METROPOLITAN LINE CAB RIDE | Amersham to Aldgate
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- Hello everyone, and welcome to this full cabride onboard a Metropolitan Line S8 stock from Amersham to Aldgate calling at all stations along the way. This is the first of two cab rides we have coming, so look out for that soon but we hope you enjoy it.
A blank version without station names or signal diagrams etc is available here if you would prefer:
• Met AME - ALD (BLANK) , however this video is not to be used in any other circumstances without permission, hence the watermark.
Please do not try to gain access into any unauthorized areas or ask for cab rides as they are unable to be given, this video shouldn't be used for route learning purposes as some details may be incorrect.
© The Chiltern Trainspotters 2021
0:00 Intro
0:36 Amersham
3:05 Chalfont and Latimer
6:13 Chorleywood
9:18 Rickmansworth
13:24 Moor Park
15:51 Northwood
17:39 Northwood Hills
19:46 Pinner
21:38 North Harrow
24:08 Harrow on the Hill
26:35 Northwick Park
28:23 Preston Road
31:02 Wembley Park
34:03 Neasden
34:45 Dollis Hill
35:37 Willesden Green
36:28 Kilburn
37:25 West Hampstead
38:48 Finchley Road
45:05 Baker Street
47:44 Great Portland Street
48:55 Euston Square
50:55 King's Cross St Pancras
54:05 Farringdon
55:43 Barbican
57:27 Moorgate
58:57 Liverpool Street
1:01:43 Aldgate - บันเทิง
Please read the description before commenting the graphics take up the whole screen… you would have found this link th-cam.com/video/DZ39s-EajGI/w-d-xo.html to a blank copy with no graphics
It might have been better if the information had been given us verbally - was there a compelling reason why you didn't ?
@@alansnowdon8795 you shouldnt have to be told something as simple as reading the description for something, if you have a problem you should try to solve it before complaining
Well I thought you didn’t want graphics all over the screen, hence why it wasn’t put on the screen. If it is that much of a compelling issue then you can perhaps spend a minute looking? It’s literally two clicks.
@@thechilterntrainspotters exactly some people make their own problems its so annoying
I really enjoyed seeing the video. It took me back in time. I was a driver at Neasden up to the 1980's, so I was familar with that line. My son, who now lives in the USA enjoyed it as well. Thank you guys for your efforts in posting the video.
Its only when you watch something like this that you realize just how big London is.
Other cities in Europe seem very small by comparison (apart from maybe Paris), and cities in the US seem far less intensely urban than London (apart from New York - but that city is surrounded by water so it feels less cramped).
Now that London is constrained by the green belt, it can only go up, and watching this I can spot many blocks of flats built only in the last couple of years.
I'm impressed by the Metropolitan line which a few years ago I considered to be one of the worst in London; the new trains are really nice, and the speed getting into town is pretty good.
All my European friends are amazed at the extent of both the Underground and suburban overground networks in London - I know of nothing in Europe that comes remotely close in size or coverage. Isn't the Central line from West Ruislip through to Epping something like 70 miles in length ?
London at it's centre is pretty small. This is just the second longest tube route apart from Chesham - Aldagte. The underground can also be pretty slow in places
This is an excellent drivers eye view. It's done simply and I appreciate that uninterrupted running sounds and subtle captions - the camera quality is also stunning. I would love to see you do the Piccadilly or Bakerloo next
Thanks a lot! We can’t promise anything but we’ll see what we can do
I’d love a District or two.
Excellent driver's eye view?; hardly as there's nothing much visible other than the lights inside the tunnels. Professional productions are better as their cameras are more sensitive to light.
The line is so "clean" these days. 10 years ago, when I was a commuter between Great Missenden and Marylebone, there was debris (old track, bits of cabling etc etc) strewn alongside the line all the way. Great to see.
no kidding, huh .. I remember thinking fire hazard riding some other line some other place :brrrRrr:
Three disused stations can be seen quite easily between Finchley Road and Baker Street:
40:36 The semi-open section is Swiss Cottage (Met line), you can see the platform on the left
41:48 in the open is Marlborough Road, dilapidated platform on the left and platform entrances left and right, then
43:09 just before the end of the tunnel is Lords, platform visible on the right.
