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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- When I made 'Secrets of the Underground' for Londonist back in 2013/2014, it never occured to me that I would go on to publish hundreds of videos on my own channel and how it would grow. It felt like it was about time to tell the story of how it all happened.
Here's the Londonist article from 2012 which has all the photos from the competition: londonist.com/...
'Secrets of the Underground' from 2013 onwards are still all here : • Secrets of the Undergr...
Margaret Atwood : / in-the-end-we-ll-all-b...
Music by iSaintJames : isaintjames.ba...
I’m so happy that you started creating - you’ve inspired a lot of people to not only make content, but to advocate for better and more public transport and learn to appreciate the little things in life! Congrats on 250,000! 🎉
Hey! RMTransit has entered the chat!
When are you two doing a collaboration video?
I look forward to when you both can do a collab. :-)
Looking forward to both Recce and Geoff making a collaboration 😀 🙌🏽
Patiently waiting for that livestream 😂😂
Waiting for a collaboration between you two! You’ve made us Canadians proud !
Great story, Geoff. Thanks for sharing that with us. Also, I can tell you're working on your editing. This video reminded me of the Casey Neistat vlogs. 👍🏼
same omg
exactly what i thought
Yes its the music style, and editing with the beat of the music
thanks MIchael! that was a lot of work/effort to make that ... yup!
The Casey Neistat influence jumped out at me, too. This was a very interesting video, as I have wondered about your journey to get to this point. Now I know!
For years I scoured the barren wastelands of the Internet for forgotten London allotment videos. Finding none I despaired and was lost. And then the clouds parted, the trumpets sounded, golden light rained down from above, and the Geoff Marshall channel came forth, and it was good.
Geoff, the editing on this is absolutely stunning! (The story is also very, very cool.)
thanks Rebecca, very kind. it took a lot of time/work yup paid off tho!
When I ask my son what have been his highlights of his life he always says the same things. Birth of his sister, first game of football for a team, and meeting Geoff. He might not watch your videos any longer, but back then you were his Tiger Wood or David Beckham. Great work Geoff keep it going.
Been watching you in one form or another since 2004. You were kind enough to send me a CD of "Tubeman" that you had done & good to see you around on YT. In 2007 I travelled through all Underground Stations at the time but over a few month period. Something I havent done since. Cheers Geoff & Congrats on the GOLD RUclips Play Button.
You’ve been giving me geek-gasms for almost a decade. Thank you.
So you've "arrived" at platform 4?
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Geoff, you're such a kind and genuine guy. I've been watching your channel for many years and really admire your passion and dedication.
Wishing you all the very best and all the success on RUclips and in real life.
Wherever Geoff is in the tube, we know he will have 15 stories to hand....
I did a study abroad program in London over by Hyde Park back in 2005. When I moved back to finish school in NYC, I couldn’t stop thinking about the great memories I had over in London. On RUclips there weren’t a lot of videos about London other than walking videos, then I stumbled upon the Londonist channel and been a fan of your videos. It’s truly amazing that one photograph led to your journey to where you are right now I am super proud of your growth.
I really like the style/editing of this video Geoff, would love to see more like it. Congrats on 250k!!!
I'm recovering from illness and watching a lot of RUclips. So pleased to come across this channel: so wholesome.
I hope you are better now x
I must say, this was quite the video!
Your story of how you gained a following is really interesting! In fact, the Londonist videos on the tube were the first videos about transport that I watched on RUclips. And since 2020, I have gotten into your content!
