Chrnan6710
@Chrnan6710 4 жыл бұрын
*_UNTIL THE NEW STRATFORD STATION WAS BUILT_*
@stevewright4576
@stevewright4576 3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE this video and all comments! I am Canadian living in London and love all this nostalgia! My wife who is British just shrugs, I make her ride all these lines with me and I am wide-eyed with enthusiasm (way past zone 6, but I am paying so who cares!) I think it's so fun!
@JackMitchell404
@JackMitchell404 8 жыл бұрын
The De La Rue (Bank of England) printing works is on Langston Road in Loughton, you would pass it long before you reach Roding Valley. It's visible on the left on a Westbound train just before it arrives in Debden or on the right of an Eastbound train leaving Debden. The printing works is the most distant building from Debden station in that industrial estate before the countryside sets in.
@paulshorney3465
@paulshorney3465 2 жыл бұрын
My aunt used to work there. She lived out at Horley near Gatwick airport. Some commute!!
@doristheslug9609
@doristheslug9609 6 жыл бұрын
Not far from the epping to ongar steam railway you can find the worlds oldest surviving wooden church, heavily restored but never demolished, build in 1060 CE
@Hussein1156
@Hussein1156 3 жыл бұрын
Sod9ckd
@Kohl423
@Kohl423 8 жыл бұрын
In times past I traveled on the extention to the Central Line beyond Epping. You had to get off the tube train and walk up the platform and then get on another tube train which eventually took you to Ongar albeit I was actually travelling to North Weald in order to see an air display at the aerodrome there when they used to have such things. I'm glad they have managed to find a use for that bit of line but it's a shame they discontinued the tube arrangement. Sometimes progress seems more about going backwards!
@abzinhoo
@abzinhoo 2 жыл бұрын
Lj
@peteypops
@peteypops 4 жыл бұрын
When we lived in London, during 2000, we used the tube as much as we could to visit as many pubs as we could nearly every Sunday. We visited some very interesting places!...The Milenium Pub Crawl....what a year.
@ericjamieson
@ericjamieson 5 жыл бұрын
Gants Hill looks the way it does because engineers from the London Underground had consulted on the initial construction of the Moscow Metro, were impressed with the station layouts the Soviets were using, and recommended something similar for London.
@thewalkingman777
@thewalkingman777 4 жыл бұрын
The Central line is an elegant design masterpiece! I love Roding Valley btw, especially how the trains go past you towards Epping on the platform that curves away from you when you are waiting for the train to Hainault.
@vonHintenHorst
@vonHintenHorst 8 жыл бұрын
1:50 to the right: "Rear Window" 1:55 "North by Northwest" 2:00 to the right: "Vertigo" 2:02 "Psycho"
@philrabe910
@philrabe910 5 жыл бұрын
2:15 there also appears to be a roundel on the hour hand. Brilliant!
@rjjcms1
@rjjcms1 3 жыл бұрын
That makes two of us who spotted that.
@crazysharkgaming8947
@crazysharkgaming8947 9 жыл бұрын
You forgot about Leyton! On match days when Leyton Orient play at home, there is a secret gate that they open to deal with crowds, trust me i have been through it
@crazysharkgaming8947
@crazysharkgaming8947 9 жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyton_tube_station if you don't believe me
@boomerrob9223
@boomerrob9223 6 жыл бұрын
Crowds? At Leyton Orient?
@NatashaKundi
@NatashaKundi 6 жыл бұрын
i trust you. i saw that during Olympics​.
@realfrowz
@realfrowz 6 жыл бұрын
You forgot um startford
@brendansheerin8980
@brendansheerin8980 6 жыл бұрын
I've been through that gate
@Biggsatroid
@Biggsatroid 5 жыл бұрын
It's strange to me how Roding Valley is the least used Underground station because it is the station I personally have used the most in my entire life. I spent quite a lot of my life living between Buckhurst Hill and Woodford, hence Roding Valley being the station I would get on and off at nearly every day
@crazyboutferrets
@crazyboutferrets Жыл бұрын
Bro is the sole person keeping roding valley alive
@businessbuilding1
@businessbuilding1 11 жыл бұрын
absolutely love your commentary and your videos. I can't get enough - just watched the Bakerloo line and this video. Would love to see you reveal NYC's subway lines
@123ObbYzz
@123ObbYzz 9 жыл бұрын
2:29 Simon from Inbetweeners
@jacksearle5485
@jacksearle5485 8 жыл бұрын
how would you know?
