I lived in EARLS COURT for years this is my favourite station of all time

So pleased you have you all back for series 8. I think I shocked my neighbours when I yelled out “Aldwych” when I saw the poster in the tunnel 😊

Earls Court 2 was accessed from Lillie Road, at the South end of the site, opposite West Brompton station. The Exhibition subway was rarely open when major events were on in later years - hence the posters dating back to 2003 despite the Exhibition Centre not closing until 2014, as it wasn't integrated into the main foyer area of the Exhibition Centre. Instead, it was accessed via the basement, which was why the preferred route from the station was via the Warwick Road exit and crossing the road at street level.

I'd forgotten how much I'd missed you guys. That was an epic episode.

Love Earl’s Court station. I remember going down the spiral staircase to the Piccadilly line the one you showed and I dropped my mobile phone down the stairs. Luckily it still worked when I got further down great to have you all back and a great start to series 8 love the old looking escalators

So it turns out that Secrets of the London Underground was just the gateway drug to the hangouts. Who knew we would spend afternoons shouting “cut and cover” and “Leslie Green” at the TV! Great to have you back and keep up the good work! 😊

Very pleased that we're still getting the key and the secret reference from Alex! We even got it twice this episode. I'll never get bored of it 😂

Well well well welcome back you guys

Welcome back Alex, Siddy, Chris and Laura. So good to see you all back. Didn't Earls Court have the first ever escalators on the underground. This station looks so good. One of my favourites. The best first eposide of the series.

One word: epic.

Very glad to have all of you back in my online life. This station tour was incredible- thank you so much ❤

Life is good! The gang is back! ❤

You guys are the best. It's like chatting with your friends around the fire :)

When I visited this station with my family in 1971, I recall old lifts with gates still being in use.

Thank you once again for brightening my Saturday evening, love these episodes and genuinely missed them. Look forward to the next one

I'm happy to see a new episode of London Hangouts, good to see you again ! 👍

Saturday nights have become special again - Series 8 !!

Life is back to normal! Welcome back guys. A great episode to start series 8. Keep up the fabulous work.

Great to have you back guys. Wow that tunnel!

Great to see you all back for more fascinating footage and a great look into the past.

Thank goodness you're back, I was going frantic wondering when I'd see you again! And with a really good episode too!

Christmas has arrived early! Made me a happy bunny. Welcome back guys.

It is great to have you all back. I have wondered around Earl's Court station on a number of occasions when on my way to the tennis at Wimbledon, so to see some of those hidden areas was great.

Just a brilliant episode. Thank you all and glad you’re back with us. 😊

Wonderful episode, the 1st one from series 8. Thank you very much. I am looking forward to the next one!!

Fascinating start to a new series. Welcome back to the Famous Four( need dog to upgrade to Five). Can't wait for more.

Welcome back Guys. What a great start to the new series. Having finally caught up from the start of series 1 these just get better and better. Mind you having seen the destination boards for the District Line, it put pay to my attempt at Metro Memories lol . Looking forward to the next one.

Nice to see you guys back out on the hunt for all the disused and off limits areas. Once again, thx for sharing it with the rest of us.

Its so lovely to have the fab4 back again and wow just wow what an episide to come back to that was poster heven in the disused corridor and the escaltors well thank you so much for continuing and look forward to amazing content coming up

Brilliant episode brought back memories of visiting exhibition many years ago. So glad returned for another series and extra special when all together chatting at end video.

Great to see you all back, terrific first episode!

So great you are all back. Was getting worried ❤️😊

So happy you are back!!

Welcome back. This is the first I have seen "real time" as I just recently discovered your channel. As a Canadian (Parents were from North London) I find this history fascinating. Off to catch up on the past videos....

Welcome back. Absolutely missed you all. Love the series. I'm actually doing the Hidden London tour of Baker Street on 8th November and looking forward to it.

Yes you’re back, I’ve really missed you!! 😸💜💜💜

Yayyyyyyyyyy Your back. great to see you all have missed your videos, 👍👍👍

Welcome back- missed you all!

Great to have you back, especially as you are starting at the first underground station I ever used - April 1968.

Welcome back Guys, have missed you over the summer. Must say the episode brought back many pleasant memories of my visits to the Smithfield Show at the Earl's Court Exhibition in the first week of December during the 1970/80/90's and the walks down that long subway to the escalators. Keep up the good work.

What a great station to start series eight with. Keep up the good work . Can't wait to see what you find next.

Well what a great episode. The surprise of seeing the old passageway and the lifts to the Exhibition Centre was a great treat to see. A pleasure as always to watch the fab 4 enjoying there work.

