How Do You Deal With Free Riders On The Underground? | The Tube | Spark
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- Опубликовано: 16 апр 2019
- Not everyone plays by the rules when it comes to public transport. So what happens when criminals are caught trying to avoid paying the same fares as everyone else?
For the first time in its history, London Underground has opened its doors to record the day-to-day life of its 16,500 staff who work across a network of 275 stations and 507 trains running on over 300 miles of track. Every year more than one billion people use The Tube that's 3 million journeys a day; commuters, holiday-makers, day-trippers, businessmen and women, students, overseas visitors.
This series goes behind the scenes to tell the story of some of the dedicated and colourful characters who work for LU, doing a difficult job under often challenging and stressful circumstances.
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"One time I asked a guy for a ticket and he showed me a handgun, that to me was authority to travel" I died 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well to be honest. I would not want to argue with a guy while being held at gun point. Would you?
@@itmkoeln ofcourse not he can take as many train rides as he wants, I'll give him VIP class service
iRoast Toast 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fake story
Its london, I doubt its fake, anything is possible.@@areguapiri
14:45 James Bond humming the US National Anthem working a London Tube Announcer Booth lol
Could vomit if I hear this fucking anthem. God save the Queen is 1,000 times better.
I love London smh there’s always gotta be that one person who just hates everything American.
@@lindenbeck It is good but I do not feel it is "better" by any quotient but GG that you do.
They missed a chance to put in the James bond theme
@@lindenbeck are you for fucking real? God save the queen has to be one of the worst anthems ever!
"And that, to me, was authority to travel"
Andrew Baker 😂😂😂😂 I wasn’t gonna argue with him
Everything is free with a handgun.
Most people have to wait for their McDonalds, but with a gun, you just get someone elses food without any delay, buy today.
@@shunbalasundaram9072 I hope no one started an argument with that passenger on the train.
I guess im asking the wrong place but does anyone know of a method to get back into an Instagram account?
I was stupid forgot the login password. I love any help you can offer me
@Kai Ramon instablaster :)
10:14 the guy who missed the train tries to pull open the doors 😂
Lolol
Im dead 🤣🤣
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take". hey he gotta try at least lol
I scrolled down to see if someone timestamped that hahhaaha
5:13 She seems super sweet, bless her and the station manager for his patience.
sadly she isn’t what she seems, always causes chaos at mecca bingo romford
@@terminx7841 you can't just say that based off of the other guy commenting, or this will end up as chinese whispers
Liam Gaine Someone hasnt seen the autistic lady in person
Just a mildly unfortunate situation for both sides
Really enjoying this series.
I find it interesting that, despite the nonsense that the Tube employees must put up with (on a daily basis), those that have featured say that they enjoy their job and will find it difficult to leave when the time comes. Great attitude and much appreciated by a great number of customers.
LOVE the sound of those Jubilee Line trains!
Working for TfL is a huge merit and achievement to have in terms of career ambitions.
The roles such as a train station attendant or passenger liaison at stations hold great significance and therefore further motivates individuals to be part of TfL.
14:30......Station supervisor James Bond and his vocal warm-up for the days announcements....Comedy Gold!!
5:19 does her shirt say enjoy cocaine?
Matthew Eckler it does aswell 😂😂
And it’s in the Cola font wtf 😂
She probably ain’t autistic but just high on crack 😂😂😂
i used to know that girl
She used to come in the Mecca Bingo at Romford and terrorise the place
Yes...yes it does...😂
Our experiences with the London Underground staff has always been very positive and polite. The stations are immaculate and the signage/announcement were very clear. We would score London Underground 10/10.
3:21 - i used to know that girl
She used to come in the Mecca Bingo at Romford and terrorise the place
I used to know her too. She bangs like a barn door in a hurricane.
@Ann-Marie Paliukenas she's an entitled little shit who think autism is a do what you want and get away with it card, people are like her are the problem
@@MegaArrighi So anything i have a compulsion to do, I should just be left to it?
