Those 1930s esque tube trains are still used on the Isle of Wight, because there's a 395 yard tunnel, which is too small to handle modern trains, if we raised it it would cause the homes above to collapse -_-
I used to think that when looking at the map on Tube journeys in the 80s. Never went there but did go to Upminster at the end of the District Line,having to take a taxi ride to and from there when spending several days at a rather odd hotel out in the wilds somewhere in a place called Bulphan.
This makes me very homesick... I love the Tube. When you live elsewhere in the world you soon realise just how fortunate we are to have such an expansive and accessible transit system, in order to get around the city of London.
Ride the New York City Subway (Underground) & in the sweltering heat of a New York summer & despite the fact the cars (carriages) are air-conditioned the stench of urine will overwhelm you at no extra charge. Lovely.
A long time ago I worked at the Holborn underground station for students summer job. It was fun. I used to shout mind the gap, clean the station, and sometime man the checkout booth. Often used to wonder how they built this place! Amazing engineering that we take for granted. I still visit the Holborn station when I get a chance to visit UK. Thank you for putting London Underground on you tube. It is like the artery of London.
Had a holiday in London many years ago and remember the surprise I felt the first time I went through an abandoned station on the tube. Fascinating and creepy in equal measure.
Love those red station buildings. I can see something like York road reopening if that area gets a mega development. Down street needs to be a museum based on the history
Ongar was the favoured starting point of tours of the entire system, hopefully to set a new time record. It was customary to stay in a hotel or B&B in Ongar and get the first morning train. John Betjeman is said to have done the tour and he probably still holds the record for the longest time (whatever it was), as he is said to have got out to look around every station.
😲 How do I know this station but not know it was closed?! I had to go look it up: closed 1933, demolished 1986!! It has such an important-sounding name that it sticks in the memory. I guess I heard it on a b&w film...
When visiting the Brick Lane area in 1996 there was still much more evidence of the Bishopsgate station and all the tracks running to it. I remember lots of small stalls for the weekend market being located inside the railway arches below the tracks. Some years later, when I wanted to do photographs of this unique area, most of it was gone ;( Watching your video I had lots of memories of my latest tour in the area, but that memory is a lie as my latest tour was a virtual one done with "street view". I also have memories of the area around the "Cheers" pub in Boston or Fisherman's Wharf in SF, although I'm really sure I've never been to the US ;)
I have memories, very vivid, of Scotland in the Middle Ages and Israel, around 60 yrs after the crucifixion. No I'm not religious but I am sure some of us reincarnate and we remember. I met people who were in Scotland with me and remember and in Israel who remember too. I knew who they were the moment I met them. No I don't think everyone reincarnates. I have pondered it for decades and no...many here are empty vessels, Nothing to reincarnate. No offense but they are fleshbots.. AI meat droids soon to be replaced far as I can tell. No, I'm not kidding nor am I crazy and IDGAF any more what anyone thinks about it to be quite honest. I'm done putting other ppls ideas before what I know is true.
There is a staircase from the old pizza restaurant down to the platforms..I used to work.there in the ticket office and used to do security checks..down the spiral stairs..the old lift shafts and knot the platforms at hyde park corner
I actually did use the Jubilee platforms at Charing Cross, On 1983 stock as well. It was on quite a long run between there and Green Park so the train got a good bit of speed up.
Same as Network rail third-rail line level crossings. Interlocked crossing gate with signalling, and third and fourth power rails stopped short on both sides. Train is long enough to continue picking up power through the dead section at the crossing.
There are two other level crossings on the network, one is at Neasden depot. The second one, while not used by underground trains is a level crossing north of Amersham which is a foot crossing is the cut off point for the signaller/line controller meaning everything north to Aylesbury is National Rail and everything south is London underground. 1. www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6764921,-0.6178322,319a,57y,5.2t/data=!3m1!1e3 2. www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Neasden+Rail+Depot/@51.5553465,-0.2545079,173m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48761175444e271d:0x810e30c3de3e7773!8m2!3d51.5576964!4d-0.2602871
Other folk on here may have already mentioned this but there is an excellent book by J.E. Connor called London's Disused Underground Stations that makes for a very interesting read and contains many great photos. I really enjoyed this video too, well done and thanks for posting.
