What's my working day like as a TUBE OPERATOR. Home-Work-Home.Lets have a CHIN WAG while driving

[@kthgodw1]

Hope TFL change their minds re filming on the train you always did it very responsibly and never compromised safety. As an occasional tube user I found it facinating seeing the behind the scenes working of that aspect of the tube. It hs made me more sympathetic when things go wrong, it's a really complex operation. I was watching a main line train cab video yesterday, with driver giving a live commentary whilst travelling at over 100mph in places! He had obviously learned from the master!!!

[@stephendanielnz]

A real shame they won't let film on the front of the train. I have noticed that all other underground train operators have gone quiet as well at the same time, but I'm glad you have left your videos up so we can still get our fix

[@ILikeEatingChicken]

i wasnt able to watch the video regarding this issue, but why isnt he permitted to anymore?

[@Flossy_tops]

I’m so disappointed to read that TFL has stopped filming… I found your videos so interesting and informative. Best of luck Dale in your next adventure 👍🍻

[@astronautjaye]

Now this is enjoyable. I enjoyed this very much, especially the segments where you're still showing us what's going on at work. Thanks!

[@krisb51]

My jaw hit the floor when you said "75 mile drive to work". Stuff that!

[@jimbarchuk]

Brutal. Remember the house he mentioned and $? They pulled down some old factory or apartment block and put up a few MacMansions for management.

[@Alan-ln3ls]

You get used to it pretty quickly. Soon you do it virtually on auto-pilot and can hardly recall anything about the journey unless something exceptional occurs.

[@whatsahellhell]

A job that incentives you to travel 75+ miles and gives you decent holiday time by the sounds of it. And enough money to be able to afford it. Bloody unions...

[@Spookieham]

For 6 months my wife drive Folkestone to Epsom for work - that's knocking on a 90 mile trip M20 and M25

[@KnightsOfTheBase2025]

Why do people put up with this? Gluttons for it

[@DesiroDriver]

I won’t moan about my thirty minute commute home after a midnight finish ever again Dale! Enjoyed this video. It’s good to see you still on here with your channel. Good on you!

[@danielpiggins8429]

And he's back Part of the magic of your previous content was just a hearing you chatting away to us in such a friendly approachable way More more please We can't get enough The other content you have planned sounds good as well

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

I hope I can do more like this. Not every week but once a month or so

[@bradleyharwood2208]

I Love Your Videos From Bradley

[@Alan.92n]

Thanks Dale for this, didn't realise what a long commute you have to work, then putting in a full working shift. Great to see a little bit of the Underground again. All the best. 😊 👍.

[@simonfp3339]

Once more, an excellent video Dale. Well done!

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

Thank you Simon

[@simonfp3339]

Thanks

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

Thank you Simon your support is always appreciated

[@ThamesShips]

Thanks for the update. Looking forward to watching more of your travel videos during the year.

[@TheJONNYSHADOW]

Enjoyed this one Dale hope you do more.....

[@anthonystrains1672]

Awesome video and lots of info Dale, your videos have been one of my inspirations for becoming a engineer for the Long Island Rail Road in New York. Also near the end you said you would make a video on the differences on driving for people not in the UK and I would love to watch that.

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

That’s great to hear. The railway or railroad I think you guys call it is a very interesting field to work in. With many different areas to work. I will look at doing the driving video when I get back from my next trip. All the best

[@Johnny16781]

Fantastic Dale well done on keeping us updated thank you 😁

[@daltonhaddix9839]

I miss the ride along‘s on the tube. Those were fun.

[@raybeer5213]

"along's"? Why the apostrophe for a plural?

[@daltonhaddix9839]

@@raybeer5213im sorry it was a typo

[@davidbird4713]

Hi Dale, It's great to see you behind the wheel again. I look forward to seeing more flying videos. Take care.

[@djsebaparatodos]

Your videos are amazing. Tube network is really beautiful to see from cabin for all those who love trains as me.