@@MegaArrighi Nobody was judging her. The man didn't know her. He was doing a job, which he is paid for. Her safety, was his responsibility, while on those premises. If she can't control her actions, due to a disorder that would cause her to put herself or others into danger, then she shouldn't be allowed to go out and live independently.
@@MegaArrighi I didn't measure whether it's a large or tiny chance that someone would be hit by a train, due to a duty to safeguard her, but even this "tiny" chance is too much. If she was only putting herself into danger and no one was assigned the duty of keeping her away from danger, I'd not care, as it's her own life. But, this is a society where one person's actions negatively affect the lives of others. If we want to be a society of order, we all have an obligation to cooperate. Those who have disorders that cause them to put themselves and or others into danger, or even generally be uncooperative, probably should be locked away where they won't have to worry about what they can't help, due to some kind of compulsion, instead of out here with those of us who get on well. There are institutions for people like this.
I will give her respect, she knows he affliction, she knows how to control it, and she knows what sets her off. Great job !
She needs a guide dog.
wow. how impressive
im a big underground fan and im always grateful to station staff because of my visual impairment they are amazing and go out of their way to ensure my safety and direct me either with me or direct my route
14:32 The name’s Bond....JAMES BOND
Kim Jong-un is he going to blow up your country 😂
Kim Jong-un Avery what are you doing here?
i think kim has a man crush
which is a good thing
4:33 ‘I’m not one of those crazy people’ 😶😂😂
But you are luv'. You are.
@@jared5941 I know this but some people use autism as a excuse to do as they like. There is nothing to say this woman does have autism I can say I'm an astronaught but I dont have proof I am.
@@melina001a Do you know what autism is?
Pete S. everyone and their momma claim either there have or their kids have autism.....also everyone claims to have ptsd.... it makes things harder who actually live with these conditions
@@nighthawwwk She obviously meant that she isn't suicidal
It was clear from Tom’s movements and breathing he wasn’t healthy.
Katey M this sounded like it was something the narrator would say
Before they even said that he had taken ill, I was thinking it by the way he was wheezing and spluttering after going through the security doors.
@@DreamClean guy sounded like a frickin pug... No shit he was sick...
4:30 "I'm not one of those crazy people"
@@LeahUK Sounds like OCD or someone that can't deal with change. Anxiety perhaps.
look at her tshirt
I absolutely l o v e speaking French to Montreal strangers like she sounds in that Asian tongue! Doing so trumps their _Joual,_ amuses them, and thus eliminates their snobbism at me when customarily speaking _Métropolitain_ French to them. Otherwise, this useless programme needlessly shows some kinda zoo status of that there subway..oh well.
kappa
trainrover calm down and what has French and montréal have to do with this
2:35 Ex military guy now a tube supervisor..From BARKING ORDERS to being polite must have been a crazy adjustment for this guy..
When I worked on the buses between 1987 and 1994 i dealt with fair dodgers, freaks, weidros, alcholics, football hooligans, vandalism, occassionally people dying and stupid school kids on a weekly basis. I can seee from this video I made the right decision to leave the buses because working with the public has not improved and if anything it has got much worse!
Fare*
Fare dodgers will always be there mate given the steep prices of tfl services nowadays 😂
“You have to think of the worst” like someone not paying a fare 😂😂
I mean people would pull a knife on inspectiors..
Azhal Halil yeah good point
Idiot
10:14 never skip arm day.
Restricted areas of the platforms on the New York City Subway are totally blocked off. There is no access to that restricted area. I have to say that gardening on the platform is a pretty neat idea!!
"WHY YOU NOT PAY"
"Because I'm poor"
"NO, YOU MUST WALK 30 MILES THEN".
Fake a heart attack, then you'll get a lift to the hospital and they'll forget the fare 😂
Tom is a bacon butty away from a heart attack.......sounds like darth vader with asthma
OSA
Very rude of you to call him Darth Vader with asthma.
