How are you not all over our nation's TV screens? These videos are absolutely excellent, so well put together, and so very interesting as well... and with just the right amount of cheesiness to boot. Geoff, you and your small team are surely on the way to big things.
OMFG 1:35 I HAVE ONLY JUST FOUND THIS VIDEO BUT THAT IS 100% MY GRANDAD CROSSING THE ROAD!! Sadly he passed away in 2014 but that is definitely him getting the newspaper! Omg! Wow!
@2:30 The Jubilee line was originally going to be called the Fleet Line - a brilliant name. It not only went to Charing Cross, but the tunnels continued for maybe another half-mile further east (I've walked them) heading for the City of London. It would have gone under The Strand and Fleet Street with stations at places like Ludgate Circus - a route below a major London thoroughfare not well served by the Tube.
The line is still powered by DC. The stock use an AC traction package. You also see this on mainline stock, the SWT Desiros have the AC traction package so give that UFO sound when they move off. 377s make a sound not dissimilar from the Jubilee stock. AIUI the AC motors are more efficient than the DC ones, so the energy loss by conversion is still worthwhile with the motor power.
3 Phase AC is used in every modern Locomotive and train. Here in germany we even had the first ever build 3 Phase Locomotive the Br 120, Which is still used today. 3 phase AC is far easier to Control so you have a smoother Ride on the train. Look Up Sound BR 425 when you want to hear crazy Sound :)
Westminster was, when dug, the largest hole in Europe. It was an amazing feat of engineering to keep the District and Circle lines running while the hole was being dug.
@@ElectroRail I am sad. Anyway, he’s a British Minecraft youtuber that also makes music. He has an old album (he hates it now btw) called “You’re city gave me asthma” with a song called “Jubilee Line”. It’s a song about…well….suicide.
did you know that the Jubilee line connects to every other line on the underground! it also connects to the dlr, overground, buses (obviously) and riverboat services
Absolutely love your videos Geoff! So interesting and informative (and nostalgic). In the 90s / 00s I regularly travelled to Stanmore on the Jubilee line so this video brings back fond memories
Nice one Geoff! Keep em coming! I still love watching your attempt at the world record for every station visited in the shortest time on that old episode of the tube!
The Jubilee and Northern lines are my favourite lines on the whole underground network anyway. I love the sound that the trains make as they slow down to stop and speed up again on the jubilee line, and using Waterloo, southwark, London bridge and canary wharf as an example, the general look of the corridors etc is a fond memory for me :-)
A nice introduction. It's interesting, to me, that the Jubilee Line from Finchley Road to Stanmore started life as the Metropolitan Line, then it became severed from the Met as a branch of the Bakerloo Line, with the tube section added between Finchley Road and Baker Street to relieve congestion and allow Met trains to run fast. Then in the 1970s, the tunnel from Baker Street to Charing Cross was built, the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo was severed and the Jubilee Line was born. Initially, the proposal was for trains to carry on beyond Charing Cross under the Strand to Fleet Street, hence the original proposed name: the Fleet line. This could have provided interchange at Aldwych, and led to that station remaining open, in some form! Out east, the section from Stratford to Canning Town was built parallel to the old Eastern Counties Railway branch to North Woolwich, now mostly the DLR. Overall, one of LU's most complex line histories!
Blake Talty I really don't know because in most corridors around the tube, people keep left. So you have to keep left along the corridor and then keep right on the escalator.
Thank you for making these videos. As a non-Brit I have to stop every 15 seconds to locate the stations on the map (geographically correct), but it's very much worth it.
3:16 I already knew that revolving door because my mum used to work in Westminster and every time I came to her work on the way home we always came in that way
Same in Toronto, we are getting CBTC (we will call it ATC/ATO Automated Train Control/Operation), platforms are already fairly big but no platform doors even on the new extension that opened last year.
I like the decision when they refurbished St John's Wood and Swiss Cottage stations, including replacing the wooden escalators with metal ones, to retain the old-style signage and uplighters, and use dark-brown coloured panels on the escalators instead of silver ones (reminiscent of their wooden predecessors, but still complying with modern safety requirements)
1:08 The Metropolitan line platforms at Willesden Green aren't abandoned, so much as they are only put into use during service disruptions, or when special events necessitate the need for extra train service to Willesden Green and Neasden.
