The Bank Capacity Upgrade Works
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- It's the Bank Capacity Upgrade Works - which brings a new Northern Line platform, new entrance, new lifts, new escalators and even a travelator to Bank Station!
Thanks to TfL for kindly let me inside to go and take a look around, and to do so you have to go in via the disused tube station King William Street ...
TfL Bank Station Capacity Upgrade: tfl.gov.uk/tra...
Was the walk down the equivalent of a 15 storey building?
Obviously
No, that's another story.
I think they need to make it 30 storeys nos
Now
They demolished a building I worked in - 10 King William St, to create access for this, so I knew about it back in 2014. Thanks for finally making a video about it Geoff!
Got rid of the entire block! Fascinating to use Google Street View history slider to watch it all disappear. I'm sure they'll put another high rise building on top but it looks nicer as an open space at the moment.
Was waiting for the 15 storey building joke when you're were talking to that guy about step counting...
Me too.
weird to imagine people going through those tunnels every day not thinking about all the work that was put into the tunnels
whoeveriam0iam14222 i always think of that when i’m in them
instablaster
Tile-gasm
Take a drink every time someone says "shaft".
You would be off the rails
I can dig it.
Take a drink every time someone says "Take a drink/shot every time someone says".
Or, "shahhft".
Doing it bud
1:45 “look at the tiles! Look at the tiles”
Ok me at tube stations and the guys sarcastic response is my friends
I think of bank as the clapham junction of the tube
Solonduin no not the Clapham junction of the system unlike that filthy dump of a station in south London bank have better staff and not run by rude SWR idiots ,and decent managers unlike Clapham junction Steve Hussain and Christine self who are idiots
Solonduin no
Yes
are they really adding more tunnels to bank? I was already getting lost as it is!
Roboko No they're just replacing a tunnel section
About time. That was a long walk from the northern line to the central line used to do that 2 times a day 10+ years ago. I changed at London Bridge after a while and got the bus as I hated it in rush hour.
I was there in the 90’s when they redid Angel Station and opened up Bank Station to the DLR. Not much fun during construction work but much better when it was done. Bank Station was always filthy and full of soot. This looks another good improvement. Saying that I haven’t lived in London in nearly 20 years and have no real desire to go back.
Cool bonus, about the King Williams Street station. Only ever den it in books. Awesome.
god dam it why don't you have a your own Tv show yet the BBC or even any channel should sponser you , you don't see this sort of stuff on tv that often.
Because no-one pays for documentaries that don't have the word "XTREME" in the titles, and an American narrator, over dramatising every bloody nut and bolt.
why should people make content for a dying medium ?
And it would have to start with "NEW : "
@@jonathanravenhilllloyd2070 David Attenborough?
Eeeee!
Those peeps do amazing things!
And thanks for documenting these things withOUT being an American style EXTREME TUNNELS documentary
God, I wish my city would put this much money into public transport.
@@WreckItRolfe It's not just the money that governs a project, it is the will power of everyone in the city from citizens to officials to make it happen.
Oh, but surely this is going to "Break the Bank"?
Maybe it will as it's probably Morden they can afford at the moment. I'll get my Eastcote...
And who knows, maybe some political Acton may cause some changes too! That'll come right on Kew (Gardens)
We shall have to wait and see, but be careful or they might get Charing Cross. They might have a Marylebone to pick.
stephthestar90 😂
That's more than his Rickmansworth! Perhaps his good friend RUSSELL Square is helping him or has a share in it.
0:48 Poor guy
F to pay respects
Hardly. He will have to wait a matter of minutes until the next train arrives. Always cracks me up when I see people running for tube trains like that. I'd probably go a bit further to say it looked like he would have been happy to block the doors from closing and causing a delay to the train departing.
If that happened to me I would just put my head in the way and take the consequences.
We run for those that wait. We don’t wait for those that run.
Definition of quite soon: 3.5-4.5 years... :D
If they closed the station it would get done a lot quicker, its not so easy with passengers around.
Anglos don’t do fast anything
welcome to Britain..
Psychphüq that is soon when you are over 50
Answer: It's completed now ....four years later! 👏🤨
Amazing stuff as always Geoff, much love from the Netherlands. Always enjoy the videos immensely even though my interest in infrastructure is purely recreational!
Can you discuss the suspensions on the northern line through bank in 2022 and the best ways for travellers to access those stops through other lines/transfers?
Wow this project is huge compared to when the TTC added a platform to union station. They dug out part of the wall on the south side of the station to make a new platform.
Let's face it, the TTC is no TfL
So...King William Street was left abandoned the whole time
I'm loving the videos about the tube, for someone from abroad it's quite impressive to see all the work that's going into this. Please keep making more in the future.
