The Tube has been the fascination of my entire life of 51 years. I collect everything from station signs to train driver backpacks to wall tiles. My cousin is a station master which allowed me to have unprecedented access to hidden and disused stations and walk ways. Every time i fly to the UK from Florida, it is the Tube that I most look forward to visiting and traveling on. long live the London underground
@devonenvironmentnetwork79607 жыл бұрын
This feels more like a fully fledged BBC documentary, than a youtube video.
@DavidAndrewsPEC7 жыл бұрын
Does a bit, doesn't it? You have a famous name there....
@devonenvironmentnetwork79607 жыл бұрын
Do I have a famous name? Explain....
@DavidAndrewsPEC7 жыл бұрын
Frank Close There's seriously awesome particle physicist by the same name. His lectures are on KZfaq somewhere.....
@devonenvironmentnetwork79607 жыл бұрын
Thats pretty rad.
@DavidAndrewsPEC7 жыл бұрын
Frank Close Yeh I thought so. :)
@GiovanniKallika10 жыл бұрын
This film should be dedicated to those people who sacrificed their lives to build The Underground, and inspire new engineers to keep construction safe, for everyone. G.K,
@etscablecomponents10 жыл бұрын
We continue to supply electrical products to the Underground network, and even in our time in business, it's astonishing to see how far the engineering on the tube has come. It's something we can all be proud of.
@tunnelgirl79233 жыл бұрын
I live and study in London for 3yrs, it is very nice to know the history of all these Underground stations which I am using whenever I traveled.
@terencesommer63076 жыл бұрын
London is a miracle! A brilliant city. Love from America.
@glenatkinson77328 жыл бұрын
After 45 years I'm still fascinated with the tube. Been on plenty of metros, all of them newer and most cleaner. However not even NYC compares with London for the anorak! Great vid...thanks
@greyforge2710 жыл бұрын
Who needs sci-fi when the real world is like this?
@tommychumley42486 жыл бұрын
Scifi is just our vision of the future, most scifi becomes reality.
@stuartedwards882010 жыл бұрын
Looks fantastic. Must have taken ages to compile and animation all the archive pictures. Great job!
@Armuotas9 жыл бұрын
The segment starting at 8:30 squeezed the tears in my eyes. An epic description of a seemingly mundane thing that we use every day. Damn...
@polpojliekwanjaroen3511Ай бұрын
I have high admiration for the British and London for its remarkable engineering that paved the way for the modern world. The British are the pioneers to essentially all of the foundation of modern engineering, and their ingenuity is unquestionable. I imagine the world without London would arguably still might not reach the modern era.
@johncarnaby488410 жыл бұрын
Great video. It brought back many 1970's memories. I installed the mechanical services when employed by Matthew Hall, starting at Waterloo Bridge, under the Strand to Charing Cross and Trafalgar Square and up to Green Park. At that time it was called the "Fleet Line", later changed to the Jubilee Line. I had offices at ground level outside Charing Cross Station and also next door to the National Gallery where the main contractors offices were and also the lifts to go underground, the Sainsbury Wing was later built here.
@shopshop1446 жыл бұрын
this is more a short history of the underground then anything about the engineering of the system.
@polishlad88735 жыл бұрын
Just visited London and I can proudly say that London Tube is the best piece of engineering I've ever seen. What a masterpiece. I was there for 3 days and moving around was like teleporting.
@beanbake998 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Went past the new crossrail station at canary wharf and I have to say I was in awe!
@polpojliekwanjaroen3511Ай бұрын
Fascinating how they pave the way for the world in modern engineering.
@nickyjlyons8 жыл бұрын
Truly fascinating. I wish I had made decisions earlier in my life that would have paved a career in civil engineering!
@David-xx7ny6 жыл бұрын
It's never too late!
@sidneyasiegbu4 жыл бұрын
If you're not too old and still have solid qualifications then you're alright.
