More Secrets Of The Underground

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Geoff goes out onto the network, this time pointing out old lines, bad grammar, stations that could have been, and -- of course -- how there are always signs that show the wrong number of steps ...
There's more about the South Harrow gasworks here: southharrowthenandnow.co.uk/ma...
Geoff doesn't really have tube map tiles in his bathroom, but oh my - here's someone that does: • Video
Well done for opening up the description and reading this bit! Not everyone does. There's no game to play this time, or a particular thing to type, but do feel free to leave us a comment if you have enjoyed!
Note that will also be no Secrets of the Crossrail until at least 2018 (that's when it opens, and therefore is impossible to do until then), and we have no plans to do Secrets of the Buses either.
Northern City Line or Thameslink still remain a possibility though!
Thanks to those that have translated the video captions into the following languages:
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@15october91 6 жыл бұрын

I love procrastinating, and these underground video are the ideal videos to watch when doing so.

@Banom7a 4 жыл бұрын

i feel attacked

@TrevorTyroneSSH 3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@FarmYard-Trains 2 ай бұрын

mood

@dereham1 7 жыл бұрын

I just love watching videos made by people who (1) Know their stuff (2) Clearly enjoy making the videos (3) Are happy to be classed as nerdy.Keep up the good work, Geoff!

@pagesofDawn 7 жыл бұрын

My kids are going to enjoy watching this after school. We've been binge watching the series.

@KDURRANI 7 жыл бұрын

YES! My favorite series on this channel has returned!

@Londonistvids 7 жыл бұрын

It never went away ...

@tomi_c 7 жыл бұрын

Zain Durrani same reaction for me :D

@floralsparkle7125 7 жыл бұрын

but its been ages

@floralsparkle7125 7 жыл бұрын

i hope there will be more after this then, these videos are my guilty pleasure, when im bored ill binge watch the whole playlist of them!

@dangergamercfc-minecraftan534 7 жыл бұрын

Zain Durrani SAME HERE!!!

@ankdoeslego9731 7 жыл бұрын

Imagine a James Bond scene where they change the train direction and the train falls off that bridge stub and crashes into the building

@RBenjo21 5 жыл бұрын

Ankdoeslego So... Skyfall?

@hotelmario510 5 жыл бұрын

“It used to carry Coltranes.” John? Alice? Robbie?

@willpembroke5732 7 жыл бұрын

Why do I watch these. Im not even from London

@VirreFriberg 7 жыл бұрын

Same

@dtjoyce 7 жыл бұрын

Ditto. I live in New York.

@stargate12A 7 жыл бұрын

I'm not from London but watching these episodes with interest

@WouterWeggelaar 7 жыл бұрын

Enjoying these from The Netherlands!

@TheKozin 7 жыл бұрын

same, I live in Semarang....which doesn't even have electric railway....

@vaclav_borsky 7 жыл бұрын

I have been only twice in London but I love the Underground and this series! Greetings from Czech Republic!

@StuartClary 7 жыл бұрын

I used to get a late Piccadilly Line train home from work past that vent shaft after Manor House. You can hear the air pressure change as you approach it and regularly lots of dust got sucked into the front carriage of the train as it passed. There's another identical shaft building between Bounds Green and Wood Green

@airplaneplustrainguy8143 6 жыл бұрын

Stuart Clary yeah

@multiplio2924 7 жыл бұрын

This series is definitely my favourite on this channel! Maybe you could extend it with just 'interesting things about the tube', which contains generally interesting stuff that might not be good enough to put in a 'secrets' video? It would be cool to see how many secrets you can spot in one days tube spotting! Might do that on my next 'London outing'!

@darrylkennedy2236 7 жыл бұрын

another good informative video. lived in London in the 70's -80's and loved the tube.Lived in Streatham Hill SW16.Overground to Balham,northern line to Stockwell, Victoria line to the west end every week end.loved it and NEVER KNEW there was so much interesting information about it.Thank you for all the effort.

