GEIMZz however most of them will be door guards after getting on the car, despite train operators always should ‘Please use the full space/move into the car’
Geoff, I always enjoy your videos. I live in the United States, but I’ve been to London once, back in January 2013. I loved how the Tube was so easy to navigate and what’s even more hilarious is that I must have seemed so at ease and knowing where I’m going that other people asked me where a certain platform was...I look forward to getting back to London and the rest of the UK soon, and maybe we’ll pass each other randomly one day then...keep up the great work.
I know. But it's obviously yellow to represent the name of the station, in the manner of the depictions of Shelock Holmes at Baker Street, horess at Black Horse Road, a maze at Warren Street, a pile of bricks at Brixton, etc.
Saw it in the standard yesterday reporting on the canary wharf crossrail station and i did think to myself "hmm, I wonder how long it will be until Geoff puts up his video on it" I'll give you credit mate, you are consistent and reliable.
Louis Hypothetical Have to agree here. Think it's both weird and terrible that the roundel will say Crossrail/Elizabeth Line on it instead of the station name
Good job Geoff - I felt the editing was a little different this time, in a good way of course. Nice jaunty musical inserts and effects. (yes I noticed the Crossrail/Liz bit at the beginning) :)
I went on a tour of Tottenham courts road station and the thing I notice most in this video is how each station is so unique. From the big things like they way they have been built down to the little things like the bits of art. Eg. at Canary Wharf the artwork you showed was most likely inspired by the stations design whereas the artwork at Tottenham court road (at the east send at least) is lots of little white dots on a red background but instead of being random it's actually a map of the area above the station (Soho square ect) Its just seeing little details like that just makes me excited for when the stations open
It is called "Platform Screen Door" probably due to the custom of crossrail's operator, MTR. We use that name in Hong Kong! "Please stand back from the platform screen door"
They did a test day at Birmingham New Street before the new section was opened to the public, I didn't really do it but did hear about it, Lovely video Geoff and a great job on exploring Canary Wharf Crossrail/Elizabeth Line station
so the announcemt of the dlr and jubilee line are gonna change with the elizabeth line? like: the next station is: canary wharf, doors would open on the right hand side, change for dlr and the elizaveth line.
Love the shots you took - out of the model, up to the ceiling, crouching on the escalator - you make a "boring" thing like a subway station very very interesting with the way you put things together. Music was so/so, maybe a bit too loud compared to the spoken segments, I had to fiddle with my audio while watching. Thank you for giving me this for free Geoff!
Geoff, did you visit the little arboretum with walking trails on the top floor? I stumbled across it by chance when visiting the first week of February. I found it to be a great place to escape in the evening.
This was 2018!!, I remember travelling on a Southeastern train in the ‘days before the introduction of services’ hearing announcements to replan your journeys after the new services were introduced - 4 years later!!
No. Theres different train types - Heathrow express and these Crossrail times, and they each have different door positions. All the other stations will have these though.
I know this is an old video but question nonetheless: What systems/logic exists to control escalators dumping people from Mezzanine to platform level when train service is suspended/delayed and platform is already full? While platform doors prevent people being pushed onto tracks due to overflow on platforms (as happened during Atlanta 1996 Olympics), I have to wodner what precautions they have taken?
If a station is overcrowded, the practice is for staff to temporarily close the station entrances, Camden Town and Covent Garden stations are often made exit only because they are so busy, CG is small with no escalators. many stations on New Year's Eve are made exit only, But Crossrail will have new spacious, cathedral size stations.
The ceiling bars are commonly-used in Hong Kong MTR stations. Which they are nice to cover the ceiling and is also easier to do maintains to the wires and pipes on the ceiling.
Only got to wait another year lol! Haven't they already laid the tracks on the tunnel? Or have they not even started testing the trains through it, I thought there would be enough spare for that
Interesting film, have you noticed the contradiction of the fact that as they make the platforms safer with the screens, that there are now long drops around the escalators which there were not in older stations? OK I admit it I hate heights, but normally escalators on the underground don't bother me, is it really 15 storeys down?
