thank you for your service sir, even if you're not in the military, you've been a driver for 22 years, you've probably got more then a million passangers to their destinations, you probably got influencers, football players, musicians, actors before they got famous into their destinations, you deserve an award for that, thank you for your job at TfL sir
I would say you are greatly underestimating how busy the Jubilee line is. The line itself carries about 213 million passengers a year on a fleet of 63 trains, i don 't know how many drivers that would be but even if you said there were 120 drivers (it's possibly more) that would be around 40 million passengers carried per driver over 22 years.
Hi! I’m a jubilee line controller and I am so glad I stumbled across this video…I recognise your voice from talking to you on the radio many times….From all the team here at the NSCC we wish you a fantastic retirement and thanks for all your help and dedication to the line over the last 22 years! Happy retirement👍🏻😎
Hi Scott, thank you and all of the team at the NSCC for your best wishes and your kind comment. It really has been a pleasure working with you all. The comments I’ve received have been quite humbling and any praise that I’ve been given should be shared with all Jubilee line staff, we really are appreciated by our customers. By the way you were fortunate to spend that time with Simon. If you are still in touch with him ask him about my “catastrophic failure “ that is unless he already told you that story, he always brought it up whenever we met. Thank you all so much again, I will have a happy retirement, you all take care 👍👍🍸🍾
@@Beeb_boo it was a long time ago, I’m not good on exact dates, we still drove manually and Ken Livingston was mayor. A train I was driving in peak rush hour just shut down completely between Swiss Cottage and St John’s Wood. It took many hours to sort out and about 6 weeks of investigation to find the cause 👍👍
@@Beeb_boo honestly , I didn’t have time to think in those terms , me and everyone else that became involved just had to get on with it and effectively get the train off of the line. But yes I’m sure that a good few of the public were a bit annoyed 🤬👍
22 years on service for the Underground. Let that sink in on how many people you safely traveled. This was an intresting video for me, as a train enthusiast. Seeing a driving point of view is surreal. Thank you for your amazing dedication and time on the Underground and hope you have a great life!
@itsjustanidea sir is my dream to became a train driver..unfortunately is not any advertise on tfl website..I work on London underground mantanance for 9 years...still can't find the way
@@campion86 hi, sorry to hear that. All I can say is keep looking, vacancies to come up from time to time but it doesn’t take long for them to be oversubscribed.
The unique acceleration sounds the jubilee stocks gives out gives me chills. Used it everyday from Wembley Park during my time in London. Thank you for carrying us all safe during your times.. Very well done sir…
I used to love the sound of Jubilee and the Northern lines... both had quite unique sounding VF drives though the Jubilee line sounded the crudest. Also reminded me of MRT trains I took when I lived in Taipei.
I'm a train operator in the United States and it's interesting to see how similar yet different operations are on the London Underground compared to where I work. The biggest difference where I work is that the trains are manually operated as we don't have Automatic Train Operation. There are a few systems in the United states that use ATO. San Francisco, Patco in New Jersey and certain lines on the NYC Subway are examples. I grew up in Washington DC and their system has ATO as well, but the trains have been manually operated due to a horrible accident back in 2009. There are plans to bring it back but it hasn't happened yet. Where I work, the trains are manually controlled with in-cab signaling which dictate speed. I enjoyed your video as it answered some questions I had regarding the ATO system. It goes without saying that the best view is from the cab. I enjoy that view and I enjoy being a train operator. Congratulations on your retirement and stay safe.
@@itsjustanidea You are correct. Outside of rapid transit in certain cities, most mainline and intercity train service across the Unites States use traditional signaling.
What an excellent video. I like the mixture of insight into your job and your personal anecdotes and sentiments. Very much looking forward to the next part, and I hope you keep making youtube videos in your retirement, because you're pretty good at it.
Absolutely the best video i have seen in a very long time! Im a newly educated train driver here in Denmark, driving local diesel trains in Notheren Sealand, from Elsinore and out. Mostly similar to the Notheren Services in the UK. Nice to see how ATO works, always wondered how its operated. Thank you for taking us with you behind the helm on your last day! Really good editing aswell. It feels a bit like a documentary on how it is to work on the tube. Really looking forward to the next one! Wishing you a great retirement with happy days!
What a fascinating insight for a tube drivers' perspective. It involves a lot more than 'just driving a train'. And the fact you've been doing this job for 22 years, I give all the credit to you for keeping the transport network moving and reaching passengers to their destinations Enjoy your retirement!
I take the Jubilee line almost every day, and I swear I have heard your voice on announcements before! Amazing to see how it works from the front. Thanks for your service!
Absolutely fantastic video, was really entertaining to watch. Really great concept and gives us a good insight into what drivers have to deal with on the day to day basis. Thank you for your service and wishing you a great retirement.
Fellow Railfan here from Malaysia, at 35:29 timestamp is the most beautiful shots you made the Bladerunner vibe is very strong haha, Cheers mate enjoy retirement!!
My dad worked as a tube driver for 25 years on the Bakerloo line, Jubilee Line and Metropolitan line but he sadly passed away 11 years ago 😢 Enjoy your retirement mate! 💪
My mum said when she retired it was bitter sweet. Later on, she said she doesnt know how she ever had time to work! Looking forward to the next installment and wishing you health and happiness im your retirement 👍
Very cool to see this journey from different angles. I live in Belgium and when visiting London I love taking the Jubilee Line. The sound, the fast opening doors, the speed and loud noise in the deep level tunnels, …
This kind of video is what makes TH-cam really worth. I loved the different view. Well done, Sir! By the way it is really interesting to see the trains driving which will be produced nearly to my home (Duesseldorf). Greetings from Germany 😊
Thanks for the video. I'm looking forward to the next one. You and your former colleagues have helped keep car dependency down in London. People didn't realise how important that was, in the past, but now I'm hoping that central government will invest in metro systems, similar to London Underground, for the other cities in the UK. You lot help keep our air clean and you were all heroes during the Covid crisis. So thanks for driving all of those trains over the years. I've lost count of the number of times I've been on the Jubilee Line, since it opened, but I don't think I've ever been as far north as Stanmore. It's funny to think that section started off as part of the Metropolitan Railway, and was then "fobbed off" onto the Bakerloo Line (to free up capacity on the Metropolitan Railway's other branches) before being split off of the Bakerloo Line to get joined onto the Fleet Line. You won't be old enough to have been around in the Met Line days, but did you ever use this branch of the Bakerloo Line, when you were a kid? Were the stations changed much? Did you see any old behind the scenes signs that have Met Line or Bakerloo Line branding, when you started driving? Did you ever get to drive to Charring Cross station, before the Jubilee Line Extension came into use? Did you ever get to drive the isolated JLE service, in the short time when it was operated as a separate railway to the other part of the Jubilee Line? I imagine that the changes in the railway must require a lot of retraining for everyone who works there. I do remember that there were a lot of problems with the JLE platform doors not opening properly, when it first opened. Were you driving when the extra carriages were added to the Jubilee Line trains? Did that make the trains behave differently? Did you have to stop the trains at a different part of the platform? I imagine that changes like that, and ATO must change how your day driving would work a lot. Have you had to do any strange driving duties (like splitting a train in half to get the 7th carriage into the middle)? Have you ever driven a train into Charring Cross for a movie shoot?
