A trip on London Underground's District Line from the front of an S7 stock. Filmed with an externally mounted GoPro hence the excellent track and motor sounds.
I was about 12 years old when I asked the driver if I could see the cab at Richmond, he let me stand in the cab during this journey where I got off at Earl's Court so I could head back to Ravenscourt Park to go to school. It was a truly amazing experience to be able to see that and thanks for the reminder of that view I had about 35 years ago.
I like listening to natterings, plus Brits sure know how to shoot the breeze, right..such a chat would surely have served as a relief from that c r a w l through your abominably gloomy tunnels there.
I agree _"stupid music"_ yuck! Also I could be a breach of the copyright act and cause the video been taken down by TH-cam! And the talking can be distracting as well!
I hadn't realised it was so dark in the tunnels - I don't know how the drivers do it! Huge respect to them. It must be a lonely and stressful job, and yet millions of people depend on them every day.
Don't forget that the camera generally sees less well than the human eye. Our eyes automatically adjust their "exposure" to account for low light conditions. Cameras aren't as versatile.
@@lordmusician Lool 😂😂😂 reports are suggesting those who have a daily commute between Bethnal Green and Liverpool Street on the Central Line are 70% more likely to lose thier hearing by the age of 60
Stations's Times: 0:00 START: Richmond (Change for the London Overground) 2:49 Kew Gardens 4:51 Gunnesbury (Change for the London Overground and National Rail) 7:32 Turnham Green (Change for the Piccadilly line services between 22:30 and 08:15) 8:32 Stamford Brook 9:44 Ravenscourt Park 11:25 Hammersmith (Change for the Piccadilly line from Platforms 2 and 3 and Hammersmith & City and Circle Lines from the different station) 12:47 Barons Court (Change for the Piccadilly line from Platforms 2 and 3) 14:05 West Kensington 16:09 Earl's Court (Change for the Piccadilly line from Platforms 5 and 6) 18:20 Gloucester Road (Change for the Piccadilly line from Platforms 4 and 5) 19:41 South Kensington (Change for the Piccadilly line from Platforms 3 and 4) 21:49 Sloane Square 23:42 Victoria (Change for the Victoria line from Platforms 3 and 4, National Rail and Victoria Coach Station) 25:14 St James's Park 26:53 Westminster (Change for the Jubilee line from Platforms 3 and 4, Exit: Riverboat Services from Westminster Pier) 28:15 Embankment (Change for the Bakerloo line from Platforms 5 and 6 and Northern line from Platforms 3 and 4, Exit: Riverboat Services from Embankment Pier) 29:43 Temple (Exit: Somerswt House) 31:06 Blackfriars (Change for the National Rail, Exit: Riverboat Services from Blackfriars Pier) 32:49 Mansion House (Note: Platform 2 is for trains terminates at this station) 34:05 Cannon Street (Change for the National Rail) 35:25 Monument (Change for the Central, Northern and Waterloo & City lines and Docklands Light Railway from Bank) 36:57 Tower Hill (Change for thwe Docklands Light Railway from Tower Gateway and National Rail from Fenchurch Street, Exit: Tower of London, Tower Bridge and Riverboat Services from Tower Pier, Note: Platform 2 in Tower Hill is for trains terminates at this station) *Note: in **38:20** Actives to see Aldgate Station (Circle and Metropolitan lines)* 38:50 Aldgate East (Change for the Hammersmith & City line) 40:27 Whitechapel (Change for the Hammersmith & City line and London Overground) 42:06 Stepney Green 43:38 Mile End (Change for the Central line from Platforms 1 and 4) 44:47 Bow Road (Change for the Docklands Light Railway from Bow Church) 46:31 Bromley-By-Bow 48:08 West Ham (Change for the Jubilee line from Platforms 4 and 5, Docklands Light Railway and National Rail) 49:14 Plaistow (Note: Platform 3 is for trains terminates at this station) 50:52 Upton Park 52:32 East Ham 55:18 Barking (Change for the London Overground and National Rail, Note: Platform 3 is for trains terminates at this station) 57:04 Upney 59:02 Becontree 1:00:38 Dagenham Heathway 1:02:17 Dagenham East 1:04:51 Elm Park 1:06:32 Hornchurch 1:08:03 Upminster Bridge 1:10:10 END: Upminster (Change for the London Overground and National Rail)
Just discovered these kinda videos of driver’s eye view. And I find them oddly watchable and kinda relaxing. I don’t live in London (greetings from the Midlands) but I’ve always had a soft spot for the vibes of an urban lifestyle like this, the idea of the commute around a city, and this pretty much satisfies everything in that regard.
I agree with you , as a teenager travelled in London everyday on the tube and loved the buzz - lots of interesting people and places in London. Now in rural Norfolk but these videos are still hypnotic to watch , I'm still in love with the tube network .
live next door to the city all my life, as kids we get the red bus rover unlimited travel tickets. was about 60p i think back then, going all other London not knowing where you end up was best days of my life hopping on and off the open entrances having a giggle with the bus conductors , so much to see so many hidden places and i still not seen everything yet lol
I like London too but I feel uncomfortable in it as members of my own community used to bomb it in the 70s and 80s so I am sure many of them are still anti Irish
It's taken me a while to discover this gem but it was certainly worth finding. At last somebody's got it right, the actual sight and sounds as we would wish to experience them first hand for ourselves. Quite simply put Ben, your film is not just superb, it's truly outstanding and I've enjoyed every minute of it - thanks for sharing it with me.
