I'm not even from England and my city doesn't have a metro system but the history of London is fascinating.

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you’re enjoying it!

@millomweb

3 жыл бұрын

Where are you ? How has London affected you ? Yes it has affected you - but you don't know how yet ! I know one way.

@gavin169

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Canada and I still dilligently watch all these videos. Good stuff.

@GdotWdot

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, though my city has two whole underground tram stops.

@hoopster68

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Pat London man of the streets

In recent years, the old City Rd site has been surrounded with new housing developments. It's not hard to imagine a tube station being popular there now.

@anthroparion

2 жыл бұрын

agreed. I once walked from old street to angel and it was long... There was a point I thought a station would be handy and right next to me was some old brick tower thing.

@lunahlulah6772

Жыл бұрын

to be fair until recently I worked on Moreland Street and the surrounding area is a bit of a ghost town by London standards most of the time

Used to work at angel as a station supervisor had to inspect city rd stn once a week as it was designated as a emergency escape route nothing down at trackside just had to make sure stairway was clear etc also just out of interest angel old stn survies behind the walls of the new one spiral staircase walkways and lift shaft are all there even still has old posters on the walls used to be quite spooky walking round it

Great video! There’s still the widened tunnel area albeit with no platform between old street and angel, same thing with bull and Bush as well as south Kentish Town. Always used to make my ears pop!

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! South Kentish Town is another on my list. There’s an urban legend about a guy who accidentally got let off there after closure and had to live there until another train stopped...

Ive been going to City Road for years since I was a kid because I used to have friends who used to live in the Micawber Court flats on Windsor Terrace just of City Road on the Hackney/Islington border and my friends moved from City Road in the year 2000.Every time used to get the 205 bus from King's Cross to work at Fenchurch St I used to go through City Road and I wondered what the abandoned building is next to the Kestrel tower block and I discovered on a KZread video a few months ago that it used to be a old tube station called City Road. It would have been nice to have it open now. City Road is one of my favourite places in London.

"This red thing" seems an appropriate description of that red thing!

The joy of browsing KZread randomly in the morning and saw a freshly uploaded Jago Hazzard video is like being given an extra piece of beacon in your full English breakfast, a nice surprise that will brighten up the rest of your day.

@philroberts7238

3 жыл бұрын

Beacons are good at that!

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@AtheistOrphan

3 жыл бұрын

Would that be a Belisha beacon?

@heli-crewhgs5285

3 жыл бұрын

Award yourself a beacon sandwich.

@msmith5080

3 жыл бұрын

Beacon is a bacon of a good morning

A 5 star energy efficiency rating for this video😊👍👍👍

I don't even remember how I found you and subbed, but I totally love your content, thank you for such an interesting channel ♡

Experienced Tube users can “hear” when the train is passing tunnel features such as abandoned stations.

@dominicfindlay

3 жыл бұрын

And see the bit of white graffiti on the platform.

I must have driven past the remains of the old station hundreds of times commuting to work years ago, yet never realised what it was. The things that are 'hidden in plain sight' eh? Superb channel Jago and thanks for your sterling efforts mate.

@windleshamwanderer3728

3 жыл бұрын

I'd like a quid for every time I've driven up and down City Road over the last 40 years, but I never remember seeing this building.🤷‍♂️

@stephenpegum9776

3 жыл бұрын

@@windleshamwanderer3728 That could almost be the start of a nursery rhyme Nick : "Up & down the City Road And in & out of The Eagle" - sounds vaguely familiar somehow !! 😎😱

@stephenpegum9776

3 жыл бұрын

@ᚱᛰUᛠӖᚱ ᚦᗩӖϻᛰᚤ Ha ha - nice one !! 😎👍👍

@emss.851

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenpegum9776 there's a song by Suggs that says "We're in and out the Eagle and up and down the City Road".

As someone who literally lives opposite the former City Road tube station, its quite amazing to see one's local history!

I was born at Islington in 1960, lived at Richmond Avenue and now live in Worcester--found this video very interesting!