@Nayson 7 жыл бұрын

Metropolitan line which share platforms with national rail between Harrow on the Hill and Amersham still reference "British Rail" on the signage even though British Rail hasn't existed for more than 20 years. The LUL ticket office/ticket machine at Marylebone is still painted in Network Southeast colours even though that's not existed as an entity for 20 years either.

@wclifton968gameplaystutorials 7 жыл бұрын

essex road still has network southeast signage apparently

@bowlerstuff9589 5 жыл бұрын

@@wclifton968gameplaystutorials I think all do

@ChrisColtrane 7 жыл бұрын

I was going to comment saying I enjoyed this anyway, but especially after I heard that the track carried coal trains.

@TheFpsStealth 7 жыл бұрын

Chris Coltrane bloody hell 😂😂😂

@Chelseaeditz1 6 жыл бұрын

Chris Coltrane £

@kellynaz9256 5 жыл бұрын

ahhahahahah

@majorgeneralexcaperr2583 5 жыл бұрын

You forgot that at Upton Park, there is an old style roundel tucked away at the end of the platforms. I only know about it because I was travelling to Chafford Hundred and saw the roundel.

@bonskieur5558 6 жыл бұрын

The map at Greenford has recently been corrected, so no longer says Shepherd's Bush Green :( At Northolt (my local station) you can occasionally see something cool. Some Westbound trains terminate at Northolt (often in the mornings) and then go into a siding, just beyond the platform, between the Westbound and Eastbound lines. If you stand at the end of the platform, and wait a few minutes, you can see the driver enter the cab at what was the rear of the train and then switch the lights from red tail lights to white headlights. If you then wait a few more minutes the train will come into the station and you can get on a empty train with plenty of seats!

@mark1973lowestoftNSMGUK 7 жыл бұрын

The Londonist is my favourite channel on KZfaq please keep your videos coming they are fantastic to watch and I love watching them over and over Thank You.

@brbbloke3223 2 ай бұрын

Your old photo of Liverpool street redundant platform 3 brings back memories. I used to work for NWR Ohl maintenance, remember working through that area on the old permaquip trolleys a couple of times back in the 1990s. Always made me wonder when you see these derelict lines/ platforms to nowhere. There’s so many of them still knocking about in the undergrowth, great podcast mate .

@TheBritFromOz008 7 жыл бұрын

This series has taught me an awful lot. I'm sure a lot of people will be with me on that. It's a great series Geoff. Keep it up!

@user-tq1xo6pf3l 5 ай бұрын

Excuse me, who are you?

@raphaelnikolaus0486 4 жыл бұрын

Re St. John(')s Wood: Actually the apostrophe is also missing on the tiles overhead!

@yegventures 7 жыл бұрын

Gotta love Geoff and the Underground and how they keep little bits and pieces of history on the system. In Edmonton, enthusiasm for transit is seen as strange, and historic references are removed when people find them.

@Pinkybum 7 жыл бұрын

The tile on the wall (behind your head!) at John's Wood doesn't have an apostrophe either.

@tjejojyj 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. At 03:19. Are there apostrophes on similar tile work anywhere. I was expecting Geoff to crack out a white pen and draw in the apostrophe, or walk up to one he had done before filming to say “On this sign someone couldn’t stand the incongruity of it any longer. (wink)”

@joshm3059 7 жыл бұрын

Also at Upton Park, there is a sign for West Ham United FC, which is now out of date as they have moved.

@raveslave4682 5 жыл бұрын

that was quick

@BritainsRailways 7 жыл бұрын

There are flood gates, from WW2, at most stations each side of the Thames, they used Hydrophones to detect where bombs went off in the thames, they where monitored from South Kensington tube station.

@EM-yw2qr 7 жыл бұрын

YAY! Finally a new episode!

@koeln-sued1948 7 жыл бұрын

Damn, just made a cup of tea, then enjoyed the video. Could the day get any better? Greets from Cologne.