My home line. My local station is Queensbury and the Jubilee line trains have such a unique sound I can remember it from when I was 5 years old in 1996 when the current stock would have rolled out.
If it doesn't boggle your mind too much, there's another entrance/exit for Canary Wharf Station, the station links up with the nearby shopping mall and you'll may get into it directly from the station. :)
Westminster station before the rebuild used to have an exit solely for staff and MPs straight into the Houses of Parliament, not Portcullis House opposite, directly under Big Ben. Used to see parliamentary passes there checked by an old chap behind a desk and chandeliers in the distance.
My late grandmother used to live just a short bus ride or a 20-minute walk from Queensbury Station and seeing the roundabout with the huge roundel has taken me way back. When I stayed with her I'd often walk to her house from that station rather than catch the bus.
0:48 Well, When I visit that station, I'll sit in there! 1:01 you can easily see how small the tube sized trains are compared to the S stock! 4:54 is that the only steam loco on display in London itself?
stumbled into this film by chance, what a discovery! I used to work on the construction site at the west end of Trafalgar Square in 1972. Worked with over 100 Irish navvies-absolutely wonderful guys- had a whip-round for me when I left for a expedition to South America. They sunk an access shaft for supplying the concrete segments and taking away the spoil, in this case London clay. Great times, I found out who are your best friends & comrades.............
0:18 Well, that's from a certain POV. Because really, the Jubilee Line's roots date back to 1932, with the Stanmore to Wembley Park section being a branch of the Metropolitan line. Which then in 1938 was re-designated as branch of the Bakerloo Line, and maintained that designation until 1979 when the branch was disconnected.
I find it strange that the jubilee line initially only ran to Charing Cross - given that it took over the Bakerloo line part from Stanmore to Baker Street, and the Bakerloo already ran to Charing Cross, the only new part that was actually added was a separate route from Baker Street to Charing Cross (via Bond St. and Green Park in instead of Regent's Park, Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus). Why was this deemed necessary back in the 70s? And why did it take them 20 years to extend it? I'm not saying there wasn't a reason, I'm just quite confused
The original plans for the Fleet line (as it was then called) planned for a phased extension east of Charing Cross (Phase 2 would have been under Central London to Fenchurch Street via Aldwych and Ludgate Hill, for example, with Phase 3 planned to take the line east into the Docklands or down to Lewisham in various iterations). Unfortunately, these plans took so long to not finalise that the funding was kiboshed until someone a bit happier with trains was around in power, at which point the present route down via the South Bank was selected instead, and to avoid a ridiculous chicane in the line the plan advocated for Charing X to be bypassed in favour of Westminster. Jago Hazzard has an excellent series of videos on the potential Jubilee line extensions we could have got that explain it far better than I do - well worth a watch!
If you come out of Kilburn tube station and turn right under the middle of three rail bridges. Between those two bridges, a mock-up facade of the Bijou Cinema was built for the 1957 film "The Greatest Show On Earth".
But it was a line to link London no new tracks as it went over District line Barking-Whitechapel then circle down to hammersmith the curve between Aldgate ish- Whitechapel was already made by east London line. But I see what your thinking but H&C is not.
The newest line to be designated an Underground line is the Waterloo & City in 1994, but it operated as part of British Rail and its predecessors for 96 years before that. The H&C was for many years simply a branch of the Metropolitan line
There too many comments to read them all to check that this ‘new’ secret hasn’t appeared before: there is an secret back entrance to Canning Town on Bow Creek. From here there’s a bridge footbridge over to the new development on City Island and down to Trinity Bouy Wharf. Also there’s the lovely secret Limmo Eco Park which is easily accessed via the Canning Town Bow Creek exit and around the park there’s a ton of old bridges, passageways and infrastructure to explore.
The Jubilee Line has the dubious distinction of having perhaps the shortest-lived trains, which ran from when it was new in 1979 (and took over the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo Line as you said in your Bakerloo line post). The proposal to link West Hampstead together I believe ground into the sand at some point. And you could point out that along with the Aldwych Branch of the Piccadilly, the Jubilee Line has a complete abandoned set of tunnels between Green Park and Charing Cross - you do mention the platforms.