Thank you for your nice comments , part 2 tomorrow, Friday. Yes an interesting history. Believe it or not until the end of 1996I had hardly used public transport at all. So as far as I can remember I hadn't used the old Bakerloo line. There weren't any problems with platform length when the 7th car was introduced, I've witnessed filming in Charring Cross but never been part of it.
Man oh man this is insightful, 22 years on the job! Phenomenal youve been on these through thick and thin and likely voiced over some anouncements ive heard over my lifestime. Hope you enjoyed your service and i wish you a great retirement from duty 🎉🎉🎉🎉✨️✨️
That whine when the train starts moving, unique to the Jubilee Line trains, takes me back to when I used to take that line to work every day. I've probably been a passenger of yours many times. So thank you.
Huge contrast from my days ‘turning the handle’ on the Northern and later District lines. Interesting to see how much things have changed (and improved).
Well the Jubilee was the ‘new line’ until the Elizabeth … not that I need to tell you 😊 A step up from the R stock on the District I remember … although I see those say 1949, but I recall 1934 or some prewar date of the door soleplates??
Thanks for uploading this lovely video. I was in London for about a week not too long ago and the Jubilee line (especially the sound of the trains stopping) is up there among the things I miss most about the city. Lovely to see the view from the cab esp. in the zone 3 areas. And a happy retirement to you, good sir!
The Jubilee Line is my favourite London Underground tube line, I love the vibes, the lovely sound of it, and the train stock. Who knows I may have been lucky that you were my tube operator and I wouldn't know. I sincerely thank you serving the London Underground for nearly 2.2 decades 🥹 God bless you 🎉❤
Since kid i am fascinated by trains, and specially underground ones. Im not from the UK but from Portugal, but the sounds the Jubilee Line trains make, is the exact same of the ones in Portugal. They sound perfect, even when at times they are loud. The trains here are all manually operated, and didn't knew that automatically operated had drivers in them. Tank you for your service, even though I haven't used the UK lines, and thank you for the insights ;)
I think these trains were made by bombardia, they made trains all over the world if im not mistaken, especially in germany. But i must admit, that jubilee line sound is so distinctive and brings back memories to when i was young in the 90s and my uncle who loved trains like myself took me on it for the first time - i think we were going to canary wharf for example. And i was so amazed of the safety automatic doors they have on the line from North Greenwich up until London Bridge i believe it is. And the sounds will always live with me each time i have to use the Jun line. My uncle passed in 2019, and i would have sent this to him and he definitely would have enjoyed it. Heres hoping i become a train or tube driver to make him proud🥂
Thank you for this video, I love to see how trains are operated in other country, I was train driver for almost ten years for the French national railway company and I’ve choose an other career afterward. Enjoy your new life as a young retired driver. Take care and thanks for your service sir.
Wow, what a fantastic informative video. Have loved the tube since I was a boy living in London, I never get bored with the sound of those Jubilee traction motors. I wish you a happy, healthy retirement.
Interesting video, thanks. I often used to use the Jubilee from Canada Water to Bond Street, until the Lizzie line opened; now I go via Whitechapel (from Crystal Palace). Likely you were my driver a few times before then! Love the sound of those trains! Happy retirement! You windscreen (if that's what you call them on trains) could do with cleaning - but I guess you get used to it.
Hello sir, a rail fan here from Singapore! This video was on my recommendation list and I immediately clicked in! It's nice to be able to see a video of your day on duty as a Train Captain. I am myself working in Singapore's metro company started as a service controller, and now as a trainer. I love the sound of this '96 stock although I have never been to London before myself. We have Alstom trains whose motoring and braking sound similar to the '96 stock but this batch is fully automated and driverless. Great vlog sir and happy retirement!
Thank you, it’s nice to receive comments from around the world and to be able to compare experiences. Thanks for your best wishes they’re much appreciated 👍👍
Hey there, i use the Jubilee line sometimes to get home from school. Just wanted to say (as just now i came across this video) thank you for your 22 years of service on the underground. And have a good retirement, you deserve it!!
Thank you so much, I’m pleased that I could have got you home from school now and again. Retirement has been good so far thank you and if I hope it continues in the same way. Good luck with your schooling and whatever life choices you make in the future 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed. I'll hold you to the beer, I want to come to Australia, to Brisbane in fact. when I do staying at a nice sounding place called " Mermaid Waters "
Lovely video and a great look into a typical day for a London Underground driver. One of my favorite things about visiting London is taking in all the different train systems which are a far cry from the poor train services here in Dublin. Heading over on Monday to visit a friend and can't wait to see the Elizabeth Line in action for the first time. Congratulations & best wishes in your retirement from Ireland!
Thank you so much for your nice comment and your best wishes. I hope you enjoy your upcoming weekend, the Elizabeth line is impressive. Thanks again, take care👍👍
Congrats mate you have made it out..... I dread to think what I will be like on my last day. Been on the Northern for a year on the back and then the Picc for the last 25.
Thank you for doing a great job and happy retirement. I used to live in Wembley and have used that line many times. So it was fun for me to see as I'm your eyes. I now live in Dawlish .
What a fascinating video, look forward to watching the others, hope you are enjoying your retirement and thank you for making. I am a gardener, go in each day, do my job and leave, suits me too😊
im just curious what you be doing next in your life, because when im done for collage i want to able to apply to drive one of my fav trains (the northern line 1995 stock) and film my journey like you doing i never seen a train driver record his journey before so as a young person, this is amazing
@@itsjustanidea okay, i always watch these videos whenever im on slow boring trains (E.G the DLR) because in a way, you are teaching me how train works and stuff
As a bus driver who has always dreamed to be a rail driver, this is so cool to see behind the scenes of what its like. And tbh, if i had the chance to be a tube driver, id be just as grateful to God. Enjoy your retirement and the holiday i think i heard you mention when you were signing on. Quick question i always wanted to know. So i play train sim on my PlayStation, i also have the bakerloo line tube sim which i play from time to time, and i always wanted to know how long your supposed to stay at a platform before leaving, are you told, is there a countdown? Because on the game we have a circle that goes round and when the circle is complete we can close the doors - would be realistic if we had the CD signal that the overground trains have, but on the game the circle applies to both overground and underground. Whats it like in real life? Hope i made sense there.
Thanks for watching and commenting on my video. If you want to be a tube driver keep applying, you’ve nothing to lose. The dwell time is probably shorter than you might think usually about 30 seconds from opening to closing doors 👍
I'm well used to fully automated trains and fully manual trains but seeing the operation of an ATO train is nee to me. Its a but scary to see the train accelerate with the driver not touching any sort of power handle. I imagine it must take a bit of time to get used too! Thanks for your work in keeping london moving, hope you enjoy your retirement!
