End of the Line No.1 - Amersham
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Welcome to Amersham station! In Zone 9 at the end of the Metropolitan line, we kick off here in this new series, ticking off all the stations at the ends of the lines on Tube Map. What's there? What's the station like? What quirky and interesting facts are there, and if you've not been yourself - will this inspire you to go to make a trip yourself!
Also: Fares zones existed since the 1980's, it's just that they didn't first appear on the Tube Map until 2001.
There's some great photos showing the inside of Amersham signal cabin here: www.metroland.o...
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underrated station ! 🚆
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Ah, that's HOT, that's HOT.
Its underratedness matches the unexpectedness of this comment 😂
4:50 Geoff's excitement at the Chiltern train was the best thing ever 😄
I live opposite Aylesbury railway station. I see those trains every 15 minutes of every day. Never anything changes. No unusual coloured trains. Just tedium
Came here to say this.
Similar to the excitement of the dog at seeing Geoff. Must be a subscriber! 😄
Chiltern train horn
Geoff surprised Pikachu face
4:53 Feel the speed the SPEEDDD
That's because it was probably a great edit. We didn't actually see the train.
as an amersham resident i am glad that someone finally gave the station some well-deserved attention. being on the underground is incredibly useful for everyone here, as you have a lot more options to travel in and out of central london
I was just 'exploring' the town via Google map. It's a beautiful place.
It’s a brilliant area. Your very lucky to live there.
Other suburbs also have this “through London” rail capability (like places on the Thameslink or the Crossrail), so I suspect Amersham has something more going for it than just the transport options.
It's a pity they've reduced the bus service from Amersham to Chesham. Makes doing the Tube Challenge more difficult.
imagine not living in amersham tho
We are definitely here for more series like this. Thank you Geoff!
Yes, I always enjoy the videos
Hopefully it’s not just tube and mainline as well😊
End stations always have a certain vibe that I love. They often feel more relaxed, especially if its a somewhat rural/suburban area
Morden?
It gets creepy when the voice says "Next stop west cementery. Last stop. All passengers please get off here.".
It was the moment my second life began, the moment I realized I only had one.
What about Bank/Waterloo on the drain
Quant and old worldly, fantastic. I expected Poirot and Hastings to walk onto the station.
Not on the tube, but... I quite like Marlow as it's a single track end of the line station, hidden away...
And it's near a pub called The Marlow Donkey.
The end of the line for the dlr seems a bit silly but also fun to do in a day.
Imagine the Waterloo & City line! 🤣
I think if you try to do that one you get an error. Used to be you'd get a divide by zero for the circle line but then they turned it into a skillet.
Bank 😊
@@EdwardMason9000 that line is my favourite, but it’s awfully long for how short the between two place is
@@AlRoderick even before 2009 the end of the circle line was probably edgware road
Another London rail series by Geoff makes me happy.
There’s two railway workers that live in a Chesham here. We’re more than happy to show you the sights 😊. Chesham is great - not only is there an exhibition on at the moment called River to Railway but there is the Lido with a train view! It’s a beautiful part of the world. Early morning trains normally have deer sightings 😃
You can also get them midday
had a few going home from school
As someone who lives across the road from the Amersham Station and can see the signal cabin from my upstairs window, I agree, it does look a little out of place. Thanks for the extra info on Amersham's relative westerly location, good trivia knowledge to have up my sleeve. What Geoff didn't say is the station is at the bottom of the shopping street and all the amenities that it offers. Old Amersham is a 30-minute walk away through Rectory Woods (left out of the station, under the bridge and then right across the road to take a footpath to the woods that has a floor plaque stating 'METROPOLITAN & GREAT CENTRAL JOINT COMMITTEE PRIVATE PROPERTY' (see if you can spot it). Come To the end of the line at Amersham, you will not be disappointed.
The hill from Old Amersham back to the tube station though....
@@DerickRethansXdebug that works.....very much optional which direction you go....
@@DerickRethansXdebug The Martyrs Memorial is an interesting diversion if you walk up past the field!
This made me get on my shoes. Walk to Feltham, get on a South Western railway train to Waterloo and currently going to Baker Street to then get a train to Amersham because it looks beautiful. Great video Geoff.
