Very excited (well, a bit excited) - this is our local station. Our house backs on to the Stanmore-bound platform. We thought our daughter's first words would be, "This train terminates at Stanmore.". If you look through the trees as the train pulls in at the start of the video, you can see our garden and conservatory. People who visit us for the first time are often fascinated by the coming and going trains. Additional - there is quite a history to Canons Park - Handel (composer) played organ at the St Lawrence's Church adjacent to the park and the estate house, own originally by the Duke of Chandos is now occupied by The North London Collegiate School.
The house owned by the Duke of Chandos was demolished in about 1747. The building now occupied by NCS is a much smaller, modest and more recent building built on the site of the old mansion.
Canons Park was once my local station. It was on the Bakerloo Line (Stanmore Branch) and had wooden platforms. I was quite young then back in 1945, having previously been a WW2 evacuee. Canons Park was such a beautiful peaceful place, I do hope it remains so today. Thank you Geoff, I love your enthusiasm which has given me so much pleasure.
The noise of a tube train stopping at a station is so nostalgic. It's been 20 years since I spent much time in London (doing a degree) and the Underground is the only thing I miss. Even the smell on the tunnel stations :)
"It's also one of those rare beasts: a Tube station that has toilets" Sometimes these videos increase my considerable affection for the London Underground. Sometimes they just make me grateful for how much better metros and subways are in Japan in almost every way.
This brings back memories! In 2008 I was on a 5 month UK assignment in Uxbridge and living with relatives in Barnet. I used to drive to Canon's Park bus Totteridge every day and take the Tube to Uxbridge, changing at Wembley Park.
Geoff now needs to do all the Underground station with toilets! I know my local station has some, on the Westbound platform at Hornchurch, but I haven't seen many others...
Thai you for pointing out that this station has toilets and is not stepping free \ plus counting the steps this information is very helpful when it comes to station accessibility
i use to live a short walk from there and as such I used it everyday. its lovely station and the park is pretty too. very convenient station in every way.
This brings back fond memories. In the 60’s my dad was sent by his work from the Philippines to England and we ,his family ,were able to go with him. I was only 10 y.o. then and rented a home in Canon’s Drive. Behind our house was Canon’s Park and I remember walking across it to take the Underground .
Notice the leaning Kilometre post on the left at 2:20. Superseded by track distance markers from each station, the post reads 63 km (from Ongar) - could be wrong as it's blurred. A smaller number to the right could be 0,2,4,6 or 8, as the posts are nominally every 200m. Most are still in place.
The first pineapple grown in the UK, was grown by the Duke of Chandos in the country estate that is now North London Collegiate School (of which Canons park is the former private land).
Hi Geoff. When you do every station on the Colchester to Walton on the Naze line, be sure to have a look around Frinton Town Centre which is only a short walk from the station.
The reason why it is used more often nowadays is that in 2013 Barnet FC moved to a stadium only a few mins walk away from the station. You can see the stadium from the train as you approach Canons Park going northbound.
It would be interesting to see a history of the transition from the Metropolitan Railway to the Bakerloo line, ultimately to the Jubilee line, in terms of why the changes were made, and in terms of both what changed through those transitions and what remained the same including any artifacts of previous iterations still evident today.
Basically, both changes were to relieve overcrowding by providing a second pair of tracks - firstly, in 1938, between Finchley Road and Baker Street; and later, in 1979, between Baker Street and Charing Cross
Canons Park handy for Barnet FC and Wembley Cup Finals with free Sat car parking on the main road outside and in an extremely pricey Property Area is a fire Derelict House directly opposite the Station entrance
What's the least used station on West coast main line? East coast main line? Midland main line? Great Eastern mainline? No rush but would be good ones to do!!!!
The public park next to the station is the residual part of the estate and grounds surrounding 'Cannons', a magnificent Georgian mansion built to the specification of the 1st Duke of Chandos, James Brydges. The ducal family lost much of their fortune during the ill-fated 'South Sea Bubble' financial venture and the house was demolished not long after the Duke's death in 1744 and the contents sold to pay off debts. The house existed only for about 25 years or so.
If only you had turned right out of the station instead of left you would have discovered one of the best Indian and one of the best Turkish restaurants in this part of NW London virtually next door to each other...
Hi Geoff. What is the unusual whirring noise you hear from the Jubilee line trains that don't seem to hear from the trains on the other lines? You hear especially when the trains are speeding up or slowing down into/from a station.
