Constructing the New Northern Line Bank Platform 

Geoff: "TfL have told me I have to call these moving walkways, because the other name is a brand name." Also Geoff: Proceeds to call it a travelator in the next shot!

Let’s always call it a walking moveway now.

I think the reason why the railway companies and the tube management and overground moguls all seem to like you and have no worries inviting you on all sorts of jollies (I wish they'd invite me, but I can't produce such brilliant videos) is because A) you are enthusiastic B) because you know your (and their) subject and C) you have a very low bullsh1t quotient. They know you might point out a shortcoming or even a long one, but you won't give them a hard time about it, just the straight story and you always praise the people doing the work. Well done Geoff, there ought to be more like you.

The inconsistencies between the 125 year old tunnel and 1920s rings/lining is because they first built the tunnel around 1900 but in 1925 it was widened so the rings of the tunnel are from 1925 but the tunnel it self is 1900~

The reason we enjoy your videos so much is that you obviously love the subject and your honest enthusiasm bubbles over. Another great video - thank you.

I love your commentary. As a Yank, my favorite time in the tube was then I was confused and was going the wrong way on the tube and asked this very lovely lady where I was going and she said the wrong way. So I asked her where should I go and she said the other way. Love your commentary and keep up the good work! Too bad New York can't get some of your people to tell them how to modernize their system!

Manument bonk will look really nice. Also really looking forward to the new six series.

Fascinating to see it part way through - the ultimate question is everything on schedule for “mid May” really buggers up my route to half my London clients with the blockade 😂

Geoff I've got to say your enthusiasm and dedication to the promotion of rail in the United Kingdom is second to none and well as entertaining and informative as well. I look forward to the next video and maybe we might see you expand your horizons on the European side in the not to distant future.

I left London last week to move abroad and seeing this video reminds me of home, already missing it. Thanks for the great content as always Geoff.

Hello Geoff, great video once again, keep up the good work. Can I just say you are a great inspiration and it is great how much you love the railways. Like many of us, including me. Thanks for making great videos, I look forward to every one. Thanks, Dominic (All the trains)

TfL has played a blinder, inviting down someone like Geoff to give the public an insider look at the work that has been going on. 1.) TfL don't have to pay anyone to create a video. 2.) The public will probably not trust that video anyway. 3.) Having an outsider like Geoff explain it in layman's terms what is happening is a lot more efficient than a TfL PR person. 4.) In Geoff we trust !!!

Every time I see one of Geoff's construction videos, I marvel at the engineering that goes into the TFL network. Keep up the great work!

"Manument Bonk" T-shirt was perfect for that intro 😂

What another amazing 5 star video there Geoff, your channel is literally just the best at keeping us informed about the latest news in the railways, keep up the amazing work in the meantime, I wonder what choices you and everyone else would make if this and Crossrail opened on the same day, keep it up tho 👍😊👍

Just wanted to comment how much I appreciate your continuous work to produce this unique content from behind the scenes

i was in london 2 days ago and walked around bank station for hours, thinking it would be great when it finished, and was wondering why i haven’t seen any video about this from Geoff, Back in Germany now, and watching this 😂. Thank You 👍

Wow, I used Bank interchange Northern/Central Line daily in my first proper job 20 years ago. I can’t believe how much it’s changed

I've enjoyed watching your videos since discovering your channel about a year ago to find you were just down the road from me! Entertaining and educational, thank you for your content!

I find this sort of stuff really interesting - thanks Geoff. The signage has stood the test of time.

Wow another amazing video from you Geoff, I absolutely love all of your videos as they keep us all updated with all that is going on behind the scenes with Transport for London upgrading the Network! 😊

Great video, Geoff - also must admit I'm impressed that TfL engage so well with yourself and other interested parties and invite you all along to see behind the scenes. Really forward thinking 👍

One feels very well updated. Great report as usual, Geoff! I had the pleasure of being hoisted down a shaft in the Copenhagen Metro nearly twenty years ago to the lowest point on the network, at that time, at least, 38 metres below the surface. Only trace of the shaft now is the emergency exit in a park.

Woww!!! So excited to be riding the northern line again!! I love these sneaky peeks that you give us Geoff, so exciting for an underground lover!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Thanks for doing the video. Love the great informative commentary. And fair play to TfL for allowing so many on site to see what's happening.

