The Making Of The London Underground's Incredible Design System | Super Structures | Spark
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2019
- London Underground, a system of rail lines, is still growing through the present day with the latest line expected to carry an incredible 30,000 people per hour in each direction.
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It’s not known as “the train in the drain”. I’m a Londoner born and bred and I’ve never once heard that.
It’s the TUBE. That’s what we all call it. Every day.
videnoe Same and I’ve never heard the carriages called cars either. This doc is BS 🙄
That shoock me
Or as the narrator calls it, "The Toob".
Me neither
not even, it's the underground.....
Train in a drain is something a British person has never said in reference to the tube 🤣🤣
Brandon Barratt has u
The waterloo and City tube was nicknamed “The Drain”
My thought exactly....never heard that term in my life!
@@user-ky6vw5up9m And that's only been part of the Underground since 1994. It was a slightly odd BR line before that.
I don't know about "the train in the drain", but when the Metropolitan Line was built in the 1860s some people nicknamed it "the sewer tram" - which I actually think sounds pretty cool.
99% of comments : *TrAiN iN tHe DrAiN*
Tube! I am American; When over there, or back in the states the London Underground is referred to as the TUBE, not anything ELSE!
I’m allways fascinated how they built so many underground tunnels in London and to high quality. But not only underground, overground rail system, bus public transport, architecture, electricity, gas water.
I’ve never been to London and even I know everyone calls the London Underground “The Tube”, much like they call New York City’s underground system “THE Subway”.
I've never seen any documentaries covering the Jubilee Line Extension Project before, so thanks very much for sharing it. The video took me straight back to my early 20's when I was thoroughly enjoying working on the JLEP as the Technical Assistant to the design team, primarily working on the construction of Westminster & Waterloo Stations (Contracts 102 & 104). Haven't thought about it in years until this video popped up. It was such an amazing project with some incredibly talented and generally awesome people. Thanks for reminding me how incredible it was & probably still is if they've been good and have managed to adhere to my station & tunnel maintenance guides.
I want to mention a few things, I have never heard the train in the drain, its referenced as the tube. Its not called the london subway, its called the london underground. You will hear subway in the UK as a fast food place or a underground walkway. And the Chelsea Giant is called Battersea Power station.
It's an American documentary produced 20-odd years ago for an American audience, cut it a bit of slack. (It's also a different power station entirely, Lots Road)
Indeed. "The Drain" is the Waterloo and City Line between Bank and Waterloo. But the odd gaffe aside, an enjoyable production even today.
The power station featured was lotts Road power station in Chelsea
In the UK you might hear an underground railway being called the subway, but you'll be in Glasgow.
I always thought Lotts Road was nicknamed The Chelsea Dragon?
Never heard The Tube called "The train in the drain" either - although we used to call the Waterloo & City line simply "The Drain"
I’m from the UK,
The train in the drain, wtf.
Then looked at the comments. XD
PCthesecond I just did exactly the same
Its only a joke calm down
Troll King your grammar makes me feel physically ill.
But apart from that, good trolling, troll king.
Troll King
clueless moron, i’m lit calling everyone in my work that now
Made my day
That would be a good name for the NYC subway. Never thought of it. Nobody could or eould disagree.
Condensing tanks did not fill up with fumes. They collected and condensed steam, turning it back to water. The openings above the tube were to allow ventilation of smoke from the engines fire, which was not passed through the condensers and was expelled continuously straight into the tunnels.
Don't you mean "train in the drain"?
Interesting I was wondering how that works your explanation sounds like you have spent some time on a steam plant I'm your evil nemisis the gas turbine and diesel dude lol thanks for the lesson
never ever in my 34 years living and traveling around london and the Uk have i heard the tube referred to as "the train in the drain" couldn't even watch the rest of this video.
Calm down, there's worse things someone might make up in a doc. Amateur hip-hop artist apparently..
@@dannydetonator grrr woof woof woof
@@acidheadzzz how can you trust any of the other facts in the video if they camt even get the name right?
I checked the end credits - a Discovery Channel and ITV London co-production (1999). You'd think someone at ITV London would have told them it's not called the train in the drain!
Probably cap, you most likely just saw the comments and just copied what they said but maybe I’m wrong
The Waterloo/City line also known as the drain. I used that many times in the past.
The narrator is probably reading from a script drawn up by Yahoo staff.
