Elizabeth line Opening Day | Hidden London Hangouts (S05E14)
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2022
- In this episode, the team are joined by Museum Director Sam Mullins to explore the Elizabeth line on its opening day (24 May 2022). Along the way they meet fans and talk to TfL Commissioner Andy Byford, Crossrail CEO Mark Wild, MD of London Underground Andy Lord and MD of MTR Nigel Holness. They visit Abbey Wood and Custom House and make a special purchase at Paddington.
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I can honestly say that the Elizabeth Line is amazing. Having now travelled to Paddington in no time at all, it is just wonderful.
I feel it's important that you all get some sense of how much you (four) have made the past two years better. Working at home staring at the same walls and having little contact with anyone was made bearable by watching the hangouts - almost on a loop. And I still am. Thank you.
A couple of months ago I caught COVID and felt rough for a while. A big boost during this was Alex reading out one of my comments - not just the comment, but getting an unexpected "anybody" perked me up a lot. That interaction at the end of the episodes makes them so much more. I wonder if you realised this when you started out ?
The hangouts hit emotionally, intellectually and (for the museum) I think financially. A couple of weeks ago I attended your Clapham South tour. I decided to visit Kennington that day to see the dome for myself - because of the hangouts. Somehow of course I chose a weekend with the Northern line completely shut at Kennington so I walked there, your episope on this station gave me the motivation to find a way. I then visited Clapham Common station just to get that view of the island platform from the top of the stairs - it felt so much like being back at the old Angel it was rather odd and emotional. An honestly I never expected to get so excited about a poster site letter (at Down Street), but I did. I would never have thought of doing any of this before the hangouts started. You are all equally to blame / thank.
I don't know if you ever need to justify the hangouts to the museum - I hope not, but if so my personnal tally - directly as a result of hangouts - is 6 virtual tours, 7 physical tours (done or booked), 1 museum trip, 2 depot trips, 3 tiles (entirely due to Laura) and countless items from the shop, not yet including a deck chair. You are the best advertisement for the museum, in every sense of the word.
One final thing Alex - HOLE BORN. I've needed to say that for a while.
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We miss you in NYC Andy...😞
Thank you for the improvements you put into motion, but we need your leadership to keep the momentum going.
#TrainDaddy was the best thing to happen for the TA…
Spoke to Andy Lord at Abbey Wood, he was directing passengers to the queue for the Elizabeth line. Even for London it was busy at Abbey Wood. Didn't realise until later who he was, genuinely helpful guy.
The large passenger flow handling is something else, I used it Sat 28th May, and it was heaving and crowded, but thanks to the brilliant stations, it hand;ed it with ease and aplomb, i think. 80-100,000 could have using it that day, due to crowds at Liverpool Street and Paddington and a 40,000 odd Comic Con at the Excel Arena, watching it all was amazing, the Elizabeth Line is truly World Class Metro and construction, we should all be proud of Cross Rail/
Love it! Wonderful to bump into the team at Abbey Wood, and have a quick chat. Didn't realise you'd caught me on camera, you can see me come through the gates and smile as I spot you! Never thought I'd have a walk-on role in a hangout, even by accident. What a day it was. As you say, after a grim couple of years the opening-up of London (and elsewhere) is perfectly symbolised by the line's opening, humanised and presaged in a good way by your now-not-so-hidden hangouts. Shame I missed the shop at Paddington by a few minutes, although I doubt I'd have gone for a deckchair. Nice touch there.
Thank you for another amazing episode and sharing the joy of the opening day to those of us who couldn’t be there. I can’t to be able to visit this glorious new line with its magnificent stations.
Honestly the Elizabeth line is my favourite line even though its not a line. It's impressive. For me I love it. The wait was worth it. Honestly this will change things forever.
Loving the large number of people in the background. Most exciting is that most seem to be regular people making normal journeys - rather than people merely just having a look. It's all very well building the shiny, but its the travellers actually travelling that gives it meaning.
Great bumping into you guys at Woolwich. The whole day was great. The joy that it was open at last, the wonder of the stations, the shock at the scope of the shrinking of London was emitting out of pretty much everyone. People were talking to strangers on trains in London which was bizarre!
Fascinating project and of unique quality! Greetings from the Netherlands.
I am looking forward to checking out the Elizabeth line on my upcoming visit!
I remember the V125 video of the North London Line going to North Woolwich - such a difference now from 2005! Love it...
Love the Elizabeth line and just love those fabulous deckchairs. Happy birthday to Chris 🎂
cant wait to come up from glos to reading and travel to shenfield and abbeywood directly.