This video might just be the best thing I’ve ever watched. The jubilee line is my favourite line so it’s so interesting to see how the trains are driven! Thanks for the video!
i lived in stanmmore for a few years and also went to school in area. the station, those white gates, the stairs. i love everyhting about this video. when you went through the white gates i go so excited
@@Matty12333 Absolutely. It may look like an "easy job" and "overpaid" to some, but the driver has a lot of responsibility. Not a driver myself but I've put in the hours on the simulators!
Congratulations on your retirement! Question: what was your first rolling stock model when you entered service in 2001? You must have witnessed the quality of service onwards improving drastically over the years.
Thank you for sharing this video which gives us a great insight into how the Jubilee line operates - and ultimately how they may all operate (Piccadilly you are next?). I'm slightly sad that all the train operators have to do it open and close the door and watch out for safety but I am very glad that you are all there. Thank you for your service (and I don't mean Service 1)
Insightful video Paul, Hope you enjoyed your last day of driving. The lady on the TMs desk at the start is one of my colleagues, Am I right in thinking this must have been filmed earlier on in the year? Good luck in retirement!
I bet you were one of the greatest drivers on the Jubilee Line. I can’t tell you how much fun I had watching this series when you first released it. I think this is like the 10th time I’m re watching it and I enjoy this for two reasons. - I love the jubilee line trains so much and I basically have since I was a young toddler! - You’re a great driver + I hope you’re having an amazing retirement.
Sometimes I would see you as the driver and you would wave to me! It was an honour to board your train. I’d consider a miracle every time I saw you! So this is basically the 3rd reason why I love rewatching the series every single time. You were such a great driver, never forget that. I hope you’re having an amazing retirement. :D
Well done Sir. I used to get the Jubilee Line Train from Westminster to Bermondsey and then walk through the council estate opposite Bermondsey Tube Station and make my way through to the River Thames and walk from Tower Bridge to Westminster Bridge. It was lovely to see all lights in the evening and during the day it was a pleasant walk. Then I would walk to Waterloo Station and get the 21 00 pm train home to Portsmouth.
Thank you , that sounds like an enjoyable walk. Many years ago I used to drive along the embankment quite often , that’s when I used to enjoy driving 👍👍
Fantastic video, thank you so much for sharing your last day. I grew up near Stanmore Station, so seeing it from a different perspective was really interesting.
Brilliant video - thanks for letting us into your “office”. Hugely interesting too. Although not having your hands on a controller must’ve been some getting used to!
As a Guard l did a shift with a Driver who was on his last shift and had been on the railways for 45 years . He started as a boy cleaner in Scotland for the LNER in 1946 ( employed to clean the ash and soot out of the boiler tubes, ashpans smokeboxes of steam Locomotives at the end of the day or when their duties had finished ) .Then he became a Fireman , Steam Driver , Diesel driver etc etc . l didn't even know it was his last shift until we sat down for our PNB and l made a pot of tea and we sat down to eat our sandwiches . l started to talk about the shifts and said " l like this turn it's easy ,collect a few fares on 2 quiet rural trains stopping at little used stations coming back late in the evening when it's quiet . Not like going up to the smoke on commuter trains and all the hassle involved . l 'm glad l've got this turn tomorrow and the rest of the week ,what about you !? " Then he said " Well actually Chris this is my last ever shift . l am retiring tomorrow .No more trains at all ! When we go back on our last train that will be my final ever drive ! " Then l asked he how long he'd been on the railway and he said 45 years !! And he told me where he started and when and as what . He said some Scottish town on the east coast . Can't remember where . It was somewhere like Arbroath or Montrose or Alloa or somewhere like that . Then he started telling about life back in those days . Anyhow by sheer coincidence I had in my Guard's bag a new book called Scottish Steam in Colour ( Hugh Ballantine I think ?) .l had bought it quite recently and hand brought it to work to have a gander during my PNB . Some great colour photos in it from mainly the 50s /60s . Anyhow when this driver started talking about his early career in Scotland l remembered l had it and pulled it out and he poured over the pages ." His eyes really lit up ." Oh remember firing those over that line , A Pickersgill l remember them ! Cleaning the boilers of them the Caledonians and l remember that depot " or " l fired over that line a few times before it closed . ( l think it was the Callander - Crianlarich line he was talking about ! ) . Them were b8stards to fire that type !! " And all that sort of stuff ! A couple of tales he told me . Anyway the time to go had come to go , he started to give me the book back . l thought nah l can't take this back of this man . So I said " no you keep it !" . l could always by another one . We arrived back at our home station about 11 pm . 2 - 3 passengers got off . Just him and me on the platform . We shook hands and l wished him all the best . l went to pay my fares in a the ticket office . Only saw him once after that . Travelling up to Scotland about six months later with his wife on his boxes .We said a quick hallo and as l turned away to check the next ticket , l heard him say to his wife " That's the c**t who gave me that book ! " .
Thanks for sharing the fabulous story and what a lovely gesture giving him the book. I'm sure to him and his wife that c word must have been a term of endearment.
@@itsjustanidea If you make any future vids on the subject, would be great to get your insights on signalless trains. How you felt about them when they first came in, your views on the end game for it all (total automation?) Good or bad? etc.
Loved the video. I'm glad you enjoyed doing this. As an american, i went over this last june, and i must say by far the Jubilee line is my favorite. You did an amazing job editing the video as well. Best of luck with your future endeavors buddy.
I have thought numerous times about becoming a tube driver. The Bus job is very intense and shift work does take its toll on the mental wellbeing, especially with the rotered 7 days in a row.
Hi, I have driven buses in London, so I know exactly what you mean. With regards to the shift work and patterns it’s pretty much the same. If you think it’s worth trying to become a train operator then apply for any position in TfL and go from there, you can’t lose anything from trying. Good luck 👍
Banger. Thank you for your service! I go on the Jubilee line 2 times a day to work and back, and maybe a few times you drove the train on those journeys (which is incredible to think) - cheers! 🍻
Congratulations and have a happy retirement ftom one retired train driver to another. No more watching the clock. Have traveled on the underground many times a great system. Enjoy and good health 👍👍
Happy retirement mate . I forgot how the day was and what we do . I’m a ex northern line driver . Good times but had to dedicate ourselves to the job . Hope your enjoying retirement 👍🏼
I've read every comment on this video, it's very heartwarming to see all the positive messages from people, despite a couple of negative ones. Enjoy your retirement!
Thank you and I must say I have genuinely been humbled by the amount of comments, what has been expressed in them and the good wishes that I have received. People have taken time to write them and I have read and answered them all to the best of my ability , as I believe I should. I'd like to take the opportunity to thank you and everyone who's commented, I just can't explain how much I appreciate them all. Thank you.
Really enjoy this video so was well deserved of a comment. Im glad that it isnt fully automated and theres someone expienced like yourself behind the stick to take control if need be. Im a truck driver in the uk shame they arent as automated as these but im sure the day will come. Enjoy the retirement good sir. All the best
I remember going for a job interview on the 24th Sep 2001. Got the job and started the very next day, 2 weeks exactly after 9/11. Where did all that time go, that’s never late, never early but always bang on time? Unlike those tube trains eh. Happy retirement, may it be good.