The 1972 stock that was initially used on the Jubilee is now in the running for the longest serving stock on the Underground, entering service on the Northern and Bakerloo lines in 1972. I presume you mean the 1983 stock, which only saw 14 years of service
Shout at the walls
Cause the walls never loved you
I...found this from looking up jubilee line for his song
@@Aprianex theres a reason why they never work
Hehe
wait why is that how i sing it
@@Aprianex theres more reasons why people like you suck
Before 2020:
Oh cool
2020: there's a reason, the London puts barriers on the tube line
It’s a great but sad song tho
@Harry Clayton bot
@Grady Brady bot
@Grady Brady Ok grady brady
but seriously, the comments as of late have been initiated with jubilee line lyrics. please stop
How are you not all over our nation's TV screens? These videos are absolutely excellent, so well put together, and so very interesting as well... and with just the right amount of cheesiness to boot.
Geoff, you and your small team are surely on the way to big things.
Theres a reason that london puts barriers on the tubeline
there's a reason..London puts barriers on the rail
there’s a reason... they fail.
yep same here
What are you implying?
@@krezmos6914 yessssss
I discovered today that the Jubilee line doors really hurt when they close on you
Oooooh that must have felt
@Tom Mercer I would think they'd hurt on any line, not just the Jubilee line.
But they normally slow down when they come closer though. But the bakerloo line doors are very sharp closing doors and they just slam on you
Doesn't the Jubilee line run every 2-3 minutes?
Tom Mercer Ikr, the jubilee line and northern line doors are the same so they both hurt
OMFG 1:35 I HAVE ONLY JUST FOUND THIS VIDEO BUT THAT IS 100% MY GRANDAD CROSSING THE ROAD!! Sadly he passed away in 2014 but that is definitely him getting the newspaper! Omg! Wow!
O-Dog McGee
My greatest condolences to you and your family
liar
@@iloverandomstuffify when you insult people as a west ham fan
Amazing! :)
OvaltineForLife: Ohhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
I travel from Waterloo frequent and have never seen the elephant which proves that I'm a heads down commuter! Thanks
Who Just Loves That Sound When The Train Moves On The Jubilee Line! :D 0:45
Lisa Saunders Yup c:
I know.
That same VF is present on the Sao Paulo Metro F fleet, built by Alstom, in 2002.
The Alstom Xtrapolis stock in Melbourne AUS make the same noise, interestingly
Me lmao
@2:30 The Jubilee line was originally going to be called the Fleet Line - a brilliant name. It not only went to Charing Cross, but the tunnels continued for maybe another half-mile further east (I've walked them) heading for the City of London. It would have gone under The Strand and Fleet Street with stations at places like Ludgate Circus - a route below a major London thoroughfare not well served by the Tube.
Does anyone know why the Jubilee trains make that unique noise when setting off from a station?
Oooh, interesting. Is there a known reason as to why the Jubilee trains run on AC rather than DC?
The line is still powered by DC. The stock use an AC traction package.
You also see this on mainline stock, the SWT Desiros have the AC traction package so give that UFO sound when they move off. 377s make a sound not dissimilar from the Jubilee stock.
AIUI the AC motors are more efficient than the DC ones, so the energy loss by conversion is still worthwhile with the motor power.
The 1996 stock uses AC 3 phase induction motors that are simlar to the motors on the Networker Family of trains
I like the noise
3 Phase AC is used in every modern Locomotive and train. Here in germany we even had the first ever build 3 Phase Locomotive the Br 120, Which is still used today. 3 phase AC is far easier to Control so you have a smoother Ride on the train. Look Up Sound BR 425 when you want to hear crazy Sound :)
I get it TH-cam, there’s a reason they put barriers on the tube line 😳🤚
There’s a reason that London puts barriers on the rails
And there a reasons they fail
@@ghostieboobs im in love with a...... WOOOPS WRONG ONE
@@kcr2 your city gave me asthma and ur wotah gave me canca
@@givingaradiohead the pavement hurt my feelings
Westminster was, when dug, the largest hole in Europe. It was an amazing feat of engineering to keep the District and Circle lines running while the hole was being dug.
Every time I've used Canary Wharf Jubilee station I came out at the so-called "secret exits"... never knew the main one existed!
Leannyly I
Haha
Like me
You mean Moor Park?
