Roding Valley - Least Used Central Line Station
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- We're counting down the least used stations line by line on the London Underground, and we've got to the last one! We finally get to the least used station out of all 270 of them - it's Roding Valley.
You can download the Entry & Exit figures for all Tube Stations here: tfl.gov.uk/cor... if you want to see the figures for all other stations.
Least Used videos for Overground, DLR and the Trams to follow!
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thanks geoff for the advice about water, I hate taking water out with me then arriving at my destination with a full bottle, now I finally know what to do with it
Why a plastic bottle if you travel frequently?
Harry Besseling need sparkling dispensers?!
He didn't say he used a plastic bottle. And even plastic bottles are re-usable, so...
I guess it is kinda off topic but do anybody know a good website to watch newly released series online ?
Same with me, I usually leave my water, then when I drink it, it's BOILING hot!
I knew it was still Roding Valley. It's actually directly on the London border. If you're on the eastbound platform you're in Essex, and on the westbound platform you're in London.
edit: i just know this because of my logic, I used google maps.
we got a similar deal with our school football pitch, the london/surrey border goes right through the goalposts
@That Guy You could say the same thing with the Metropolitan line to Chesham/Amersham. A long time ago many underground lines extended well past London in order to connect newly built suburbs that would allow people to travel directly into Central London for work and other stuff. In fact the Central line used to continue to Chipping Ongar until 1994.
That guy - London centrist!!
According to the maps I have the westbound platform is actually in Essex with the boundary running immediately to the south of it.
A lot of the stations on the extremities were built/converted with the hope of attracting development before the advent of the Green Belt.
Most people would have drop dead from the heat on the Central line trains by the time they get near Roding Valley.
Win! 😂😂😂😂😂
Damn sad it’s 2019 and you STILL don’t have air conditioning on the trains just sad. At that point just tear up the deep tube lines and do em over
True but the heat is mostly In central London as it is very packed
@@fr2138 The heat is from the braking of the trains, surprisingly body heat composes very little of the heat generated. It gets absorbed into the london clay, which insulates
"only gets a service every 20 mins"
Northerners be like "God help you Londoners up here"
Amersham & Chesham only gets Metropolitan Line services every 30 minutes!
There are National Rail stations with fewer trains, eg Acton Main Line gets a service every 30 mins. Lots more trains whizz past without stopping.
@@katrinabryce There are stations up North that only get 1 train per hour.
Katrina Bryce yeah but for a metro system it’s not a lot
@@SpudderRail there are stations up north that get 1 train a week!
3:42 When I see Geoff walking away, I always imagine Geoff setting up camera, walking away, and running back to get the camera.
I assume that 22 steps on one side and 24 steps on the other side of the footbridge at roding valley would both be equivalent to a 15 storey building
Yes it is
Looking forward to the least used cable car station!
Maybe next April :)
Can you imagine the panic if they find the passenger numbers are different each end?
@@caw25sha I'd be surprised if there not different, with people buying return rides just for the experience
And Waterloo and city
I know it’s one of two
I love how Geoff matched the font for ‘and drink’ to the TfL font - it’s the little details 👌✅
4:07 "Not including all the night buses". You know what, Geoff? All the night buses sounds like a cracking new series you could start! :D
All the buses done!
I'm 100% Going To This Before The Year Is Out 😊😍 The waiting room on the eastbound made me think of changing Rooms at a swimming pool
Next up, all the major Labyrinths in order (eg. 1-25-50-75- etc) or even all the stations 😉
Sadly some of the labyrinths have been removed now...
Years passed by and this is still the least used in the whole of the Underground
Secrets of the Central Line
Since the "Secrets on the Central line" video, i was waiting for this one about the "least used station on the Underground". :)
Pity they closed the Epping - Ongar branch line on the Central line. I am told Blake Hall had something like 4 passengers a day.
Great videos, thank you as always.
Choosing to go on the central line in the middle of summer, that's brave.
I did my part for helping the stats. On last year’s London vacation I traveled to Roding Valley...just to be one of the ”few”.
