Evolution of the London Rapid Transit (Underground, Overground) 1863-2020 (geographic map)
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- This video shows the history of the London Underground(and other TfL services) drawn on the geographically accurate map beginning with the opening of the Metropolitan Railway in 1863 to TfL Rail's extension to Reading in 2019. Lines and the station names are based on their current names.
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It's crazy this is what it really looks like without the lines being straightened out on the typical map
The tube map makes certain stations seem much farther apart than they are, so much so that walking can be much quicker.
I have an old 'District Railway' map from ~1908 that shows the line as it actually runs, rather than the stylized modern tube map.
I know right!
Me too
I was born in 1975. I always thought that the majority of the underground had been built before the world wars. Surprised that the Victoria line was only about a decade old when I first went on the underground in the 80s!
Worlds first full scale automated railway
@@LucaGarnett (though it is funny to read "full scale" in the context of a London deep-level tube line :) )
The majority was built before the World Wars... Its only the extension to the central line, Victoria and Jubilee that were built afterwards, but they had been in planning before / during WW2
So how many branches do you want?
Metropolitan and District: *yes*
So true and even to this day
Is that a joke
yes
@@rahenakhatun79786 whoosh
@@deividasverbickas6233 nah, district line currently has the most branches
1:35 top ten saddest anime deaths
They probably ended it because it was outside of London and no one was using it
rip windsor & eton central, you will be missed :(
@@hisfavworstnightmare The station still exists, of course
Metropolitan Line in the 1800s:
“Aight, imma head out”
Exactly i didn't realise they extended so far
🎾?
It doesn't?
As I understand it, they were trying to get to Birmingham, and the initial plan for the Brill branch was to upgrade and extend to Oxford
@@adonaiyah2196 The Met back in the XIX century liked to style tiself as a national mainline railway, rather than a "simple" suburban or (ironically for the name) a "mere" metro. It actually offered significant oppotition to the plan of integrating all the different Underground services in a single company in the beginning of the XX century.
Coming from Uxbridge (West London), one of the classic phrases I remember from my childhood is "This is a Metropolitan line train to Aldgate."
I miss taking the underground. I remember we used to take it on so many school trips. It was a good opportunity to make new friends as there were often other classes/forms going with us too. Some people just chilled and listened to music while others really couldn't keep their mouths shut at all. I miss the good old days. Unfortunately, I had to leave the country 3 years ago but if I could come back home, I would. I miss you, London. Thank you for all the great memories ♥️♥️
I fucking love London my favourite place on earth
now its
this is an all stations metropolitan line train to aldgate
Literally the best video I have seen about the tubes progression over time! Incredible!
Glad you liked it!
I Loved It
@@MetroLiner great work, great video! Loved it.
As an american this video blows my mind. I've literally only used the nearest cities metro a couple of times. Each of those times it was more of a novelty as well, because I drove to a station then drove back home.
What blows my mind is the fact the first line on the underground was built while the American civil war was going on across the pond
@@AidenThisWay what blows my mind even more is that much of the network that's still in use today, was built before the first world-war.
Absolutely love this video. Would love to see a follow up on this with planned routes and extensions such as Crossrail 1 in it's entirety, Crossrail 2, Northern and Bakerloo extensions, Overground extensions, Tram extensions, WLO and so on if possible. Thanks!
With Thameslink on the tube map, that would be great too!
This is the only video I have seen that has the full metropolitan line :)
Same, this channel actually gets into the details more than other time lapse channels
@@skrakaayyyyy_itzyostep hi lol
@@skrakaayyyyy_itzyostep ikr
Actually he forgot the Kingswood branch
@@n1thmusic229 what and where was the Kingswood branch?
This is absolutely epic - really interesting to see the network's expansion!
As much as i love Geoff Marshalls video, this one definitely takes the cake
Almost shed some tears this is so beautiful
I actually shed some tears when it got to the 2010s. I grew up in Uxbridge during the 2010s and I was forced to leave the country because of family reasons 3 years ago. This underground system is my childhood.
