Secrets of the Piccadilly Line
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- Which station has a cache of hidden gnomes? Where could you find an abandoned spiral escalator? And which station has its own unique font? Geoff Marshall goes in search of the secrets of the Piccadilly Line.
As an ex tube train driver I find the station stuff quite interesting, something I never got to explore. I drove on the Piccadilly, Northern, Jubilee and Bakerloo lines in the 80's. There's so much you see from the front of a train that most people don't know about. Disused stations, tunnels connecting one line to another, disused underground sidings, disused tunnels that nobody knew where they went, secrets, ssshhhhhh.
Hello sir, in 2014, I was in London for few months. I traveled a lot by the trains. I like Harrow on the hill station most.
Also I tried fish and chips at different places in London. Will remember those things in life forever.
:)
@@prasadjoshi7373 Hi! I live in Harrow, did you like the shopping mall in St. Anne and St. George?
@@zziaoe6940 I don't remember the name of shopping mall in that area. But it was near the station. It was a good mall.
@@zziaoe6940 Hi! I live in Neasden, My favorite station is West Hampstead!
My local station is South Harrow, I normally go to Harrow for St George's, love going to VUE
It's a shame you can't go behind those closed doors. Would be fascinating to see the frozen in time parts of the LU.
You can go on an abandoned tube stations tour for things like the jubilee line platforms at charing cross and I'm fairly sure there's one for Aldwych
TfL should let this dude do whatever he needs to do
BBC get him a documentary series
Even though I am Irish I have to admit to having been fascinated for practically all of my life with the London Underground. I am simply LOVING these videos. Please don't ever stop making them :-)
Same with myself, it’s a shame there’s nothing like it in Ireland.
@@Reqtyle8 If only Dart Underground went ahead then we would have an Underground
4:00 the timing was amazing
I didn't even notice, that was really well done.
These should be hour long documentaries!
I would love to see the bbc hiring you for like a little iplayer sketch about trains or stations ect, i would watch it :3
Loghan Haddock Jay Foreman should be hosted. Unfinished London should be a series
J p b Dude Collects he is
3:23 That was extremely accurate! Congratulations! :D
When I was researching my very first trip to London in 2015, I came to TH-cam for information on the tube and the Picadilly Line. This very video was my introduction to Londonist, and of course, Geoff. I haven't looked back.
I'm back to rewatching these. Binged them with my bf before a trip to London a few years ago and I can't wait to go back and explore more.
Geoff marshall if you don't mind could you do an video on the experimental spiral escalator plz.
Yesssssss!
It is closed...
SupernovaDark - Roblox He Means That Geoff Should Make A Video About How They Work
@@ewanrpj3512Oh k.
@@ewanrpj3512 Hey Ewan.
The reason I know more about trains than I used to is because of Geoff, thanks mate
+Londonist Ltd @ 4:00 you're on the platform at Hammersmith and you showed how the clock replicates the colours of the Piccadilly Line and the District Line. From what I can see on the video, if you look up above where the trains run, the roof is painted blue over the Piccadilly and green over the district. Am I right?
TheThirdMan yes I saw that
I noticed that as well
TheThirdMan Yes
It Should Swap,Because The Piccadilly Line is On The Inside and The District On The Outside.
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Three cheers for Arnos Grove.
AGE
hurray!
I used to visit someone in Whetstone whose next door neighbour rescued a black tom cat from Arnos Grove tube station and adopted him. He had a habit of sneaking into people's cars when they weren't looking,especially in the winter because they were warm inside,and curling up for a good sleep. More than once I was driving up the road to go home when I've suddenly seen him in my rear view mirror,getting up and arching his back for a stretch inside the back window. I didn't take him home but I did take him to a supermarket once before I realised,when I was parking in an underground car park next to it.
i went there to much.
Arnos Grove is the best
What a great series. I live in North London and have always marvelled at the architecture of the Piccadilly line north London stations.
As a rail fan since childhood I love your videos of the Tube. I can’t wait to ride it one day if I ever get to visit London. I’m amazed at how much smaller the deep tube trains are compared to the larger cut and cover trains. It reminds me of the smaller narrower “IRT” numbered subway lines compared to the larger “BMT/IND” lettered subway lines from my native New York City. Hope you guys are keeping safe these days.
"No, I'm not in jail"...I laughed so hard and re-watched twice!
Karen Pinchbeck ummmm... ok
That's not funny
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Waaaaaaaaaat??????
How is that funny
Once again, a fascinating insight into all the amazing things that even seasoned commuters may miss every day... Fantastic work Geoff, looking forward to the next one!
