Riding the Crossrail Simulator

[@thuspoirot]

The waiting rotating circles at 0:50 cosplaying the roundels are officially the most beautiful designer decision ever.

[@buddyclem7328]

thuspoirot And the new line logo is on the screen below it. It looks good in purple.

[@lestmak]

“It’s December 2017. It’s a year away. It’s coming.” November 2019: where’s my train?

[@joey-kaboey6475]

May 2020 STILL NO TRAIN?????

[@stopsallmelb]

Inb4 no trains until 2023

[@JoeDobisz]

October 2020, still no trains

[@a330neodefender]

Its almost november 2020. No trayns

[@SK_3PT1]

@@a330neodefender december 2020 i dont think theres any trains

[@papaquonis]

Yeah, as a train driver I've spent quite a lot of time in a similar kind of simulator. The graphics aren't quite as good as a modern gaming pc might be able to offer, but it's reasonably convincing so as to give you an idea of what it's like to drive the real thing.

[@tpmiranda]

Sadly in Portugal they have to open a newly refurbished line weeks after training has been done, because simulators are a thing of the past (80's and 90's actually).

[@laju]

In fact, I found it more difficult in a simulator than driving the real thing, because you don't experience acceleration/deceleration yourself.

[@papaquonis]

True, you do lack that sense of connection to the train in the simulator.

[@petercooper3070]

You do if they're on motion bases like many of them are.

[@KiLLJoYYouTube]

You've have thought they'd call up rockstar games and ask them politely to develop some models

[@jameslynch2611]

I was lucky enough to meet Howard once, he was a very friendly man and took me for a ride in the cab one of the old class 315 trains from Liverpool Street to Forest Gate. I can't wait until Crossrail is completed!

[@harrytodhunter5078]

Geoff vs evil Geoff. Crossrail vs Elizabeth line.

[@TDCBOI]

CROSSRAIL

[@hanstheexplorer]

GEOFF, CROSSRAIL

[@patmeaden]

F**k it, I’m calling it Geoff rail

[@Heismann]

Finally Geoff are qualified to drive the Crossrail 😍

[@TheLoxxxton]

I dont even live in london but I still like this channel

[@SpeedBird6780]

Same

[@askefant3053]

And I dont even live in the U.K.

[@willyberesford6964]

loxxxton poxxxton I don't live in London. I live in NYC. I've been to London before and I prefer TFL more than MTA

[@virxyz9261]

I live in india still i love it

[@holnrew]

Geoff is an engaging presenter

[@ninesquared81]

Crossrail. JUST Elizabeth Line = tube line. Maybe service = Crossrail, line = Elizabeth Line. That also leaves naming space for more Crossrail lines. The (whole) London Underground isn't called the Metropolitan Line now is it?

[@Stjaernljus]

i will name it steve

[@stevenjlovelace]

I approve of this name.

[@XaviMacBash]

#steveline

[@Enviri]

he's Geoff's CIA double

[@jamesmb7760]

Elizabeth Line Noooooo but Crossrail yaaaaaaaahhhhh

[@poznanskiszybkowiec_official]

CAN YOU SHUT UP!? CROSSRAIL WILL BE IN 2019! THIS NAME IS TEMPORARY. IF ELIZABETH LINE WILL BE WITH FULL LINE IN 2019, CROSSRAIL WILL NEVER RETURN TO MIND OF ALL TFL WORKERS, BUT TO MANY LONDONERS, YES IT WILL!

[@Great_WesternTVFan]

There is nothing wrong saying Elizabeth line.

[@zeebeezoey]

The term you're looking for there is 'Simulation Sickness'. It's also experienced by users of VR (Oculus, HTC Vive etc.)

[@RisqueBisquet]

I've heard it called VR sickness. It can get very intense! Takes you by surprise.

[@davidt-rex2062]

I get it with FPS games - its a form of motion sickness - your brain not matching what the body is actually doing.

[@martinjolly8351]

I was at the front of a Copenhagen metro today (dlr-style driverless) and stations with full platform-edge doors underground looked very much the same as this simulation. Excited for Crossrail!

[@kailidovas9562]

I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A SIBLING!