Great And Lovely Video As Always Geoff! I Heard it’s half way done also I’m very excited to see the new platform! I hope it’s looks very modern when it’s complete!

I really enjoyed how you brought in clips from and references to older videos you have made about this upgrade! That linked everything together really nicely and helped visualising the changes 👍🏻 Oh, and I audibly whooo'ed when you did 'the super wide shot' at 1:27 😄 Lots of really nice shots in this one 👍🏻

Great to see all the behind the scenes work that goes on, and yeah so cool to walk down the line! Ace vid.

Strong glove game today Geoff, you're getting the hang of it now.

Love your enthusiasm Geoff!

How exciting to visit the site. Loved the videos mate, well done!

Another excellent video which again shows just how complicated such construction projects are, particularly as they seem to be future-proofing the structures.

Walking Moveway-tastic! Your access to projects is getting amazing Geoff, nice work :)

Nice video very informative. As a complete aside just spent the weekend in the signal box at Corrour. Thanks for bringing this little gem to us all during your All The Stations journey.

Looks incredible! I can't wait for it to open and head down there myself!

Another pub quiz fact is that the moving walkways can only be found at Northern line and Waterloo & City line stations. Projects like these are just as important as extensions and new rolling stock. Shows how we can change stations to deal with capacity issues make it a better experience and hopefully collect more revenue to fund additional projects, Camden Town and Holborn need capacity upgrades too.

You are a lucky man. That was facinating - oh well we get to live it all though you. Cheers

Such a good edit and capture! Thanks

This is the thing stopping me from attempting a certain challenge on Explorer Ticket... Good video BTS Geoff!

Outstanding and entertaining video Geoff, as usual

Amazing video, as always!

Really looking forward to the new northern line at bank station, I’m not enjoying the detour due to the closure. I won’t miss the horrible spiral staircase to get to the central line. Travelators sound great, will enjoy the ride!

2:20 Every station in subway and some surface stations on the Washington Metro have that "platform" under the platform. Besides being the the location for the utilities it is also used in subway stations as an air duct for both cool air and return air for the air conditioning.

Another superb video - I can tell you loved it. I will also now always refer to them as “walking moveways” 😜

Excellent stuff. Came down from Edinburgh to the last Genesis gig last friday...no Northern line through bank. Had to go via Green Park. Joy. Hopefully itll be running when we get to our next gig in June.

Fantastic video! What a great experience

Great video, thanks Geoff. Very jealous looked cool to be down there

Shame you couldn't order a Big Mac on the way down into the tunnels! Also think in the description you said they're opening in May 2017? Not sure if that a mistake or not but just magnificence seeing how they build a brand new tube station platform, it really impressive, thanks Geoff.

My goodness, they haven’t hung about! Perhaps it’s because much of the work was escalated? 🤔Or should that be travellated…oh sorry, of course, I meant “Walkwayed”? 😅 Excellent to see a behind the scenes perspective and I could see how much fun you were having (I expect nothing less!). And I’m glad you managed to slip in a couple of ‘walk away from camera’ shots. Wouldn’t be the same without them! 🤓 I was surprised to see the shaft entirely filled in as I was half expecting you to pan up and show a huge vent shaft or something. But like you I had no idea about those areas beneath the platforms for utilities 🤯 It kind of makes sense I suppose as they must come from and go to somewhere, but it just shows you can go on these things for decades and still discover something entirely new that was surrounding you all the time! 🤗 I do have a few days off in mid-May so I am hoping I can squeeze in a quick visit when it opens so I get to see it all shiny and new. I wanted to see the old before it shut but life annoyingly just got in the way 🤷🏻‍♂️ Mad if the Betty Line opens up too, it will be double the fun! 😎 Thanks as ever mate 👍🍀🍻

Can’t wait until I can wait for a northern line train at Bank station at a nice fancy new platform. Seriously though, looking forward to seeing bank station when it’s all completed.

Well done for hitting it in the big time Geoff, all the best

Hi Geoff Yet another great video from yourself and wow what a difference bank station is going to be. I hope one day I get to London and see the new open station. Keep up the brill hard work. Peter

Great video Geoff, looking forward to expanded capacity at Bank.

The end of the video is sci-fi! What a great time you’re having. I enjoy watching.

Another great video Geoff. Very Interesting indeed.