I traveled from Whitechapel to Canary Wharf with the Elizabethan Line. Not just it saved my travel time by 20 mins, but it actually saved me from paying the Overground and the DLR (not that I always do lol). But anyways overall, the Elizabethan Line is very fancy and so it brings some charm when travelling
I'm absolutely overjoyed to see the Elizabeth line finally open hopefully I will have the opportunity to ride it soon and visit all the stations and the deck chairs are incredible and the whole hidden London hangouts team are beautiful human beings I honestly love you all so much I'm sending virtual hugs and Happy birthday Chris it's my Birthday on Monday and I hope you don't mind but this video is kind of a Birthday present to me xxx
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I was blown away by it all! Just like Laura, I was really giddy and just in awe! Loved meeting Alex at Woolwich too!
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Such excitement! I no longer live in London, but I've still been following the Lizzy Line developments both on the Hangouts and on various other RUclips channels. It's so great that the line is now in operation after all this build-up.
As for South Ken, I came from a museumy family so it's a station I remember a lot from my childhood - I'm old enough to remember when the escalators were first put in there, and we no longer had to queue up to use the ancient and overcrowded lifts! To think that something I remember being put in has now had to be replaced because of old age - what does that say for me??? I will tune in eagerly next week, as Mr Grundon's words have left me with an image of the team rappelling down an old lift shaft in order to get to the deep level of the station ...
Somehow I'm actually in this video but I never actually got a chance to say hello to the team or get a hug! Gutted I missed you but I really appreciate your work and concur with all the positive comments.
Come find us for a hug soon!!!!
It looks incredible, I'm starting to regret emigrating to Australia !.
Really missing London right now.
Brilliant episode yet again. Thanks guys for sharing the amazing Elizabeth Line. 👏
Further to Laura's (gist) 'Economic Benefits' of Crossrail: Perhaps London isn't unique in the World in taking RER to the next level, but it is in the English speaking world.
Andy Byford just grazed past that in unspoken reference to Toronto and New York (where he was managing director of transit systems).
Byford is there for London setting the new standard of what can and should be accomplished!
As a Brit/Cdn writing from Toronto, but closely familiar with the aforementioned systems, London has now set the bar in what can be accomplished. And in the case of the message travelling internationally, that's actually the rolling stock more than the physical infrastructure.
Toronto is fiddling with the 'Ontario Line' using yesterday's technology, paying tomorrow's prices, when the same degree of tunneling and station building (and tunnel bore size, btw!) could host *regional* trains out on to the existing surface rail network. But of course, that would take dynamic thinking.
London has done the grunt work for running such systems in the English speaking world. The excuse of 'no, can't do that' can no longer pertain.
I'd love to have a one-on-one quietly with Byford some day to 'debrief' him on a lot of road-blocks that have been thrown in his way prior.
As a born Londoner, albeit in love with the UK countryside more than the urbs, London has never looked so beckoning. It's a game of leap-frogging, and London has it right now.
My heart skipped a beat when you mentioned South Ken until you said it was going to be South Kensington, I been wanting to see South Kentish Town for about a year now !!
Will tune in next week with enthusiasm and continue to look forward to SKT 👍
On the list
cheers team, love it ! 💖
Nearly six years, I commuted from Hainault to Paddington or Edgware Rd. Shortish walk to a bus stop, 150 bus to the station, Central Line to Oxford Circus, then Bakerloo Line to Paddington or Edgware Rd. Usually, around an hour and a half, but on a bad day, as much as two hours each way.
For a short while, I commuted to the same destinations from Goodmayes. Frankly, the level of decrepitude and grime on the BR trains particularly, was depressing. I can imagine commuters will have been gobsmacked by this new line.
Chris Happy Belated Birthday,its mine today perfectly timed viewing for the pre Birthday bash
Cheers all see you next week if I survive 🍷
Happy birthday 🥳!!
Hi all watching from across pond
Thank You! For each & everyone of you, for brightening up our weekend. Along with giving us a fun packed & highly intelligent programme, compared to the mainstream channels.
God bless, all four of you.
Will you be bringing out a wine / pub tour DVD for Christmas😳 2022?
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Thanks for another great episode,I couldn't make opening day as it was my 50th birthday but have manage to visit on day 3 ,wow went to all the stations ,very impressive ,look forward to next week episode at South ken,once again many thanks to the team
Happy birthday 🥳!!
Love Crossrail... except coming back from Hayes tonight I arrived at Paddington exactly 11pm... and turned away and had to get the Bakerloo. The journey back to Woodford was a horror. Central Line jammed with the usual late night creatures... When the train eventually sauntered into Oxford Circus we were like sullen animals being shepherd into the slaughter house... Home after midnight.
Yup watch the clock
I have still to ride the Crossrail trains in the tunnel section, believe it’s shut on Sunday’s, at lest the 75,000 string team over 13 years made something for future generations, as for Alex, I had been to Stockwell bus garage a few times - years ago, they were running Routemasters.
Been reading up, that when all the sections are joined up, TfL Rail will be no more, I found an arrival online with a link to purchase memorabilia, that’s if your fan, as I was, will Miss the the brand and the rest of those splendid 315 EMU’s will sadly go for scrap, if not already departed.