[@AndyGraham19]

Been a while Dale! Shame TfL stopped your POV driver views highly enjoyed them

[@TikTokBrian]

I really enjoyed this video Dale (actually I enjoy all your videos). I have often driven that very route (well not the last bit to Cockfosters) and it was so enjoyable and relaxing to hear you chatting to us as you drove. The snapshots of your shift were very interesting.

[@James-Power82]

Great video Dale, well I will never complain about my 20 mile round trip from Hinckley to Lutterworth again after seeing your commute 😂. Keep up the good work 👍

[@louiselevitt7338]

Great video Dale! That’s a heck of a commute. Looking forward to your next trips. I can sympathise with your sister as I’m a nervous flyer too 😦

[@oober2004]

Really looking forward to the content that you're planning, Dale. Sounds great! Enjoyed this one too, great insight to behind the scenes. Cheers!

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

I hope it will be a good year on here for different stuff. Some thing for every one

[@veroniquewolff8963]

That was nice to see and nice that you can still film something at work, I have loved all of your videos so far 😃😃

[@ianstevenson9844]

Lovely to have you back. As far as village names near Brands Hatch in Kent, I seem to remember a village called Pratts Bottom!

[@jontownsend8090]

It's nice to have the roads to yourself, which brings back the enjoyment of driving, well for those who don't mind driving at night.

[@jonathanparry9505]

Hi Dale, good to see a video again relating to your life as a train driver. I hope you enjoy your EV I have one and like it a lot Thanks for sharing. Best wishes to you

[@bengtsoderman]

Nice to see you again in a "typical" video from you. Hopefully you can do some more videos about your life i the UK. There are two other guys making videos about TFL and railways. But their videos are full of facts and history. Your videos stand out because your wonderful sarcasms and mumbling, which I like so much. We Scandinavians just love British humor. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Sweden.

[@EricMorfitt]

Thanks will get in touch with TFL.

[@kevinmcanulty2593]

long drive to work and home!!!!!

[@Jane-y8m]

Your back. I've missed these videos ❤

[@legitibitmaster3264]

Glad your able to still record what you love doing in that way tho temporarily just until everything else calms down slowly ofc we’re all in this together with you bro safe trip on your mini vacation 🫶🏻

[@hughs591]

Quite a big commute . . .

[@CathrineH-h1h]

Nice one. More content like this would be great. Thank you! 😊

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

I have done another one. It will be out in the next couple of weeks or so

[@chrisb012]

Yay, a nice drive and chat with Dale! Good to see you big man!!

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

Thank you Chris

[@Letsgametogether1]

I love to have new videos about the underground even if it’s not on the train thanks 😊

[@seanbonella]

Welcome back 🙂

[@mrgrey1994]

my dad used to drive the tube..love the stories he used to tell me

[@wendychiverton2779]

Hi Dale lovely seeing u , loved watching ur car ride ❤

[@steveastill997]

great to see you dale have a great week off and see you on your next travels

[@ElizabethMckay-x2t]

Good night Dale, thanks for taking us with you.

[@memediatek]

Nice for the catch-up Dale :)

[@bensonmum7938]

Dale watching you are driving

[@joetayler2774]

Love this video format, I would find it great if you did more of them

[@haroldsmith45302]

Good video, thank you.

[@IVA4651]

75 miles to go to work your a brave man Dale the world needs more of you

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

Ever ex of mine said the complete opposite 🤣🤣🤣

[@IVA4651]

😂😂

[@naomisfunandtransportchann4376]

Hi Dale love the video of you driving to work and back! The street name made me giggle!

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

The child in me always makes me laugh at the name of it

[@DarrenSaw]

Enjoyed that one, thats a good format!

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

@@DarrenSaw thank you Darren

[@geekyfreq]

Loved this! Thank you!

[@2010ditta]

Its gonna be a great year travelling with you Dale. Looking forward to it. Enjoyed this as well. Something different. All the best.