The ride between the dark Tunnels and the bright Stations reminds me to An American Werewolf In London when the Werewolf came out of the dark and hunt the passenger down the bright Station. Anyway it was a great ride. Thx for having me 👍
Great video. Many thanks. When I was a boy (nearly 60 years ago) I spent part of my holidays with my aunt and uncle in Wembley riding around the underground. Now I can do it from the comfort of my armchair - and get a better view. I love the section west of Victoria where the line cuts through the streets and buildings, so interesting.
I know you did this intentionally, but +10 for the editing, mate. Well done. So far its one of the best drivers eye view videos I've seen from London. I'm only half way through this so I'll get back to watching...
From Gunnersbury to Richmond was ( maybe still is) run by British rail in the 70’s not London underground. In 1967 I used to travel after rush hour frequently picking up documents/receipts for a London restaurant company while student, and taking to London head office. One of the drivers I knew allowed me into the cab at Gunnersbury and drive the train to Richmond and same if he was driver on my return journey! There was no cctv and wearing peaked cap no problem when passing British rail signal boxes. Never a problem. He took over when approaching Gunnersbury and I went into first carriage through driver’s door. I still remember the controls after all these years. In 70’s was going to work on underground as electrician as friend was one of chief electricians, but never thought of becoming driver. Watching this brings back memories.
Great video. Brought back memories from 1971 when I lived in West Kensington and worked on the District Line as a guard (long since gone I believe). I did do driving stints quite often during my year there and my last shift before heading back to NZ was this very run out to Upminster. Regular service stopped at Mansion House and then we became a staff only train. Parked at Upminster for the night and first train back east in the morning. Loved my time working there. Keep up the great videos
You must have driven CO/CP and R Stock trains; unfortunately I was born in July 1974 thus wasn't a adult so got very little exposure to the old District Line trains, the 60's and 70's period had my favourite Underground trains
Thank you so very much for uploading this video. Very interesting...when my friend first came down from Edinburgh to work in london his first house was at Hornchurch. It brings back memories from 30 years ago when i came down to visit him.Also when my wife and i came down to visit her family we got the underground to Hattoncross and her brother picked us up. So many happy memories thank you once again. D.
Richmond (change here for the London Overground and South West Trains services) Kew Gardens (Exit here for Kew Gardens) Gunnersbury (Change here for London Overground) Turnham Green (Change here for the Piccadilly Line during peak hours and district line services to Ealing Broadway) Stamford Brook Ravenscourt Park Hammersmith (change here for the Piccadilly Line and Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines) Barons Court ( change here for the Piccadilly Line) West Kensington Earls Court (change here for the Piccadilly Line and District line services to Wimbledon, Edgware Road & Kensington Olympia) Gloucester Road (Change here for the Piccadilly line and Circle line) South Kensington (change for the piccadilly line & circle line via High Street Kensington & Paddington, Alight here for the museums and Royal Albert Hall.) Sloane Square Victoria (change here for the Victoria Line and Southern/Southeastern and Gatwick Express and Victoria Coach Station. Alight here for Riverboat Services) St James's Park Westminster (change here for the Jubilee line, exit here for Westminster Abbey, Houses Of Parliament and riverboat services from Westminster Pier) Embankment (change here for the Bakerloo and Northern Lines and Southeastern services from Charing X and riverboat services from Embankment Pier) Temple Blackfriars (change here for Thameslink) Mansion House Cannon Street (change here for Southeastern) Monument (change here for Central, Northern, Waterloo & City lines and DLR from Bank) Tower Hill (change here for the Circle line via Liverpool Street & Kings Cross St Pancreas, exit here for Tower of London, Tower Bridge and riverboat services from Tower Pier.) Aldgate East (change here for the Hammersmith & City Line via Liverpool Street & Kings Cross St Pancreas) Whitechapel (change here for London Overground) Stepney Green Mile End (change here for the Central Line) Bow Road (change for the DLR from Bow Church) Bromley-By-Bow West Ham (change here for the Jubilee line and DLR and C2C services) Plaistow Upton Park for old West Ham United stadium. ALSO KNOWN AS BOLEYN GROUND. East Ham Barking (change here for Hammersmith & City Line and London Overground and C2C services) Upney Becontree Dagenham Heathway Dagenham East Elm Park Hornchurch Upminster Bridge Upminster (where this train terminates, Please remember to take all of your personal belongings with you when you leave the train, change here for London Overground to Romford and C2C services. This was all done by memory and NO maps were used. Hoped you enjoyed.
I too used to be able to recite the list by heart, but from Upminster, as I grew up with Elm Park as my local station. Been 20 years since the last time I used the District line, when my daughter was born at the Hammersmith Hospital. Shepherds Bush, Central Line for the Hammersmith Hospital though.
Living on the Isle of Wight, the London underground has always seemed a bit daunting to find your way around on. These videos help to give a good insight as to how it all works. Keep up the good work.
How on earth did we as humans manage to build all of this? It's so vast and not even something we acknowledge day to day and it's just one tiny part of the world. Incredible.
When you see all the things that make up the British Rail sytem,all the wiring lights etc,only small part,it makes you apreciate how hard it must be when they get breakdowns...to fix them...so many places to look and so much that can go wrong....gives you a new perspective when we complain about train being 10 mins late...tunnels for example,most over 100yr old,still going but sure they give fair share of probs
Echoing David Miler, thanks very much indeed for uploading this video, it is fascinating and of an extremely high quality. Additional information on stations professionally done and your cutting to shorten the station stops is virtually seamless! Great job.