@ckhazwan6 жыл бұрын
I am impressed !!! Such a remarkable achievement. Yeah, 'cope it did & cope it will'.
@rajballari58229 жыл бұрын
it's an a honour to become a civil engineer
@gruntpartystyle7 жыл бұрын
This video gave me chills. Great job.
@iTzMARXGaming6 жыл бұрын
Proud to work for the company!
@elizabethannegrey6285 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this fascinating view of London’s travel network. I commuted regularly, and find the historic aspect interesting. Now retired, no longer in UK, it pushes a nostalgia button for me. Sixties, Bond Street station, winter weather and an old man selling roast chestnuts at station entrance. Oh happy recollections of simple pleasures in a different era.
@IcelanderUSer6 жыл бұрын
I love London. Damn
@TheByard3 жыл бұрын
It's great to been part of the Undergrounds expansion, I drove a tunnel boring machine on The Victoria Line. A Senior Inspector of Works on the Dockland Light Railway extension to Bank Station. Also SIoW on CrossRail and have inspected the unused stations that were used as air raid shelters in WWII Between the above have worked on major tunnel projects around the world, retired now I just dig the garden and watch KZfaq.
@briane57066 жыл бұрын
Note narration is by Eddie Butler. Clearly more than a rugby commentator, his dulcet tones are most suitable for many documentaries like this.
@swimminlane35666 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed using the tube during our visits and learning some of it's history by guided tour. Regret not going to the transport museum while at Convent Garden.
@williamo13905 жыл бұрын
it's not enjoyable when your shoulder to shoulder
@morzee9410 жыл бұрын
There are some truely beautiful effects in this video
@melvincent55576 жыл бұрын
there should be a movie about how the underground was built..it would be brilliant
@Plysdyret18 жыл бұрын
How I just love the tube! I am a tourist in London now and then and when wearing my waist bag, the Londoners think I am pregnant and I get a seat! XD
@frothybeast78846 жыл бұрын
What a great archive!
@dantdm63817 жыл бұрын
very good we should reflect on underground.
@mth2802686 жыл бұрын
Is this Eddie Butler providing the narration? Wonderful rich, rousing, tones. Magnificent piece of documentary making
@jorgeyboy33646 жыл бұрын
Stunning video, thank you for creating this wow!
@businessbuilding16 жыл бұрын
A beautifully told story!
@amapparatistkwabena6 жыл бұрын
Superb mini-documentary!
@SohelShekhash10 жыл бұрын
Amazingly filmed. Would like to see more these kind of videos on engineering. #Engineering #LondonUnderground #London #Transport #Tube
@Freeedy10 жыл бұрын
Brilliant piece of film and encapsulates the LU story very well. It makes one proud to be a Civil Engineer
@user-ky6vw5up9m5 жыл бұрын
(W(L^2))/8 and more repetitive monotonous calcs. all day ad nauseam no thanks.
@kamal69ful10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video of london underground history, Thank u admin keep it up
@shriprasadgujare86394 жыл бұрын
I love London
@Henryk700010 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Truly inspirational.
@LukeChristodoulou4 ай бұрын
This video is an ok overview of the history of the undergound, though missing many details, especially any details about the actual engineering.
@jamieashton11736 жыл бұрын
Great short vid! London underground network continues to amaze me every time I use it! The underground really makes London what it is!
@NickElliottuk10 жыл бұрын
Terrific, well-made and fascinating video. The pseudo-3d effect on the old photos is particularly impressive. Was the last steam really only withdrawn in 1971?
@mattmattelig5 жыл бұрын
This was a good video, but I think the title was a bit misleading. not much talk about the engineering - more a sort of pat on the back for the fine job done. i was looking for the "how" part of engineering.
@CaptTarpal10 жыл бұрын
great footage! any idea of background music???