Bank is the biggest subterranean station complex in the world - and now it's getting bigger?? Jeez... I know this as it was my station for the Connect Project years ago.
0:45 sometimes you just gotta feel bad for people
Have you seen the film Sliding Doors?
She misses the tube in one half of the film and makes it in the other half. Two separate films play out based on that moment.
Basically, go with fate, if he had made it he might have been flattened by a bus at his destination.
Don't suppose you have a pic of that 3d map on the wall?
Edit: Never mind... Always read the description and watch to the end of the video!
I hope the travelator will be wider yes WIDER than the one at Waterloo connecting with the Jubilee Line.
Mind
The gap
What's the point of that lol
MIND
D A G A A P
So wonderful to see part of the abandoned King William Street station. Excellent video!
"the new travelator will be bigger than the one at Waterloo"
Longer, or wider?
I always thought the one at Waterloo is a tad narrow. Not a lot, just a little bit.
I find these complex construction works fascinating. Building and drilling through old abandoned station and next to, on top of and in-between other active tunnels. Such a precision work!
It seems a failed opportunity not to use the old C&SLR tunnels for a travellator to connect Bank to London Bridge. At rush hour lots of people seem to take the Northern Line just for this one stop to connect between Central/District/Circle Lines and Jubilee Line/Trains at London Bridge. A travellator could take a significant chunk of those people off the trains.
They need to do this with the two Clapham stations that have island platforms.
Those stations are death traps.
Yup
@@mudchute4dlr they aren’t as they have a impeccable safety record (like the bullet trains in Japan) and bank hasn’t had any one die due to the northern line platforms (though a German bomb killed loads of people)
@@ashleyjiscool ok but just because nobody died at bank, doesnt mean nobody will die at clapham north/common
@@mudchute4dlr but the platforms at bank were only a little bigger then the platforms at the Clapham and bank was as busy as they will be in 2100 (probably) so won’t need rebuilding for 77 years (again probably)
@@ashleyjiscool ok they arent as busy, but someone could fall even if theres only 2-3 people
I saw the battersea construction the line to London Victoria and an old train garage or shelter or a depot
Last station in jay’s song!
Its like
WESTRUIOJLK DAGNEDNIN IF OUGB DIJEIOYBBE
*BANK*
And the only one syllable one
NeilTheBoxTankEngine white city Whitechapel Willesden Junction Wimbledon Ruislip Ruislip Gardens South Ruislip West Ruislip Ruislip Manor Great Portland Street Dagenham East Bounds Green
Bank
U are incredibly lucky! I wish I could go. Nice video Geoff!! Can't wait for the platform extention
My mum uses the northern line to get to work but soon she can't because she gets off at bank station from the central line and then gets the northern line
0:45 😔
Hey Geoff, can I suggest you revisit all these type of videos later, say a year later, and add in new views of what things look like afterwards - add-in video snippets of finished buildings, platforms, tunnels, travelators and everything. Would turn these videos into easy to understand historical records 20+ years from now.
This isn't construction, it's key hole surgery with concrete
I remember watching a video about this in 2016. Now it's ALMOST here!
1:08 if you're looking for some of spanish in this video
Probably won't happen but Clapham North & Common stations could really do with new platforms to ease congestion. The southern part of the Northern line is a nightmare to use at peak times.
will the new platforms have the platform edge door thingies too
Did you do a clip about the new W&C entrance? Coming soon AFAIK \//\
Not being funny Geoff but they should have straightened out those Central line platforms, not just one line. That bend was totally unnecessary and should never have been constructed like that..
Bungle2010 The station can remain where it is the platforms and lines and could do with straightening. That is all that needs to be said. Moron.
Nice shaft!
I bet you say that to all the boys.
Ooh. Naughty.
Isn't there already a travelator in bank station in the Waterloo and city line part
Ah the Bank-Monument connection, great place to train for any athletics!
Love to see an update on this one two years on.
Some of the businesses I do a drop too during the night say that they can hear them digging below them .
Geoff! You must check out this map! www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/revealed-longforgotten-tube-map-from-1946-shows-how-london-underground-could-have-looked-in-a-a3847101.html
Those patterned tiles can also be seen at Elephant & Castle, on the 'Stair-O-Way'
49 steps = 15 storeys
YoIronFistBro ?? Just over 3 steps a story? Doesn't seem right to me.
th-cam.com/video/pBTvmrRGlbE/w-d-xo.html
This video explains why it is right!
What
@@luquetesilva8928 New here?
0:45 that dude better keep running
welcome to LONDON Bro
@@beom0653 welcome to london? mate ive always been in london
3:51 Jamaican Geoff?
how so?
1. “Mobility impaired people”. Good man.
2. The sunglasses ;-)
Bungle2010 He said "disabled people" and then he corrected himself. It’s a small thing, but it means a lot.