@johnhawkins6506

3 жыл бұрын

@John Buffalo I am 98 Whole host of reasons starting with my Mum's collapse by heater and the resulting bad burns to her legs!

Used to work for a charity based at Rococo House a hundred yards up from this on City Road (around 1990, back in the days when you still accessed Angel from the old City Road entrance and you felt like you were on some death-defying fairground ride on that narrow platform!). Often wondered about what this curious building was it and I only really remembered it when I saw something about “City Road station” in a book and recognised the structure in the picture! Great to hear a more detailed version of its story though and to see some pictures of it as a station 👍 Excellent stuff as ever 🤓

"I anticipated that somebody would invent KZread and about a decade and a half later I'd start a channel"

I used to walk up city road from old street quite a bit when I was in London, plus its mostly downhill on a Boris bike when you're coming home late. It always seemed to me to be the emptiest place in the city, no wonder the station disappeared. Thanks for these videos Jago, i get the relive my backpacking days bouncing around the tube.

@highpath4776

3 жыл бұрын

Forgot I used to Cycle to Highbury from Moorgate when at college.

Prominently in the background is Kestrel House which many will know, in a completely different context, as the sleeve art for The Streets' debut album Original Pirate Material.

Being a civil engineering student especially interested in city development from germany, I am super glad I found your lovely channel!

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@edwardoleyba3075

3 жыл бұрын

See if you can find the book, “The Making of Modern London”. I think the author’s name is Peter Ackroyd. It’s a good insight into the development of London. There are also some books covering the history and development of the London Underground available. Best Wishes.

In 2008/2009, I lived in the UK, taking care of my mum when she was really ill, and I worked at a film school in Islington. I stayed in Newmarket, but would take the bus in to London, then the tube in to Islington. I’d work at the school through the week, then take the tube back to the bus stop, then the bus back to Newmarket. The shots bring back a lot of memories. Thanks for that.

It is a shame to see old stations dissappear completely. Tho i love the idea of taking heat out of Londons largest sauna to power other things, maybe add a few to the central line.

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to do a video on the fact that the Central Line is so absurdly hot this summer. Alas, lockdown.

@highpath4776

3 жыл бұрын

@@JagoHazzard Its normally cool where the two lines are stacked in stations . on the lower level, Wait till winter and the freeze up wanstead

@anomalousoddity

3 жыл бұрын

London's largest sauna haha so true

@iankemp1131

3 жыл бұрын

Both Central and Victoria lines seems to have got worse in recent years with new signalling and more frequent and higher powered trains. Good to see anything that can help, especially in summer, but do people want the released heat? Southampton uses an absorption heat pump to turn waste heat into cooling, which could be a useful option.

@bigaspidistra

3 жыл бұрын

Odd to remember that in the early days of the tube railways the coolness down there was advertised as a benefit.

Abandoned tube stations are super interesting, especially when you tell about the background story, and what has become of these sites. Love the little joke you made about the 2004 photo that has found its way to the public after all these years.

A long time ago I used to commute to The City University (now "City, University of London") via the old Angel station. I remember the narrow platform with the stairs at the end (not very wheelchair-friendly) and then a corridor to the two lifts. Angel station still had wooden lifts when I started and they were always had an attendant/ticket collector. They had two sets of doors opposite each other but only one set were open at a time. Later on, steel user-operated lifts replaced them. I vividly remember having to climb the long spiral staircase when the lifts were out of service and feeling that my legs were turning to jelly when I neared the top. I switched to Barbican station when I knew the lifts were out at Angel. If City Road station had still been operational it would have been closer to the college. Just a walk down Moreland Street to Northampton Square, more convenient than Angel or Barbican.

I live on central street. I remember the old building coz my brother lived in the area before I did. And I use to think what is that. But it looks sounds like they made good use of the building. But I think it definitely should of been a station. 👍😎

I must have passed that hundreds of times without knowing what it was. I used to go to the Islington boat club as a kid which was based on the canal near there, later on I had a job at the bakers on kings Square (now fish central) thanks for the video

Your content is interesting and far more amusing than the seemingly countless TV series on railroads!