Very glad you are back. Loved it. Earls Court has great significance for my wife and I. We often went in the pub you mentioned and hung out there a lot. So it was great to see all the secrets. Your enthusiasm for the subject matter is inspiring and you are so obviously firm friends. Just a joy from start to finish.

Welcome back, guys. One of my favourite stations. The clock's been stood up. LOL. Learned a lot today. Including the devestating news that Earl's Court is no more. Many amazing memories there. A great start to the new series. Looking forward to the next episode.

Welcome back team, what a fantastic episode to start with the exhibition tunnel was amazing, i have been to Earl's court but never been through that tunnel exit, thank you team XX❤❤

Welcome back, Guys. A super explore to start the new series. Thanks for sharing🙂👍

What a start, spent so much time at Earl's Court during the early 90s, travelling from Ealing Common. Both stations have a special place in my heart. Also, Kew Garden and Richmond, two other station I spent far too much time at due to a change of employment. Would love to see these covered, if anything interesting is behind the scenes? So great to have you back, what a team, warm, friendly, and like chatting with mates over a cuppa or pint.

What a return, smashed it! Looking forward to the rest of series 8. Ps the staricase? Mint choc chip!

I used to work for Powerlink and it would be fantastic to see an episode on some of the Substations around the network; they are marvellous places. This might date me a tad, but the last time I was at Earl's Court, the exhibition centre was still there...as was the depot, which is where I did my PTS! I Look forward to many more interesting episodes, innuendos and Bovril posters!

Hurrah! You're back!

Fab to see you all back! :)

A simply amazing episode!! I think it was around 40 years ago that I last used Earls Court station. Then, there were no raised & glazed steel corridors. Also, I commuted to School in the 1960's, from London Bridge to Old Street. To start with, there were only the Otis manually-gated lifts to the Northern Line. I used to stop off on the way to school to watch the excavations for the first of the escalators.

Re-watched this again as I've just come back from a long weekend in London. I was staying near to West Brompton station, five minutes from Earls Court. Fascinating to see the posters (the number 74 bus is still running!) and the gorgeous aerial photos of the Warwick Road entrance which I used so much! Thank you all for another wonderful Hangout!

Awesome to see you guys back. Much love from Perth, Western Australia. PS: I loved this episode. What a way to start a new series!

welcome back and a great episode, looking forward to the rest.

Really missed you all. It's good to have you back. I can't wait to see the next episode.

Thank you for a fantastic first episode of series eight, from the other side of the world in Sydney. I got to visit a brand new Sydney Metro railway station in the past few days called Waterloo, that is part of a new rail network. It will open mid next year, including a new tunnel under Sydney Harbour. A great contrast from the old to the new. Cheers, Jim

Great to see the gang back and what a corker of a series opener . So much to see. Bring on episode 2 . Warren.

Fascinating, brilliant production

Happy to have the four of you back. Great video to see. Kind regards from Eindhoven in the Netherlands

Yaaaay, it's back!! Hi guys. Welcome back, I've missed you all.

Great to have you back! Back in the mid '80s used to change trains at Earl's Court on my way to/from college. Would always ponder how complex the track layout was for the District as the different branches were ducking and diving under one another. I guess it’s a similar complexity to Camden Town on the Northern. Did one time get stuck in a train for a bit that failed on the approaches - I vaguely remember strange raspberry noises as the train stopped, followed by the driver coming back down the train looking under panels in the floor. My most abiding memory is, however, the station announcer in the mornings… there was just something about the way he said, 'Gloucester Road, South Kensington, Sloane Square' that always put me in mind of Parker from Thunderbirds.

Thrilled you're back! Saddened work kept me from the premiere of this awesome episode that's given rise to so many questions. Stay well...

Ohhh you read my message! That was so lovely! And Siddy, our underground is not as interesting, but we do have other nice spots. I can be a good guide if you need one ;) Also, I remember going to see Duran Duran in the Exhibition Centre in 2005 and loved going out of the station and seeing the big marquee with the name of the band. Pity that all of it is gone!

Welcome back I've honestly missed you guys so much and wow what a welcome back episode earls court is definitely a station I need to visit again I'm so sad that they demolished earls court itself I don't understand why but the abandoned tunnel and escalators and gate line all in such good condition and I had some very wonderful flashback moments with all those poster's in the tunnel I also loved the the engine sheed at the beginning thank you all for such a a warm on-site full episode xx

Excellent Excellent Excellent Thanks guys

Welcome back. Missed you

I remember going through the old entrance to the exhibition to the arena with turn styles

Great story as always. Missing London and its transit, from Ottawa, Canada!

I always enjoy your videos, thanks for sharing the amazing things that you find, it's so amazing 😁 it's always good to have a bit of banter too 😄😜😊

Welcome back guys. Hopefully will bump into you again. Earls Court was brilliant, the old photos were great. 😊

Excellent news, it's been a long time!

