Finally! Someone uploaded a full length Piccadilly Line cab ride!

@stephenjanes2031

4 жыл бұрын

here is another one by the BBC kzread.info/dash/bejne/mIttlsqMdZbLobA.html

@pauloconnor2980

4 жыл бұрын

I like the way the signals are explained!!!

@speakfreeley4473

4 жыл бұрын

Video 125 did one from Rayner's Lane to Cockfosters, though the entire Heathrow branch from Acton Town is also included.

@anml4676

4 жыл бұрын

@@stephenjanes2031 From a BBC commercial channel??? The video is a travesty.

@ryanmcmanus63

4 жыл бұрын

speak freeley Aaaaaa

I left school in 1966 and used to travel from Cockfosters to Bond Street every day to get to the West End office where I worked. What got me as I watched this is that nothing seemed to have changed very much from how it looked over fifty years ago.

When I was in my early twenties, in 1980, I used to love going to London and travelling on the tube, but that was in a different era completely. Oh for a time machine.

The last time I was at Hounslow West was early 1965 on my way to Tilbury Docks to travel by ship to Australia, I have had a great life down under and experienced a life way beyond anything that could have ever happened in England.

@biggedybiggedybong8032

3 жыл бұрын

Pity you couldn't have taken Rolf Harris with you...

@leonardssenkindu8445

3 жыл бұрын

@David Parker Lol cheeky 🤪😂😈

It's so cool to see all the disused stations and 'hidden sidings' in all the tunnels like this. Great video!

@Mrmegaminergames

4 жыл бұрын

We have quite a few turnbacks, "tunnel sidings", (they can also be above ground) on the network i drive for

@Lewwytravels

4 жыл бұрын

Tipsy Kangaroo and?

Good video and great commentary, well done.

Reminds me of London. For personal reasons.I love London. I am from Australia , stay at Earls Court when I come to London. So the Piccadilly line is the 1st line I travel on. A train every couple of minutes, fantastic system.

"this is the 25mph speed restriction" *Speed intensifies*

Yes every other line shows you a drivers eye view near enough except the Piccadilly line good upload.

Great video! Loved, liked, subscribed 👍🏼 Greetings from Finland, Juha

@jacksugden8190

4 жыл бұрын

JuhaVnt - Greetings from London England 🇬🇧.

Interesting to see at Finsbury Park where the running tunnel was swapped during the construction of the Victoria line to cater for cross platform interchange. The westbound platform is the old Northern City branch platform to Moorgate.

I was expecting a full length cab documentary of the Piccadilly line. Thanks for uploading this and it's great history of the London Underground. I went in 2011 with lot of older tube stock but shame all the sub surface and Victoria line have been modernised with S and 2009 stock trains.

@aidanmacqueen7113

4 жыл бұрын

Missed out the airport though... (Heathrow Airport)

I travelled on this line Kings Cross to Knightsbridge in May 1950 to join the life Guards at Knightsbridge cavalry barracks . I was 18yrs of age.

I rode this line many times in the 1980s to and from Heathrow. It always seemed to take ages, and was never comfortable.

@malo66

4 жыл бұрын

It has not changed much as the same trains are in service - the oldest on the London tube system.

@fetchstixRHD

4 жыл бұрын

Malcolm Hartney: Second oldest no? The Bakerloo’s 72ts are older?

@malo66

4 жыл бұрын

@@fetchstixRHD yes if Bakerloo are from 1972, then you are right that they are older than Piccadilly line stock.

@fetchstixRHD

4 жыл бұрын

Malcolm Hartney: Yup, the 1972 tube stock date from 1972 whereas the 1973 tube stock is actually from 1975

@johndean4998

4 жыл бұрын

I too rode the line frequently during the early 1980's between Caledonian Road (student digs) and Hounslow West(girlfriend)/Heathrow, and I concur about the journey being long-winded & uncomfortable - however, before the line was extended to Heathrow (in the 1970's?) Hounslow West was a terminus and you used to have to change to a bus for the final few miles, so the journey took even longer!

Oakwood station was originally named Enfield West upon its opening in 1932. South of Arnos Grove station the Piccadilly Line tracks cross over the A406 North Circular Road on a brick viaduct before going into the tube tunnels north of Bounds Green.

Entered Southgate tunnel in summer, emerged in winter! Nonetheless great upload.