Ben Stankovich, No, this is part of the london underground. It is just that this line in particular is mostly above ground, yet the mode is underground.
I used to take this one every morning... lived in Richmond until June 1997. Went back there in July 2016, revisited the station, the streets, and that Waitrose grocer's... Lots of good memories - thanks for posting!
Used to travel a lot on this line in the 70 s, The semaphore signalling all the way from Richmond to Gunnersbury and the signal box under the bridge at Gunnersbury with it’s lights on all day as it was so dark,know the line has so much line side housing and changed out of all recognition!
I rode on the District Line from Earl's Court to Tower Hill in 1978. They were still using prewar rolling stock with spur-cut gears; it reminded me of New York's prewar equipment.
I actually made a diagram of what a station on the District Line looks like (cut and cover) vs. a deep level tube station on the Northern line for one of my classes five years ago. I got a 100 for the detail and effort. When my professor asked me how I was able to get so much detail into my project, I told him that I watched a cab view ride video of both this line and the northern line. Brilliant video
i just downloaded the virtual district line from railworks, this vid is amazing, its helped me route learn properly from Richmond to earl's court, and nice to see the d stock still hanging in there, well done bud, and thank you, i have liked, shared on twitter and subscibed.
Cheers Martin. If only it were possible to go down into these tunnels on foot to film. There will be lots of hidden and forgotten stations and other places of the past to explore.
Very reminiscent of German night time television in the analogue satellite days (apologies if my German isn't up to the mark) "Schonsten Bahnstrecken Dem Welt". Or in English "Worlds Best Railway Journeys". I could sit and watch them all night long. Strange how soothingly satisfying those traction motors sound, and wow! Acceleration looks phenomenal.
I’ve traveled this line daily for the last few years and I don’t recognise any of it simply because I’m used to looking at it sideways and not head on And why is this so damn therapeutic
This video was VERY helpful !! We will be staying in Kew and this video introduced me to the Dist line stops. No trial and error once we get there thank God! And it stops near a lot of the sights will be seeing. Piccadilly line hits all the others. Thank you for posting.
So brilliantly done, there's nothing to moan about. Station cuts are excellently smooth. Best bit though (!) is using Underground font for the captions. Seriously cool attention to detail.
Fascinating From one side of London to another; Surrey to Essex. Interesting to note the similarities in house architecture from one side to the other - L.A's architects??Wonderful!!
Henry Haresdene Don't know about other areas but much of East Ham was new build by one or two developers as part of a housing boom in the late 1800s. Everything East of the River Lea was Essex until 1965
Sloane Square is interesting as it was the only tube line with a licensed bar on the platform and a very large pipe across the roof carries the river Westbourne down to the Thames ( one of London’s many lost rivers). The East and Westbourne rivers met at Tyburn ( two rivers) at Marble Arch. Tyburn was the main place of execution up to the early 1800s. An estimated 50k people were hanged there.
edepillim The original station was destroyed in November 1940 during the blitz by a bomb. A train was in the station at the time and 37 were kilted and 79 injured. That’s why it looks comparatively modern. Another sad occurrence was the suicide here on 5th April 1960 of Peter Llewelyn Davies, one of the Llewelyn Davies boys who were the inspiration for the boy characters of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, and who resented the public association with the character named after him.
You can hear the water gushing in the pipe from the Station Supervisor's office, it's right next to the pretty much non-functional window. It only lets in brake dust and train noise.
Excellent video, top-notch quality. Whenever I see a train hurtling through a junction, I suppose that they take on faith that all those points are properly set.
@@robrossington7118 : Not just that - I instinctively look at the points as well, they are plain to see (I have driven LU trains). It has been known for the points (and signals with them) to be set for the wrong route, but that is not dangerous, only inconvenient, and rare. The driver would stop anyway and phone the signalman to correct it. The safety interlocking is never wrong though!
I lived at Ravenscourt Park for many years. We were oddly proud of our status as a Not-All-Trains-Stop-Here outpost. I've loved the District Line ever since. I'm also claustrophobic, so the cut-and-cover tunnels were always far nicer to ride through than the scary deep drillings of the other lines in the central area of London.
Gotta love the tube, fantastic system great to get around london like just absolutely amazing. Love the D78 and C stock trains such a shame they had to go so quick thought maybe another few more years but oh well.
Great video just silent watching the train with no conversation with the driver just pure train journey fantastic dark tunnels great engineering fete...
Excellent. Ne er seen Victoria, Gloucester Rd or South Kensington from a cab before so fascinating insight. The stopping accuracy at stations is remarkable and the GoPro quality outstanding. Thankd a lot! :)
I have to tale you people who live around London that I was really impress by your Tube system. I use the District Line when I say in Kensington a year ago today and found so easy to get around town. I think every person that I met were nice and the staff who work at the thicket place were tops! Many went out of there way to help which I never forget!! I think the best part about your Tube is it make people walk! That walking is the best thing for the heath of the people. We keep up coming with thing that take Walking away! That's why we Americans are getting fatter by the day! Did not see very many Fat Londoners on the tube!
Yes, the walking and at some stops without a "lift" (as the Brits say) and stairs are great for fitness, except if you are mobility challenged or old or both. If I was 20 yrs. younger with healthy hips and back I'd find it great. As a senior, not so much.