@callumfisher9124
@callumfisher9124 7 жыл бұрын
Robert Obrien i
@thenameaintjim
@thenameaintjim 7 жыл бұрын
how the HELL did you notice that?! hahaha
@callumfisher9124
@callumfisher9124 6 жыл бұрын
Raph CJ What?
@hellotherekindsir1137
@hellotherekindsir1137 6 жыл бұрын
Oh friends
@SB_FootbaII
@SB_FootbaII 3 жыл бұрын
2:47 that lady be like, “what are you doing?”
@bolerie
@bolerie 8 жыл бұрын
2:20 Sorry mate, I think you're the only one who does those quizes
@saleemk6025
@saleemk6025 5 жыл бұрын
Who's here after the have randomly been recommended this...
@lilyp353
@lilyp353 5 жыл бұрын
Yes and I’m even from England lol
@harryturner8701
@harryturner8701 5 жыл бұрын
S K yes but weirdly I fucking love it
@chrisbrown6168
@chrisbrown6168 4 жыл бұрын
I'm here because I watched secrets of the district line. My fiancé thinks I'm an absolute geek
@davidmccarthy7562
@davidmccarthy7562 10 жыл бұрын
Thank you for such a great film, which Leo (aged 4) and I (considerable older) very much enjoy. We had previously seen the clocks with roundels instead of numbers at Bethnal Green, but were so excited to see from your film that there were more such clocks at Gants Hill we made a special trip to check them out!! It was great to see them. But here is some BIG news...there's are two more clocks with roundels instead of numbers at the bottom of the escalators at Wanstead tube! Great news for fans of clocks with roundels instead of number like us!! Love your work Geoff! David and Leo
@MarcusTDM
@MarcusTDM 9 жыл бұрын
Great Video, anyone who loves London and its history should watch this video. Nice one.
@1963TOMB
@1963TOMB 5 жыл бұрын
This brings back memories. The Central Line project in the early to mid nineties was the 1st LU line I worked on as a radio commissioning engineer, eventually working on all the lines. I'm still at it and currently working on Crossrail.
@maherhamadouch2005
@maherhamadouch2005 7 жыл бұрын
it must've been awkward to shout hello
@ymodnar
@ymodnar 3 жыл бұрын
Yup.
@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian
@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian 3 жыл бұрын
I have travelled hundreds of times between Shepherds Bush and White City and for 40+ years wondered “why does the train appear on the far right having departed Shepherds Bush on the left’. Wow, now I understand. Thank you so much 👏👏👍😀
@ccityplanner1217
@ccityplanner1217 8 жыл бұрын
Wanstead & Gants Hill remind me of the Prague Metro, & Redbridge reminds me of U-Bahn stations in Germany.
@campbellcaraher1008
@campbellcaraher1008 5 жыл бұрын
Wasn't Gants Hill copied from some Russian station ?
@JackAndEmilyVids
@JackAndEmilyVids 2 жыл бұрын
I've been watching this guy for years and I have enjoyed every video
@yoyoyoygoogo677
@yoyoyoygoogo677 5 жыл бұрын
“And this escalator-” Stratford: “N O”
@dfolt
@dfolt Жыл бұрын
Brilliant film! When starting to visit my aunt in Leytonstone as a German teenager in the early 1970ies, one of my favourite pasttimes was exploring the underground network. It is still fascinating although I miss the era when a train guard was operating the doors on the old Metro Cammel rolling stock.
@jaccydatta
@jaccydatta 9 жыл бұрын
On top of this, did you know that at Chancery Lane the Westbound trains are directly underneath the Eastbound trains, yet at St Paul's (the next station) the Eastbound trains are directly underneath the Westbound!! Weird!!
@thoughtfortheday7811
@thoughtfortheday7811 6 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, a total vertical switch. That's brilliant! Thanks for sharing that.
@maplady572
@maplady572 9 жыл бұрын
Only just discovered these fantastic shorts...completely hooked now, won't get any work done! Thanks for a brilliant series, can't wait to spot some of the features you have pointed out!