[@Eric_Seay]

You drive almost 2 hours to work in rush hour every evening? Holy moley, the company should sponsor your videos just for that.

[@stewartgrant7724]

Well he gets paid about £70k and all the other perks as well no wonder he can afford all these luxury holidays, Think about the people who work harder and do not get these high salaries. Its his choice to have a lovely house and car I have no sympathy for these people they will moan again about more money and less hours take all there perks away,they should have pride in what they do for that money.

[@evelynsutton4411]

l loved this video. lt is all around my area, l live near Potters Bar so know it all well. Trotters Bottom is so familiar to me that l don't even think about it any more. Keep up the good work Dale, l look forward to them all.

[@jasonpotter2317]

I'm from Welwyn Garden City so I know Potters Bar very well 😊

[@grahampratchett8207]

Enjoyed your latest video to and from work. Brought back quite a lot of memories, because I used the A1M quite I was living in Old Weston, just off the A14. And travelled to London for work. In my beautiful Orange Coloured Ford Capri. Enjoy your time and Travels. I'm very jealous. You must earn quite a bit for the amount of journeys you've made. Carry filming thanks again.

[@Rjt.machining.]

Good to see you and another video dale,enjoyed this as i haven't driven around the Cockfosters area since my dad retired.he worked at Cockfosters depot. Looking forward to your next video.

[@carolinecleaveley-q1r]

Hi Dale. I used to like driving after midnight as the roads were more quiet. Caroline.

[@stephenrice4554]

That was good , the Peterborough bypass and the A1 are familiar and turning into trotters bottom , probably an old community, not something I'd considered . Nice 👍☕

[@kareldj873]

Nice video again you can make more of these trips to work. 👌 Regards Karel

[@martinchapman3204]

My nick name in the railway was TM (Train Mistro) thanks for sharing and totally enjoyed the video. 😊

[@michaellittlejohns7968]

Great video dale

[@MrLentiscais]

Dale, I know you are under certain conditional working agreements, but I hope one day you could tell us how and why this all of a sudden restriction to filming came about. I am surely not the only one to know as I was totally engrossed and so enjoyed your videos so much. Thank you.

[@FBFJDKOEUEURJFJDJ]

That commute in itself would be a no from me. Respect to you.

[@danielevans28]

Fantasic video. I endure the joys of the M25 almost every day and it's nice to see it through someone else's eyes!

[@colinvespa4709]

I've watched the driving videos and found it educational, I would love to work for LU as a driver. As mentioned it seems train enthusiasts have made a complaint and a pointless FOI request which annoyed LU, I read such posts on a rail forum, I find it bizarre that a train enthusiast would trash their own hobby in such a petty manner so they can feel clever and important.

[@PhilipWoudstra]

Hello Dale just seen your latest video on a day on the tube with driving your new car to Cockfosters. Have to say enjoyed the video and look forward to seeing your future videos soon all the best:)

[@ohheyitskevinc]

That’s quite some commute! Fair play to you doing it though. Am sure having an economical electric car helps. If it makes you feel any better, I had to fly 4,300 miles round trip last week for a work meeting I could have done over Teams.. Peru will be great! Hope you and your sister have a nice time in NY!

[@pepelemoko2820]

That's quite a commute well for me it's further than traveling from Edinburgh to Glasgow and back. It's a much better journey on your way home at that time though. Anyway pity about no cab rides with you I loved them but I enjoy your persona and chat on screen so still be watching.

[@WelcomeTooo]

Too far to travel to & from work. Safe travels home👍🏼

[@michaelschweizer1114]

Hello Dale, glad to see you again, but I am so disappointed to hear that your company has banned filming. There are so many cab view videos from German Railroad (even official from DB) on YT and so do not understand these measures. Best regards from Germany, Michael

[@davidline2454]

Some great sounding trips planned, looking forward to following them. I’ve got similar commute time from Oxford centre heading 20 miles south but takes same amount of time in the car haha

[@TheTraindriver85]

Blimey Dale, snip turn already, then you get first half cancelled, you lucky man lol. Hope you’re doing well fella, looking forward to seeing you when you get trained up for the new stock.😊

[@NapierNimbus]

Thanks for showing. Do hope TfL have a change of heart. I enjoyed your commentaries but be happy to have the front view with no commentary, let's hope they reconsider.

