"here at siemens, we like to do things properly" made me laugh, after the new siemens trains we got at my company in germany last year, with screens in the drivers cab installed upside down and switches installed the wrong way around 😅
Siemens built over 100 class 700 trainsets (up to 12 cars long) for Thameslink in the UK and, even though their seats aren't very comfy, they are very reliable trains!
The Siemens units have incredibly uncomfortable seats - a bed of nails would have more give in it. The interior decor is more drab and depressing than a 1960s kitchen sink drama, and they also have to be operated as 12 car units all the time, which is incredibly inefficient. Apart from that they’re great.
As a frequent Picadilly line user, it's gonna be wild to see the 73 stock for the last time, and then seeing these for the first time at my local station
I'll bet she does clean, conscientious installs. You've got to be good to get a position in that shop. Always great to see more women in engineering, especially in high end shops.
Geoff, you are always so enthusiastic in all your videos but this one especially. It is transmitted to the builders you speak to at the factory and what’s ready Important is the enthusiasm show by those employed by Siemens to build the trains in Goole.
I’m well happy they are going. Absolutely hate the boiling ugly and uncomfortable trains they use. I commute on the older ones too much and I’m happy they will be gone.
I didn't realise how worn out the current picadilly line trains were until recently, couldn't believe it when I saw how yellowed the white paint on the trains had become. These new trains are much needed, lets get them on the bakerloo as well!
@@AshBashSneakers Exactly this. There's no point in TFL spending huge money on the 73s now. They'll be on bare minimum maintenance from now until they're withdrawn. Which will be sad to see, as they do polish up nicely. But that's how things are. And by juxtaposition, It also makes the new trains look even shinier!
@@AshBashSneakersthat’s exactly what’s happened. I saw an article the other week outlining how often each stock gets cleaned, and the Piccadilly ‘73 stock was the least frequently cleaned taking place only every 43 days
Great video! As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, I grew up very near Goole. Many of my friends live nearby. It’s always been somewhere with loads of potential and sadly a negative reputation. The boost this factory has given the local economy as a whole is wonderful and will continue to have a ripple effect for years to come. The trains look great too, as does the suit!
Walk through bodies on such a small train is going to be interesting. Glad these are at least being assembled mainly in the UK, and the apprenticeships on offer 🙌
Great to see these trains being built in Yorkshire! Hopefully we secure more orders for other stock that needs replacing soon! The Central line could really use that Aircon haha
Taking a moment to appreciate your video work. It's looking very good, I like all the little additions to the interviews to break them up. All the years I've watched your videos I've not been back to the UK, so it's lovely to see the change through them.
As someone who works on Engineering and Manufacturing apprenticeships, it was great to see an apprenticeship working on this project, and im sure there are more there.
I have always enjoyed learning how things are made. But what really made this video was seeing just how much you were enjoying seeing there!!!! When one truly loves what they do it shows!! Thank you!
Even though the 1973 Stock trains are my childhood and have enjoyed growing up riding them for many years, like they say all good things at some point must come to an end and I cannot wait to try out the new Piccadilly Line trains when they hit the tracks. It’s also my favourite Tube line which is more reason for me to be excited 🙂
Geoff, the recent series of behind-the-scenes videos (dispatching, West Highlands inspections, et al.) have been absolutely fascinating. Thanks for sharing this rare access with us!
Geoff on a visit at a train factory is always interesting! For the Wildenrath reference, like in many German city names it retains the old spelling of 't' as 'th' for a long preceding wovel, and the part -rath hints at "roden", the clearing of forest for the settlement.
This is an exceptional vlog Geoff. Goosepimple inducing! That's a model of what UK manufacturing could be and, perhaps, should be in the 21st Century. The "Village" fills me with pride and hope for the future. Each member of staff, from the apprentice to the bosses, exuded confidence and pride. The Best of Britain on show. Bless you all.
Great video Jeff! Love to see the passion is high as always and you can really feel the good energy in the air Siemens have for making these Piccadilly line trains. It’s been 50 years since the last trains were made so it’s well needed 👌
@@harrygraves6870 Had to lookup a number of videos, and the intermediate cars are truly suspended by the adjacent cars instead of being deposited on jacobs bogies (shared between cars). I assume there is some dort of sting articulated joint. Siemenes pres srelease mentiosn that it was inspied by light rail vehicles/trams that often use such configs.
