Riding The Tideway Tunnel Train
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Under London, at 45 metres down London is building a new super sewer system running alongside the River Thames to help keep it clean - and to help build the sewer there are several trains running deeper than tube lines down below.
Thanks to Joe, Paul and Michael for inviting us down and looking at the fascinating construction work that's taking place deep below London's streets.
Their website for more information is at: www.tideway.lo...
"So this is a several mile long supersewer, one of the largest of its kind"
"Cool, so tell us about this little train running through it"
Mr. Snrub The TARP tunnels in Chicago total more than 106 miles, but some of them are as small as 8 ft diameter. Not sure how many miles are more than 20 ft but it is a lot.
That shaft looks about equal to the height of a 15 storey building to me.
How many steps is that?
@@hfiguiere at least 3
@@hfiguiere 9 3/4
Step off the edge itll only be 1 step
Chopped Suey the one in your mouth?
You definitely know that you have arrived when you are invited to see this kind of no access for public projects. Well done and thanks for the interesting upload!
Then invited into the "authorized personnel only" section of that project.
And not even for the impressive part, but because of the railway, that leads to the impressive bit
These stations are clearly lacking: There's no Help Point, dot matrix, bike rack, waiting shelter, or most importantly any bin bags blowing in the breeze.
True, but there is a toilet. The entire tunnel is a toilet.
@@DavidShepheard 😂
And no step free access.
thexalon no busker ?
And no contactless either. Truly terrible customer service.
This is something different but it’s amazing. Even had an innuendo
This runs within 100m of my house. I didn’t even know it existed before today. Thanks Geoff!
There's a brilliant BBC documentary series about it called "The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer", looks like somebody's uploaded it to Dailymotion
It'll soon be a river of shit!!
When it opens, you'll know
In the USA we are often told that “tunneling is impossible here” or “we can’t dig there” and then you find out there is a sewer or similar project under construction being done without any issues.
I am deeply satisfied knowing you get emails from people saying "I have a train you haven't been on before." Bravo Geoff.
Might even be finished before Crossrail :\
OJ2 You mean Cross Eliz Purp Rail
Will definitly be finished before Airport Berlin-Brandenburg.
Anything can and will be finished before that. Be sure about it.
At this rate, the proposed Acton cinema (which they haven't even started building) may be finished before the Purple Line.
HS2 will be finished before crossrail! 🙄
"What happens to the tracks afterwards" "They go into storage or another project or be sold" Geoff: Christmas present developing...
Pretty sure I've already played this Half-Life level.
it does look familiar.
The time is 10:58 AM , The train is westbound for anomalus resarch
Topside temperature is 90 degrees
Please keep your body parts inside the vehicle at all times. The invisible walls will help with this
Wow, this reminds me of the visit I made as an engineering student to the TARP Deep tunnel project in Chicago, USA. Did not get to ride the train but did get ride the lift to the bottom of one of the vertical access shafts and see one of the TBMs and the fresh concrete being dropped to the train for the slip lining operation. I startled myself when I just did the maths and realized that was 37 years ago. The memories still seem fresh.
I've been following the progress of this project, on and off. It's a lot further now than it was the last time I looked. Excellement stuff.
4:21 Given the fact that those steps are a technically a platform for the train - Does that not make it the Shortest platform in britan - by 1vickifoot?????
I did know about the construction of this tunnel, but this video was well made and very informative... so much so I feel my knowledge has been much increased. Thanks. Passing on knowledge is the most important job on earth.
There's a similar tunnel they built a couple of years ago in Glasgow, from pictures it also has a train. Amazing engineering designed such that you should never know it exists.
That was EXCELLENT! Love the long view up that lift shaft near the end 👍
That was absolutely fascinating thank you somuch for sharing
So basically it's Crossrail for sewage?
Yeah, I wonder if it will be late?
@@benkay8295 the tideway project is said to be running clear ahead of schedule already
No, flow is from west to east. There is no east to west traffic. But yes, it does take the strain off existing services which during heavy rain get dumped in the Thames.
Perchance does it service Eaton?
1:22 The kind of content we're all here for
Well - what can I say - as a Civil Engineering Surveyor and a railway enthusiast this is just brilliant!
If I remember rightly, there was a special way they built that shaft. Something along the lines of lifting the mould/cylindrical shuttering higher, and pouring the next layer above it while the concrete below was still setting. It was all time Controlled. The process has a name and I cant remember it!