The scale of this project has been amazing. Before I moved down to London I saw documentaries on it but never quite grasped exactly why exactly they were talking about draining this dock in Canary Wharf. Since I moved I've been down a few times to the sports bar and its just this random block sitting in water which all seems so quite and unused for where it is. That will change...
When I visited on an Open House weekend a few years back, the ticket hall was level -4 and the platform was level -5. I wonder what's happened to levels -1 to -3.
I don't know why I find these videos so interesting. I've only ever been to London twice, don't have any plans to go back soon (not by choice),don't know when I'll be back next,but I find these videos fascinating for some reason?
Drat, I didn't see my self lingering in the background of any of your footage (Nice to meet you Geoff). It is an impressive station, I was fascinated by all the electrical/pa/cctv etc installation. Did you notice that the floor slopes up to the platform screen doors, ever so slightly?
Hi, I think a cool video to make for the londonist or this channel would be about the stuff happening in Victoria. There is currently lots of work being done including a recently opened new ticket hall and countless new entrances and mezzanines. There are also lots of things happening on the streets there including complete rework of the bus station and the junction around it. Thanks!
Nice to meet you at this event Geoff, I'm the guy with the yellow hat and his partner at about 5 minutes. And like it or not, it was genuinely filmed on my birthday 😂.
Let’s call it GeoffRail. A lot of stations look complete. Just open it TfL! I would open my stations one at a time except that there has to be a depot accessible.
Fuzzynutter - Canary Wharf DLR, Jubilee line and Crossrail are effectively 3 different stations. Crossrail is nearer West India Quay and technically only the DLR station is on the actual Canary Wharf.
So the prices for using Crossrail will be different from other TFL lines?? I do not live in London so usually have a Zones 1-6 travelcard,will that be valid on Crossrail??
Will she have a Freedom Pass (London Pensioners) or just a concessionary pass (outside London) as the later is NOT available on TfL or NR trains generally only buses
Question: How will you be able to swap from CW Crossrail to CW Jubilee Line? Will you have to go back up to the surface level or is there some form of connection between the two? Sorry showing my lack of knowledge about Crossrail geography!
not apologies! it's not obvious. but it's a separate station. Canary Wharf crossrail is nearer to Canary Wharf DLR the the Jubilee/Tube. but actually, just to the north side of the Crossrail station is Poplar DLR. if they ever built a link/bridge that would be the nearest connection. but as it is - at LEAST a 5 minute connection time between Crossrail the the Tube here.
Thanks Geoff, just looked on Google Maps, I see what you mean, there's quite a distance between the two of them! A few years ago now I used to travel through there to get to South Quay 3. Looking at where they have built the Crossrail station it is quite an engineering achievement!
I'm not in London very often but in July 2018 I went to take a look at the Canary Wharf area. First mistake was not tapping out of the DLR at West India Docks as I missed all the Oyster points because I was looking at the Crossrail building and lifts area, and it was getting dark. Yes, I went to eat at the BBQ place upstairs too. Disappointing that there was so little to see apart from notices that the lifts were not yet in service. I have a disability, COPD, so the option of walking between there and the Jubilee line is not one I wish to take. On the plus side, 5 weeks after my visit, TfL are sending me the special Canary Wharf Oyster card holder :-) (yes, I asked for one)
I do have a question, will these Crossrail (E******** L***)stations be classed as national rail stations seeing as it is a railway not a tube line? Would I be able to buy a paper ticket from Bristol Parkway to Canary Wharf?
op is right in a way, for it to be 'canary' yellow it oughta been less greenish and a bit more saturated - but maybe that's just how it comes through on video, you can't colour correct everything in post!
I don't know if it's the cameras, but the lighting at platform level is really "daylight" ish. And given the other meaning of "Canary" (i.e. "dogs"), I was hoping there would be artwork featuring puppies. Everyone loves puppies. I can't wait to see the new station (eventually)!
200m long platforms BUT you just know everyone will still stand within 5ft of the bottom of the escalators.