The childish excitement on Geoff’s face when the horn blows never gets old
He was, in part, happy that his wait was so short.
This series is a great idea! I can't wait to see you do High Barnet. Was my local tube stop when I used to live in London. Very nostalgic!
Great series Geoff. Please do this for every TFL line!
I’ve always wondered about the extremities of the Tube Map and I’m happy to see this Series! The title card is fab as always 👏🏽
You’ve finally joins the 4k club. I’d say it looks at least 4 times better. You could see every flake of rust on the stairs. Excellent viewing on my 55” Qled. More please.
I remember maybee 2 years ago I wanted to film a train for my international friends. I where on a bridge and filmed down to the tracks. Once the little video where done I checked it. The train I wanted to film where all blurry and blended into the the blurry background. The fence right infront of the camera where crisp and highquality and you could clearly see every flake of paint peeling off from the rusty fence. 😂
Hello. I used to travel from Kings Cross to Baker Street then on to Rickmansworth on the Metropolitan Line when visiting family for 28+ years. Love this video. 🙂🙂🙂
I do hope there's a special Waterloo and City line double bill!
What a series! Thanks Geoff from Italy, you allow me to travel on railways that I don't have.
Come and visit the U.K. it’s not as bad as you think. Mostly…
I once did a challenge where I went to every end of the line in the New York City subway. It was really fun, and it’s cool to see someone doing it in London!
My grandparents lived so close to Amersham Station that, when we cleared out their house in the early ‘80s, we discovered the attic was full of soot left over from when steam engines served the line.
My girlfriend and myself still use the term 'Amersham' for a 'sneeze that tickles but never comes'. It's from the book The Meaning of Liff which gives the etymological reason that it's named after the Underground station 'Where the lines constantly rattle but the train never comes'.
By the great, lamented Douglas Adams and the merely fantastic John Lloyd. ;)
I believe "Shoeburyness" is "the feeling of sitting on a toilet seat that is still warm from the previous user".
I only remember a few entries; it's been a long time since I had a copy of this silly, but great fun, book. I'm kind of surprised that some of the entries never found their way into daily use - "Humber" being an obvious example.😂
The book available on that site called Am....n prices start under a fiver - I'm ordering one because it sounds like a good read! ;-)
What a gear idea Geoff. I love Amersham (and Chesham)
Amersham is indeed a beautiful station.
Funnily enough we'll be travelling down from Birmingham to London in October and we already have an "end of the line" visit planned to Uxbridge. My wife's grandfather was a signaller based there, and lived in Hillingdon (where we shall also be visiting - I've never been but it'll be a memory lane trip for my wife).
Geoff, you really need to do a race the tube. To be specific race the Elizabeth line? London Charing Cross to Abbey Wood? Northern and Elizabeth vs Nation rail?
I was raised in Amersham and now live in Chesham and it's great to see you come this way and share your thoughts and opinions on both stations and towns. :)
Liking the start of this brand new series, have been to Amersham once when they ran Sarah Siddons on a heritage shuttle to Harrow-on-the-Hill but didn't knew the BR/LUL boundry was further away from Amersham
Loved this, I went to school in Amersham and grew up in Chesham. They're both lovely stations though the history of Chesham makes it my favorite.
I used to live in Aylesbury and so used to go through Amersham all the time. Thank you for showing us these gems.
Been wanting to do this for a while, your video gave me the motivation to do it and I went today. Amersham is a nice little place and I'll go back again at some point when I have more time.
It's probably the strangest "Underground" station I've ever been to as it's in the countryside. I used the bit of trivia about it being the Westernmost station in my uni lecture 👍
1:25 I cannot BELIEVE how seamless that cut was, well done Geoff!
I'm going to enjoy this series.
When living in Bucks, especially when working in London on tour buses, Amersham was often my stepping stone onto the network. Last used it just after Christmas. Still a little unreal how you board the Tube in leafy countryside and within an hour arrive in the heart of the city.
Great to see you're back on track! Fun to watch, keep going Geoff!
It would be worth mentioning that London Transport also had a bus garage in Amersham (garage code MA) that transferred over to London Country on January 01st 1970. The garage stood until it was demolished in / around 1995.