Fascinating stuff!! Seems almost every tube station has a tail to tell. Warmest greetings, from the Mojave desert.

Sarchtastic Jago. You are a wit. I love the way that red thing simply blends into its environment and doesn't alienate me in the slightest.

Just wanted to say this is an absolutely brilliant channel, definitely a favourite. Another great video! Certainly inspired me to visit a few places :)

@millomweb

3 жыл бұрын

Short, snappy videos :)))))

Out of curiosity, was there any of the original station left when it was converted into a ventilation shaft?

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

I believe the station was, at ground level, mostly intact.

@fhwolthuis

3 жыл бұрын

@@JagoHazzard can you do an episode about these "ghost stations" please? 😊

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

If I can get to them. There are an awful lot, so it would probably take several episodes.

@fhwolthuis

3 жыл бұрын

@@JagoHazzard maybe join up with some urbexers, I don't mind a complete series 😁😉👍

@izzieb

3 жыл бұрын

Hello you.

I've not got much interest for trains so I find it hard to keep up with some of the other tube enthusiasts channels, but this is something different, you tell the stories that are forgotten and maybe even uninteresting to some and make them into something accessible and informative... plus I don't have to 'like' trains to feel engaged. well done, a well-deserved sub from me.

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I try to make them interesting to casual viewers as well as enthusiasts. I have a lot of friends who aren’t enthusiasts, but are interested to spot something unusual, and that was kind of my inspiration to start film making.

@maryapatterson

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. There are alot of us about who love London and the tube but is not a train enthusiast. So initially I felt a bit awkward like I had crashed some kind of train enthusiast conference, even though I must confess my liking for trains has increased. Growing up in West London, without the aid of the internet, you just didn't take much interest or appreciate much your surroundings. I knew a little bit having played tourist information adviser to the endless visitors from abroad. I think what it is, you dont feel guilty watching these clips because you have learnt unlike the endless kitten videos!

Goodness gracious my first job in London was at a small architecture firm between Angel + City Road ... wow, what a throwback 1986-87.

Here's a possibility: Since it was such an early tube, perhaps they liked having a lot of stations as it made tunnel building easier? If you're having to build an access point to pull spoil out from the workings, it probably doesn't take a lot of extra digging to make it a station?

Some of the things that architects and designers say is such a stretch that it's barely even a reason. They might as well paint it green and say "we wanted to commemorate the oxblood red tiles. Red is a colour. And green is a colour. By using a colour, we have paid tribute to the fact that it used to be a colour."

I’ve been down City Road trackside for work; it’s incredible both what is and is not still visible from the olden days.

Thanks. Really enjoying your videos as a born and bred Londoner. Oh the joy when the tube came to Brixton !

So that ugly red thing is a deliberate design? Oh dear. I thought it was building work.

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

I actually thought the same the first time I saw it.

@MrEddHard

3 жыл бұрын

It's looking better now its had a chance to weather a little.

If you use Apple Maps, City Road Rube Station is still a pinned location on the map. Even better, if you choose Satellite View and 3D, you can still find a picture of the old building ! The satellite images were obviously made before the Bunhill 2 Centre was built and the new developments along the basin are also still open construction sites.

I lived on the road opposite for 10yrs (Graham Street) and left 6 years ago. I noticed it as it was opposite the 24hr shop but never knew that it was a station. Thank you for the background info.

Cycled past here yesterday and thought it might be tube-related. Your videos must be preempting my searches now!

Walking through Angel to Old Street track side, I didn’t remember seeing a old platform between the two station or seen old auto signalling prints with a station.

I used to go Uni over the road from here (City, University of London) and always wondered if it would be better served in modern times. Was a 15 minute walk to either Angel or Barbican while City Road was barely 5 minutes, but then again maybe thats just something thatd be convenient for very specific people.