The sub-surface station platforms at Hounslow West only came into being when the new Heathrow Airport extension of the Picc was constructed in 1975 as the original terminus platforms at Hounslow West were located to the left before you arrive Hounslow West, these old platforms which have since been made into a large commuter car park. District Line services also ran between South Ealing and Hounslow West up until October 1964, hence the four-track layout between South Ealing and Northfields whereupon between Northfields and Hounslow West the District Line services alternated with the Piccadilly Line services. Also just before you arrive at Hounslow East there is the short remains of the former track bed which carried the line to the original Hounslow Town station; this now being the site of Hounslow bus garage.

im impressed you have Piccadilly line in british railway period

I love trains that moves along at a leisurely pace

That section between King's Cross and Caledonian Road always seemed to take an age!

I remember those nasty 80s tiles at King's Cross...eurgh!

At 44:26 to 44:33 those thud sounds at that Platform In Barons Court remember that well. That was like that for years. And also on the Piccadilly Eastbound Side between Stamford Ravenscourt Park just after the bridge and more or less parallel to the park and Padling pool just before the station over the Arches there there was also a few loud thuds in that area around there and would be really bouncy. And down in the park you could feel it all rumble on the ground the vibration from the arches. I always remember it going slowly aswell one time slowing right down and going over it about 15 20 MPH and.the distance between those gaps it would still rumble and make a good thud noise

@thetelephoneprankster4254

4 жыл бұрын

Why was it like this?

@acceptableandbornind80s32

3 жыл бұрын

@@thetelephoneprankster4254 years ago it was the Joinings on the track that had gaps in them and depending on the surface underneath aswell if it was a joining of anything like a bridge or something

As an ex train maintainer i rode in the cabs with drivers from golders green to morden on the northern line a few times

This was filmed in mid-2004, judging by the advertisments on the walls.

@forza223bowe5

4 жыл бұрын

It seems older than that

@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102

4 жыл бұрын

Also judging from the fact that the District line's D78 stock trains don't look refurbished yet.

@irtbmtind89

4 жыл бұрын

@@forza223bowe5 The ads for The Davinci Code at 18:11 pretty definitively date it to 2003 or 2004.

@flower-ld5id

4 жыл бұрын

or 2003 judging by the tox tags at 8:11 lol

@mister_M.

4 жыл бұрын

flower 😂

I was age 24 newly arrived in London in November 1966. I worked as a Guard on the London Underground Piccadilly Line Hounslow West to Cockfosters. I was based at Northfields (Ealing). I worked from 1966 to 1968. Resigned then joined the Signals Workshop LG and later left Ldn on the M.V.Ocean Trust as the Ships Electrician. (Now I live in Perth Western Australia since 1970.) I became an Electrical Inspector and in 1994 Dec I retired early. Now I am age 78 on a lovely Australian Pension 100% Australian Govt Pension, in my 26th year of early retirement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I noticed the soot and dust and muck inside the tunnels built-up over the years of the Industrial Revolution in London UK. Each day when I returned home, my nose was full of this soot and muck.

Piccadilly Line 1973 Tube Stock

Used to travel from Turnpike Lane to Holborn every day in early eighties, so glad moved back up north wouldn’t want to live in London anymore

Amazing!!! Brompton is at 37:37

Great recorded footage of this old stock class of the piccadilly line looks like it was filmed around 2002.

@kinkisharyocoasters

4 жыл бұрын

It's the same in use today. Been around since the 70s

@rheostar

4 жыл бұрын

@@kinkisharyocoasters ...and the '73 stock will still be in use for several years to come.

@videonut1988

3 жыл бұрын

This line may probably not run the same trains like the Victoria Line though...

I used to live in Turnpike Lane from 1979-2004. When I started working in central London during the late 80’s, I used to take the train to Holborn. Over the years I did research and I have an interesting fact according to me: Did you know Turnpike Lane is the ONLY station on the WHOLE underground 🚇 system that has THREE exits in THREE DIFFERENT POSTCODES. The official address and exit is Langham Rd, N15. That is South Tottenham. There is an exit at Costa Coffee which is in N22, Wood Green and finally the third exit is outside Ducketts Common park which is N8, Hornsey. I have no real proof but I think I’m right. If I’m not, let me know 👍🏽👎🏽✍🏽🚉

at oakwood, pk22 now has a co-acting indication

Looks like this footage is really old. The stock passing by 47:39 doesn't have the blue red colors of the London Underground. Loved the tube ride and its rich history.

@najhydro

3 жыл бұрын

its not so old, its only 16 years old.