Hmm
"this train terminates at stanmore"
reminds me of wilbur
SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHO THE HELL WILBUR IS
honestly 'this train terminates at stanmore' just reminds me of the jubilee line on the london underground
@@ElectroRail guy who made a song called jubilee line
@@ElectroRail listen to Jubilee Line by Wilbur Soot
Stop
@@PatrickMapper no?
There’s a reason, London put barriers on the tube line,
CAN YOU JUST SHUT UP!?
@@Sarahbryson321 There’s a reason, London put barriers on the tube line,
@@Sarahbryson321 There’s a reason, London put barriers on the tube line,
@@Sarahbryson321 There’s a reason, London put barriers on the tube line,
@@Sarahbryson321 There’s a reason, London put barriers on the tube line,
Hello everyone who searched up a song by a hamilton block game roleplayer
yes
hi :D
Hello
@@Laebaela good day
Hi from Australia
I can never catch any streams ;--;
Anyone else here because it’s been recommended after listening to Wilbur a bit too much? 😅
There's not such thing as too much Wilbur soot
Okay maybe there is-
Yeah…
@@duckysrecords_ I agree
THIS STRAIGHT UPWAS THERE AND IM LIKE GOD TO MUCH WILBY ANDTHIS IS JUST BRINGING ME STRAIGHG WILBY VIBES
ANYONR HERE WHO IS ACTUALLY NORMAL?. PROBABKY NOT! SHUT UP, EVERYONE IS
ALL THE WILBUR STANS HAVE UNITED
Irrelevant
who is wilbur im just watching facts about a cool tube line
INDEED WE HAVE
@@ElectroRail I am sad. Anyway, he’s a British Minecraft youtuber that also makes music. He has an old album (he hates it now btw) called “You’re city gave me asthma” with a song called “Jubilee Line”. It’s a song about…well….suicide.
@@Laebaela withc is why i HATE IT
did you know that the Jubilee line connects to every other line on the underground! it also connects to the dlr, overground, buses (obviously) and riverboat services
Trams: ahem?
oh... but I don't think that counts as a line
@@CoolTransport I mean, still part of the Tube map xD
But never mind.. 😅
@@boiboiboi201 oh ok
same with all but the District, Met and W&C
yes youtube, i know that the jubilee line is a real train line but i just want to hate to see you leaving, a fate worse than dying.
shout at the walls
@@ayupflo cause the walls don’t fucking love you.
the walls don’t FUCKING love me :(
yes pixeltea, shut up
@@noneofyourbusiness5754 and thsts good
I see what you did there. you were wearing a brown shirt for the bakerloo at the beginning because stanmore used to be a bakerloo terminating station.
I lived at Willesden Green and sometimes when the Jubilee Line is down the Metropolitan Line is used and that platform springs in to life.
Yes, Willesden Green and Neasden are the only two stations between Finchley Road and Wembley Park with platforms adjacent to the Met Line tracks.
Absolutely love your videos Geoff! So interesting and informative (and nostalgic). In the 90s / 00s I regularly travelled to Stanmore on the Jubilee line so this video brings back fond memories
These are the only videos I watched during lock down because I was bored, this cured my boredom. Thanks Geoff!
Nice one Geoff! Keep em coming! I still love watching your attempt at the world record for every station visited in the shortest time on that old episode of the tube!
When your searching for wilbur's song but find this
Literally 😂
I like Wilbur and the London under ground
Yeah
I was trying to learn more about it but yeah I love wilburs song
Yeah, you’re right.
The Jubilee and Northern lines are my favourite lines on the whole underground network anyway. I love the sound that the trains make as they slow down to stop and speed up again on the jubilee line, and using Waterloo, southwark, London bridge and canary wharf as an example, the general look of the corridors etc is a fond memory for me :-)
I know these videos are a few years old now, but I do enjoy them. Thank you for taking the time to make & post them.
The most exciting thing about the Jubilee Line is that Canary Wharf station was used as a set in the Star Wars: Rogue One film.
Of course you've written a substantial blog post about this...
jsd23 I didn't know this
DundeeDriver Iq
DundeeDriver which scene?
