I know the perfect house for you Geoff - My old one in Wilkinson Street SW8...The Victoria line runs right under the garden..you can only *just* hear it and our lease was strange saying we only owned the top 20ft of our garden, everything under that belonged to LT! In the summer , if you sunbathed on the lawn on your stomach you could feel the rumble coming up through your body...like a massage chair...very relaxing!
@fastrains26074 жыл бұрын
when I caught the Victoria line I was surprised because everyone wasn't like sardines in a tin!we actually weren't in a crowded train! YAY to Victoria line!
@1finchgreen6 жыл бұрын
About 2 months ago my driver went the wrong way and all us pasengers got to go to the depot and through the train car wash. It was pretty cool
@noob.1686 жыл бұрын
pics or didnt happen
@wharris3026 жыл бұрын
but the trains don’t have a driver I thought 🤔
@StyxieTV6 жыл бұрын
they do
@1finchgreen6 жыл бұрын
noob168 i actually do have pics and videos that were on my snapchat, i asked the driver if it was his 1st day
@steved81936 жыл бұрын
The Victoria Line is automated so the train would've been going there anyway, would assume the driver forgot to tell people to get off!
@Andrewjg_893 жыл бұрын
I still think that the Victoria Line should be given the go ahead to be extended including from Walthamstow Central to Woodford or South Woodford and from Brixton to Croydon or Beckenham or Bromley. With the Bakerloo Line to be extended from Elephant & Castle to Hayes and Bromley via Lewisham. And with 2 new Underground stations being added on Old Kent Road.
@johnhendra31846 жыл бұрын
Hi I was an Apprentice to London Transport in the 1960's. Up until the Victoria line was built all lines were interconnected for maintainance purposes. The tracks are service from Lilly Bridge depot. The trains were service on a daily bases in their local running depot of which each line has at least one and all major service was carried out at the West London depot at Acton Town which is now the museum storage depot.
@dukenukem57685 жыл бұрын
@John Hendra : Victoria Line has a link with the Piccadilly at Finsbury Park.
@Mrviccietor3 жыл бұрын
36 trains per hour is massive! Great job!
@19nightsky916 жыл бұрын
I fucking love the victoria line, never halted by strikes, clean, comfy, quiet, stops are quick and goes to places I need to go!
@chromebomb6 жыл бұрын
Here in Los Angeles our single subway line runs Peak: 6tph, Other times: 5tph, after 8pm and weekends: 3tph :(:(:( be glad yall got good infrastructure!!!
@TH3YGXNE6 жыл бұрын
chromebomb How? U guys got bigger space than us and a smaller population in the LA area.
@timsekac26246 жыл бұрын
The line is entirety underground, exept for the depot. That's great!
@lzh49503 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Singapore's North East Line too (similar length & ridership with the Victoria Line, but with a larger loading gauge, so although it's CBTC signalling system allows for up to 40 trains/h, there's usually only ~28 at peak hours)
@jamiec21386 жыл бұрын
Trusty Victoria Line. While railplan 2020 crumbles you're always there for me...
@kozmaz876 жыл бұрын
Now all we are missing is more ventilation shafts. The trains are so close together that the line is in an average of 35 degrees Celsius in rush hour. They desperately need more ventilation shafts.
@taygadesign6 жыл бұрын
Zoltán Kozma That's the average temperature of a tropical country that I visited before!
@kozmaz876 жыл бұрын
Well I could agree that this is some cool thing... but people move to London for the reason among many others that it does not get 35 degrees there... at the seaside you go and dive in the tropical ocean. In the London underground you can take a bath in someone else's sweat... yikes... as people have their coats on of course :D
@airplaneplustrainguy81436 жыл бұрын
Zoltán Kozma That is average temp here in the Philippines
@hu68606 жыл бұрын
Zoltán Kozma h
@emeraldzebra93605 жыл бұрын
Is that all? Not that bad. Besides vent shafts won't help. It's the heat off the brakes and motors then people. So you'd feel it before it hit the shaft anyway
@Jown-ec2sm6 жыл бұрын
Hi, I drove a 2009 stock train here because my mates dad works for the tube. Good vid👍👌
@kailidovas95623 жыл бұрын
That's 🅒🅞🅞🅛! But on which line is he working? Victoria Line?
