Jago! ...an even better bit of microscopic trivia about Canary Wharf. Yes, named for the Canary Islands, but the Spanish Islas Canarias translates to "Isles of *Dogs*" (yes, the Canaries were named after the dogs that roamed it) and...Canary Wharf...is on the Isle of Dogs, London. Happy coincidence? Maybe, but a fine one nonetheless.
An artificial island in an artificial pool... *artificial-ception* I still think Canary Wharf station should've been decorated with dogs. Not only because of the Isle of Dogs, but also as a nod to the fact that the Canary Islands themselves are named after dogs and not birds. The Canary birds are named after the islands, not the other way around. I'm of Canarian descent (my great grandma came to Cuba from there) so I always love bringing up this fact.
I'm not Indian but I am a linguist so I can help. The Gurmukhi in question isn't actually a language on its own. It's how Indians write in the Punjabi language, while Pakistanis write in Punjabi using the Shahmukhi alphabet, which is more similar to Persian or Arabic script.
The various regiments and corps of the British army wear stable belts which are coloured. Stable belts are wider than normal and made of woven material. Perhaps scope for a video of their own. Suffice to say that the Royal Regiment of Artillery's stable belt is coloured red, blue and yellow.
Wouldn't the colours of the Regiment such as depicted here be the colours of the regimental neckties worn with civilian clothing? I have a Royal Corps of Signals necktie that I bought at Disney World in Florida in 1986.
Royal Canadian Engineer (RCE) here, so I know a bit, albeit with slight changes in Canada for the purpose of local politics. Jago is misunderstanding the word "colours" as used in the military. The "colours" used as he uses it refers to a regimental flag used to differentiate the unit in battle. Each infantry regiment (except rifles) would carry the regimental colours and the king's/queen's colours, the latter being based on the union flag (usually). That being said, there are always aberrations to the rule due to traditions within each unit. Units such as the RE and RA don't use "colours" in the sense as defined above, but use what is called a "camp flag". Exactly as it sounds, used to denote where we are located within an encampment, but were never flown in battle as we were never formed as a single body on a battlefield when the use of regimental colours was common. When referring to "colours" with units that never used "regimental colours", you're referring to the actual official tinctures/hue/shade of the camp flag, as that is used to signify them in other ways. The colours of the RE are based on those of the RA, as we share a history (both dealing with explosives) and the Engineers were originally a corps within the artillery branch. The colours of the camp flags are brick red and royal blue, the artillery adds the bronze of their guns, as their camp flag is brick red and royal blue halved horizontally with a gun depicted over top. Traditionally, the guns of the artillery are treated like the colours of an infantry regiment, as it brought shame to lose them in battle. To add further complication, sub-units can alter the camp flag to differentiate themselves, usually by adding their number/name in an appropriate manner. The stable belt is based off of that. And as a friendly jab to our brother's in the artillery, we share a motto, "ubique". To engineers, it means "everywhere"; to artillery it means "all over the place".
The connecting corridor between the Elizabeth line and Bakerloo at Paddington has geometric designs on the wall inspired by the ironwork above the entrance to the Lawn in the mainline station.
American here who looked it up re artillery while they do not have regimental colours (did the proper spelling) the gun carriage on the artillery badge is YELLOW and that is where it comes from.
@@timelordtardis As long as I can then turn around and say that once I left the US Army I became an activist volunteer in the American LABOR movement. Heck in theory I retired a year ago yet find myself getting requests for info from still serving union officer AND I am now working p/t at job covered by totally different union and can't help looking up answers when the paid staff is a bit slow to respond. Am coming to UK in early September with a jaunt to France then back to UK and home early October. Sadly for me the wife does not think a visit to UNISON HQ is worth our time. The union local I retired from covered a lot of jobs that would UNISON over there, plus building trades, library techs, master of a 274 ft research vessel, medical and surgical techs, grounds crew and even the 10 SGTS and LT's of the campus police force. over 40 languages besides English spoken at home.
Thank you for exposing your lack of intimate detail with regard to so many railway stations. We can all look forward to learning together as you spend many hours researching our collective ignorance. Thanks in advance for your diligence and attention to the detail we are all sadly lacking in our lives.
@@passiveaggressive6175 Perhaps if both you and Armorer 94 were to replay the video and listen to Jago's own commentary at approx. @6:40 you may realise that, as G-BOAC points out above, my original comment was made with tongue firmly in cheek as a form of admiration for all that Jago brings to the internet community in his laconic style of witty observations. But then again, you may not...
I cant help feeling the "map" design at Tottenham Court road - with its resemblance to a circuit board - is also a nod to all the electronics stores in and around the Tottenham Court Road area starting in the 1980s/90s (Lion being the big one with the massive "if you want it we have it" basement), through to Maplin and others still there today. [Although technically Maplin is I guess closer to Goodge St] [Edit: okay the now defunct Maplin - been a while since Ive been int that area - but the gist is still the same!]
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Maplin went into administration and closed in 2018. All that is left now is the website, which is now run by a different company using the brand name.
Bit harsh on Whitechapel Bell Foundry, I thought, Jago. I believe the foundry recommended a certain size clapper for the Big Ben bell, which the powers that be thought was a bit small, so beefed up the spec a bit. (Pretty much double the size required by all accounts). Apparently this resulted in the bell developing a crack. The crack was repaired to prevent it spreading, the bell was slightly rotated, and a smaller clapper installed. As you know, it is still functional to this day, the crack is said to contribute to the bells unique sombre tone.
As a Jewish person, I was fascinated by the old Yiddish poster you found from Whitechapel. I'm not any kind of expert but I do know that Yiddish was a largely spoken language based mainly on German with a bit of Polish, Lithuanian, Russian and other Eastern European languages thrown in for good measure. When it is written down, however, it's done so in Hebrew characters which I have a basic grasp of. The big disadvantage of Hebrew text is that its usually written without vowels which makes it very challenging to read for non-fluent speakers. I've managed to work out that it's advertising "cheap prices" on the East London Railway to Crystal Palace (the names are directly phonetically transposed into the Hebrew characters). Then at the bottom it says, "children [kinder] under 12 half fare.". Other place names mentioned are Shoreditch, Whitechapel and Shadwell. @Jago - if I could see the whole poster in one, I might be able to work out more using online translation and with some help from more learned members of my community. Yiddish has almost died out these days and is only spoken as a first language by certain ultra_orthodox Jewish sects around the world. You may be familiar with "nosh", "bagel" or "beigel" and maybe "schlep" (which means to pull or drag (something or oneself), usually with much effort). Nearly all my great grandparents in London, Leeds and Glasgow would have spoken Yiddish as a mother tongue as first generation immigrants and I know that my paternal grandfather, born in 1896, spoke it fluently. Unfortunately, he passed away in 1986, so we can't get his translation. My dad is alive and well aged 95 but his Yiddish is poor these days. I'd be very grateful if you could DM me the full poster on Instagram - @brian__freeman (double underscore in the middle there) if possible. Thanks.