Kool
A nice introduction. It's interesting, to me, that the Jubilee Line from Finchley Road to Stanmore started life as the Metropolitan Line, then it became severed from the Met as a branch of the Bakerloo Line, with the tube section added between Finchley Road and Baker Street to relieve congestion and allow Met trains to run fast. Then in the 1970s, the tunnel from Baker Street to Charing Cross was built, the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo was severed and the Jubilee Line was born. Initially, the proposal was for trains to carry on beyond Charing Cross under the Strand to Fleet Street, hence the original proposed name: the Fleet line. This could have provided interchange at Aldwych, and led to that station remaining open, in some form!
Out east, the section from Stratford to Canning Town was built parallel to the old Eastern Counties Railway branch to North Woolwich, now mostly the DLR.
Overall, one of LU's most complex line histories!
Only station to not have a letter from the word "mackerel" is St Johns Wood.
Knew that a long time ago, great fact. I feel sorry for whoever had to take every underground station and compare it to the word ‘mackerel’
Shwervin Mervin And even that's not vaild if you spell "Saint" out in full!!
How in the name of god did you work this out
Hoxton is the only Overground station with the same property.
Ian Mcclavin no one even says that
Your video gave me asthma
Your comment gave me cancer
Trash On Legs your name hurt my feelings
2:21 he was standing on the left of the escalator not ok : |
don't they keep left as this is Britain?
abrahamdsl you would think so but I take the tube everyday and you keep right on escalators when standing and left when walking
Ethano williamo in Australia where I live, we stand on the left so why don't you?
Blake Talty I really don't know because in most corridors around the tube, people keep left. So you have to keep left along the corridor and then keep right on the escalator.
Ethano williamo Weird but fair enough
Thank you for making these videos. As a non-Brit I have to stop every 15 seconds to locate the stations on the map (geographically correct), but it's very much worth it.
After a recent trip to London and an interest in the London Underground.
I have really enjoyed your videos, Great work and well put together!
there‘s a reason
that london puts barriers on the tube line
theres a reason why they dont work
Stop.
@@user-ys1mb9ho2m but theres more reason why you suck
@@Sarahbryson321 imagine being shit L
@@pitku5210 I’m not shit, I’m just outspoken
The JLE stations are kinda my favourite stations as well as the jubilee train stock with the mention that not all disabilities are invisible
I'm loving these videos!!!!
3:16 I already knew that revolving door because my mum used to work in Westminster and every time I came to her work on the way home we always came in that way
2:45 I still love that sound
IK
The jubilee line is the best by far. On the tube map, it's the only line that makes sense.
Victoria line?
Picadilly is the best
bakerloo?
Very nice and informative presentation - loved it!
The Jubilee Lines the BEST!!!
and there's a reason, why london puts barriers on the tube line.
The Jubliee Line is basically everything I want in the Ny subway, CBTC, platform screen doors, big platforms, god damn we need money....
Chad M by the way it only has platform edge doors on the new bit from Westminster to stratford
Same in Toronto, we are getting CBTC (we will call it ATC/ATO Automated Train Control/Operation), platforms are already fairly big but no platform doors even on the new extension that opened last year.
Chad M and a cinema
and decent trains
we have those here in Singapore, all stations here have platform screen doors
Thank you. I am a lifelong fan of the NYC subway and would love to learn more about the London Underground. Great video.
Steven Green, you should take the Bakerloo Line to Marylebone because the tiling pattern looms like the abandoned City Hall station.
2:10 Geoff’s face looks abit confused and makes me laugh 😂 probs just me tho lol
I like the decision when they refurbished St John's Wood and Swiss Cottage stations, including replacing the wooden escalators with metal ones, to retain the old-style signage and uplighters, and use dark-brown coloured panels on the escalators instead of silver ones (reminiscent of their wooden predecessors, but still complying with modern safety requirements)
1:29 Am I the only one that’s noticed that Geoff is standing in the middle of the road?
1:08 The Metropolitan line platforms at Willesden Green aren't abandoned, so much as they are only put into use during service disruptions, or when special events necessitate the need for extra train service to Willesden Green and Neasden.
ok youtube, i get it, theres a reason they fail.
2 ppl got the reference i see...
*shout at the walls
because the walls don’t fucking love you*
i cry listening to jubilee line on repeat.
@@idolisticremember
I got it 😢
I’ve been getting cheap tickets on an app. Want a share?
My home line. My local station is Queensbury and the Jubilee line trains have such a unique sound I can remember it from when I was 5 years old in 1996 when the current stock would have rolled out.
