Metropolitan Line (Amersham to Aldgate) - DRIVERS EYE VIEW [Part 1 of 4]

[@TheMisterB2u]

Enjoyed watching this video,very informative!

[@rickstravelrides]

Very enjoyable cab ride along the Metropolitan Line. It's amazing how they share with Chiltern Railways for it's stations.

[@chrisb012]

Excellent video and great commentary. Right up with that Piccadilly Line driver! Earned a sub from me, and looking forwards to the video to/from Uxbridge!!

[@gaurangnidhitripathi3570]

Thank you for efforts very relaxing arm chair ride 🙏👍☺️

[@andrewholloway231]

A very relaxing arm chair ride. I may be wrong but what did it for the Great Central was the boundary change in 1958 when British Railways transferred the ex GCML from the Eastern region to the London Midland region. Infamous Dr Beeching? Well, my late father told me that he was bought in by the government of the time to make the railways more profitable. Had the line been kept under Eastern Region control, I think it may have still survived, and been an alternative route to the North... who knows!!

[@andrewhowe555]

Brilliant work (as always) and so informative. Love your cab ride videos, this is one of the best.Looking forward to Part 2 . 🙏😊

[@BigPaul62]

I used to commute Amersham to Aldgate daily back in the early 1980's but I swear the old A60 stock trains were a lot faster than these current ones.

[@memediatek]

That's cause they actually were. The new trains accelerate faster, however they have a lower top speed. In my opinion the S8 should have had mainline spec, similar to the capitalstars, instead of being designed to be a metro train

[@TheUnknown313]

@@memediatekThe A Stock can get up to 70/75 mph if pushed! Whilst the S8 Stock can reach up to 60/62 mph on a normal service between Amersham - Moor Park, Fast from Moor Park - Harrow on the Hill (shown in this video) and Finchley Road - Wembley Park. Though I’ll give you this, the A Stock felt a lot faster. Even though they were restricted to 50mph after the 90’s I believe?

[@simonsv9449]

In the Stockholm Metro, trains are even slower. They only run at 50 mph.

[@ce1834]

Pretty cool to see a narrated version and history of your daily commute about things you never think about/look at lol - great video

[@oldgoat5589]

Nice video. I used to live in Chesham, and remember the steam Chesham shuttle well. The only thing that grates from the very beginning - "most unique" - aarghhhh !

[@axolotlgamer615]

Phew finally a decent cab ride with voice!

[@fionakierton1231]

The lights on these new trains are certainly better. Amazed how often national rail link in with the underground.

[@AFCManUk]

38:09 I just love the noise of the Jubilee stock :)

[@ajfrostx]

Wonderful video ❤ Brings back so many memories 😊

[@BibtheBoulder]

Great video, and fabulous to see my old stomping ground of St. Pancras.

[@dakosmith6]

There are also two banner repeaters on the District line, one mid-platform at Kew Gardens towards Richmond and one shortly after leaving East Putney going towards Wimbledon.

[@cliffordison5004]

Great video just turned up on my recommended. Minor error in commentary. You said electrification to Watford took place in 1961. This was not so as it was electric from 1920s and trains were the lovely old T class compartment emus. Electrification to Chesham and Amersham was in 1961. LT ran steam freight trains to Watford until around 1970 using ex GW pannier tanks. Now subscribed and looking forward to more if your work.

[@EuroScot2023]

That S Stock cab doesn't appear to have the screen cleaned since going into service. Good video on a horrible day. Such filthy weather that you don't really miss 4K. Not a lot I can say other than excellent content.

[@bertspeggly4428]

I really like these videos but the quality of the cab footage is disappointing. I definitely miss 4k no matter what the weather!

[@lovlybilly]

this is great. nice work. thankyou

[@supahas3821]

If this is done in the same style as video125co's series, I'm all for it. Love the information given here. A shame that this was filmed on a rainy day slightly hindering your cam view.