Bacon butty away...🤣🤣🤣
Rip Tom mate ❣️
Hope e gets better asap
At the Ticket Gates:
Scuse me mate, My Glock doesn't seem to be scanning properly, can you open the gates for us?
All the best to Tom thank you for your valued service in the millitary and in logistics
I hope he gets his pension and the NHS take care of all his medical and hospitalization needs.
I was a conductor in my young days and later on i became a bus driver. In the mid seventies me and my driver was crewing a one man operated route. In the evening i brought down from Golcar some rowdy young lads to town for their night out when we did the last bus to Golcar one of the lads paid just to Thornton lodge about a quarter way to Golcar. So i went upstairs to get rest of the money he owed which he stood up and dropped his pants and undies and said take thirty pence out of that. So i said to him i could not get half a pence out of it as there is nothing to look at. Everybody upstairs laughed at him i made him feel one inch tall. He paid the remainder of the fare and pulled his undies and trousers up. When everybody was getting of the bus they give me high fives. And said that was brilliant. I put him in his place.
nice one Ian
Harry Harry makes sense
@Harry Harry racist
@Harry Harry......and because he didn't shoot up the entire platform he must NOT have been white 🙄
Well done
A hand gun is authority to travel I’ll remember that next time I go on the train
I normally carry an RPG
@@gee3883 😂😂😂
I have a gun case that my dad used to fly to Alaska and he took it as carry on baggage lol ... Times sure have changed
Yes, a handgun is the equivalent of a Zone 1-9 Travelcard.
HAND Gun not Hang gun lol
10:15 some guy in the background trying to open one of the train doors 😂😂
10:15 rip that guy missed his train and tried to force the doors open 😂
Loved video .love the couple who tend the flowers on station and the workers who work for the train station.British working class at its best .like it always is when they film railway staff .proud to be British when you see all yes all the workers trying to do their best
Thank you for uploading this! I’m a fare inspector/ transit security officer in the US and was wondering how our cousins across the pond functioned.
DaddyTitoplz yeah, go look on our Croydon tramlink and a few London Underground stations. No barriers and a lacking of CCTV. Plus most tramlink stations are not staffed.
@@Daniel-0093 I've never seen a staffed Tramlink station unless there are works on the line.
The point of trams is they have train capacity and bus functionality, removing the need for station staff.
Ronniebon Gaming yes I understand that, but the fact it that how people evade fares which causes TfL to lose a fortune. It is also known that some parts of the tram network are in areas of crime and poverty which raises the percentage of fare evading.
@@Daniel-0093 Sounds like panicked dog whistle to me...
Great video this really enjoyed seeing behind the scenes at the station
The standard of London Underground staff has improved measurably in the past 3 decades
Ian Andrews that's because they have got rid of staff. No more ticket booths for example
@@angusrutherford1306😂😂
6:03 They do this on Adelaide Metro too, the ticket inspectors usually work in pairs, and a lone ticket inspector is very rare, it's not impossible to have 6 ticket inspectors in the same carriage, by the time that train was nearing the end of the line there were more ticket inspectors then there were passengers!
The ticket inspectors don't do anything nowadays lol, these ones were actually serious abt their jobs 😂😂😂
..."than"...
They must be proud telling their grandchildren how they saved TFL £2.50
Fucking jobsworth😂😂😂
“I asked for a ticket, he showed me a handgun and that to me was license to travel”...
What, you didn’t do anything!!!
Luke Bradbury so you would
@@jamesdavison1786 yes, he must of thought, I'll sacrifice my life for a £4.50 ticket, that'll teach them
@@nigelcarpenter4814 You know, there's this thing called police . . .
@@passionofthecrust9173 you ever tried calling them?
@@nigelcarpenter4814 Fair enough, I hope he at least tried though, the idea that gun carrying potential loonies are just allowed to travel the tube is a bit off-putting
7:15 £10!!! When was this filmed? It’s £80 now
Ha if it was still £10 it would be cheaper to be fined than to pay
It was filmed in 2002 because my dad (who works for London Ambulance) Was Called to a job at a station when they were filming
@@Kaiyats not really. A one way journey in Zone 1 costs about £3.50
Absolutely love hearing someone singing in my language 💙💙💙
10:14 oh my life literally just wait for the next one, it's not gonna kill you
Getting on that train could mean he doesn't be late to work and save his job.