St. John's Wood is the only tube station not to contain a letter from the word 'mackerel'
I read it in a book called A History of Capitalism According To the Jubilee Line, by John O' Farrell. It was hilarious
I mean... You're not wrong...
Not true if you spell "Saint" out in full, although you don't normally see that here!!
No one even says saint
That is amazing!
Thanks! Asked you to do this a few months back and I'm glad you've done it!
3:04 this music makes me satisfied
It's called take 5
Just over that bridge @ West Hampstead is the Railway Bell Pub, where in 1979 I saw the Pretenders play support act to the Members.
If it doesn't boggle your mind too much, there's another entrance/exit for Canary Wharf Station, the station links up with the nearby shopping mall and you'll may get into it directly from the station. :)
Ben1948 has jkdkoooficchjjsà
It said it. Read the damn stuff
Westminster station before the rebuild used to have an exit solely for staff and MPs straight into the Houses of Parliament, not Portcullis House opposite, directly under Big Ben. Used to see parliamentary passes there checked by an old chap behind a desk and chandeliers in the distance.
When I go to London this year, I'll look out for these 😜
My late grandmother used to live just a short bus ride or a 20-minute walk from Queensbury Station and seeing the roundabout with the huge roundel has taken me way back. When I stayed with her I'd often walk to her house from that station rather than catch the bus.
Any chance you could leave the captions up just a tad longer, please? ;-)
AbstractMan23, ever thought of pausing it?
Afro Dan ever thought of being 1 year late
AbstractMan23 X cf
Afro Dan j
Hi on the Bridge at 1:42 you can see a Staffordshire Knot. As a boy from Stoke on Trent I'm curious as to why it's there.
i see what you did at the beginning
if u don’t know, in the bakerloo line video he did the same thing, but the opposite weather and brown shirt
My recommendation was flooded with jubilee line because I watched like one version and then this popped up... There's a reason -
I love how all the comments are about wilburs song
I love that steel drum rendition of Take Five
The jubilee line is my favourite line
Same!
And by far the most interesting! I mean, this must be the best episode of this series
well done another great video, better than a lot shown on TV
The walls dont fckn love me
Finally someone who has actually been to Kilburn I thought no one would really come here
4:49 I'm off to get the train home, but not this one.
0:48 Well, When I visit that station, I'll sit in there!
1:01 you can easily see how small the tube sized trains are compared to the S stock!
4:54 is that the only steam loco on display in London itself?
what happened to London bridge and rotherhithe?
There's an old ventilatiom shaft at London Bridge that still connects up to King William Street. Rotherhithe though, is not on the Jubilee line.
Londonist Ltd cool
Londonist Ltd my station is Waterloo and Woking in south west trains
and do secrets of the south west trains
Kenza Zia it’s secrets of the underground, not secrets of shitty suburban services
stumbled into this film by chance, what a discovery!
I used to work on the construction site at the west end of Trafalgar Square in 1972. Worked with over 100 Irish navvies-absolutely wonderful guys- had a whip-round for me when I left for a expedition to South America. They sunk an access shaft for supplying the concrete segments and taking away the spoil, in this case London clay.
Great times, I found out who are your best friends & comrades.............
All JLE stations are fitted with platform edge doors... except for from north greenwich and stratford
I mean between Canning Town and Stratford
Nicodo123 not all just the extended stations to stratford
Also West Ham
North Greenwich does platform edge doors
1:22 in the third track from the left (the one that goes down) the switch is not in terminal position
Fascinating stuff. Many thanks, Paul in Lower Boddington
These videos leave me astounded! Our metro system here in Toronto is pathetic by comparison.
Is Toronto as big a city as London or have as many people?
Your lines 3 and 4 are absolute jokes.
0:18 Well, that's from a certain POV. Because really, the Jubilee Line's roots date back to 1932, with the Stanmore to Wembley Park section being a branch of the Metropolitan line. Which then in 1938 was re-designated as branch of the Bakerloo Line, and maintained that designation until 1979 when the branch was disconnected.