@azer86636 жыл бұрын
Great Job 👍🏾
@theicemanhaslanded10 жыл бұрын
One of the best videos I have seen in a long time. Gave me shivers and almost bought a tear to my eye.
@r3dp1ll9 жыл бұрын
Video is well done, good job. Just one little thing, in the credits the grey is way too dark to be readable when watching from a distance full screen.
@adeh5035 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic video
@giullarecosmico10 жыл бұрын
can you please borrows your engineering to Rome?
@marciotestoni10 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!!
@basilguts17862 жыл бұрын
Narrated by Eddie butler,the BBC rugby commentator.
@pierzing.glint1sh766 жыл бұрын
they make it seem soooo epic haha...when it really is just a subway system common all around the world
@gurjeetmalhi78369 жыл бұрын
British people best in world
@DavidAndrewsPEC7 жыл бұрын
I dunno - we fucked a lot of people over and a lot of people up. And a lot of people helped us but we never thanked them properly.
@mr.nobody19986 жыл бұрын
British are best at taking advantage of others...less fortunate
@tomdrowry6 жыл бұрын
How about thanking your ancestors, if they were British, instead of slating them.
@adeh5035 жыл бұрын
@@mr.nobody1998 cock head
@dr.scottcrullphd91334 жыл бұрын
I liked the old Docklands RW of the 1990s.
@GulliversFlo3 жыл бұрын
Engineering at its finest
@TEMELTASCONSTRUCTION3 жыл бұрын
good work
@London10644 жыл бұрын
Great video 👍
@arghpirate9 жыл бұрын
And nowadays it only takes a projected 15 years to "hopefully" install air conditioning on the northern line - dealing with the inherited thermal inertia of the tube. Is it health and safety, government bureaucracy, trade unions or just plain laziness that has affected our engineering prowess.
@ianmoseley99106 жыл бұрын
alex rainsley Priorities - operated without for years so not considered essential.
@relacser6 жыл бұрын
Great video
@008554466 жыл бұрын
Love from Bangladesh.
@CaptTarpal10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for response. but can you specifically tell me the soundtrack which was used from 0:16 ~ 3:24?
@Stevieboy7410 жыл бұрын
Most Londoners wondered how the tube network would cope during the olympics, but cope it did. The above statement made in this film is largely true, but I think it's important to point out that the reason it ran like clockwork was large numbers of underground staff, including the drivers were paid handsome bonuses during this period, so basically paid more money to do their job which was quite frankly a disgrace. Dig below the surface (excuse the pun) and you'll find the real reason for things. Once the olympics finished us Londoners were back to the usual old delays and problems. Should have added that to your documentary. I'm not however taking anything away from the amazing engineering feats described in this film, which were indeed revolutionary. It should be said though that we needed both American expertise and finance to get a lot of the initial underground projects up and running.
@Stevieboy748 жыл бұрын
+Andmeuths - Not paid enough? A tube driver gets a trainee/starting wage of £45,000 per annum (which is over $66,000 USD in case you're from America). That's a huge wage and much more than any other public sector worker, and it's just a starting wage. Some earn up to £55,000 per annum, and they still think they have the right to hold the city of London to ransom by going on strike and demanding bonuses to do their jobs during the olympics. It's disgraceful. Sooner or later they'll get a wake up call.
@kaiw82547 жыл бұрын
respect
@maxmullen63375 жыл бұрын
I thought the deep tunnel electric tube system opened in 1890.
@GHOSTGURUVJ06 жыл бұрын
WHEN OPENS START OPEATING THIS TRAIN?
@ecsciguy796 жыл бұрын
8:58 - Why are the escalators 'right-hand travel'? I thought British drive on the left-hand side?
@ds18683 жыл бұрын
Yep we drive on the left but stand on the right for escalators. Just to confuse foreigners like you.