It seems that most of these abandoned stations have a lot of unused space in the centre of London. Why can't these be refurbished, then rented out by retailers or something to bring in revenue, which could pay for a lot of the renovations to the Tube system and not keep charging customers more?
You forgot the stations: St Mary's, Hownslow Town (not hownslow east), Lords, Swiss Cottage and the old Hownslow West, I thought, thats odd I thought there was more than that.
omg..... ive passed the york road one so many times from egg nightclub to kings cross station but never noticed.... its been right in front of me but ive never seen it, thats mad
So isn't Stratford International pretty well abandoned too? Considering the vast amount of money it costs and the cheeky additional costs to get to Kings Cross or vice-versa me thinks the fare paying public have been well and trulied here! Go on, be naughty!
I passed the hotel at 2:42 a week ago and only knew it had to be an old Tube station building because I watched some of your videos featuring the Leslie Green stations prior to my London trip. =-)
I was inside south Kentish tube station last night doing an escape room and it was good seeing part of the inside. Also done a tour of down street which was interesting to see what it was like inside during the second world war.
At 1:11 you mention the unique level crossing used by the farmer.... Isn’t there one at the west end of the met line towards Amersham and Chesham that’s still open?
It has regrettably become less visited after the rise in popularity of using Carski's Protocol with the Standard Metropolitan amendment. The rules of the game started becoming too convolute (some would say back in the early 1800's but I'm a bit more open-minded).
@@alexleo172 I am referring to the game of Mornington Crescent in the hope that some fan will pick up on it and respond in kind... (It has a cult following because "our Humph" [Humphrey Lyttleton] was such a popular presenter;-)
Actually, Brompton Road closed in 1934, when either South Kensington or Knightsbridge had a new entrance open on the same side as Brompton Road, therefore forcing it to close.
Top Video as always Geoff. I was just wondering about 1 thing about Down Street Station. I have been using the Piccadilly Line a fair amount recently and took an essential Journey from Acton Town to Kings Cross. I knew about Down Street (from watching this video so many times because it's so good and informative) and thought If it was like York Road where you can see the remains of it. On a Northbound train from Hyde Park Corner about 1-1.5 minutes in there was a large open space big enough to fit a platform and I think I saw cream coloured Tiles in the tunnel through the window. Could this be the Northbound Platform of Down Street? Just wanted to know whether it is possible to see it from a train or not
On the Epping Ongar line, did they put the roundel signs back up specially for that day? I take it the Cravens unit must have been loco-hauled or pushed as there's no electrification there now.
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Really good video Geoff. I used to live in this area and when I was a kid run across the railway lines avoiding the trains hurtling by Glad to see that this area is being upgraded. Ps how about a video the steam train crash that happened in this area
The Northern train crash from '75? That was at Moorgate, the injury toll at 74 and the death toll at 43 including the driver. This would probbaly explain why I feel uneasy whenever i'm on the Northern Line platform at Moorgate despite me being born 30 years and 3 days shy of 4 months after the crash happend
Anyone know why the closed Ongar station? Being an extension further into Essex I'd have thought it would be far more useful than the others closed featured in this video.
They should bring them all back to release the cars out of london city because london is turning into a big carpark cant move anyywhere or things drive very slow
i recall a thinner , younger looking guy who tried to beat a guiness record who looked like it might be this guys younger brother ;) the old stations were beautiful. i dont care for the new designs, they all look like jedi training school
from the wiki: "The scheme is sponsored, with Santander UK being the main sponsor from April 2015. Barclays Bank was the first sponsor, from 2010 to March 2015". I think they're only replacing the colours/panels when necessary so there's still a lot of bikes around in the old livery
Signs:
"Risk of death."