QuincyMD yes but they can walk through the train presumably
GEIMZz however most of them will be door guards after getting on the car, despite train operators always should ‘Please use the full space/move into the car’
GEIMZz always shout*
15 storeys down to get to Crossrail
Also, if you lay a 15-storey building on its side, that's the length of the platform!
0:33 genuinely thought some guy just walked on to the escalator backwards
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The video is actually reversed
DBlovesMint YT Obviously he figured that out..
Geoff, I always enjoy your videos. I live in the United States, but I’ve been to London once, back in January 2013. I loved how the Tube was so easy to navigate and what’s even more hilarious is that I must have seemed so at ease and knowing where I’m going that other people asked me where a certain platform was...I look forward to getting back to London and the rest of the UK soon, and maybe we’ll pass each other randomly one day then...keep up the great work.
Another enjoyable video Geoff. Watching your channel is the next best thing to being in London and exploring the rail network.
Looks stunning inside and out. Love the outside of the design, and especially the yellow of the interior!
I'm trying, but I just don't like the yellow escalators... I think purple would have looked much better.
Will Melbourne
Have you ever seen a purple canary?!
Paul Kennedy Purple to represent the Elizabeth Line.
I know. But it's obviously yellow to represent the name of the station, in the manner of the depictions of Shelock Holmes at Baker Street, horess at Black Horse Road, a maze at Warren Street, a pile of bricks at Brixton, etc.
Paul Kennedy Yeah, but the yellow just looks terrible imo. Maybe just clear escalators?
Will Melbourne
Clear, yes. The yellow could have been put somewhere else.
Great video! In particular I loved the shot taken from floor level looking up at the ceiling with you and Camilla talking about the ceiling.
"I'm by a door."
- Geoff Marshall, 2018
Into The Ordinary lol
2:37 they have also built a similar passageway on the northern line extension and you also talked about tunnel diameter in that video
Saw it in the standard yesterday reporting on the canary wharf crossrail station and i did think to myself "hmm, I wonder how long it will be until Geoff puts up his video on it"
I'll give you credit mate, you are consistent and reliable.
Why would the platform roundel bench say the name of the line and not the station?
Louis Hypothetical Have to agree here. Think it's both weird and terrible that the roundel will say Crossrail/Elizabeth Line on it instead of the station name
Geoff must be wrong there. It must say Canary Wharf, otherwise people won't be able to work out to get off.
I think Geoff meant that the roundel will not be tube line red but x-rail purple, with the name of the station in the blue bar.
Geoff, please do a video on Secrets of the Elizabeth Line on the Londonist Ltd channel.
I love the look of the Escalators, they look very futuristic
Good job Geoff - I felt the editing was a little different this time, in a good way of course. Nice jaunty musical inserts and effects. (yes I noticed the Crossrail/Liz bit at the beginning) :)
I also spotted it
I love the mountain dew colored escalators, they look so thirst quenching!
Reminds me a lot of the new Commuter train stations here in Stockholm, if you ever come back, you should really have a look at these!!!!
That station looks really cool. Can't wait for December to go & visit the new stations.
Aged well
Would be interesting to see the 2021 update
Fast forward to February 20th 2021. Have you been back to Canary Wharf and done a follow-up video on the station?
I went on a tour of Tottenham courts road station and the thing I notice most in this video is how each station is so unique. From the big things like they way they have been built down to the little things like the bits of art. Eg. at Canary Wharf the artwork you showed was most likely inspired by the stations design whereas the artwork at Tottenham court road (at the east send at least) is lots of little white dots on a red background but instead of being random it's actually a map of the area above the station (Soho square ect) Its just seeing little details like that just makes me excited for when the stations open
It is called "Platform Screen Door" probably due to the custom of crossrail's operator, MTR. We use that name in Hong Kong! "Please stand back from the platform screen door"
is it the bar effect of the celling elements are reference from the MTR ? This design also appear in many Hong Kong metro station too !
It could be. The MTR company are actually part of the project, but not in construction afaik.