It just makes sense - if they can put the order in before they're finished with the Piccadilly Line, then they don't need to fire anyone at the end of the project and later rehire & retrain people, lowering the costs.
Ideally central government would greenlight the Bakerloo Line extension, as well as new Bakerloo Line trains. If the line is extended one or two extra trains might be needed.
Thanks so much for posting a most insightful, yet fun but above all most uplifting story about how the London Underground is investing a significant sum of money building a fleet of brand spanking new Piccadilly Line trains. And that that significant investment has led to a significant investment in a new train manufacturing plant at the East Yorkshire town of Goole! I really do hope that the plant and its new jobs for local people in Goole are secured by a further significant investment by London Underground to build a fleet of brand spanking new trains for the Bakerloo Line. A line in desperate need of new trains to replace the ageing current 72TS🙂
I actually saw one of these being moved by rail freight this morning at West Ealing. It was going from the Great Western Mainline to the Greenford branch, so I presume it was going to West Ruislip depot.
Geoff, Your video last year on the new DLR had much better large sized windows and its hands down brighter, letting the sunlight through, and the passengers can see the outside clearly through the large windows in the New DLRs 😀 👍
Fantastic Video Geoff! 👏🏻😄Looking forward to seeing the new 2024 Stock on the Piccadilly! 😄👍🏻 I didn’t know they were building them in Goole? 😱 New tube trains made in Britain! 🇬🇧 OMG British Engineering is making come back! 😄🎉
I've got it! It's the industrial sector's version of the first time home owners' front room on a Saturday after they've returned from IKEA with a flat pack sofa, except here it's a tube train.
It has always been the case with metal bodied trains that once withdrawn from passenger service for scrapping, the interiors are stripped and the metal bodied cars are melted into liquid form for recycling.
I be looking forward to seeing the new Piccadilly Line trains coming into service from next year. And I hope that Siemens do build and manufacture the new Bakerloo Line trains at Goole. Very nice factory in Goole, East Yorkshire.
Here in NYC they just started running the new R211S trains in Staten Island, well one of them. Really just seeing how it does in real world use after months of test runs without passengers. (Staten Island Railroad being built by B&O and not the usual suspects wound up signaled/cab signaled like a railroad, not a subway, but the MTA wanted subway cars here, so these are customized versions of the R211).
@@julianbassett5172 Kawasaki, I think the Staten island cars are being assembled in Yonkers (likely from Japanese made parts). There's also a plant in Nebraska.
Once the new trains are in service, I will definitely look for 1896 every time I ride on the Piccadilly Line. Then I'll remember that I saw that unit under construction on Geoff's video. I only come to London occasionally, by way of Heathrow. I either go to Hounslow Central to stay in a hotel. Or even if I transfer terminals, if I have enough time, I do it landside on the Piccadilly line.
I served in the Royal Corps of Signals at RAF Wildenrath, using radio equipment made by Siemens. Now, Siemens is using the old airfield as testing/proving ground for their new trains. (Tenuous connection, I know!)
Not only new, fresh trains for the Piccadilly and other future systems, but great jobs in Yorkshire. Promote the trades to create great jobs that can support a community
The Siemens hat looks almost exactly like my Siemens baseball cap from when I worked for Siemens IT services. I'm also amused that some of the safety nets are Siemens teal
As a passenger, having cool air blowing on my head sounds pleasant. But a 'hot air rises' simplification suggests those floor vents aren't going to be pulling out the warmest air.
It’s not every day we get so many special guests visiting our Goole Rail Village! Thanks, Geoff, for attending our opening event and sharing the experience with your followers - your support means a lot to us as we work to transform everyday travel with the next generation of Piccadilly Line trains!
Such positive people who are working on these trains - really good to see. Hopefully these will go on the Bakerloo as well - maybe could they go onto the central line in the future? Re the air con - won’t the hot hair exhausts just make the tunnels hotter?
Correct. Which is why air con hasn't been looked at for many years. It'll be on TFL to make the station cooling much, much more efficient. The tube has already hit 40C WITHOUT the extra hot air from the air con!