"All staff and contractors are to avoid making unnecessary noise."
Meaning:
"If you must die, please do so quietly."
Truly the height of British culture
If you must kick the bucket; do so British'ly.
Lmao
Those 1930s esque tube trains are still used on the Isle of Wight, because there's a 395 yard tunnel, which is too small to handle modern trains, if we raised it it would cause the homes above to collapse -_-
Not Quite, the Tube Stock on IoW is 1938 Stock, this here is the Cravens Stock- pretty rare even when built.
I grew up on those 1938 trains great to see them at IoW
Class 313s would run on that line just fine due to the lower heights
Also one of the Channel Islands
Then lower it
Why do I even watch this?
I have never even been to London.
Probably because it is entertaining
Ive been to London but I also love the tube
It gives us a reason to visit!
That's weird?
@@Blandtoast-ru3yysame
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The guy should be called 'Lesley Maroon', not 'Lesley Green '
or Terry Cotter
Ongar Station was always a place I wanted to go as a wee-lad looking at the Underground map. It seemed at the end of the world!
It is rhe end of the world!
it definitely is because theres nothing here in ongar! but its heritage now with steam trains
No wonder it got closed
I used to think that when looking at the map on Tube journeys in the 80s. Never went there but did go to Upminster at the end of the District Line,having to take a taxi ride to and from there when spending several days at a rather odd hotel out in the wilds somewhere in a place called Bulphan.
*wees*
This makes me very homesick... I love the Tube. When you live elsewhere in the world you soon realise just how fortunate we are to have such an expansive and accessible transit system, in order to get around the city of London.
Ride the New York City Subway (Underground) & in the sweltering heat of a New York summer & despite the fact the cars (carriages) are air-conditioned the stench of urine will overwhelm you at no extra charge. Lovely.
"Tubestock" sounds like a hipster music festival with people only wearing tube socks.
yes
Does anyone else feel like a game of Mornington Crescent? Lol!
How have I never seen this!!!!!
A long time ago I worked at the Holborn underground station for students summer job. It was fun. I used to shout mind the gap, clean the station, and sometime man the checkout booth. Often used to wonder how they built this place! Amazing engineering that we take for granted. I still visit the Holborn station when I get a chance to visit UK. Thank you for putting London Underground on you tube. It is like the artery of London.
Northfield closed in 1517 and opened in 1971 Younge on the Old Victoria line
Opened in 1167
5:20 you brought memories when I had to use this toilet in emergency
Had a holiday in London many years ago and remember the surprise I felt the first time I went through an abandoned station on the tube. Fascinating and creepy in equal measure.
Love those red station buildings. I can see something like York road reopening if that area gets a mega development. Down street needs to be a museum based on the history
Do a congar line on the ongar line
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Geoff can start a yoga class on the tube. It might become a thing around the world.
Lincoln Ho | YEGventures.ca with all the screeching haha
Cool
You'd think some enterprise chap would convert the old stations into coffee shops or restaurants. The architecture is fab and sooooo London
Ongar was the favoured starting point of tours of the entire system, hopefully to set a new time record. It was customary to stay in a hotel or B&B in Ongar and get the first morning train. John Betjeman is said to have done the tour and he probably still holds the record for the longest time (whatever it was), as he is said to have got out to look around every station.
And now due to covid 19 nearly all of them are about to be abandoned - who would have thought that 3 years ago.
I have never ridden on the Tube as I am not from London, but I know more about it than a lot of people thanks to these videos
Me too I am from Manila, Philippines but I share my knowledge about London Underground because of this video and fellow Londonist Jay Foreman
Been on it a few times know probably more than a person from London
Jay Foreman is hilarious, I wish he did more London videos
I'll happily send you some tube maps for free.
