If you feel alone because no one is sharing your enthusiasm for new elevators please don't, there are few of us in this world who totally get you and get excited for all these little details, thanks for the great video :)
It’s good to know in advance about Station facilities, entrances and connections. I don’t visit Bond Street often, but this could save me loads of time at some point in the future.
I have to wonder if the guys who keep an eye on the cctv think 'who's that weirdo (meant in the nicest way possible) with the camera?' Only to realise 'oh, it's Geoff' lol.
What a maze it has created, especially using the lifts with all the sub-levels listed in - brings a whole new meaning of going South to go North!!! But I'm sure people will get used to it. Like all crossways / interconnecting corridors is them snaking around existing tubes including the Mail tubes...but at least it's ready for CrossRail
Absolutely awesome. I don’t live in London, but have been fascinated about the underground for a few years now. It just shows how the underground is being updated to fit the capacity of even MORE people!
Brilliant. Watched it twice (why did it go down?) Anyway, Geoff, I just wanted to say I love your videos. As a Canadian (from Toronto) I have been enthused by the Tube since my first ride as a small boy back in 1968. I enjoy your videos and keep them coming. BTW, I have a Tube map from 1968 without the Victoria line.
I was in Toronto with my family in June. Being a Londoner, I am used to the underground system here and I liked the Toronto system, probably because it's closer in nature to London than, say the New York Subway which is much more functional
This video was very useful to me this morning, as a very infrequent visitor to London from aboard (That Europe!) I found myself coming out that new station entrance which I've never been through before, but I remembered watching your video when you published it so I felt confident !! Thank you.
Thanks for your videos Geoff, I share the enthusiasm with you, and also appreciate your new more dynamic style of vlogging (if I may call it that way. Looking forward for new posts! :)
Can you please say Crossrail? Because the "Elizabeth Line" is NOT a Metro line, but heavy rail, similar to the "S-Bahn" in Germany, so the therm "Line" shouldn't be used, because that is for Underground lines only!
Crossrail is presumably called that because unlike most mainline routes, it goes right through rather than terminating. One of its purposes is to supplement the Central Line which is at capacity - I got this on good authority from my friend who is a project manager for the Crossrail construction.
Thanks for showing us where the lifts are - I must visit them in my next visit to London! It's an ideal city for me; trains, lifts, buses and trams... Just realised, they'll also have to change the little blob on the map now.
The last time i went to London for the day on my own back in 2015 all of that work was still under constructuon. It looks really nice now that it's all fully completed with the addition of the new Elizabeth Line station now at Bond Street as well. I wonder if they have completed all of the refurbishment work at Marble Arch Tube station as well because that was still ongoing when i was also there back in 2015. This was all part of the Tube Upgrade Plan that Transport for London & London Underground was doing over a 10 year period. Upgrading the Tube Stations in London with new trains, new signalling system and new train track and ticket offices. I wonder if it's still ongoing now in January 2023.
11:04 Yup, it's still at "it's still to come." Although, they have now said it'll likely open next month i.e. November 2022, I won't be suprised if their definition of November 2022 for TfL means 2023.
So, two plus years on, were you right about those doors (at 7:37)behind the gate being to a Crossrail station-or where does those doors lead to? And at 5:51: is that the original/former tube for the Underground?
I went through the New entrance on Sunday and it was so quiet thought it was gonna be so busy but it was so interesting it looks like the animation they released the other year it shows that crossrail is on its way
unfortunately, most tube stations all over London are not step free!!! LT ruled out upgraded Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square tube stations cos they are listed buildings! Huh!
I was at Bond Street on Wednesday just ahead of the "big reveal". As I was in work/commuter mode, I just went rushing through - Jubilee to Central - and missed what must've been lots clues to the imminent opening. Update: was back at Bond Street today. Decided to use the new lifts to see the shiny new corridors. Enlightened a couple of what turned out to be first time London tourists about how new that part was, not that it meant much to them.