@Londonistvids
@Londonistvids 9 жыл бұрын
Karen Pinchbeck Thanks Karen! We do loads of great London vids, subscribe up to see what else Geoff gets up to! (There's a DVD too with extra stuff if you're interested)
@TheBookoholic
@TheBookoholic 9 жыл бұрын
+Londonist Londonist Where can I grab a copy of this fantastic-sounding DVD?
@bolerie
@bolerie 8 жыл бұрын
I like to imagine the lady at 2:48 thinking "I'm about to see some shit!"
@Hjominbonrun
@Hjominbonrun 10 жыл бұрын
Excellent film. I much enjoy the odd historical tidbits. I am a foreigner so all extremely new and useful.
@Drawyah
@Drawyah 8 жыл бұрын
4:18 - Just saw the new video where the wooden escalator is now no longer wooden or an escalator! :O
@kinkisharyocoasters
@kinkisharyocoasters 7 жыл бұрын
Drawyah i have one on mu channel of the inclinator
@MalaysianAviator737-8
@MalaysianAviator737-8 6 жыл бұрын
Drawyah hi drawyah
@thoughtfortheday7811
@thoughtfortheday7811 6 жыл бұрын
Those escalators, with the uplighters, were beautiful. After the Kings Cross tragedy, they had to replace them with the safer but ugly metal ones.
@MalaysianAviator737-8
@MalaysianAviator737-8 6 жыл бұрын
Thought for the Day kings X incident?
@thoughtfortheday7811
@thoughtfortheday7811 6 жыл бұрын
MAS_ pilot. Fire, 1987, 31 people died.
@ChoobChoob
@ChoobChoob 9 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that Gants Hill station was based on designs made for the Moscow Metro!
@e28r838vvxzcx
@e28r838vvxzcx 9 жыл бұрын
Because this is a KZbin video they fit in around 5 mins of footage, there's a dvd explaining more secrets.
@ChoobChoob
@ChoobChoob 9 жыл бұрын
+Samad Mckenna-Ahmedi He only needed to say one line.
@e28r838vvxzcx
@e28r838vvxzcx 9 жыл бұрын
Well if you think about it every scene is like 16-30 seconds
@superjoe5215
@superjoe5215 7 жыл бұрын
Samad Mckenna-Ahmedi f
@cr10001
@cr10001 6 жыл бұрын
There are many Moscow Metro stations with that layout, with a concourse (?) down the middle and the platforms off each side. I'm not sure which one resembles Gants Hill most closely, though the Moscow ones are generally more ornate.
@AlisonBryen
@AlisonBryen 8 жыл бұрын
This video got me a point in my pub quiz tonight...! The question was "From which map did Ongar disappear from... ?" or something along those lines! I even elaborated to state that it was on the Central line past Epping...My teammates (who happen to be my family) were impressed. We live in the Midlands and so the Underground is not generally part of our everyday life...although my husband and I visit London semi regularly to visit his sister. She lives on the Victoria line not far from Angel...
@jonathan461965
@jonathan461965 10 жыл бұрын
Nice Video Geoff. The underground facinates me with all it's history etc. Keep them rolling!
@johnnylyttle
@johnnylyttle 7 жыл бұрын
That transition at 1:39 - niiiiice!
@gravellegb
@gravellegb 4 жыл бұрын
There was a young girl from Darjeeling Who took the 5:30 to Ealing The sign did implore Please don't spit on the floor So she carefully spat on the ceiling.
@5-Consecutive-Hairpin-Turns
@5-Consecutive-Hairpin-Turns 3 жыл бұрын
2:47 that woman looked at him like he was committing a war crime
@cephalopod7300
@cephalopod7300 3 жыл бұрын
This train terminates at... The Hague
@5-Consecutive-Hairpin-Turns
@5-Consecutive-Hairpin-Turns 3 жыл бұрын
@@cephalopod7300 great username
@AS-ft6vc
@AS-ft6vc 5 жыл бұрын
I am addicted to these videos
@emmapaignton4765
@emmapaignton4765 6 жыл бұрын
I work at Newbury park sometimes on rail replacement so I use the central line quite alot in 2-3 days
@mikosoft
@mikosoft 8 жыл бұрын
We stayed near Bethnal Green station when in London a couple of weeks ago and noticed the clock with roundels. It even made it into one of the pictures although not as centerpiece.
@finnyoungman2674
@finnyoungman2674 5 жыл бұрын
1:37 That was cleannnn
@battmann7089
@battmann7089 6 жыл бұрын
How can anyone thumb down any of the great videos?? Grade A Numpties all. Message to them-I'd love to see all the great work you do...........