Cant wait to see these trains in action, as someone who lives at Finsbury park I always take the victoria line and pass on the piccadilly just out of convenience and change later on e.g green park, because the 09 stock is much faster, but when these trains roll out the 09s will look at bit older in comparison! No doubt there will be some competition there, with ATO the picc will be one of the new most reliable and efficient lines.
"here at siemens, we like to do things properly" made me laugh, after the new siemens trains we got at my company in germany last year, with screens in the drivers cab installed upside down and switches installed the wrong way around 😅
Oops!
Ah you got the Australian version
Siemens built over 100 class 700 trainsets (up to 12 cars long) for Thameslink in the UK and, even though their seats aren't very comfy, they are very reliable trains!
Siemens made the Class 707, one of the most reliable trains in the country, compared to the terrible Alstom-made 701. Says it all really.
The Siemens units have incredibly uncomfortable seats - a bed of nails would have more give in it. The interior decor is more drab and depressing than a 1960s kitchen sink drama, and they also have to be operated as 12 car units all the time, which is incredibly inefficient. Apart from that they’re great.
As a frequent Picadilly line user, it's gonna be wild to see the 73 stock for the last time, and then seeing these for the first time at my local station
As a driver it’s gonna be a crazy change.. can’t wait to see the passengers face when we finally get to drive these
@@AshBashSneakers interesting!!
I still remember the A-stocks on which I grew up. Its an awful shock but hopefully you get used to it eventually. 😢
Cant wait to see them at Arnos Grove
Can't wait to see the back of the old banger Bakerloo line stock when Siemens build those stock for that line.
Tech details like the HVAC and body crash resistance are what make me watch a Geoff video. ❤
Jade the Apprentice engineer showing the wiring; she was excellent, she was so professional and relaxed on camera and knows her stuff, good job Jade.
Great to see women in engineering too. An example to young girls of a career path they could take.
Please dont wear metallic jewellery on an electrical worksite.
I'll bet she does clean, conscientious installs. You've got to be good to get a position in that shop. Always great to see more women in engineering, especially in high end shops.
Jade should instead be a apprentice Nurse
@@FART-REPELLENT why? she choice this as her career
Geoff, you are always so enthusiastic in all your videos but this one especially. It is transmitted to the builders you speak to at the factory and what’s ready Important is the enthusiasm show by those employed by Siemens to build the trains in Goole.
Thanks Harry, that’s very kind. In a bad mad world, its good to be positive and inject energy … 😊
These sure are good trains but the 1973 stocks will always have a place in my heart.
I’m well happy they are going. Absolutely hate the boiling ugly and uncomfortable trains they use. I commute on the older ones too much and I’m happy they will be gone.
Old trains are the best 😊
Gonna miss the classic brush traction motors & manual driven technology
This is what the museums in Covent Garden and Acton are for. I assume they'll preserve one or two.
@@caw25sha I think it's standard procedure to retain at least 1 unit of each thing as they decommission them for museum duty.
I didn't realise how worn out the current picadilly line trains were until recently, couldn't believe it when I saw how yellowed the white paint on the trains had become. These new trains are much needed, lets get them on the bakerloo as well!
Because of the new trains maintenance for the 73 has probably slowed down considerably
@@AshBashSneakers yeah makes sense, still quite the surprise!
@@AshBashSneakers Exactly this. There's no point in TFL spending huge money on the 73s now. They'll be on bare minimum maintenance from now until they're withdrawn. Which will be sad to see, as they do polish up nicely. But that's how things are. And by juxtaposition, It also makes the new trains look even shinier!
@@AshBashSneakersthat’s exactly what’s happened. I saw an article the other week outlining how often each stock gets cleaned, and the Piccadilly ‘73 stock was the least frequently cleaned taking place only every 43 days
The 1st 2024 Tube Stock Train got delivered this morning, came through the Channel Tunnel, Great video Geoff and enjoyed the tour of the factory
on a loader, or actually on the rails?
@@StarwingUK Rails
Are there any videos or photos of that? A tube train coming out of the tunnel sounds cool to see
On rails - a video would be awesome!
@@Hahlen There videos on TH-cam of it being moved but not sure about coming out the tunnel, plus it was dark when it arrived
Hearing the word ‘gubbins’ gives me a little joy in 2024.