[@AtoZbyLocalBus]

Watching this in 2021. I had to laugh, when Geoff says it is a year from opening. Hopefully it will opening in 2022.

[@kailidovas9562]

VERY GOOD AND REALISTIC LOOKING SIMULATOR! 🎉😶👏

[@darrell190967]

yet here we are in March 2020 and it's still months away from completion and ready for paying passengers

[@Leonaristo]

Another great video from Geoff! Wow!

[@choppership465]

just hearing my home area station makes me feel happy

[@chazzboi1009]

Yay, Ilford was on the video but I must have missed you when you came down. :(

[@jammin023]

"My job is to manage the competence of the people that introduce our trainee drivers to the simulator". He trains train trainers to train train trainees.

[@LondonAndSouthEastTransport]

Crossrail will be an MTR line for London. MTR is an Asian subway company running commuter, metro and express services across Europe and Asia

[@RA-jx5si]

Hope this gets added to one of the stations

[@jeffreyau9751]

When I first saw the intro at 2am: JESUS WHAT HAPPENED TO VICK--oh it's just Geoff

[@EnderJBrito]

Train Simulator 2019 confirmed

[@ravimusicuk]

One look at that simulator screen and I was instantly reminded of The Gent In Questions "Let's Play London Underground Simulator" video. Hilarious viewing and highly recommended...

[@john_smith1471]

This ride was really interesting, I thought the simulator would show us inside the new Liverpool street Crossrail station. I wonder where the new Liverpool street pedestrian and passenger subway breaks through into the existing station?

[@londonbusexplorer]

They forgot to censor the "E word"

[@nothingimpossible2852]

londonbusexplorer What,

[@james123212]

its not geoff's channel

[@SelkentBus]

Elizabeth Line

[@poznanskiszybkowiec_official]

noob, they dont need that

[@thestargateking]

I like how you give both names that way smartasses like me can't say "oh do you mean the Elizabeth line"

[@helenlunn3829]

I've driven on one of those simulators, and it is weird, as it does feel like it is moving!

[@hairyairey]

What does an emergency stop feel like though?

[@whoisy.jxnnie6313]

How is there two of you, is it the POWER OF EDITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Great video about the Crossrail.

[@starguy321]

I once went on a ship simulator with ten other people and we had a force 9 gale simulated. Even though we weren't moving, several of us fell over because we were utterly convinced we were violently swaying

[@Larry]

Does it vibrate or give and force feedback?

[@tom58358]

You clearly didn't watch the whole video.

[@daniellowry]

Watching a few days before December 2019. Still hasn't opened

[@Mergatroid]

I wish Train Simulator actually looked that good and that smooth.

[@lawrencemartin8102]

Crossrail 2 is planned to come close to where I live (Shepperton & Surbiton). Nice video!

[@davidyoung5114]

Didn't I hear somewhere that 'Crossrail' refers to the construction company that is building the new rail line, and 'Elizabeth Line' is the name of the new line itself?

[@XiaohanLi-h1q]

TRAIN SIMULATOR?

[@its-eric]

The simulator looks a lot like TS2018, slightly changed/edited

[@robskipworth3526]

Eric Hogg Looks more like TSW I think.

[@DexterKDC]

Eric Hogg ooo, leaked DLC ?

[@meol0390]

Rob Skip the loading screen locked liked it! @ 0:50

[@elitetwistyy9735]

The name that they use whilst building the line is Crossrail but actually, it will be part of the LU and called the Elizabeth Line I think

[@NextSound170]

If only TS2018 (Train Simulator) was this smooth. Imagine the computers running this, dream

[@elliehumphrey7347]

The closest anyone will ever get to riding crossrail

[@terrific-bats]

Great vid. Thumbs up

[@mrhaggit]

It should be called 'Crossrail' personally! Great video Geoff anyway.

[@j-train13]

It’s weird how I’ve never seen someone prefer to call it the E word

[@TheMiz_0]

I was part of the team that built crossrail from mining to fit out. Also installation of the westinghouse platform screen doors (mech eng)

[@polygoncartoons1599]

I think all the Jubilee Line and Crossrail stations should have platform-edge doors, including the overground stations.