Used to love going to the end of the line as a kid living in Victoria, London. Went to Amersham in the early days of the A stock. Driver let me into the cab. Went from Amersham to Beconskott for a day out with mum. Went back for the first time since, only two weeks ago, to ride the '38 stock over the "north curve" to Watford and back. Arrived by car this time, I live near Buckingham now. Nostalgia inducing video.
Brilliant start to this series. Went Amersham last year and it’s quite a peaceful town in the Chilterns
Loved it! Looking forward to seeing some of the stations that I know myself.
Amersham is where my grandparents live. I spent many nights getting used to the trains rattle past but it has the nicest cafe stand i have met.
Loved this video Geoff! I'm so excited for the rest of this series and yes maybe I will take a ride to Amersham this weekend.
Love this Geoff and thanks for making a video on Amersham. Used the station daily on my commute for years. The hanging baskets outside the station were always a highlight
What a brilliant new series, Geoff! There really is just something about the end of a line, and I'm very much looking forward to watching you explore all of them! Thanks for your lovely work you do!
I used to cross over that second footbridge often to go to a friend's house at lunch when I went to the local school there. Good memories.
Love this. Look forward to the rest of the series 🚉
I love this idea of a series!
I can't wait for more of this series! 😄
Very cool. This is what this channel excels at
Just finished the end of the line playlist. Can't wait for more of these! 😊
Re: Four weddings and a Funeral. The Crown was where the bedroom of the pub (where Hugh and Andie's characters first spent the night together) was filmed. The interior of the pub itself was The Kings Arms just down the road. (the view out of the window, and the exterior shot, were both not Amersham).
This is a great idea. I look forward to the rest of this series. You can learn so much doing trips like this!
Travelled to Amersham a lot last year to campaign in the by-election. Absolutely fell in love with the area, and I used the Tube (or the Chiltern, whichever was first) to get to my hotel in Rickmansworth.
When I moved to London I did something similar - however I only went up to the penultimate station of each line, then got on a train and reached the end station that way. The reason behind this is that I would never hear the "next stop is XXX where this train terminates" announcement if I went to the end station directly. Yes, I went to each one on foot, and that includes Heathrow and Theydon Bois. However in case of the Metropolitan I only went up to Moor Park to explore all those far-away branches.
I loved the tube so much as a kid that my mum brought me to London for my birthday in the early 90s and we rode around on the Underground all day. We got to Amersham and it doesn’t look like it’s changed much in 30 years. Happy memories.
Very nice one Geoff. From Swanley, zone 8, I decided to get best use I could from Oyster. I travelled via Blackfriars and Farringdon then to Chesham by Underground, walked through those woods to Amersham and eventually back via Marylebone and Victoria. Unfortunately the museum was shut that day.
Great informative video. I currently work at Hammersmith SCC but was formerly a signaller at Amersham, Rickmansworth, Edgware Rd and Hammersmith before the introduction of cbtc
Love the new series!
My brother and I were at Amersham the other week for the 1938 tube stock running. Lovely station, there is also a small replica of Metropolitan Stream loco near the roundabout.
Fantastic stuff. Great series this will be.
Old Amersham Town is so cute and quaint.
Finally what feels like a “Classic Geoff Video”!
This is going to be a great series Geoff! Cheers bud!
Delightful station, enjoyable video and a great idea for new series. Just one criticism which is not your fault Geoff, it's just not the same without "A" stock 😎
Nice to see my old stomping ground first up. I've sat in those sidings at around midnight before after falling asleep on he way out of London. And that crossing in the woods was on my school cross country route. Looking forward to Chesham.
Challoners?
Love Chesham station.
There's lovely walking at the end of the Met, and being on the tube you can start from one station and finish at another. Or combine it with the Chiltern line services.
I hadn't realised about that border sign, must check it out!
I'm looking forward to more of this great series. thanks
As a Met line driver, I regularly go into those sidings 😎
When the world needed him most! Geoff is the best
I have always wondered what those far flung stations and suburbs at the end of the tube lines were like. Great idea I look forward to the rest of the series .
Me too.
Great new series!
I’ve personally grown up/growing up in Amersham and can say it is a lovely town with lots of lovely places. I have also been over that red footbridge many times as it’s a nice little walkthrough to get to places in Amersham.
When I was a student a few years ago, on the weekend, I used to go to the end of the line then go walking to the end of the next line round. I'd try to loop out into countryside where possible. It is a good way to get some exercise. That was before youtube.
