thanks geoff for the advice about water, I hate taking water out with me then arriving at my destination with a full bottle, now I finally know what to do with it

3:42 When I see Geoff walking away, I always imagine Geoff setting up camera, walking away, and running back to get the camera.

I knew it was still Roding Valley. It's actually directly on the London border. If you're on the eastbound platform you're in Essex, and on the westbound platform you're in London. edit: i just know this because of my logic, I used google maps.

4:07 "Not including all the night buses". You know what, Geoff? All the night buses sounds like a cracking new series you could start! :D

Looking forward to the least used cable car station!

I love how Geoff matched the font for ‘and drink’ to the TfL font - it’s the little details 👌✅

I assume that 22 steps on one side and 24 steps on the other side of the footbridge at roding valley would both be equivalent to a 15 storey building

Most people would have drop dead from the heat on the Central line trains by the time they get near Roding Valley.

I'm 100% Going To This Before The Year Is Out 😊😍 The waiting room on the eastbound made me think of changing Rooms at a swimming pool

"only gets a service every 20 mins" Northerners be like "God help you Londoners up here"

Choosing to go on the central line in the middle of summer, that's brave.

I live in Loughton and meet the local Transport Action Group at The Monkhams pub every couple of weeks but I've actually never boarded or alighted at Roding Valley station, I cycle because it's a lot less effort than going to Woodford and trying to find a loop train, or trying your luck at catching two 549s (one there, one back). I have actually ridden the 549 before though, I used to have a friend whose dad lived around the corner from Roding Valley Station.

Great stuff Geoff. My son and I visited Roding Valley on a Sunday afternoon and apart from a few other passengers, everyone else was indeed using the station and footbridge just to cross the line and keep walking. Very friendly staff too. All one of him!

Hi Geoff! It was a pleasure briefly meeting you in Stratford Underground this week! Keep up the good work

A line was also provided linking Victoria Park station on the North London Railway with Stratford Low Level and Stratford Market stations which was primarily for goods traffic.[23] The Loughton branch of the ECR was opened on 22 August 1856 with a junction just north of Stratford on the Cambridge line. Via what is now the wards Road allotments south of the Newbury Park station and crossing vicarage lane

Great video.. on a side note.. I have been to the Monkhams (the Pub behind the 549 bus stop) and had NO idea Roding Valley station was nearby! Small world!

I hate to admit, I always thought train spotters were weirdo’s. However, I find these videos so interesting! Binge watched so many!!

South Woodford also has a barrierless footbridge with a similar design that people use as a cut-through. There's also a stepless underpass but it's a very long and shallow slope so it saves a load of time if you just cut through the station (plus it's pretty dirty down there).

Geoff, thanks so much for making these videos, I’ve looked forward to each and every one. They’ve inspired me to take a step back when life in London gets stressful, and to get out there and explore off the beaten path. Looking forward to seeing what’s next!

I used to see a steam train run through Leytonstone on my way home from school in the 50s. How this was pathed among LT tube trains I have no idea, but def ran until 1959-ish. Last time I saw one on LT was around 1970 at Faringdon, think it was an ex-GWR pannier tank. Thanks.

This was my local station growing up, I crossed the bridge every day for my paper round and just at the end Geoff walks past the house I grew up in on Buckhurst Way.

*Geoff* : Don’t worry, there’s more to come; Tram, DLR, Overground *Waterloo and City* : Am I a joke to you?

Looking forward to the Least Used videos for Overground, DLR and the Trams.

Years passed by and this is still the least used in the whole of the Underground Secrets of the Central Line

The trains that run on through Woodford to central London are probably trains coming out of the Hainault depot to effectively start from Woodford but pick up any passengers at the stations on the loop beforehand.

That shot of the trash bag swaying in the wind was masterful

Thanks Geoff. Great series each video eagerly awaited. Roll on Overground, DLR & Trams.

Next up, all the major Labyrinths in order (eg. 1-25-50-75- etc) or even all the stations 😉

Since the "Secrets on the Central line" video, i was waiting for this one about the "least used station on the Underground". :)

Another quality video Geoff.☺ It always amazes me that there are places like this served by the Underground. Sitting by the river, listening to the birds, you would expect passing trains to be very occasional 153s, or 156/158s a few times a day. I remember, MANY years ago, I stayed in the youth hostel at Epping Forest and found it very odd, walking out of the forest to find red buses and the tube station. You seemed particularly impressed by the place and your enthusiasm is infectious. The Hainault Loop is the only part of the Underground that I have never used and it's certainly on my list - if I'm ever in London again. I'm sure this video will help the passenger numbers although, over 1000 a day is still pretty good - compared to my local station. All the Best from Plockton(about 24-a-day☺), Dougie.