You have been a massive inspiration for my own channel, as your real life railway content really intrigues me and I wondered on how I could replicate it into Roblox games, hence some of the knockoff geoff-style content on there. 😂
Since then, I have gained a bit of a following myself and even after meeting you on that Autistic charity zoom call back in February last year, you've been a massive inspiration for what I do and I just wanted to say thanks! Keep up the great work!
hi vex
Hi vex
it's nice to know that some of the channels i watch have been inspired by other channels i watch :D
ayo vex
*a wild vexsg has appeared*
Gotta say a big thankyou for inspiring me to explore... I randomly decided last year to visit every station on Northern line, i took a pic of a roundel at each one and a photo of station. I then found your channel and decided I was going to do the same for all the other lines. So now I have visited every station on Underground, DLR, Croydon tramlink and recently the overground... So big thanks... Now maybe I should perhaps do the buses... 😁
Been a viewer since a child around 2013-2014. Proud of you Geoff 🙂
Great channel. When I saw ‘secrets of the Tyne & Wear Metro’ dropped I thought, ‘he’s up on my patch and this will be a car crash’. Turns out, the next day on my commute I am telling the random bloke beside me about the old Felling signal box! Keep it up Geoff 👊
Love it!
Those secrets of the tube videos were how I found you Geoff and you were the one that converted my into a train enthusiast!
Congrats on 250k subscribers! Keep up the good work
I look forward to visiting London again one day,(all the way from Sydney Aust). I found your channel only because YT reckoned I would like it. YT were correct. Keep up the good work.
One of the reasons I started liking trains was because of Geoff. Thank you Geoff.
Congratulations Geoff!
I relate to your videos because I worked in the UK from 2008 to 2011. During my time there, I’ve discovered First Great Western, Oxford Station, Bath Spa, Paddington Station, St.Pancras, the Eurostar, and obviously, what was really marking for me…. The Change At Didcot Parkway !!
Congrats again and best regards from Montreal 👍
As a Canadian, thanks for upping Margaret Atwood: 'a word after a word after a word is power'. your story is great
Watching from California, your videos are always the best. I hope to visit one day
Been watching Geoff since discovering him on the Londonist channel back in 2013 when i was five. Its so interesting to hear your story after watching you for the majority of my life lol. Anyway, congrats on 250k 🎊.
Geoff - what previously might seem very unexciting for many, you have presented the London Underground, in the same way as David Bellamy did for his study of plants, in the 1972 TV Series, 'Bellamy on Botany' - extremely interesting and very watchable ! Excellent editing, timing and soundtrack . . . 'where to next' I wonder - underground stations around the world !
.... I dont have any interest in trains, the underground or transport, I'm here for the infectiouss personna of Geoff and his presentation style, story telling and productions values. Great Stuff indeed.
As a fan of London (and UK) in Finland, not being able to visit even every year, these videos are most informative and great entertainment. Thanks!
Been watching Geoff since 2016 and ever time he uploads I watch. There are so many things I’ve seen on this channel that I want to go and see and try out 👍
Excellent, Geoff! I am fairly new to RUclips, and doing some prep for a nascent channel. It's slow progress as it's a big commitment, but 'Just Do It' should be my credo! Thanks for all the entertainment, you are the best videographer I've ever seen!
The editing in this video is ✨ U N R E A L ✨
A Geoff video with all the Geoffshots! Excellent work, sir! May RUclips still be around when the Elizabeth Line finally opens.
thank you Geoff for all the journeys and adventures you have carried me on
Just "brilliant". It really comes through on screen that you enjoy making the video's. Please keep them coming and well done on reaching over 250k subscription's.
I remember seeing your early videos on the Londonist channel. They're great and I love trains, too. Now I immediately watch any new ones I spot - it's bound to be interesting!
I found this channel four years ago when I was preparing for a trip to London. I enjoy this channel because it lets me virtually visit places that I otherwise would not get to travel to, given that I live in Alaska. Thank you for the hours of entertainment!
Love the channel, so much so it inspired me to start a career in public transit. Keep up the good work.
thanks Jack, very kind .. appreciate the lovely comment. Enjoy your job!! :-D
Ah Geoff, such exquisite cruelty! Right at the end; the pool at Brockwell Park...1967, invited for a swim by a girl after whom I longed in my callow way as a naive 20 year old. Alas, nothing came of the afternoon but a brief aquatic cuddle. She was enamoured of another, The following year I sailed away to Australia (not because of her but because I was laterally dying of boredom in London). But I've never forgotten Hilary and her mischievous smile. I still have the souvenir photo she sent me after I got to Melbourne. Funny old life ain't it? Incidentally, one of my favourite DVD episodes is the one from the "Underground" series when you tried to beat the 'all stations' record. A heroic day and oh so close...