OvaltineForLife the comment is 3 years old bud
But do we get any reference to British Museum tube station?
That's what I was thinking!
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😲 How do I know this station but not know it was closed?! I had to go look it up: closed 1933, demolished 1986!! It has such an important-sounding name that it sticks in the memory. I guess I heard it on a b&w film...
London holds so many secrets underground. Its amazing!
Huh? London Hold?
When visiting the Brick Lane area in 1996 there was still much more evidence of the Bishopsgate station and all the tracks running to it. I remember lots of small stalls for the weekend market being located inside the railway arches below the tracks. Some years later, when I wanted to do photographs of this unique area, most of it was gone ;(
Watching your video I had lots of memories of my latest tour in the area, but that memory is a lie as my latest tour was a virtual one done with "street view".
I also have memories of the area around the "Cheers" pub in Boston or Fisherman's Wharf in SF, although I'm really sure I've never been to the US ;)
I have memories, very vivid, of Scotland in the Middle Ages and Israel, around 60 yrs after the crucifixion. No I'm not religious but I am sure some of us reincarnate and we remember. I met people who were in Scotland with me and remember and in Israel who remember too. I knew who they were the moment I met them. No I don't think everyone reincarnates. I have pondered it for decades and no...many here are empty vessels, Nothing to reincarnate. No offense but they are fleshbots.. AI meat droids soon to be replaced far as I can tell. No, I'm not kidding nor am I crazy and IDGAF any more what anyone thinks about it to be quite honest. I'm done putting other ppls ideas before what I know is true.
Geoff is meditating
6:02 LOL
There is a staircase from the old pizza restaurant down to the platforms..I used to work.there in the ticket office and used to do security checks..down the spiral stairs..the old lift shafts and knot the platforms at hyde park corner
"We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell."
Oscar Wilde.
5:30 - Looks more like a cash converters than a tube station!
I actually did use the Jubilee platforms at Charing Cross, On 1983 stock as well. It was on quite a long run between there and Green Park so the train got a good bit of speed up.
York road in an industrious area, I'm sure you meant industrial! 🤣
Wow!! That was really interesting. Such beautiful architecture. Thanks for posting.
You're a serial Londonist. You should be arrested for all this good content. :D
A subject that has fascinated me for many, many years. Nice one.
0:02 I don't know any abandoned tube stations
Bull and Bush is not an abandoned station, it had a ventilation shaft
Tube line level crossing. I would love to see some technical details about that.
Same as Network rail third-rail line level crossings. Interlocked crossing gate with signalling, and third and fourth power rails stopped short on both sides. Train is long enough to continue picking up power through the dead section at the crossing.
Ah, right. Of course! That is it. I have seen them plenty on the South West Trains network.
Sometimes you don't see the obvious solutions. Thanks. 😉
the Central line runs next to tfl and grater anglia when it goes to Ellingto
@TheSurreyRailway _ROBLOX As do several depots, but I know of no other public road x-ings, so if you see any please add them...
“I am thinking of taking up yoga, so I can have a look around inside.” 😂😂
And get over that high fence.
0:49 that's a 1960 Stock! I know how to drive one of those! Sort of...
There are two other level crossings on the network, one is at Neasden depot. The second one, while not used by underground trains is a level crossing north of Amersham which is a foot crossing is the cut off point for the signaller/line controller meaning everything north to Aylesbury is National Rail and everything south is London underground.
1. www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6764921,-0.6178322,319a,57y,5.2t/data=!3m1!1e3
2. www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Neasden+Rail+Depot/@51.5553465,-0.2545079,173m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48761175444e271d:0x810e30c3de3e7773!8m2!3d51.5576964!4d-0.2602871
Other folk on here may have already mentioned this but there is an excellent book by J.E. Connor called London's Disused Underground Stations that makes for a very interesting read and contains many great photos. I really enjoyed this video too, well done and thanks for posting.