2:52 @Geoff Marshall, I think you are wrong. Normally Wembley Park has 16,6 million passagers per year but 5,93 million is for Wembley CENTRAL. Thanks and I hope I say the truth.
I spent years of my life standing on those platforms. It is quite high and very open and one tiny waiting room and most of the time it was perishing cold and one got wet. Didn't realise there were so many stairs to run up when I was late. I went to school in Baker Street and did this every day for years. My school was near Selfridges. Quite a journey for a 12-year-old on her own. We collected the carriage numbers, still have the book. Now is it quicker to change to Metropolitan line at Wembley or take the stop at every stop Jubilee train to Baker Street. I had this question every morning. If I got it wrong I was late! I do not miss it. We moved to Pinner and my journey to town improved as I did not have to make this choice. I live in NZ where we do not have tubes more is the pity.
I like the station show around and what facilities there are. I find it appalling this fad for bus stop type stations. As ever the vid is good and informative, keep them coming.
Interesting that the branch has been transferred between lines three times now - Metropolitan, Bakerloo then Jubilee. Are there any stations/branches that have swapped lines more than 3 times?
The Northern City Line was originally a separate company (from 1904) until it was taken over by the Metropolitan in 1913, then the Northern Line in 1940, and finally British Rail in 1975. The East London Line started out as a joint metropolitan/District/several other companies operation, becoming part of the Metropolitan in 1913, getting its own identity (and colour) in 1990, and becoming part of the Overground in 2008.
3:25 Did you notice theres a roundell on the seat next to the bin bag? Thats another secret of the tube! (no you dont need to credit me in a tales of the tube video for this)
Blackfriars is literally between Waterloo and Bank (the line passes right underneath) and is the least used station on the W&C because they never built the platforms there!
Zone 5? I thought it was zone 4 up to after you leave the station and then Stanmore is in zone 5! The Jubilee line is really posh and has many step free access stations.
A good few people have made the joke about 'Least used station on the Waterloo and City Line' (it's a shuttle that runs between just Waterloo and Bank), but seeing both stations have multiple Tube lines won't the 'least used' be the one with least passengers for all the services? I've never used the W&B so I don't even know if there are separate gates at both stations?
when this series is done will you do most used stations on each line? although having said that I feel some stations will hog the title for multiple lines! i.e kings cross or Victoria!
He did trip on Southminster line. I did course in Althorne. Didn't drive so going was Chelmsford then bus. But on way back got on at Althorne that was a mile from village post office and down a road basically a private road but access only for station. Remote but quaint.
On all but one line, the least used station is one of the last three, and on six of them it's the penultimate one. The only exception is the Piccadilly Line.
How do they separate the entry/exit figures for each line when there is more than one? For example the figures shown in this video for Wembley Park presumably only show those for the Jubilee line.
If I changed from one national rail service onto the tube then onto another rail service (with a single train ticket) would that count as entry/exit on the tube?
Very excited (well, a bit excited) - this is our local station. Our house backs on to the Stanmore-bound platform. We thought our daughter's first words would be, "This train terminates at Stanmore.".
If you look through the trees as the train pulls in at the start of the video, you can see our garden and conservatory. People who visit us for the first time are often fascinated by the coming and going trains.
Additional - there is quite a history to Canons Park - Handel (composer) played organ at the St Lawrence's Church adjacent to the park and the estate house, own originally by the Duke of Chandos is now occupied by The North London Collegiate School.
@@wentonmastermind If we end up with Corbyn as Prime Minister, I might be following you to Canada. 😟😤🤐🤔
@@brian9731 uké duké don't get all politics
The house owned by the Duke of Chandos was demolished in about 1747. The building now occupied by NCS is a much smaller, modest and more recent building built on the site of the old mansion.
Brian Freeman Corbin would have been a better prime minister !
Canons Park was once my local station. It was on the Bakerloo Line (Stanmore Branch) and had wooden platforms. I was quite young then back in 1945, having previously been a WW2 evacuee. Canons Park was such a beautiful peaceful place, I do hope it remains so today.
Thank you Geoff, I love your enthusiasm which has given me so much pleasure.
My dads local station was Kilburn but him and some of his classmates always came to canons park as part of a school tri
Have you really been WW2 evacuee? I can't even imagine how horrible times you lived😞...
Ur basically 77 years old brian
I wonder if you're still alive.
Next Series idea: Least used station by TFL zone.