Camilla was genuinely concerned that Geoff was going to start hanging his spoons on the ceiling.
They did a test day at Birmingham New Street before the new section was opened to the public, I didn't really do it but did hear about it, Lovely video Geoff and a great job on exploring Canary Wharf Crossrail/Elizabeth Line station
so the announcemt of the dlr and jubilee line are gonna change with the elizabeth line?
like:
the next station is: canary wharf, doors would open on the right hand side, change for dlr and the elizaveth line.
Very interesting! Looking forward to my first trip on Crossrail from Maidenhead to Abbey Wood!
Love the shots you took - out of the model, up to the ceiling, crouching on the escalator - you make a "boring" thing like a subway station very very interesting with the way you put things together. Music was so/so, maybe a bit too loud compared to the spoken segments, I had to fiddle with my audio while watching. Thank you for giving me this for free Geoff!
Geoff, did you visit the little arboretum with walking trails on the top floor? I stumbled across it by chance when visiting the first week of February. I found it to be a great place to escape in the evening.
LOVED this video. Well done Geoff and Andrew, great video.😀
This was 2018!!, I remember travelling on a Southeastern train in the ‘days before the introduction of services’ hearing announcements to replan your journeys after the new services were introduced - 4 years later!!
Will there be Platform Screen (Or edge) Doors at the Previously Heathrow Connect Stations at Heathrow, now TfL Rail?
No. Theres different train types - Heathrow express and these Crossrail times, and they each have different door positions. All the other stations will have these though.
I cant wait till crossrail or (######### line ) opens it will be going through my area
London uk buses and more Same! So lucky it will be passing my local station!
Great as always. And blimey has it been cold. I really like the yellow on the escalators. Can't wait to visit
And i prefer the Elizabeth Line
I know this is an old video but question nonetheless:
What systems/logic exists to control escalators dumping people from Mezzanine to platform level when train service is suspended/delayed and platform is already full?
While platform doors prevent people being pushed onto tracks due to overflow on platforms (as happened during Atlanta 1996 Olympics), I have to wodner what precautions they have taken?
If a station is overcrowded, the practice is for staff to temporarily close the station entrances, Camden Town and Covent Garden stations are often made exit only because they are so busy, CG is small with no escalators. many stations on New Year's Eve are made exit only, But Crossrail will have new spacious, cathedral size stations.
Do we know yet, if we'll be able to hop on and off of Crossrail trains and lines with our One-Day Trravelcards??
Fantastic video Geoff! :) Looking forward to visiting London from Glasgow when the line is open.
The ceiling bars are commonly-used in Hong Kong MTR stations. Which they are nice to cover the ceiling and is also easier to do maintains to the wires and pipes on the ceiling.
Only got to wait another year lol! Haven't they already laid the tracks on the tunnel? Or have they not even started testing the trains through it, I thought there would be enough spare for that
Geoff, thank you for your videos. Do you know whe. The Elizabeth line will be running from Stratford to Heathrow?
Just watched the video of the Elizabeth line opening 2018 here we are at the end of 2019 and it’s still not open when will be open
I'm starting to really love these videos, thank you so much. Are there any foreign subway systems that you like?
Interesting film, have you noticed the contradiction of the fact that as they make the platforms safer with the screens, that there are now long drops around the escalators which there were not in older stations?
OK I admit it I hate heights, but normally escalators on the underground don't bother me, is it really 15 storeys down?
The scale of this project has been amazing. Before I moved down to London I saw documentaries on it but never quite grasped exactly why exactly they were talking about draining this dock in Canary Wharf. Since I moved I've been down a few times to the sports bar and its just this random block sitting in water which all seems so quite and unused for where it is. That will change...
joncurtis199 Strictly speaking the station is in the Canary Wharf Estate - Canary Wharf itself is where the DLR station is
The documentary I am on about is "Engineering Projects" which was featured on the BBC and is on youtube to watch.
When I visited on an Open House weekend a few years back, the ticket hall was level -4 and the platform was level -5. I wonder what's happened to levels -1 to -3.