Thank you for the insight in to what you do, my friend Gary S is a Jubillee driver, it fascinates me with all the automation. Really filmed well and nicely put together, wishing you all the best in your retirement.
Thank you for watching, just take a look at me and deduct 22 years from what you see and it’s obvious I was not an apprentice when I joined and I don’t know of any age limits 👍👍
@@itsjustanidea very true, i retired from the police 7 years ago and have had 2 jobs since then, fond memories of the met when i was in london but im back home in the north east now, new challenges keep you going...take care, great videos
Thank you, but honestly it wasn't that hard to predict. It needs to be an extremely severe delay to use any other eastbound reversing points, really just a choice of North Greenwich this trip or Wembley Park on the next one.
Jubilee line has had ATO since 2011. Originally it was supposed to be implemented in 1999, but it got delayed repeatedly. Every tube line besides Bakerloo, Piccadilly and Waterloo and City line run on ATO to some degree. Victoria, Jubilee, Northern, Central, Circle and Hammersmith and City lines all run on ATO fully, with parts of Metropolitan and District lines being automated, and Bakerloo, Piccadilly and Waterloo and City lines being the only fully manually driven lines left. Once the New Tube for London comes out on Piccadilly, Bakerloo and Waterloo and City line, every line will run on ATO.
There's a good chance you've driven me at some time. 😊 Thanks for taking the time to record and upload the video. I'm sure it will be appreciated in years to come as times change as well.
thank you for your service sir, even if you're not in the military, you've been a driver for 22 years, you've probably got more then a million passangers to their destinations, you probably got influencers, football players, musicians, actors before they got famous into their destinations, you deserve an award for that, thank you for your job at TfL sir
And thank you for your nice comments, I think I carried a few after they became famous as well.
So true, more important for society than football players
@@itsjustanideathank you for your service , as a Canadian I always loved the uk lines and this one was my favourite line
I would say you are greatly underestimating how busy the Jubilee line is. The line itself carries about 213 million passengers a year on a fleet of 63 trains, i don 't know how many drivers that would be but even if you said there were 120 drivers (it's possibly more) that would be around 40 million passengers carried per driver over 22 years.
zyam, 40 million, that's 5 time my country's population@@frainy345
Hi! I’m a jubilee line controller and I am so glad I stumbled across this video…I recognise your voice from talking to you on the radio many times….From all the team here at the NSCC we wish you a fantastic retirement and thanks for all your help and dedication to the line over the last 22 years! Happy retirement👍🏻😎
Hi Scott, thank you and all of the team at the NSCC for your best wishes and your kind comment. It really has been a pleasure working with you all. The comments I’ve received have been quite humbling and any praise that I’ve been given should be shared with all Jubilee line staff, we really are appreciated by our customers.
By the way you were fortunate to spend that time with Simon. If you are still in touch with him ask him about my “catastrophic failure “ that is unless he already told you that story, he always brought it up whenever we met.
Thank you all so much again, I will have a happy retirement, you all take care 👍👍🍸🍾
@@itsjustanidea what was this so called catastrophic failure if you can tell us
@@Beeb_boo it was a long time ago, I’m not good on exact dates, we still drove manually and Ken Livingston was mayor. A train I was driving in peak rush hour just shut down completely between Swiss Cottage and St John’s Wood. It took many hours to sort out and about 6 weeks of investigation to find the cause 👍👍
@@itsjustanidea that must have been annoying
@@Beeb_boo honestly , I didn’t have time to think in those terms , me and everyone else that became involved just had to get on with it and effectively get the train off of the line. But yes I’m sure that a good few of the public were a bit annoyed 🤬👍
22 years on service for the Underground. Let that sink in on how many people you safely traveled.
This was an intresting video for me, as a train enthusiast. Seeing a driving point of view is surreal.
Thank you for your amazing dedication and time on the Underground and hope you have a great life!
Thank you very much. A lot of my former colleague's have almost twice as much service as me, imagine that !
@itsjustanidea sir is my dream to became a train driver..unfortunately is not any advertise on tfl website..I work on London underground mantanance for 9 years...still can't find the way
@@campion86 hi, sorry to hear that. All I can say is keep looking, vacancies to come up from time to time but it doesn’t take long for them to be oversubscribed.
The unique acceleration sounds the jubilee stocks gives out gives me chills. Used it everyday from Wembley Park during my time in London. Thank you for carrying us all safe during your times.. Very well done sir…
Thanks for watching, so many train enthusiasts say that sound is sort of unique.
I used to love the sound of Jubilee and the Northern lines... both had quite unique sounding VF drives though the Jubilee line sounded the crudest. Also reminded me of MRT trains I took when I lived in Taipei.
I'm a train operator in the United States and it's interesting to see how similar yet different operations are on the London Underground compared to where I work.
The biggest difference where I work is that the trains are manually operated as we don't have Automatic Train Operation. There are a few systems in the United states that use ATO. San Francisco, Patco in New Jersey and certain lines on the NYC Subway are examples. I grew up in Washington DC and their system has ATO as well, but the trains have been manually operated due to a horrible accident back in 2009. There are plans to bring it back but it hasn't happened yet.
Where I work, the trains are manually controlled with in-cab signaling which dictate speed.
I enjoyed your video as it answered some questions I had regarding the ATO system.
It goes without saying that the best view is from the cab. I enjoy that view and I enjoy being a train operator.
Congratulations on your retirement and stay safe.
Certain London lines are still manually controlled like this one.
Thank you for your comment and your best wishes. The UK's main line services probably run with similar signalling to yours.
@@itsjustanidea You are correct. Outside of rapid transit in certain cities, most mainline and intercity train service across the Unites States use traditional signaling.
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Yes, I've noticed that in other London Underground Videos.
@@mobiletransportvideo In central London, only Bakerloo and Piccadilly are now manually driven.
What an excellent video. I like the mixture of insight into your job and your personal anecdotes and sentiments. Very much looking forward to the next part, and I hope you keep making youtube videos in your retirement, because you're pretty good at it.
Thank you very much. Part 2 is coming soon. I'm still learning how to edit and I will get quicker. Thanks again.
Absolutely the best video i have seen in a very long time!
Im a newly educated train driver here in Denmark, driving local diesel trains in Notheren Sealand, from Elsinore and out. Mostly similar to the Notheren Services in the UK. Nice to see how ATO works, always wondered how its operated.
Thank you for taking us with you behind the helm on your last day! Really good editing aswell. It feels a bit like a documentary on how it is to work on the tube. Really looking forward to the next one!
Wishing you a great retirement with happy days!
Thank you so much for your nice comments and good wishes. I'm hoping to finish part 2 in the next couple of days. Thanks again.
I also loved it, the editing is great!
@@itsjustanidea When you make part two, would you leave the radio calls in? It would be so interesting for me to hear them
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What a fascinating insight for a tube drivers' perspective. It involves a lot more than 'just driving a train'. And the fact you've been doing this job for 22 years, I give all the credit to you for keeping the transport network moving and reaching passengers to their destinations
Enjoy your retirement!
Thanks for your nice comments and I'll do my best to enjoy this retirement .