DigitalDiabloUK and there’s no point in doing zone 8 as Chalfont & Latimer is on it’s own there
@@matthewdunderdale8685 I think Brentwood is also in zone 8
TheOriginalWray I meant solely on the tube network... clearly I didn’t make that point clear
@@matthewdunderdale8685 Brentwood is part of TFL rail/ Crossrail so it counts if you're talking about TFL stations.
@@nathanw9770 Brentwood is in zone 9
The noise of a tube train stopping at a station is so nostalgic. It's been 20 years since I spent much time in London (doing a degree) and the Underground is the only thing I miss. Even the smell on the tunnel stations :)
43 steps the equipment to a 15 story building
"It's also one of those rare beasts: a Tube station that has toilets"
Sometimes these videos increase my considerable affection for the London Underground. Sometimes they just make me grateful for how much better metros and subways are in Japan in almost every way.
Some of the older stations have toilets compared to let's say canary wharf who don't
This brings back memories! In 2008 I was on a 5 month UK assignment in Uxbridge and living with relatives in Barnet. I used to drive to Canon's Park bus Totteridge every day and take the Tube to Uxbridge, changing at Wembley Park.
I love the sound of the Jubilee Line.
Geoff now needs to do all the Underground station with toilets! I know my local station has some, on the Westbound platform at Hornchurch, but I haven't seen many others...
Thai you for pointing out that this station has toilets and is not stepping free \ plus counting the steps this information is very helpful when it comes to station accessibility
i use to live a short walk from there and as such I used it everyday. its lovely station and the park is pretty too. very convenient station in every way.
My local station, glad you managed to get the plastic bag bin shot into the video!
This brings back fond memories. In the 60’s my dad was sent by his work from the Philippines to England and we ,his family ,were able to go with him. I was only 10 y.o. then and rented a home in Canon’s Drive. Behind our house was Canon’s Park and I remember walking across it to take the Underground .
Notice the leaning Kilometre post on the left at 2:20. Superseded by track distance markers from each station, the post reads 63 km (from Ongar) - could be wrong as it's blurred. A smaller number to the right could be 0,2,4,6 or 8, as the posts are nominally every 200m. Most are still in place.
Love the sound of that 1996 rolling stock.
Canons Park is used quite a bit by away fans when Barnet FC have matches
Thats quite a distance. Surely High Barnet is better as its practically next door
My bad, just Barnet moved to The Hive, yes just down the road!!
Daniel Williams lol. Been before to see my team
I know this as a Dagenham and Redbridge Fan I walked from Kingsbury for a Wetherspoon pub to the Hive and then Walked to Cannons park after the match.
I did that once!
A lot of the stations out in zones 3,4,5, and 6 have toilets at them. 😀
Great video Geoff! I love the noise of the jubilee line trains make when they are accelerating (all the whooping)
I think there is nobody who hates the noise of the Jubilee line 😅😂
I went to London not too long ago, and i still have that sound of the Jubilee Line trains braking and speeding up. It's very pleasant to me.
Love your videos keep up the good work.
1:29 I love that sound.
I live there, great way to cross from Jubilee to Northern Line without going into central London
Lovely interesting video, the view from the footbridge is great.
You didn't mention Barnet FC about 5 minutes from the station
The first pineapple grown in the UK, was grown by the Duke of Chandos in the country estate that is now North London Collegiate School (of which Canons park is the former private land).
sssdddkkksss Dorney Court in Buckinghamshire has also laid claim to the first pineapple. A nearby pub is even named The Pineapple on this basis.
Whats the least used station on the waterloo and city line?
Bank
S B, Yeah, but usually is one of the busiest of any other line that calls it.
Probably bank, but Geoff said he isn’t doing it because of the high passenger numbers
Theo747 Bank obviously. Waterloo is the most used station in the whole country.
At a guess, I think it’s between these 2:
Waterloo
Bank
Interesting video Geoff and I'm really enjoying this series.
Love this channel!
Hi Geoff. When you do every station on the Colchester to Walton on the Naze line, be sure to have a look around Frinton Town Centre which is only a short walk from the station.
These videos are a tonic.
Should’ve mentioned that it’s right next to the hive and you can see into the stadium from the train
We all know Roding Valley is the least used station in the whole of London Underground. Just watch Secrets of the Central Line.
The reason why it is used more often nowadays is that in 2013 Barnet FC moved to a stadium only a few mins walk away from the station. You can see the stadium from the train as you approach Canons Park going northbound.
nearer to 1/3 of the use of Blackhorse Road I think 3mil vs. 9mill really
It would be interesting to see a history of the transition from the Metropolitan Railway to the Bakerloo line, ultimately to the Jubilee line, in terms of why the changes were made, and in terms of both what changed through those transitions and what remained the same including any artifacts of previous iterations still evident today.