@loftyD

3 жыл бұрын

what are the chances of me seeing you here hahaha

@PlanetoftheDeaf

3 жыл бұрын

Same here! The area was a dump back then, but definitely more vibrant now

@iankemp1131

3 жыл бұрын

Fair point. My dad told me how in WW2 he went to a radar course at the old Northampton Polytechnic, which wasn't in Northampton but in Northampton Square London, and is now City Uni. City Road looks well placed for that, but students are young and fit and need exercise :)

Recently discovered your content. My dad was a well known model maker in Scotland and volunteered at Bo'ness on restoring carriages I believe (back in the 80s/90s!) so I have a very soft spot for trains and trains myself having lost him when I was 12. And i also just love a bit of history. So it's all a bit of a warm hug in these weird times.

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Fun fact: 4:23 The building immediately next to this abandoned tube station, Kestrel House, is the one from the The Streets debut album cover "Original Pirate Material".

“Red Elephant”....the pains withheld for you for these puns will be severe indeed... :)

Man I love these videos. Thanks a lot for sharing.

That's it. I'm hooked

I have passed both the old station and the new red 'thing' hundreds of times but never knew what either was, so this video was brilliant for me. Thanks a million.

Hello, Jago - your comment that City Road was not exactly affluent has one supporter. I worked with an advertising manager who described the City Road area as "the arsehole of the universe." As for Angel, thank goodness it does have such a wide platform. Previously, it was terrifyingly and dangerously narrow, not least during such hour. The only thing more terrifying was to be found in the lifts at Angel. Someone had scratched into the woodwork of the lifts the names of the Tottenham Hotspur double-winning team of 1961. The names were still there in 1978... As ever, thank you and stay safe.

Every video I watch I see more and more subscribers. 55.8k now. Awesome.

I recall seeing what was left above ground of the station as the bus approached Old Street on the way to Moorfields. I am glad that the site now has something of use to the community rather than another soulless office block or obscenely expensive flats.

I know a girl from Islington. Held a party. Arthur was there, .... and Phil, a party crasher. 😊

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Phil sounds like a pretty hoopy frood.

@juiceter3981

3 жыл бұрын

Heh heh! The us film is, of course, terrible.

@Plons0Nard

3 жыл бұрын

@@juiceter3981 I read more comments like yours, but since the proof of the pudding etc., I decided to watch it without expectations. Not bad, I must say. Too much deviation from the plot for my taste. 🤝

I drove past there many times, on City Road or Central Street and had no idea that building was the old ventilation shaft from an abandoned underground station, good info.

The ventilation tower that was left from the original station reminds me of the one near Swiss Cottage station. Would be fascinated to know if that too is a remnant of some larger structure. Likewise, the similar building between Beksize Park and Hampstead (formerly Heath Street) stations.

@stephengreenwald5271

3 жыл бұрын

And near Goodge Street.

@chriswareham

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephengreenwald5271 I've done a bit of searching and it appears the one at Beksize Park was the entrance to a deep level air raid shelter. The one at Goodge Street is definitely a former shelter, and now used for secure storage of documents and off-site backup data.

@stephengreenwald5271

3 жыл бұрын

@@chriswareham Thanks. Do you mean it's not used for ventilation?

Thanks Jago, great video! I've walked past this old station countless times and never knew about its history. Keep up the great work on your channel

"Being fairly poor and run down" while showing B-Roll of the building I live in; that hurt, Jago 😂

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry! B-roll is heartless.

@victors5181

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, probably paying a fortune for it too!

@ryantaylor9085

3 жыл бұрын

@@victors5181 No joke, the apartments on the street are in the £1.5-3m range 🙈

The design on the outside of the Bunhill Centre uses a similar geometric pattern to the carpet in the Overlook Hotel in the 1980 film 'The Shining'. Clearly the architect was a Kubrick fan...?

@andyjay729

3 жыл бұрын

The Shining was filmed at Elstree Studios, wasn't it? Maybe the architect did some work on that movie set, or intended it as a tribute to the fact that it was filmed in the UK instead of Hollywood. Although if that were the case, you'd think they'd throw in a tribute to Star Wars, since the original trilogy are probably the most famous movies filmed there.