[@ashy5097]

Your soooo lucky. I would love to go in a sim like that! I hopefully will when im 21.

[@Maryonpark]

I think this is all pretty cool

[@ellenkingsley]

Crossrail looks amazing

[@T_Dubbs]

4:49 This aged well 😆

[@TBTSimPlayer]

We have: Crossrail Geoff - that doesn't say the EL word EL Geoff - that "says" the EL word

[@ShoreyJr]

Like that Star Trek episode with normal Kirk and evil Kirk.

[@DavidShepheard]

EL Geoff needs to have a beard, so we know he is evil.

[@EpicThe112]

My question here did Geoff and the MTR Crossrail Driver Instructor turn on AWS TPWS DSD CBTC overlaid on ETCS Driver Remainder Appliance to prevent SPAD

[@SUMMONER917]

They have a simplified version at the London Transport Museum!

[@BenTheMiner]

How was there two? That is some great tricks

[@basictransportenthusiast4386]

BenTheMiner / MTA Railfanner it’s him recording himself twice and editing it so that there is two in one scene

[@BenTheMiner]

But the transition is great!

[@dominicfindlay]

So that's why there's no doors on the front or the back of the train. The walkway is on the side so no reason to go out the front or back.

[@Lars-gu3wi]

In Germany we have moving Simulator cabs

[@ianmoseley9910]

I think the 345s are running east out of Liverpool Street but not in the new tunnels yet

[@agent_605]

Ian moseley Yes, they have been running since June and nowadays I think around a 1/3 of TfL Rail services are now 345 operated

[@ylw]

Come to Singapore! We've got driverless trains where you can look out the front and read ends of the trains to see what the tunnels and stations are like.

[@Wakajce]

Driverless subway*

[@Dan1ukflava]

Please do a tutorial on how to drive the Elizabeth line ❤❤❤

[@roundel52]

It's Crossrail for me. But I suspect that a year or so down the line, most Londoners will call it the "Liz Line" its got that alliteration that will just make it work.

[@dannypeck96]

crossrail. its not a tube line.

[@thomasbrocherie7543]

Ah, those were the days.

[@tylerplaysrobloxandsportlu4901]

Is that a Simulator we can all plan

[@TheGoodWario]

NerdCubed needs to try this so he could probably faf around in a proper train simulator.

[@rjc0234]

those passengers on the platform look exactly like dovetail train simulator ones

[@uwlodar]

I want to call it crossrail 1, but its gonna be signed and officially referred to as the Elizabeth line, so im gonna have to call it that. I really wish they’d stuck with an RER style labelling like Paris has.

[@buddyclem7328]

RER?

[@uwlodar]

Buddy Clem Paris has a network of crossrail-like lines under the city, but rather than listing them as part of the metro, they’re a seperate entity called RER. You’d think the elizabeth line would be the first line of a new class of tfl travel (especially with the new purple roundels), but the naming makes it seem like part of the tube

[@espenjohansen8074]

so when are you going to take a license for any of the rail-vehicles going inside London? It would make for a great youtube-video in its own, and would make some great footage doing "guest appearances" from the drivers seat from time to time :)

[@zekiahepic]

crossrail sounds good

[@tyrozone5]

Crossrail, plus I've been on the class 345 last Thursday at Stratford

[@DexterKDC]

The AWS display is digital.and...no more analog sunflower😓 (and Geoft has very little train driving experience haha) play more Train Sim 20xx or TSW Geoft! hehe

[@stephen5608]

Does anyone know what software this is? I play train Sims on PC and this one looks alot more crisp and the lighting is much better. I'm guessing this software may not be available to the public though

[@aperrin9727]

It is for private use

[@cowscrazy]

Elizabeth line sounds stupid. Cross rail explains what it is.

[@poznanskiszybkowiec_official]

cowscrazy. i know it may sound stupid but, TFL wants to name it Elizabeth line because: it has tunnels under central london

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

Are you… cross… about the name change?

[@poznanskiszybkowiec_official]

uuum yeah? But that doesn't mean that they cant name it elizabeth line because it has tunnels central london

[@NoName-mh7oo]

*Lets call it Elizabeth Line*

[@poznanskiszybkowiec_official]

yeah, for TUBE with the same name, but not for crossrail

[@jameswaber6566]

why didnt they call crossrail the windsor line or something like that?