[@jennythescouser]

Yay!!!!. On one of your trips abroad, you should take your LU Drivers Badge etc and try and hook up with one of the local metro drivers. You might get some handy local knowledge and may even get 'adopted' - lol.

[@stephenfitzgerald8779]

Thanks for the ride.

[@kevrussel]

Great to see the trains again!!! ... did you ever find out why TFL stopped you filming??..

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

Not specifics. I have my suspicions though

[@laura_shannon_]

It’s such a shame you can’t film on the trains anymore. I love trains and the tube so these videos were perfect for me and fuelled my inner nerd 🥹

[@timbarnes2259]

When I worked for L.T. it took 2 hours of travel, walk to station, train, bus, walk to depot, same on way home.. 👀

[@AndrewTiffin]

Whenever you mention Acton Town, I always think Elton John sang about that place

[@MrLewis555]

I'll see your trotter's bottom, and raise you a cockermouth :p That being said... I do like this sort of video where you just have a natter with us, so very relaxed and fun. As well as a nice surprise some, snippits from your shift and some familiar sights. I'll get some emails fired off to see if customer support will let us lot know what's going on as well. Also, what do you think of your Polstar? I had a Polstar 2 as a hire car, and it was lovely to drive, but some of the software choices and lack of buttons got on my nerves! I'm wondering if it's just me.

[@richt71]

Hi Dale. Blimey you work long days mate with your commute. Not sure I could cope with your commute!

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

It’s getting harder the older I get 🤣

[@ladyconstanceOBE]

Great video. Stay safe when you go to the USA.

[@robbieberry9700]

hi Dale I am still watching your videos 😊

[@MichaelMontgomery-c2u]

Luv from Los Angeles. UK has its advantages. Very green and nice buildings. LA is a bit more accessible. Trains, buses, and light rail all over the city. I prefer the 3rd rail over the overhead lines.

[@keithjones9054]

Still waiting from the Piccadilly line mangers as to why they stopped these POV videos (or rather TfL did). TfL did say that they had sent my enquiry onto the Pic Managers since they were in a better position to explain things better in terms of orders from up above (they even acknowledged that Dale was a very popular and much respected employee) . This is down to TfL without a shadow of a doubt because drivers on all other lines were told not to make them anymore too. I will keep on pressing as to why it was fine one minute and not the next. They need to explain their decisions.

[@George-jz9fk]

Yess! a new Piccadilly Line video without the POV. Will you make more content like this?

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

If people like it then yes. Maybe once a month or 6 weeks or so.

[@lawrencecarlin4309]

Great video thanks

[@ChrisSalmon-oz2uk]

Can you do a video on the issue of not filming in the cab ?

[@CorvusCorvidae777]

I have a feeling he's not allowed to say more about than he already has.

[@sainsspadpop]

This is Really Enjoyable to watch. sad its not a video of you driving the stock but its to do with the piccadilly line.

[@Bad_Gnasher]

Hopefully a Q&A video soon.

[@markdonovan6810]

Yes Dale great video it's wonderful to hear you chatting again as for the bikini I'll have to think about that and as for looking ruff your ruff is better than most people's norm maybe in your next home style video we can be introduced to your cat I'm a cat and dog person and have both anyway great to see you travelling again keep well all the best Mark D.

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

Hello Mark. I’m sure I can get the cat to do a guest appearance. As long as he doesn’t want paying 🤣🤣

[@harrisonsnazel7482]

Have you ever considered moving closer to London due to you may get traffic in the rush hours

[@iankr]

Great video, Dale. Peterborough to Cockfosters sounds like a long driving commute. Is it common for TfL train operators to live that far out of London?