@ecoomber6 жыл бұрын
I'm happy to see that Victoria station will open the new sections soon. With all the building works going on it has been looking pretty shabby.
@MrGreatplum6 жыл бұрын
Wish I had Geoff’s job!
@countryballpoland95195 жыл бұрын
Me too
@jamieemeagi73774 жыл бұрын
Me three
@bipbipletucha4 жыл бұрын
Me four
@tinyoofman33614 жыл бұрын
Me five
@trainrover4 жыл бұрын
Me negative ∞ 🍸
@anitaklopp88676 жыл бұрын
I love London and its Underground System ❤️
@HiTechKeema6 жыл бұрын
I just used the Victoria line today. Victoria station, too. What a coinky-dink.
@tdcattech6 жыл бұрын
Love these short and succinct insights. Nice work and thanks.
@masterninjahda6 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to come over and see it for myself! Well done!
@lifeless666 жыл бұрын
Geoff is so lucky he can go to all these places normal people can't go, ugh, I wish I could go with him some time...
@a.b.29586 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another very interesting video about the London Underground system.
@the_southern_aviator4 жыл бұрын
2:42 2 years down the line, every minute of every day is PPE time, but not because we all live on building sites
@Samuel-lq3gh4 жыл бұрын
This DTgr works with the northern line. I was train spotting at elephant and castle and then there was a long queue of trains.
@jonny7dreamin6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!! Love all your videos..Ex-Londoner...Keep your videos coming..Keeps me in touch...
@jacksugden81905 жыл бұрын
Geoff, it’s wonderful engineering at Victoria, and think that’s is going to be a victim of its own success, in that there are only two tube tunnels, at currently entrances are blocked off/shut to passengers from the British Rail concourse at rush hour, or if the service is not running well, all this will do is build up more people underground creating a H&S issue for evacuations, creating even more overcrowding, and at present, the current trains can’t cope at peak periods. So in essence, the project is deeply floored, as the Victoria line should have been a four tunnel system throughout, allowing the stabilisation of trains at key points, allowing other trains to pass or terminate mid-way taking away the peaks congestion at rush hour, even out of peak times, the service is congested, adding a new ticket hall and entrances does help, but for the reasons mentioned above, it’s storing up trouble for the future.
@Richardsrailway6 жыл бұрын
With that many trains so close together in an automated system , your going to get much more service problems when trains fail or signaling technology goes up the spout . Plus you only have a few turn back crossovers to divert a failed service onto to it can tip out and run empty to the depot ,
@OlanKenny6 жыл бұрын
You get to go to so many interesting places I'm a bit jealous if I'm honest.
@sebi012004 жыл бұрын
Wow the tube gets stuff done quickly and efficiently -unlike the NYC subway-
@emjayay4 жыл бұрын
NYC subways that aren't cut and cover are drilled through solid rock. London Tube is through clay. And NYC subways are all 4 track while the Tube is 2 track. And once London got past the postwar period it really started to invest in the Tube. NYC didn't update anything for half a century and only started about two decades ago. But still there are obvious problems with NYC subways and lack of new lines and extensions that should have been done fifty years ago, and cost way too much when they do happen.
@InverhavonRailways7 ай бұрын
The Victoria line has the advantage that is A to B with no lines splitting or joining, unlike most other tube lines, allowing the tight schedules. At the Brixton end, the driver "steps back" and another driver takes the control in the opposite direction to keep up the schedules.
@dobroslavgeorgiev83766 жыл бұрын
Just to let you know they promise to finish Victoria station for 2018 there is even to HUUGE adverts on the construction site as well stating that they are going to finish for 2018 so well done LUD "We re-invest all of our income to improve your service" :D
@trainrover4 жыл бұрын
Large, spacious passageways - for example - signify *_massively improved_* .. besides, more bang for your construction quid were you to create backup lines with fresh stations for the sake of connectivity than unnecessarily reworking your built inadequacies 🍸
@williamthebutcherssonprodu2276 жыл бұрын
Two uploads in a day! It must be Christmas come early
@Londonistvids6 жыл бұрын
Will Warde-Norbury We've only uploaded one video today ...?