South Kentish Town is also an escape room now. Pretty interesting interior.
yes , read " show more "
Londonist Ltd my bad, sorry.
Laurenteamec always read the description! 😃
Used to go down there often, before the yoga studio days. It was a.. uh, "recreational spa"!
didnt you also have a series about the lost london railways? I remembr watching it but cant find it anymore
Hi Geoff!!!
It seems that most of these abandoned stations have a lot of unused space in the centre of London. Why can't these be refurbished, then rented out by retailers or something to bring in revenue, which could pay for a lot of the renovations to the Tube system and not keep charging customers more?
As a kid living in London WI (Baker Street - Chiltern Court) The Ongar Tube station on the Map seemed like it was at the end of the world.
2:20 handy incase your feeling peckish
*intense snicker wrapper noise*
*M...MMMM*
You forgot the stations: St Mary's, Hownslow Town (not hownslow east), Lords, Swiss Cottage and the old Hownslow West, I thought, thats odd I thought there was more than that.
Bxno hell find them trust me
Bxno He did say this was part 1
The old Hounslow West, known as Hounslow Barracks is long gone, there is nothing there to suggest there was a station there..
Swiss Cottage is still a tube station
@@HoneyBear393 it was the original Swiss Cottage opened by the Met Railway
Can you make your content accessible by adding closed captioning please? it is very hard to watch with just the auto captioning on.
omg..... ive passed the york road one so many times from egg nightclub to kings cross station but never noticed.... its been right in front of me but ive never seen it, thats mad
Thanks for releasing this; I had "Secrets of the Underground" on my Christmas list, but then I found it wasn't on sale anymore.
Ongar was once “zero” for the underground track distance measuring system.
I though that it still is!
@@1963TOMB it still is.
they didnt have...or ........did they?
1:53 What happens if we can’t get on a Piccadilly line train because we aren’t in London but still want to see all those lots of what we can see 🥺
I think the colour of the tiles is oxblood not terracotta red
So isn't Stratford International pretty well abandoned too? Considering the vast amount of money it costs and the cheeky additional costs to get to Kings Cross or vice-versa me thinks the fare paying public have been well and trulied here! Go on, be naughty!
I passed the hotel at 2:42 a week ago and only knew it had to be an old Tube station building because I watched some of your videos featuring the Leslie Green stations prior to my London trip. =-)
I was inside south Kentish tube station last night doing an escape room and it was good seeing part of the inside. Also done a tour of down street which was interesting to see what it was like inside during the second world war.
Ahh my favorite tube series are back!!! This is the best christmas ever!!!
At 1:11 you mention the unique level crossing used by the farmer....
Isn’t there one at the west end of the met line towards Amersham and Chesham that’s still open?
Why is Euston replacing Mornington Cresent?
It has regrettably become less visited after the rise in popularity of using Carski's Protocol with the Standard Metropolitan amendment. The rules of the game started becoming too convolute (some would say back in the early 1800's but I'm a bit more open-minded).
@@Dranok1 No I mean the dash for Euston on the map on the vid
@@alexleo172 I am referring to the game of Mornington Crescent in the hope that some fan will pick up on it and respond in kind... (It has a cult following because "our Humph" [Humphrey Lyttleton] was such a popular presenter;-)
Geoff:the picadilly has the highest number of abandoned tube stations
Metropolitan line:am i a joke to you?
How did they run old tube stock, when the line was de-electrified?
Actually, Brompton Road closed in 1934, when either South Kensington or Knightsbridge had a new entrance open on the same side as Brompton Road, therefore forcing it to close.
Can confirm there is a spiral staircase to platforms at HPC
How on Earth could they get it so wrong to close Epping and Ongar in 1994? Madness surely.