@@aprilsmith1166 - ah yes of course, forgot about chutzpah. Like English (but for different reasons), Yiddish draws on many languages with different roots and so I think that's why they're both very expressive and rich.
@@kaitlyn__L - yes but most of my grandparents' generation were still alive then. They were generally the second generation and born in the UK but would have spoken Yiddish as children at home. My dad's Yiddish is very sparse and mine is almost non-existent. I consider myself completely British and indeed I am until I get asked about ethnic origin and I generally tick "white other" because I'm not actually Anglo Saxon. That said, my grandfather was probably the same - after all, he fought in the British army in the First World War.
Shortly after moving to Tyneside in 1994 I was surprised to hear Yiddish in the big Tesco in Gateshead (next door to the Get Carter multi-storey car park, since demolished). German is my second language so I can understand a few words of Yiddish. The family i heard probably thought I was a bit odd because I approached them and asked if they were really speaking Yiddish. I told them they'd made a linguist's day 😁
regarding Liverpool Street, they were probably itching to make a station that looked like the definition of bedlam. their restraint in this matter should be applauded.
Bedlam is something that sounds like a good reference in theory, but when you then built a station that would look like something from Alice In Wonderland or M.C. Escher, you would begin to realise that maybe it wasn't such a great idea... 😆
Canary wharf has the 'tropical' roof garden (it's been open a good while now) with even more plants from around the world and on my trip just after Liz opening, all the spotlights illuminating them were purple, which was more than a coincidence I'm sure :)
The symbology here could give Dan Brown another novel. It's like going to these posh houses where nothing is just a pretty thing, every nuance and placement has hidden meaning and depth. And then you get genuine coincidence, pure chance so accidentally loaded with meaning that it simply shouldn't and cannot be, and gives you a headache just thinking about the meaning of life.
Jago, you mention Portland Stone, the lovely attractive white stone which many London buildings, particularly the Government buildings in Whitehall were constructed of. You also mention Centrepoint - indeed one of London's first skyscrapers. Putting the 2 topics together, the Centrepoint building was unique in its use of Portland Stone, in that it was constructed from precast segments, constructed of a concrete specially made from crushed Portland stone. The precast segments were made by Portcrete Ltd, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset (the place where Portland Stone was quarried for many London buildings). The precast segments were transported up to London by lorry. There. Another bit of useless information you didn't know you didn't know.
Nothing wrong with being useless, so long as it is interesting, which this is. Centrepoint was built amidst much hype as an office building and then stood empty for nearly ten years, which caused something of a scandal at the time. Nearly ten years ago, it was converted into luxury apartments.
The Cenotaph is a single piece of portland stone. The quarry it came from had been closed for some time and we re-opened to quarry that single piece for the Cenotaph, before being closed again.
As an addendum, to regimental colours, the Royal Engineers (RE) as you say do have blue and red, the RE are known as sappers and dig holes, make bridges, rescue stuff, and defuse live ordnance et al, they also have on a shoulder a dark blue lanyard, a piece of, well, string, which is attached to the firing mechanism of a cannon, so, what are the RE doing with something to do with a cannon, well, a long time ago during the Crimea war, the RE built a railway to get guns n stuff to the front line, then dug gun inplacements, during a battle the Royal Artillery (RA) facing a fierce charge abandoned thier guns, the RE took up positions behind said guns fired them and stopped the enemy charge. For this action the RE were given the RA dark blue lanyard and the RA received a replacement, but it was white.
One more interesting RE detail, as they were good at fixing stuff, the war office gave them the new fangled flying machines to assess for the first World War effort, the RE formed a unit called the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) a Corps because the RE were a Corps themselves. The RE below regimental level are as you know divided into squadrons, wait for it, don't anticipate the order! Guess what, the RFC were also divided into squadrons, as were and are the present day RAF. Greetings from a former sapper to another. (ex EOD TAVR)
FACT: If you play the sound of an arriving and departing Elizabeth Line train backwards, you clearly hear the words "THE JUBILEE HERALDS THE REIGN OF THE ANTICHRIST".
Hello Jago, you are the only person who can his ignorance of a subject more interesting than someone who know everything about a subject, your prolific output means waking nearly every morning (in NZ) a great way to start the day.. keep them coming please
My goodness, Mr H, what a stonkingly spiffing video, absolutely chock full of fascinating facts. And yet again you have taken a subject that didn't interest me one jot (or tittle) and made it amazingly relevant. You really are a very clever fellow. Thanks, Simon T
I simultaneously feel sad for the need, and appreciate the addition of the glass walls to protect people from falling (or being pushed) on to the track.
@@JP_TaVeryMuch And it's mostly about the cleaning and air-flow that you rightly bring up. Hence why Custom House and Abbey Wood don't have any platform edge barriers - the actual reasons for them don't apply, and the side effect of avoiding one-unders doesn't justify half barriers and the like.
Thank you for this video. There has been a lot of coverage of the new Elizabeth Line stations emphasising their grandeur and scale but I particularly enjoyed yours because of the focus on their themed, but contrasting, details. Less is more perhaps. Most interesting, bravo!
At Liverpool Street there is one. When you are coming down the escalators you have a striped ceiling referencing pin-stripe suits as it is a business district.
And IIRC the Moorgate exit also has different design references. There's a whole series of videos TFL put out about the architectural motifs at each station, otherwise a lot of them would have passed me by too...
The new Elizabeth Line station at Woolwich is actually within the grounds of the old Woolwich Arsenal, whereas the old British Rail Woolwich Arsenal station is not .... maybe they should switch their names.
No, I disagree. True, the historical connection is as you say, but the older station has been known as Woolwich Arsenal for years, whereas the Elizabeth Line one is brand new. Any renaming will cost a substantial amount of money.
The Gurmukhi script is used to write Punjabi (Panjabi) in India in Pakistan they use a modified Arabic script called by Punjabi speakers "shahmukhi". The existence of Gurmukhi scripts signs tells you there are many Punjabi speakers in the area and many many of them are Sikhs. The Gurmukhi script is used to write the holy book of the Sikhs and was codified by the second Guru for writing the words of the Gurus. Just so you know.
During construction it was Crossrail, then nearing completion the Elizabeth line. Now any public address announcement refers to TFL rail. How the hell is any tourist going to know what is what?!!! Every reference from whatever source needs to standardise on the Elizabeth line.