There's another hidden viaduct not far away, just outside Debden station, over Loughton Brook - accessible by a footpath near the end of Langston Road, which runs under the viaduct to the corner of The Broadway and Rockwood Ave, 51.651120 N, 0.092080 E
How do you type the coordinates onto Google maps ? I want to find out more about this viaduct
Roding Valley was my local station growing up and me & friends used to play on our bikes in and around that viaduct all the time. Thanks for triggering memories :-) And those mythical Straight Through Trains: it was a rare treat to get one of those!
You should do least used on the Waterloo and City and cable car too 😂😂
On a serious note, TfL Rail?
How about least used Underground station that's actually Underground?
Lancaster gate
gaz riley so would that be the least used station in zone 1?
@@hakc97again my guess is yes i could be way off as it's only my opinion
gaz riley turns out you’re wrong. The least used station in zone 1 is Lambeth North
@@hakc97again ok i'll take that! i used to live near there!
Looking forward to the Least Used videos for Overground, DLR and the Trams.
And TfL Rail!
*Geoff* : Don’t worry, there’s more to come; Tram, DLR, Overground
*Waterloo and City* : Am I a joke to you?
TfL Rail: I don't even get mentioned. :(
@Ken’s Gaming Videos waterloo and bank are both in top 10 busiest stations LMAO
@Ken’s Gaming Videos Waterloo had 76 million is 2018
And bank had 54 million
So bank would be the least used station on the W&C
Would completely ruin the scale on his graph
@@FusionZenFlame Waterloo is mostly a mainline station which doesn't count
Not one I have used but near to others that I do use. I must walk along the river Roding again soon though, lovely.
0:19 "...Off-peak, only gets a service every 20 minutes, that's the least frequent on the Tube network" - What about Chesham and Amersham (excluding Chiltern trains)?
IM Guessing, he meant “tube network” not underground network. Or maybe he’s doing a quiz and at Christmas we have to find the mistakes in his videos? Either way that’s got to be the answer
Was thinking exactly that. Chesham only gets a train every 30 minutes.
chiltern trains don't go to chesham either so it's definitely every 30 minutes
What about Olympia ;)
@@mancubwwa it's weekend service makes up for it's rather insane weekday one lol
Hey, Geoff! How about the least-used station on TfL Rail?
Will you do that as well?
Yay for the continuation of this series on the other LT/TfL modes/services (at least on Rail)! *_*
By the way: will you do only one per Overground, DLR, Trams? Because I think you could at least split up the Overground network into several line. (And also Trams and DLR, too, if I'm not completely off.)
What's so silly about Least Used Station on the Waterloo & City Line? #JusticeForTheDrain
"Least" is a superlative, whereas the W&C can only run to a comparative.
Are you doing all the bus routes in London?
If you do can you film each part
Like:
North West London
North East London
You might find this interesting: londonbusesonebusatatime.blogspot.com I haven't been on the site in ages, and I'm happy to see they're active again. Pity it's just photos...
2:40 Why are the central line signs pink for some moments? Dodgy cameras or what?
Possibly the signs got sun-bleached to pink?
That waiting room sounds like a shower room at a public swimming pool
Next up, the least used station on the purple line which is... all of them
TfL Rail is already open, so we do have a couple of the outer parts of Crossrail running shuttle services already (they just don't want to admit it is Crossrail).
I would like to see the least used one of those. :-)
Waterloo & City would be great even though it's only two stations (I kinda understand why you said you didn't want to do it). The least used is Bank. Waterloo had 91.27 million in 2017 while Bank had 61.8 million
But you would only count the W&C line bits of each station which should in theory be identical, but see my comment above.
@@caw25sha The only problem with that is that TfL does not count Line use in that way, just station use so Avery is broadly correct
@@stephenreardon2698 Most underground stations have common tickets barriers so there is no way of knowing which lines people have used or are going to use but the W&C has separate entrances each end so they could do a line-specific count.
I live half way between Roding Valley and Buckhurst Hill stations; it used to be my local station until Buckhurst Hill opened its step free entrance. There's really not that much point is using Roding Valley beyond the very rare through train to/from Central/Grange Hill. With trains every 20 minutes and terminating at Woodford, it's just easier to use Buckhurst Hill.