[@hairyairey]

Just wondering what kind of motion sickness you'd get if you missed the AWS button in the simulator? That would feel very strange!

[@dominicfindlay]

Also the front doesn't need to be yellow as LED lights are deemed bright enough.

[@Trainspotter-pq7od]

Why are there 2 geoffs

[@airplaneplustrainguy8143]

Why you say its Elizabeth Line in the first bit of the video, Geoff!!

[@akarouge]

So kind of like train simulator with an actual cab?

[@drfusioncraft]

Bombardier actually delivered their cars on time?!? Here in Toronto, we've been waiting for our new streetcars for years..

[@crazyoncoffee]

I know this isn't the popular opinion but I'm gonna call it the Elizabeth line because that's what everyone else will be calling it! All the other Londoners who don't happen to be transport nerds! Yes it would be nice if we called it Crossrail, but remember, we're still getting a cross-London railway at the end of the day, they can call it whatever they like and I'd still be happy. Remember that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. It does lend to the problem, though, of what to call Crossrail 2! Another Royal-themed name, or something else entirely? In London's future I see a sort of blurring of all modes of transport, where it doesn't matter what 'mode' you're riding strictly: Underground, Overground, Crossrail, DLR, or Tram. As long as the service frequency and quality is there in the majority of stations, let them all go by 'line' names, if it means Londoners feel they have a more frictionless way to transfer between modes. Part of the big point of Crossrail is to take travellers off the Central line. We know from Thameslink, that even though it is known about as an alternative to the Northern line, between say Elephant & Castle and Kentish Town, because it feels like National Rail, travellers probably stay away as they feel it's too much of a hassle to change between tube and National Rail and tube again. TfL want Crossrail to basically feel like the twelfth tube line between Ealing Bdy and Stratford/Abbey Wood, naming it a line makes it a mental shift toward getting more people to use it as an alternative to the already packed Central line and maybe even some east-west journeys on the Circle line. I think if it gets the foot traffic to be balanced, it's a good move no matter if we disagree.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

Thought you were going to be playing with the laminated paper version of the sim we glimpse at the beginning. Aw.

[@maritimefilminguk]

It's December 2018 and where is it???

[@metjushfromcave]

what about the - gasp - Crossrail Line?

[@guykamanda7061]

A training tip What dp you do when some graffiti guys paint your train

[@mysticalmonkeymagic]

Did you are them why their new class 345 trains keep breaking down. If you try to commute on the tfl rail service you'll know what I mean.

[@RICHARD22570]

Are they gonna make this a pc game so the public can have a go

[@matt_kolodziej]

the end bit... akward its october 2019, where is crossrail? :D

[@edwardjoynes7961]

I went on the s stock simulator a few years ago!

[@gkmenon9105]

Are they charge you much more.?

[@southernrailwayfan67southe78]

I have played the simulator at the London transport museum

[@mrorangeaventra4683]

Why are there 2 Geoffs at the start

[@belterge3703]

Never call it the E******** Line

[@Jasper-oi9dh]

Just call it the "You didn't do anything" line.

[@belterge3703]

Or the ''I'll wait till Brexit to ride this one'' Line.

[@The315fan]

Absolutely agree with you!

[@NorthWestElectrics]

345 "Aventra" Is the best Aventra To exist

[@GBRf66715_]

Is that TS2018

[@kiyahicks356]

No

[@ajf3202]

Crossrail definitely. Not everything has to be named after the queen.

[@ArronSorrell83]

DTG Train sim should ask for the guys who set up this sim for help with there game lol

[@kieronrobinson6238]

And here we are October 2019 still waiting lol

[@mparryuk52]

Is there any way of a member of the public paying to use this or another simular simulator? Does anyone who has an idea have a recommendation please?

[@blackham7]

You can go down and ask and if you're a enthusiast they'll see if theres a chance they can't you use it

[@ewaz6826]

Probably Geoff has a twin

[@Tiper23]

Crossrails tunnels look like a danish underground you can see it in Denmark it’s called a metro