I wish you had done this before this past spring! I spent about 10 weeks living in Central London and would've boosted all of the passenger numbers for all of these lines if I knew about these least used stations.

Happy memories. I grew up near Grange Hill, just a couple of stops from Roding Valley. The Hainault depot stretches right through to Grange Hill. The sound of the whistle on the 92 stock filled my summer evening as trains filed in.

Roding Valley was my local station growing up and me & friends used to play on our bikes in and around that viaduct all the time. Thanks for triggering memories :-) And those mythical Straight Through Trains: it was a rare treat to get one of those!

Pity they closed the Epping - Ongar branch line on the Central line. I am told Blake Hall had something like 4 passengers a day. Great videos, thank you as always.

That was lovely, most enjoyable and very interesting! Used to commute from Woodford but was too young to have paid enough attention to know this was even there ... cheers 😎👍

A great end to a great series. Already looking forward to the upcoming spin-offs

There's another hidden viaduct not far away, just outside Debden station, over Loughton Brook - accessible by a footpath near the end of Langston Road, which runs under the viaduct to the corner of The Broadway and Rockwood Ave, 51.651120 N, 0.092080 E

Nice little PSA there, Geoff. Thank you.

I did my part for helping the stats. On last year’s London vacation I traveled to Roding Valley...just to be one of the ”few”.

I knew it would be on the Hainault loop, and I suppose I should have guessed it would be the last station on the loop. Excellent series, Geoff!

Great video by the way mate! I don’t live too far from Roding Valley myself, it’s always satisfying seeing it when I get the train from Woodford to Buckhurst Hill (:

One of your best videos. Really enjoyed it

I’ve been waiting for this for ages

I live half way between Roding Valley and Buckhurst Hill stations; it used to be my local station until Buckhurst Hill opened its step free entrance. There's really not that much point is using Roding Valley beyond the very rare through train to/from Central/Grange Hill. With trains every 20 minutes and terminating at Woodford, it's just easier to use Buckhurst Hill. And don't get me started on the 549, it used to be an hourly service, now it's just a really weird timetable.

This is the only channel on KZfaq where we can find a guy talking for 6 minutes about a London Tube station

Service every 20 min when there’s no one there! That’s pretty awesome... where I am in Canada our least busy bus routes are every hour. (We have no commuter trains)

Riding Valley looks like a very nice place to live.

I visited London in Nov and Dec 2019. On one particularly dreary day, I did All the Stations on the Central Line, including Roding Valley. Back in the States now, but looking forward to my next visit and a trek to visit All the Stations on another line.

Looking forward to seeing what the least used tram stop is! My guess would be Beddington Lane? Definitely not East Croydon (although the main line station has ramps to the platforms equivalent to a 15-storey building)...

0:19 "...Off-peak, only gets a service every 20 minutes, that's the least frequent on the Tube network" - What about Chesham and Amersham (excluding Chiltern trains)?

Brilliant. I really enjoy these

Ah memories, worked down that part of the network for 3 years, few shifts at Roding as well. That footbridge is a public right of way as well

Great video Geoff and I thought it would be Roding Valley.

Not one I have used but near to others that I do use. I must walk along the river Roding again soon though, lovely.

Speaking of bus routes, how about the longest and shortest TFL bus routes? Or the least used (if there's statistics for that) or weird ones like the 2 hourly 375 route to Passingford Bridge...could be interesting! Thanks for all your content and hard work.

These have been fascinating 🧡👍

This and the Chorleywood station videos are my favorites. Im visiting soon and thinking about going out on the central line to the loop.

You do a lot of journeys and useful stuff to know

You should do least used on the Waterloo and City and cable car too 😂😂 On a serious note, TfL Rail?

In the entire 20 minutes I was at Roding Valley when I visited it, not only did just one person turn up, but he just crossed over the footbridge and didn't get a train.

I live less than five mins walk from Roding Valley station (that's my bush on the right at 5:45! :D), but despite that I tend to take to the longer walk to Woodford for the direct route into London, to avoid a potential 20 minute wait and the change at Woodford. Coming home from London, if you embark at Woodford you might get lucky and catch a Hainault loop train, first stop Roding Valley, but it's rare. They changed the times about three years ago of the direct London trains. There was one about 0804 which was ideal for morning rush hour, but then it got pulled. And yes, while I use the station rarely I do use the footbridge a lot to get to the shops on the other side. :)

Totally been far too excited for this video to appear. Still need to visit.