You forgot to actually put in the link to the great postoffice railway where you are pointing to or anywhere. Well, what do I expect from a lift boy ;-) Kidding, love your vids no matter the channel. Regards, Christoph from Austria
“Its all new, nones using it.” Then Geoff Marshall comes in and uses it and some other people start to come in, Geoff they must have known that you were going to be there.
It’s sort of a shame that the lifts are actually cheap generic ones but they could of been better if they were well built Otis or Schindler lifts! Also the staff only floors in those lifts are probably station offices, plant rooms, storage floors or maybe even a signalling control centre! :)
Awesome vid, looks really impressive (and clean!) When you get the chance, could you do a vid on the Bank/Monument upgrade? They’ve changed the Monument Ticket Hall with a new ‘Control Centre’, putting a new ‘Bloomberg’ entrance in at Bank and possibly moving the Northern Line Platforms. I will admit to a slight bias as someone who worked on the project.
intersting - there is 5th lift (possibly to connect to crossrail platforms) - i think its from interchange passageway not sure but i think one of lifts might go to crossrail access point
Great video! Looks like I'm watching a third-person video game with very realistic graphics :) With all those lifts and corridors... On a slightly related note - because you talked about illuminating Way Out signs: at Farringdon they are illuminated towards Turnmill Street when the exit is actually closed! Very annoying! You could do a video about it...
So glad they're getting new ticket machines but I guess they had to put NR ones here for Crossrail anyway. I can't be the only one where current LU ones do my head in when paying by card. (Btw, I was the one who awkwardly said hi and Syd station the other day, sorry about that lool).
That accusatory look you got when you asked those people if they were lost - that's why I gave up offering to help the poor clueless doomed souls wandering endlessly through various corridors
Hi Geoff, love your videos, very informative. Was wondering do you know if there are any ventilation improvement happening to the central line in zones 1/2? Will crossrail improve ventilation do you think?
Hey Geoff nice vid as always.....this is not related to this video but as I’m here I’ll ask anyway, I’ve always wanted to know, at the stations where the platforms have a glass barrier at the platform edge to stop people going on to the tracks, how do the trains always manage to stop in the perfect position so that the doors align with the doors on the barrier, what if the train overshoots? Do the drivers have to practice like mad to get the perfect alignment?
Computer controlled, the drivers aren’t stopping the trains, the whole of the jubilee is computer controlled - which is why there are no signals on it anymore!
Its 2022 and Properly confusing ? unless you somehow have a 3D model of the two lines (and now the Elizabeth Line which i'll be looking at next) in your head as you ascend-descend using the lifts. No way for the stairs on first use. Why is there a yellow line at 'Bond Street' platform signage . On the platform itself.
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If you feel alone because no one is sharing your enthusiasm for new elevators please don't, there are few of us in this world who totally get you and get excited for all these little details, thanks for the great video :)
It’s good to know in advance about Station facilities, entrances and connections.
I don’t visit Bond Street often, but this could save me loads of time at some point in the future.
God, I love transport nerds. You always manage to make the everyday so interesting and joyful. Thank you for that.
I love how bemused the people are that this random gent with a camera is delightedly telling them that the lifts are new.
And that fact about where the post office rail is is amazing!
I have to wonder if the guys who keep an eye on the cctv think 'who's that weirdo (meant in the nicest way possible) with the camera?' Only to realise 'oh, it's Geoff' lol.
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So clean and clinical. It will be very busy and dirty once the Liz Line opens and everyone wants to go shopping on Oxford Street and Bond Street.
I love these videos, Geoff - they feed my inner nerd! Thank you!
What a maze it has created, especially using the lifts with all the sub-levels listed in - brings a whole new meaning of going South to go North!!! But I'm sure people will get used to it. Like all crossways / interconnecting corridors is them snaking around existing tubes including the Mail tubes...but at least it's ready for CrossRail
Lee Render easier than kings cross/st Pancras labyrinth
It's like a live puzzle in a video game - once you figure it out you can complete the level quicker :))
Nothing compared to Japan's Osaka and Tokyo underground lines
Absolutely love nothing more than exploring London on my own.