Would like to buy some face masks for Crossrail, gather that the museum shop sells them, still keen to find out how much money I will get charged at a reduced rate for station tours, as on an old-aged London Freedom Pass, possibly someone could help me here?.
Best wishes to one and all for an amazing tour 👍.
the security guard at 29:32 😂😂😂
Bless him. Itching to see the moquette
Quick question (I know I’m late to the party on this one): It’s often said that the Elizabeth Line could have the potential for 36 tph like the Victoria line, so would a signalling upgrade have to be done and / or new platforms built at the likes of Abbey Wood and Shenfield need to be done before this could happen?
Why didn't you buy the Sofa instead of the deck chairs?
Moquette is a rich man’s game. But beyond what I can afford right now. One day tho…. Who knows
11.39 Shag pile carpet Ha Ha Trust Alex ha ha only Alex could get away with this lol. great video team, historic moment
You should see the outtake of that phrase. Andy Lord and I were roaring with laughter at what I was trying to say versus what I’ve said 🤣 we’ve kept it for the eyes of our Patreons only 😉
Just FYI, Laura's top at the beginning was beautiful.
Why Thankyou! 👍🏻
Maybe test pattern should turn purple Now?😂
Well done London, if only the rest of the country could get this level of wasted investment. For a tenth of the cost Leeds to Liverpool could have been transformed. And now it’s finished everyone is working from home 👋
I am slightly confused...
I thought the platforms on the Elizabeth line were A & B.
Abbey Wood clearly shows 3 & 4 on the video. I will leave the experts to explain this one!
You’re ok - whatever label they use there is always a lovely purple arrow and a very familiar typeface. You’ll be fine - you won’t get lost
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Andy Lord, MD London Underground? Hasn't his role changed in the last months? To something like COO of TfL?
On the Elizabeth line Museum stuff, why are some not quite the Moquette design? They appear less Purple, more Blue-ish, yet not like the Priority version. (E.g. the socks or the chairs or the scarf even.)
Let me find the details of the complaints department 😉
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You sure the Mayor hadn't had a few sherberts?
Great to see the line a pity the line stops at middle of nowhere Abbey Wood
Well….Abbey Wood station is in highly populated Abbey Wood itself, is close enough to serve east Plumstead, Thamesmead and even bits of Belvedere so it’s not really in the middle of nowhere. AND it’s been built in a way that Liz line could be extended to Dartford and beyond in the future. There is also a train depot at Plumstead so it’s sensible to run the line to Abbey Wood
@@alexgrundon2346 thank you Alex for your reply. I am glad that it would be possible to extend to Dartford which is a great interchange.
I am waiting for when the Elizabeth Line joins up. I live in Thornton Heath in the middle of no where at moment. At moment it can take about 2 and half hours to get back from Leyton but when it joins up I will be able to go to streatham then Thameslink to Farringdon, then Elizabeth line to Stratford, then bus to Leyton. It should shorten my journey time
Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Siddy Holloway is looking different in this picture?
Not smiling so can't be sure. Siddy's smile lights up the room!
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No still looks great.
And there's people moaning about IKEA being on the Tube map because you can't take your furniture home on the Tube, and here you are with your deckchairs 🤣
People take stuff home from ikea all the time. The tube is a haven for blue bags
How come no one's asking these officials why they did not consider toilets as essential in their fancy new stations. Especially when there aren't any inside the trains itself.
Canary wharf could have the distinction of being the only major intercity station constructed in the 21st century without loos for commuters
They are looking at the time you are on the trains and using that as a basis for "not needing toilets".
However, there are two flaws there:
1) Some disabled people can not wait as long for a toilet as able bodied people, so removing all support for toilets discriminnates against people and
2) In the event of a breakdown, the time passenngers goes from "too short to need toilets" and, as an event continues, more and more able-bodied passengers will want to go to the toilet.
So the "lets save some cash by avoiding toilets, comes back to haunt both disabled and able bodies passengera, and they both will complain about being humiliated.
Given the budget for this was 15 billion pounds, I don't think that toilet provision would have been a signficant extra expense.
We should avoid making the same miistake, when we build Crossrail-like projects for other cities and Crossrail 2 in London.
There's several new lavatorial facilities at the new stations, especially disabled loos (Whitechapel and TCR are only disabled loos). A few of them appear in the background of the videos.
Canary Wharf is very much not an intercity station, but it is the one of the new ones lacking directly nearby toilets. Blame Canary Wharf Group for that as they built the station. Pretty sure there's some public ones nearby.
Metro service. Hop on, hop off. Have a wee before you board
I come across your channel and watched the video of you under Embankment and I've watched a few now, so I'm a new fan😅Love your videos👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Oh and I love the Elizabeth line. Wish I used it more
We're so glad you found us and love the Elizabeth line too! If of interest we have two behind the scenes virtual tours on it - head to our website to find out more :)