@UnloosingLion6 жыл бұрын
Londonist Ltd I think. He meant the video from yesterday
@williamthebutcherssonprodu2276 жыл бұрын
I meant to say that Geoff has uploaded twice today
@Londonistvids6 жыл бұрын
We just looked - Geoff uploaded a video to his channel yesterday .. we uploaded this one (with Geoff in it) to our channel today - the day after. Maybe you're in a different timezone to us! :-D
@AffiliateCloudeWRLD6 жыл бұрын
Will Warde-Norbury that's so true
@intercity43196 жыл бұрын
All the Depots?
@myoldreteacher6 жыл бұрын
Now put your hands up...
@thelasttimelord75506 жыл бұрын
I'm in
@tanithrosenbaum6 жыл бұрын
Ohh yes please!
@dtvfan246 жыл бұрын
that would something i watch. love to see the behind the scence of how the network works. love the new S stock and 09 stock
@timsekac26246 жыл бұрын
Especially for the Waterloo & City line which rides entirly underground! :)
@MrJw3606 жыл бұрын
They should upgrade the bloody Pic line asap give how literally it fails every single day
@uwlodar6 жыл бұрын
the new tube for london is coming to the piccadilly soon. I'm pretty sure most of the time, faults on the piccadilly would be from the ageing rolling stock.
@Oxley0166 жыл бұрын
I love the pic stock so much though, the line I grew up using from north London.
@williamfall22146 жыл бұрын
H010 most of the Piccadilly line faults come from outdated signalling and particularly control room apparatus, meaning service recovery is slow or control room mistakes cause service disruption. The 1973 stock is actually very reliable for its age
@galactic_nerd-sk47474 жыл бұрын
@@uwlodar 2024. So yeah, soon! 😜
@Great_WesternTVFan4 жыл бұрын
@@uwlodar yep, in 2022
@klausvonzeit86866 жыл бұрын
"London's most busiest Tube lines"
@saurabhmoitra6 жыл бұрын
Geoff: Please can you make a video on how TFL distributes the fare received from passengers in between different train lines in London especially when a passenger might travel using multiple lines at one go?
@davidbaber54453 жыл бұрын
Absolutely superb 😬
@owenchuarbx6 жыл бұрын
Singapore's Downtown Line also has Bombardier Trains with Siemens Signalling System
@jeremywentworth18332 жыл бұрын
I worked for bombardier producing and refurbishing these tubes
@iaspex12896 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video as always! :D I thought that the underground had just one big depot. :P
@peskybee226 жыл бұрын
Minelogical RBLX really?
@iaspex12896 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@uwlodar6 жыл бұрын
Most deep level lines are completely isolated from other tube lines in terms of tracks. The only inter-connected lines are the sub-surface lines. The tube is very different from say the NYCS, where trains can go wherever they want if they just change track.
@iaspex12896 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info. :)
@S1lverArr0w6 жыл бұрын
Each tube line has it's own array of terminus depots. There's one at each end and usually a couple in the middle. And theoretically you could use one deep level rolling stock and travel on every line possible. It's just a matter of finding the interchangeable tracks and reversing one or two times
@airplaneplustrainguy81436 жыл бұрын
New series: Train Line Depot or All the Depot of UK
@airplaneplustrainguy81436 жыл бұрын
Ok
@MrJimheeren3 жыл бұрын
once every 100 seconds, our metros only come once every 7 minutes at peak times normally it's around 10 minutes
@alexleo1724 жыл бұрын
It's such dissapointment that the depot doesn't have the old 1967 stock
@jaketwigden80546 жыл бұрын
can you show more videos like this more depots of all lines in london (tubes, TFL, DLR)
@ShaunieDale4 жыл бұрын
Did I just hear Geoff say “One of London’s most busiest tube lines”?
@LondonRider124 жыл бұрын
You did! I had a real cringe at the "most busiest". 😫🤣
@Tubekeny16 жыл бұрын
Great video. A diagram of the new Victoria station would have been nice.