Excellent research and animation. I just cannot get my head around the hardship the folk back then must have had gone through when this amazing network was being put in place. We Londoners owe a debt of gratitude to them🙏🏻
As I get older and more cynical and tired, I can still remember my first trip to London as a 16 year old and spending days just riding the underground and exploring the city. When that novelty wears off (it still hasn’t even come close), that’ll be time to turn up the toes. Thanks so much for this vid.
Absolutely stunning video! The only mistake I spotted was the Victoria Line section openings: Warren St to Victoria was opened in 1969, Victoria to Brixton in 1971 with Pimlico Station opening in 1972. Thanks and keep up with your stellar work!
I want to see the evolution of the Paris Metro
Oh yeah.
Also Tokyo, Chicago, Moscow, and Boston
I want Warsaw with its two lines :D
Ah yes
The catacombs
Although only a bit over half a century old, I'd love to see the Mexico City Metro
And also Seoul lol
the only bad thing about this video is that the district line services to southend weren't included in the video. other than that it's class
I love this but am having a few doubts about Tramlink (light rail/tram), Overground, Crossrail and TfL Rail (heavy rail).
It took me a while to realize what was wrong with the thumbnail. Haha. I wrote 1950 instead of 1900 (I hope this is what you meant!). It is edited now. Thanks for pointing out!
@@MetroLiner Hey, also this video doesn't show the Northern Line branch that used to service between Mill Hill East and Edgware, but I'm not sure
@@yyp7729 it was never built due to the green belt in world war II
And Gospel Oak to Barking line is missing.
A metro in 1860s - wow, still going incredibly strong and beautiful today - hope to visit again soon from Toronto
I think it was the world's first metro line!
Toronto's subway system is hot garbage compared to London
Really great video despite missing the Southend service on the District.
Fascinating. Seeing the real geographical layout as opposed to the famous stylised underground map makes it all look gloriously chaotic rather than the geometric beauty of the iconic map.
You can get an overlay of the actual lines on Google maps I believe - fascinating to see where they actually are in relation to each other.
When are you going to update this with the Elizabeth line, which opened on the 24th of May?
Damn the metropolitan line was huge. Awesome video...thanks a lot👌👌👌
Thanks for taking the time to create this. Al your hard work was worth it and a weird joy for me to view!
Glad you enjoyed it!
In response to your request: this was a great idea as a method of showing the expansion of the system. The speed was a little fast when trying to both watch the lines spread out and read the description at the bottom of the screen at the same time, I had to re-wind a few times. Also could you list some of your sources in the description, not so I can fact check, but so that I can look into some of the histories in a bit more detail.
Definitely worth subscribing for future videos and I'm looking forward to seeing some future productions.
Thank you for your feedback! I agree on the speed being a little fast to read the caption but I also didn't want to make the video too long. Initially the video was 15~20 minutes long and I assumed not a lot of RUclips audience will find long videos appealing. I am expecting my future videos for other cities won't be as squeezed as London as London system has exceptionally long history. I also suggest utilizing RUclips playback speed function to slow it down a little!
I sourced all of the info from Wikipedia (individual references can be found in the respective articles of course). The London Tube Map Archive (www.clarksbury.com/cdl/maps.html) was also very useful.
Thank you for subbing and I hope to see you again!
It's missing the Gospel Oak to Barking Line. The Goblin is pretty key in this party of London.
There's also a number of other services missing but before the Second World War and definitely before the First it's harder to say for sure what were and weren't "underground" lines with a variety of what we'd now call National Rail services using some of the tracks in particular for the Middle, Outer and Super Outer Circles and their various successor services. The Earl's Court to Willesden Junction link even appeared on tube maps in the 1930s but was not a District Line service.
You missed out Overground service to Crystal Palace
No goblin we riot
Well the title says only the underground nothing about the DLR Trams or Overground
Wait... My mistake
Great stuff. Can't wait for the Glasgow one ;)
The Glasgow one is an April Fools vid
Whilst this is a very interesting and cleverly done video, it was a bit confusing in that sometimes there were new lines and sometimes new services and these were not distinguished. The Underground did not build a line to Slough for instance. Also, of course, is it TFL (in various guises) that has expanded, the Underground hasn't changed much since the Jubilee line opened.