@OfficalBruhMeme
@OfficalBruhMeme 2 жыл бұрын
Keep it up my tube guy
@msg355
@msg355 10 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely fantastic you have such a knack for presenting. Very informative and interesting, thank you
@marsgal42
@marsgal42 10 жыл бұрын
On the oldest part of the Central Line the tracks have a rising grade approaching the stations to assist braking and a falling grade leaving the stations to assist acceleration. Cool videos!
@Great_WesternTVFan
@Great_WesternTVFan 6 жыл бұрын
Laura Halliday which one? White City?
@cr10001
@cr10001 6 жыл бұрын
The Paris Metro has that feature on Ligne 1 (and possibly others). Since Ligne 1 is straight for much of its length from the city centre out to the west, and the trains are driverless so you can sit up front and look straight down the tunnel, this is very noticeable.
@bowlerstuff9589
@bowlerstuff9589 4 жыл бұрын
@@Great_WesternTVFan ,Loughton towards the city
@R-bobo
@R-bobo 5 жыл бұрын
Back in the 60s l used to travel from Alresford in Hampshire to Waterloo then on to Snaresbrook where I was in Royal Wanstead boarding school, such memories.
@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102
@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102 5 жыл бұрын
4:04 Now that escalator is gone and there's an inclinator in its place.
@motorheadmalc
@motorheadmalc 8 жыл бұрын
Just by what is now Leyton Asda, was a junction from the national network joining onto the Central Line. It wasn't the last part of the underground to have freight traffic, but that which did run goes way back to the Great Eastern Railway era finishing in 1966. Some early morning British Railways passenger services continued to Epping or Loughton until 1970. I have friends who are ex-colleagues who remember working them.
@Bullmannumber4
@Bullmannumber4 8 жыл бұрын
Awesome 😎🤗 Thanks for pointing me to this.
@itsazziboi
@itsazziboi 8 ай бұрын
Wait is that the actor for Frank Pick on that one Jay Foreman vid about the Tube Map?
@lawrencesimmons5093
@lawrencesimmons5093 5 жыл бұрын
I can recall sneaking up a spiral staircase to dodge ticket barriers at Marble Arch.
@amethyst7084
@amethyst7084 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. I wish I had travelled on the old section between Epping and Ongar when it was in use. 🤨 Geoff Marshall makes the best videos about the London Tube 👏🏿
@mucusmayhem1118
@mucusmayhem1118 6 жыл бұрын
It's the longest line and one of the busiest at peak times. Not the tube you want to get stuck in a tunnel on a hot day.
@TritoneTrickster
@TritoneTrickster 5 жыл бұрын
When I used to work in the city one unseasonably hot spring day in 2012 I was stuck between St Paul's and Bank (in tunnel) for 30 mins. My suit was soaked through, and everyone looked like they's just got off a water slide! Hope I never experience that again!
@ednuttah
@ednuttah 11 жыл бұрын
Can't get enough of this channel!
@adlam97531
@adlam97531 8 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact also about Roding Valley was that tickets where originally sold via a Gibson Ticket Machine in the 70s and 80s, the same machine used by bus conductors.
@Londonistvids
@Londonistvids 8 жыл бұрын
Great fact, David. thanks!
@cannadineboxill-harris2983
@cannadineboxill-harris2983 2 жыл бұрын
I needed to know why don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into six cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those six cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10M, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it bigger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Train tunnel into a High-Speed train? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Train line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 37 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project that is OK for London Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street and also make another brand new tunnel train station in Chingford and could they extend the DLR? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10M, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Six carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and they can order Every 17 Octagon and Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique minor no.13 and unique small no.10 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 117MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 117MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 16 Tonnes for all of the 117MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are Told!! And please do something about these essential Professional ideas Please Prime Minister of England, the Prime Minister of Sweden, the Prime Minister of Germany, the Prime Minister of Italy, the Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.
@MrExEssex
@MrExEssex 5 жыл бұрын
1:41 "Wooford" is a great place for lovers to visit and a very well-kept Secret of the Underground.
@lawrencesimmons5093
@lawrencesimmons5093 5 жыл бұрын
This or Woo-ford Green splits the village in 2.