Good video Geoff 👍 I'll be in London in a few weeks and I'll think of you when I'm passing through Bond Street Station
Absolutely awesome. I don’t live in London, but have been fascinated about the underground for a few years now. It just shows how the underground is being updated to fit the capacity of even MORE people!
I love how you're telling people about the new lift's Geoff. Love all of your videos, keep up the stellar work and a massive thanks.
Looking forward to getting my first London experience and tube ride next week. Thanks for the videos. They are helpful!
Brilliant. Watched it twice (why did it go down?) Anyway, Geoff, I just wanted to say I love your videos. As a Canadian (from Toronto) I have been enthused by the Tube since my first ride as a small boy back in 1968. I enjoy your videos and keep them coming. BTW, I have a Tube map from 1968 without the Victoria line.
I was in Toronto with my family in June. Being a Londoner, I am used to the underground system here and I liked the Toronto system, probably because it's closer in nature to London than, say the New York Subway which is much more functional
Douglas
Wooow !
Thanks for letting us all known about this, Geoff. I shall be making a journey this afternoon from Letchworth Garden City to Bank, via Bond Street.
See, this is why I stay up so late! To catch gems like this. 🚇🎉🌛
This video was very useful to me this morning, as a very infrequent visitor to London from aboard (That Europe!) I found myself coming out that new station entrance which I've never been through before, but I remembered watching your video when you published it so I felt confident !! Thank you.
Thanks for your videos Geoff, I share the enthusiasm with you, and also appreciate your new more dynamic style of vlogging (if I may call it that way. Looking forward for new posts! :)
It's so exciting to see this open, having seen all the new corridors and entrances ways hidden for years as they were being built.
Wow those lifts are loud, remind me of some Otis hydraulic ones here with the super loud fans.
All those signs with blank panels waiting for the Elizabeth Line to open so they can wind up Geoff (and others).
Hope there’s an ‘All the Elizabeth line’ stations type thing
Can you please say Crossrail? Because the "Elizabeth Line" is NOT a Metro line, but heavy rail, similar to the "S-Bahn" in Germany, so the therm "Line" shouldn't be used, because that is for Underground lines only!
I'm still waiting for a Secrets of the Overground part 3 with the 2015 additions in East London.
DS9TREK It's bait. Don't argue.
Crossrail is presumably called that because unlike most mainline routes, it goes right through rather than terminating.
One of its purposes is to supplement the Central Line which is at capacity - I got this on good authority from my friend who is a project manager for the Crossrail construction.
Thanks for showing us where the lifts are - I must visit them in my next visit to London! It's an ideal city for me; trains, lifts, buses and trams...
Just realised, they'll also have to change the little blob on the map now.
Really love your videos. I dont live in London anymore and I miss it very much. I always liked walking around new stations.
Great job keep it up.
I use it almost everyday and these new upgrades to the station are really helpful.
3:33 I like how you explain to us the eastbound/westbound trains while the actual trains are in the platform. perfect coincidence!
All the lifts? Has that joke been made?
I'd suggest "Lift-a-palooza" instead :)
0:18 DON'T STAND ON THE LEFT!!!!!
Escalators are an exception, as the custom was introduced to the Underground by an American (Charles Yerkes).
Thank you gymnasiast. I often wondered why it's stand on the right.
Hampshire Wanderer
That is quite a maze for those that need step free access, going down to go back up is quite something!
brilliant video Geoff. love the Liz line flash. 😁
The last time i went to London for the day on my own back in 2015 all of that work was still under constructuon.
It looks really nice now that it's all fully completed with the addition of the new Elizabeth Line station now at Bond Street as well.
I wonder if they have completed all of the refurbishment work at Marble Arch Tube station as well because that was still ongoing when i was also there back in 2015.
This was all part of the Tube Upgrade Plan that Transport for London & London Underground was doing over a 10 year period.