It's called slipforming.
And you're right about the method. The concrete is poured continuously so the finished product is seamless.
@@robertbritton656 Thankyou. I just couldn't remember. If I remember, there was a reason for it to be seamless, rather than just basic shuttering? Less friction?? Dunno.
@@tonyjones9442 Its not something I know a great deal about, just bits I've picked up working on Tideway sites.
@@robertbritton656 ok, thanks.im not in the trade myself. Nearest I've come to concrete etc was helping to build a wall as a small summer job and all my job was,was holding a mechanical poker. I can still feel the vibrations twenty years later!
continuous forming or slipforming
Welcome onboard this Tid and sewage metro!
All about shafts and rings. Just my average day.
Geoff, London's newest railway opens on Sunday in the garden of a new pub in Forest Gate called the Holly Tree. Worth checking out! +you'll see the purple signs at FG station.
Ohh lovely! Absolutely love this behind the scenes videos.
1:23 That's what she said!
I just came across this video, I worked here for 4 years that particular site is nearly finished
Now that was great! Thanks for taking us along.
Did the carriage pass the window sill elbow test?
i thought one of the Brunel's invented the tunnelling shield , Greathead improved it ?
That guy moonlights as a Phil Jupitus lookalike.
I was actually wondering if they'd ever been seen in the same room.
Perhaps, but I was expecting him to answer each question with "Hodor".
Next, ride the London Post Office Railway for us!
I think they already have......have you looked on the "other" channel...Londonist?
Yes, it may be a good idea to repeat it.
The old one is here: ruclips.net/video/hzGd-5kwR9E/видео.html
@@Jakob_DK I didnt realise it was that old.....😱
I been on it
“That’s quite a shaft.”
😏
That's what I thought. Also love the data pfp
Phrasing
Fascinating. The Thames will be so clean!
Nice job guys I didn’t know the tunnel was that massive
The Bakerpoo line?
Water poo and city line
@@Keithbarber Water-Poo and Sh*tty Line
Joseph Bazalgette would have had a fit! Excellent stuff.
Hey, the guy was an inspiration for all such projects. He would be delighted
Great film.
People living up north are just grateful when a pot hole gets filled in, yet London gets this. All in this together though
This is being privately financed No public money is being spent, so Thames water customers will be covering the costs eventually.
I had no idea this project was under construction. Super cool.
hodor looks like he’s doing well as a civil engineer after holding that door
I’m so glad your videos are getting as much views as your subscribers nowadays
Very interesting stuff Geoff, never heard of this project until now.
Great video, London is certainly interesting, you think you have done it all then there is something else to explore, i love it!
I love the geeky ness of this. How cool to see something so amazing
Disappointing that the guy you were interviewing didn't just reply with "Hodor!"
Might be because he isn't 6'10" tall!
Hi very interesting. Getting to names of locos. The coal mine that I worked at had 2 x 28ton Hunslet 220v dc battery locos. No9 was Laura, and No10 was Lindsay after one of the directors children. Silly info sorry.
You two are bloody brilliant. I love this. You need a production company to just send you to Japan for a month.. to do the same there! And then to get it broadcast during a slice of prime time on the Beeb.
One must never shield oneself from greathead. One must embrace it.
Pure filth. Love it!
That is an amazing tunnel and a cool railway! You should try to blag a ride on the National Grid Tunnel Monorail...
Nice to see down there, I have been taking photos of the external progress as I can't get inside! And to be honest there's not a lot of external work!
Plenty of external works visible at the river sites all along the Thames.
Well, I'm sure you'll agree...That was different! I wondered what happened to the Cross-Rail Boring Machines. Eye-opening, indeed. Cheers!
Yes Geoff, in the trending!
Geoff great to see your proper PPE.!,
You might be interested in details of the tunnel construction locomotives being used on the Thames Tideway Tunnel project C410.
There are eight diesel hydraulic locomotives numbered 1-8 built for the contractors FLO joint venture by SCHÖMA Christoph Schöttler Maschinenfabrik GmbH, Diepholz Germany. These are Model Type CFL180DCL with serial numbers 7050-7057 built 2018. Fitted with Deutz TCD3.6L4 diesel engine compliant with latest emmissions standards.