I'm sure most people watching this would know these, but thought it might be interesting for some.
Just some additional information. The above stations were closed around 1939-1940 when the LPTB ( London Transport predecessor) opened Swiss Cottage and St John's Wood on the Bakerloo Line ( now Jubilee )
I should have added this in the captions haha, thanks for the information
Interesting fact Swiss Cottage was supposed to be called le Cottage du Suisse before it was vetoed in the Parliament.
I only spotted Marlborough Road. It looks like a designated access point or emergency exit for the tiny bit of platform.
I also saw the remnants of the previous Kings Cross Met station. All very interesting for someone who has never been to London.
@@gerrymckenna4878 How odd that there are three disused stations on the one stretch of line. Do we know why the changes were needed - was it population shifts or something, or were they sub-optimally positioned in the first place. I imagine that when the original stations were built even these suburbs were not yet fully developed?
This video is a great summary of the development of transport in London in Victorian and Edwardian times.
th-cam.com/video/zdCocI-jVqE/w-d-xo.html
That was absolutely fascinating. I’ve travelled those routes as a passenger for a long time but what a fantastic perspective this gives. Thanks for putting it together so expertly and explaining all the signals and stopping that we normally take for granted.
Thank you! We put a lot of effort into those graphics making every single one, so it’s good to know it paid off
Well said. Exactly what I was thinking. It’s brilliant
I used to love this route when I was a motorman at Baker Street. This was in the days of the Circle Line that actually did a circle. The A60 stock was all silver then. It all looks so different now.
Oh that’s cool! I remember the A stock before it went out of service, however I do really like the new S stock
@@thechilterntrainspotters I did really appreciate the Air con when I went to amersham... especially when I was back on my more local services in a hot, slow, heathrow bound 1973 stock train.
I like the graphics of the station roundel and speed board 👌 nice job
0:00 Intro
0:36 Amerhsham
3:05 Chalfont and Latimer
6:13 Chorleywood
9:18 Rickmansworth
13:24 Moor Park
15:51 Notrhwood
17:39 Northwood Hills
19:46 Pinner
21:38 Notrh Harrow
24:08 Harrow on the Hill
26:35 Northwick Park
28:23 Preston Road
31:02 Wembley Park
34:03 -Neasden-
34:45 -Dollis Hill-
35:37 -Willesden Green-
36:28 -Kilburn-
37:25 -West Hampstead-
38:48 Finchley Road
45:05 Baker Street
47:44 Great Portland Street
48:55 Euston Square
50:55 King's Cross St Pancras
54:05 Farringdon
55:43 Barbican
57:27 Moorgate
58:57 Liverpool Street
1:01:43 Aldgate
Thank you!
This is awesome, love the quality and signal captions. Well done and thank you!
Thanks alot 😀
Loved this video -- what a contrast between the country feel of the beginning of the ride and the densely urban one at Aldgate. Very informational, with excellent text and graphics.
Thank you! 😎
This is a truly excellent video with a beautifully clear resolution video !!
I live in NYC but have relatives in Ruislip and Upminster. I love comparing the similarities between the Underground and the Subway.
London Underground is 55% outside & 45% in tunnel. 80% of tunnel is deep tube and 20% sub-surface.....
NYC Subway is 55% underground and 45% outdoors......
Much of NYC's above ground lines run on steel elevated structures - esp in Queens, Brooklyn, and The Bronx.
Brooklyn's Brighton Line (B and Q trains) run in a below grade cut between Prospect Park & Newkirk Plaza and on an elevated embankment from Newkirk to Brighton Beach - very similar to the outdoor portions of the tube lines.
The only section of London I've seen that is comparable is the section of Circle & Hammersmith line between Hammersmith and Westbourne Park. Much of that section is on a concrete viaduct with a road running under on either side. This is the closest I've seen in London to a NYC elevated. Even the canopies on the stations are similar to the old IRT/BMT canopies in NYC.