@Pat Terson It's only confusing if you have about 3 brain cells so well done for calling yourself out there, and they are only rude if you are rude to them first, which judging by your comment yes you were.
Pat Terson The underground is very easy to understand and navigate and the staff do a great job often dealing with very difficult and stupid people like yourself.
Wow, the signals kinda give me slight anxiety. I mean, you really have to be on your toes so that you don't pass through reds. And also those little yellow/black and green arrow signs to line up the train to, I'm guessing, to see the CCTV in the cab/or at that little board? I've honestly heard a lot of people say that driving a train is easy because it's "stop and go", well, from what I got from this video and I'm only 15 minutes in, is that actually, it really is bloody difficult! The liabilities of the job (potentially dangerous/life-threatening/safety of passengers), how you must be concentrating at all times- to not overshoot stations, screw up on those approach + go signals... and more. I bet there's loads of other technicalities that I've missed as I'm no expert and I'm really rather impressed. Fascinating to watch. :)
It's stop and go but you have to know exactly when to stop and go and how hard to accelerate and break to not make the passengers uncomfortable, which is much harder to do on a train than on a car, or even a truck, as the momentum of one of these units is much more.
At East Ham you can see to the left the remains of a bay platform for trains that used to run up and round back west through Stratford. The street map shows where the road curves to follow the old line of the railway
That line actually joined the North present London line round to via Woodgrange Park to Kentish Town, missing Stratford. It was always operated by steam up until it closed, with a very curious shunting arrangement for trains arriving at East Ham. The train would stop about 100 yards before the double track merged into a single track for the bay platform, the engine would be uncoupled and run forwards over the points towards the platform then back past the coaches over the 'up' line as far as the next set cross-over points, then cross back in reverse, pushing the coaches into the station and ready to depart in the opposite direction. I suppose it gave the passengers about five minutes to appreciate the local scenery before arriving at East Ham.
I just discovered this video. Most of the stations were new to me, plus a few old friends you have to know if you travel in London (talking you, West Ham) Good job, as always Ben. Don’t let anyone talk you into music. We have Pandora for that.
Excellent - not least for keeping the original audio and not dubbing some annoying music over it. I also like the way you put all the station names on the video, for those of us who don't know the line. 10 out of 10, mate.
The tunnels on the Circle, Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan and District lines including the Overground East London line between Surrey Quays are dug out shallow trenches and roofed over with short open sections between them that enabled steam to escape when steam engines were running.
I was about 12 years old when I asked the driver if I could see the cab at Richmond, he let me stand in the cab during this journey where I got off at Earl's Court so I could head back to Ravenscourt Park to go to school. It was a truly amazing experience to be able to see that and thanks for the reminder of that view I had about 35 years ago.
genuinely enjoyed reading this.
JeffLovesJets did u go to latymer by any chance
Hope you had a very good time.
I've always wanted to drive a class 37 ever since I was a kid
In this day and age, not a chance now.
So refreshing to watch video without people talking and without stupid music . I like it .
Totally agreed. I'd rather raw videos.
I like listening to natterings, plus Brits sure know how to shoot the breeze, right..such a chat would surely have served as a relief from that c r a w l through your abominably gloomy tunnels there.
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I agree _"stupid music"_ yuck! Also I could be a breach of the copyright act and cause the video been taken down by TH-cam! And the talking can be distracting as well!
I hadn't realised it was so dark in the tunnels - I don't know how the drivers do it! Huge respect to them. It must be a lonely and stressful job, and yet millions of people depend on them every day.
Yup, definitely can't be afraid of the dark
Don't forget that the camera generally sees less well than the human eye. Our eyes automatically adjust their "exposure" to account for low light conditions. Cameras aren't as versatile.
Do this on the Central Line and we would probably lose our hearing 😂
Tahmedur Rahman specially between Bethnal Green and Liverpool Street station..I HATE that squizy noise lol 😂
@@lordmusician Lool 😂😂😂 reports are suggesting those who have a daily commute between Bethnal Green and Liverpool Street on the Central Line are 70% more likely to lose thier hearing by the age of 60
Tahmedur Rahman I have 27 years then for that to happen lol 😆
@@lordmusician 😂 really hope you don't
Lol, I can relate to that totally. Jubilee Line also is quite loud in some places.