@TessaRooney4EVER 7 жыл бұрын

I love it each time you discover some inconsistency and share it with us!

@robertewalt7789 5 жыл бұрын

In NYC there is a disused track line repurposed to a park, the High Line. It used to bring freight, especially meat, to factories and warehouses.

@brianfield792 4 жыл бұрын

Robert Ewalt yes I saw a KZfaq video about hiline, just amazing what they've done there,a real recreation area,

@ScrotusXL 5 жыл бұрын

I’m addicted, your attention to detail, knowledge and enthusiasm is infectious. Like the person who commented, ‘they’re not from London’ , neither am I. It’s irrelevant. This is quality stuff👍

@seiran6002 7 жыл бұрын

there is a plastic pigeon on one of the platform stairs going to the entrance at South Harrow

@samsaunders6738 4 жыл бұрын

I lived in the flats in front of that rogue piece of track off the Rayners Lane - South Harrow lone for 3 years and always wondered what it was used for and why it closed, thanks for scratching that itch of me needing to know all these years later!

@Billcommaagain 5 жыл бұрын

100% these videos are the nerdiest, most London thing I've ver seen, and it makes me so proud to be from London

@PeterYoung357 7 жыл бұрын

And Geoff did you notice the tiles at St John(')s Wood also didn't have the apostrophe?

@woobiewoo5405 7 жыл бұрын

There is loads of stuff you can find to do with the underground! U always say u can only squeeze so much into one video so there must be more ! WE WANT MORE ! 😂

@Hungrybonegaming 7 жыл бұрын

Yay again!!! love this series, planning to come to London when I finished high school in 3 years. Going to get a selfie with all roundals.

@brianartillery 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent. I can't get enough of this sort of stuff.

@bengale9398 6 жыл бұрын

I went to Greenford it doesn’t say ‘Shepherds Bush Green” anymore, however at Buckhurst Hill it does

@perielosgaming3903 7 жыл бұрын

I got one: North Ealing (Piccadilly Line) is the only station on the network that has a car park for the station

@arlacta 4 жыл бұрын

Love these videos. You have a very enthusiastic manner of explaining.

@Andyhandle Жыл бұрын

Great video. I'm from London and love these. I'm a frequent underground user who sadly has deliberately travelled to the end of all the lines, but there's lots I haven't spotted over the years!

@lethe56 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this, and all other Londonist vids you guys make. I'm in love with London, sadly don't live there (in France) but I just get giddy at the thought of my next trip, which is never that long away... 4 times this year already, and counting, there's gonna be a fifth. Your videos both help me wait and drive me mad with frustration at not being there... Thanks!

@nitramretep 7 жыл бұрын

Always fun to watch these observational video! Thanks.

@Larry 7 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Rayners Lane Station was originally named Harrow Gardens.

@2thinkcritically 7 жыл бұрын

Jeez Larry, you're everywhere!

@apx24 7 жыл бұрын

It has always been called Rayners Lane, though in the 1920s the Metropolitan Railway attempted to rename the station 'Harrow Garden Village' (a nearby area of semi-detached houses) but the local council at the time rejected the name change.

@andrewfrancis3591 5 жыл бұрын

Also at liverpool st platform 1,2 overground linked to subsurface. The tunnels have only recently been removed for crossrail. When i started on the railway in 1985 they were used as the clothing store, BR canteen and the BRSA gym which served beer.

@karlthewimpykid 2 жыл бұрын

I was a transport nerd who didn't know about London, now with you i am great in this!

@businessbuilding1 7 жыл бұрын

So glad to see more secrets of the Underground. Thanks Geoff!

@glenatkinson7732 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant vids...spend a lot of time watching whilst at work!

@HenrysAdventures 11 ай бұрын

Love the old spur of the Piccadilly Line.

@HappyHauptwerk 7 жыл бұрын

Please make more secret underground videos, Geoff. I love these!