One big difference that I notice (and is certainly shown in this video) is how the tube goes well out into the suburbs and even some rural areas with productive agricultural farms. I see this on the district line once you pass Daegenham going to visit my cousin in Upminster. The best you'll see on the NYC subway are some semi suburban areas in Queens and SE Brooklyn. The one exception is the A train crossing Jamaica Bay in to the Rockaways. The stretch between Howard Beach & Broad Channel is 3.6 miles - the longest distance between two stops on the NYC subway. The next stop after Broad channel is B 67st (Far Rockaway) or B 90st (Rockaway Park) is 2.2 miles away. Much of this is nature preserve - even the stations remind me of the outdoor tube stations..
@scooterahlers9666 On elevated sections there is also the section between Ravenscourt Park and Chiswick Park on the District Line as well as the Perivale to Greenford section on the Central Line. There are other tube stations that are above street level. The one that always gives me the creeps is the western approach to South Harrow on the Piccadilly line. It feels like you are 1-200ft up in the air when you look down at the houses.
Loved this video. The captions were very valuable to read giving additional information of the line.Thanks for posting.
Thanks
Enjoyed the ride, how smooth these trains run, I remember as a kid travelling from finchley road to baker street in met compartment stock, hauled by a locomotive, the noise and rough ride frightened the life out of me
Thanks a lot! Wow that is cool, HST’s passing at speed used to scare me a lot with their scream
I also remember being bounced physically out of my seat as a kid in the section between wembley park and finchley road (mid 90s). A bit of wikipedia searching reveals the old stock had a higher top speed than the new ones which makes sense! Places like Wembley are unrecognisable now from even my childhood 20 years ago.
Ah, takes me back! The countryside out to the North West is beautiful. Very nicely made, thank you, BobUK
Thanks a lot
Fab video, many thanks for doing it… great quality, no music, interesting facts and absolutely addictive… I couldn’t stop watching 🤣🤓👍🏻
Thank you Peter!
Very interesting view from this side of London. Thx for sharing 👍
Wow awesome video. One of my favorite transportation systems outside of the U.S. the London underground. Hopefully more routes are coming
A really excellent video with superb graphics and informative text. Thank you.
Thanks 😊
Many thanks for the high standard; showing context, brief and simple explanations, of what the driver is required to do. The provision of notes, describing what is seen is remarkable. The map at the beginning is a good idea. Many thanks. Patrick Northamptonshire
Glad you liked it!
Having used this service daily from 1950's to the 1990s I thought that I knew all there was to know. From slam door stock from Baker Street through the very fast steam/electric switch at Rickmansworth . What an eye opener this has turned out to be ! It has to be up there with the very best cabride vids available.
Wow! Thanks for that, we put a lot of hard work into making this so we’re glad you enjoyed it!
I enjoyed that. We moved to Rickmansworth in 1960 and I travelled daily to school on the met line to Harrow-on-the-Hill. I remember the old brown slam door carriages and the change to steam at Rickmansworth.
@@reddingtonm Mention of the old brown slam door carriages always brings a happy memory of us kids, climbing into the string net luggage racks above the seats. :-)
Superb video done the route from LST to Wembley Park a few times. Nice to see a drivers eye view.
I love drivers-eye train videos. It's fun to see it from the driver's POV.
That was excellent. Thankyou very much for all the effort put in on this.
Thanks
Lovely camera quality and enjoyed information displayed on screen,look forward to watching future videos!
Thank you a lot
Truly fascinating! I’ve never ‘ridden’ on this route before. I really admire the acceleration and braking on this stock….quite remarkable! Thanks for the excellent video and information. I have subscribed…looking for more of the same! Best wishes, Rob Bournemouth.
A most enjoyable and informative video, thanks! I worked in Pinner for a short while so this brings back memories. I used to change from the Jubilee Line at Finchley Road. As it was winter there was often snow or frost on the platform
Thank you
Hello!. Interesting and instructive video to see the journey from the suburbs to near the resort of the beautiful city of London. Thank you. Best regards.
Thank you!
It's funny but as I'm watching this I feel like I'm feeling the little jolt as the train comes to a halt 😂
Fantastic cab ride this! Wonderful that you have included a lot of information too.
Thanks for that!
I appreciate the extra effort that you've made in this cab ride. thank you.