Red and Blue is definitely prominent colours for the Royal Artillery, Red and Blue being on their Tactical Recognition Flash patch on their arm and on the camp flag. Not sure where the yellow comes from, the insignia of the royal artillery does feature a cannon, which is usually coloured a yellowy bronze colour. So I guess that could be it.
The yellow may be sulphur; often, mess jackets of the gunners were black (charcoal); blue (saltpetre); and yellow (sulphur) which the enterprising young schoolchild will know as the constituent parts of gunpowder.
Back in the Napoleonic Wars, and probably before that, the Gunners wore yellow twill tape on their uniforms and the officers had gold lace on theirs (being as they were and are *Royal* Artillery), which you can see to this day on the dress blues of the Royal Horses Artillery.
I suspect that the yellow is a divider actually. If you look at the patterns: the Red and Blue is the RA TRF, while the pattern on the Red-Blue-Yellow one is in fact the Royal Engineers TRF with yellow dividing them. The repitition of blue-red in the exact same pattern and thickness as on the Royal Engineers TRF is too specific to be coincidental. I suspect a PR person just got their facts mixed up.
I have indeed become accustomed to your videos. Good work. Now, I know it's not going away any time soon, but still, there's too many concrete enclaves in London. I prefer to work from home and I'M NOT COMING BACK.
No need for irate comments, people. Jago puts these videos on RUclips to be informative, amusing and for our pleasure. Beautiful stations, the architects really did a nice job. Cheers. 😊
Another in-depth dissertation of epic proportions on the things about the Underground which I didn't know I didn't know! I don't live in London but occasionally visit as a tourist. I have travelling on the Elizabeth line on my "to do"list & now I have your excellent guide to point out the features of the stations. Thank you.
"The ceiling slats mimic the soundwaves of a bell for the Whitechapel Bell foundry" amongst other similar links. We get it, the EL was designed by nerds!
The core section stations all look great, I'm hoping I'll be able to visit a couple (and see what Crossrail is like for myself) when I head down to London with some friends next month.
The Elizabeth Line could start operating from Shenfield to Heathrow Terminal 4 & Terminal 5 and Shenfield to Reading by the end of the year as well to & from Abbey Wood. With 24tph to be increased next year when the whole part of the Elizabeth Line is connected. Meaning that more trains will pass through Central London and Bond Street Elizabeth Line station to open later this year.
Thanks for this quick look at the stations and their artwork -- it is good to see that some sense of design in train stations has returned after so many decades of "make it as cheap as possible." A comparison of station architecture and ornamentation between Victorian/Edwardian times and the present would be illuminating. Most of my lifetime it seems like architects never darkened the doors of rail companies.
I walked down the entire Newham Walk the other day. There's so much information there, it's definitely worth a video of its own, simply put, you could snapshot one segment, talk about that and the moment in history it references, then go onto the next one. That being said, it might actually be a two-parter.
The Canaries were named after dogs on the islands (Latin Canis which gives us canine). The birds were then named after the island, not the island after the birds. Oddly the bird is basically called a dog.
@@hb1338 Just gone down a rabbit hole of looking it up and it seems it could be The Canarii people from Africa, Seals mistaken for dogs and a few other options. Mainly though not after the bird!!
Actually Liverpool Street station also has a reference to the local area - the striped ceilings are intended to represent pinstripe suits that City bankers used to wear - since Liverpool Street is in the City. Also, the circular lights at Woolwich are believed to look like landmines - a reference to the nearby Royal Arsenal munitions factory.
Hmmmm, another great venture into the new Elizabeth Line. Oh the hidden secrets were quietly revealed, and appreciated I assure you. Wouldn't every new railway line have it's share of hidden secrets, not aware of course to the majority of those using or passing by? Those connections of design to surrounding structural monoliths was very interesting. And the signage in foreign tongue that would be of interest, and most helpful to people from abroad who have made England their home. Local relevance is of most importance.
Yet another very interesting and informative Vlog Jago i certainly learned a lot from your latest Vlog and it fantastic that all the stations on the Elizabeth Line Core Section have designed the stations around the history of those areas TFL have done us proud I’d say I continue to enjoy watching your Vlogs Jago keep up the good work my friend take care and stay safe
That being able to take an underground train from one end of the platform to the other is also true of the Paddington Main Line platform which runs alongside the Hammersmith and City all the way to Royal Oak.
And also of the Elizabeth Line station at Liverpool Street which stretches from Liverpool Street to Moorgate underground stations. This is because the Elizabeth Line platforms are so long and also so deep, so when you add on the angle of the escalators the horizontal distance becomes quite significant (and the walks take some time).
Some observations: Canary wharf - Canary yellow or banana yellow to reflect trade with the canary islands, fair enough, but no dogs. Islas Canaraias means Isle(s) of Dogs which is how the islands got their name. (always a good quiz question to know the ansewr to). Perhaps revisiting Liverpool street during the rush hour to see if it lives up to its hospital reputation of being complete Bedlam. These days, its nice to see some thought going into the internal and external decoration of stations. I suppose there is an argument for having a "corporate brand" styling but after travelling through several identkit stations, its a bit dull. Nicely done, Jago. Loving it.
@@highpath4776 when you build out of concrete it's greatly limited how creative you can get with the shapes, when it also has to carry a lot of weight. That they've put this much effort into all the panelling and roofing is quite spectacular in itself for modern construction, especially with underground stations. Most places don't receive that much attention to detail when it comes to projects on this scale
I was in the area of Custom House last weekend and noticed Newham Wall and wanted to know more. It was a shame that I didn't have the time to take a closer look, and so it seems neither has Jago. Would love to see a promised video on it as it doesn't appear to be covered elsewhere.
Okay - the Royal Regiment of Artillery have a red and blue tactical recognition flash, and the Corps of Royal Engineers have a different red and blue tactical recognition flash. The red, blue and yellow relate to tactical recognition flash of the Corps of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. I hope this helps.
@@Smoketrain I don't. 😁Actually I believe the original bell was recast and that was the bell that cracked. Also, the term Liberty Bell came much, much later. I would direct you to the NPS web site to read about it but RUclips probably wouldn't allow the link. Having been there to see the actual bell, it's a great visit. It also dispells a lot of the myths about it.
The "brutalist" ceilings at Barbican really are characteristic of the genre, they are an example of the "waffle slab" ceiling you can see in many places from that era. I first noticed them in Canterbury University.
I think it's really cool that they put many references to local things in the stations! Makes the stations unique to one another, as well as more interesting, and highlights the interesting history and/or local places of interest. Thank you for highlighting this in the video!
Was the building itself the problem or was it Mr Hyams ? FWIW, a few years ago we pretended we had some money and went and had a look at a newly-converted "luxury apartment". It was utterly soulless, and my wife thought that no amount of money could cure the problem.