I take the Jubilee line almost every day, and I swear I have heard your voice on announcements before! Amazing to see how it works from the front. Thanks for your service!
Thank you for watching and recognising my voice, it's much appreciated.
It's even more real how all the announcements that aren't pre-made sound exactly like this man!
Thanks, I always tried to be clear, concise and to the point. That didn't stop me from getting tongue tied now and again.
Nice bro! @@itsjustanidea
Absolutely fantastic video, was really entertaining to watch. Really great concept and gives us a good insight into what drivers have to deal with on the day to day basis. Thank you for your service and wishing you a great retirement.
Thanks for your comments and good wishes, I appreciate them.
Fellow Railfan here from Malaysia,
at 35:29 timestamp is the most beautiful shots you made the Bladerunner vibe is very strong haha,
Cheers mate enjoy retirement!!
Thanks, I'll do my best.
My dad worked as a tube driver for 25 years on the Bakerloo line, Jubilee Line and Metropolitan line but he sadly passed away 11 years ago 😢 Enjoy your retirement mate! 💪
Thank you, I’m sure I must have known your Dad, I hope your memories of him are still strong and fresh. I will enjoy my retirement, take care 👍👍
My mum said when she retired it was bitter sweet. Later on, she said she doesnt know how she ever had time to work! Looking forward to the next installment and wishing you health and happiness im your retirement 👍
I know exactly what your mum meant. Thanks for your good wishes part 2 coming soon.
Very cool to see this journey from different angles. I live in Belgium and when visiting London I love taking the Jubilee Line. The sound, the fast opening doors, the speed and loud noise in the deep level tunnels, …
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting 👍👍
The fact that you made your last day into a flog was a very impressive achievement and I’m proud of you
Thank you so much, I’ve enjoyed the process and I’m pleased you liked the result 👍
This kind of video is what makes TH-cam really worth. I loved the different view. Well done, Sir!
By the way it is really interesting to see the trains driving which will be produced nearly to my home (Duesseldorf). Greetings from Germany 😊
Thank you, I really appreciate your nice comments. I'm pleased you enjoyed. I've been to Germany but not yet to Dusseldorf.
Thanks for the video. I'm looking forward to the next one.
You and your former colleagues have helped keep car dependency down in London. People didn't realise how important that was, in the past, but now I'm hoping that central government will invest in metro systems, similar to London Underground, for the other cities in the UK. You lot help keep our air clean and you were all heroes during the Covid crisis. So thanks for driving all of those trains over the years.
I've lost count of the number of times I've been on the Jubilee Line, since it opened, but I don't think I've ever been as far north as Stanmore. It's funny to think that section started off as part of the Metropolitan Railway, and was then "fobbed off" onto the Bakerloo Line (to free up capacity on the Metropolitan Railway's other branches) before being split off of the Bakerloo Line to get joined onto the Fleet Line.
You won't be old enough to have been around in the Met Line days, but did you ever use this branch of the Bakerloo Line, when you were a kid? Were the stations changed much? Did you see any old behind the scenes signs that have Met Line or Bakerloo Line branding, when you started driving?
Did you ever get to drive to Charring Cross station, before the Jubilee Line Extension came into use? Did you ever get to drive the isolated JLE service, in the short time when it was operated as a separate railway to the other part of the Jubilee Line? I imagine that the changes in the railway must require a lot of retraining for everyone who works there. I do remember that there were a lot of problems with the JLE platform doors not opening properly, when it first opened.
Were you driving when the extra carriages were added to the Jubilee Line trains? Did that make the trains behave differently? Did you have to stop the trains at a different part of the platform? I imagine that changes like that, and ATO must change how your day driving would work a lot.
Have you had to do any strange driving duties (like splitting a train in half to get the 7th carriage into the middle)? Have you ever driven a train into Charring Cross for a movie shoot?
Thank you for your nice comments , part 2 tomorrow, Friday.
Yes an interesting history. Believe it or not until the end of 1996I had hardly used public transport at all. So as far as I can remember I hadn't used the old Bakerloo line.
There weren't any problems with platform length when the 7th car was introduced, I've witnessed filming in Charring Cross but never been part of it.
Man oh man this is insightful, 22 years on the job! Phenomenal youve been on these through thick and thin and likely voiced over some anouncements ive heard over my lifestime. Hope you enjoyed your service and i wish you a great retirement from duty 🎉🎉🎉🎉✨️✨️
Thank you for your comments and best wishes. I've never voiced over announcements but I have enjoyed myself.
As a former regular traveller on the Jubilee, I definitely recognise your voice. Thinks for making this and have a great retirement!
Thank you, for watching, recognising me and your best wishes. Much appreciated.
What a fantastic video and a brilliant keepsake to have! Looking forward to the next part!
Thank you, you shouldn’t have to wait too long for part 2 just a bit more editing to do mid week I hope.
That whine when the train starts moving, unique to the Jubilee Line trains, takes me back to when I used to take that line to work every day. I've probably been a passenger of yours many times. So thank you.
Thank you for watching and commenting, nice to hear from someone I almost certainly took to work.
London Underground drivers be like: Look, ma. No hands!
Magic eh !!
Used to be manually driven before they upgraded the signals. You would hold the red handle pushing it forward and back!
cool to see another melbourne railfan! (i like siemens nexas)
'Look, ma. No hands!' There's that joke about 'flying by wire' where there is a dog in the cabin in case the pilot touches any of the controls.
Huge contrast from my days ‘turning the handle’ on the Northern and later District lines. Interesting to see how much things have changed (and improved).
Thanks for watching, it's nice to hear someone say that things have improved.
Well the Jubilee was the ‘new line’ until the Elizabeth … not that I need to tell you 😊 A step up from the R stock on the District I remember … although I see those say 1949, but I recall 1934 or some prewar date of the door soleplates??
_Really_ lovely to see it from the sharp end. Thank you for posting. I’d not realised the driving was so automated
@@iainhunneybell - R38, R47, R49, and R59 Stock were a mixture of new cars and converted 1938 built Q stock.
Ah, thank you @@michaelharvey5560. That explains the pre-war sole-plate I remember on the cars 🙂
I love this Paul Ty so much Sir I’m a District Line Singleman but I love the Jubilee lines so much
thank you, I'm happy that you enjoyed it.
This has given me a real insight into what a tube drivers day is like. Thank you for posting this and I wish you all the best in your retirement.
Thank you for watching and I appreciate your best wishes 👍👍
Thanks for uploading this lovely video. I was in London for about a week not too long ago and the Jubilee line (especially the sound of the trains stopping) is up there among the things I miss most about the city. Lovely to see the view from the cab esp. in the zone 3 areas. And a happy retirement to you, good sir!
Thank you very much for your nice comments and for your best wishes. I'm pleased you enjoyed my video and your recent trip to London.
I love this video, almost as if I wished it was your first time driving and there was more to come! Happy retirement!
Thanks for your kind comment and best wishes. There will be 4 or 5 episodes in total 👍
@@itsjustanidea good to hear!
The Jubilee Line is my favourite London Underground tube line, I love the vibes, the lovely sound of it, and the train stock.
