@@HenrysAdventures I mean, this video is about as busy as my local station (Osterley) gets when I am there. usually see about 10 people on the platforms waiting for a train.
The island platform is Clapham North. The reason why Clapham Common and Clapham North stations have the island platforms was that it was cheaper to build. Angel and Euston were island platforms before being rebuilt to single platforms due to safety concerns and overcrowding and the narrower island platforms were not adequate anymore. It would be expensive to rebuild Common and North to single platforms and not on TfL's important things to do list at the moment. The 1959 and 1962 stock's time on the Northern line was coming to an end as one 1995 stock that came on, retired one 59/62 from passenger service.
At least Three notable features about The Northern Line Hampstead one of the deepest stations on The LU Network then there's Angel Islington after it was completely refurbished the lifts were replaced with the longest escalators in Western Europe at 197 feet long with a vertical rise of 90 degrees and then The Northern Line is home to the oldest section of tube railway in the world the section between Stockwell and what was King William Street that opened on The 18th of December 1890. So a lot of Nostalgia There.
1044 and 1045 are on Alderney, 1044 is certainly shown here! Really wonderful to see it on juice power on this clip! Just come back from Alderney and was brilliant to travel on them there. They only use one set of doors on each carriage now, but these are still controlled using the compressed air system, powered by battery. The brakes are also still original and I was told these will easily overpower the 70 year old vulcan shunter diesel in the event of an emergency stop.
I'm wondering if you looked through your archives would you have some shots of some 1983 Jubliee Tube Stock or even C and D Underground Surface stock and 1967 Victoria Tube Stock outtakes from your previous Drivers Eye Views.
Boy did we try and try again and again but were never given permission to film. We tried the museum, the Mayor, NYC Subway authority, we even had a driver who wanted to film with us but all to no avail. We had no choice but to give up.
@Joe Schmo Thousands of sales later, we can count the number of people who feel like this on one hand. Why would we have been able to afford to produce every single LUL line over the years if people didn't like what they see and hear and come back time and time again. HOWEVER, we DO offer FX only button on our latest productions so people DO have the choice now.
I remember that I was not a happy bunny in those days. I had a moment of truth at Morden in 1998, took the Bank branch (1959 stock) back to Kings Cross and I decided that the Wen was not for me. Drove back up the A1 the next day, after a last valedictory lunch at Highgate 'Spoons. London is great to visit, but not to live in. However, I still have so many happy childhood London memories, mostly soundtracked by the old electric motors of tube trains and slam-door Southern Region EMUS.
Guessing they got rid of the 1972mk1 stock on the Northern line by this time. Some ex Central line 1962 stock was transferred to the Northern line to give the mk1 72s the chop. Most were scrapped and some were transferred to both the Bakerloo and Victoria. A few mk1s still remain in service on the Bakerloo line as half units with the mk2s as one train.
It's because they were a smaller fleet than the '59 stock, by withdrawing them first it meant there were less types of stock to train new crews on at once.
@@basictransportenthusiast4386 there is a complete ex Northern line 1972mk1 train on the Bakerloo line. I saw it when passing through Queens Park sidings, it was parked there. The remaining few are half units combined with some mk2s maybe as replacements for damaged and written off mk2 carriages.
That farting noise, the smell of brake dust, and in the early 90s at least, the 24-hour sound of car alarms and cold engines being revved beyond their limits as neds stole car after car after car from every street in Britain. Happy days!
I assume all the 1972mk1 stock had been chopped off from the Northern line by this time. The 1959 stock stayed on a bit longer as thy were better in performance than the 72mk1s For every 95 train that came into service, one 59 was taken out.
I know that they were the exception rather than the rule but I prefer the look of the 1959 stock trains when they were painted, either in heritage Standard Stock livery or LU corporate livery
@@leonardssenkindu5802 well, playing devil's advocate, life doesn't stand still and eventually it gets more and more expensive to keep old parts going, especially with the demands of an ever growing Capital City
I remember hearing the familiar farting noise from the isolation cock when the train shuts down. I heard a lot of that on the A60 Stock on the Metropolitan Line at Baker Street the the East London Line at New Cross Gate before it became part of London Overground 2 or 3 years later.
Likewise! I loved this noise, and was beyond chuffed (pun intended) to rather unexpectedly get the chance to trigger this same noise for myself for a few years on the A60/62 stocks. Arrival at a terminus was lent a sense of occasion!
Some of the 1962 stock went to the Northern line after the 1992 stock took over on the Central Line and they were mixed with the 1959s in the 3 car part of the train, likewise the 1956 stock.
Excellent footage of the 59’s , it’s a shame video125 didn’t do the Northern line drivers eye view using a 59 , the same way they did the central line one in 1992 , using the 62’s
It didn't. The 59ts that was painted in what we now know as the LU corporate livery was similar to all the others - it was just a coat of paint on the outside.
Those trains should have guards, as the trains were built for driving with a guard and guards stopped on the tube in 2000 Edit: Just noticed the guard…
Brilliant, those sounds. One can almost feel the last of air and the smell !! Wonderful footage brings the last 50 years or so back to life.