@TheBritFromOz008

3 жыл бұрын

The D78s were refurbished considerably later than the other trains that were originally in painted aluminium - don’t think the last one was done until 2008. All the others (1972TS, 1967TS, 1973TS, A60/62 and C69/77s) were refurbished before the filming of “The Tube” in 2002.

Good video, thanks for uploading

Hounslow East looks so weird without the Blenheim Centre dominating the background. If I remember correctly, that was completed in 2006 so this has to be before that.

Wonderful.

I assume this was made for driver training by TFL as a driver route learning aid?

@paulanderson79

4 жыл бұрын

It has a businesslike feel about it. I suspect you are correct.

Great channel, i subscribe now. 😀👍

This must been filmed a long time ago Kings cross is in its pre 2009 form.

@najhydro

3 жыл бұрын

actually 6 to 5 years before that

Am still trying to find a cab video for Heathrow Terminal 4 loop and the route to Terminal 5, non time-lapse. :( but great video! Anyone has full length cab rides around the T4 loop and to T5?

@tobys_transport_videos

4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see Hatton Cross to T4 and back to T1, 2, and 3 as I was riding this section while in London just recently due to my hotel being at T4.

I wonder how they got the tunnel so illuminated?

Nice

Omg I'm such a nerd but this used to be my train ride to school...

@UncleGrunt

4 жыл бұрын

DogNose Studios me too

What are these "professional driving techniques" the voiceover keeps mentioning? As opposed to the hobbyist driving techniques used on the rest of the line?

@Taschenschieber

4 жыл бұрын

Is it just a phrase to mean "be careful around this part"?

2an a qtre minute mile to Manor house. 3 to 2 pm gmt.

The Lickawilly line.

Professional breaking points i breaked at 4:27 after accelerating Fully From Oakwood all the way down in paralel then at the tunnel tip swing into maximum Brake not emergency and stops at the very line holding it there all the way but it brakes like the old 67 Stock doing that. Was brilliant and also hardly any passengers so they wont mind and they were all young so. This was back in 2006

@kinkisharyocoasters

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if most operators use that fog repeater (or that white building) as the reference point

@rheostar

4 жыл бұрын

I used to shut off at the coasting diamond west of Oakwood and coast down the hill. Similar to you, used service 3 from just outside the tunnel mouth all the way down the platform, then into off and release just as the train came to a halt to give a smooth stop.

@acceptableandbornind80s32

3 жыл бұрын

@@rheostar sounds good to me, I always like the 1973 Stock it was so unique compared to others

Subsurface stock detector for overheight trains!

Why are Covent Garden and Piccadilly Circus so empty? This is daytime. They are normally thronging with passengers.

this is a good ride to relax and how much it cost?

@paulhollis8879

3 жыл бұрын

gabriel henandez An all-day travelcard is £13.20. A single journey is max £4.70, less in off-peak.

What are the rules on sounding the whistle? It went off coming out of the Southgate tunnel but not before Barons Court? And why is it required on that curve after Hounslow Central? I figure that when returning to daylight, it's needed because of the operator's vision being limited while adjusting to the glare.

It was so much quieter when this was filmed 😭

@matthewsmith2787

3 жыл бұрын

Probably feels similar today with covid

WOW SHOW THE DISUSED STATIONS

Well at least we passed Finsbury Park without some radical nutcase attacking the train.

Briefly, what are Professional driving techniques?

@billseymour-jones3224

4 жыл бұрын

Presumably they are the techniques which make for a comfortable ride between points a to z without the need for diversions to the nearest hospital and the need to replace the infrastructure - just guessing mind...

@glynwelshkarelian3489

4 жыл бұрын

Just guessing as well. I would assume it is a LT 'traditional' shorthand term for set of extra learned skills and reactions beyond normal driving techniques, for situations that are unusual or irregular. So the Underground does not have a lot of steep gradients or trees dropping leaves on the lines, and an Underground driver might be on a line without either; but, as a professional, they should know what to do to safely drive over them, or any other potential difficulty.

@eight-two

4 жыл бұрын

All railway operators in the UK have a "professional driving policy" which details how the train should be driven. I assume they are mentioning it in the video as it relates to specific risks at the locations specified ie poorly sighted signals or areas of known low adhesion in wet weather and autumn.

@billseymour-jones3224

4 жыл бұрын

@@eight-two Thanks for that clarification.

on the way to acton town some piccs go over 45mph

Cool 😎

What are the blue numbered signs on the exit from each station. Are they to show that a set of cars are clear of the platform when a train has to vacate a station?