And don't get me started on the 549, it used to be an hourly service, now it's just a really weird timetable.
I think it’s about 9 buses a day
I love Roding Valley Station!
I've used the 549 many a time. My mum lived on the route in Woodford, and we would need to get to Buckhurst Hill to visit a friend's. Rather close to where I'm used to with this station
Interestingly and tenuous link time, the source of the River Roding is just north of the Flitch Way (former Braintree to Bishops Stortford line) in Takeley that if you caught going east..... you'd go through the least used station in Essex at White Notley.
Often thought that both with this station and Mill Hill East do you think it is least used because there are no ticket barriers? The passenger numbers count those who tap in and out but if you don’t then it doesn’t count you does it? I had this theory because you can get on and Mill Hill East and off at Finchley Central without tapping in or out.
i live near here and use the roding valley tube station everyday.
I agree,there's never more than ten people excluding staff even in rush hour
I hate to admit, I always thought train spotters were weirdo’s. However, I find these videos so interesting! Binge watched so many!!
I live in Loughton and meet the local Transport Action Group at The Monkhams pub every couple of weeks but I've actually never boarded or alighted at Roding Valley station, I cycle because it's a lot less effort than going to Woodford and trying to find a loop train, or trying your luck at catching two 549s (one there, one back). I have actually ridden the 549 before though, I used to have a friend whose dad lived around the corner from Roding Valley Station.
Geoff! Film Class 195 and 331! They are in service now!
00:20 I thought Amersham/Chesham has the most infrequent service at 2tph off-peak?
William Fall, was thinking the same thing, maybe Geoff was thinking it is still 4 at Amersham and Shuttle to Chesham.
Cannot understand why they cannot chop 4 carriages off a S8, call it an S4, and reinstate the shuttle service and 4tph to Amersham.
Also think Kensington (Olympia) has only an ad-hoc service,
@@ginga2101 probably just ease of keeping every train identical on the met, especially seeing as you can't seperate each car from eachother. (though I would like if they brought the shuttle back)
Hi Geoff! It was a pleasure briefly meeting you in Stratford Underground this week! Keep up the good work
Geoff, thanks so much for making these videos, I’ve looked forward to each and every one. They’ve inspired me to take a step back when life in London gets stressful, and to get out there and explore off the beaten path. Looking forward to seeing what’s next!
So are we just gonna ignore the Waterloo & City Line like it doesn't exist??? 🤔
I know it's only 2 stops, and that they're both in Central London; but technically it also has a "least used station" too... 🤷🏾♂
Great video.. on a side note.. I have been to the Monkhams (the Pub behind the 549 bus stop) and had NO idea Roding Valley station was nearby! Small world!
Hmm, very very poor coustics in that tiled waitingroom, bad enough to be called A-coustic.
I am not sure if _Roding Valley_ or _Kensington (Olympia)_ are the _'least used station on the network'_ because also 3yrs ago you made a video saying _Kensington Olympia-The Tubes least served station_ . I am so confused.
I think you can't not mention how the reason for its really low usage is due to its proximity to Woodford, where services are much more frequent!
gdthallium Definitely. And also easier to park for free in the mornings, so a no brainier.
Great stuff Geoff. My son and I visited Roding Valley on a Sunday afternoon and apart from a few other passengers, everyone else was indeed using the station and footbridge just to cross the line and keep walking. Very friendly staff too. All one of him!
I wish you had done this before this past spring! I spent about 10 weeks living in Central London and would've boosted all of the passenger numbers for all of these lines if I knew about these least used stations.
What is the least used London Overground Station? I bet its on the GOBLIN.
Sparkling water tastes like pins and needles
A line was also provided linking Victoria Park station on the North London Railway with Stratford Low Level and Stratford Market stations which was primarily for goods traffic.[23] The Loughton branch of the ECR was opened on 22 August 1856 with a junction just north of Stratford on the Cambridge line. Via what is now the wards Road allotments south of the Newbury Park station and crossing vicarage lane
"And, off-peak, only gets a service every 20 minutes. That's the least frequent on the tube network"
I really am jealous of London's trains..... I'm sure there is a reason I'm watching this from Australia.