[@Byronimo-RK]

Enjoyed the video, been looking into green cars, with polestar grabbing my attention the most. What are they like to drive?

[@keithjones9054]

That's a nice video, Dale. I have emailed LU and TfL asking for an explanation as to why they stopped the videos all of a sudden; I'm still awaiting a response, even though Twitter TfL did ask me to write to customer services seeing that they didn't have a clue what I was going on about; I have sent them an email as a result. I was an Ex-DTM for a major Northern TOC (cough) so I do know the driver grade very well, including the competency and assessment requirements of driver operators. I eagerly await their response. Hope to get you back up and running soon, Dale

[@hughs591]

"I have emailed LU and TfL asking for an explanation as to why they stopped the videos all of a sudden" Unwise I would say . . .

[@keithjones9054]

@hughs591 Not really. They need to explain themselves. Nothing to do with Dale, he's doing what he is told, and is a superb professional train man. I am asking as an enthusiast, as well as a professional. If they were ok with driver commentary videos for many months, what made them change their minds all of a sudden? Don Coffey still makes them on the mainline without problem.

[@keithjones9054]

@@Scorchzzz I really couldn't understand that. But national security has got nothing to do with it when others are still doing the same type of video and Train Simulators provide much more detailed information on how to operate 73 deep level underground stock

[@keithjones9054]

@@Scorchzzz At the end of the day I suspect it's the enthusiasts who are their own downfall. A lot of them will complain to TfL thinking they're being clever and a know-it-all, when reality says they're anything but.

[@keithjones9054]

@Scorchzzz I agree with you on that. But if you don't try, you will never know. I have no experience of LU, or how it operates; it does seem to be significantly different to that of the mainline, but all I can do is try.

[@bpb235]

It's such a shame you can't film from the cab anymore, you're cab ride video's were the best. I take it that one or two certain sad people with no life kept contacting TFL about them and harassing them until they got sick of it and told you to stop ? I still go back to the old video's for my cab ride fix once a week so please leave the old ones up !

[@dennisk.441]

I do the same thing every single day. I've seen them all so many times yet somehow every time they are interesting to rewatch. All the best to my favourite tube driver or should i rather say "train operator"? 😂

[@bpb235]

@dennisk.441 yep, brilliant, candid video's, such a shame there's no new ones coming 😢

[@leehutchinson5532]

It will be nice to meet up with you soon

[@markbriggs8908]

4pm still the afternoon. Evenin isn't till 6pm

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

Thank you Mark

[@Grid56]

Not sure I'd fancy doing that driving commute if I was going to be spending the rest of the day driving, it must add up to the fatigue and I'm surprised you dont have to wait between driving a fair journey and driving for tfl. Don't you get rail concessions to commute by train to the smoke ? Mind you, with all those holidays and a polestar, you're probably not worried about cost. Wouldn't rail be easier, at least more restful ? Shame no more cab views, though. ❤

[@dalecharmantravels8057]

The train would take me much longer and not save that much money. Plus as I do the late shifts there would be no trains home

[@neiltaylor6645]

Nice even your car is electric

[@rhock1979]

I thought it be cheaper and easier ti get a train to London instead driving, just encase the roads you use is closed due to roadworks, or RTC

[@leeharvey8334]

I admire you Dale for doing the long journey to and from work. Are you originally from Birmingham? you would probably be better off living in Enfield considering that your based out of cockfosters. Anyway mate missing your tube videos but what can you do? Enjoying your travel videos and anything else that you do. Thanking you Dale. Regards from Lee who lives across the road from the Vic line depot.

[@garybroadhurst3548]

Man, I LOVE driving but I couldn't do that commute every day and still feel alert enough to spend the time at work doing even more driving. Don't you fancy a job with a local train operator nearer Peterborough? Thameslink at Bedford or Luton so you'd still get that 'London fix', or there must be something in Cambridge. Anyway, the electric car must be saving you a FORTUNE in fuel, at least. Approximately how much does it cost to charge?