I knew you were coming on, but I buggered up my timing and joined you at 50 minutes in! That was a trip down memory lane - I remember using that tunnel for several exhibitions - ideal home exhibition, boatshows, motor shows (80’s and early 90’s). Also, used the station when involved with the sale of a telephone exchange building nearby - 2004? I missed you earlier in the year (July) on my first trip back to the UK in over 12 years … where were you? Great episode - looking forward to seeing more (how about high gate, high level or any of the other northern heights stations that either never made it (eg Elstree) or those that closed (eg Alexandra Palace)? Keep it up❤

What a fantastic start to Series 8. Brilliant episode .. so much hidden, but still there! And like you Alex, I have not been there since the Exhibition Centre closed .. used to use that tunnel under the road to get to the Motor Show in the 1970’s.. also the Commercial Motor Show .. and The Ideal Home Show. In about 1971/72 went to the Furniture Exhibition where my home town of High Wycombe had its own section with the likes of Ercol, G-Plan & Parker Knowll (who all had factories in the town) having their own displays .. and smaller companies like Chippy Heath who made telephone seats in Wycombe & who’s owner lived next door to me in early 60’s. Also saw Pink Floyd perform the Wall there .. absolutely epic concert .. and last concert I saw there was Dire Straits ..

Great show guys

I do remember seeing Met 1 passing through Earl's Court Station when London Underground celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Line back in 2013 as it was one of the locations I remember seeing it. But Earl's Court is a lovely station and impressed with the hidden areas, especially the passage way to the former Earls Court Exhibition Centre, great video.

Welcome back team.

Nice to see you all back again we missed you . Ps when i lived in london i used to love going to the Royal Tournament

Brilliant video for your first one of the series, I like how Alex thought of food when describing the colour of the tiles. Really loved the posters in the exhibition corridor and the escalators looked fab, pity it was modernised to metal from the wood. Great to see you again, have missed you all and it is good to have you back.

Brilliant Brilliant

Have certainly missed you guys. Loved this explore. I recall using those wooden escalators in the Tube during my school trip in March 1974! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤❤❤❤❤

❤welcome back ❤

Great video guys and gals, especially interested in that superb station clock you featured at the beginning. I remember going to the Motor shows there in 1960s and walking that long passage to the Ex. Centre.

OMG, nice one guys. I loved Earls Court on the way to see my mate Simon, although i did not know that the exhibition centre is gone. Sad times. Yep loved the train indicators, had to use them as i couldnt see the other ones!!!!.

Having left London in 2017 , I haven’t been on the tube since, but I did go to the royal tournament as a child, certainly remember going to events there heading over from either Highgate’s or Finsbury Park, Crouch End being station free. Great video

All the times I have been to Earl's Court from Turnpike Lane for gigs, Ideal Home Exhibitions, Royal Tournaments and other stuff, I don't remember ever going through that tunnel.

Really enjoyed Earls Court

Loved the tunnel to the exhibition hall. I used to go to Motor Shows in the late 50's so I probably used it.

Brought back some memories of using that passageway and escalator’s to the former Exhibition Centre that closed in 2008, not 2005 as Chris had pointed out, I remember the centre perfectly, had a section that could be flooded for boats, of which had seen it use, I saw an LBC stand there, think it was for new cars on show on show, although I hadn’t seen the old centre for years, gathered that the building still stood.

“I don’t do this alone” is definitely my favourite catchphrase!

6:23 All those branches just out of reach, Laura. I do love your asides and their take on reality. Two lines!

Welcome back

I remember using that tunnel to Earls Court.

Wow its so good to see the old earls court tube and escalator's last time i went down that way would of been for the last Royal Tournament I have always wondered why areas like that are still lit up and powered up even though nothing really uses those areas anymore Great vid as always

That was totally fascinating. I don't understand why they demolished the Earl's Court centre in 2017 and still nothing being built on it. I used to go to the Ideal Home exhibition as well as seeing a few live acts there.

Awesome, might be worth getting a notice out on FB though as I know some missed it

Too many years of knowing Earls Court , spent 5 years at the youth hostel . Still remember the pedestrian walk way when I saw supertramp would love to know where the other tunnels under the exhibition centre whent

What a return. I loved this episode, format, the "secrets" the old photo's, the chat. Loved it loved it loved it :) Quick Q : The disused exit where the "even ghosts need tickets" memo was, where would the entrance/exit have been for that on the surface? Was it inside the exhibition hall, or now a flattened doorway on the other side of Warwick Road?

Well done to Chris for surprising the team with the amazing reveal.

Brilliant