I’m so impressed by your videos about purple trains, and thanks for quoting Margaret Atwood❤️
Glad you shared your story about this RUclips channel. You are a great story teller. Congrats on passing 250K subscribes!
Dude started in 2009 and is still underrated
314,000 subscribers is hardly "underrated".
That's a great story! i started working for TfL in 2014 and coming from another country, I watched all the "secrets..." available at that time to learn more about the network. Been following you ever since and hope it will keep going for a long time. Take care.
Amazing story, Geoff 👍 I can proudly say that I'm one of your quarter million subscribers
It's your hard work and professionalism that has got your channel where it is today
If I'm not mistaken, some of Geoff's videos mysteriously disappeared from Londonist and they reuploaded all they could find, but there still are some missing. Now that you found the tapes, perhaps there's the possibility to bring the lost episodes back?
Love how you did this story as an immersive retrospective. Looking forward to more of your story... much more!
Thank you so much for the wonderful story.
Nice to see the Stow. I grew up in Walthamstow so seeing the station brought back memories.
You do a valuable job. I think you have encouraged many thousands to enjoy and use public transport an exceedingly green for of travel. In my town in Hertfordshire the roads are jammed with large cars and with no other practical way to travel I can’t see it changing. Public Transport is vital to our future and should be so cheap and efficient to make car travel not practical. Thank you for your informed videos.
Thank you for nurturing my love for transport
Discovered Geoff on "The Londonist". As a longtime fan of the London Underground since I was a wee lad, I followed it and certainly enjoyed it through "ALL THE STATIONS" and I still do now... I would love to have a chat with Geoff one day on London and Trains (British, Canadian and American)
"In the end... We all become stories!"
Thank you Geoff. We still remember the day when we met you in person at Battersea station station. We love your content keep it up! Thanks Milo & Peter
I'm a huge fan of your channel Geoff but the subject matter is only part of it, it's the way your enthusiasm and passion for that subject matter comes through that makes your videos so appealing and your backstory confirms that. Long may you continue.
This is what I love about RUclips, people like this doing and sharing what they love. News subscriber here!!
Well done on your subscriber milestone Geoff! Your passion for London and the railways is truly genuine, truly a modern heir to John Betjeman.
Perfect storytelling and perfect editing - what's not to like? Bravo. A lot of time and effort went into this, I can tell.
A great history of your channel Geoff. I do like your videos, I find them very intresting. But I must say, in my opinion, the best one you ever made was "Choose Corrour". The emotion in that film was brilliant. Please keep making them.
Amazing that you still have the original tapes! I think we’d all love to see some ‘unseen bits’ from them 😄
It was a pleasure to watch your story. Keep the videos coming matey!
You are just THE most likeable chap who loves trains and manages to convey that across to us, the viewers. The only bad point is that I wish sometimes your videos were a bit longer 😉 Congratulations.
Amazing story! I love your videos and learn so much about London Underground and the entire network. Greetings from Brazil!
Proud to be one of those quarter of a million. I first started watching you on Londonist after meeting my (at the time) long distance partner to brush up in my knowledge of getting around London for when she came to visit, having only been through a handful of times as a tourist or changing at Euston. Since then I've caught up with All the Stations 2017, followed you with the Ireland and Isle of Man series and watched your many travel hacks and least used stations videos.
I've also since married said partner, moved to the USA and introduced her to your channel as I try to keep touch with life back home through family and your legendary videos.
Thanks for the journey and look forward to seeing how yours continues!