Another good presentation by Geoff. It supplements the 'Blue Piccadilly'!
Sudbury Town was my home station for many years and I too love it. I once saw the actor that played Gripper Stebson from Grange Hill, waiting outside the station in a car that had the driver's door missing!
My very observant girlfriend has noticed that you change the colour of your top for every video, in relation to the line. Nice touch!
Also, great videos, nice to get some inside info.
We'll spotted
That's very sad
I don't think so. Quite a nice little touch.
Your girlfriend is not observant and you are blind
not just shirts, often line coloured trainers too !
I don't live in the UK, but use the Tube wherever I'm in London. Your videos make getting from Points A to B a lot more interesting. Many thanks.
Nice to see that very modest man Charles Holden (he declined a knighthood) honoured with an information display. He also designed Bristol Central Library, London University's Senate House, 55 Broadway, many Commonwealth War Graves buildings and lots more. Hadn't realised Leslie Green's contribution though, another distinctive style.
Speaking of Hammersmith, the first time I came out of that station I suddenly remembered how Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson used to stare out of a mock-up for the facade of the station shopping centre in the title sequence of Bottom. It think they should put a picture of Richie and Eddie in one of the windows in tribute.
At Earl's Court if you take the stairs to the picadilly line you can get a great view of the district line
Didn't expect to find you here lol...
Or just take the lift
Noice
Really
Thanks very much for that.... Sudbury Town happens to be my favourite station too.... I lived there for many years and never failed to appreciate it's beauty when catching a tube or getting off after a long day.... cheers.
Wow....love the modernist architecture of the stations.....
I used to live between Manor House and Turnpike lane, loved the Art Deco stations along the line, and always enjoyed getting out at Cockfosters with it's little flowers display, it felt so rural. Great video.
Geoff - you didn't mention the skid pan on the Piccadilly line. If you travel between South Ealing and Acton Town and look at the left hand (northern) track (which is rarely used) you will see raised pipes either side of the track. These have holes in which can are used to squirt water onto the tracks. This is used to test the braking systems on trains.
Actually it's on the eastbound local line and is only used by test trains. Years ago it was positioned on the fast tracks (the two in the middle). The test train use to take possession of the track from the starter at Northfields to a signal just short of Acton Town. It use to do the lot, run in the wrong direction, emergency stops, and of course the skid test. It was full of test equipment. Possession of the fast tracks was usually granted between 11AM and 3PM. During that time all the passenger traffic was sent up the local lines (the two outside lines). If you click on the link below you can see the current sprayers together with the test train in action on the eastbound local.
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Bring back York Road, Down Street and Brompton Road!!
I travelled the Piccadilly line; my usual stop was Russell Square. This lead to Mecklenburg Square and The William Goodenough Trust. A place for accommodation specifically benefitting post graduate student. A lovely place.
The Tube’s history and style never failed to impress me
I discovered Geoff not long ago, but him pointing out the font has gave me faith in humanity.
These videos are great! Interesting, informative and entertaining. Makes me excited to ride the tube again!
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Sudbury Town's insides look a lot like Eastcote station too!
Goddamn mate, you're everywhere
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My favourite line is the picadilly line I wish it was called Umar line because my name is Umar
I enjoy your Vidz Geoff Wish they were longer! As a Canadian that used to live above Baker Street Station in Chiltern Court in the 1970's I truly enjoy seeing how the tube has evolved. I suggest that in future Visits... you Show the types of Tube stock that used the station (and lines) over the decades etc as well as Before and after shots .... stuff like that! It's a brilliant concept you have come up with and works well!
Hounslow West ceiling and lighting - superb Art Deco
Yeah! I am an ex-Alpertonian! Remember that station well...Went back there recently, after 40 years, and what a change! Popped up to Sudbury Town as well. That was still the same...
Shame we cannot just visit all these stations without actually coming out of the station...
Glad to see Londonist doing these videos. Well done there!
Used to love to sit on the tube and ride it from Alperton to Southgate to a discoteque ( The Royalty ) with Sony Walkman on at full blast just to blockout the noise of rattling tube trains when those carriages were painted grey in colour!
The rolling stock today has little character...
Absolutely love the Piccadilly Line woohoo ❤
Love from London, England 🇬🇧 ❤️
Yet another FIRST CLASS Video 10/10 5* - You really should be working in Tv full time. Your documentary skills put many so called Tv pro's to shame. looking forward to your next production
Piccadilly, Northern, Circle, Bakerloo and City & Hammersmith, they're all golden to me; the tube is just the goddamn best.