Or the next train scheduled for arrival may mean he will be late to work, despite planning ahead for the commute.
@@fredgalaxy7632 I do understand that, honest - but these trains need to move, they aren't legally forced to wait for everyone to get in. Forcing the door open like this gentleman did, could easily cause that door to develop a fault, and the next thing you know, the train has to be taken out of service - believe me that _does_ happen.
14:32 station supervisor... JAMES BOND
14:32 station supervisor named James Bond lol
They are all so lovely British. Bless them.
"kemcho, namaste" lol love that women for say that 😂😂
Okay, yay I love this show, good to see another episode.
3:12 I definitely empathize with her there, now I’m not saying it’s right but I do recognize that autism definitely does make it so you end up in dilemmas such as this with nothing you can do.
Lock her up it’s for her own good
@@williamsmith8164 locking her up would be stupid. Maybe institutionalise these people, but with proper funding to maintain their quality of life.
Too much fuss, just tell the court she tried pushing people on to tracks and lock her up. Problem solved.
@@williamsmith8164 for you that is. For her it's a lifetime of her "head going round in circles". I live my life by the philosophy that you should treat each other as you'd want to be treated. She has a mental illness that is 100% not her fault. She should still be treated with respect.
Yawn. Lock her up it’s the easiest and simplest solution.
Life isn’t fair
*Tosses guy out window* "....no ticket."
5:54 OMFG THE SHIRT XD
11:04 God, that’ll wake you up on an early shift 😂
If they think fare evasion is at 46 million quid....that 's the number they will use....no doubt it's well beyond that number, and very difficult to control. Worked in transit in Canada, fro 20 years same thing...the number given v the reality. Moving people, safely and on time is an amazing achievement. Transit workers take a lot of abuse, yet they will help anyone if the need arises...special breed indeed.
"He was waving a Desert Eagle. To me that was authority to travel"
Taking a bite out of crime for sure I can see the crime dropping
The staff on the tube make visiting London an experience, you know they been asked the same dumb tourist question over and over again, but they are never grumpy.
We’ve run into some different tube staff
Station supervisors James Bond 🤣
17:54 What the hell is that? Lmaoo
XxLukeEngland2xX RBLX - That's a dumper truck on the land next to the station
Construction work taking place on the land opposite the station
Next time I want a free ride I will whip out me weapon.
Pee shooter?
14:31 station supervisor James Bond :D
lmao at the kame cho, that lady is something else
5:50 "ive been sworn at, spat at"
Someone's going to be thrown in front of a moving train if that was me
Ooo scary
Of course they will big man
And cause a one under!? The ERU would be pissed, and need to be restrained before they make you pul him out. And that's after British Transport Police did the equivalent of "hit by a warrent"
James Bond later became a local councillor for the area.
In Prague, Czech Republic, you have to pay only half of your fare evasion penalty (400 rather than 800 CZK) if you buy a 1 year coupon (for 3650 CZK = 10 CZK/day) with it, which is a really good approach London should try.
What Prague should try is imprisonemet for regular fare evadors, some people need to learn the hard way...
I like watching this because it’s good
This video almost 10 years old. If not even more.
Yem Eni still nice to have a high quality upload... some episodes of this series are hard to find anywhere else. It’s good that they’re putting them all up in sequence and in decent quality.
Michael Kelly true.
2002
Filmed in 2002 so 17 year old
@@forza223bowe5 2004, I think. The oyster card readers, Wembley Stadium arch. These things weren't there in 2002.
Station supervisor James Bond lol
10:15 poor fella got his arm jammed in the door!!
so where's the confronting of Fare evaders ?
6:38
13:30 things are the same all over
I love British documentaries, they are saw RAAAAW👌🏼
what?