@bahnspotterEU 7 жыл бұрын

I always smile when I see a Secrets of... video. Here in Berlin we have an Underground station called "Wittenbergplatz" that for some reason has a LU roundel logo on one of the platforms with the name "Wittenbergplatz" on it. I still don't know why. Might have to do "Secrets of the Underground" in Berlin myself ;)

@arfski 7 жыл бұрын

It was a gift from London Transport in 1952 to celebrate 50 years of the U-Bahn.

@arfski 7 жыл бұрын

(But still qualifies as a secret of the Berlin underground!)

@apx24 7 жыл бұрын

I remember when I went to Berlin I went to Wittenbergplatz U Bahn station specifically to look at that roundel :)

@ny-infoblog 7 жыл бұрын

Love watching the videos. Great work.

@uktrainspotter2104 7 жыл бұрын

You possibly have the most fun out of all the Train-related KZfaqrs I know :)

@benisaten 3 жыл бұрын

I love this. I'm a Canadian and have been to London once. Had an amazing time. Loved the underground. So much history. Ill definitely be back.

@thomaspower9351 7 жыл бұрын

Can you try to get access to Aldwych Station and look round Can you do a video about secrets onboard trains

@gerrynuk 7 жыл бұрын

Really great stuff! Very entertaining and educational at the same time.

@stewie325 7 жыл бұрын

watching for a year now and love it - has inspired me to go visit more tube/dlr/overground stations #nerdandproud

@andrewholloway231 7 жыл бұрын

As always Geoff, a really superb video. Super informative. I really enjoy these. Any chance of a 'Secrets of the Underground' book being published?

@andrewholloway231 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, in the form of a guide book with photos and a short description, just a suggestion really.

@wang_one_95 7 жыл бұрын

I will buy it!

@DavidMcClellandcouk 7 жыл бұрын

A book? I am totally buying this book. When's the book coming out, Geoff? Can I pre-order it? Will you accept book tokens?

@mikebe2090 7 жыл бұрын

Book sounds great, I enjoy these interesting facts or an iBook 👍

@johnbouttell5827 7 жыл бұрын

This episode was well good. My inner nerd is well satisfied. Keep up the good nerdy work.

@gottagothatsme 7 жыл бұрын

There's that many National Rail lines in London you could do this series forever! Please! We want more!

@evanslater4551 5 жыл бұрын

At Hainault on the Central line (my local station) on platforms 2 and 3 on the side of the stairs there is a London Underground roundel in a really different font.

@tompurcell1499 4 жыл бұрын

Is there really? I live about a 5 minute walk from Hainault Station and have never noticed. Nice one! I'll look out for this next time. P.S. Just to let you know how observant I am; it took me about 5 or so years before I realised that Aldwych was closed down!

@1964cohibas 4 жыл бұрын

Addictive viewing, thanks Geoff

@HammaneggsAirborne 7 жыл бұрын

You probably already know this, but Barbican has some small decorative metal bits above the arches, which used to be where the roof supports were attached to when it was Aldersgate.

@theocrooky 7 жыл бұрын

Please, please do another secrets of the underground. It's been one of my favourite series on KZfaq.

@TheUrbanGaze 6 жыл бұрын

This is like a gamer finding easter eggs, but irl, if you think about it.

@Karlinski73 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent stuff as per usual, Geoff.

@ceesvanegmond5172 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, nice! 2 weeks waiting and them I'm going to visit London again. Love your serie.

@PlanesTrainsFan 7 жыл бұрын

great video geoff love these secerts of the underground hope for more

@TCX757Pilot 7 жыл бұрын

How many more secrets can there be now?! Interesting to see all these quirky little things though!

@Londonistvids 7 жыл бұрын

We've not run out yet ... potential for still one more video to come!

@TCX757Pilot 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe secrets of the Gatwick/Stansted Airport People Movers next ;)

@simonsujeewon 7 жыл бұрын

Geoff - these videos are brilliant!