Many, many years ago, whilst living in deepest Essex (on the Dengie Peninsular), I had occasion to visit a shop (May's-don't know if it is still there) in Roding Valley, so I thought why not park at Ongar, travel to Epping then Woodford and change there getting the train to Roding Valley. What a mistake to make. The journey there and back took hours! Such a peaceful little station, though.

Fascinating watching these videos

Can't wait for you to come to my area for the least used Tram video happy to give you some local info / incites beforehand.

I thought the idea of carrying water was to freeze it at home and then carry it so as it melts it helps cool the tube. I never though of drinking it as well ;-)

I've travelled by train so many times, but ne'er given it a thought Then I saw a couple of Geof''s videos. Yes, now I love trains. Hurrah!

I think you can't not mention how the reason for its really low usage is due to its proximity to Woodford, where services are much more frequent!

Hey, Geoff! How about the least-used station on TfL Rail? Will you do that as well?

Nice video! They are apparently going to refurbish all the Central Line trains for Summer 2020. TFL got a £450 million investment!

Geoff knows how to ride those rails.

I didn't know that you'd ridden most of the Bus routes as well. Every day is a school day 🙂. Pleased there's a few more episodes to come.

The 20 minute off-peak service certainly makes doing the Tube Challenge difficult, as I found out to my cost recently.

I've used the 549 many a time. My mum lived on the route in Woodford, and we would need to get to Buckhurst Hill to visit a friend's. Rather close to where I'm used to with this station

Love these videos..

Waterloo & City would be great even though it's only two stations (I kinda understand why you said you didn't want to do it). The least used is Bank. Waterloo had 91.27 million in 2017 while Bank had 61.8 million

Yay for the continuation of this series on the other LT/TfL modes/services (at least on Rail)! *_*

I was waiting so long

Interestingly and tenuous link time, the source of the River Roding is just north of the Flitch Way (former Braintree to Bishops Stortford line) in Takeley that if you caught going east..... you'd go through the least used station in Essex at White Notley.

I've been wondering who I thought you look like for a while now but just realised it's Jeremy Renner!

Geoff! Come To Finland, 39€ flight per distance from Norwegian, operating from Gatwick, and visit the worlds most northernmost subway, the Helsinki Metro! Here in Helsinki, the metro runs mainly surfaced, and it goes sub-surface in the station of Sörnäinen. Its a pleasant trip!

Looks like a station thats a curious mix of London 1937, 1948 and modern day. . . . a flypast over the station would be a Bristol Bulldog, Gloster Metor and F35B & a steam loco on one side and current TfL stock on the other. . . . .

Nice. And I see on the tfl journey planner only 35 mins to Holborn. And less than 3 quid.

Yeah I always noticed that even when i used that line from Woodford to Chigwell eve in the mid nineties.

Often thought that both with this station and Mill Hill East do you think it is least used because there are no ticket barriers? The passenger numbers count those who tap in and out but if you don’t then it doesn’t count you does it? I had this theory because you can get on and Mill Hill East and off at Finchley Central without tapping in or out.

How about least used Underground station that's actually Underground?

Great stuff 👍

Big thanks Geoff

I love the central line! My favourite line by far.

Don't forget to do Thameslink, TfL Rail and CrossPurpleLiz line as well! Least used within Oyster card range, or whole lines, or of-already-opened parts... Actually, would be interesting to see the stations that will be part of crossrail but are already used by other lines, see what they're like and current passenger numbers.

A train every twenty minutes. Lucky people of Roding Valley. My local main line station in West London suburbia only gets one train every 30 minutes. Great video by the way.

Least used stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro, Glasgow Subway, Merseyrail and trams in other cities? Maybe a series on the airport people movers?

Next up, the least used station on the purple line which is... all of them

I love the least used station Videos!!!❤

I was there today, and took the same walk to see the viaduct 😀

I would say that hanger lane or Holland park are the least used stations on the central line. I love the train but I didn't expect it to be at riding valley

i live near here and use the roding valley tube station everyday. I agree,there's never more than ten people excluding staff even in rush hour

God that footbridge is as high as a fifteen storey building

At the end,when you said you could do another station, I thought you were going to go 2 stops along the line to Grange Hill - the second least used station on the Underground. Just for a bit of bonus footage.

Ahh the central line, the cheapest way to get into London from where I live over in Harlow. (National rail is expensive!) I always like hearing the train announcers announcing stations I’ve never been to before, it’s interesting! I have been using the Central line for years but I’ve never been on the loop, nor any further than about Shepherd’s Bush. One day I’ll do that 😛 Always wondered what trains went to Roding, until I found out a little while ago the Hainault via Woodford service existed. Boggled my mind that did haha