LU-Tube is in great hands once the older generation of LU-Tubers retires. I'm not a fan of public transportation myself, I prefer driving, but having visited the UK a few times and using the tube and the national rail as abit of a fun adventure thing, I feel a lot of respect for it.
The Tube is iconic. Despite its faults, it's still one of my favourite metro systems in the entire world (except Japan Rail and its many private company networks).
5:39: Camden station has four platforms (as your visual showed): Platform 1 - Northbound to Edgware, Platform 3 - Northbound to High Barnet, Platform 2, Southbound from Edgware, Platform 4 - Southbound from High Barnet. The Circle line was a circuit until 2009, but this caused problems when there were delays, so it was extended to run to Hammersmith so that it has proper termini. 8:38: Stratford also has mainline rail services into Liverpool Street and all of the services are above ground there. 11:14: Like the Elizabeth line, the Overground is not part of the Underground. It is a collection of National Rail services for which the franchise operator is Transport for London.
9:34 - nope, we have you beat. In Stockholm, the shortest distance between two tube stations (Medborgarplatsen and Slussen) is about the same as in London, but a single ticket is 42 kr, about £3.05
More fun facts .... the station power sockets , look like a domestic UK 13 Amp outlets ... but ALL 3 holes for plug pins are rotated by 90º , ( so you cannot plug in your hairdryer ? ) ...... the tracks have an extra 4th rail compared with network rail , this is to keep the electricity away from the running rails ( to avoid corrosion of any tunnel RINGPIECE ) .... and in a similar vein , Baker street is the ONLY station where you can change from the PINK to the BROWN 😝( ? ) ... DAVE™🛑
Can't believe you didn't also mention the world's greatest secret agent, Danger Mouse, who also happens to live right next to the Baker Street station.
Great video here! In my time in london, covent garden was one of the few stations I actually used... now I realize how much better I could have had it. Its nice to see your interest in London's transport for its quirks. I am from New York and love the subway for how dynamic it is. You can be on a train that was made last year and transfer to another train which was made in the 60s. The stations are all made by different companies with different design standards and it creates a really unique viewing experience to be able to see and use history every day.
I would love to see your version of a London Tube Fantasy Map - all the extensions and new lines you would add with unlimited money (but still realistically needed)
Camden Town does actually have 4 platforms - 2 on the Edgware branch, 2 on the High Barnet branch. Same way that Euston has 2 on the Bank and 2 on the Charing Cross lines
the Victoria Line is NOT completely underground. the Depot is open air. ( Next to Northumberland Park Railway station) The only line is w&c whos depot is underneath ground ( Under waterloo Station)
Anyone thonk DLR really needs different names? All of the trains are the same and only split off at a few stations (stratford, poplar, canning town, canary wharf)
I gather the main reason why the DLR doesn't have different line names is that they are so interwoven that you either end up with too many (~6), or ones that branch too much and don't offer much additional help beyond grouping it all as one. The current in-car diagrams have 3 different 'lines' covering two services that branch represented by different hues of teal: Bank/Stratford - Lewisham, Bank/Stratford International - Woolwich Arsenal, Tower Gateway - Beckton (which include the Canning Town - Beckton trains that use different platforms at Canning Town than the Tower Gateway route). I don't think it's very useful vs it all being one complicated line.
Only the contractive use of it's (it is, it has) contains an apostrophe, the possessive use does not (its name). Common mistake as normally possession would call for an apostrophe (Bob's car).
@@alessandrowda it isn’t owned by TfL (it’s actually owned by a Hong Kong company, MTR). It’s part of the TfL network, but a separate mode. Such as tram, bus, DLR, underground etc.
@@discogareth Whoever owns it, I get to ride it all the way to Reading for free using my TfL old bloke's card! 😃 There are a few perks to being one foot in!😄
@@discogareth not quite. The track is owned by TfL (central section), Heathrow Airport (Heathrow spur) and Network Rail (outer parts), with trains operated by MTR under contract to TfL. It’s more akin to the RER in Paris or the S-Bahn in some German and Swiss cities - essentially a suburban rail service that happens to pass through the centre.
0:29 Except it isn't. Woodford to Hainault via Chigwell is a separate line. Leytonstone to Hainault via Newbury Park is a spur; it does not loop all the way around. Even before they separated the line at Hainault, Leytonstone to Woodford via Newbury Park was a spur; it didn't connect to the mainline at Woodford.