Who knows I may have been lucky that you were my tube operator and I wouldn't know.
I sincerely thank you serving the London Underground for nearly 2.2 decades 🥹
God bless you 🎉❤
Thanks for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed and who knows, I might have been lucky enough to have been your driver at sometime 👍👍
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Since kid i am fascinated by trains, and specially underground ones. Im not from the UK but from Portugal, but the sounds the Jubilee Line trains make, is the exact same of the ones in Portugal. They sound perfect, even when at times they are loud. The trains here are all manually operated, and didn't knew that automatically operated had drivers in them.
Tank you for your service, even though I haven't used the UK lines, and thank you for the insights ;)
Thank you very much for watching and your comments, Portugal is on my list to visit, soon.
I think these trains were made by bombardia, they made trains all over the world if im not mistaken, especially in germany.
But i must admit, that jubilee line sound is so distinctive and brings back memories to when i was young in the 90s and my uncle who loved trains like myself took me on it for the first time - i think we were going to canary wharf for example. And i was so amazed of the safety automatic doors they have on the line from North Greenwich up until London Bridge i believe it is. And the sounds will always live with me each time i have to use the Jun line.
My uncle passed in 2019, and i would have sent this to him and he definitely would have enjoyed it.
Heres hoping i become a train or tube driver to make him proud🥂
Wow, just came across this.
I'm a frequent jubilee passenger for North Greenwich and recognise your voice.
Thank you for your service man. 👏
Thank you very much, it’s been a pleasure 👍👍
Thank you for this video, I love to see how trains are operated in other country, I was train driver for almost ten years for the French national railway company and I’ve choose an other career afterward. Enjoy your new life as a young retired driver. Take care and thanks for your service sir.
Thank you so much. I hope your new career choice is working well for you. And thanks for the young description.
Wow, what a fantastic informative video. Have loved the tube since I was a boy living in London, I never get bored with the sound of those Jubilee traction motors. I wish you a happy, healthy retirement.
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed.
Interesting video, thanks. I often used to use the Jubilee from Canada Water to Bond Street, until the Lizzie line opened; now I go via Whitechapel (from Crystal Palace).
Likely you were my driver a few times before then!
Love the sound of those trains!
Happy retirement!
You windscreen (if that's what you call them on trains) could do with cleaning - but I guess you get used to it.
Thank you so much for your nice comments and best wishes, yes they get filthy it's just what happens driving through old tunnels.
Hello sir, a rail fan here from Singapore! This video was on my recommendation list and I immediately clicked in! It's nice to be able to see a video of your day on duty as a Train Captain. I am myself working in Singapore's metro company started as a service controller, and now as a trainer.
I love the sound of this '96 stock although I have never been to London before myself. We have Alstom trains whose motoring and braking sound similar to the '96 stock but this batch is fully automated and driverless.
Great vlog sir and happy retirement!
Thank you, it’s nice to receive comments from around the world and to be able to compare experiences. Thanks for your best wishes they’re much appreciated 👍👍
I salute you and send you my unreserved admiration for successfully fulfilling your duties!
From Japan.
Thank you your comment is much appreciated.
Hey there, i use the Jubilee line sometimes to get home from school.
Just wanted to say (as just now i came across this video) thank you for your 22 years of service on the underground. And have a good retirement, you deserve it!!
Thank you so much, I’m pleased that I could have got you home from school now and again. Retirement has been good so far thank you and if I hope it continues in the same way.
Good luck with your schooling and whatever life choices you make in the future 👍👍👍
I thoroughly enjoyed that video.
If you ever visit Australia (Brisbane) during your retirement travels, the beers are on me!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed. I'll hold you to the beer, I want to come to Australia, to Brisbane in fact. when I do staying at a nice sounding place called " Mermaid Waters "
Lovely video and a great look into a typical day for a London Underground driver. One of my favorite things about visiting London is taking in all the different train systems which are a far cry from the poor train services here in Dublin. Heading over on Monday to visit a friend and can't wait to see the Elizabeth Line in action for the first time.
Congratulations & best wishes in your retirement from Ireland!
Thank you so much for your nice comment and your best wishes. I hope you enjoy your upcoming weekend, the Elizabeth line is impressive. Thanks again, take care👍👍
Congrats mate you have made it out..... I dread to think what I will be like on my last day. Been on the Northern for a year on the back and then the Picc for the last 25.
Thanks, the only thing I can say about "last days " is that they always turn up too quickly. Thanks again.
Thank you for doing a great job and happy retirement.
I used to live in Wembley and have used that line many times.
So it was fun for me to see as I'm your eyes.
I now live in Dawlish .
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it and I hope it brought back good memories of Wembley 👍👍
Even though im american I still enjoy other transportations, thank you for your service!
Thank you , I appreciate your comment
What a fascinating video, look forward to watching the others, hope you are enjoying your retirement and thank you for making. I am a gardener, go in each day, do my job and leave, suits me too😊
Thank you for watching I’m glad you enjoyed it .
There will be more to come 👍👍
Seeing a rail operator leave and me just starting makes me feel some type of way
Congratulations, i hope you enjoy and have a good career as a train operator. Honestly it's a good job.
Thank you for letting us be a part of your new journey
Your welcome, I hope it's fun.
im just curious what you be doing next in your life, because when im done for collage i want to able to apply to drive one of my fav trains (the northern line 1995 stock) and film my journey like you doing
i never seen a train driver record his journey before so as a young person, this is amazing
Have a great life and try to enjoy as much as you can.
@@itsjustanidea okay, i always watch these videos whenever im on slow boring trains (E.G the DLR) because in a way, you are teaching me how train works and stuff
A facinating insight a good tenure on the rails over 2 decades I do hope you enjoy your retirement and whatever life may bring too you,
Thank you , I'll do my best to enjoy it.
As a bus driver who has always dreamed to be a rail driver, this is so cool to see behind the scenes of what its like.
And tbh, if i had the chance to be a tube driver, id be just as grateful to God.
Enjoy your retirement and the holiday i think i heard you mention when you were signing on.
Quick question i always wanted to know. So i play train sim on my PlayStation, i also have the bakerloo line tube sim which i play from time to time, and i always wanted to know how long your supposed to stay at a platform before leaving, are you told, is there a countdown? Because on the game we have a circle that goes round and when the circle is complete we can close the doors - would be realistic if we had the CD signal that the overground trains have, but on the game the circle applies to both overground and underground.
Whats it like in real life? Hope i made sense there.
Thanks for watching and commenting on my video. If you want to be a tube driver keep applying, you’ve nothing to lose. The dwell time is probably shorter than you might think usually about 30 seconds from opening to closing doors 👍
@@itsjustanidea thanks for the encouragement. Take care
Thank you for your fantastic video and for your service. Happy retirement Sir
Thank you very much for watching and I will be happy 👍👍
I'm well used to fully automated trains and fully manual trains but seeing the operation of an ATO train is nee to me. Its a but scary to see the train accelerate with the driver not touching any sort of power handle. I imagine it must take a bit of time to get used too! Thanks for your work in keeping london moving, hope you enjoy your retirement!