The least used station in Sydney gets a service about every 25mins off peak, and it only services 70 passengers a day.
Great video Geoff and I thought it would be Roding Valley.
Geoff! Come To Finland, 39€ flight per distance from Norwegian, operating from Gatwick, and visit the worlds most northernmost subway, the Helsinki Metro! Here in Helsinki, the metro runs mainly surfaced, and it goes sub-surface in the station of Sörnäinen. Its a pleasant trip!
Looks like a station thats a curious mix of London 1937, 1948 and modern day. . . . a flypast over the station would be a Bristol Bulldog, Gloster Metor and F35B & a steam loco on one side and current TfL stock on the other. . . . .
South Woodford also has a barrierless footbridge with a similar design that people use as a cut-through. There's also a stepless underpass but it's a very long and shallow slope so it saves a load of time if you just cut through the station (plus it's pretty dirty down there).
I used to see a steam train run through Leytonstone on my way home from school in the 50s. How this was pathed among LT tube trains I have no idea, but def ran until 1959-ish. Last time I saw one on LT was around 1970 at Faringdon, think it was an ex-GWR pannier tank. Thanks.
It does however have a full size cooker, in the ticket office. But I guess no staff to use it these days.
Again with the ramps at the ends of the station platforms! That is a uniquely British thing (he says from Toronto). You can just kind of walk off into the shrubs. Or someone from the shrubs can just kind of walk on into the station!
Totally sparse, not very quaint. And yes, over 40 steps overall, 15 storey building yes?
yes, that has to be 15 storeys
Is the line between Upminster and Romford considered the Overground now TFL control it? If it is I imagine that Emerson Park might be in with a shout of being the least used station on the Overground. This is going by nothing more scientific than the handful of times I have been on that line I've not seen one person get on or off at Emerson Park.
Yes it is Overground now. I expect it is used mainly by commuters during the rush hour going to/from Liverpool St via Romford.
Emerson Park seems to have a strong school commute usage. But yes it is normally the least used Overground station (except for years when big chunks of lines are closed for many months).
The trains that run on through Woodford to central London are probably trains coming out of the Hainault depot to effectively start from Woodford but pick up any passengers at the stations on the loop beforehand.
Hot summer there? Here is minus 2 degrees. Freezing
where the hell do you live
I think today it got to low 20s in SE England so average. Where are you?
@@yeahnoway111 Not "hell" obviously. Southern hemisphere maybe?
@@yeahnoway111 ehm Buenos Aires, some 12000 kms from London
I've been wondering who I thought you look like for a while now but just realised it's Jeremy Renner!
Speaking of bus routes, how about the longest and shortest TFL bus routes? Or the least used (if there's statistics for that) or weird ones like the 2 hourly 375 route to Passingford Bridge...could be interesting!
Thanks for all your content and hard work.
longest=X26 shortest=389
*I'd like to see videos about the non-TfL busses that go in and out of London.*
I think that's a different YoutTube channel
@@JBLewis really? What's it called? Wouldn't mind checking it out
@@retrofeathers9474 Oh, I don't know if there really is a bus-centric TH-cam channel, I was more invoking Alton Brown when he would mention some strange food on Good Eats and say, "But that's a topic for another episode." And I'm pretty sure none of *those* topics ever got made into Good Eats episodes.
This was my local station growing up, I crossed the bridge every day for my paper round and just at the end Geoff walks past the house I grew up in on Buckhurst Way.
Service every 20 min when there’s no one there! That’s pretty awesome... where I am in Canada our least busy bus routes are every hour. (We have no commuter trains)
I wonder how many London Underground stations have a separate waiting room like at Roding Valley?
What are the other 11 stations that don't have ticket barriers?
Jason Tang South Kenton doesn’t have ticked barriers
Not Epping, that’s got barriers off peak
Finsbury Park doesn't have any
@@stephthestar90 it does. You obviously haven't used it in the last several years.