Thank you Jago. All your videos are informative, articulate, and interesting. The cities history never ceases to amaze keep up the good work, I never knew that :)

Stayed in an Airbnb on city road which was just opposite to where city road station was. The station would have been handy especially when hauling luggage but it was a short enough walk to old street or just catching a bus was adequate.

Great video jago, very interesting,bunhill great idea👍👌😀

Thanks for your Knowledge my friend😁🇬🇧👍

When I was a kid I used Angel Station when I was around the corner on City Rd. I remember the narrow platform with the lines on either side of it.

I've cycled past that red thing for years but didn;t know what it was before I watched your video,thanks

Interesting, as a life long London er, who frequents most parts of our lovely capital i find it strange how dirty some parts look and in need of a total revamp and a fresh lick of paint 😀

Really great videos. I do love learning about olde London. Fascinating stuff! I love that a lot of the old stations and other landmarks are still there, but without knowing about the history you’d never really spot them or notice them!

Yes, the tube is a little bit of a sauna in the summer. We've got a sewage water heat exchanger in Vancouver. A lot of the "skytrain" system is elevated. Probably not enough of an underground section to exchange what heat we have. Great idea though.

Given the current amount of housing in the area, if City Road station were to be re-installed, I wonder how well used it would become?

@hx0d

3 жыл бұрын

Doubt it would be used much unless you really wanted to go somewhere on the northern line. The bus only takes like 5-10 mins up to angel or old street in both directions

@heli-crewhgs5285

3 жыл бұрын

Hadiisepic: I was thinking beyond either end of City Road, like the rest of the rail network!

😂 "This red thing" 😂 I love the humor you inject into these videos!

Thanks for another fun trip. I suppose the answer to the question "is Bunhill 2 is a good idea or a red elephant?" (naming convention?), would be found in the answer to another question...does it work? If it does provide heat and hot water as intended, and at a lower cost than other methods, then it's probably a good idea. If it doesn't work, then it's a money sink. Here in the States, we'd be wondering who got the government grant to build it.

@highpath4776

3 жыл бұрын

Does not have to be at a lower cost, as part is to cool the tube. Something similar planned for south wimbledon in part of the high path developments (maybe, could be another dropped promise in them), and they forget despite the tunnel entrance a mile + away winter the northbounds bring freezing air from morden depot all the way to tooting.

Another great Tube video. Can’t wait for the next one!

Interesting and nicely researched, with the added bonus of an actual sense of humour

If I lived in the lower floors of that block of flats, I can't say I'd want that monstrosity outside my window.

Nice history and great comments from the subscribers.

Several early underground lines were built with stations relatively close together, notably the Paris Metro, but also the Piccadilly (e.g. Covent Garden and the closed Down Street and Dover Street). Some lightly used stations have been closed to speed up journeys as the tube extended into the suburbs. However Angel now has big gaps to both Kings Cross and Old Street so is very busy.

knew about the old angel station 100 metres up the Road but wasn't aware of this at all

I happen upon your channel quite by accident, but I am very glad I decided to have a look at it. I have always been fascinated by London history and why it had so many underground stations.. And now I not only know thswt but also the history's in detail of many if the individual stations themselfs.. So thank you for videos and historical background stories So glad I found your channel.

Mad! Never knew that was a station, I live on City Road and everytime I was past this you can smell/feel the tube but no tube there, now I know!

Interesting video. Always fascinated by Northern line and other ghost stations.

I grew up in Islington for years so know the area well but also like to find out history

Londons Subway system was probably the coolest thing about London for me. So neat and efficient. The stations were so deep and the older line stations were so weirdly intertwined. Some stations seemed like a deathtrap if a fire were to break out though!

@2H80vids

3 жыл бұрын

It happened; it was; 31 lost their lives. Google "Kings Cross Tube fire".

You can still see the stairs that lead to street level from the train when stopped at a signal. I believe that as with some other abandoned stations this could still be used to evacuate people from the tube during an emergency.

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll keep an eye out for those next time I’m on that line. Whenever that is...

Wonderful job anticipating the creation of youtube and your channel.