-PGG-
Really interesting would love more content like This.
Those little locos must have large horsepower to carry those segments.
Great video.
Geoff there is going to be a new train station open in Scotland on 15 December called robroyston
Same day Redcar British Steel closes (at least until the new owners of the private land around it can figure out how to refurbish the area) It seems Northern Rail finally figured out having a station where you can’t legally leave is not the best idea.
@@Andrewjg_89 Worcs Parkway has been delayed
Every time you showed the depth of the excavation shaft, I kept hoping to hear something like James Bond movie theme music.
"I see, Mr. Bond, that you have discovered my underground lair!""
4:34 The tunneling shield was not invented by James Greathead, but by Marc Brunel for the construction of the Thames Tunnel in 1825. James Greathead later improved Brunel's original design for the construction of the Tower Subway in 1870.
1:22 filth!
7:48 The Sewage Line?
Good camera work.
The bloke in the snack wagon does a lovely breakfast baguette
Can't wait until the Northern Line extension opens as I am almost local to Battersea, but it seemed like the two new stations would be on the surface instead of deep underground
Incredible engineering.
Looks like the new tube line is coming along nicely, any ideas on when it will be finished?
Great video. Massive insights
No dot matrix sign, no garbage bag blowing in the wind? London's least used train! Lol 😁 cheers from Canada, Geoff 🇨🇦
Least Used Station on the Tideway Tunnel Train next?
Have you been to the postal museum near Farringdon? You can take a ride through the tunnels that were used to deliver mail by train underground!
To the Trains
5 years ago :-)
ruclips.net/video/hzGd-5kwR9E/видео.html
Now that's an interesting ride!
I bet the government still wanted a competitive tender process between several bus companies and foreign railway companies to run that train. Sewage Tunnel Railway, a part of First Trenitalia.
Another London Underground railway what the hell but there is the Underground itself then the mail rail introduced then the Docklands Light Railway then the Tideway tunnel train and then Crossrail
Congratulations on getting trending.
Good morning, and welcome to the Black Mesa Transit System...
Could never imagine that under london
The shield was originally the idea of Marc Brunel used on the Thames tunnel. Greathead only adapted it for circular tube tunnelling
What gauge is the line, who built the locos, when were they built, are they all the same, what powers them, how much can they haul?
Obviously the replacement for the Drain
Finished in 2024 - any bets on whether crossrail will be finished by then? Love your shows Geoff - I know you've mentioned the LU roundalls that tell you the names of the stations in previous videos but wasn't sure whether you knew that there appears to be new roundalls at Westminster LU station. I noticed them on the Circle / District line platform, can't speak for the Jubilee Line platforms though. They are the same shape as the traditional ones but totally different colour scheme. Seems to be quite funky and thought you might like to feature in another video if ever the opportunity arises.
An amazing bit of engineering going on here! I've always wondered how the boring machine is guided, how do they know their exact position under the earth?
Wow!!!! Love it
"Thomas" is a nice name for a locomotive.
I spotted you on the 1December at Reading station. I waved but you were talking to the camera! Have a merry Christmas and good health to you for the new year!
That tideway is cute no?
Those tunnel trains are better equipped than Pacers
Have you done the Chinnor to Risborough line? Weekends only!
What a silly idea. Nobody's going to want to ride on a train that's full of sewage.
Have you been on the tube lately
@@greghilton7797 lmao
Apparently everybody does, and they call it "the Tube".
“Top notch” hygiene
Try to get into the traintunnel under the Royal palace in Brussels - Laken. Very little known tunnel
Great video G&V 👍
That's quite a shaft.
😂
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45 m?? Aren't we forgetting Hampstead on Northern Line. Hampstead is on a steep hill and the station platforms are the deepest on the London Underground network, at 58.5 metres (192 ft) below ground level. It has the deepest lift shaft on the Underground at 55 metres (180 ft) which houses high-speed lifts.
Hence why they said its deeper than most not all tube lines.
TIL that they're building a new super sewer under London!
*#44 ON TRENDING*
LETS GO GEOFF!
Greathead may have redesigned the tunnelling shield, but it was Sir Marc Brunel (IKB's father) who invented (and patented) the first one in 1818.
Brilliant!!!!
this is very cute i want it to take me to school and back home
But did you count the steps? Keep up the great content
This is very cool.