Upgrading the Tube Stations in London with new trains, new signalling system and new train track and ticket offices.
I wonder if it's still ongoing now in January 2023.
This guy is like a kid in a candy store lol, i love how excited he is over the Tube's latest addition lol
Good to see the upgrade is complete. Looks shiny.
0:45 You didn't count the steps!! However was the number of steps equivalent to a 15 storey building?
I feel a new series coming on - All The Lifts
All of them
Yet another great video Geoff, thanks from sunny LA!
7:47 "but not till next year"
lmaooooooo
11:04 Yup, it's still at "it's still to come." Although, they have now said it'll likely open next month i.e. November 2022, I won't be suprised if their definition of November 2022 for TfL means 2023.
So, two plus years on, were you right about those doors (at 7:37)behind the gate being to a Crossrail station-or where does those doors lead to?
And at 5:51: is that the original/former tube for the Underground?
I went through the New entrance on Sunday and it was so quiet thought it was gonna be so busy but it was so interesting it looks like the animation they released the other year it shows that crossrail is on its way
I love the jubilee line!!!!!!!!!!!!
Funny this is getting recommended to me now, as Bond Street is the only one of the core CrossElizPurpLine to not open on time
Step free access finally!! I can finally use it
unfortunately, most tube stations all over London are not step free!!! LT ruled out upgraded Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square tube stations cos they are listed buildings! Huh!
All together now : Crossrail!
*Elizabeth Line
I was at Bond Street on Wednesday just ahead of the "big reveal". As I was in work/commuter mode, I just went rushing through - Jubilee to Central - and missed what must've been lots clues to the imminent opening.
Update: was back at Bond Street today. Decided to use the new lifts to see the shiny new corridors. Enlightened a couple of what turned out to be first time London tourists about how new that part was, not that it meant much to them.
Geoff you are such a nerd, it’s fantastic. Keep making videos
Very interesting video! I must go and explore it myself sometime.
Im not a train enthusiasts but actually your videos are very interesting
Loving all your underground videos Geoff. 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
I really like your video of Bond Street station
I was about to say someone is going to ask you to have a badge on to film....them there was...great video as always.
Love the flow, used Bond St in the 60s!!
*I think, TfL need to start to pay You for those videos, if they not doing that already.*
Thank You for exciting video!
Thank you for your hard work. I enjoy your videos.
All those corridors and lifts, it’s like Escape from Wolfenstein.
why does it say minus 5 when all tube stations have 15 floors?
Lisa H it goes down to -15
I’ve never used London Underground for many years you’re making me want to use it
All the lifts!!
Aaron Hayward yes!
Geoff I love your vids I haven’t been to London for 2years and I am going next Tuesday
A corridor with a "no entry" sign is kinda like a shiny red button with a "don't touch" sign. 🤣
I love your excitement!
Geoff, Another great video. Feedback for TfL - The labels for the lift buttons should match the colour of the line.
😂😂😂 I’m just imagining a bunch of tube workers gathered around a screen watching a random man going up and down and up and down on the lifts
4:13 that's the stairs to the Central line as an interchange between the central and jubilee lines
You forgot to actually put in the link to the great postoffice railway where you are pointing to or anywhere.
Well, what do I expect from a lift boy ;-)
Kidding, love your vids no matter the channel.
Regards, Christoph from Austria
“Its all new, nones using it.” Then Geoff Marshall comes in and uses it and some other people start to come in, Geoff they must have known that you were going to be there.
If you use the lifts to get down to the platforms, is there anywhere to tap in?