I should have told you Geoff unless you probably have found out that when you asked about the cavity under the Platforms they did not tell you that as well as cables underneath, the void is also to be used as a Ventilation Duct so that fresh air is drawn in and out through this Duct and also if there is ever likely to be a fire Smoke would be vented away, I thought I would just add this bit of info,great vids Geoff 😉

Great work Geoff , Brilliant

The works going on at Bank remind me of the work done at London Bridge on the Northern Line in the 1990's, a similar sort of diverting of the existing southbound tunnel and using the space provided by the old platform tunnel to provide more room for passengers

Thanks for showing me the new station it looks great i live angel so close when for walk at the ground level great seeing what looks like below

That looks So freaking cool! Thanks for showing us youtubers whats happening!

Literally me asking “How do you get into all these unopened stations and new places?” Great video Geoff, Have a great day

Great video thanks, it's mind blowing all the expertise needed to plan and build these things. I struggle decorating my bathroom :-)

The best thing about this for me, is the moving walkway connecting to the Central line. I hated that claustrophobic tunnel and those metal spiral staircases from the 1920s, but I wouldn't want them removed and sold off. Leave them in situ..............

I’m so excited for this it’s so cool bless you guys for showing this to us :)

I can only imagine how cool will it be to ride those tracks on a 95 and then remembering when you WALKED them

A really interesting video. As a Londoner I can hardly wait to visit the new platform.

You can see how passionate he is about making videos about the tube and that and it’s delightful

Wow ready by may that’s wicked fast !

Always enjoy your uploads

Very nice video geoff!

Walking moveway! Love it 😊

Argh, Geoff!!! While it's terribly exciting to see the work going on for the new platform etc, you can't just casually have mentions of the C&SLR and 1925 tunnel walls and dust (or soot?) and such and and ... I now need a whole episode of what may soon be the next "Hidden London" (TfL) tour!! 😁

In 20-50 years there’ll be Tube trivia like “do you know why the Southbound platform is so much wider?” or “did you know the connection corridor used to be the tunnel?”

Your enthusiasm makes the info enjoyable to see, thanks for that. My last 8 years before retiring in 2013 were spent as 3rd line IT Legacy Support for the TFL Estate. After a lifetime in the commercial arena I have to say that the Underground was like riding a Rolls Royce. I absolutely loved those guys, they were fantastic. In fact I enjoyed the whole thing, although I do think that the TFL management do not listen enough to the Station Staff.

Absolutely excellent video!

All that hard work and good information, and I fear the thing my memory is going to retain is “walking move-ways”. Funny how the mind works.

Urban exploration: fresh, new, clean, dazzlingly bright and all thoroughly legitimate!

Just amazing .

Great Geoff,thanks.

Looking forward to trackbashing this when it opens!

I believe the Cannon Street entrance is in the protected location for the Fleet Line station that was never built. The building above was constructed to allow the new station to be built beneath it.

Very good video Geoff!!!

The Moving Sidewalks were a great band.

Hi Geoff I love your videos. Keep it up.

Thanks. Brilliant.

Interesting 🦋🦋🦋 thanks for sharing 🦋🦋🦋

Haha wouldn't be a Geoff video without a sneaky reference to crossrailpurpelizabeth line at the end there! :D

Many thanks for another great video. I'm sticking to my prediction that the Eliz/Cross/Purp line will be open (except for Bond Street) by 15 May. It looks as though the Bank job might take little longer, but we could be pleasantly surprised.

Until Sept 29th 2019 I used to alight on the old south bound platform to cross to the DLR. Amazing what they have done

Right, got "walking moveways" stuck firmly in the (sub)conscious mind now. Thanks Geoff !

Awesome video Geoff

One of your best ever videos Geoff and I live right opposite from where this is all taking place so next time you're down, pop in for a cup of tea and we can talk trains 🚆

Lucky devil! Great video! 👍

Going to go see this when it (hopefully) opens on 14 may!

Thanks for this

😳 wow. amazing!! 👀 👍👌🙏

That's a whole new level. Really hard to tell if those Gloves are worn correctly. I like the challenge.

Great video Geoff! Bank seems to have been under a constant upgrade since the 90's- I wonder if the new platform will suitably be adorned with silver gaffer tape, missing panels, blue hoardings and exposed wiring to fit in with the rest if the station?

I miss using the Northern line can’t wait to use it again

Brilliant Vid Geoff. A non-Londoner says "Thanks"!