My problem with the Elizabeth Line at the moment is that I'd have to change at Liverpool St going west, which makes it pointless given the much more seamless ways I can do that journey. I guess they decided they couldn't wait any longer before opening it :| Btw according to the guide at the Bell Foundry when I visited (while it was a running business of course) apparently it was Parliament's Clerk of Works who cracked Big Ben - despite the stern advice to the contrary he insisted on striking it on the exterior before it was actually installed in the tower...
This was always the plan Peter. Crossrail is made up of four railway lines, each of which has it's own signalling system. The British Government would not fund the replacement of the existing signalling, so they have ended up needing to build a more complex train that can communicate with different signalling systems. Signalling systems are "fail safe" systems, so not getting a seamless handover from one signalling system to the next would mean that the breaks would come on to ensure the train was not about to crash into another train. They also scaled up the size of the trains during the project. And step free access has been installed in all the old stations that didn't have it. • 2015 TfL Rail between Liverpool Street mainline and Shenfield • 2017 The start of operations with new Class 345 trains in the east • 2018 TfL Rail between Heathrow Airport and Paddiington mainline • 2019 TfL Raiil between Reading and Paddington mainline • 2020 The start of operations with new Class 345 trains from Heathrow and the start of full length new Class 345 trains from Reading • 2021 Platform extensions at Liverpool Street mainline and timetable changes across east and west • 2022 Launch of the Elizabeth line between Paddington and Abbey Wood and Elizabeth line runes as three separate railways • 2023 Elizabeth line fully open Everyone is focusing on this specific phase, but it's just one of several phases. I suppose if you are coming in from Stratford and don't like changing trains, you could carry on taking the Central Line, for now. But it's almost certainly going to take you a lot longer as the Central Line trains move at 30 MPH and the Crossrail trains move at 60 MPH. Why don't you do both journeys and time it.
@@DavidShepheard Are you suggesting that part of the delays might be attributed to the customer changing the spec part way through ? I've never heard of that happening in government projects. Ever.
I think putting fake clouds on your glass roof in case there aren't enough real clouds may be the most British thing I have ever heard of :-)
Quite right!
Try getting our miserable londoners to try talking to each other next.
We Brits *love* to talk about the weather & if there isn't any, well we'll *invent* some. Always a good conversation-starter!
Yeees... English = eccentric.
220 panels, £5,000 each - that's a piece of art that cost over £1,000,000. An expensive roof!
Jago! ...an even better bit of microscopic trivia about Canary Wharf. Yes, named for the Canary Islands, but the Spanish Islas Canarias translates to "Isles of *Dogs*" (yes, the Canaries were named after the dogs that roamed it) and...Canary Wharf...is on the Isle of Dogs, London. Happy coincidence? Maybe, but a fine one nonetheless.
I watch you! Your videos are amazing!
Imports from the "Islas Canarias" came to the UK via the "Isle of Dogs". It's no coincidence
Wasent expecting to see you here Paul
An artificial island in an artificial pool... *artificial-ception*
I still think Canary Wharf station should've been decorated with dogs. Not only because of the Isle of Dogs, but also as a nod to the fact that the Canary Islands themselves are named after dogs and not birds. The Canary birds are named after the islands, not the other way around. I'm of Canarian descent (my great grandma came to Cuba from there) so I always love bringing up this fact.
Canary dogs - that's a new one on me!
According to Wikipedia, the dogs probably never existed.
@@hb1338 This only makes the story even better.
@@stepheneyles2198 Canarias meant Canines not Canaries. Yes, we call them the Canary Islands we should really call them the Dog Islands.
I thought I would check out the comments to see if a you brought up dogs so well done if no-one had I would have said it.
I'm not Indian but I am a linguist so I can help. The Gurmukhi in question isn't actually a language on its own. It's how Indians write in the Punjabi language, while Pakistanis write in Punjabi using the Shahmukhi alphabet, which is more similar to Persian or Arabic script.
You are North Korean oh supreme leader
@@heidirabenau511 - 🙃, I think he really isn’t “the Korean dictator” that is a joker/bot who is impersonating him
@@samuelfellows6923 don't question the Supreme Leader
@@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un - 🙃
Its called a script only right?
The various regiments and corps of the British army wear stable belts which are coloured. Stable belts are wider than normal and made of woven material. Perhaps scope for a video of their own.
Suffice to say that the Royal Regiment of Artillery's stable belt is coloured red, blue and yellow.
Wouldn't the colours of the Regiment such as depicted here be the colours of the regimental neckties worn with civilian clothing? I have a Royal Corps of Signals necktie that I bought at Disney World in Florida in 1986.
A little bit of nostalgia, as a treat for the arson
Royal Canadian Engineer (RCE) here, so I know a bit, albeit with slight changes in Canada for the purpose of local politics.
Jago is misunderstanding the word "colours" as used in the military. The "colours" used as he uses it refers to a regimental flag used to differentiate the unit in battle. Each infantry regiment (except rifles) would carry the regimental colours and the king's/queen's colours, the latter being based on the union flag (usually). That being said, there are always aberrations to the rule due to traditions within each unit.
Units such as the RE and RA don't use "colours" in the sense as defined above, but use what is called a "camp flag". Exactly as it sounds, used to denote where we are located within an encampment, but were never flown in battle as we were never formed as a single body on a battlefield when the use of regimental colours was common. When referring to "colours" with units that never used "regimental colours", you're referring to the actual official tinctures/hue/shade of the camp flag, as that is used to signify them in other ways.
The colours of the RE are based on those of the RA, as we share a history (both dealing with explosives) and the Engineers were originally a corps within the artillery branch. The colours of the camp flags are brick red and royal blue, the artillery adds the bronze of their guns, as their camp flag is brick red and royal blue halved horizontally with a gun depicted over top. Traditionally, the guns of the artillery are treated like the colours of an infantry regiment, as it brought shame to lose them in battle. To add further complication, sub-units can alter the camp flag to differentiate themselves, usually by adding their number/name in an appropriate manner. The stable belt is based off of that.
And as a friendly jab to our brother's in the artillery, we share a motto, "ubique". To engineers, it means "everywhere"; to artillery it means "all over the place".
@@jadger1871 In the case of the UK RA whereas infantry have Colours (as a flag) the Artillery's guns are their Colours.
@@jadger1871 You must be familiar with Kipling's poem, "Ubique" surely?
The connecting corridor between the Elizabeth line and Bakerloo at Paddington has geometric designs on the wall inspired by the ironwork above the entrance to the Lawn in the mainline station.
Your best video yet. Well done.
Good - well, better than a picture of a baker sitting on, oh well, you know what I mean.
@@peterjansen7929 Not a baker sitting on a street by any chance?
American here who looked it up re artillery while they do not have regimental colours (did the proper spelling) the gun carriage on the artillery badge is YELLOW and that is where it comes from.