Thank you for watching, your comments and best wishes. And honestly, it's not as scary as it looks and it didn't take long, for me to get used to it !
This video might just be the best thing I’ve ever watched. The jubilee line is my favourite line so it’s so interesting to see how the trains are driven! Thanks for the video!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching.
Well done cousin Paul, just subscribed
Thank you 👍
i lived in stanmmore for a few years and also went to school in area. the station, those white gates, the stairs. i love everyhting about this video. when you went through the white gates i go so excited
Thank you for your nice comment, I’m so pleased you enjoyed the video 👍👍
idk why some people dont like tube drivers, it looks chill af
I don't know, strange to dislike people for the job they do.
until something goes wrong and you have to make quick decisions and earn your pay.
@@Matty12333 Absolutely. It may look like an "easy job" and "overpaid" to some, but the driver has a lot of responsibility. Not a driver myself but I've put in the hours on the simulators!
What a great video. Loved it. Thank you for the insight. Best wishes on your retirement
Thank you for your comment and best wishes.
Congratulations on your retirement!
Question: what was your first rolling stock model when you entered service in 2001? You must have witnessed the quality of service onwards improving drastically over the years.
Thank you. I only ever worked on this 96 stock but yes I’ve been through all the changes such as 7th car and automation 👍
Thank you for sharing this video which gives us a great insight into how the Jubilee line operates - and ultimately how they may all operate (Piccadilly you are next?). I'm slightly sad that all the train operators have to do it open and close the door and watch out for safety but I am very glad that you are all there. Thank you for your service (and I don't mean Service 1)
Thank you very much for your comment, I’m pleased you enjoyed and that you appreciate the most important role of a train operator, safety. Thanks 👍👍
Insightful video Paul, Hope you enjoyed your last day of driving.
The lady on the TMs desk at the start is one of my colleagues, Am I right in thinking this must have been filmed earlier on in the year?
Good luck in retirement!
Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it, yes April 29th.
Many thanks for your service my good sir, I tip my hat and wish you all the best
Thank you, your comment is much appreciated.
I bet you were one of the greatest drivers on the Jubilee Line. I can’t tell you how much fun I had watching this series when you first released it. I think this is like the 10th time I’m re watching it and I enjoy this for two reasons.
- I love the jubilee line trains so much and I basically have since I was a young toddler!
- You’re a great driver + I hope you’re having an amazing retirement.
Thank you very much for watching, I’m pleased you enjoyed it so much. And thanks for your kind words, retirement has been better than I expected 👍👍
@@itsjustanidea Glad to hear that!
@@tantaf123 👍
Sometimes I would see you as the driver and you would wave to me! It was an honour to board your train. I’d consider a miracle every time I saw you! So this is basically the 3rd reason why I love rewatching the series every single time. You were such a great driver, never forget that. I hope you’re having an amazing retirement. :D
Thank you for your service, as someone who usually used to take the Jubilee from Stratford I appreciate your hard work. Enjoy retirement :)
Thank you for watching, your nice comments and best wishes.
Very nice video sir you must of had a great amount of fun years driving and serving customers I wish you the best of luck sir .
Thank you so much for your best wishes and yes it was fun and I enjoyed most of it 👍👍
Well done Sir. I used to get the Jubilee Line Train from Westminster to Bermondsey and then walk through the council estate opposite Bermondsey Tube Station and make my way through to the River Thames and walk from Tower Bridge to Westminster Bridge. It was lovely to see all lights in the evening and during the day it was a pleasant walk. Then I would walk to Waterloo Station and get the 21 00 pm train home to Portsmouth.
Thank you , that sounds like an enjoyable walk. Many years ago I used to drive along the embankment quite often , that’s when I used to enjoy driving 👍👍
Fantastic video, thank you so much for sharing your last day. I grew up near Stanmore Station, so seeing it from a different perspective was really interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching
Brilliant video - thanks for letting us into your “office”. Hugely interesting too. Although not having your hands on a controller must’ve been some getting used to!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it, yes at first it was strange but it didn’t take too long to get used to it 👍👍
As a Guard l did a shift with a Driver who was on his last shift and had been on the railways for 45 years . He started as a boy cleaner in Scotland for the LNER in 1946 ( employed to clean the ash and soot out of the boiler tubes, ashpans smokeboxes of steam Locomotives at the end of the day or when their duties had finished ) .Then he became a Fireman , Steam Driver , Diesel driver etc etc . l didn't even know it was his last shift until we sat down for our PNB and l made a pot of tea and we sat down to eat our sandwiches . l started to talk about the shifts and said " l like this turn it's easy ,collect a few fares on 2 quiet rural trains stopping at little used stations coming back late in the evening when it's quiet . Not like going up to the smoke on commuter trains and all the hassle involved . l 'm glad l've got this turn tomorrow and the rest of the week ,what about you !? " Then he said " Well actually Chris this is my last ever shift . l am retiring tomorrow .No more trains at all ! When we go back on our last train that will be my final ever drive ! " Then l asked he how long he'd been on the railway and he said 45 years !! And he told me where he started and when and as what . He said some Scottish town on the east coast . Can't remember where . It was somewhere like Arbroath or Montrose or Alloa or somewhere like that . Then he started telling about life back in those days . Anyhow by sheer coincidence I had in my Guard's bag a new book called Scottish Steam in Colour ( Hugh Ballantine I think ?) .l had bought it quite recently and hand brought it to work to have a gander during my PNB . Some great colour photos in it from mainly the 50s /60s . Anyhow when this driver started talking about his early career in Scotland l remembered l had it and pulled it out and he poured over the pages ." His eyes really lit up ." Oh remember firing those over that line , A Pickersgill l remember them ! Cleaning the boilers of them the Caledonians and l remember that depot " or " l fired over that line a few times before it closed . ( l think it was the Callander - Crianlarich line he was talking about ! ) . Them were b8stards to fire that type !! " And all that sort of stuff ! A couple of tales he told me . Anyway the time to go had come to go , he started to give me the book back . l thought nah l can't take this back of this man . So I said " no you keep it !" . l could always by another one . We arrived back at our home station about 11 pm . 2 - 3 passengers got off . Just him and me on the platform . We shook hands and l wished him all the best . l went to pay my fares in a the ticket office . Only saw him once after that . Travelling up to Scotland about six months later with his wife on his boxes .We said a quick hallo and as l turned away to check the next ticket , l heard him say to his wife " That's the c**t who gave me that book ! " .
Thanks for sharing the fabulous story and what a lovely gesture giving him the book. I'm sure to him and his wife that c word must have been a term of endearment.
What a great video, thanks for posting it. Lovely calm, considered delivery. I wish you a long and healthy retirement sir, all the best.
Thanks for your nice comment and best wishes.
@@itsjustanidea If you make any future vids on the subject, would be great to get your insights on signalless trains. How you felt about them when they first came in, your views on the end game for it all (total automation?) Good or bad? etc.