They can focus mire on expanding the Tube to South London as the tube barely serves those areas.
umm the district line DID actually go to slough, not only there bu also to southend so maybe check your facts before you say something
@@xandascharts6901 the District Railway didn’t build these lines they instead made a deal with the companies who did own these lines to allow them to run their trains on these routes for a small fee, it’s why the Wimbledon branch of the District Line was only sold to TfL in the early 2000s for only £1 from Network Rail since the line was actually built by the London and South Western Railway who eventually withdrew services as they became unprofitable for them, it’s also why there used to be a BR Double Arrow sign at Wimbledon Park STN up until ~20 years ago
@@wclifton968gameplaystutorials yh ik that but he was saying that the district line never went to slough which was incorrect. i actually live next to east putney station so im quite aware of the fact that SWR built the branch from there. what i was saying is that the district line did go to those places and that he shouldn't say that MetroLiner was wrong because he wasnt.
@@omdesa far more national rail services in South London. SWR, GTR and Southeastern all have very sizeable metro networks.
It is incredible to think that London had a metro in 1863 and it is not even thinkable in the biggest us cities
It's more disturbing to think that people went to public executions on it.
I want to see the evolution of the Moscow Metro and crazy Tokio metro
Правильно Tokyo
By tokyo do you mean just the metro, or are you also including commuter rail ? Only JR owned, or are you also including private lines such as the Keio Line ?
@@mcfarofinha134 yes =)
Love your videos! They're so great! How do you do them?
Excellent. Thanks.
You could do a version with the planned lines showing as dashes that then fade away.
That would be a lot tbh
Amazing video!
Make a video on Madrid and Barcelona underground systems, please.
This should be Remade to include the Extension to the Northern Line in 2021, ie, Battersea Station etc.! Nice to see what the London Underground Actually looks like on a Map.! 👍
What a wonderfully excellent production ! Bravo !! Aarre Peltomaa
This is amazing and the best London Underground evelution to watch!!!
Thank you!
@@MetroLiner No Problem and also did you forget district line to Southend by any chance?
@@FusionZenFlame I looked in to it and it is said that during electrification of the tracks, the District line was cut back to East Ham on 1905, restored to Barking on 1908, and then to Upminister on 1932.
The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR) were extended over the District line providing service to Southend switching between steam and electric locomotives.
When I was making the video, I initially thought the District Railway and LT&SR were separate services so I did not include it in the video. But after revisiting, I believe I should've included it in the map since old Undergound maps show LT&SR service to Southend as District line as well.
In short, District line to Southend should've been included in the video! Thank you for pointing it out!
The earlier lines having so many branches since they were originally rail systems in their own right is such a weird effect.
Nice work. Better than other versions of london tube evolution because it's based on the real geography of the city, not some twisted, oversimplified graph. But we need an updated version with the Elizabeth line included now.
absolutely amazing, well-researched and fascinating animation!
Crazy to think that in the early 1900's many of the lines we have operational today existed over 100 years ago when life would have been very different but you could still get the tube to take you to most places in London.
As a Londoner, I approve of this. I also love the music, has somewhat a nice vibe feeling to it to be honest 😂
This is really good. It must have taken a lot of time and effort. Well done!
Thanks a lot!
This is really cool, but let's be honest, the London Underground network is a bit of a mess. I suppose that's what happens when several competing railways build independently at different times and then end up being combined. If the whole Underground had been planned out to begin with, it could have been done a lot better.
Welcome to capitalism
Better like this, otherwise we would have had only one or two lines today like glasgow and Newcastle
@@kingofracism uh no, welcome to the concept of time, the line was first built for Victorian era London and was expanded and adapted as London modernised and rail travel became much more needed due to common people now relying on it for day-to-day travel.
Still much better than New York's 😂😂
The fact that it's overly complicated wasn't really a problem when I visited for less than a week. After about 2 days I actually got the hang of how to get to certain points optimally from my hotel. And I never even had to use anything other than trains, which was impressive.