So the trains I've been on billed as 'Grange Hill via Woodford' that at Woodford turned into 'Ealing Broadway via Hainault' didn't exist then? I've also picked up, less obviously, trains that had arrived at Woodford from Hainault and then carried onto London. They are unusual (regular during the pre-covid peak, and often at other times to help deal with issues) operations, and normally the trains would terminate in the mainline platforms (there are no others) at Woodford, turning round south of the station. North of Woodford there are two tracks running until the junction - because the loop is very connected to the mainline (even if the tube map went through a phase of showing it as not doing so).
thank you geoff marshall jr
@@christyguy59 ok the more I hear him, the more I can agree with this......
Thats genius :)
LU-Tube is in great hands once the older generation of LU-Tubers retires.
I'm not a fan of public transportation myself, I prefer driving, but having visited the UK a few times and using the tube and the national rail as abit of a fun adventure thing, I feel a lot of respect for it.
He looks a lot like Toy Cat. Im guessing this must be hist first channel. Only ever seen him on second channel dont care 😂
No this is his third channel lol
The Tube is iconic. Despite its faults, it's still one of my favourite metro systems in the entire world (except Japan Rail and its many private company networks).
But no one calls it a Metro
5:39: Camden station has four platforms (as your visual showed): Platform 1 - Northbound to Edgware, Platform 3 - Northbound to High Barnet, Platform 2, Southbound from Edgware, Platform 4 - Southbound from High Barnet.
The Circle line was a circuit until 2009, but this caused problems when there were delays, so it was extended to run to Hammersmith so that it has proper termini.
8:38: Stratford also has mainline rail services into Liverpool Street and all of the services are above ground there.
11:14: Like the Elizabeth line, the Overground is not part of the Underground. It is a collection of National Rail services for which the franchise operator is Transport for London.
I loved the lady that glared at you when you were talking about how wide the train was.
This is my favourite channel. Please upload more if you can!
has anyone told you that you sound like that one minecraft youtuber? i think hes called ibxtoydog?
5:47 The spiral part of Circle Line was added in late 2009, before that it was a loop, or more like a rubberband in actual shape.
4:12 In fact (well, in fiction) Sherlock Holmes DID use the Underground: Check out the Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans
9:34 - nope, we have you beat. In Stockholm, the shortest distance between two tube stations (Medborgarplatsen and Slussen) is about the same as in London, but a single ticket is 42 kr, about £3.05
More fun facts .... the station power sockets , look like a domestic UK 13 Amp outlets ... but ALL 3 holes for plug pins are rotated by 90º , ( so you cannot plug in your hairdryer ? ) ...... the tracks have an extra 4th rail compared with network rail , this is to keep the electricity away from the running rails ( to avoid corrosion of any tunnel RINGPIECE ) .... and in a similar vein , Baker street is the ONLY station where you can change from the PINK to the BROWN 😝( ? ) ... DAVE™🛑
Can't believe you didn't also mention the world's greatest secret agent, Danger Mouse, who also happens to live right next to the Baker Street station.
I think you need to play Mini Metro if you love these tube maps. :-)
Great video, all very simple facts but still very fun
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Now this video involves maps, so should it be on ibx2cat or here? Actually maybe it should be on Jago Hazard's channel?
@@monotonehell it was recorded on Canada day so it should go on the Canadian Gov website
To finish in bed
@@Clone54_ shut up
Great video here! In my time in london, covent garden was one of the few stations I actually used... now I realize how much better I could have had it.
Its nice to see your interest in London's transport for its quirks. I am from New York and love the subway for how dynamic it is. You can be on a train that was made last year and transfer to another train which was made in the 60s. The stations are all made by different companies with different design standards and it creates a really unique viewing experience to be able to see and use history every day.
This style of video is unreal so good
To make it more weird, Bermondsey is actually correct to use "London Cable Car", its not been Emirates Air Line for a good while
I saw you in Canterbury today
AndrewAndrews is back! Loved the video
Very good presentation and nicely put together.
I liked this video a lot
The woman at 7:26 looks sooo unimpressed with you lmao
I wouldn't be able to do what he does
thank you nick badley senior
Lol
I would love to see your version of a London Tube Fantasy Map - all the extensions and new lines you would add with unlimited money (but still realistically needed)
Happy Birthday, hope you're well 🎂🎉
Interesting video 🤔
Camden Town does actually have 4 platforms - 2 on the Edgware branch, 2 on the High Barnet branch. Same way that Euston has 2 on the Bank and 2 on the Charing Cross lines
i commute to bermondsey station and have never noticed that old map lol
Stratford is also on the National Rail!