Wow
i was about to say it's probably the color of their ties (plus the yellow pin or something)
Thank you spelling *colour* correctly. It's much appreciated.
@@timelordtardis As long as I can then turn around and say that once I left the US Army I became an activist volunteer in the American LABOR movement. Heck in theory I retired a year ago yet find myself getting requests for info from still serving union officer AND I am now working p/t at job covered by totally different union and can't help looking up answers when the paid staff is a bit slow to respond. Am coming to UK in early September with a jaunt to France then back to UK and home early October. Sadly for me the wife does not think a visit to UNISON HQ is worth our time. The union local I retired from covered a lot of jobs that would UNISON over there, plus building trades, library techs, master of a 274 ft research vessel, medical and surgical techs, grounds crew and even the 10 SGTS and LT's of the campus police force. over 40 languages besides English spoken at home.
@@MrDportjoe interesting. i temp-worked in hospitals, where UNISON was the union of many employees
Thank you for exposing your lack of intimate detail with regard to so many railway stations. We can all look forward to learning together as you spend many hours researching our collective ignorance. Thanks in advance for your diligence and attention to the detail we are all sadly lacking in our lives.
Would you like a towel? Because you're dripping with sarcasm.
@@armorer94 eloquent use of sarcasm is a virtue and imho a fitting form of humor for videos on British topics.
@@GBOAC "Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence" - Oscar Wilde
But you watched it😂😂
@@passiveaggressive6175 Perhaps if both you and Armorer 94 were to replay the video and listen to Jago's own commentary at approx. @6:40 you may realise that, as G-BOAC points out above, my original comment was made with tongue firmly in cheek as a form of admiration for all that Jago brings to the internet community in his laconic style of witty observations. But then again, you may not...
He said Diamond Geezers! It's like a secret message!
Not just Diamond Geezers but Ianvisits also has been mentioned.
He said you find DG at Farringdon. But everyone knows it's Bow by Bus Stop M.
I cant help feeling the "map" design at Tottenham Court road - with its resemblance to a circuit board - is also a nod to all the electronics stores in and around the Tottenham Court Road area starting in the 1980s/90s (Lion being the big one with the massive "if you want it we have it" basement), through to Maplin and others still there today. [Although technically Maplin is I guess closer to Goodge St] [Edit: okay the now defunct Maplin - been a while since Ive been int that area - but the gist is still the same!]
Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Maplin went into administration and closed in 2018. All that is left now is the website, which is now run by a different company using the brand name.
@@bthrussellUK Maplin went from being an amazing store for geeks to selling absolute crap at huge markups, it's no loss. Thankfully we have Farnell.
I think this is a bit of a stretch to be honest.
@@rodjones117 Perhaps, but we can at least chalk it up to another "happy accident" if that's the case
@@Hannah_Em Sure, why not?
Bit harsh on Whitechapel Bell Foundry, I thought, Jago. I believe the foundry recommended a certain size clapper for the Big Ben bell, which the powers that be thought was a bit small, so beefed up the spec a bit. (Pretty much double the size required by all accounts). Apparently this resulted in the bell developing a crack. The crack was repaired to prevent it spreading, the bell was slightly rotated, and a smaller clapper installed. As you know, it is still functional to this day, the crack is said to contribute to the bells unique sombre tone.
And I bet the politician who sanctioned the oversized clapper still received a gong...
@@aprilsmith1166 its possible, why don't you give him a ring..
@@powerballminep67 Best not. I wouldn't want to create a ding-dong...
@@aprilsmith1166 carefull, don’t lower the tone😁😁
@@powerballminep67 That's an ap-pealing idea.
The stripey ceiling at Liverpool St./Moorgate is supposed to reflect the pinstriped suits once worn by the local City workers
It was an ingenious idea having the platforms at Liverpool Street and Farringdon so long that they reach Moorgate and Barbican respectively.
How indeed is Jago filming this when the line isn't open??? He must be in league with BIG RAIL.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he was.
The line has been open since 24 May.
It is open...
It’s open noob
It's a joke, (1:18)
As a Jewish person, I was fascinated by the old Yiddish poster you found from Whitechapel. I'm not any kind of expert but I do know that Yiddish was a largely spoken language based mainly on German with a bit of Polish, Lithuanian, Russian and other Eastern European languages thrown in for good measure. When it is written down, however, it's done so in Hebrew characters which I have a basic grasp of. The big disadvantage of Hebrew text is that its usually written without vowels which makes it very challenging to read for non-fluent speakers.
I've managed to work out that it's advertising "cheap prices" on the East London Railway to Crystal Palace (the names are directly phonetically transposed into the Hebrew characters).
Then at the bottom it says, "children [kinder] under 12 half fare.". Other place names mentioned are Shoreditch, Whitechapel and Shadwell.
@Jago - if I could see the whole poster in one, I might be able to work out more using online translation and with some help from more learned members of my community.
Yiddish has almost died out these days and is only spoken as a first language by certain ultra_orthodox Jewish sects around the world. You may be familiar with "nosh", "bagel" or "beigel" and maybe "schlep" (which means to pull or drag (something or oneself), usually with much effort). Nearly all my great grandparents in London, Leeds and Glasgow would have spoken Yiddish as a mother tongue as first generation immigrants and I know that my paternal grandfather, born in 1896, spoke it fluently. Unfortunately, he passed away in 1986, so we can't get his translation. My dad is alive and well aged 95 but his Yiddish is poor these days.
I'd be very grateful if you could DM me the full poster on Instagram - @brian__freeman (double underscore in the middle there) if possible. Thanks.
@Brian Freeman Very interesting, thank you for that. And of course we also use chutzpah without always realising it's Yiddish.
@@aprilsmith1166 - ah yes of course, forgot about chutzpah. Like English (but for different reasons), Yiddish draws on many languages with different roots and so I think that's why they're both very expressive and rich.
It’s rather sad, and such a striking difference from, say, the 60s when Yiddish was still fairly widely spoken in many places.
@@kaitlyn__L - yes but most of my grandparents' generation were still alive then. They were generally the second generation and born in the UK but would have spoken Yiddish as children at home. My dad's Yiddish is very sparse and mine is almost non-existent. I consider myself completely British and indeed I am until I get asked about ethnic origin and I generally tick "white other" because I'm not actually Anglo Saxon. That said, my grandfather was probably the same - after all, he fought in the British army in the First World War.
Shortly after moving to Tyneside in 1994 I was surprised to hear Yiddish in the big Tesco in Gateshead (next door to the Get Carter multi-storey car park, since demolished). German is my second language so I can understand a few words of Yiddish. The family i heard probably thought I was a bit odd because I approached them and asked if they were really speaking Yiddish. I told them they'd made a linguist's day 😁
regarding Liverpool Street, they were probably itching to make a station that looked like the definition of bedlam.
their restraint in this matter should be applauded.