Up until October 1964 the Piccadilly Line from Acton Town to Hounslow West was also served by the District Line trains, hence the four-track layout between Acton Town and Northfields. The District Line trains used the two outer tracks whilst the Piccadilly Line used (and still uses) the inner tracks. The former District Line tracks on this section are now used for testing stock, now better known as the South Ealing Test Tracks. Hounslow West was the former terminus up until 1975 when the platforms at Hounslow West were diverted into new sub-surface platforms for the extension to Hatton Cross and Heathrow Airport which opened in 1977.
Looking forward to secrets of the Waterloo & City Line :)
Dude your comment is out dated
Uxbridge new station is very much like Cockfosters with the concrete shed. South Harrow moved along to a new station building with the extension but the original is still there. My grandfather was involved in building the South Harrow arches and Sudbury Town Station as well as Sudbury Hill and Alperton.Don't forget to spy the abandoned branch off the South Harrow arches that took coal wagons from Rayners Lane siding to the gas works.. all great stuff thanks for the hard work you put in.
Fun fact:
High Barnet and Cockfosters stations are really close to each other
I worked on the tube for just over a year back in 1983 and did a stint at Sudbury Town, nice station.
Woooooow amazing.
I rewind my memories. Exactly 9 yrs before I lived n Harrow and I worked n Barnet.
So I get Piccadilly n South Harrow or Raynes lane and go to all the way to Oakwood.
nearly 1 hr journey.but I really enjoyed.
Many many good things have London Underground.but One think I really apirciate and wanna say thnks to the marvellous creaters 'they make soooo easy to anyone'
if u go any other Country 1st time. A big Problem s Traveling.
but if u come UK..if u want to go anywhere in London? don't worry abt travelling.just get One Underground Tube Map.its take u where u want to go.
Great Great Great....London Undergrounds are always Great.
Brilliant stuff again Geoff. I will get over the omission of Park Royal, which I can only imagine was for very well-considered editorial reasons.
WHAT?! I just assumed it was built by the same person. Hats of to their counterfeit skills.
I've heard Holden's designs described as, "Brick box with concrete lid" a bit hard but quite accurate, but each one subtly different.
*****
So if you don't count Park Royal as it was designed by Welch and Lander, why include Rayners Lane, which was an R.H. Uren design?
Really classy video. Great sound. Great script. Super presentation. Neat job.
Classy is a vulgar word.
Much too short though
I don't live in London but, thanks to these videos, I'll be able to travel very efficiently next time I go.
Love the Piccadilly line. Mostly the abandoned Stations
ex tubetrain driver picc line based arnos grove ,,,loved this vid ,,cheers mate ..
From Barons Court the rush into the underground tunnels would often feel like you were going to hell in the 70s. Nowadays they take it a bit slower. I used to live at Sudbury Hill and I often wondered about Cockfosters at the other end of the line. Definitely the best tube line, central London in about 40 minutes and back out again to the suburbs.
I never ever ever been to the Piccadilly line anymore but I've been into the Victoria line circle line and jubilee line
Another interesting fact is that the Piccadilly line serves both the northern and western most stations with underground platforms in tunnel. With 55% of the network above ground that's good going.
I love all the Art Deco era stations. I can't understand why the TfL leave them to rack and ruin. Peeling paint, faded signs, dirty, plaster missing from the walls etc.
I used to travel of the Aldwych shuttle going to and from school in the late 60’s / early 70s. I believe it’s possible to visit the station on guided tours and see the other end of the line from Holborn. It has also been used for lots of films.
I've been on the Northern and Piccadilly Lines
Did no one notice the coloured vents above the platforms at Hammersmith? blue above the picc platforms and green about the district?
Callum Barnes Most of us noticed it.
Again, excellent as always Geoff!!
I love Southgate station, it looks so cool!
There is so much fantastic architecture on the Tube as we are being shown in these great videos. What a shame that the cavernous Canada Water didn't take it's inspiration from the beautiful Tube stations available.
Its quite funny but the thing I was most amazed by, visiting London for the first time, was actually the tube and the stations. xD From all the things you can see in London, but I was always fascinated by trains even as a little kid. I was staying in Richmond so I used the district line and Earl's Court is for some reason my all time favourite station it even inspires the second word of my yt username =D
love this line
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Connor 91004 Same, it is my favourite line!
My 3rd favourite tube line
Honestly the trains need an upgrade
They still use trains from the 1970s and the ride is bumpy
I love you videos. They are just amazing. Thanks for sharing your discoveries with us.