Cant believe so much has changed in 20 years
Yep but both Clapham Common and North are still island platforms today.
Angel and Euston have since been reconfigured to single platforms.
There are more changes to come yet!
@@oludotunjohnshowemimo434 The Angel reconfiguration happened way back in 1990 when those trains were still running
thats the best quality ive ever seen for a video more than 15 years old, even better than "The Tube"
I remember these trains in the early 90s. Dirty London.
I bet them stations aren't that quiet now. Even with the people, the trains... everything is so peaceful sounding.
I'd agree with you but in the current circumstances they might be quieter. But hopefully soon things should be back to normal.
@@HenrysAdventures I mean, this video is about as busy as my local station (Osterley) gets when I am there. usually see about 10 people on the platforms waiting for a train.
Watching your film feels a bit like going back home. Thank you!
The island platform is Clapham North.
The reason why Clapham Common and Clapham North stations have the island platforms was that it was cheaper to build.
Angel and Euston were island platforms before being rebuilt to single platforms due to safety concerns and overcrowding and the narrower island platforms were not adequate anymore.
It would be expensive to rebuild Common and North to single platforms and not on TfL's important things to do list at the moment.
The 1959 and 1962 stock's time on the Northern line was coming to an end as one 1995 stock that came on, retired one 59/62 from passenger service.
Euston was actually rebuilt so the Victoria line could have cross platform interchange
@@bowlerstuff9589 thanks didn't know that.
@@oludotunjohnshowemimo434 Angel and Stockwell also used to have island platforms
I believe the 95 stock came in 98
@@skyscraperdata2518Angel also has the 2nd looooongest escalator in Europe.
The fact that nyc trains are still like this but without moquettes
Best Tube stock ever purchased by London Transport
1959 stock
At least Three notable features about The Northern Line Hampstead one of the deepest stations on The LU Network then there's Angel Islington after it was completely refurbished the lifts were replaced with the longest escalators in Western Europe at 197 feet long with a vertical rise of 90 degrees and then The Northern Line is home to the oldest section of tube railway in the world the section between Stockwell and what was King William Street that opened on The 18th of December 1890. So a lot of Nostalgia There.
Nice to see the "Heritage' liveried units in action. Think most of those 7 cars survived - two on the Channel Islands and at least three in Essex
Some of 3 cars were 1962 stock and the remaining 4 cars were 1959 stock.
1044 and 1045 are on Alderney, 1044 is certainly shown here! Really wonderful to see it on juice power on this clip! Just come back from Alderney and was brilliant to travel on them there. They only use one set of doors on each carriage now, but these are still controlled using the compressed air system, powered by battery. The brakes are also still original and I was told these will easily overpower the 70 year old vulcan shunter diesel in the event of an emergency stop.
I liked the old unpainted trains. A real brutalist, big city look.
Big shout from Elephant and Castle!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍👜
You can hear a 1995 stock pulling into clapham common in 4:27
That was Clapham North
I remember when these were new!
Thank you for uploading the great video! I miss silver body Northern Line! Nostalgic shape, Old good days...
Did anyone notice at 4:00, a single door opens before the train stops at the platform?
Yes it was the guard.
I'm wondering if you looked through your archives would you have some shots of some 1983 Jubliee Tube Stock or even C and D Underground Surface stock and 1967 Victoria Tube Stock outtakes from your previous Drivers Eye Views.
I love the 1950s stock with the rhubarb and custard livery, just beautiful
wish there was good quality footage like this of the nyc subway in the 80s....
Boy did we try and try again and again but were never given permission to film. We tried the museum, the Mayor, NYC Subway authority, we even had a driver who wanted to film with us but all to no avail. We had no choice but to give up.
@Joe Schmo Thousands of sales later, we can count the number of people who feel like this on one hand. Why would we have been able to afford to produce every single LUL line over the years if people didn't like what they see and hear and come back time and time again. HOWEVER, we DO offer FX only button on our latest productions so people DO have the choice now.
My first job on LUL on the back of a 59/62 or 72 on the Northern.
Something about the timeless mellifluous moan of these venerable beasts, accompanied by the obliviously joyous blackbird song, soothes my soul.
I remember that I was not a happy bunny in those days. I had a moment of truth at Morden in 1998, took the Bank branch (1959 stock) back to Kings Cross and I decided that the Wen was not for me. Drove back up the A1 the next day, after a last valedictory lunch at Highgate 'Spoons. London is great to visit, but not to live in. However, I still have so many happy childhood London memories, mostly soundtracked by the old electric motors of tube trains and slam-door Southern Region EMUS.
i so miss all the old trains. the new ones are like characterless now. its sad
Guessing they got rid of the 1972mk1 stock on the Northern line by this time.
Some ex Central line 1962 stock was transferred to the Northern line to give the mk1 72s the chop.
Most were scrapped and some were transferred to both the Bakerloo and Victoria.
A few mk1s still remain in service on the Bakerloo line as half units with the mk2s as one train.