Bedlam is something that sounds like a good reference in theory, but when you then built a station that would look like something from Alice In Wonderland or M.C. Escher, you would begin to realise that maybe it wasn't such a great idea... 😆
More of the artwork please. Let's give the artists the full Jago Hazzard recognition they deserve. Well presented as always.
Canary wharf has the 'tropical' roof garden (it's been open a good while now) with even more plants from around the world and on my trip just after Liz opening, all the spotlights illuminating them were purple, which was more than a coincidence I'm sure :)
I think that the Barbican roof is specifically referencing the Barbican centre which has very similar design to its ceiling in the atrium/foyer...
The symbology here could give Dan Brown another novel. It's like going to these posh houses where nothing is just a pretty thing, every nuance and placement has hidden meaning and depth. And then you get genuine coincidence, pure chance so accidentally loaded with meaning that it simply shouldn't and cannot be, and gives you a headache just thinking about the meaning of life.
Jago, you mention Portland Stone, the lovely attractive white stone which many London buildings, particularly the Government buildings in Whitehall were constructed of. You also mention Centrepoint - indeed one of London's first skyscrapers.
Putting the 2 topics together, the Centrepoint building was unique in its use of Portland Stone, in that it was constructed from precast segments, constructed of a concrete specially made from crushed Portland stone. The precast segments were made by Portcrete Ltd, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset (the place where Portland Stone was quarried for many London buildings). The precast segments were transported up to London by lorry.
There.
Another bit of useless information you didn't know you didn't know.
@Handy Andy As always, we learn so much more from these videos than tales from the tube 🙂
Nothing wrong with being useless, so long as it is interesting, which this is.
Centrepoint was built amidst much hype as an office building and then stood empty for nearly ten years, which caused something of a scandal at the time. Nearly ten years ago, it was converted into luxury apartments.
The Cenotaph is a single piece of portland stone. The quarry it came from had been closed for some time and we re-opened to quarry that single piece for the Cenotaph, before being closed again.
Did they make concrete portaloos as well?
As an addendum, to regimental colours, the Royal Engineers (RE) as you say do have blue and red, the RE are known as sappers and dig holes, make bridges, rescue stuff, and defuse live ordnance et al, they also have on a shoulder a dark blue lanyard, a piece of, well, string, which is attached to the firing mechanism of a cannon, so, what are the RE doing with something to do with a cannon, well, a long time ago during the Crimea war, the RE built a railway to get guns n stuff to the front line, then dug gun inplacements, during a battle the Royal Artillery (RA) facing a fierce charge abandoned thier guns, the RE took up positions behind said guns fired them and stopped the enemy charge. For this action the RE were given the RA dark blue lanyard and the RA received a replacement, but it was white.
As an ex sapper I find this most interesting.
One more interesting RE detail, as they were good at fixing stuff, the war office gave them the new fangled flying machines to assess for the first World War effort, the RE formed a unit called the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) a Corps because the RE were a Corps themselves. The RE below regimental level are as you know divided into squadrons, wait for it, don't anticipate the order! Guess what, the RFC were also divided into squadrons, as were and are the present day RAF.
Greetings from a former sapper to another.
(ex EOD TAVR)
Wow! All this time later, and the RA still has this rubbed in their faces.
Diamond Geezer, where have I heard that before 😄
FACT: If you play the sound of an arriving and departing Elizabeth Line train backwards, you clearly hear the words "THE JUBILEE HERALDS THE REIGN OF THE ANTICHRIST".
We had the antichrist in 1997-2008, didn't we?
we all know that Paul, we all know....
Nurse! 🤣
Well, that'll make a change from the regular government...
Really good vid. I took my first trip on the Liz Line yesterday and think it's an absolutely magnificent blend of engineering and art.
Hello Jago, you are the only person who can his ignorance of a subject more interesting than someone who know everything about a subject, your prolific output means waking nearly every morning (in NZ) a great way to start the day.. keep them coming please
References to the "Canary Wharves" can be rather "cheep!" 😁
My goodness, Mr H, what a stonkingly spiffing video, absolutely chock full of fascinating facts. And yet again you have taken a subject that didn't interest me one jot (or tittle) and made it amazingly relevant. You really are a very clever fellow. Thanks, Simon T
I simultaneously feel sad for the need, and appreciate the addition of the glass walls to protect people from falling (or being pushed) on to the track.
@@JP_TaVeryMuch And it's mostly about the cleaning and air-flow that you rightly bring up. Hence why Custom House and Abbey Wood don't have any platform edge barriers - the actual reasons for them don't apply, and the side effect of avoiding one-unders doesn't justify half barriers and the like.
The Jubilee line in London and subways elsewhere already have the sliding platform doors.
Thank you for this video. There has been a lot of coverage of the new Elizabeth Line stations emphasising their grandeur and scale but I particularly enjoyed yours because of the focus on their themed, but contrasting, details. Less is more perhaps. Most interesting, bravo!
At Liverpool Street there is one. When you are coming down the escalators you have a striped ceiling referencing pin-stripe suits as it is a business district.
And IIRC the Moorgate exit also has different design references. There's a whole series of videos TFL put out about the architectural motifs at each station, otherwise a lot of them would have passed me by too...
The new Elizabeth Line station at Woolwich is actually within the grounds of the old Woolwich Arsenal, whereas the old British Rail Woolwich Arsenal station is not .... maybe they should switch their names.
Can’t believe u have to cross a busy Rd too interchange
No, I disagree. True, the historical connection is as you say, but the older station has been known as Woolwich Arsenal for years, whereas the Elizabeth Line one is brand new. Any renaming will cost a substantial amount of money.
@@seansoraghan3245You can avoid that busy main road by changing at Abbey Wood instead..
The Gurmukhi script is used to write Punjabi (Panjabi)
in India
in Pakistan they use a modified Arabic script
called by Punjabi speakers "shahmukhi".
The existence of Gurmukhi scripts signs
tells you there are many Punjabi speakers in the area
and many many of them are Sikhs.
The Gurmukhi script is used to write the holy book of the Sikhs
and was codified by the second Guru for writing the words of the Gurus.
Just so you know.
Wow something that I didn’t know
Fascinating, subtle and indelible way of communicating via HISTORY!
Those fantastic benches at Abbey Wood evoke memories of travel on British Rail in the '70s.
Awesome video ! Great observations of all the thought and craftsmanship ! Well done Jago
It very nice to have a different slant to an Elizabeth Line video. top work JH
Must be a fig-newton of your imagination, Jago. You gotta love it! I do--and keep it coming.