Even if you consider the map impossible to read casually, the integration with Google Maps is great. Accurate by the minute for a ~1:30 hours ride to the airport, with 3 connections.
The best you can do in Bucharest is "40 minutes" taking ~30-50 with 1 connection, on the subway. For buses and trams I've hit "15 minutes" turning into ~20-90.
NOTE: The waterloo and city line didn't become part of the system until 1994. Until then it was part of British rail
Errors
5:02
The Metropolitan Line ended service from Verney Junction to Quainton Road in July 4th 1940, and the section between Quainton Road to Aylesbury the next day
5:05
The Metropolitan Line was first extended to East Ham Station, and then to Barking the week after.
1:59
The Metropolitan Railway first opened the section from Quainton Road to Verney Junction, in 1891, then to Aylesbury the next year, completing the branch.
8:18
Only the London Overground from Highbury & Islington - New Cross Gate opened in 2010, then the rest a week after that.
7:55
The TFL North London Line opened before the East London Line closed to be transferred to the London Overground
And they forgot to mention the Victoria line between Warren ST and Victoria opening in 1969 then extended to Brixton in 1971
Also, I forgot to mention, the Metropolitan Line opened the Uxbridge branch before ending service to Richmond
6 in the morning here in Scotland and your subscriber count is climbing steadily. At this rate, you should hit the magic 1k by breakfast time - WELL DESERVED TOO!!
It's the best, what I watched! I want that videos with oldest subway systems. And I want Moscow and St Petersburg systems
Amazing work. Would love to see one on Delhi metro.
London Underground
Metropolitan Line (1863)
District Line (1868)
Northern Line (1890)
Waterloo & City Line (1898)
Central Line (1900)
Bakerloo Line (1906)
Piccadilly Line (1906)
Circle Line (1949)
Victoria Line (1968)
Jubilee Line (1979)
DLR (1987)
Hammersmith & City Line (1990)
London Overground (2007)
London Trams (2008)
Emirates Air Line (2012)
TFL Rail (2015)
Incredibly informative and well produced video. Great job.
Can you do the same with Almaty?
It will be the longest video you have ever seen, spectacular!
I want to see overground and National Rail of London,too. That’ll be awesome!
great video showing the expansion of the London underground the trams and the london overgrounnd and tfl
there are also quite a lot of other suburban or regional services in london too but not operated by tfl but instead other rail companies
This is amazing! Good effort 👍
This is amazing for this new channel
Don’t forget the Northern Line extension to Battersea Power Station and could of added Thameslink after 22 years of not being on the tube map. And the central section of the Elizabeth Line including Abbey Wood branch.
*could have
@@Inkyminkyzizwoz Thanks for correcting 👍
You definetly should do a video about Moscow metro. It is so big and also it's growing rapidly last few years!
Awesome!
Can you do one for Delhi?
Really cool visuals! Keep up the good work
5:31
Northern Line: Now I’m going to extend the branch directly to Edgware.
Jay Foreman’s grandmother: I’m gonna do what's called a pro gamer move
*builds a house between the stations*
which video is this? all i can think of is the tube station song right now
@@francesatty7022 The first Unfinished London episode.
@@supaasandy9807 sweet thanks
Really good! One thing I noticed that hasn't been commented on is that Bank was called City when it opened and was later renamed to Bank. Hence why the W&C is called the Waterloo & City.
This was great, super easy to follow and really interesting
This video is better then Geoff Marshalls London underground history animated video was
Geoff Marshall's videos helped me so much during the research. I'm glad you liked the video!
But Geoff did miss out alot of stuff
The last thing I did in London in 2015 was to take the underground from Paddington to Heathrow. Almost missed the plane to Paris.
Might have been easier if you just got the train straight to Paris then from St Pancras
i honestly wonder if the london underground could have ever possibly operated diesel trains to aylesbury and verney junction with the only catch being that you would require to transfer at amersham.
I really don't like how since the Hammersmith and City line was formed off of the Metropolitan line, the District and Metropolitan lines don't have any stations linked together anymore
I think we need to add a scale on the map to show the actual distance so that er can have an impression how big the system is
Ok I think at one point they were exaggerating a bit with the metropolitan don't you reckon?