Basically, both changes were to relieve overcrowding by providing a second pair of tracks - firstly, in 1938, between Finchley Road and Baker Street; and later, in 1979, between Baker Street and Charing Cross
Canons Park handy for Barnet FC and Wembley Cup Finals with free Sat car parking on the main road outside and in an extremely pricey Property Area is a fire Derelict House directly opposite the Station entrance
IAf there get in FA Cup final EFL Final Or in the Championship or Primership then c be busy c no it
And I thought Bermondsey was the least used, it isn’t that busy when I go anyways, but that is during peak if you wanted to know
I thought the least used on jubilee would be that aswell
1:23 was it a number 1 or a number 2?
Willesden Junction Bakerloo Line platform too has one of those rare beasts. 1:16
What's the least used station on West coast main line?
East coast main line?
Midland main line?
Great Eastern mainline?
No rush but would be good ones to do!!!!
Sounds good!
Pretty sure WCML would be Polseworth
Yes good choice it's a station surrounded by fields if I remember correctly!!
Suffolk? Brandon?
Norfolk Berney arms?
Acklington on the ECML, 372 passengers 2017/18
The public park next to the station is the residual part of the estate and grounds surrounding 'Cannons', a magnificent Georgian mansion built to the specification of the 1st Duke of Chandos, James Brydges.
The ducal family lost much of their fortune during the ill-fated 'South Sea Bubble' financial venture and the house was demolished not long after the Duke's death in 1744 and the contents sold to pay off debts. The house existed only for about 25 years or so.
its nice to see the numbers are still high
Glad to see you back doing tube again!
If only you had turned right out of the station instead of left you would have discovered one of the best Indian and one of the best Turkish restaurants in this part of NW London virtually next door to each other...
Great video! I've been through Canons Park a few times but never got off there. Looks like a nice suburb!
Hi Geoff. What is the unusual whirring noise you hear from the Jubilee line trains that don't seem to hear from the trains on the other lines? You hear especially when the trains are speeding up or slowing down into/from a station.
It's the motors on the train.
Jubilee! My favorite underground line. Probably because it is newer, built in my lifetime.
This bit was built in 1932...…………..
I’m amazed Wembley Park is in the bottom eight. I’d have thought it’d be way higher than that with Wembley Stadium etc.
Exactly my thoughts. It's a busy station at any time and what with the events...
43 Steps, That must be 15 stories
2:52
@Geoff Marshall, I think you are wrong.
Normally Wembley Park has 16,6 million passagers per year but 5,93 million is for Wembley CENTRAL.
Thanks and I hope I say the truth.
I spent years of my life standing on those platforms. It is quite high and very open and one tiny waiting room and most of the time it was perishing cold and one got wet. Didn't realise there were so many stairs to run up when I was late. I went to school in Baker Street and did this every day for years. My school was near Selfridges. Quite a journey for a 12-year-old on her own. We collected the carriage numbers, still have the book. Now is it quicker to change to Metropolitan line at Wembley or take the stop at every stop Jubilee train to Baker Street. I had this question every morning. If I got it wrong I was late! I do not miss it. We moved to Pinner and my journey to town improved as I did not have to make this choice. I live in NZ where we do not have tubes more is the pity.
The UK is fascinating. I like the new mic!
Love the bin bag shot! 😜
I like the station show around and what facilities there are. I find it appalling this fad for bus stop type stations. As ever the vid is good and informative, keep them coming.
Been here for Barnet FC, would have thought it would have been higher for the football
Interesting that the branch has been transferred between lines three times now - Metropolitan, Bakerloo then Jubilee.
Are there any stations/branches that have swapped lines more than 3 times?
The Northern City Line was originally a separate company (from 1904) until it was taken over by the Metropolitan in 1913, then the Northern Line in 1940, and finally British Rail in 1975. The East London Line started out as a joint metropolitan/District/several other companies operation, becoming part of the Metropolitan in 1913, getting its own identity (and colour) in 1990, and becoming part of the Overground in 2008.
I am suprised it is still least used as it is the closest station for BARNET FC
Really enjoy this series
3:25 Did you notice theres a roundell on the seat next to the bin bag? Thats another secret of the tube! (no you dont need to credit me in a tales of the tube video for this)
Tomorrow how can l resist visiting Canons Park? Thank you .😁
What about neasden
Don't a whole load of school children get off and on at Canons Park Station for Canons Park High School or is that Queensbury?