What will you do when you covered all tube lines? I hope you have plans and continue to do great London videos.
Gone to wood green station probably millions of times yet never noticed that art work he showed us xD
Awwww I was waiting for Russell Square! Well done though, loved it!
You could of mentioned that Piccadilly line trains run the oldest trains, 1972 stock, but, a brilliant video.
Blake Meikle . Picc trains are 1973 stock . Bakerloo are from 1972. Many thanks.
Blake Meikle Except they don't. Ever heard of Island Line? ;)
That isn't part of the London Underground, despite the fact they use old 1938 Stock, and is actually run by South West Trains
EJ Vlogs 'n Gaming I know. Still 1938 stock though ;)
supermellowman 40 Exept it should be this year
I love Sudbury Town too! It so nice!
Superb video with some excellent historical info - 👍👍👍
i like watching your videos because theyre comforting for dome reason
You provide some extremely fascinating videos. This is one of them. How did you learn all this. Did you just spend time cruising around aimlessly on the tube? Or, did you study it somehow from another angle? I wouldn't think this would all be in a book somewhere. Your viewpoint seems to be unique, at least to me over here in the US. Thanks for what you do. Love it. Rob
2:58 short cut through Kings cross 3:57 picadilly to district line at Hammersmith. I love these videos guys,
*****, it also looks like the canopies at Hammersmith are also Blue and Green, over the two respective lines. So impressed with all this fab nerdy knowledge :)
Been binge watching these and was pleasantly surprised to see Sudbury Town (my fav and local station) as his fav station lol
At Hounslow West you can still see part the canopy of the old platform in the corner of the carpark by the station building.
Interested to see that escalator bricked up at Alperton. Used to use that on the way home from school. Not only is there an escalator there but it's also (as a plaque on the wall said in those days (mid 1970s), the escalator was from the Dome of Discovery at the Festival of Britain. Probably one of the few artifacts from that to survive
Sudbury town has the curved Windows!! 👍🏽😉👍🏽👍🏽
On older trains you just hear a rapid beeping sound for the door closing signal, but on modern trains an automated voice says "This train is about to depart. Please mind the doors" and then you hear the beeps and the doors close!
North Ealing is my favourite station on the line. It has an old world village feel to it.
Stations always strike me as something designed by Escher!
Some look like they were designed by Stevie Wonder.
Earl Court , thanks from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Total Wipeout intensifies...
@@JalanBax sorry my English, what that means?
A font of information. It's great to see decent concrete, too.
Great vid, I seem to have spent my whole life on the Piccadilly... Especially on Woolwich Wanderers home games! Very enlightening
Sure someone's mentioned it but York Road is an unused mystery between the Cally and King's X. You can see some disused stuff/walls as the train passes by. It's about the only stretch of line where drivers let rip (occasionally) on what is a sluggish line.
And these vids are great.
"Back at Southgate, look on top of the station building...it looks like a Dalek!"
That was unexpected. Even in the UK.
wow, sudbury town is my local station and I certainly wasn't expecting you to mention it I have to say.
3:10 "This corridor was actually boarded up at both ends; full of construction materials for when the were building the new ticket hall and then when it was finished, they opened it up again, and this is where it comes out!" For those who wanted to know what Geoff was saying when the footage was sped up.
Excellent mini doc..
Great video! I love to Cockfosters and Uxbridge Stations are twins!
Thank you for this. Picadilly line was my line when I was a student at Middlesex University in the early 80s. Check out a fringe cabaret band of that time called Pulse, they sang a cool tribute called 'Last Train to Oakwood'🤗👍😉
Sudbury Hill is my Favourite Station. I used to live in London and it means a lot. Regards
I'm a train and I approve this video!
Thanks for a very interesting video. Thinking about Alperton Station, if my memory serves me correctly, the closed escalator came from the Dome of Discovery at the 1951 Festival of Britain on London's South Bank.
what i also noticed in the hammersmith video: the covering for the lights are blue on the piccadilly platform and green on the district line platform
My nearest station is Boston Manor. Designed by Holden. Its a cracking station, a great art deco. Really of its time. And really in keeping with the buildings around it.
Just down the road is the jcdecaux London building, in a similar deco style.
One secret you missed: at Heathrow t4 there is a secret passageway at the end of the platform that brings you to national rail platforms
Let’s not forget that like Regents Park on the Bakerloo, Manor House on the Piccadilly is also a station that is situated underground with no visible building.
Thank you. Love the font.
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
There is said to be a haunted crypt which used to be the end of a mini-line, which branches off the main line. Nowadays no train can reach it and the location is not publicly listed.