Thanks for a very good, informative video, I really enjoyed it! Keep up the excellent content!👏
Thank you 😊
I recall, as a kid in the early '60s, frequently watching the newly introduced A60 Metropolitan line stock arriving at Rayners Lane. We thought they were the bees-knees compared with the 1930s District-Line type stock that they replaced. The A60s ran, in those days unpainted (Presumably an economy measure) and, I believe, that didn't change until they were refurbed in the late 1980s/early '90s although I think they cleaned-up the metal finish at the end of the '70s and applied one of these "Dirt slippery" clear lacquer coat to help reduce the cleaning requirement.
I'm amazed at the extra torque and acceleration the current stock has, particularly in the range 0-40 MPH.
But on the downside, I find the seating isn't as comfortable as the A60s, which in turn, possibly were less confortable than the older District Line stock they replaced.
There is a trend for more uncomfortable seating in UK train stock. Just try the new Azuma stock on GWR and you'll regret ever trying it.
That was brilliant.
As a young lad in the 60s I used to get a twin rover and loved going out on the Met
I can remember travelling from Moorgate over the widened lines up to Kings Cross, the Midland also had a service that took out to Kentish town t now all part of Thameslink
Absolutely awesome video guys!
I just LOVE the cab view.
So I added you to my growing list of train posters!
🚋🚂🚋🚂🚋🚂🚃
Thanks
Thanks alot for this! Very interesting watch...
Thank you for the time and effort that must have gone into making this.
I love learning the facts in the captions. As someone who's never been on a train, it's fun to learn about them.
Great job. Really love the cab view.
Thanks a lot, appreciate it!
Love the sound of these trains 😌 and a lovely ride into town 😊🤌🏽
Very high quality presentation and most informative. Well done.
Thank you
Lovely ride out, one of my favourite routes on the tube network
What a handsome train set! A true thing of beauty!
Haha, thank you
Absolutely Brilliant - thanks
Absolutely brilliant video. Very professional. I enjoyed the factual information and the superb photography.
Thank you very much 😀
Brilliant work 👏 different way to see the london countryside too
I once, as an 8 year old kid, got to "cab it" on a Met A60 in around 1964 courtesy of a very accommodating driver. All the way from Baker Street to Amersham. My mother was with me, we were on a summer day trip to Bekonscot Model Village. Memorable day. Great video. I grew up in the Victoria district, hence my LU/LT mania. I now live 5 miles north west of Verney Junction.
Wow that’s cool! Shame that’s not something that could happen nowadays
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I’m of an age where I remember mechanical banner repeaters on the BR mainlines 😁 Great video!
Thanks SO much for this "ride"! There are SO many train journeys of all shapes and sizes on TH-cam and this is the first metropoliton to city centre journey Ive looked at. I really like all the info around the signals, history of the line, etc etc. I'm going to tackle some more of these ... I'm a bit sick of High speed trains. So, thanks again.
No problem, we're glad you enjoyed it 😁
I enjoyed watching this video and it made me relax my mood.
Impressive stuff, thanks. Love that feeble whistle! Not sure though that electro-mechanical repeaters are unique to LU; there's certainly still one at Perth Platform 2.
Didn’t know that, thanks
Ah love riding these underground trains. Liverpool Street links stations to Essex and East Anglia areas and King's Cross (links stations in Yorkshire, North East England and Scotland) & St Pancras (links stations in Bedfordshire & East Midlands & North West as well as the Eurostar). Awesome!
Excellent video, Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it
The disused platforms seen at approx 52:00 is the original King's Cross Metropolitan station from 1863. They were relocated in 1941 as part of running line alterations. This 1941 station also had a west facing bay platform which was infilled at some unknown time.
I didn’t know this, thanks
Enjoyed from start to end. THX
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 😀
So quiet and smooth.
Good job I wasn't driving, I don't think I saw any of those signals. Very nicely presented though, keep it up.
It's nice to see this route. I know the journey from Stoke Mandeville to Marylebone by "big train" (ie Chiltern Railways rather than Met Line London Underground). I think I've only done the journey by Met Line once, when there was engineering work closer to London so there was a Chiltern Railways shuttle from Stoke Mandeville to Amersham then all-change to Met Line for the rest of the journey. The 1st Generation DMUs on that line (British Rail days, until the 1980s/90s) were horrible noisy, diesel-smoky things which were too hot in summer, and too cold with condensation running down the inside of the windows in winter. They also had that unique driving style common to all 1st Gen DMUs: when the driver changed gear, he had to let the engine idle for several seconds before changing gear and reappplying power, so acceleration was a bit jerky. The "new" Class 165s are a dramatic improvement.