Yeah lol
Actually most Londoners call it "the carrot in the pipeline"
This made me laugh so much!! Thanks. 💙
Actually most Londoners call it "the turd in the bowels"
I thought most Londoners called it 'the bastards are out on fucking strike again'
@@LJW1912 Yeah, sounds about right lol
I'm an American and even I know it's the "tube" .... daaamn smh
Respect for everyone who contributed to this achievement
Amazing to be the first country to start the underground system that is used across the world’s today, it must have been real hard work back then
'The Drain' is what I call the Waterloo and City line. It has also, to me anyway, only been part of the London Underground recently. Before that it was run by BR. No one says 'train in the drain, we call the rest 'The Tube'.
Guys this was made in like 1998 calm down
LOOOOOOOOOOL
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If this was made in 1998, the Millennium Dome wouldn't of been built, I'd date this doc, soon after it was built, after 2000.
Fascinating!!...and extremely well done!! London is certainly one of the greatest cities in the world!!!
Paolo Vinci
It would be one of the greatest cities if there ny Londoners there!
No ! THE greatest city in theworld !
Tube, not Train in Drain.
This truly an amazing project that has cost more money than Budget and has taken longer than estimated, BUT it is worth the wait, and People of the City and U.K. can be very proud of the latest developments of Londons famous Tube and Underground Railway system
5:56 it amazes me they can tunnel under such big buildings without disturbing the foundations and causing any subsidence
"The train in the drain"? literally nobody says that, ever.
Well last time I was in "the big smoke"... ROFL!
Its only a joke calm down
WTF???
It is said now!
Literally nobody cares. It’s not that serious
These construction projects are truly amazing work and marvel of engineering ... Hats off to London transit 🚇 & London underground subway system 🚇 🌍🇬🇧🇨🇦🇫🇷🍁🕉💐💐👍🙏🙏
Thanks to these New Engineers that get their job done. I live in Australia where they're only just thinking about going underground. Too many cars and not enough roads.
Hello Canadian leaf friendo. IIRC, you also have one of the oldest subway systems in the world, but I forget in which city it is.
It is truly epic what has been achieved,
congrats to all involved.
You can’t but love London.
I'm watching this video a year after it was uploaded, so during the introduction I was sitting here thinking it was talking about Crossrail when referring to the building work going on. Imagine my surprise when it turned out it was taking about the Jubilee Line Extention!! Looking forward to seeing some up to date content on construction of the Northern Line extention to Battersea...
I'm reading your comment one year after you posted it after one year of the video being uploaded.
I love these I can’t stop watching them
The Train in the Drain! LOL
the train in the drain - no aircon and crowded all the time. the perfect way to start your day :))
Wow what a video! As a train I approve this video!
It was Charles Pearson the visionary behind the project in 1843 that coined the term "train in a drain". It either never took off or at some point was surpassed by 'the tube'.
Been on the Jubilee, Northern, Circle and Bakerloo lines. Been packed into a train like sardines after Chelsea vs Arsenal, met Sigur Ros on the escalators at Waterloo, assisted a child-birth at Piccadilly. Watched halted train get totally wrecked by football hooligans under threat from QPR, but I never heard them called "Trains in Drains", although I have heard them called "Bum Twisters" by someone in Southampton once.
Very interesting video. Thanks for sharing. London must have the world's largest underground rail system.
I like how you and the commenter underneath your comment wrote the exace same as you
I like how the person under you said the exact same things as you RGB198
"Careening" is the action of turning a ship/ boat on its side to remove marine fouling, "careering" is the action of a runaway moving device/object.
150 years ago that's what it meant in the U.S. Now we have special areas called "Drydocks" and boat bottoms rarely need cleaning anymore.
wonderful videos all of them I watch them again and again
Indeed, men have created something amazing with the London Underground!
I lived in England 50 years ago. Don't remember Train in the Drain, good one! I used the tubes regularly.
Apart from that jarring as hell reference to the TUBE as the 'Train in the Drain" this video was excellent and definitely something that would have gripped me as a young child. I would have been 7 when this was filmed and i remember being fascinated and awed by The Tube as a kid but no one could give me the info i wanted this video would have helped a lot. Great video
In all my years working for London Transport I never heard of the tube being called the train in the drain... Load of bollox...
The narrator mentions 'Big Ben' several times when referring to the tower. Big Ben is actually the hour bell in the tower. The tower used to be called simply 'The Clock Tower' but was renamed in 2012 "The Queen Elizabeth Tower' to mark HM The Queen's Jubilee.
good use of wikipedia :)
Wow this is old! The jubilee line extension opened in 1999. Also, I have never heard the tube been referred to as the'train in the drain'
God I am truly missing London now.