Stations's Times:
0:00 START: Richmond (Change for the London Overground)
2:49 Kew Gardens
4:51 Gunnesbury (Change for the London Overground and National Rail)
7:32 Turnham Green (Change for the Piccadilly line services between 22:30 and 08:15)
8:32 Stamford Brook
9:44 Ravenscourt Park
11:25 Hammersmith (Change for the Piccadilly line from Platforms 2 and 3 and Hammersmith & City and Circle Lines from the
different station)
12:47 Barons Court (Change for the Piccadilly line from Platforms 2 and 3)
14:05 West Kensington
16:09 Earl's Court (Change for the Piccadilly line from Platforms 5 and 6)
18:20 Gloucester Road (Change for the Piccadilly line from Platforms 4 and 5)
19:41 South Kensington (Change for the Piccadilly line from Platforms 3 and 4)
21:49 Sloane Square
23:42 Victoria (Change for the Victoria line from Platforms 3 and 4, National Rail and Victoria Coach Station)
25:14 St James's Park
26:53 Westminster (Change for the Jubilee line from Platforms 3 and 4, Exit: Riverboat Services from Westminster Pier)
28:15 Embankment (Change for the Bakerloo line from Platforms 5 and 6 and Northern line from Platforms 3 and 4, Exit: Riverboat Services from Embankment Pier)
29:43 Temple (Exit: Somerswt House)
31:06 Blackfriars (Change for the National Rail, Exit: Riverboat Services from Blackfriars Pier)
32:49 Mansion House (Note: Platform 2 is for trains terminates at this station)
34:05 Cannon Street (Change for the National Rail)
35:25 Monument (Change for the Central, Northern and Waterloo & City lines and Docklands Light Railway from Bank)
36:57 Tower Hill (Change for thwe Docklands Light Railway from Tower Gateway and National Rail from Fenchurch Street, Exit: Tower of London, Tower Bridge and Riverboat Services from Tower Pier, Note: Platform 2 in Tower Hill is for trains terminates at this station)
*Note: in **38:20** Actives to see Aldgate Station (Circle and Metropolitan lines)*
38:50 Aldgate East (Change for the Hammersmith & City line)
40:27 Whitechapel (Change for the Hammersmith & City line and London Overground)
42:06 Stepney Green
43:38 Mile End (Change for the Central line from Platforms 1 and 4)
44:47 Bow Road (Change for the Docklands Light Railway from Bow Church)
46:31 Bromley-By-Bow
48:08 West Ham (Change for the Jubilee line from Platforms 4 and 5, Docklands Light Railway and National Rail)
49:14 Plaistow (Note: Platform 3 is for trains terminates at this station)
50:52 Upton Park
52:32 East Ham
55:18 Barking (Change for the London Overground and National Rail, Note: Platform 3 is for trains terminates at this station)
57:04 Upney
59:02 Becontree
1:00:38 Dagenham Heathway
1:02:17 Dagenham East
1:04:51 Elm Park
1:06:32 Hornchurch
1:08:03 Upminster Bridge
1:10:10 END: Upminster (Change for the London Overground and National Rail)
Wow u talented to do all of that bro
@@intercity125fan8 Thanks!
@@itamarbenami8851 no problem you deserve it 😊
Thanks man,good job
Nowadays I dont think theres any tracks at all at Mansion House Platform 2, so trains can't terminate there.
Just discovered these kinda videos of driver’s eye view. And I find them oddly watchable and kinda relaxing.
I don’t live in London (greetings from the Midlands) but I’ve always had a soft spot for the vibes of an urban lifestyle like this, the idea of the commute around a city, and this pretty much satisfies everything in that regard.
I agree with you , as a teenager travelled in London everyday on the tube and loved the buzz - lots of interesting people and places in London. Now in rural Norfolk but these videos are still hypnotic to watch , I'm still in love with the tube network .
live next door to the city all my life, as kids we get the red bus rover unlimited travel tickets. was about 60p i think back then, going all other London not knowing where you end up was best days of my life hopping on and off the open entrances having a giggle with the bus conductors , so much to see so many hidden places and i still not seen everything yet lol
Believe me it's no fun commuting in and out of London, these trains are packed like sardines in the morning and evening rush hour
@@andynixon2820 I'm in rural Norfolk. You're probably better off where you are dude.
I like London too but I feel uncomfortable in it as members of my own community used to bomb it in the 70s and 80s so I am sure many of them are still anti Irish
It's taken me a while to discover this gem but it was certainly worth finding. At last somebody's got it right, the actual sight and sounds as we would wish to experience them first hand for ourselves. Quite simply put Ben, your film is not just superb, it's truly outstanding and I've enjoyed every minute of it - thanks for sharing it with me.
Oh man, nostalgia. I could even spot my old apartment for a second while approaching Hammersmith. Good old times.
Ravenscourt Park for me!
The ride between the dark Tunnels and the bright Stations reminds me to An American Werewolf In London when the Werewolf came out of the dark and hunt the passenger down the bright Station.
Anyway it was a great ride. Thx for having me 👍
Great video. Many thanks. When I was a boy (nearly 60 years ago) I spent part of my holidays with my aunt and uncle in Wembley riding around the underground. Now I can do it from the comfort of my armchair - and get a better view. I love the section west of Victoria where the line cuts through the streets and buildings, so interesting.
Love the external sounds, really brings it to life
I know you did this intentionally, but +10 for the editing, mate. Well done. So far its one of the best drivers eye view videos I've seen from London. I'm only half way through this so I'll get back to watching...
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I haven't watched the whole thing but what editing did he do other than adding text with stations names?
you mean apart from shortening the stops at most (but not all) the stations?
KS24444
From Gunnersbury to Richmond was ( maybe still is) run by British rail in the 70’s not London underground.
In 1967 I used to travel after rush hour frequently picking up documents/receipts for a London restaurant company while student, and taking to London head office. One of the drivers I knew allowed me into the cab at Gunnersbury and drive the train to Richmond and same if he was driver on my return journey! There was no cctv and wearing peaked cap no problem when passing British rail signal boxes. Never a problem. He took over when approaching Gunnersbury and I went into first carriage through driver’s door. I still remember the controls after all these years. In 70’s was going to work on underground as electrician as friend was one of chief electricians, but never thought of becoming driver. Watching this brings back memories.
Absolutely the most clear and well edited video I've seen on the network. Thanks for the great watch!