Someone mentioned being given a cab ride. It's a shame that Health and Safety rules don't allow this any more. My very first memory of going on a train was with my grandpa who was a keen railway enthusiast, while we lived in Maidenhead, so it *may* have been on the branch to Bourne End/Marlow (*). I would have been about 3 years old. I can remember riding in a train that had a forward view through the driver's window, and at one of the stations the driver noticed me looking through the internal window and invited me into the cab "to help drive the train". I remember the big wheel on the opposite side of the cab to the driver (a hand brake? *not* a steering wheel!!!) and being allowed to stand their while he drove to the next station. It made my day and it's a memory that has stayed with me for over 50 years. Sadly that experience is no longer possible.
(*) Come to think of it, this was 1966 so the line would still have been open beyond Bourne End to High Wycombe. I wonder if we travelled all the way. Shame I can't remember, because the only way you can do that section nowadays is on foot, and even then there are parts that have been built on or are too overground to get through.
I remember often waiting at Great Missenden station for my father when I was a small child - the trains all had the headboard 2A74 or 2B74 and went through to Aylesbury. I also remember the gear changing procedure you describe, though I didn't know what it was until just now !
I love the quality editing in this!
Thanks for the video, I enjoyed that :)
Glad you did
fantastic journey. very informative. thank you
Thanks for the lovely feedback mate. 😀 glad you enjoyed it 😁
Great video, thanks.
Cracking video well captioned and informative.
This is a wonderful video, and offers such a unique view of the line. At 41:40 when the tunnel opens up into a cutting is the site of the long since closed station Marlborough Road. It was opened in 1868, and closed in 1939. Look very closely at the concrete wall spanning the tracks, and you can see a curved marking showing where the overall roof of the station used to be. I imagine the station may have looked very much like Bayswater or Paddington (Praed Street) do today. Though the platforms have been removed, on the left and right are tunnel portals where passengers would have entered and left the platforms. This drivers eye view gives us such an amazing look at this tiny slice of history. Thank you so much for the upload!
Great video. I so miss being in London!! 😞
Great video 👌, very nice, love the imfomation 👌😀👍
Thanks a lot!
@@thechilterntrainspotters will their be any more videos of the tube👍
After all the years I spent going up and down the met line, and working the main stations as a manager , I find it very weird going down the hole at Finley rd and not seeing another signal. Good video saw a lot of my old work places most shut or changed.
Yes I have to agree, it’s very weird
Really excellent !!!
Thanks mate,same comments as Anthony below...nice to see what you can.😀.Thanks
I like how the stations on the central section were built just under the buildings, especially Baker street
Greetings from France. Very interesting video!
Merci Beaucoup!
Thank you, enjoyed that.
We're glad you enjoyed 😊
I love this. Wish we. Could have seen all the controls and all that good stuff but still this was so cool.
Yeah we wouldn’t really have anywhere to mount the camera for that unfortunately
@@thechilterntrainspotters Oooo ok gotcha. Still a really good video. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen
I used to ride from Amersham to Aldgate every day back in 1981 and 1982 going to my first job after leaving school. I worked in Fenchurch Sreet. I haven't been on a tube train since then so being 60 now I'm very soon going to do the journey again for the sake of posterity.
You know what’s funny at 55:02 you see the infamous tunnels of the abandoned city widened lines that thameslink in there early years use to run there trains through the old thaneslink core
Nice view!
Great video, I haven't travelled on the MET for some years. I must have a ride in the next year or so.
Thank you. And yes, a lot has probably changed since you last did it.
Just remember the stairs at Hampstead...fun when your young!!!