What a great insight into a very good use of modern technology's
Watching this while on the tube somewhere under London 🤗
Wish people would remember that Big Ben is the bell not the actual tower
jamesmarshall1967. And I wish people would stop telling us that Big Ben is the bell. We know!!!
Well clearly people making the video don’t fucking know
MrAeronuk1 yes i can understand that. Doesn’t make it right.
RIP, wrong again. "Big Ben" is the nickname for the bell, which is officially called "The Great Bell". Try again next time...
Ross’ Trains either way it’s not name of clock tower which is my main point
Thanks for letting us know!!!
Nope . Not the 'train in the drain' . You made that up. It's the tube.
Worked on this amazing
fantastic presentation. thank you
Excellent documentary very interesting
Great
Great
Knowledge base share
Thank you so very much
Nicely narrated as well
I’m a simple man, i love history as well as public transport :)
Excellent video Enjoyed every minute
"Train in the drain"? no way - it's the Tube.
"Subway"? misleading at best - it's the Underground. A 'subway' in Britain is a pedestrian underpass.
Dan James exactly!
Quite so old chap.
One has to keep the standards up.
Damn Americans.Just look at their latest President - you know the guy Ronald McDonald Trump.
Simon Winter are you American?
WTF???
Although the Glasgow underground railway system is called the "Subway", and it's the only one in the UK that is AFAIK.
Great video mate me and my friends found this really interesting to wach i was wondering how it was all built😌👍👍💜💜
The Waterloo & City line, colloquially known as The Drain, is a London Underground shuttle line that runs between Waterloo and Bank with no intermediate stops. Maybe he got confused with the TUBE!
The Waterloo and City was British Rail, not the Underground, until 1994.
I never thought I would find a boring video so interesting!
"The only thing that stood the test of time were the iron tunnel linings. So when the Jubilee line extension was planned, they were determined to get it right." - 10 minutes later - "The iron linings were replaced by concrete, because it was cheaper" - Womp womp.
Concrete can last for hundreds of years. Cast iron can and does corrode fron stray electrical currents.
Korenn womp womp ?
@@danielwilson6529 It's a meme way to express the cliche trombone indicating a fail.
Bizarre...I'm an American and I've been to London a few times and always have called it the "Tube", never heard of anyone calling it the "train in the drain".
At 20:00, that is a beautiful locomotive! We called it a Forney I think. Imagine how cool it would be to have those engines all over the city...maybe not the most green solution but this one looks exactly like a Disneyland loco!
It's truly amazing that Marc Brunel was able to build the Tube and still quarterback the Redskins. He should have chose one or the other.
Actually, the Disneyland loco would look like the Forney, since the Forney came first.
@@wintersbattleofbands1144 Ok, but you didn't address the miracle of Brunel's pro football career.
Good show 👍
The engineers that work this stuff are amazing.
It's high time they did more work like this in Australia?
They're sitting on their backsides there wondering why they can't get out of traffic jams.
in brisbane they are constructing the cross river rail, which is built in a similar manner
Toni its very expensive, the very new railway for London cost £42 billion! Most of that went on the tunnelling.
@@johnchristmas7522 And if you waiting another ten years it would cost ten times more. So how long do you wait? How long did the first tunnel in London take, and how much would it have cost?
@@toni4729 Totally agree, This government took 10years to make a decision! They lost over £200billion on fraud during civid-sort of puts the cost of this marvellous achievement onto somewhat a different scale. Most people who complain about the cost are just ignorant about the very real and complex engineering problems there were. When its up and running, all that will be forgotten and taken for granted.
Wow, look how different London used to look..
I'm stunned, great work by the engineers
This video is very old too. Check more recent ones!
Amazing the original tunnels were built by hand.
London and Moscow subways went DEEP! NYC stayed "shallow" except for 181st Street/Washington Heights. Deepest station on the IRT #1 Broadway Line, the first one..
Train in the drain? You made that up
Its a joke.
vanillasplash oh ok 👌
vanillasplash it isn’t a very good joke
@@tobeytransport2802 No, it's just an old term that stopped being used after ww2.
This was made sometime between 1996-1999. All these videos are super old. I think they are old TLC or discovery Channel docs back when they had good programming and not trashy reality shows.