It's good to see North East getting good jobs into their communities . It's about time and it will put the region on industrial maps
@@theancientsancients1769 york is barely the north east sorry
Geoff looking rather dapper in the suit and it’s a video about my favourite Tube Line
Neat. But nothing beats the "front image" for the Bond Street video. That was absolute top-notch.
Great video! As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, I grew up very near Goole. Many of my friends live nearby. It’s always been somewhere with loads of potential and sadly a negative reputation. The boost this factory has given the local economy as a whole is wonderful and will continue to have a ripple effect for years to come. The trains look great too, as does the suit!
@@katesonanadventure It just takes one company to invest in an area to give it a massive boost.
Awesome video Geoff! I’m very much looking forward to riding on the new Piccadilly Line trains when they come into service.
Walk through bodies on such a small train is going to be interesting. Glad these are at least being assembled mainly in the UK, and the apprenticeships on offer 🙌
Great to see these trains being built in Yorkshire! Hopefully we secure more orders for other stock that needs replacing soon! The Central line could really use that Aircon haha
Taking a moment to appreciate your video work. It's looking very good, I like all the little additions to the interviews to break them up. All the years I've watched your videos I've not been back to the UK, so it's lovely to see the change through them.
Thank you very much, very kind!
As someone who works on Engineering and Manufacturing apprenticeships, it was great to see an apprenticeship working on this project, and im sure there are more there.
I have always enjoyed learning how things are made. But what really made this video was seeing just how much you were enjoying seeing there!!!! When one truly loves what they do it shows!! Thank you!
thanks Sharon, that's extremely kind of you! so appreciated.
@@geofftech2 hi Jeff are you planning a trip to the new Belfast station Thankyou paul
Even though the 1973 Stock trains are my childhood and have enjoyed growing up riding them for many years, like they say all good things at some point must come to an end and I cannot wait to try out the new Piccadilly Line trains when they hit the tracks. It’s also my favourite Tube line which is more reason for me to be excited 🙂
Geoff I simply adore the positive energy of your videos!
Awesome video Geoff, thanks for bringing us along! They seem like a lovely bunch of people at the Goole factory, great news for the community there :)
Nice video Geoff! These new trains are looking amazing and I'm sure they will bring a bright future to London next year!
The new trains look absolutely fresh can’t wait to ride on one!
Geoff, the recent series of behind-the-scenes videos (dispatching, West Highlands inspections, et al.) have been absolutely fascinating. Thanks for sharing this rare access with us!
thank yoU! most kind. more to come!!
Geoff on a visit at a train factory is always interesting! For the Wildenrath reference, like in many German city names it retains the old spelling of 't' as 'th' for a long preceding wovel, and the part -rath hints at "roden", the clearing of forest for the settlement.
Excellent factory tour, especially the drone moves. Very interesting to see behind the scene manufacturing.
You can tell the Siemens team genuinely enjoys when you come down - it's a delight to watch!
This is an exceptional vlog Geoff. Goosepimple inducing! That's a model of what UK manufacturing could be and, perhaps, should be in the 21st Century. The "Village" fills me with pride and hope for the future. Each member of staff, from the apprentice to the bosses, exuded confidence and pride. The Best of Britain on show. Bless you all.
Siemens of Munich, the best of British indeed.
Great video Jeff! Love to see the passion is high as always and you can really feel the good energy in the air Siemens have for making these Piccadilly line trains. It’s been 50 years since the last trains were made so it’s well needed 👌
As someone from Goole Siemens is doing a fantastic job creating jobs in our town can’t wait to see where Siemens takes us next!
Competition to be the most interesting thing about Goole has never exactly been fierce, but that's absolutely smashed it....
Really good topical video. Great how Geoff gets access to those in authority.
Glad to see they wrapped the whole interior with sound isolation materials!
The bogieless cars just blows my mind. Any chance you can do a video on how the IMs are connected/suspended?
was going to say the same thing, I have no idea how it is even possible
@@harrygraves6870 Had to lookup a number of videos, and the intermediate cars are truly suspended by the adjacent cars instead of being deposited on jacobs bogies (shared between cars). I assume there is some dort of sting articulated joint. Siemenes pres srelease mentiosn that it was inspied by light rail vehicles/trams that often use such configs.