During construction it was Crossrail, then nearing completion the Elizabeth line. Now any public address announcement refers to TFL rail. How the hell is any tourist going to know what is what?!!! Every reference from whatever source needs to standardise on the Elizabeth line.
your videos are interesting and have a lot of information
Red and Blue is definitely prominent colours for the Royal Artillery,
Red and Blue being on their Tactical Recognition Flash patch on their arm and on the camp flag.
Not sure where the yellow comes from, the insignia of the royal artillery does feature a cannon, which is usually coloured a yellowy bronze colour. So I guess that could be it.
Yellow is used by RA on stable belts. Not certain of the origin, but I suspect it may come from the yellow lace
The yellow may be sulphur; often, mess jackets of the gunners were black (charcoal); blue (saltpetre); and yellow (sulphur) which the enterprising young schoolchild will know as the constituent parts of gunpowder.
Back in the Napoleonic Wars, and probably before that, the Gunners wore yellow twill tape on their uniforms and the officers had gold lace on theirs (being as they were and are *Royal* Artillery), which you can see to this day on the dress blues of the Royal Horses Artillery.
The "yellow" is the bronze of their guns, which were treated as if they are the colours.
I suspect that the yellow is a divider actually. If you look at the patterns: the Red and Blue is the RA TRF, while the pattern on the Red-Blue-Yellow one is in fact the Royal Engineers TRF with yellow dividing them. The repitition of blue-red in the exact same pattern and thickness as on the Royal Engineers TRF is too specific to be coincidental. I suspect a PR person just got their facts mixed up.
Nice one Jago. The subtle differences at each station give each their own character. Look forward to part 2 when all the stations are open.
As always great information !
Can only agree that the wood used at Abbey Wood is beautiful. At Whitechapel the steel is just amazing
your "how am I filming this" sass is amazing, please add closed captions
Thanks for this new video! I am finally going back soon to London and hope that I can ride on this new line. Excited!
I have indeed become accustomed to your videos. Good work. Now, I know it's not going away any time soon, but still, there's too many concrete enclaves in London. I prefer to work from home and I'M NOT COMING BACK.
No need for irate comments, people. Jago puts these videos on RUclips to be informative, amusing and for our pleasure. Beautiful stations, the architects really did a nice job. Cheers. 😊
The Elizabeth line’s secret message is Long Live the Queen.
Ah, "Secrets of the Elizabeth Line". Always nice to see a new Geoff Marshall video.
Brilliant, informative and very entertaining as usual. Thank you
Another in-depth dissertation of epic proportions on the things about the Underground which I didn't know I didn't know! I don't live in London but occasionally visit as a tourist. I have travelling on the Elizabeth line on my "to do"list & now I have your excellent guide to point out the features of the stations. Thank you.
"goldsmiths and diamond geezers"... very smart, Mr. Hazzard
"The ceiling slats mimic the soundwaves of a bell for the Whitechapel Bell foundry" amongst other similar links. We get it, the EL was designed by nerds!
More probably, by people who wished to invest some meaning and significance in the structures they were designing and building.
The core section stations all look great, I'm hoping I'll be able to visit a couple (and see what Crossrail is like for myself) when I head down to London with some friends next month.
You could make a compilation video with all your “You are the … to my …” quotes 😉👍
The Elizabeth Line could start operating from Shenfield to Heathrow Terminal 4 & Terminal 5 and Shenfield to Reading by the end of the year as well to & from Abbey Wood.
With 24tph to be increased next year when the whole part of the Elizabeth Line is connected. Meaning that more trains will pass through Central London and Bond Street Elizabeth Line station to open later this year.
Some excellent info there - I’m not due to go to London for a while but I look forward to trying to spot some of these features!
Thanks for this quick look at the stations and their artwork -- it is good to see that some sense of design in train stations has returned after so many decades of "make it as cheap as possible." A comparison of station architecture and ornamentation between Victorian/Edwardian times and the present would be illuminating. Most of my lifetime it seems like architects never darkened the doors of rail companies.
I walked down the entire Newham Walk the other day. There's so much information there, it's definitely worth a video of its own, simply put, you could snapshot one segment, talk about that and the moment in history it references, then go onto the next one. That being said, it might actually be a two-parter.
A year ago this day I was visiting London for the first time. I wanna go back and visit most of this stations 😭😭😭
Being from "the Colonies", I never knew why it was Canary Wharf, and not Cannery Wharf, like Canning Town, or some such. Well, now I know! 😁
The Canaries were named after dogs on the islands (Latin Canis which gives us canine). The birds were then named after the island, not the island after the birds. Oddly the bird is basically called a dog.
@@grolfe3210 According to Pliny and no-one else. The first European visitors found no trace of any dogs on the islands.
@@hb1338 Just gone down a rabbit hole of looking it up and it seems it could be The Canarii people from Africa, Seals mistaken for dogs and a few other options.
Mainly though not after the bird!!
I still have my great grandfather’s WW1 “death penny”. Now I know where is was made, thanks.
Actually Liverpool Street station also has a reference to the local area - the striped ceilings are intended to represent pinstripe suits that City bankers used to wear - since Liverpool Street is in the City. Also, the circular lights at Woolwich are believed to look like landmines - a reference to the nearby Royal Arsenal munitions factory.
Hmmmm, another great venture into the new Elizabeth Line. Oh the hidden secrets were quietly revealed, and appreciated I assure you.
Wouldn't every new railway line have it's share of hidden secrets, not aware of course to the majority of those using or passing by?
Those connections of design to surrounding structural monoliths was very interesting. And the signage in foreign tongue that would be
of interest, and most helpful to people from abroad who have made England their home. Local relevance is of most importance.
Tottenham Court Road should have a beggar painted on the wall asking for any spare change mate.
Very informative. Thanks for sharing.
The yellow glass on the Canary Wharf escallators reminds me of the Lego I had as a kid. :)
Yet another very interesting and informative Vlog Jago i certainly learned a lot from your latest Vlog and it fantastic that all the stations on the Elizabeth Line Core Section have designed the stations around the history of those areas TFL have done us proud I’d say I continue to enjoy watching your Vlogs Jago keep up the good work my friend take care and stay safe
Can't wait for the renamed stations of the Elizabeth Line video.
That being able to take an underground train from one end of the platform to the other is also true of the Paddington Main Line platform which runs alongside the Hammersmith and City all the way to Royal Oak.
Pope Lando,
The main line platforms at Paddington do not stretch to Royal Oak.
That's stretching credulity.
And also of the Elizabeth Line station at Liverpool Street which stretches from Liverpool Street to Moorgate underground stations. This is because the Elizabeth Line platforms are so long and also so deep, so when you add on the angle of the escalators the horizontal distance becomes quite significant (and the walks take some time).