Had to check to make sure the playback speed wasn't set to 1.5 or 2x by default 🤣. Great content, none-the-less!
I was there like a month ago 🎉
My least favourite station was the one with the elevators instead of escalators 😬😬 in a heat wave too urgh
Wonder if toycat watches geoff marshall?
the Victoria Line is NOT completely underground.
the Depot is open air. ( Next to Northumberland Park Railway station)
The only line is w&c whos depot is underneath ground
( Under waterloo Station)
The reference to being totally underground is referring to the section used by the public
The depot is not
The Circle *was* a circle… the tail to Hammersmith is new
I'm sure I've had quicker journeys between Ruislip and Ruislip Manor 🤔...and certainly if you consider it's just one flight of steps! 😄
But walking from the tube entrance at Charing Cross (National Rail) to Embankment is shorter than the journey from Leicester Square to Covent Garden.
not beating the autism train lover allegations.
minecraft to transit youtuber pipeline
Note circle used to be a proper circle
We used to be a country :(
@@AndrewAnd yes hence with leaving eu etc me and wife moved to France
We need more Tube videos!!!
12:05 JR Easr?
Anyone thonk DLR really needs different names? All of the trains are the same and only split off at a few stations (stratford, poplar, canning town, canary wharf)
I gather the main reason why the DLR doesn't have different line names is that they are so interwoven that you either end up with too many (~6), or ones that branch too much and don't offer much additional help beyond grouping it all as one.
The current in-car diagrams have 3 different 'lines' covering two services that branch represented by different hues of teal: Bank/Stratford - Lewisham, Bank/Stratford International - Woolwich Arsenal, Tower Gateway - Beckton (which include the Canning Town - Beckton trains that use different platforms at Canning Town than the Tower Gateway route). I don't think it's very useful vs it all being one complicated line.
This guy seems familiar
You should have pointed out that the Circle line used to be a complete circle, hence it's name.
its*
Only the contractive use of it's (it is, it has) contains an apostrophe, the possessive use does not (its name). Common mistake as normally possession would call for an apostrophe (Bob's car).
Why is the Elisabeth line a seperate thing? why isn't it considered part of the overground or underground.
Because the elizabeth line isn't owned by TFL
@@kayisapple381 I believe it is owned by TfL, but it’s just a different rail type: CrossRail.
@@alessandrowda it isn’t owned by TfL (it’s actually owned by a Hong Kong company, MTR). It’s part of the TfL network, but a separate mode. Such as tram, bus, DLR, underground etc.
@@discogareth Whoever owns it, I get to ride it all the way to Reading for free using my TfL old bloke's card! 😃 There are a few perks to being one foot in!😄
@@discogareth not quite. The track is owned by TfL (central section), Heathrow Airport (Heathrow spur) and Network Rail (outer parts), with trains operated by MTR under contract to TfL. It’s more akin to the RER in Paris or the S-Bahn in some German and Swiss cities - essentially a suburban rail service that happens to pass through the centre.
Aren’t you just ibxtoycat and ibx2cat
0:29 Except it isn't. Woodford to Hainault via Chigwell is a separate line. Leytonstone to Hainault via Newbury Park is a spur; it does not loop all the way around. Even before they separated the line at Hainault, Leytonstone to Woodford via Newbury Park was a spur; it didn't connect to the mainline at Woodford.
So the trains I've been on billed as 'Grange Hill via Woodford' that at Woodford turned into 'Ealing Broadway via Hainault' didn't exist then? I've also picked up, less obviously, trains that had arrived at Woodford from Hainault and then carried onto London.
They are unusual (regular during the pre-covid peak, and often at other times to help deal with issues) operations, and normally the trains would terminate in the mainline platforms (there are no others) at Woodford, turning round south of the station. North of Woodford there are two tracks running until the junction - because the loop is very connected to the mainline (even if the tube map went through a phase of showing it as not doing so).
@@sihollett I stand corrected! Those must've been passenger services on such an unusual line that the map implies that it doesn't exist.
Please don't suggest they rename the Circle. It would probably become the "Woke Line".
tf do u mean
Pointless video