@savolrat7 жыл бұрын
how much more investment does it really need? when i think about all the people tagging on right this second and every other second of the day. then think about how it costs 2.40 for a journey.. less for people with a monthly pass or whatever but still. the revenue generated must be enormous
@ianmoseley99106 жыл бұрын
savolrat It has been said that the only passenger service in the world that runs at a profit is in Japan
@CaptTarpal10 жыл бұрын
thanks~ but who is the artist of that music' Orion'?
@ilyPenn2310 жыл бұрын
JAE SEUNG ROE Terry Devine-King
@jae-seungroe867910 жыл бұрын
ilyPenn23 thank you so much!
@HenryJamesLau10 жыл бұрын
Feel like I'm watching a rugby match
@brianfearn42464 жыл бұрын
When it doesn't fit use the hammer..result. it fits now ..
@michaelhunt44456 жыл бұрын
He talks of 30 years of underfunding.................................no change there then
@MHLivestreams6 жыл бұрын
I remember London, back in the day, there was no trouble really. It was possible to roam the streets in reasonable safety. That was only in the 80's. Today, it's 'every man for himself' with 75% foreigners.
@troyjarman6 жыл бұрын
I applaud those workers of old without the technology we have today they were years ahead of their time men of courage and vision good old fashioned "NAVIES" who were not afraid to work, men of substance, only the great wall of china could come close ,today all we seem to have is a generation who want to sit and sleep on every street corner waiting for handouts to nurture their INDOLENT mentality, we are in a time when a few centimetres of snow brings almost everything to a standstill, our attitude is breeding a pathetic mentality of do just enough to get by oh yes "A LITTLE SLUMBER , A LITTLE SLEEP , A LITTLE FOLDING OF THE HANDS BRINGS POVERTY
@damiangrant11434 жыл бұрын
Many of them were Irish men! They also contributed to building the transport infrastructure of most of the UK's bigger cities. True grafters!
@-manxman6 жыл бұрын
investors searched for a solution - really - investors?
@sarahin52718 жыл бұрын
London underground shoes
@markymarco25704 жыл бұрын
It seems that all the money from those wars and colonies payed off.
@rahulrathod-vx6yv2 жыл бұрын
Looks
@ezekielrose116 жыл бұрын
Im jealous of Europeans wtf africa
@hafijurrahman71039 жыл бұрын
me
@WizardmasterNZ9 жыл бұрын
Interest !!.... Auckland (NZL) is bad transport have few train. Everyone want like this London make drill more station and less vehicles. I think 1960s Auckland Council is HOPELESS !!!!!
@dangerouslytalented6 жыл бұрын
Ooo big boring machines. I love boring machines
@hostilepancakes6 жыл бұрын
dangerouslytalented Exciting, aren't they?
@rfmjsdb98796 жыл бұрын
Londoners, arrogant as always. The tube isn't the best metro nor the most modern. Just look at Seoul or Switzerland.
@rfmjsdb98796 жыл бұрын
and during those 150 years you didn't have time to properly update? nice
@leonnorris38496 жыл бұрын
Hi, can't help but point out that, until quite recently, the tube was not just the oldest, but the largest underground network in the world. It is genuinely unique! I'm not sure what 'Switzerland metro' you're referring to. Nor have I ever travelled on the Seoul underground train network. I am sure that other networks have superior features to the London tube. One thing is certain: the London tube network is an engineering and architectural marvel - it's age and sheer scale demand admiration! It is the original and, in many peoples opinions, (including non-Londoner's) the best!
@rfmjsdb98796 жыл бұрын
That is a fair point. Still, after living in London and visiting metros around the world, I concluded that the Tube is extremely overpriced (even for students and seniors), hot, narrow and half of it is private!! Now, public transportation in private hands is not a good sign at all. It's not the worst, a least it's clean and runs on time, but I find it underlines London problems of inequality and screwing on the poor.
@SohelShekhash10 жыл бұрын
Amazingly filmed. Would like to see more these kind of videos on engineering. #Engineering #LondonUnderground #London #Transport #Tube