Bit of a silly question, can I buy that Oyster card holder for like £2.50?
Min you can load onto it is £5
I like the music, Geoff! Do you know where I can get it? Or can you say what’s the name of that song
Glad that it's finally opened, but did they really think in February 2018 that they'd be able to open it by December of that same year?
I don't know why I find these videos so interesting. I've only ever been to London twice, don't have any plans to go back soon (not by choice),don't know when I'll be back next,but I find these videos fascinating for some reason?
I was at Canary Wharf crossrail station on a open day in 2014 or 2015! It looks very different now... it was just a building site then!
Very nice video, I like this vlog style combined with interview and classic illustrative shots. :)
Hi Geoff. Are you still doing the "Walk the tube" event in April this year. I would love to help out one day.
What a beautiful light effect at 02:07!
What's the Interchange like with the Jubilee line? How easy is it to switch between tube and Crossrail?
Drat, I didn't see my self lingering in the background of any of your footage (Nice to meet you Geoff). It is an impressive station, I was fascinated by all the electrical/pa/cctv etc installation. Did you notice that the floor slopes up to the platform screen doors, ever so slightly?
All the platform screen doors! All of them
Rip Curl 69 oh allah
Rip Curl 69 yes
Rip Curl 69 I don’t rlly care xx
will the crossrail station be linked to the underground station by a walkway
Aaron Farrow There are walkways but it is effectively a separate separate station from both the underground and the DLR stations
I can't wait for crossrail!
Still not open is it in 2020?
Yup - looking forward to using the Elizabethan Crossrail service...!
200m is an incredibly long platform. 7m sounds very big for the tunnel too
Hey mate they’re doing crossrail test runs like in the Langley/Iver area, trains look stunning 👌🏽👌🏽
Hi, I think a cool video to make for the londonist or this channel would be about the stuff happening in Victoria. There is currently lots of work being done including a recently opened new ticket hall and countless new entrances and mezzanines. There are also lots of things happening on the streets there including complete rework of the bus station and the junction around it. Thanks!
All those cable ducts are "sleek and uncluttered" ?
Woah this was 2 years ago - Blimey
Nice to meet you at this event Geoff, I'm the guy with the yellow hat and his partner at about 5 minutes.
And like it or not, it was genuinely filmed on my birthday 😂.
Geoff Marshall IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TOO! 🎉
Not really. 😂
Will they place billboard adverts on the line?
I’m so excited for Crossrail (the E word) I’m gonna be making a journey as soon as it opens!!
Would the randal on the seats represent the line (elizabeth) or the station (canary wharf)?
Let’s call it GeoffRail. A lot of stations look complete. Just open it TfL! I would open my stations one at a time except that there has to be a depot accessible.
The stations may be complete but I don’t think the electrification and signalling for the trains are, and without them there isn’t any point really...
fetchstix A 345 has been tested in there
@@QuarioQuario54321 Did it succeed tho???
poteyatocheapp I think so
I assume there'll be a direct pedestrian link to Canary Wharf LU station without the need to leave the Crossrail one (I'm refusing to use EL!)?
Fuzzynutter - Canary Wharf DLR, Jubilee line and Crossrail are effectively 3 different stations. Crossrail is nearer West India Quay and technically only the DLR station is on the actual Canary Wharf.
Thanks for letting me know Geoff!
Thanks Ian. Looks like some passenger may have to brave the elements to change services!
beautifull and clean cross rail station
Great CROSSRAIL Event, thx for the video, all the best thp
Can't wait for the Secrets of the Crossrail!!!
So the prices for using Crossrail will be different from other TFL lines?? I do not live in London so usually have a Zones 1-6 travelcard,will that be valid on Crossrail??
Nice video tour. Cross rail is not too far away now!
The font they used on the tv on 4:07 is the same that public transport in city of Košice in Slovakia uses. I think they might have copied it
So when Liz opens the line in December , reckon she will go from Shenfield to Heathrow and then pop home to Windsor , does she have a freedom pass ?