Nah trains stopped at Rickmansworth and the metropolitan ran steam services up to Verne junction
Nope. This part is accurate.
@@paulhollis8879 i mean the company were sort of extending it a bit too much
@@spectremodtrain5936 Watkin's "master plan" would have seen the route run from Manchester/maybe Liverpool, through London, to Paris. He wasn't 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒓 from acheiving it, even started on a Channel Tunnel.
It was more of a "railway" then. Rather than the concept of 'metro' as we know it today. The mentality was different then.
Please do Berlin next ! S-Bahn & U-Bahn
Please do Montréal, Toronto & Vancouver 🇨🇦
Great video bur could you do England national rail lines?
8:16 *just 1 error here…in that the Overground’s East London (soon Windrush) Line also has a branch to Crystal Palace!*
I really love this video! You did a very good job :)
Glad you liked it!!
This is soo cool I’m from NYC and I was wondering if they ever restore service on some of the abandoned lines
Only a small bit is actually abandoned. Many of the routes that were withdrawn like District to Windsor and Metropolitan to Aylesbury are still open, but they're now part of National Rail system (which serves half of London). Also, Epping to Ongar in the top left is now a heritage route.
As an ex-Brooklynite, the NYCT is definitely the more complex of the two. This one is the most confusing to me but still functional. I mean imagine if the Subway map included Metro North, LIRR, and NJT on the same map
You should watch Jago Hazzard's tales of the tube. Very interesting!
157 Year's Of History Jeez That Service Has Exist For a Very Long Time...
It’s the oldest in the World lmao that’s why.
Felicitaciones a los ingenieros y obreros estan construyendo los nuevos trenes cada lineas y estaciones en el Metro de Londres
Is this a Mini Metro gameplay?
lol no it’s irl
I would love to see the evolution of Delhi Metro pls
gospel oak to barking line and crystal palace are missing
but i still love this video
Are they underground lines ?
@@francesconicoletti2547 they're overground lines
Very impressive video. However there is no mention of the District Line services to Southend.
Wow, the UK was really ahead of the time in the 19th century
Do Australia’s train lines! Specifically Victoria’s line and metro - the city loop is really cool
Beyond the Northern line extension, there's soon going to be the Overground broken into new lines.
Please make it one for the metro in Madrid!!
This is a smaller part of the London metro network. The TFL branding is very misleading as it misses out so much of the metro network covering many times the Underground in size. London is the only city to be misanalysed again and again whilst applying different standards to other cities. It is utterly bizarre.
The Suburban rail network doesn't exactly run at the same metro-like frequencies as the Underground, though. Also, this video is more of a "the history of all the stuff that is currently operated by TFL", since it includes a lot of stuff that isn't metro-like at all, like the tramlink.
While I agree that the Suburban Rail network in South London is often underappreciated, this video is not the one to get angry about.
One thing you missed is that TFL Rail Heathrow service diverted to Terminal 5 in 2020 due to Covid.
Great video, but it shows that for us in SW London, the Tube network hasn't expanded since 1889 (District Line), 1926 (Northern Line), 1971 (Victoria Line)...😭
This video is incredible
Do Chicago next! There is so much train history there.
London still seems scared to build in the south east !!!
This is extremely well done! What are the next cities?
you can also do Naples
Wonderful video.a lot of info.
Nice to see the history of the first subway system in the world, London Underground. Do you have any plans for Seoul or Barcelona's subway system?
I have now seen the complete buildup and it still makes me dizzy looking at it.
Makes me wonder how many layers of tunnels exist under London today? 🤔
over half of the london underground is actually above ground, and the dlr and overground are also above ground, but yeah it's still fascinating to see tunnels built 100 to 150 years ago
Ik I'm back but imagine every tube line that ever existed and imagine trying to fit all of that onto a map
I didn't jubilee line was that young. Now all we need is 24 hour service 7 days a week on all lines!
I’d say thats a long way away considering night tube hasn’t even run for nearly a year
who else came here after being recommended after watching Geoff Marshall's videos?? and for those of you who know... "vicki looks different in this one!!"