Great video. Brought back memories from 1971 when I lived in West Kensington and worked on the District Line as a guard (long since gone I believe). I did do driving stints quite often during my year there and my last shift before heading back to NZ was this very run out to Upminster. Regular service stopped at Mansion House and then we became a staff only train. Parked at Upminster for the night and first train back east in the morning. Loved my time working there. Keep up the great videos
You must have driven CO/CP and R Stock trains; unfortunately I was born in July 1974 thus wasn't a adult so got very little exposure to the old District Line trains, the 60's and 70's period had my favourite Underground trains
Excellent stability and sound, well done. I appreciate you give the name of stations, you don't get lost after 10 mn…
Love this! THANK YOU for including the Station Names!
Thank you so very much for uploading this video.
Very interesting...when my friend first came down from Edinburgh to work in london his first house was at Hornchurch.
It brings back memories from 30 years ago when i came down to visit him.Also when my wife and i came down to visit her family we got the underground to Hattoncross and her brother picked us up.
So many happy memories thank you once again.
D.
Richmond (change here for the London Overground and South West Trains services)
Kew Gardens (Exit here for Kew Gardens)
Gunnersbury (Change here for London Overground)
Turnham Green (Change here for the Piccadilly Line during peak hours and district line services to Ealing Broadway)
Stamford Brook
Ravenscourt Park
Hammersmith (change here for the Piccadilly Line and Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines)
Barons Court ( change here for the Piccadilly Line)
West Kensington
Earls Court (change here for the Piccadilly Line and District line services to Wimbledon, Edgware Road & Kensington Olympia)
Gloucester Road (Change here for the Piccadilly line and Circle line)
South Kensington (change for the piccadilly line & circle line via High Street Kensington & Paddington, Alight here for the museums and Royal Albert Hall.)
Sloane Square
Victoria (change here for the Victoria Line and Southern/Southeastern and Gatwick Express and Victoria Coach Station. Alight here for Riverboat Services)
St James's Park
Westminster (change here for the Jubilee line, exit here for Westminster Abbey, Houses Of Parliament and riverboat services from Westminster Pier)
Embankment (change here for the Bakerloo and Northern Lines and Southeastern services from Charing X and riverboat services from Embankment Pier)
Temple
Blackfriars (change here for Thameslink)
Mansion House
Cannon Street (change here for Southeastern)
Monument (change here for Central, Northern, Waterloo & City lines and DLR from Bank)
Tower Hill (change here for the Circle line via Liverpool Street & Kings Cross St Pancreas, exit here for Tower of London, Tower Bridge and riverboat services from Tower Pier.)
Aldgate East (change here for the Hammersmith & City Line via Liverpool Street & Kings Cross St Pancreas)
Whitechapel (change here for London Overground)
Stepney Green
Mile End (change here for the Central Line)
Bow Road (change for the DLR from Bow Church)
Bromley-By-Bow
West Ham (change here for the Jubilee line and DLR and C2C services)
Plaistow
Upton Park for old West Ham United stadium. ALSO KNOWN AS BOLEYN GROUND.
East Ham
Barking (change here for Hammersmith & City Line and London Overground and C2C services)
Upney
Becontree
Dagenham Heathway
Dagenham East
Elm Park
Hornchurch
Upminster Bridge
Upminster (where this train terminates, Please remember to take all of your personal belongings with you when you leave the train, change here for London Overground to Romford and C2C services.
This was all done by memory and NO maps were used.
Hoped you enjoyed.
Liam Bleasdale omg
Daniel Dankers omg
matthewcraig2 yes because I'm fascinated by where the tube lines go and I know where to go on the tube.
I was in london for 4 days and probably took the tube 25 times so I reconize all those stops LOL
I too used to be able to recite the list by heart, but from Upminster, as I grew up with Elm Park as my local station. Been 20 years since the last time I used the District line, when my daughter was born at the Hammersmith Hospital. Shepherds Bush, Central Line for the Hammersmith Hospital though.
Oh gosh took me back to my uni days in london. Cant forget the days the memories
Me too :-)
Living on the Isle of Wight, the London underground has always seemed a bit daunting to find your way around on. These videos help to give a good insight as to how it all works. Keep up the good work.
How on earth did we as humans manage to build all of this? It's so vast and not even something we acknowledge day to day and it's just one tiny part of the world. Incredible.
Awesome isn't it and yet today there are people offended by a pronoun, go figure 🤷
When you see all the things that make up the British Rail sytem,all the wiring lights etc,only small part,it makes you apreciate how hard it must be when they get breakdowns...to fix them...so many places to look and so much that can go wrong....gives you a new perspective when we complain about train being 10 mins late...tunnels for example,most over 100yr old,still going but sure they give fair share of probs
From Barking station (...)until the end seems Japan , so I really loved it . Wonderful ride ! Thank you .
Great stuff. Thanks for this!
I like that plane going into hyperspace at 3:12!
BodaciousWickerman - Crap S7’s
Memories flooding back from childhood of the 60's
Echoing David Miler, thanks very much indeed for uploading this video, it is fascinating and of an extremely high quality. Additional information on stations professionally done and your cutting to shorten the station stops is virtually seamless! Great job.
Brings back some good memories when I lived in London and travelled a lot by tube. Nice vid!
Tomasz L. This is overground
Ben Stankovich, No, this is part of the london underground. It is just that this line in particular is mostly above ground, yet the mode is underground.
@@---kp1hm this isnt the overground lol
This has got be a Sunday morning or something! I’ve never seen these stations so deserted, they’re usually packed. Great vid, thank you. 👍
Excellent video mate,superb quality,thanks for posting
I used to take this one every morning... lived in Richmond until June 1997. Went back there in July 2016, revisited the station, the streets, and that Waitrose grocer's... Lots of good memories - thanks for posting!