Keep up the good work Geoff. We appreciate you 👍
If you want a foot-crossing without going all the way to Weedonhill Wood, there's one closer in to the south of Hervines Park, about 10 minutes walk from the station.
Walk under the bridge over the road, cross the road, walk alongside the railway - past the new (and not quite finished) signal box, cross over the road, turn left into Longfield Drive, enter the park and then take the path immediately to you left.
And this one (last time I was there) has a full set of London Transport foot crossing signs, which I guess are quite rare now.
I used to travel to Amersham during (and after) WW2 to visit relations. The electric train stopped at Rickmansworth and we waited in the compartment while a steam engine was attached to the front for the onward route to Aylesbury.
I'm really looking forward to your epping video as that's my local station
Can't believe they FINALLY finished the lift. Haven't been to the station for ages. There were plans of dismantling what the already had started coz "fundings" had either run out or been cut.
Loved the video Geoff. Thanks as always for cheering up my day. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. Don't forget Cockfosters, a particular favourite of mine & not just for the name!
Brilliant Geoff. Been to Amersham heritage day from Dorset several times, saw the Metropolitan 0-4-4 tank and Sara Siddons working. A great day, and town. Keep these videos going Geoff.
Wonderful Geoff. Keep this series going, very interesting.
I am watching this video, here today at Amersham, right outside the station!
This was genuinely my first obsession as an ASC child: going to the ends of the lines by Tube to see what was there!
(We drew it to an early close when we realised we’d underestimated just how far Upminster is on the already-slow District-line trains, but not before getting two expired journey(?) notices for the East London line as it was then!)
This is a cool idea. I've often wondered what it's like at the places at the end of the line. Only ever been to Richmond, Wimbledon and Edgware. Oh, and I think Epping once years ago when I fell asleep.
I live in Pinner snd I've always been wanting explore Amersham. Definitely gonna do that walk when I do.
Start of a great series Geoff, look forward to more episodes soon.
I was over in Amersham about three years ago on a vintage train that coincided with a heritage festival in the old town with vintage buses running to the Old Town and all manner of steam engine and vintage cars, it was a brilliant place! 😁 Ended up in a pub there chatting to locals who bought me pints all night as it was my birthday, wonderful group of folks, must get back there some day 😁
This is something I’ve been hoping you’d do, Cheers Geoff!
Fabulous. Excited for the rest of the series, especially the Victoria line.👌
Brixton has a high chance of being the actual end of the line for him.
Cathartic, Geoff...you're back on it and no mistake
I've been to Amersham recently. Me and my friend went there a month ago to take a ride on the art deco tube train from 1938 which was organized by the Transport Museum. And I can agree, the area down there is quite lovely.
Looking forward to the rest of the series! For my part I actually completed my visits to every end station just a few months ago when I finally made it to Chesham. It's noteworthy that I visited Amersham way back in 1980 but my first ever end station was in the early 60s... Hounslow West (I was living in the North West but we had relatives who lived five minutes' walk from Osterley station) I also managed to get to Ongar in the 80s and of course I ticked off Aldwych too!
Awsome video, thank you! I can't wait for the Waterloo & City line part. 😀
I do enjoy Geoff's videos. Very entertaining and informative
Definitely here for more Geoff, loved that. Never knew there was a museum in Amersham, so will be paying that a visit in the future for sure
I've never even looked at Upminster on Google maps so I look forward to your inevitable visit!
Thank you Geoff! 😀
Fond memories of Amersham when I lived in Aylesbury.
Playing the jump-off-the-Chiltern-to-touch-in-with-Oyster-then-back-on-the-Chiltern game was always fun.
Made the commute (to Acton Town) £1.60 cheaper than buying a day return to Harrow on the Hill and touching in there.
There's also the foot crossing you can get to via Longfield Drive, Amersham. This is fully within TfL boundary (not the edge) though no electrified lines, and only used by Chiltern Trains but does have lineside cabling. Sine the Ongar branch was removed from the tube this is the only public foot crossing fully on the Underground (North Weald was the other).
Excellent idea for a series. Great video. Already looking forward to the W&C one. 😉
I love this!! My next trip over I’m going to try to take this adventure.