@szymek6276 жыл бұрын
Amazing content!
@emeraldzebra93603 жыл бұрын
Why do these & S Stock have a partial taillight in the headlights? Is it a parking only light, if so why not just use one / partial red taillight?
@alfietheg4m3r-robloxmore146 жыл бұрын
Geoff one question why are the walls and the roof of the underground stations just gone???
@ARazaq15016 жыл бұрын
Wow! Great video you got there. Btw, how can you go there freely? What's your job?
@88fredmcfred6 жыл бұрын
Hi Geoff. I'm not so sure whether you are aware of the problems in Singapore. But I think it would be great to do a Q&A in Singapore of the Victoria Line 36 TPH. Any chance you & V will come to Asia? Another thing is - how HK MTR used the Tube Model & saw flaws...modified and worked with the model and is now a world's best enterprise. Your thoughts...?
@jadenaaronbrown12326 жыл бұрын
When it gets to the end of the line either Brixton or Walthamstow Central do they have to quickly change drivers within about a 1 min before the next train comes in?
@harshalhosany23 жыл бұрын
Good question, but I think they do
@emiliaaberca9324 жыл бұрын
I like that the trains go faster
@hashimbumji2 жыл бұрын
i think the victoria line should run from manor house to cokfosters on the picadilly line
@QuarioQuario543216 жыл бұрын
Well if you were in the rear cab or under the train, you might find your way in
@Aurika.Kaukeniene3 жыл бұрын
0:45 in the depot (for victoria lines to go here)
@basictransportenthusiast43866 жыл бұрын
1:44 unless its the Night tube when trains run every 10 minutes
@harshalhosany23 жыл бұрын
True facts
@medwaymodelrailway71293 жыл бұрын
Nice video thanks very much.
@mustapha_transport4 жыл бұрын
That is called a 2009 stock from Victoria line
@numberIII-xv8xg Жыл бұрын
36tph is ridiculously amazing on with 130m trains, but what i find disappointing is that the max tph on the Elizabeth line is 24, with 205m trains. Japan has the Chuo line rapid and its timetable between 7:45 and 8:45am has 30tph with 200m trains. Purple train can do better, TFL
@ElTipoEspañol2 жыл бұрын
Are the 1967 stock trains in there?
@maxinejones49256 жыл бұрын
cool vid! i really enjoyed it
@yosmosonic6 жыл бұрын
All trains that go through to the staff platform go through the wash - which doesn’t really work properly!
@wang_one_956 жыл бұрын
0:27 That should be Platform 4 Platform 2 at Seven Sisters is for Overground trains
@Lisbonized6 жыл бұрын
Wang Yulun you're right!
@dailleursstraits4 жыл бұрын
petition to extend the victoria line further south
@LJC945126 жыл бұрын
Is it the same type of signalling system as in Jubilee and Northern line?
@totalnike035 жыл бұрын
No the jubilee and northern line use a system called CBTC (communication based train control) which was installed by Thales, also being installed on the district hammersmith and city circle and metropolitan lines. This CBCT allows for in cab signalling by making use of axel counters, inductive loops and wayside radio equipment which the train is constantly communicating its position to.
@lzh49503 жыл бұрын
@@totalnike03 Wonder why the Victoria Line didn't go for CBTC/TBTC whereas the other lines did
@totalnike033 жыл бұрын
@@lzh4950 im not sure but the victoria lines signalling system is very good
@kingfinley-cs1wc Жыл бұрын
......Nice Video..........
@oludotunjohnshowemimo4344 жыл бұрын
The only part of the Victoria line not in the tunnel. Northumbland Park depot.
@leilasharafi97786 жыл бұрын
this is incredible
@QuarioQuario543216 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there is an announcement for seven sisters when coming from the depot
@Ethan-ik1nm6 жыл бұрын
QuarioQuario54321 on the northern line, at kennington, there seems to be announcements on northbound Charing X trains which start there so it doesn't make much sense to me.
@stanpatterson50336 жыл бұрын
You mean an announcement such as "Now coming into Seven Sisters" ??