@@thomasburke2683 Platform 1 (alone) stretches well beyond the rest of the station though, I believe because of past use for loading mail.
Wow.... Can't say much more for this episode.... So well done.... 🙂👍🏽 And yes very much enjoyed.... Not enough like buttons....
It doesnt matter what your videos are about, they are just so good... thanks!
Greetings from Germany :D
4:49 As we all know, the Canary Isles are named after their wild dogs, which are bright yellow.
Do the video about the wall !!!
Keep up the good work Jago.
Good to see some touches of local colour at the station rather than the make them all the same approach
Some observations:
Canary wharf - Canary yellow or banana yellow to reflect trade with the canary islands, fair enough, but no dogs. Islas Canaraias means Isle(s) of Dogs which is how the islands got their name. (always a good quiz question to know the ansewr to).
Perhaps revisiting Liverpool street during the rush hour to see if it lives up to its hospital reputation of being complete Bedlam.
These days, its nice to see some thought going into the internal and external decoration of stations. I suppose there is an argument for having a "corporate brand" styling but after travelling through several identkit stations, its a bit dull.
Nicely done, Jago. Loving it.
The boxes themselves seem uninspired function, far away from Leslie Green and Frank Pick's oversight of Holden and others.
@@highpath4776 when you build out of concrete it's greatly limited how creative you can get with the shapes, when it also has to carry a lot of weight. That they've put this much effort into all the panelling and roofing is quite spectacular in itself for modern construction, especially with underground stations. Most places don't receive that much attention to detail when it comes to projects on this scale
@roderick main I had no idea that the Canary Islands' Spanish name derived from canines! I assumed it was canaries which is canarios in Spanish.
I was in the area of Custom House last weekend and noticed Newham Wall and wanted to know more. It was a shame that I didn't have the time to take a closer look, and so it seems neither has Jago. Would love to see a promised video on it as it doesn't appear to be covered elsewhere.
Thank you for explaining the details of Woolwich and Abbey Wood!
The Lizzie-Line!
I thought the hideously designed flat roof was dirty and stained. I did not realise they were painted on clouds!
I thought the same at first.
I would love to design an Underground station and think up easter eggs to incorporate like this.
I'm travelling on the line tomorrow.❤️
Jago the colours at Woolwich represent the Colours of the Arsenal Football team.
Okay - the Royal Regiment of Artillery have a red and blue tactical recognition flash, and the Corps of Royal Engineers have a different red and blue tactical recognition flash. The red, blue and yellow relate to tactical recognition flash of the Corps of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. I hope this helps.
It's the stable belt and not the TRF, as there is no yellow in the Gunner's TRF.
The reason the Liberty Bell cracked was that those wretched colonials struck in the wrong place! Perfectly good bell until then. 😁
Then how do you explain big Ben Cracking. Like father like son!
The closure of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry was a tragedy.
@@Smoketrain I don't. 😁Actually I believe the original bell was recast and that was the bell that cracked. Also, the term Liberty Bell came much, much later. I would direct you to the NPS web site to read about it but RUclips probably wouldn't allow the link. Having been there to see the actual bell, it's a great visit. It also dispells a lot of the myths about it.
@@rodjones117 Absolutely agree.
@@rodjones117 So Taylors of Loughborough is the only bell foundry left in the UK?
Great video Jago, as always. Yes please to the Newham Wall! 👍🙂
The colours for the Royal Artillery will likely reflect the 'Stable Belts' that all ranks wear as their 'working dress'.
The "brutalist" ceilings at Barbican really are characteristic of the genre, they are an example of the "waffle slab" ceiling you can see in many places from that era. I first noticed them in Canterbury University.
The original Whitechapel and Bow station at Whitechapel is now the Costa alongside the existing station entrance.
Most of the Street Name signs in Brick Lane and its surroundings have English / Bengali Signs so Whitechapel Station is carrying on the Theme.
"Diamond Geezers " Just love it!
The colours of the Artillery are apparently the first cannon in the line
"They" have some strange ideas about what constitutes Art imo.
Thanks Jago. 👍
I think it's really cool that they put many references to local things in the stations! Makes the stations unique to one another, as well as more interesting, and highlights the interesting history and/or local places of interest. Thank you for highlighting this in the video!
Has any building had its image rehabilitated as much as Centre Point? From Harry Hyams to being honored by public architecture.
Was the building itself the problem or was it Mr Hyams ? FWIW, a few years ago we pretended we had some money and went and had a look at a newly-converted "luxury apartment". It was utterly soulless, and my wife thought that no amount of money could cure the problem.
Is it still used to accommodate homeless young people?
Enjoyable as always.
My problem with the Elizabeth Line at the moment is that I'd have to change at Liverpool St going west, which makes it pointless given the much more seamless ways I can do that journey. I guess they decided they couldn't wait any longer before opening it :|
Btw according to the guide at the Bell Foundry when I visited (while it was a running business of course) apparently it was Parliament's Clerk of Works who cracked Big Ben - despite the stern advice to the contrary he insisted on striking it on the exterior before it was actually installed in the tower...
I live on the opposite side of London and have to change at Paddington to go east. It's still much faster than the alternatives though.
This was always the plan Peter.
Crossrail is made up of four railway lines, each of which has it's own signalling system.
The British Government would not fund the replacement of the existing signalling, so they have ended up needing to build a more complex train that can communicate with different signalling systems. Signalling systems are "fail safe" systems, so not getting a seamless handover from one signalling system to the next would mean that the breaks would come on to ensure the train was not about to crash into another train.
They also scaled up the size of the trains during the project. And step free access has been installed in all the old stations that didn't have it.
• 2015 TfL Rail between Liverpool Street mainline and Shenfield
• 2017 The start of operations with new Class 345 trains in the east
• 2018 TfL Rail between Heathrow Airport and Paddiington mainline
• 2019 TfL Raiil between Reading and Paddington mainline
• 2020 The start of operations with new Class 345 trains from Heathrow and the start of full length new Class 345 trains from Reading
• 2021 Platform extensions at Liverpool Street mainline and timetable changes across east and west
• 2022 Launch of the Elizabeth line between Paddington and Abbey Wood and Elizabeth line runes as three separate railways
• 2023 Elizabeth line fully open
Everyone is focusing on this specific phase, but it's just one of several phases.
I suppose if you are coming in from Stratford and don't like changing trains, you could carry on taking the Central Line, for now. But it's almost certainly going to take you a lot longer as the Central Line trains move at 30 MPH and the Crossrail trains move at 60 MPH.
Why don't you do both journeys and time it.
@@DavidShepheard Are you suggesting that part of the delays might be attributed to the customer changing the spec part way through ? I've never heard of that happening in government projects. Ever.
Thanks for an interesting video, Mr Hazzard