Is there a tube map of the stations with toilets?
Yes
You should do footbridges on the tube.
Canons Tandoori right out of the station is pretty good. A tad expensive, but they throw some heat in their dishes and they are ever so friendly.
Used that station twice every week day for 7 years to get to school. Had no idea it was used that little.
Cannot wait to see which Piccadilly Line station is the least used!!
Least used station on the Waterloo and City Line? ;D
Bank.
It would be between Waterloo and Bank hmmm...
Blackfriars is literally between Waterloo and Bank (the line passes right underneath) and is the least used station on the W&C because they never built the platforms there!
@@norbitonflyer5625 good idea, I see on Google maps that the Waterloo and city line literally passes through Blackfrias.
So the least used station on Waterloo & City line is Bank, which is a busy station.😁😁😁😁
I wonder what the least used station on the Waterloo and City line is ;)
Great mini series.
Geoff, you're actually saying that Blackhorse Road has more passengers than either Waterloo or Bank? Yes, I'm referring to the Waterloo and City line!
Liking all you vids. Can you do an all the trams series? Birmingham, Nottingham, Sheffield, Manchester, Blackpool, Edinburgh and Croydon. Cheers.
Zone 5? I thought it was zone 4 up to after you leave the station and then Stanmore is in zone 5! The Jubilee line is really posh and has many step free access stations.
It’s the newest line, opening in 1979 from Stanmore to the now disused Charing Cross, with Green Park to Stratford opening in 1999.
Great quick concise video
Another great upload!
Geoff any update on what’s happening with the “purple” trains?
A good few people have made the joke about 'Least used station on the Waterloo and City Line' (it's a shuttle that runs between just Waterloo and Bank), but seeing both stations have multiple Tube lines won't the 'least used' be the one with least passengers for all the services? I've never used the W&B so I don't even know if there are separate gates at both stations?
There are at Waterloo, but no longer at Bank (since the opening of the DLR at Bank).
So Waterloo will be the least used station on the Waterloo and City then? @@norbitonflyer5625
This is a very interesting series
I think Preston Road is another rarity in having public conveniences on the platform. Perhaps another video Geoff?
Im surprised stanmore is so low in terms of usage. Whenever I go to London, I go to stanmore to ride to westminster. The car park is always packed
when this series is done will you do most used stations on each line? although having said that I feel some stations will hog the title for multiple lines! i.e kings cross or Victoria!
Kings Cross (six lines), Waterloo (Bakerloo/Jubilee/ W&C), Oxford Circus (Central Line) Victoria (District Line)
Love this videos of yours. Keep it up
If I'd entered the toilets and spotted Geoff filming I would slowly walk out backwards for dramatic effect.
What would be the least used station on the Waterloo & City line ?
Geoff is easily the best TH-camr out there
I’m interested to see what the least used station is on the met line is
how many tube stations have toilets
I'm guessing the Canons Park to nearby Edgware (by running or bus) is an important part of any Tube Challenge
He did trip on Southminster line.
I did course in Althorne. Didn't drive so going was Chelmsford then bus.
But on way back got on at Althorne that was a mile from village post office and down a road basically a private road but access only for station. Remote but quaint.
But is it 43 steps up to both platforms?
Which is the least used station that has more than one line running through it?
If you only count Tube lines, it's Ickenham (Met and Piccadilly). But it isn't the least-used station on either of those lines.
Two least used stations so far and they're both penultimate stations on their lines. Is this a pattern that will continue?
On all but one line, the least used station is one of the last three, and on six of them it's the penultimate one. The only exception is the Piccadilly Line.
How do they separate the entry/exit figures for each line when there is more than one? For example the figures shown in this video for Wembley Park presumably only show those for the Jubilee line.
My grand-mother lived in Edgware and my parents in Kingsbury!
I lived in Stanmore.
no surprise of what station and line are last. Central and Roding Valley of course.
Well it is busy when Barnet FC are at home.
Surprised at this one, as I use it everytime I go to London.
43 steps? that’s equivalent to a 15 storey building!!! 😊
Also, have you counted the thirty-nine steps at Hitchcock station?
If I changed from one national rail service onto the tube then onto another rail service (with a single train ticket) would that count as entry/exit on the tube?
It wouldn't count
It counts as an interchange