Hi 👋🏻 Geoff. Congratulations on you 250k subs 😀 It goes without saying your channel is a fantastic railway information channel with great content with some light humour thrown in 🤣 Onwards and upwards 🤩
Geoff, I do enjoy watching your videos every time. It's just an absolute pleasure to be watching the unique stuff that you do, whether it's trains or tea 🤣
I'm just so proud that I'm one of your over 250k subscribers. Keep them coming Geoff 💛💙👍👏
The hard work you do into making videos is just beyond phenomenal, total dedication. And exceptional professionalism as well 👏👏👏
Geoff, congrats on reaching 250,000 subscribers-and yes, I’m one of them since I think 2018! I came aboard with the Secrets series of videos you did for the Londonist site, before I knew about the … craziness? … of both “All the Stations” series, and also I saw the U.S. series you posted (good night, it’s been nearly thirteen years since then?!?!). Since then I always wait to see the next video, if nothing else out of curiosity.
For what it’s worth, some questions about future videos:
- What’s up with the construction-destruction?-at Euston station (the expansion for HS2).
- More of the request stop videos?
- Corrour (again?😁)
- See what’s happened at some of the stations you visited in the “All the Stations” series, particularly those that were having service issues in 2017 (I recall one station lost its pedestrian footbridge to electrification of the double line, yet they only were getting one train a week each direction, for example)
- What would you like to see the Underground or the national rail network go next-whether it’s reconnecting/connecting or extending routes, new stations, etc.
But whatever it is, I’ll still follow from the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Cheers!
I might now be living outside of London but memories will always return when you are filming in east London stations. Keep up the good work and many thanks
When you make videos about something you are interested in and love the enthusiasm comes across. Even if you are not particularly interested in the subject that passion shows and still makes it worthwhile watching. Thank you.
Keep up the good work, love the content very interesting 👍
Hey Geoff, I've followed you since you made the Londonist video on Brixton's wooden market barrows in 2016. Thank you for your enthusiasm which you share with us so freely
You are so cool Geoff. I have been watching you for years and I am really proud of you.
Congratulations, also as a long time Brixton resident, great to see pop up a few times in one video
I found Geoff's content when I moved to London and had to take the tube into town one day, I came home and there was the "secrets of the central line" in my recommended list. Keen to see more, I searched for Geoff Marshall and found your channel, glad I did 👍
A huge inspiration Geoff - thank you for sharing your story, for not taking no for an answer and for filling the void of underground/railway content on RUclips! I first encountered your channel as a convert from the aviation corner of RUclips. Now, your videos have become a staple of my Friday evening, end-of-week wind-down! Keep em' coming!
We need to thank you for all those videos, Geoff. (And again thanks for signing my books at the London Transport Museum.)
Even for someone who lives outside of the UK, those are very interesting.
Geoff, thank you for this video and all the work you have done creating videos for RUclips. You videos along with All the Stations really helped me through the challenges of the pandemic and elsewhere in my life over the last couple years. I also appreciate this video for the insight you provide on what it takes to get started with producing for RUclips. I, like many I suspect, toy with the idea of creating my own content and I find myself failing to realize that there is a massive difference between “toying with an idea” and actually putting in the substantial amount of effort required to create something truly interesting and engaging. I am humbled and grateful for your efforts creating the stories you do. For now I will continue to focus on railroad bridge engineering, but perhaps one day, I will stop toying with story ideas and focus on creating a few myself.
hello! aah, how lovely ... thanks for taking the time to comment so nicely! it is indeed a lot of work and effort to do it properly and make it work, and i'm still trying to get better and improive. it's a hard slog - just like any other job!
What a simply stunning video! Congratulations from down under in Sydney, Australia
That's some great storytelling. I miss All the Stations as part of this journey. It was the series that got me interested in hearing more of your sharing of rail based transportation - even the trams of Sheffield, something I wouldn't have cared about if it wasn't for your enthusiasm.
Love from Hong Kong. Thanks for your videos Geoff ❤
THANK YOU Geoff, for all of the stories and videos, I was a long time commuter 1974 - 2002 and loved all of the secrets of the underground and now bore my family as and when we go on the tube with all the hidden underground trivia
So important to know where you’re coming from and how you got to where you’re at! I salute you Mr. Marshall!
Great video, great story, Geoff. Your content is superb, your presentation always fresh and exhilarating. Please continue doing exactly what you do. Thank you.