Used to travel a lot on this line in the 70 s, The semaphore signalling all the way from Richmond to Gunnersbury and the signal box under the bridge at Gunnersbury with it’s
lights on all day as it was so dark,know the line has so much line side housing and changed
out of all recognition!
I rode on the District Line from Earl's Court to Tower Hill in 1978. They were still using prewar rolling stock with spur-cut gears; it reminded me of New York's prewar equipment.
I actually made a diagram of what a station on the District Line looks like (cut and cover) vs. a deep level tube station on the Northern line for one of my classes five years ago. I got a 100 for the detail and effort. When my professor asked me how I was able to get so much detail into my project, I told him that I watched a cab view ride video of both this line and the northern line. Brilliant video
Kudos! That took only a few second to take me back 43 years!
i just downloaded the virtual district line from railworks, this vid is amazing, its helped me route learn properly from Richmond to earl's court, and nice to see the d stock still hanging in there, well done bud, and thank you, i have liked, shared on twitter and subscibed.
Fascinating. Brilliant to watch and such an insight !!!
Cheers Martin. If only it were possible to go down into these tunnels on foot to film. There will be lots of hidden and forgotten stations and other places of the past to explore.
Yes it would be amazing !!!
Very reminiscent of German night time television in the analogue satellite days (apologies if my German isn't up to the mark) "Schonsten Bahnstrecken Dem Welt". Or in English "Worlds Best Railway Journeys". I could sit and watch them all night long.
Strange how soothingly satisfying those traction motors sound, and wow! Acceleration looks phenomenal.
Series would DC traction motors are superb at low speed torque.
Thank you for your service to keep the tube running xx
It's great that you put the name of the station in the top right, I wish others would do the same, good video. Thanks.
Brilliant use of GoPro :)
Simply BRILLIANT!
Absolutely marvellous. Thank you.
Absolutely brilliant video, thanks.
I could watch this all day! Fabulous. :)
I’ve traveled this line daily for the last few years and I don’t recognise any of it simply because I’m used to looking at it sideways and not head on
And why is this so damn therapeutic
Exellent Cab Ride Video , superb quality, many thanks for uploading :)
It's amazing how far such basic tube stock can actually travel in a day. Especially the 1992 stock from South Ruislip to Epping.
Excellent video, many thanks for sharing
This video was VERY helpful !! We will be staying in Kew and this video introduced me to the Dist line stops. No trial and error once we get there thank God! And it stops near a lot of the sights will be seeing. Piccadilly line hits all the others. Thank you for posting.
Fantastic video, lovely sounds and nice uninterupted video. Thankyou very very much.
Excellent, thank you. Great quality. Just makes one want to return to London (well, for a short time anyway).
You miss it when you leave, hate it when you are there!
So brilliantly done, there's nothing to moan about. Station cuts are excellently smooth. Best bit though (!) is using Underground font for the captions. Seriously cool attention to detail.
This is one of the best London Underground videos I’ve ever seen
Fascinating From one side of London to another; Surrey to Essex. Interesting to note the similarities in house architecture from one side to the other - L.A's architects??Wonderful!!
Henry Haresdene Don't know about other areas but much of East Ham was new build by one or two developers as part of a housing boom in the late 1800s. Everything East of the River Lea was Essex until 1965
Beautiful! Awesome video!
Sloane Square is interesting as it was the only tube line with a licensed bar on the platform and a very large pipe across the roof carries the river Westbourne down to the Thames ( one of London’s many lost rivers). The East and Westbourne rivers met at Tyburn ( two rivers) at Marble Arch. Tyburn was the main place of execution up to the early 1800s. An estimated 50k people were hanged there.
edepillim The original station was destroyed in November 1940 during the blitz by a bomb. A train was in the station at the time and 37 were kilted and 79 injured. That’s why it looks comparatively modern. Another sad occurrence was the suicide here on 5th April 1960 of Peter Llewelyn Davies, one of the Llewelyn Davies boys who were the inspiration for the boy characters of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, and who resented the public association with the character named after him.
You can hear the water gushing in the pipe from the Station Supervisor's office, it's right next to the pretty much non-functional window. It only lets in brake dust and train noise.
Liverpool Street Circle Line outer rail platform had a licenced bar.
Loved this Don, so many thanks. If only the weather had been so good on the Pic-Lime Street CLC run.
Excellent video, top-notch quality.
Whenever I see a train hurtling through a junction, I suppose that they take on faith that all those points are properly set.
No need. The signals prove the route, and would not clear to green if the points were not in the correct position. This is called interlocking.
@@robrossington7118 : Not just that - I instinctively look at the points as well, they are plain to see (I have driven LU trains). It has been known for the points (and signals with them) to be set for the wrong route, but that is not dangerous, only inconvenient, and rare. The driver would stop anyway and phone the signalman to correct it. The safety interlocking is never wrong though!
It’s all safe, you don’t hear of any accidents
This is one of my favourite vids!
Many thanks for creating the video. Greetings from a Tramway driver from Essen in germany.
Another fantastic video many thanks..
Well done great video
This is a great video. Thank you for sharing.
I used to live in the Elm Park area next to Harrowlodge Park. During a nice beautiful day, the place did look rather lovely and peaceful at times.
I lived at Ravenscourt Park for many years. We were oddly proud of our status as a Not-All-Trains-Stop-Here outpost. I've loved the District Line ever since. I'm also claustrophobic, so the cut-and-cover tunnels were always far nicer to ride through than the scary deep drillings of the other lines in the central area of London.