Loved the video. I'm glad you enjoyed doing this. As an american, i went over this last june, and i must say by far the Jubilee line is my favorite. You did an amazing job editing the video as well. Best of luck with your future endeavors buddy.
Thank you , I appreciate your nice comments and I’m glad you enjoyed your trip here in June👍👍
I have thought numerous times about becoming a tube driver. The Bus job is very intense and shift work does take its toll on the mental wellbeing, especially with the rotered 7 days in a row.
Hi, I have driven buses in London, so I know exactly what you mean. With regards to the shift work and patterns it’s pretty much the same. If you think it’s worth trying to become a train operator then apply for any position in TfL and go from there, you can’t lose anything from trying. Good luck 👍
Banger. Thank you for your service! I go on the Jubilee line 2 times a day to work and back, and maybe a few times you drove the train on those journeys (which is incredible to think) - cheers! 🍻
Thank you, more than a few times I'd guess.
Congratulations and have a happy retirement ftom one retired train driver to another. No more watching the clock. Have traveled on the underground many times a great system. Enjoy and good health 👍👍
Thank you very much , I will and I hope you’re enjoying yours 🥂👍
@@itsjustanidea I sure am , once you have good health it means a lot.
Happy retirement mate . I forgot how the day was and what we do . I’m a ex northern line driver . Good times but had to dedicate ourselves to the job . Hope your enjoying retirement 👍🏼
Thank you very much so far so good with the retirement, I am enjoying 👍👍
You’ve opened my eyes I had no idea most underground’s were an autopilot operating system like the DLR amazing
Thank you, I’m pleased you found it interesting 👍
Thank you, yes it’s amazing technology 👍
This is the best video I've watched on TH-cam in a long time, really great to see. I wish you'd started a vlog before retirement!
Thank you so much. I really appreciate your comment.
I've read every comment on this video, it's very heartwarming to see all the positive messages from people, despite a couple of negative ones. Enjoy your retirement!
Thank you and I must say I have genuinely been humbled by the amount of comments, what has been expressed in them and the good wishes that I have received. People have taken time to write them and I have read and answered them all to the best of my ability , as I believe I should. I'd like to take the opportunity to thank you and everyone who's commented, I just can't explain how much I appreciate them all. Thank you.
Wow signal failure? That's unfortunate!
Thanks for your service Sir and the video.
Hope you have a fantastic retirement!! 💖
Thanks for your good wishes, I’m enjoying retirement 👍👍
Excellent video 👍 Wishing you a very Happy Retirement
Thank you very much.
Thanks you for uploading them type off videos I am a geek when it comes to watching train and povs good luck on your retirement
Thanks for watching and for your good wishes 👍
Yes Paul !! Well done fella …. Great guy …. 🎉🎉 💥👌💪💪💪💪
Thank you so much for your kind comment 👍👍🍸🍾
This boggles my mind that this is so "automated". Congratulations on your retirement :) Really enjoyed the video!
Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed 👍
Thank you for your service appreciated it ❤❤❤
Thank you, I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Thank you for your service sir. I wish you the best in your retirement
Thank you , I appreciate your best wishes 👍
Great video, thanks for sharing your last day with us
Thank you for watching and your comment.
I really enjoyed watching this. Happy retirement, long time to have been driving.
Thank you, believe it or not compared to many of my former colleagues, 22 years is a short service!👍👍
Thank you very much, my 22 years service is quite a bit below average on London Underground 👍👍
Thank you for your service, and even though I'm 5 months late, the jubilee line is my local underground line
Thank you for watching and your kind comment 👍👍
Really enjoy this video so was well deserved of a comment. Im glad that it isnt fully automated and theres someone expienced like yourself behind the stick to take control if need be.
Im a truck driver in the uk shame they arent as automated as these but im sure the day will come.
Enjoy the retirement good sir. All the best
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Tomorrows World eh?
Beautiful video. That's all I have to say. Thanks for sharing this with us.
My pleasure, thanks for watching
Thank you for this fascinating insight into a tube drivers duties. Way more to it than I ever realised.
Thank you I'm pleased you found it interesting.
4:22 That clunk of the throttle is so soothing.
Thanks for the comment, lots of people just love the sound of these trains.
I remember going for a job interview on the 24th Sep 2001. Got the job and started the very next day, 2 weeks exactly after 9/11. Where did all that time go, that’s never late, never early but always bang on time? Unlike those tube trains eh. Happy retirement, may it be good.
Thank you. Time yes, where does it go?
this is a very interesting video. Thank you for your service and can't wait for part 2!
Thank you, part 2 should be ready in the next day or two, by the end of the week for sure. My editing will get quicker!
Thank you for your service. This inspires me to become like you, same, on the jubilee
Thank you very much, go for it and good luck.
Thank you for the insight in to what you do, my friend Gary S is a Jubillee driver, it fascinates me with all the automation. Really filmed well and nicely put together, wishing you all the best in your retirement.
Thanks for watching, your much appreciated comments and best wishes. Say hello to Gary for me please.
Thank you for your service and thank you for a really interesting video.
Thanks, I’m glad you liked it 👍👍
i really enjoyed this video, i always wanted to be a train driver but im probably too old now at 61, great video enjoy that retirement .
Thank you for watching, just take a look at me and deduct 22 years from what you see and it’s obvious I was not an apprentice when I joined and I don’t know of any age limits 👍👍
@@itsjustanidea very true, i retired from the police 7 years ago and have had 2 jobs since then, fond memories of the met when i was in london but im back home in the north east now, new challenges keep you going...take care, great videos
@@chrisbarker9852 thanks , I will 👍👍
I was today years old when I found out that the underground trains drove themselves! Very interesting video! Thanks
Thank you very much I’m glad it was interesting 👍
Your North Greenwich prediction was spot on. It’s almost as if you’ve been doing this for 22 years 😂
Thank you, but honestly it wasn't that hard to predict. It needs to be an extremely severe delay to use any other eastbound reversing points, really just a choice of North Greenwich this trip or Wembley Park on the next one.
Woah, I didn't knew the Jubilee ran on ATO mode. Thanks for sharing!
For a few years now, thanks for watching.
Jubilee line has had ATO since 2011. Originally it was supposed to be implemented in 1999, but it got delayed repeatedly. Every tube line besides Bakerloo, Piccadilly and Waterloo and City line run on ATO to some degree. Victoria, Jubilee, Northern, Central, Circle and Hammersmith and City lines all run on ATO fully, with parts of Metropolitan and District lines being automated, and Bakerloo, Piccadilly and Waterloo and City lines being the only fully manually driven lines left. Once the New Tube for London comes out on Piccadilly, Bakerloo and Waterloo and City line, every line will run on ATO.
I liked the Jubilee line when it was manually driven
@@itsjustanidea28th December 2010 Stratford to Dollis Hill. I remember having a cab ride that day and pressing the ATO start buttons
Great video and good luck and best wishes in your retirement my friend.
Thank you for watching and your best wishes.
There's a good chance you've driven me at some time. 😊 Thanks for taking the time to record and upload the video. I'm sure it will be appreciated in years to come as times change as well.
Thank you, if you regularly use the Jubilee line then there is a good chance. Take care.