I have the same question. What stops the bogieless carriages just falling onto the ground?
@@bikerpaul68 Hover. They all hover using patented Magic Carpet technology
Yes please. I had the same question
Thank you for bringing us along with you, Geoff 🙂 An interesting tour indeed.
Looking forward to seeing these trains run on the Piccadilly Line
Love these videos I’m looking forward to seeing these units run on the underground from next year
Great video Geoff, can't help but be captivated by your content!
Great work from the Mayor on lobbying for a future purchase order!
It just makes sense - if they can put the order in before they're finished with the Piccadilly Line, then they don't need to fire anyone at the end of the project and later rehire & retrain people, lowering the costs.
Ideally central government would greenlight the Bakerloo Line extension, as well as new Bakerloo Line trains. If the line is extended one or two extra trains might be needed.
@@DavidShepheardWould be nice if the government would spend money on transport in the rest of the country away from the shit hole called London.
Lovely Video About New Piccadilly Line Trains Being Built Mr. Marshall
Thanks so much for posting a most insightful, yet fun but above all most uplifting story about how the London Underground is investing a significant sum of money building a fleet of brand spanking new Piccadilly Line trains. And that that significant investment has led to a significant investment in a new train manufacturing plant at the East Yorkshire town of Goole! I really do hope that the plant and its new jobs for local people in Goole are secured by a further significant investment by London Underground to build a fleet of brand spanking new trains for the Bakerloo Line. A line in desperate need of new trains to replace the ageing current 72TS🙂
Great at last to see new tube stock being made in England .or should I say Yorkshire . Hopefully most of the components are made here as well .😊
Great video Geoff. Very interesting and the facility looks awesome. Hopefully they'll keep building trains for some time. Thanks for sharing
Assembling, not building.
I actually saw one of these being moved by rail freight this morning at West Ealing. It was going from the Great Western Mainline to the Greenford branch, so I presume it was going to West Ruislip depot.
So you inspected their works. in Goole. That reminds my of a J.B. Priestly play "An Inspector Calls" that had an "Inspector Goole" as a character!!!
1:43 I love that guy, he has an amazing sense of humour and such good vibes.
Great video! Got the commish and the mayor too!
I caught a glimpse of one when I passed Ruislip Depot the other day.
I like how geoff perfect timed that ending.
Wow Geoff, an excellent video by you. I hope we can ride the new trains together one day!
Great Video - for a factory - it's very clean
Geoff,
Your video last year on the new DLR had much better large sized windows and its hands down brighter, letting the sunlight through, and the passengers can see the outside clearly through the large windows in the New DLRs 😀 👍
Good to see a young lady getting into engineering.
Funny you released this today as on reddit someone posted one of these being delivered!
i cant wait for the 24 stocks to arrive into service, piccadilly line is always going to be my favourite line
That was an awesome drone shot (I think it’s a drone) at the start!
Fantastic Video Geoff! 👏🏻😄Looking forward to seeing the new 2024 Stock on the Piccadilly! 😄👍🏻 I didn’t know they were building them in Goole? 😱 New tube trains made in Britain! 🇬🇧 OMG British Engineering is making come back! 😄🎉
Well done Goole.
Can't wait to go on one of these
Great vid.. Good to see a product being built in the area it will be used..
Well done Geoff!
Great video Geoff. Still trying to get my head around the configuration 😂
I've got it!
It's the industrial sector's version of the first time home owners' front room on a Saturday after they've returned from IKEA with a flat pack sofa, except here it's a tube train.
Haha I love the director fella, very amusing 😂 another excellent video Geoff 👍🏼
Thank you for asking them these questions, very interesting video!
Any chance you might show what happens to the old stock, where it goes, is it recycled etc. thank you for your very interesting work on this channel
It has always been the case with metal bodied trains that once withdrawn from passenger service for scrapping, the interiors are stripped and the metal bodied cars are melted into liquid form for recycling.
I am hoping also on an Elizabeth line video. It is such a succes. Want to know how excited Geoff still is about it😊
I will really miss the 1973 stock so much 😭😭
Remember them being introduced l. Also remember going to Hounslow west terminal station after coming back from Singapore.