@KasabianFan44
@KasabianFan44 4 жыл бұрын
Is _Wooford_ somewhere near Barking?...
@stu3121
@stu3121 10 жыл бұрын
I stumbled across these videos by accident, now i'm addicted.
@cindywhitton5347
@cindywhitton5347 8 жыл бұрын
I love the sound the central line trains make when leaving a station
@cr10001
@cr10001 6 жыл бұрын
Yep. I've been on TGV's and Eurostars, but when the Central Line train takes off from Stratford and winds up in the tunnel, you *know* you're moving... :)
@GabrielPugliesi92
@GabrielPugliesi92 4 ай бұрын
I like it too
@FruityFilm
@FruityFilm 9 жыл бұрын
You can't have been looking to miss the BofE printing works, it's very long and covered in razor wire with security windows in the walls. The wooden escalator at Greenford has gone, too.
@suddenchangeofdirection
@suddenchangeofdirection 9 жыл бұрын
At least with the tube's first inclinator
@choekizm
@choekizm 11 жыл бұрын
Love your videos if you could do some more local ones would be great :) ps are u on tv if not you should be u got the gift for presenting.
@sethc6663
@sethc6663 5 жыл бұрын
We visited family in the UK a few years ago and we got around a fair bit on the tube when we went to London. I found this very interesting. Thank you 👍
@brendonleonard5549
@brendonleonard5549 8 жыл бұрын
Interesting stuff, Although I live in New Zealand and have never been anywhere overseas other than Australia..
@Snowyy90
@Snowyy90 5 жыл бұрын
This is my local train!! I live in ongar so i need to take the bus to epping which is very annoying as central line used to go to ongar!! But my workplace is in holland park so it takes time which doesn’t matter. I like this train!!
@Squaretable22
@Squaretable22 8 жыл бұрын
Did you also know Gants Hill station was also worked on by the same people who built the Moscow Metro?
@julianaylor4351
@julianaylor4351 5 жыл бұрын
That wooden tread was removed elsewhere because of the King's Cross fire. In fact three weeks before it happened I was at Green Park and along with a load of other people I complained about a strange smell on the escalators, it was actually a small fire that the staff later admitted to covering up!
@kyriacosmenicou964
@kyriacosmenicou964 5 жыл бұрын
You have forgotten a secret about Epping station that there is a 1930's train parked there 😁
@mrsmirnoff8715
@mrsmirnoff8715 5 жыл бұрын
And it's recently had a new lick of paint.
@flickgaming6986
@flickgaming6986 4 жыл бұрын
I've lived in Epping for 14 years and I didn't even know about that.
@stephenmurray5684
@stephenmurray5684 8 жыл бұрын
Would you be able to do a short video on the lost connection from the main line steam trains at Stratford to Leytonstone (now Central) and Ilford to Newbury Park (now Central). My deceased father used to drive steam locos along both parts on through the lovely Barkingside station.
@grimmy74uk
@grimmy74uk 11 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed , but try to slow it down just a touch. Spreading this film even over an extra minute or two would help viewers take it all in.
@juliansmith4295
@juliansmith4295 5 жыл бұрын
I don't know why, but that was fascinating. I've never been to London, and probably never will (although I'd love to go), but I found that very interesting, and very well done.
@milkandduckrailway323
@milkandduckrailway323 5 жыл бұрын
Stratford being cheeky....
@freeman10000
@freeman10000 4 жыл бұрын
When I was a lad I lived on the Central line (Leyton). Many years later I live on the Armadale line in Perth, Western Australia.
@harrymiles2652
@harrymiles2652 10 жыл бұрын
I've only ever been to Bethnal Green once and I noticed the clock
@harrymiles2652
@harrymiles2652 10 жыл бұрын
Also, the platforms at Tottenham Court Road, particularly on the Central Line are really dark. I don't know why, but for that reason, I find them a bit spooky - it might be because of my fear of the dark '~'.
@harrymiles2652
@harrymiles2652 10 жыл бұрын
***** Awesome!
@KasabianFan44
@KasabianFan44 9 жыл бұрын
Don'tLookOrItTakesYou O.O There's one at Gants Hill as well.
@Juniper458
@Juniper458 9 жыл бұрын
+KasabianFan44 and there's one at Redbridge too :)
@KasabianFan44
@KasabianFan44 9 жыл бұрын
Iam MTS Oh is there? Didn't know that :-)
@dot10k
@dot10k 5 жыл бұрын
Love this information. I never realised that so much detail went into the building of stations etc. Fascinating stuff. A well earns subscription from me.