@AdamWebb1982

4 жыл бұрын

yup! :)

@Swaggerlot

4 жыл бұрын

@@AdamWebb1982 Ta!

@speakfreeley4473

4 жыл бұрын

It is for emergencies. If there is an emergency still within those signs the train can stop as the rear carriages are still within the station. Once past the final one the train has to carry on to the next station.

@Swaggerlot

4 жыл бұрын

@@speakfreeley4473 Not sure that makes a lot of sense. If there is an emergency e.g. a carriage on fire, is the driver going to continue to the next station?

@speakfreeley4473

4 жыл бұрын

@@Swaggerlot If say for example a passenger has a heart attack the moment after the train has set off but not past the final sign, they can stop it as as said the train hasn't completely left the station & emergency services & underground staff can get to it, thus saving precious minutes. Only when past that final board must the train continue to the next station for them to deal with that type of emergency. There is bound to be some kind of emergency system in place for carriage fires.

So weird to see the train using both headlights & additional lamp in the window for filming.

whats the break in tunnel at 17:39?

It SHOULD be completed to Heathrow Airport!!!!!

Remember to apply your professional driving techniques!

@nelsonricardo3729

4 жыл бұрын

In all other zones, apply your unprofessional techniques.

@rubyait

4 жыл бұрын

If I’m riding on this damned line, I want your professional driving techniques applied all the time, thank you!

What type train is that abandoned in the sidings at Cockfosters?

Yay

Great video. Any particular reason tho for not continuing to Heathrow? Thanks for posting this tho. Very enjoyable.

@malo66

4 жыл бұрын

possibly security?

@smogmonster1876

4 жыл бұрын

Malcolm Hartney Ooo yes. Good point. Never thought of that. Thanks Malcolm.

@bermal209

4 жыл бұрын

This also might have been filmed while the heathrow extension was being built, seems quite old

Alexander Armstrong

Ikr

"The station starter is PM34." Well... thank you, never needed to know more. 57 seconds later: "The first signal..." Aaaahhh, more words!

Finally, an excuse for US's clunky 3 rail Lionel track !! Not that I'm into tin plate 0 scale.. M, Los Angeles

@Sean-D78

4 жыл бұрын

What?

@drby0788

4 жыл бұрын

They did it that way for power. It also made complex track setups during that time more economical.

What does the T board mean? And what’s the significance of an automatic signal?

@rheostar

4 жыл бұрын

The T Board indicates the end of a speed restriction. Automatic signals work on their own. Semi-automatic signals are in controlled areas where there are points etc, such as Arnos Grove.

@UncleGrunt

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin Edwards thanks - so when the narrator says ‘treat this as an automatic signal’, is there some difference to the train operator on how it is interpreted and actioned?

@rheostar

4 жыл бұрын

@@UncleGrunt I assume this was when the video was in the Holborn or Green Park areas as I've not watched it past Arnos Grove. It probably referred to the 'X' signal at Holborn that have (or had) an illuminated 'A' to signify to drivers to treat the signal as an automatic one.

How does the center communtator not ground out when crossing over other rails at junctions?

@russouk

4 жыл бұрын

theres track side connectors so it cuts out when no rail as the brushes drop and trips a switch...and comes back on when gets to the main track again...and as theres a few units always one is taking power.

@danlastname9002

4 жыл бұрын

The centre 4th rail is higher than the running rails, so the collector shoes don't make contact with the running rail over junctions. There's also knock blocks to protect the running rails, should the collector shoe be too low.

Signals very close together on underground

@matthewsmith2787

3 жыл бұрын

They have to be, to allow more trains to run

Pacha carton brawn wit Calla blu Calla

@waynewalls5033

3 жыл бұрын

Que?

Which year did you record this video?

Is the middle rail your power rail

@stuarttupp3541

4 жыл бұрын

London Underground tracks have 2 power rails, and the middle rail is one of them. The other one is the raised rail on the outside, usually furthest from the platforms.

What was the bricked up tunnel mouth @17:46 all about??

@gwr5029

4 жыл бұрын

That was the original tunnel before the Victoria Line was built. The former WB Piccadilly platform is now the NB Victoria platform. The original line is regained at 19:12.

@jermainelong1843

4 жыл бұрын

@@gwr5029 Ok cheers.

Which year is this filmed? Looks to be 80's or 90's?