Top Video as always Geoff. I was just wondering about 1 thing about Down Street Station. I have been using the Piccadilly Line a fair amount recently and took an essential Journey from Acton Town to Kings Cross. I knew about Down Street (from watching this video so many times because it's so good and informative) and thought If it was like York Road where you can see the remains of it. On a Northbound train from Hyde Park Corner about 1-1.5 minutes in there was a large open space big enough to fit a platform and I think I saw cream coloured Tiles in the tunnel through the window. Could this be the Northbound Platform of Down Street? Just wanted to know whether it is possible to see it from a train or not
It sounds like a lot of stations were closed in the mid 90's
BREL and various engineering firms went under too. It was a bad time for the rail industry.
1:59 I don't see anything!
Industrious does not have the same meaning as industrial. 🙄
On the Epping Ongar line, did they put the roundel signs back up specially for that day? I take it the Cravens unit must have been loco-hauled or pushed as there's no electrification there now.
Wow! Wonderful video! Looking forward to watch the following parts. Great job Geoff!
👍🙂
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Fun fact: South kentish Town has an escape room in the old station. Geoff should do it.
Love this series! so much information, it's like being there
You missed an abandoned tube Station Its British Muesum On The Central Line
cant do all in one go
I think it overlapped with the new tottenham court road station?
As Paul Merton said " Don't look back in Ongar "
The Meaning of Liff.
1:36 industrial*
Looking forward to Part 2 of this series. Superb video as always.
Damn how old is some of this footage?! The boris bikes are still barclays!
Aaron Traynor 2 Years old, originally part of a DVD.
I bought the dvd specifically for this video but it's nice to release it. :)
These %£);)‘!! knocked on he letters off York Road, so that no one can read what it says. So now it’s even more obvious what it said. Well done.
The Euston Station is now probably gone, cleared for the HS2 platforms
who noticed the Gemini 1?
"Only instance of a level crossing"
There's the one at Neasden Depot as well.
There are plenty of level crossings within depots. Do you know of any more public road ones?
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The tube station Park Royal & Twyford abbey and Northfields & Little ealing are two other abandoned stations both on the Piccadilly line
Really good video Geoff. I used to live in this area and when I was a kid run across the railway lines avoiding the trains hurtling by
Glad to see that this area is being upgraded.
Ps how about a video the steam train crash that happened in this area
The Northern train crash from '75? That was at Moorgate, the injury toll at 74 and the death toll at 43 including the driver.
This would probbaly explain why I feel uneasy whenever i'm on the Northern Line platform at Moorgate despite me being born 30 years and 3 days shy of 4 months after the crash happend
Terracotta red? :(
Ox-blood red! :)
unstoppablefalse What Pantone number?
Some stations are abandoned due to works like Bond street station until May 2017.
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Anyone know why the closed Ongar station? Being an extension further into Essex I'd have thought it would be far more useful than the others closed featured in this video.
DavidUKesb I think it was just lack of traffic
Looks like York Road now gone at surface level, and Euston will follow shortly in 2022
I Brough this on film
They should bring them all back to release the cars out of london city because london is turning into a big carpark cant move anyywhere or things drive very slow
i recall a thinner , younger looking guy who tried to beat a guiness record who looked like it might be this guys younger brother ;) the old stations were beautiful. i dont care for the new designs, they all look like jedi training school
I wish central line runs to Ongar station that be great
Great video Geoff, thanks. Looking forward to Part 2.
The North Weald to Ongar branch is indeed abandoned but it’s not disused
Bruh I'm to high for this bullshit why the fuck am i watching some guy that likes to count steps walk about and find train stations
3:03 Barclays Bikes, not Santander. How long has this been in production? ;)
Joel Heritage Description says it was released on DVD two years ago ;)
from the wiki: "The scheme is sponsored, with Santander UK being the main sponsor from April 2015. Barclays Bank was the first sponsor, from 2010 to March 2015". I think they're only replacing the colours/panels when necessary so there's still a lot of bikes around in the old livery
Never knew about ONGAR STation, never even heard of the place