@QuarioQuario543216 жыл бұрын
Stan Patterson Just the normal southbound announcement
@johnnyalpha62216 жыл бұрын
When setting up in the depot the train will announce the destination ie. "This is a Victoria line train to Brixton".But the train doesn't make another announcement until the doors are opened "This train calls all stations to Brixton".No announcement on approach though.
@Samuelgamer43 жыл бұрын
victoria line is my home
@davidsmith66616 жыл бұрын
All very well washing the outside of the trains - they should try cleaning the insides occasionally. They are usually filthy.
@emjayay4 жыл бұрын
Me in NYC: you have no idea.
@pauljohnson48316 жыл бұрын
i like the DLR
@gonetea40816 жыл бұрын
NEEEEWWWW TRAAAAINS!!
@oskarsrode21674 жыл бұрын
3:25 a candy machine???
@DJ_Dopamine4 жыл бұрын
An ear plug dispenser for the workers to help themselves. But you maybe knew that already!
@trainrover4 жыл бұрын
_most busiest?_
@daredevil37446 жыл бұрын
Victoria station will get more upgrades because of Crossrail 2 but not yet.
@camod19893 жыл бұрын
It’s a actually platform 4 at Seven Sisters that goes to the depot
@lzh49503 жыл бұрын
2:17 '465' is the train's serial/run number I'm guessing?
@emilychow95719 ай бұрын
Did u get invited by TfL to visit the depot?
@Lixtey2 жыл бұрын
What are the thing on the doors
@kingfinley-cs1wc Жыл бұрын
Every Victoria Line Train Comes Every 2 Mins
@randomyoutubechannel24705 жыл бұрын
they should just extend the victoria line to northumberland park
@rommee3 жыл бұрын
For Ikea and Tesco 😂👍
@tanishandshanvigaming43962 жыл бұрын
They should build a branch like the northern mill hill east and Metropolitan amersham/chesham or district earls court.
@Lisbonized6 жыл бұрын
Disappointed that Geoff turned up at my work when I wasn't there!
@LillyDoesGamingandVlogs4 жыл бұрын
@Jonah Kemp stop correcting his name Geoff is the spelling
@Ishak_20132 жыл бұрын
The victoria line in the depot doesn't sound like something except the doors
@airplaneplustrainguy81436 жыл бұрын
Siemens is sometimes pronounced Semens (Such a nasty name)
@Sophiebryson5106 жыл бұрын
Z
@alexleo1724 жыл бұрын
Semen
@harshalhosany23 жыл бұрын
How do you get inside the depot
@oforid22276 жыл бұрын
Is crossrail getting built in Victoria Geoff
@randolphclarke46746 жыл бұрын
I hate when people say PPE. In high school it is basically the abbreviation for your mock A level exams
@jojotorres49985 жыл бұрын
Does anybody else think that Londonist Ltd should be a tv channel
@abdullahseba43754 жыл бұрын
Most busiest?
@Aurika.Kaukeniene3 жыл бұрын
0:04 Londonist starts talking (in Victoria station)
@harrytodhunter50786 жыл бұрын
i think you should do a video explaining "Idiom Park"
@kmd08023 жыл бұрын
2:20 W E T 👆🏻
@kingfinley-cs1wc Жыл бұрын
Wheres the Deport😢
@SaintWhittiker Жыл бұрын
How to do found at
@dronespace6 жыл бұрын
@Jack-hq8dl6 жыл бұрын
Siemens what did the do it on
@PlanesTrainsFan3 жыл бұрын
Also the train could be rain splattered if it had been splattered with rain
@ludwigtails6 жыл бұрын
Lucky for u
@PrograError6 жыл бұрын
"to All the underground"
@DangItshere6 жыл бұрын
AsHalt there is. and it's an annual event called "Tube Run" and yes it's organized by Geoff himself
@cjmillsnun6 жыл бұрын
I thought it was called walk the tube.
@harribo2005x3 жыл бұрын
The only part of the Victoria line that does not run Underground...
@TheN21yid6 жыл бұрын
Pity they can't add Northumberland park to the Victoria line
@Abdur-Rehman6 жыл бұрын
Can you go to the Victoria line train staff on the platform easily I’m going to Depot