@mitchellgiffard1978

5 жыл бұрын

Early 90,s

@ruairievans

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's a bit later as the 1973 stock trains are in the LUL livery. The 1973 stock trains were refurbished during the late 90s.

@eight-two

4 жыл бұрын

2003ish judging by the Tox graffiti and advertising.

Lol, the thumbnail doesn't portend great things for a ride on a 21st century metro system! Things have certainly changed by the time it reaches Heathrow, though the story in between is hardly one of inexorable progress. It's often one of the most uncomfortable and unreliable lines on the network, which is faintly reassuring, given that it serves some of the most prosperous addresses in London. Too prosperous to use the tube, perhaps!

How old is this video?

@michaelgeraghty4981

4 жыл бұрын

They are D stock District line trains, withdrawn in 2017. They are however un-refurbished so pre 2005.

@warren_r

3 жыл бұрын

Based on the advertisements and the trees, this is almost certainly April or May of 2004.

Am I mistaken, or did the train enter Acton Town on the District Line platform?

@CoolTransport

5 жыл бұрын

it is the district and Piccadilly platform

@acernoks

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I had been under the impression that tube stock and sub-surface stock used different platforms due to height/loading gauge differences.

@michaelgeraghty4981

4 жыл бұрын

It did. The comentry called it the slow line platform. It looks like there was a break in filming here because the train departed from the fast line platform!

@robertbutlin3708

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Geraghty local line I think, not slow.

TOX 03 @ 8:19

I much prefer the automated lines, they don’t have to worry about signals

Where do you get into Aldwych?

@JustKarlpm

4 жыл бұрын

Aldwych can only be accessed by trains on the opposite line (towards Cockfosters), you can see the junction on this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rJyutsqvnavWctY.html (at around 46 minutes in)

@acozkan

4 жыл бұрын

Holborn platforms

Who is narrating it?

@BernieHollandMusic

4 жыл бұрын

The narrator

What’s the point of the timed track

@fetchstixRHD

4 жыл бұрын

Speed control I think?

@kinkisharyocoasters

4 жыл бұрын

It's how they enforce the speed limit. The signal won't clear until the train has been in the block long enough to be able to go the distance without speeding

@eight-two

4 жыл бұрын

On the national network it is known as Approach release.

only in UK where names are sexual.

green park looks different

@max010113

5 жыл бұрын

so does knightsbridge

@finestfili

4 жыл бұрын

it was back in the day before it got refurbished

Needs deinterlacing.

Not ad--enjoyable, especially when one can glimpse the Country-side..P.S---much more enjoyable at 1.25--or, 1.5 speed---looks and sounds more like a train-ride...

4:37 :| empty platform why do you even have that station

@mrcookiemc2288

5 жыл бұрын

So that we can give thanks to Gareth Southgate

@britishidiots3842

4 жыл бұрын

It must have been filmed first thing in the morning. All of the central London stations were almost empty too. The Piccadilly like is packed normally

@kinkisharyocoasters

4 жыл бұрын

It's weird how they have to slow down well before entering the tunnel

@paulhollis8879

4 жыл бұрын

kinkisharyocoasters It’s to give the driver time to adjust their sight to spot signals correctly.

Why so many white people? Where are all the Londoners I know?

Ginsburg park? Just smells of shit. We all know what the problem is.

be better without commentary

@BernieHollandMusic

4 жыл бұрын

No it wouldn't

@robertgambling502

4 жыл бұрын

Just hit the mute button. I thought the commentary was very informative. However, it looks like the camera used was a low res VHS model. Was this made years ago?

@cyberjack

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertgambling502 fair enough .. Yes i think you right about the video ..VHS ? ..lol .. ah well ... I wasn't slagging off the upload all-together ..for most part it was good

@kinkisharyocoasters

2 жыл бұрын

But you learn so much behind the scenes

Starts off in a disused scrap yard and doesn’t improve much along the way .A national disgrace.

@ruairievans

4 жыл бұрын

Mind your own business! Correction: that is a station the train starts it's journey from and this was filmed a long time ago not recently.

@emeraldzebra9360

4 жыл бұрын

What a dickhead... Like to see you show a better metro system of this size

Okay, what gives? I'm going to Disneyland, and wanted to see which rides are at the park I'm going to. This video, is showing me how to drive a passenger train, NOT at Disneyland. That's not what in looking for. This is like a bad dream, and I'm leaving this video!

Nice