I've still got the Secrets... DVD, had no idea it was a rarity. Received it as a Christmas gift prior to discovering your You Tube content. As soon as I put on the DVD, I recognised you from your televised tube challenge circa early '00s! (Remember that?!)
love your content. Hope your channel continues to grow.
Great to hear your story, and even greater to have met you (briefly) on two occasions:
1. Last D stock train in service - I got off at VIC
2. Farewell 313 tour, where I did a selfie with my eldest and you during the break at Hertford North.
Will have to buy you a beer (or tea!) sometime.
Cheers!
Well done, Geoff and can I just say that me and I'm sure many others really appreciate the effort you put not only into the production and editing of your content but also the research and knowledge you share too.
I met you back in 2019 at East Croydon station too which was a nice surprise, keep up the good work!
thanks Adam, very kind!
What a BRIALLIANT video, Geoff! 🤩
It answers so many questions I had and you very clearly had LOTS of fun editing it 😄 Thank YOU for sharing your interests, knowledge, and abilities with such passion!
May your own story continue for a long time 🤞🏻
Geoff Marshall you are a star! Thanks for what you do, please keep doing it.
Thank you Geoff for the many years of entertainment!
I too started with your "Secrets" videos on Londonist and then moved over to this channel once it became your main focus. It's great that public transport channels like yours can grow to such sizes, and in your case it's extremely well deserved! The editing, the shots, the pacing throughout, and of course the subjects make each video engaging, lively and very much worth watching.
With your tube challenges and "All the Stations" you have definitely written a unique story for yourself already.
All the best and here is onwards to 300K and beyond!
Thank you for making us the viewers part of your wonderful story!
I've been watching this since you posted the Victoria line secrets and then the others that you did ... and I have made sure I've seen every video since then... I will admit .. I was doing this at the age of 8 .. and I'm still watching your vids to this day .... keep going Geoff.. you can hit 1 mil
A masterclass in video making and storytelling! Thank you Geoff
Many happy memories watching your videos Geoff! Here’s to many more ☺️
Geoff, wonderful to hear your story and great to see it all started in Walthamstow (kind of).
Congrats Geoff - and thanks for the hard work. Loved trains as a child and finding your channel in 2016 helped me re-kindle my love for it.
As a newbie to London and as someone who works in transport planning, I'm so glad I found your channel! Congrats on the subscriber milestone, I hope to see it hit 1 million some day :)
Hi from America. I worked abroad in London in 2005 and loved reliving my days spent on the tube through the secrets of the underground series. I actually have a copy of that DVD, probably one of the few copies on this side of the pond! Keep up the good work Geoff!
Thanks for that - v interesting story behind the channel. Great work and I hope it pays the bills.
Well done on getting 1/4 of a mil subs, and you deserve. You are a brilliant creator with lots of Tube-related stuff to share with us. I also want to give a shout out to your friends, who appear in some of your vids. So yeah, keep on creating, and I hope you get 1 million subs!
Jk
Thank you for sharing this video, Geoff that was very interesting. I have watched some of your video & they are fascinating.
Wonderful video Geoff; I’ve been enjoying your videos for a good few years now. I started my own channel about London’s history (robslondon) in December 2020- you were of course an inspiration- and although I can only dream of achieving the success you’ve worked so hard for, I can safely say that making videos has given me a renewed purpose in life; the support (as you’ll certainly know) from viewers is incredible and truly humbling. Keep up the fantastic work!
You're welcome Geoff, I really enjoy the channel. I started with all the stations (very hard to top) and watch everything that goes up now. Keep telling the story please!
Very interesting video, thank you. I have been watching your videos for quit a few years and have enjoyed them all from the other side of the pond! Keep up the good work.
Ah how wonderful! Really loved your story!
(New subscriber after listening to you talking to Tim on Mind the Gap Podcast).
Loved this Geoff. It had a much more personal feel to it than the usual vids. Also some excellent comic moments which referenced the Circle Line vid, and (maybe inadvertently), Brass Eye!
Thanks for all of the fun. 👍🏻👌🏼