@spammerwhammer5526 7 жыл бұрын

Please try and get a driver's eye view of places such as the Northern line Stockwell marshalling yards. I was fortunate enough to know an LT tube driver who let me sit up front. The view was amazing. It was donkeys' years ago, and I genuinely do not remember his name, officer.

@myoldreteacher 7 жыл бұрын

LOVED this!

@conorspencer5411 7 жыл бұрын

My god this is long overdue

@NeoDerGrose 7 жыл бұрын

It looks like the Arsenal roundel is made out of little tiles. It may just have been a lot easier to use the same tiles between each diamond instead of individual ones to match the gaps.

@bayyer04 4 жыл бұрын

Just watched the whole playlist in 2 days. Love it even if I'm german ^^

@BVECentral 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent work once again

@DazMan70 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant - we really enjoy watching form Sydney Australia :-)

@hillelstoliar6003 7 жыл бұрын

AAAAHHH WHY CAN'T I STOP WATCHINGGGGGG

@ela_seo 5 жыл бұрын

This was great. Can't wait to tell my friend about St John's Wood

@DoubleDeckerAnton 6 жыл бұрын

Great Video Geoff! 😀👍 Nice history of the underground! 👌

@maxmullen6337 7 жыл бұрын

While we are talking about the Jubilee line, why do the handrails on the escalators at Westminster move faster than the steps. Very weird.

@ghostything 7 жыл бұрын

The line hanging off near Harrow reminds me of the bit of the Mancunian Way in er, Manchester, that was built in error and never finished, because at the time it would have sent people the wrong way down a one way road.

@wigginskid 7 жыл бұрын

Love these vids and would love more

@grahamclarke1934 7 жыл бұрын

I like these vids.. Thank you for showing.

@pauljhowden331 7 жыл бұрын

Magic stuff as always

@markdeakin6329 Жыл бұрын

The roundel on the glass at Northfields also has evenly spaced diamonds

@ForeverLucyxx 5 жыл бұрын

these videos cured my anxiety

@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp 6 жыл бұрын

Great episode!

@Mergatroid 6 жыл бұрын

If only Chicago had a channel like this.

@WouterWeggelaar 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Geoff, Got another microphone for the voice overs?? Or just a different room / eq? Nice and deep ;)

@anthonykdramanu9158 7 жыл бұрын

its a voice over ( for most of it )

@Leonaristo 7 жыл бұрын

Wonderful and very interesting!

@DaveInBridport 7 жыл бұрын

As always, very interesting!

@kingsleythomas5443 7 жыл бұрын

Great channel. Thanks!

@chesham121 5 жыл бұрын

I came across this series recently and found it very interesting. Any chance you could make one with re-name stations and proposed new tube lines?

@RoyGibson 7 жыл бұрын

Brilliant videos keep them up.

@SGMiner21 7 жыл бұрын

Yay! another one! last one was 8 months ago (Secrets of the Trams) So hope there will be more of these :D

@ianmoseley9910 4 жыл бұрын

The lightbox at Upton Park was replaced recently. Should also note the ironwork in the roof still has LTSR - London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

@dan1ukdsjn 7 жыл бұрын

Ever mentioned the BOAC logos on the platforms of Hatton Cross?

@andymadden8183 5 жыл бұрын

At one time, that was the closest station to Heathrow (then what was originally called the Heathrow Airport station opened).

@sipwithmeee 7 жыл бұрын

jeff youre the best...made my day

@henrybest4057 4 жыл бұрын

Geoff, There's one secret you haven't covered. As the Northern line doesn't appear to have any Network Rail connection nor a connection to any other Underground line, how and where do they get new trains onto the line and how did they get trains to Acton Works, when that was the major overhaul depot? I believe there's an underground connection to the Piccadilly line somewhere near Kings Cross. Is that correct?

@dukenukem5768 4 жыл бұрын

I think it is near Kings Cross to the Picc.