1:32 casually standing in the middle of the road haha
Lmao this is so funny he has no road sense lol
I find it strange that the jubilee line initially only ran to Charing Cross - given that it took over the Bakerloo line part from Stanmore to Baker Street, and the Bakerloo already ran to Charing Cross, the only new part that was actually added was a separate route from Baker Street to Charing Cross (via Bond St. and Green Park in instead of Regent's Park, Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus). Why was this deemed necessary back in the 70s? And why did it take them 20 years to extend it? I'm not saying there wasn't a reason, I'm just quite confused
The original plans for the Fleet line (as it was then called) planned for a phased extension east of Charing Cross (Phase 2 would have been under Central London to Fenchurch Street via Aldwych and Ludgate Hill, for example, with Phase 3 planned to take the line east into the Docklands or down to Lewisham in various iterations). Unfortunately, these plans took so long to not finalise that the funding was kiboshed until someone a bit happier with trains was around in power, at which point the present route down via the South Bank was selected instead, and to avoid a ridiculous chicane in the line the plan advocated for Charing X to be bypassed in favour of Westminster. Jago Hazzard has an excellent series of videos on the potential Jubilee line extensions we could have got that explain it far better than I do - well worth a watch!
You subways look very clean and beautiful, we need more subways in Toronto
we call them Tube/Underground Lines
We do have Subways here, but they're either fast food places, or a footpath underneath a roundabout/busy road.
The jubilee line between Westminster and Stratford is quite new and so is not a fair reflection of the status of the rest of the system
Maybe with our new Premier, we will finally get the Downtown Relief line.
Currently on a binge of these videos, they're fantastic. Secrets of the clockwork orange in Glasgow please!
1:13 "They used to."
You don't say, Geoff? :P
If you come out of Kilburn tube station and turn right under the middle of three rail bridges. Between those two bridges, a mock-up facade of the Bijou Cinema was built for the 1957 film "The Greatest Show On Earth".
THERES A REASON, THAT LONDON PUT THEIR BARRIERS ON THE RAILS
You didn’t even get the lyrics right
0:16 Isn't the Hammersmith & City line the newest? It was built in 1990.
But it was a line to link London no new tracks as it went over District line Barking-Whitechapel then circle down to hammersmith the curve between Aldgate ish- Whitechapel was already made by east London line. But I see what your thinking but H&C is not.
It was part of the Met before.
The newest line to be designated an Underground line is the Waterloo & City in 1994, but it operated as part of British Rail and its predecessors for 96 years before that. The H&C was for many years simply a branch of the Metropolitan line
Hammersmith and city line wasn’t built in 1990
There too many comments to read them all to check that this ‘new’ secret hasn’t appeared before: there is an secret back entrance to Canning Town on Bow Creek. From here there’s a bridge footbridge over to the new development on City Island and down to Trinity Bouy Wharf. Also there’s the lovely secret Limmo Eco Park which is easily accessed via the Canning Town Bow Creek exit and around the park there’s a ton of old bridges, passageways and infrastructure to explore.
When I Hear 'Stanmore' Sometimes I Hear 'Stand More' lol
This is such a great series. I've watched them all and I still have a life!
Is anyone here because of the song jubilee line by Wilbur?
Major Cat me! i thought i was the only one!
I am
Me,
Nope. Not me. For me it was the other way round. I got confused when I was looking for this and found some song.
Thanks for doing this line. It's my favourite line.
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there’s a reason.
be careful and i love you all if you were searching for wilburs jubilee line, and got this, here’s a hug. *hugs :)*
Geoff, the waiting room at Stanmore would be a great place to record a future Choo Choo Chat
Wait, this isn’t Wilbur.
The Jubilee Line has the dubious distinction of having perhaps the shortest-lived trains, which ran from when it was new in 1979 (and took over the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo Line as you said in your Bakerloo line post). The proposal to link West Hampstead together I believe ground into the sand at some point. And you could point out that along with the Aldwych Branch of the Piccadilly, the Jubilee Line has a complete abandoned set of tunnels between Green Park and Charing Cross - you do mention the platforms.
The 1972 stock that was initially used on the Jubilee is now in the running for the longest serving stock on the Underground, entering service on the Northern and Bakerloo lines in 1972. I presume you mean the 1983 stock, which only saw 14 years of service
Wait!!! You love ST James Wood??
Jk love the videos
St John's Wood is also the only Underground stop without any common letters with 'MACKEREL' (Hoxton also has this accolade, on the Overground)
everyone is here cuz of Willbur?
this has just summoned the entire DSMP/Wilbur Soot fandom