@architectofechoes4
@architectofechoes4 6 жыл бұрын
When you leave Shepherd's Bush towards White City you can see the sharp right hand turn that the train makes by looking at either the carriage in front or the one behind, it is so sharp a turn that the train seems to strain at this angle. Also, I seem to remember standing on Holborn station's westbound platform & being able to see Chancery Lane's westbound platform by looking down the tunnel. The stations are quite close to each other. Hanger Lane used to have a main circular pedestrian subway under the A40 which had multiple exits leading to different sides of the road, it always fascinated me as a child.
@josephwebb5103
@josephwebb5103 5 жыл бұрын
Roading Valley station is only quiet because trains terminate usually a Newbury park or Hainalt. It is quite a populated area. That means trains rarely go past Roding valley causing everything to have to walk to Woodford station which is extremely busy. The money factory (or the place they burn the old money is no where near the actual train line) it's bordered up like a prison close to Epping Forest Retail park. 👍
@444JMS
@444JMS 10 жыл бұрын
Very interesting stuff, thanks for these videos! Do you have any unusual information on West Ruislip or Uxbridge?
@fabrisseterbrugghe8567
@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 4 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you didn't mention the old British Museum stop. I went through one day when it was lit, for whatever reason, and felt for a moment that I'd entered a different dimension.
@bigbuster1616
@bigbuster1616 9 жыл бұрын
If you thought Roding Valley was underused, think about West Street on the Glasgow Subway, just greater than 98k
@KasabianFan44
@KasabianFan44 9 жыл бұрын
Hell, if you think West Street in Glasgow is underused, think about Tees Valley Airport. 8 people per year...
@bigbuster1616
@bigbuster1616 9 жыл бұрын
***** Oh yeah, i was reading about that. National Rail are worried that there's actually less than 8 people visiting, and instead its just enthusiasts buying souvenirs
@DoubleDeckerAnton
@DoubleDeckerAnton 4 жыл бұрын
1:38 love the creative filming edit/red bar...🙂❤👍
@chrismitchell4808
@chrismitchell4808 5 жыл бұрын
When i was based in Chelsea barracks, i used to get the Victoria line to and from kings cross stn, after i had got off the gner 125 train from Aberdeen Mcp
@johnnyparker1258
@johnnyparker1258 6 жыл бұрын
At Redbridge Station on the signs above the entrance doors at street level the little Roundels are coloured the wrong way round (red bar on a blue circle)
@zhirui3709
@zhirui3709 5 жыл бұрын
The Central Line is the BEST!
@drugaming4595
@drugaming4595 5 жыл бұрын
Read the description
@robertdrinkall8947
@robertdrinkall8947 9 жыл бұрын
Excellent, very interesting & well presented.
@Thoomas2001
@Thoomas2001 8 жыл бұрын
The Central Line is the BEST! I guess...
@Thoomas2001
@Thoomas2001 7 жыл бұрын
I don't even remember commenting this...
@terry2405
@terry2405 7 жыл бұрын
Must have been pissed! I guess...
@glenmears3774
@glenmears3774 6 жыл бұрын
The worst you mean
@money5238
@money5238 6 жыл бұрын
Glen Mears it’s his opinion
@yurad7429
@yurad7429 5 жыл бұрын
Thomas Joosten its worst, at summer time from holborn to marble arch at pick time, will you survive ?
@olally7270
@olally7270 5 жыл бұрын
Recently done Epping to Bethnal Green. First time from Epping - nowhere to park what so ever. Massive car park but completely full.
@aide9621
@aide9621 5 жыл бұрын
You should've mentioned that Stratford is the other station where the doors open on both sides
@cjxd123456
@cjxd123456 3 жыл бұрын
it didn't 8 years ago
@Harr.Productions
@Harr.Productions Жыл бұрын
One thing that makes me sad was like 4 years ago at pre covid times I would watch this guys videos so much
@cheesekingofdenmark6910
@cheesekingofdenmark6910 6 жыл бұрын
00:52 - 01:04 After so many years I finally got the joke...
@dzezonja3558
@dzezonja3558 11 жыл бұрын
I love your videos man, makes me miss London. Really looking forward to the next one! :)
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