It's weird to hear "Roding" in this video since there's a city called Roding near where I live. (Germany)
Roding Valley is named after the river Roding, which in turn gets its name from the Rodings, a number of villages further upstream in Essex. The Rodings is named after a single Germanic tribe who settled there.
0:22 The Metropolitan line to Chesham runs every 30 minutes. You're wrong!
Will least used waterloo and city be done around early april or will it be tied in with least used station on the island in the solent your meaning to visit?
I is actually kensington olympia which is the least used station on the whole of the underground
You could probably take the family out for a picnic here.
Another quality video Geoff.☺ It always amazes me that there are places like this served by the Underground. Sitting by the river, listening to the birds, you would expect passing trains to be very occasional 153s, or 156/158s a few times a day. I remember, MANY years ago, I stayed in the youth hostel at Epping Forest and found it very odd, walking out of the forest to find red buses and the tube station.
You seemed particularly impressed by the place and your enthusiasm is infectious. The Hainault Loop is the only part of the Underground that I have never used and it's certainly on my list - if I'm ever in London again. I'm sure this video will help the passenger numbers although, over 1000 a day is still pretty good - compared to my local station.
All the Best from Plockton(about 24-a-day☺),
Dougie.
I’ve been waiting for this for ages
now for the overground,trams and DLR
Least used station of the Waterloo and city line
It’s probably the depot
We need the least used cable car station!
What would be the least used stations, if all the least used stations were closed down?
You mean what are the second least used stations?
I thought the idea of carrying water was to freeze it at home and then carry it so as it melts it helps cool the tube. I never though of drinking it as well ;-)
Looking forward to seeing what the least used tram stop is! My guess would be Beddington Lane?
Definitely not East Croydon (although the main line station has ramps to the platforms equivalent to a 15-storey building)...
Train every twenty minutes during off peak is common place in Melbourne Australia.
Geoff, i wish i could of come with you. i was up working at loughton station
What's more least used on the Waterloo and city line: Waterloo or bank
So, the most used stations on every line now?
I know kcsp is most used on the vic but that’s about it
That shot of the trash bag swaying in the wind was masterful
God that footbridge is as high as a fifteen storey building
Now do the least used station on Isle of Wight. That will give you an excuse to finally ride the trains there!
The Isle of Wight doesn't exist, hence why Geoff hasn't been there!
I have this theoretical burning question for Geoff. but anyone commenting is fine!!!
WHERE WOULD YOU EXTEND THE Waterloo & City line TO???
(and yes i know that both ends of the line make it almost impossible without a whole relocation at least at Bank but still)
mindroutes.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-city-line-proposal.html?m=1
all i could legitimately find was this thing from a literal decade ago. comments say that it's close to physically impossible to do so
I'd extend it to Liverpool Street and build a new connection at Cannon Street to relieve the number of people using Bank.
I visited London in Nov and Dec 2019. On one particularly dreary day, I did All the Stations on the Central Line, including Roding Valley. Back in the States now, but looking forward to my next visit and a trek to visit All the Stations on another line.
I parked at Epping during road works and you could park on the approach road for free! Then discovering contactless payment I to visited every stop en route to a West Ham game via Roding Valley at Stratford. 19 new stations and only £1.50 !!!
Least used Clippers station!
On the subject of the Waterloo and City I heard yesterday it was part-suspended. How is that even possible.
It has happened: the departure platform at Waterloo was unusable for some reason (a flood I think), so trains had to run empty to Bank but could run in service back to Waterloo.
Great video by the way mate! I don’t live too far from Roding Valley myself, it’s always satisfying seeing it when I get the train from Woodford to Buckhurst Hill (:
I swear Amersham and Chesham's service is less frequent than Roding Valley's??
And don't forget Kensington Olympia!
@@sihollett Yes absolutely, completely forgot about that one.
@@ConnorGalbraith96 should also point out that, as well as Chiltern services, Amersham sees 4tph at peak times. But then RV has those via Woodford directs (and some more via Hainaults?), so sees more than 3tph too.
Should have invited me along Geoff! I don't live far from there!
their is one of those bridges, between debden and theydon bois,