The structure of the concreted-lined under pass which the Metropolitan trains from Rayners Lane use to connect to Harrow-On-the-Hill (Visible on the right out of the cab window @ 23:30 on the approach to Harrow-on-the-hill) has seen better days. That's an understatement. IMHO, its looks like its in the same condition as the U-boat pens at Lorient and St Nazaire in Western France that I visited . . . and they were bombed by allied aircraft in WW2 ! At least the U-boat pens now have netting to catch the falling pieces of concrete.
metropolitan line has some nice engine noise! love it
Baker Street used to be "my" stations, would jump on the underground there whenever I took the train into London from Aylesbury.
Dang, this is a really clear camera you used! Nice work!
thanks alot!
ATO - Automatic Train Operation on the London Underground Railways has received almost no mention in the specalised Railway Press. As a Railway Signal Engineering old timer I found the journey from Finchley Road extermely interesting.
Once we'd passed that blue signal light on leaving Finchley Road we saw NO MORE signal lights (that I was aware of) until we'd entered the platform at Baker Street; despite waiting outside there for another train, that crossed our path, to pass.
But it is viltal that a trained member of the line's staff is present in the front cab, not only to operate the doors, but also to cope with any failure of the automatic system.
First time I'd seen this too, very interesting to see!
Thanks for that, Alan. I was going to ask what the driver does once ATO comes into play...
@@thefabulousstevieg When I said I was an " . . . old timer" what I really meant (and should have said) is that I had retired back in the 1990s. So, unfortunately I can't give a fully detailed answer. But I would imagine that the driver has to watch while the train responds to the demands of Automatic Train Operation - and if anything dangerous happens - like coming on an obstruction fallen on the track - hit some kind of "panic button" and STOP. Could someone on, or recently retired from, TfL's staff please say more?
Great video. Well done.
thank you
I like the speed and station indicator on left of screen
Overall this is a very good concept. I like the graphical elements and explanations. From a production perspective, this would be no easy task considering the constant changes in light in the "underground" element. I can see the auto function is used but there is little alternative without a major production budget.
Given my familiarity with your network is rather limited with only visits to some of these inner city stations on a few occasions, I truly appreciated seeing the totality of this line and run. The whole network is decidedly different from my part of the world. So I can say your approach and production of this is rather fascinating to see.
Well done to all concerned and I hope to see another of your productions.
Wow, thank you for the kind messages. Watch out, we have more coming soon!
One very small suggestion. I wonder if it might be better if you timed the display of the photos (eg old Chesham-C&L train; "oh shit" view of oncoming train in the near-miss at C&L) so they didn't obscure the video when there's something "interesting" happening such as the approach to a station. In both those cases, maybe display the caption and associated photo 15 seconds earlier? Yes, I know I could have looked at the non-obscured caption-free version of the video ;-)
The signals on US rails are similar. We have Red = full stop before signal, before street if street is close.
Solid yellow = next signal is red, start slowing down and prepare to stop
Flashing yellow, the next signal is solid yellow, be ready to slow down
Green = proceed at track, or recommended speed.
Interesting!
There is a picture some where of an Aylesbury bound train sitting at Baker Street with a Pulman dining car in the rake.
Great stuff - I have travelled this line in the 80s and it's great to see the old stock still doing great service
Old stock?; this was filmed inside the driver's cab of the latest stock introduced from 2010, hardly old.
Things have changed since I was a guard on the Metropolitan , Circle , Hammersmith and city and New Cross line in the 1980s. Working out of Baker Street , New Cross and then Barking .
Is the blue 10 at Harrow-on-the-Hill a temporary speed restriction? Also does the blue and white outline around JB61 have any meaning?
Thank you; enjoyed that and appreciated the helpful captions. Are the flashing signals an effect of the camera or do they appear to flash for the driver too?
That is just the cameras frame rate, to the driver they appear steady.
This route really does stretch out quite far distance only been as far as Harrow on the hill from Liverpool Street.
Great video. ☺️
Thank you!
@@thechilterntrainspotters Ur welcome. ☺
Really interesting 👍
Thanks 😀
Question: At Finchley Road when it goes round that sweeping curve what was the limit before ATO
I have noticed the straight bits are really fast now between there and Baker Street!
I beleve its either 30 or 40
A few changes at Farringdon since I was last there in the '70s.
Had me sleeping after about 15 minutes, but the anoraks will love it.