Great video as you would expect from Video 125👍
Wow not even that long ago.
Ils ne sont pas tous neufs mais nous les adorons !
If you attempted to show only the old trains in this video, You FAILED!!, The 1995 stock was heard at Clapham North at 4:26
Yep, hands up....
I miss those good old days of 30 years ago.
By this time, the mk1 1972 stock was withdrawn from the Northern Line. Wonder why the 72mk1s were given the chop firsr?
Actually a good chunk of them now operate on the Bakerloo Line
It's because they were a smaller fleet than the '59 stock, by withdrawing them first it meant there were less types of stock to train new crews on at once.
@@Class317Max okay make sense to keep crew training simple, operational costs and maintenance costs down.
@@basictransportenthusiast4386 there is a complete ex Northern line 1972mk1 train on the Bakerloo line. I saw it when passing through Queens Park sidings, it was parked there.
The remaining few are half units combined with some mk2s maybe as replacements for damaged and written off mk2 carriages.
That farting noise, the smell of brake dust, and in the early 90s at least, the 24-hour sound of car alarms and cold engines being revved beyond their limits as neds stole car after car after car from every street in Britain. Happy days!
Good solid footage. No nerd chatter
Yeah it’s well over 20 years since that was filmed as of today all the 59 tube stock trains are scrapped
1998 the 95 stock came in I believe
They (1959 stock) were still running during the change over.
I assume all the 1972mk1 stock had been chopped off from the Northern line by this time.
The 1959 stock stayed on a bit longer as thy were better in performance than the 72mk1s
For every 95 train that came into service, one 59 was taken out.
When the Underground had decent trains. Note the BRCW set 1956 stock at 4.10. The MG sets ran at a different pitch.
Sounds like the old R Stock MG sets, rather than the 850Hz frequency the rest of the fleet were supposed to run at.
@@90SecondRant Yes agreed. Shame a 1959 set was not preserved like the 1938 stock.
So *that*'s what that is! I never saw the 1956ts in action so I didn't realise. Great spot, thank you!
I know that they were the exception rather than the rule but I prefer the look of the 1959 stock trains when they were painted, either in heritage Standard Stock livery or LU corporate livery
SiVlog they looked like tube trains, not these 1992 stock and new ones, they look shit
@@leonardssenkindu5802 well, playing devil's advocate, life doesn't stand still and eventually it gets more and more expensive to keep old parts going, especially with the demands of an ever growing Capital City
Yay! First one is the 1950s Heritage livery! As seen many times on Poirot.
I remember hearing the familiar farting noise from the isolation cock when the train shuts down. I heard a lot of that on the A60 Stock on the Metropolitan Line at Baker Street the the East London Line at New Cross Gate before it became part of London Overground 2 or 3 years later.
It was called blow down shut down. When the Driver blew the brake pipe out and closed his Drivers Brake Valve isolating cock.
Simon Chalker I thought I was the only one thought when the train terminates they farted, lol
I could watch an entire video of blow downs! And a video of those whiny compressors...
Likewise! I loved this noise, and was beyond chuffed (pun intended) to rather unexpectedly get the chance to trigger this same noise for myself for a few years on the A60/62 stocks. Arrival at a terminus was lent a sense of occasion!
2:03 You can clearly see a guy just watching out of an open door. LOL
That was a guard.
thanks
Do you have any footage of a 1995 and 1959 stock on the same station at the same time?
Only noticed after a while....no cellphones ! People actually looking at the world around them ....
I miss those babies (1959 and ‘62)
Some of the 1962 stock went to the Northern line after the 1992 stock took over on the Central Line and they were mixed with the 1959s in the 3 car part of the train, likewise the 1956 stock.
@@oludotunjohnshowemimo434 ok, thanks for letting me know that, 😃
Excellent footage of the 59’s , it’s a shame video125 didn’t do the Northern line drivers eye view using a 59 , the same way they did the central line one in 1992 , using the 62’s
When did the 5-way route indicators go away?
What are these white big rectangles that some people are holding in their hands???
i wish trains today had those flatulent brakes
Fun fact. Camden Town has the biggest rats on the whole underground. They are massive!
They're so big they've given they hi-vi's
Looks like me coming in to Clapham Common NB.
1:39 LMAO my local station!
Great stuff cheers
Shame this video isn't longer I would have love to have seen the 1959 tube stock train in LUL livery to see if it had a hustle alarm.
It didn't. The 59ts that was painted in what we now know as the LU corporate livery was similar to all the others - it was just a coat of paint on the outside.
Those trains should have guards, as the trains were built for driving with a guard and guards stopped on the tube in 2000
Edit: Just noticed the guard…
The guards stopped in 2000 because that was when these trains ended their service.
its interesting because it uses mostly modern station infestructure but then the trains are just so different
I think these are exhibition runs where they use to have an old stock on the track for a day...
Nice
I miss those trains
Northern Line 1959 Tube Stock
Lovely
I miss those old trains.
Funny how they still had guards
Northern Line 1995 Tube Stock
Two many baked beans lol
Sounds so creepy lol
Brilliant 👍