Moscow to Tver 7 pounds 16 pence late train , Hounslow West to Upminster peak train 10 pounds 30 pence. That just about sums it up!
6:50 :D My love Polish "comrads" :D
This is comedy gold
I love how 'Spark' went thru like 40 logo changes - lol
Did anyone else notice her shirt at 5:21 ?
I wonder why people evade fares? could it just be that this is the most expensive place on the planet to travel by train ? but that's never addressed.
you should check norwegian train prices
It’s really not expensive at all and the service is 100x better than it was 10 years ago. Unless something goes wrong, 9/10 there’s a train every couple of minutes.
National Railway however...
Matthew Stevens now sit down and stand and then sit down again let’s tell a story
Dont be an ignorant dumbo diver one foxtrot. It's the evaders that contribute to fare increases .. duhhhhh!
Matt M the tubes not expensive by British standards but by world standards it is
Well the folk look smart clean stations even with scaffolding quite a refreshing change to the old days.
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?
You just had to upload at 10pm
The bloke who had to go out on medical reminds me of Onslow
It's the same in most places; if you look for intrigue, you will surely find it . . .public transport is no different; violence and criminals wielding knives or even firearms will materialise, if you are not vigilant.
I encountered a couple of fare dodging police on a London Bus of all modes; and who demanded to know if I had a 'Freedom Pass', which I had used to board the bus.
They weren't showing any authorizing badges, so I wasn't showing mine.
That seemed to offend them, until they got a real dodger, which distracted them and they forgot about me.
I also happened to have a driving licence, senior citizen's card and as passport as 'photo I.D.' which was easily seen when extracting my 'Freedom Pass' from my wallet.
But, I may have looked 'a bit suspect' to them, despite my grey hair and advanced years. . .
It is however, the only 'run-in' I've ever had with fare evasion inspectors, even when I was not a pensioner.
Nice to see Twiggy is doing alright for himself now eh lad.
Watching this to learn from my fellow fair evaders mistakes
Cocoa cola is going to sue cocaine.
The ticket person at my station is lovely
That polish geezer was definitely at harrow-on-the-hill station
Watching this i was saying to myself that Tom character is not a fit well man. Always wheezing and out of breath.
That 'Enjoy Cocaine' shirt though. Lmao!
does anyone know what the song is at 21:46 ? I also hope Tom got better :(
the guy at 10:14 loool
What a fucking dick 😂😂
Scrolled down to see if anyone else noticed, absolute love it, what a plum
I laughed so hard when he tryed to open the door
AJ did a fantastic job with that autistic lady. Kudos!!
Best shirt ever! :)
You know you're in Britain when everyone is wearing hi-viz jackets and is trying to stay away from any conceivable threat by a minimum of ten metres.
14:35 seriously the guy is called James Bond?
Yep
15:02 All The Stations, all of them
He said all stations to Aldgate station
“Enjoy cocaine”
He’s sooo unfit he sounds out of breath just by talking sounds like a heart attack waiting to happen
I think James Bond got fired at MI6 and he got a new job at North Harrow 😂
Oh yeah, there are plenty of those on the NYC Subway, and the MTA doesn't even care about them
Customer's always right
The number of times here in Brisbane I have witnessed bus drivers saying "you need to pay but I will let you on anyway, its your fault if you get in trouble" is surprising. Although a lot of that is because the drivers need to not leave people behind (kids/teenagers especially) in case they have no other way to get home.
That and the drivers dont want to be in a position where the passenger in question gets violent.
@@jfwfreo if you call the police you have to make a police report so no operator wants to waste their time everyday.
Why is this in my recommended? And wow, this is from 2005.
m8055 really 2005?
Blokes be like, " the petunias looking a bit full"
5:45 no way was he gunna argue..Very wise..
Did Onslow's benefits run out? Had to get himself a job? Nice!
Haha I was just going to comment that 😂 must have finally caved in and got away from hyacinth
Omg I thought the same thing!
3:56 Ruth, is that you?!