Finally some new stuff for the lovely British 🇬🇧
Gorgeous factory!
Wow you get some great BTS opportunities. It’s amazing…. ❤
Great to see some manufacturing in the UK !
Well done Siemens, Goole and all the employees 🎉
I can’t wait to see them running on the Piccadilly line
cant wait to see them in service, nice video geoff!
I be looking forward to seeing the new Piccadilly Line trains coming into service from next year. And I hope that Siemens do build and manufacture the new Bakerloo Line trains at Goole. Very nice factory in Goole, East Yorkshire.
Those BAKERLOO line trains MUST be built in Goole. 100%.
Here in NYC they just started running the new R211S trains in Staten Island, well one of them. Really just seeing how it does in real world use after months of test runs without passengers. (Staten Island Railroad being built by B&O and not the usual suspects wound up signaled/cab signaled like a railroad, not a subway, but the MTA wanted subway cars here, so these are customized versions of the R211).
I'm looking forward to riding the R211s on my next trip to New York. Where are they designed and manufactured?
@@julianbassett5172 Kawasaki, I think the Staten island cars are being assembled in Yonkers (likely from Japanese made parts). There's also a plant in Nebraska.
Thank you for sharing the video Geoff that was so fascinating. 💕
You know you have won at being a TH-camr when you can get the Mayor of London and TfLs Commissioner for an interview and nobody bats an eyelid.
Such a factory is a true hive of activity. As can be seen at the end of the video. As well as in other videos.
Great to see! Thanks for the video Geoff!
Amazing! Hope TFL could clean the new trains regularly.
Once the new trains are in service, I will definitely look for 1896 every time I ride on the Piccadilly Line. Then I'll remember that I saw that unit under construction on Geoff's video. I only come to London occasionally, by way of Heathrow. I either go to Hounslow Central to stay in a hotel. Or even if I transfer terminals, if I have enough time, I do it landside on the Piccadilly line.
Great video Geoff. Thank you.
I served in the Royal Corps of Signals at RAF Wildenrath, using radio equipment made by Siemens. Now, Siemens is using the old airfield as testing/proving ground for their new trains. (Tenuous connection, I know!)
Not only new, fresh trains for the Piccadilly and other future systems, but great jobs in Yorkshire. Promote the trades to create great jobs that can support a community
Great video as always!! Do you think you will go and see the new re-built Belfast Grand Central station in Northern Ireland
*pedant mode on* Newly-built, not rebuilt.
Thank you for attending the press conference so we didn’t have to 😂
that's incredibly kind, thanks Ben!
A most informative video, Geoff. Wwll done.
Brilliant video, Geoff. Great for the workforce in Goole to be getting the extra work. I wonder how many of the parts are made in the UK?
Excellent article.
The Siemens hat looks almost exactly like my Siemens baseball cap from when I worked for Siemens IT services. I'm also amused that some of the safety nets are Siemens teal
As a passenger, having cool air blowing on my head sounds pleasant. But a 'hot air rises' simplification suggests those floor vents aren't going to be pulling out the warmest air.
It’s not every day we get so many special guests visiting our Goole Rail Village! Thanks, Geoff, for attending our opening event and sharing the experience with your followers - your support means a lot to us as we work to transform everyday travel with the next generation of Piccadilly Line trains!
You are like a bairn in a sweetie shop. Dave Hooper is a hoot!
Take a ride on one of the existing 1973 Metro Cammell trains while you still can, and judge for yourself how good it is. It is a hard act to follow.
Such positive people who are working on these trains - really good to see. Hopefully these will go on the Bakerloo as well - maybe could they go onto the central line in the future?
Re the air con - won’t the hot hair exhausts just make the tunnels hotter?
Correct. Which is why air con hasn't been looked at for many years. It'll be on TFL to make the station cooling much, much more efficient. The tube has already hit 40C WITHOUT the extra hot air from the air con!
Incredible train expo 🔥
Cant wait to see these trains in action, as someone who lives at Finsbury park I always take the victoria line and pass on the piccadilly just out of convenience and change later on e.g green park, because the 09 stock is much faster, but when these trains roll out the 09s will look at bit older in comparison! No doubt there will be some competition there, with ATO the picc will be one of the new most reliable and efficient lines.
Top job learnt a lot