1999 judging by the date stamps on cctv footage they show, also the date code of the programme at the end of the credits is MCMXCIX - Roman numerals for 1999, these date codes are still used today especially on BBC programmes
Amazing.
Great video
24:02
THAT HAIRCUT THOUGH
it works for him.
Defo gay. !00%
The Waterloo and City Line was nicknamed “The Drain” in the early years.
This is true but the Underground as a whole has never been known as the train in the drain.
Yes - but in those days, it wasn't part of the Underground. It was British Rail until it got handed over to the underground in 1994.
It’s not the millennium dome it’s the 02!
It's the tube yank. Fkn train in a drain.
Even I knew that & didn't make a video.
Anyone else watching this during lockdown?!
This documentary is over 20 years old by now. A lot has changed since 90s
Super Structures - London Underground. Aired January 1998
I’ve never heard of the train in the drain and I’ve worked on various stock types as a fitter!, this is program definitely “Americanised”
Super!
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I always wondered
Not once did he refer to the Metropolitan line as the Metropolitan Railway its original name in 1863.
Can we get uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh functioning NYC subway? We really need to go with 20h per day, because the 24h per day schedule is really causing problems in terms of basic repair.
I live in Texas and the Shinkansen N700 bullet train rail line is being built between Houston and Dallas. It will be a dedicated line with no other train traffic on those tracks. I can't wait to ride that train. It's scheduled to start construction in 2023 and running trains in 2026.
There will be no motor vehicle crossings and other such items found on other railroads.
@@guymorris6596 Lucky you. There's no level-crossings on the tube either.
Do you know much per mile for your bullet train? In this film the narrator said that in C.T.Yerkes' era a tube line cost £23m/m (in present day equivalent value). I heard that the ages-in-gestation new subway line being constructed in New York is a staggering $1bn/m.
In comparison, the ⅔ surface-running High Speed line up north from London costs £300m/m which is twice as much as ten years ago. The estimated overall cost has now tripled to just over £100bn, but who knows which figure they'll dig up if you ask them in a month's time‽ Such is the way of things nowadays, it seems.
I have never heard it called "The Train In The Drain"
That is because you're a filthy sinner.
Jack Beauregarde what the fuck. how is he a filthy sinner? do you know what sinner means?
I think this is an excellent video, good on the history of the tube and enough technical
information to satisfy people who want to know how things work, although they did not cover signalling and day to day train management on complex lines such as the Northern. I wasn't aware of the large American input into the tube system, which I found interesting. I suppose as an American film it has every right to mention it. As for "the train in the drain", well, we all
have our idiosyncrasies. Lets not loose the bigger picture here.
There's no American input that I know of. Trains originated in England.
pasoundman you should watch it, you’ll learn what input they had!
@@pasoundman Just because you are uneducated doesn't mean it isn't true.
It's quite an incredible system of engineering.
update video liked very much. Take care.
Good voice for documentary
So interesting
Shakespeare wrote his plays in LONDON...? Um... didn't he live in Stratford-upon-Avon? Mind you, that's only about 130 kilometres from London. Close enough for Americans, I guess...
I think this mockumentary is actually made by Germans.
Shakespeare grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and got married and had his kids there, but I think you'll find that he moved to London some time before 1592, when his first plays were being shown.
It's the Waterloo & City line that's called 'The Drain'
The Big Ben tower is called Elizabeth Tower.
@MrAeronuk1 more like 15
Quite right.
Not enough show breaks between the advertisements.
get add block plus no adds
what adverts??
@@ackroydaiackroyd9394 You know - them things that make Google their money. Grammarly, Grammarly, Car insurance, Grammarly, Some crap you have no interest in, Grammarly, etc.
@@Kolan_Koala doesn't work on a phone app.
Never heard it called the train in the drain before ... ever! It’s the Tube ...
Amazing documentary! Does anyone know what that song is called?
Only section I have ever heard referred to as “The Drain” is the Waterloo & City Line. Not by Londoners obviously but by commuters to the City.
Mentions the recent Jubilee Line extension -- which went from Green Park to Stratford -- and shows the entire Jubilee line, including the part (Stanmore to Baker Street) that already existed as the Bakerloo line!
The term "OK" was first coined by a Swede named Oscar Kjelberg.
And his old company carries this prefix to this day.
It is not just transportation system. It is a living history with so many stories. Made me emotional 😭. Long live My London my city my love. ❤️