Did Jago just say Red Elefant? Did he make a pun? I think he did!

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

There are no depths to which I won’t sink!

@highpath4776

3 жыл бұрын

@@JagoHazzard So you went up and down the city road, but did you go in and out the eagle ? (and the covered over reservoir near angel)

You were very foresightful in 2004 😊

A great video would love to visit some of the abandoned stations. Down Street Aldwych etc.thank you.

Great video Jago, your content is extremely good and consistent!

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I live on the basin just across from this! Very happy you've made this video as I was explaining some version of this story to my patient mother only on Monday. We later walked past the 'Golden Boy of Pye Corner' - I'd love a video on that in future!

LOL, I thought that was a half-finished building. It's an eyesore for sure.

I thought this was gonna be a walk round the station but I nearly fell asleep due to ur voice.

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

It was a walk around the station. Did you sleep through that bit?

This channel is so fascinating. I love history and trains. Voila 😀💀

Really liked this one Jago!

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Fantastic video thanks! I seem to remember reading somewhere there was a signal box down there so there were shifts that had to get there via the derelict station - does anyone else know about this?!?!? Thanks again!

It’s good to see that what was a fairly useless station is now repurposed as something fairly useful (even if the building is a bit grim!)

All this reminds me of the 90s and catching tubes across town to rehearsal sudios and songwriting sessions. Broke but with a head full of dreams. Love your channel. Your narration is superb. 30 years ago channel 4 would have snapped this show up. Don't stop.

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

It was right next to City University so shoulda coulda been so useful for shunting students - I remember the old shaft, was sad to see it go - but didn't know that about what the building is now, so that's cool

Now Angel needs it's own episode. I remember it featuring in a program on BBC2's Tube Night, probably the same time you took the photo of City Road.

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

Certainly worth considering.

@Ad-gn8pl

3 жыл бұрын

@@JagoHazzard the secret of the wide platform needs to be exposed. Really loving your work 👍

@MrCotherstone

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ad-gn8pl I used the northern line city branch a lot in the 1980s and I seem to recall Angel was a narrow island platform then between the north & southbound lines so I assume they constructed a new tunnel with associated platform and enlarged the original platform to fill the tunnel space of the old line?

@Ad-gn8pl

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrCotherstone Yes that's it. I believe it was a very busy and ridiculously narrow island platform, exit via ancient lift's which meant that passengers exiting the station backed up on the platform while the next train arrived

@mudmucks

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, same as Clapham North, and I guess Euston, before it got re-arranged

Very interesting. Thank you!

Its raining and horrible outside but this interesting video has cheered me up. On another matter do you remember the old Angei station? Unlike today the platform was tiny, and there were steep old stairs leading to the trains.

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

I’m afraid I never saw it before the rebuild - I first started using it in 2000, when I got a job in the area.

@highpath4776

3 жыл бұрын

@@JagoHazzard Like some other victoria/northern platform sharings one bore was retained and the other newed and slewed over so part of the circulating ares I think was the north bound running line ( well I have a 50:50 chance of being right)

@anomalousoddity

3 жыл бұрын

@@JagoHazzard Oh Jago you MUST do a video on the old Angel station and also the shaft opposite the bus stop that is next to the old station, on City Road, it still has TFL cameras on it which is the only way to tell it's underground property - it's fascinating history

@iankemp1131

3 жыл бұрын

It's featured in another of Jago's videos isn't it? (Worth a link in the header?) With various user comments about how scary the old narrow island platform could be especially when crowded. Claustrophobia rules OK.

@pathopkin3226

3 жыл бұрын

The old Angel always scared me as a child with narrow platform and tube trains roaring in and out on both sides

Thank you for your videos

@JagoHazzard

3 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!

when i first saw the modern building on the site i thought 'oof, not quite sure about that', but when you explained its purpose and the detailing of the facade became more apparent i started to like it. If they'd added a bit more variation in tone to the colour it could have been as striking as Birmingham's new library, which it immediately reminded me of, albeiit the library is far larger.

Love your stories & explanations ☺ TY