[@TransporterTony]

Lovely, I myself am yet to upload a Chesham journey along with a Chesham fast service 👀

[@train_paul9478]

Very good looking forward to seeing it. I liked your Piccadilly line drivers eye view. My old local line that was, love to do a film myself one day

[@TransporterTony]

@@train_paul9478 Thank you :)

[@baedenwilliams8291]

12:04 That train doesn’t terminate there! LOL! 😂

[@transportlegendshorts]

Nice Video Bro

[@gezzaf6912]

Great video mate i used to love being on the old met line train in the wembley park to finchley road race where it ran next to the jubilee stopping service and talking about that i am sure the old met line silver trains were faster than these new ones

[@marcodamasio]

At 42:37 the narrator probably meant the ATP, since if the ATO only fails the train can be driven normally under the ATP supervision, but if this one also fails the driver have no clue of maximum speed and expected stopping positions, therefore running in restricted manual

[@merlinonline67]

Beeching didn't close the Great Central Line, GCR became part of the LNER when the big 4 groupings occurred, then when British Railways was born, and the GCR line became part of BR's Midland Region, Midland Region managers hated the GCR, they saw it as competition for the Midland Main Line, which unlike the WCML was a bit of sickly child, even St Pancras Station was under threat of closure for years which was only averted by redeveloping the Terminus into St Pancras International. BR Midland Region closed as many stations on the GCR route as they could and eventually made the line so unprofitable that it was closed, however, a stretch from Nottingham (Weekday Cross via Nottingham High Lvele Station) to Ruddington remained open into the '80s

[@chrisneppiras9408]

i can do this route on TS22, lol i am an anorak that has the rail driver cab controller, it sounds and feels like a diesel. as it vibrates like hell if i want, yea wanted to look at rail driver training with Stobart, but i have positional vertigo so it buggers it all up as far as health requirements.

[@BaileyChap]

Would it be possible to get an unedited (no commentary or cutaways) version of this?

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Just an enquiry. At 14:37 the narrator(Paul?) mentions the double track diverging to the right" is going to the left , or have I got it wrong?

[@train_paul9478]

You are definitely not wrong, I didn’t even notice the mistake until someone else mentioned it to me. My apologises for that mistake there 🙈

[@davidbird4713]

Can the Chilton trains travel over the electrified lines?

[@librarian16]

The divergence for Watford is to the left, not the right as stated in the commentary.

[@Bigbro28]

True. I wondered if someone would pick up on that faux pas but no big deal😉.

[@tram6214]

Great Cab ride on a S8 stock trains do you intend to do all underground lines in the future ?

[@train_paul9478]

Thank you 🙏🏻 I would like to do all underground lines if it is possible

[@TransporterTony]

@@train_paul9478 The Waterloo and City line is an interesting one 🤣

[@train_paul9478]

@@TransporterTony I could imagine, love to make a documentary with that route too. One day maybe 🤔

[@cannadineboxill-harris2983]

I needed to know why don’t they dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground train 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 Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, 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 more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway 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 Five countries such as Australia, 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 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, 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 Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more 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 can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five 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 can they order Every 37 Octagon and Every 17 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 142MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 142MPH 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 17 Tonnes for all of those 142MPH 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 very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

[@GaborMOLNAR-py9tr]

On the ATO section are the doors opened and closed by the driver/operator?

[@sharonstanley2396]

london to heathrow express journey

[@sylviaelse5086]

With a speed limit of 60 mph, are trip-cocks really enough to prevent a collision or derailment?

[@AFCManUk]

Heh. You can tell the outside shots are Stock Footage, as it's raining from the Cab view, but not outside :D

[@alexlhart4608]

Awesome video!! Looking forward to others parts of the Met😍Also, does anyone know that at 16:32, what is 'Metro-land idle' as it's auto translation?

[@Blade_Daddy]

Idyll

[@alexlhart4608]

@@Blade_Daddy Got it, thanks man!

[@baedenwilliams8291]

5:21 Can the S7 be used instead?

[@neiltaylor6645]

Question which tube line has the longest distance between stops

[@train_paul9478]

Chalfont & Latimer to Chesham is the longest distance between stations on the underground at nearly 3.1 miles

[@fionakierton1231]

Lovely video. Shame about the weather

[@MrGriser]

I hate the way they won't run the Amerham and Chesham trains semi-fast off peak like in the good old days.

[@ajfrostx]

They will do it again once the signalling upgrade is done.

[@harryelliott4310]

Metropolitan Line S8 Tube Stock