Geoff Marshall Could you please make a video of all the different types of Underground 🚇 Trains on the Various Lines of the London Underground? I am a fan of London Underground and Metros ! I really like the trains as there are many different types and it would really help me understand the London Underground Trains a bit Better, Thank You!
Thanks for a good Video had not realised just what they were doing at Bank and on Cannon Street
Ahh, video of London underground tunnels being built... "Firestarter, twisted firestarter!"
Another great video
Surprisingly I all ready knew this was happening!
Lol that man walking down the escalators reading the newspaper
Really looking forward to this, the current Northern Line platforms dangerously overcrowded and the current passageways to get to the Central Line are hopelessly inadequate. A travelator is an added bonus too :-)
Quite impressed that OpenStreetMap has an outline of the passageways - wonder how they managed that or if it's mostly surmise.
John comins a good manager he’s quite humble person
Does anyone know why the Northern line runs on the right-hand side at Bank? Google is no help on the matter.
The original 1890 tunnels under the Thames were built with the downstream tunnel (closer to the bridge) at a shallower depth than the upstream one. The shallower tunnel was used for northbound trains to reduce the uphill gradient into King William Street station. This required the tunnels to cross over each other near Borough. When the new line to Bank was built, it branched off the original line north of this crossover and so also had to be back to front from that point until there is room to cross back again near Moorgate.
mmmmm king william street
Out of sheer curiosity, why are the plans in Spanish too? Is it a Spanish company doing the work? I haven’t seen a lot of English/Spanish stuff posted in London before
Geoff Marshall I think I have something to confess to you. when I was going on Northern line train morden, there where no new platform at bank
Less than 9 hours later... there's a fire alert at the station.
Thanks so much Geoff. Finally. Nearly fell one day due to the crush at bank platforms
3:19 King William Street is a bit that way ? Can you please, please show us a map ? I've been reading maps since I was 8 years old. I'll have to let this go so that I can finish the video.
Aarre Peltomaa
wow never knew this was going on & i work for the Underground thanks
0:40 it’s kings cross as well not just bank
So in that means if Bank station platforma being widened the King William Street wll be effect right?
9:37 TFL gave you accurate information? They must have had an intern running things, that day!
Geoff ... "LOOK AT THE TILES! LOOK AT THE TILES!" .... John ... "ya" ... LOL
When will the new facilities at Bank Station actually open?
Why at 1:07 we see the project drawing panels with text in English and Spanish? Why Spanish?
Is it because Dragados are a Spanish firm?
Anyway I've always wondered why the DLR has never been extended westwards to Leicester Square or Charing Cross!?
amigiac they should resurrect it as it would ease some congestion going to the west end, serve (I think some new developments are being built along barking riverside, but don’t quote me on that) barking riverside and Dagenham
Because cross rail is happening and they are extending the northern line and the station upgrade they can’t do so many things at once
I notice the construction signs are bilingual English / Spanish.
The primary contractor for This Project is a Spanish construction firm.
it's just a pity they didn't link the Waterloo & City with the old Moorgate Ghostline at the same time
And I don't even live in Europe...
Very informative and well put together! I hope TfL cover your costs for this :)
3:35 _yeah you could say that_ 👀👀
Hi, WMR announced a new service EUS-RGL/WSL and I'd love for you to check it out. It opens on May 19th this year
Very interesting! I didn't know this project was taking place. I can't wait to see it finished!
0:45 I feel your pain.
Geoff I saw that in Boston in the US they put old trains on display on spare subway p!atforms. Can you think of anywhere in London where there is space to do the same thing?
I like being whisked.
EXTREMELY INTERESTING. I JUST ATE THIS STUFF UP !!! I'll have to see the maps on the TfL website that you spoke of.
- Why is it right hand operation from between Elephant and Castle and Moorgate ?
- Joe Brown's London Track Book shows 3 platforms and 5 platforms at Bank (on the Northern). What's that all about ?
- I'm excited about the people mover/movator/moving walkway or what have you, also. I totally share your excitement about that and the original tiles also. YES !!
- You have 4 letters below your name at 9:48 ! You funny guy, you !
Thanks so extremely much, Aarre Peltomaa of Mississauga, Ontario
pretty much every stop but Angel inbetween Kings Cross St pancras and Bank have small platforms
Crazy to see this again in 2022 on opening day!
Wait... The biggest interchange station is having a rebuild and practically no one on the other side knows about it????
3:40 beautiful shaft there
That will be in use for passengers in 2022
All of the works at Bank Station are now complete! The station looks so much better now and is definitely going to reduce some of the congestion
49 steps? So about 15 floors then? 😂
How will it affect the Waterloo and City Line ?
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Thanks Geoff - excellent programme. Guess this little project has been overshadowed by Crossrail!