No, because it's only the Paddington to Abbey Wood section that's opening. Services won't run from Shenfield to Heathrow for another year
Will she have a Freedom Pass (London Pensioners) or just a concessionary pass (outside London) as the later is NOT available on TfL or NR trains generally only buses
she go from Shenfield to Stratford and change maybe?
Does anyone know how fast crossrail trains will travel whilst under ground?
3:25 - Star Wars: Rogue One - Love this station for that reason alone!
Question: How will you be able to swap from CW Crossrail to CW Jubilee Line? Will you have to go back up to the surface level or is there some form of connection between the two? Sorry showing my lack of knowledge about Crossrail geography!
not apologies! it's not obvious. but it's a separate station. Canary Wharf crossrail is nearer to Canary Wharf DLR the the Jubilee/Tube. but actually, just to the north side of the Crossrail station is Poplar DLR. if they ever built a link/bridge that would be the nearest connection. but as it is - at LEAST a 5 minute connection time between Crossrail the the Tube here.
Thanks Geoff, just looked on Google Maps, I see what you mean, there's quite a distance between the two of them! A few years ago now I used to travel through there to get to South Quay 3.
Looking at where they have built the Crossrail station it is quite an engineering achievement!
I'm not in London very often but in July 2018 I went to take a look at the Canary Wharf area. First mistake was not tapping out of the DLR at West India Docks as I missed all the Oyster points because I was looking at the Crossrail building and lifts area, and it was getting dark. Yes, I went to eat at the BBQ place upstairs too. Disappointing that there was so little to see apart from notices that the lifts were not yet in service. I have a disability, COPD, so the option of walking between there and the Jubilee line is not one I wish to take. On the plus side, 5 weeks after my visit, TfL are sending me the special Canary Wharf Oyster card holder :-) (yes, I asked for one)
Wonderful video - superb! Please keep sharing your enthusiasm ! : - )
Watching this August 2020, reckon this will be done 2023?😉
What will the prices be
I do have a question, will these Crossrail (E******** L***)stations be classed as national rail stations seeing as it is a railway not a tube line? Would I be able to buy a paper ticket from Bristol Parkway to Canary Wharf?
Yup! they're National Rail stations, not tube stations. So you should be able to buy a paper ticket.
Can't wait for Crossrail
I’m so EXCITED!!!
Shouldn’t it be purple not yellow?
A little jealous of the whole crossrail thing. The West Midlands has nothing like this.
Nor does lewisham. But there is plans of the bakerloo line to be extended there
The only thing that’s doing is the metro In Wolverhampton-Birmingham route.
Geoff when are you coming to milton keynes?
Great vid as usual! Did you ask Camilla for an exact opening date? - I have Sunday 9th December in my diary
Not keen on the piss yellow escalators.
Lobgwiny I first thought the yellow was a protective film but alas...
i think you are dehydrated
I think it's supposed to be canary yellow. It's a pune, or play on words.
If your piss is that fluorescent, you may want to get yourself checked out!
op is right in a way, for it to be 'canary' yellow it oughta been less greenish and a bit more saturated - but maybe that's just how it comes through on video, you can't colour correct everything in post!
Small fact for you, this is the only station anywhere on the TFl network where the escalators run backwards
How long will It take from canary wharf jubilee platform to canary wharf crossrail platform
I would have been there if the weather hadnt have been bad.
I have been to TCR though, I told you when I met you at the LTM kids talk in October. I was in the afternoon
I would have gone if I had known about it!
If all these stations are done, why isn’t it open yet
Hey Geoff, great video. Are the general public ever able to attend these events? Looks facinating
Still snowing in Scotland
About 3 inches of it
Wait, so the old Canary Wharf is going?
I don't know if it's the cameras, but the lighting at platform level is really "daylight" ish. And given the other meaning of "Canary" (i.e. "dogs"), I was hoping there would be artwork featuring puppies. Everyone loves puppies. I can't wait to see the new station (eventually)!