This is Brilliant..well done i really enjoyed it, i have seen the London to Brighton route like this which is great, but this tops it for me.
Excellent video, thank you.
Very nice video one of the best I've ever seen!!!
a fantastic video!!! thank you!!!
Brilliant video! Love seeing the D Stock trains!
you got old
Well done love the sound with out any other sounds mix in to it.
The elevated section from Bow Road @ 45:30 to West Ham @ 48:00 remind me of the NewYork subway system in the bronx.
Gotta love the tube, fantastic system great to get around london like just absolutely amazing. Love the D78 and C stock trains such a shame they had to go so quick thought maybe another few more years but oh well.
Great video just silent watching the train with no conversation with the driver just pure train journey fantastic dark tunnels great engineering fete...
Great to see this with an external camera and no dirty windscreen. The best I have seen and followed it on a tube map.
Loved it ,never really got further than Tower Hill when I lived there in the sixties,nice to see whats beyond...Ta
Great film. Love the ambient sound from having the GoPro externally mounted. Station names in the top corner help too. Nice one.
I like London!❤And underground too))
I am from Donetsk💙
Fantastic!!! Thank you so much!!! 😃👍❤️👏😊
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Excellent. Ne er seen Victoria, Gloucester Rd or South Kensington from a cab before so fascinating insight. The stopping accuracy at stations is remarkable and the GoPro quality outstanding. Thankd a lot! :)
I have to tale you people who live around London that I was really impress by your Tube system. I use the District Line when I say in Kensington a year ago today and found so easy to get around town. I think every person that I met were nice and the staff who work at the thicket place were tops! Many went out of there way to help which I never forget!! I think the best part about your Tube is it make people walk! That walking is the best thing for the heath of the people. We keep up coming with thing that take Walking away! That's why we Americans are getting fatter by the day! Did not see very many Fat Londoners on the tube!
Roger Herbison The Underground is a fantastic system, it might not be perfect but it’s quite close
Yes, the walking and at some stops without a "lift" (as the Brits say) and stairs are great for fitness, except if you are mobility challenged or old or both. If I was 20 yrs. younger with healthy hips and back I'd find it great. As a senior, not so much.
@Pat Terson It's only confusing if you have about 3 brain cells so well done for calling yourself out there, and they are only rude if you are rude to them first, which judging by your comment yes you were.
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Pat Terson The underground is very easy to understand and navigate and the staff do a great job often dealing with very difficult and stupid people like yourself.
Good job the GoPro never fell off! Great video
At last! Someone who locks the Aperture when going through tunnels!!!!
Wow, the signals kinda give me slight anxiety. I mean, you really have to be on your toes so that you don't pass through reds. And also those little yellow/black and green arrow signs to line up the train to, I'm guessing, to see the CCTV in the cab/or at that little board?
I've honestly heard a lot of people say that driving a train is easy because it's "stop and go", well, from what I got from this video and I'm only 15 minutes in, is that actually, it really is bloody difficult! The liabilities of the job (potentially dangerous/life-threatening/safety of passengers), how you must be concentrating at all times- to not overshoot stations, screw up on those approach + go signals... and more. I bet there's loads of other technicalities that I've missed as I'm no expert and I'm really rather impressed. Fascinating to watch. :)
It's stop and go but you have to know exactly when to stop and go and how hard to accelerate and break to not make the passengers uncomfortable, which is much harder to do on a train than on a car, or even a truck, as the momentum of one of these units is much more.
At East Ham you can see to the left the remains of a bay platform for trains that used to run up and round back west through Stratford. The street map shows where the road curves to follow the old line of the railway
That line actually joined the North present London line round to via Woodgrange Park to Kentish Town, missing Stratford. It was always operated by steam up until it closed, with a very curious shunting arrangement for trains arriving at East Ham. The train would stop about 100 yards before the double track merged into a single track for the bay platform, the engine would be uncoupled and run forwards over the points towards the platform then back past the coaches over the 'up' line as far as the next set cross-over points, then cross back in reverse, pushing the coaches into the station and ready to depart in the opposite direction. I suppose it gave the passengers about five minutes to appreciate the local scenery before arriving at East Ham.
Superb Video! I like it!
Awsome! excellent video.
Awesome vid! Thank you 🤠
I just discovered this video. Most of the stations were new to me, plus a few old friends you have to know if you travel in London (talking you, West Ham) Good job, as always Ben. Don’t let anyone talk you into music. We have Pandora for that.
Who gives this a thumbs down? It is so uncontroversial. You're not challenged in any way.
Well!!! Excellent footage!!! Certainly the best of steam !!! :-)😊
Excellent - not least for keeping the original audio and not dubbing some annoying music over it.
I also like the way you put all the station names on the video, for those of us who don't know the line.
10 out of 10, mate.
Great video. Interesting to see the remains of the old LSWR viaduct at 10:30.
The tunnels on the Circle, Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan and District lines including the Overground East London line between Surrey Quays are dug out shallow trenches and roofed over with short open sections between them that enabled steam to escape when steam engines were running.
Best cab view video I’ve seen
Best UK RFW video!
That is really good editing for the stops mate!
Love the outside camara. The sounds are great
I like the mirror at Earle's Court - Never seen that anywhere before.
Thanks Ben for this ride !! Loved it !! If one day you go on the Wimbledon line; give me a shout ! Thanks again !