Wow I like the new station
It’s sort of a shame that the lifts are actually cheap generic ones but they could of been better if they were well built Otis or Schindler lifts! Also the staff only floors in those lifts are probably station offices, plant rooms, storage floors or maybe even a signalling control centre! :)
Awesome vid, looks really impressive (and clean!) When you get the chance, could you do a vid on the Bank/Monument upgrade? They’ve changed the Monument Ticket Hall with a new ‘Control Centre’, putting a new ‘Bloomberg’ entrance in at Bank and possibly moving the Northern Line Platforms. I will admit to a slight bias as someone who worked on the project.
intersting - there is 5th lift (possibly to connect to crossrail platforms) - i think its from interchange passageway not sure but i think one of lifts might go to crossrail access point
Great video! Looks like I'm watching a third-person video game with very realistic graphics :) With all those lifts and corridors... On a slightly related note - because you talked about illuminating Way Out signs: at Farringdon they are illuminated towards Turnmill Street when the exit is actually closed! Very annoying! You could do a video about it...
I like the style of this video. Keep it up
He's like a kid with a new toy.
Fantastic video Geoff I enjoy watching The Jubilee line trains was built in 1996 which is the same year as I was born
Great vid as always Geoff
Gotta whole lot of lifts, but good intel, and I'm sure you've already got a follow-up planned.
So glad they're getting new ticket machines but I guess they had to put NR ones here for Crossrail anyway. I can't be the only one where current LU ones do my head in when paying by card. (Btw, I was the one who awkwardly said hi and Syd station the other day, sorry about that lool).
ha ha! hey Lee! i would have stopped to chat but was running from the train! (i caught it). i think i said "hello" though, hello!!
Yes Hello! Haha! I was buying a ticket very quickly to catch mine as well!
You'll need to do this once E-word opens. We should have a revolution.
9:33 idk why but that really made me laugh loll
Great video!
10.50 I recall instructing Parliamentary agents to protect the Post office underground railway!!!
“Not in service”. I always wait to see what comes through when I see that.
That accusatory look you got when you asked those people if they were lost - that's why I gave up offering to help the poor clueless doomed souls wandering endlessly through various corridors
Awesome, I use bond street to use the Jubilee line.
I'm going to call it crossrail but what if they build a 2nd and 3rd lines? Wouldn't we need different names for those lines?
I think you should walk backwards down the corridors marked no entry...that'll fox 'em !
7:44 Must have been hell adding that text above
4:49 Jubilee Line, the train now approaching is to Stanmore, please stand back from the platform edge
Hi Geoff, love your videos, very informative. Was wondering do you know if there are any ventilation improvement happening to the central line in zones 1/2? Will crossrail improve ventilation do you think?
They should put in an interchange with the post office railway to make it easier to visit Mail Rail!
I imagine that closed off section with work in progress will eventually lead to the Elizabeth Line.
Geoff - for a moment I thought that the revamped Bond Street was a giant Mobius strip, and you were never going to find your way out again.......
love your videos keep it up.
Did somebody have a load of lifts to flog when rebuilding the station? I can't believe that there wasn't a neater solution to all of that.
Interesting that even though the GPO railway was decommissioned years ago they made the passageways worse by adding steps.
Hey Geoff nice vid as always.....this is not related to this video but as I’m here I’ll ask anyway, I’ve always wanted to know, at the stations where the platforms have a glass barrier at the platform edge to stop people going on to the tracks, how do the trains always manage to stop in the perfect position so that the doors align with the doors on the barrier, what if the train overshoots? Do the drivers have to practice like mad to get the perfect alignment?
Computer controlled, the drivers aren’t stopping the trains, the whole of the jubilee is computer controlled - which is why there are no signals on it anymore!
That "NO ENTRY" sign is from the Central Line platforms
If there are no ticket barriers - do people get in without paying?? Pretty sure I saw some ticket barriers there.
Alexander Chelsea Ticket Machines
Geoff,did u notice the dip in the roof going to the up only escalators 🤔
My bad,hadnt seen it to the end 👍🏻
7:46 ‘…Next year’
4 years later and its incomplete
You should do an all the busses series in London where you travel the full length of the routes in order.
Its 2022 and Properly confusing ? unless you somehow have a 3D model of the two lines (and now the Elizabeth Line which i'll be looking at next) in your head as you ascend-descend using the lifts. No way for the stairs on first use. Why is there a yellow line at 'Bond Street' platform signage . On the platform itself.