End of The Line Episode 5 " The Retirement Express" My last train driving the Jubilee Line 

Thank you very much, and that’s exactly what I’m doing 👍👍

Thank you so much, it was a very strange day and I didn’t know how I would react emotionally . Thanks again for your kind wishes 👍👍

@@itsjustanidea don't be a stranger 👍🏻👍🏻

Thank you very much, I am enjoying it and I hope you enjoy the rest of your career on the NS, thanks again, take care👍👍

Thanks👍👍

Thank you for watching and I’ll tell you something that I hope you believe, I couldn’t have stayed for 2 weeks let alone 22 years if I had found myself doing something I couldn’t enjoy 👍👍

Wow, now you must have had an amazing career so far! Thanks for your good wishes and I’ve had a couple of good adventures already 👍👍

Thank you so much I really appreciate your comments and best wishes 👍👍

Thanks for the question, it was because I thought the west bound platform was dangerously crowded at busy times. I do like to reply to comments because you and everybody else that has commented have taken the time not only to watch but to comment or ask a question. It would be rude of me not to reply. Thanks again 👍👍

Yes all done and dusted! Some will say I was well rested but I’ll take it easy all the way from now on 👍👍

Thank you so much I’m glad you enjoyed them. I wish you all the best with your career and retirement is great thanks 👍👍

Good luck driving the Oslo metro.

Thank you Josiah and yes it was very nice of Mike to record me at Stratford and I appreciate your best wishes for my retirement 👍

Thank you for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed it 👍👍

Thank you for your kind words and “ getting it “. I am enjoying retirement and thanks again for, especially for the “ young man “ 🤣🤣 I wish 👍👍

Thanks for coming along with me 👍👍

Thank you sir for your best wishes 👍

Thank you. It was a pleasure to share them and I hope you’re enjoying your retirement as much as I am 👍

Thank you so much for your kind comment and your best wishes 👍👍

Thank you for your kind comments and best wishes. And yes there will be more videos to come 👍👍

Thank you for watching, I’m pleased you enjoyed them. I’m not so sure about writing a book but I do have some more videos coming soon . They have taken me so long to write scripts for them

That writing a book would take me years 👍👍

Thank you so much for your kind comments and best wishes, appreciated even more when from a fellow “ train operator “ 👍👍

Thank you and I am enjoying it 👍👍

It was my pleasure to share it, thanks for your best wishes 👍👍

Thank you I’m glad you found it interesting and thanks again for wishing me luck 🍀 👍

Thank you, that’s a fair comment but I’m sure you would find it fulfilling. They are a long, long way from driverless trains, I even think that TfL have abandoned ideas for that!! Thanks for your best wishes, I’ll enjoy retirement 👍👍

Thank you, I really appreciate your best wishes 👍👍

Thank you so much for your nice comment and your time, I’m glad you enjoyed 👍👍

Thank you so much, it was my pleasure to share it👍👍

Thanks, will do , I’m happy you enjoyed it 👍👍

Thanks for watching and I appreciate your good wishes 👍👍

Thank you for watching and your comment, I’m pleased you enjoyed them. I’m sure at some time back in the early 2000’s I must have had the privilege of driving you to Canary Wharf, and back then I would have driven !! Yes it was a bittersweet day, I hadn’t really planned for it but as it happens was a good decision. I hope you’re enjoying your retirement more than you expected, I am. Thanks again 👍👍

Thank you, I’m pleased you enjoyed them 👍👍

Thank you very much, I enjoyed making them and thanks for your best wishes 👍👍

Thank you Sir for watching and wishing me a happy retirement glad you enjoyed 👍

Thank you but please don’t feel sad, because I’m doing my best to have that great life in retirement 👍👍

Thanks for watching,and for your good wishes. I hope you enjoyed the series and I’m enjoying retirement. Thank you 👍👍

Thank you, yes no more signal failures and all my passengers were good like you 😀👍

Thank you, for both your kind comment and best wishes 👍👍

Thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed it 👍👍

Thank you for your kind words and best wishes. Life is treating me well and although the retirement chapter has been busier than I expected, I’ve been happy so far, thanks 👍👍

Thank you very much, I’m pleased you enjoyed it 👍👍

Thank you very much, I’m pleased you enjoyed them and appreciate your best wishes. Hello to Holland 👍👍

Thank you and your so right it has a lot to do with the people I met and worked with that made the job so enjoyable for me 👍👍

Thank you I’m pleased you enjoyed them and I appreciate your best wishes 👍👍

Thank you so much, funny thing is I’m on my way to London now for a combined Christmas and retirement party tomorrow Friday night!! 🥂🍾👍

Thank you, 👍👍

Thank you so much for watching them, twice! I’m really pleased you enjoyed them and I appreciate your kind comments. 👍👍

Thank you, I always made what I considered meaningful and appropriate announcements, if platforms were clear there was no need if they were busy then I would 👍👍

I’m pleased you enjoyed them and thank you for your best wishes 👍👍

Thank you for saying so 👍👍

Absolutely! Take care 👍👍

Thank you so much, I hope my luck continues 🤞👍

Thank you so much, I’m happy you enjoyed them. I’ve recently been on a trip through Italy, loved it 👍👍

@@itsjustanidea Where in Italy, may I ask?

@@edwardryan224 yes of course you can ask. I went through Italy by train to Corfu, Geneva to Milan, sleeper train to Brindisi then a ferry to Greece. Return trip Bari to Milan. I want to spend longer in Italy next year 👍👍

@@itsjustanidea You should come to Naples next time, apart from the metro there are also 4 funiculars

@@edwardryan224 next year , Milan, Bologna, Florence, Rome & Naples for sure 👍👍

Thank you very much for watching and your kind comments. It wasn’t intentional not to show more of the westbound extension, more to do with me being a novice videographer and an overheating action camera, sorry. But I’m pleased you enjoyed 👍👍

Thank you so much 👍👍

Thanks 👍 I’m glad you enjoyed and yes time seems to be accelerating at an alarming pace!!👍

Time feels so fast these days for sure, I struggle to understand why?

@@Matty12333 I know what you mean. I think it’s a bit like , when I was 5 years old a year was 20% of what I knew, when I was 20 it had fallen to 5% and when I passed 50 it became less than 2% ! So relative to what I know and have experienced , time just accelerates!! 👍

Thank you I enjoyed doing and I’m pleased you liked it 👍👍

Thank you, I’m pleased you enjoyed and yes I’m enjoying life 👍👍

Thank you, it’s nice to hear from someone who has already retired and enjoying it and long may it last 👍👍

Glad you ok anyway. if you got lots of family or hobby interests life can be great. Just watch the finances and dont go too mad. Hopefully all your L😃ts travel will be free from now on and if you need it a senior railpass is great too. Thanks for sharing your last day. mine was low key until i got to school pm to take my 70 kids home and had pressies, cards and a hug from the head master too.

@@carolinecleaveley-q1r thank you , yes preserving health and wealth were my first two priorities and that senior railcard , I’ve had it for a few years now! My only free travel is when I’m in London 👍👍

Thank you I’m glad you liked the series 👍👍

Thanks, I like that , happy days! 👍👍

Thanks for those kind wishes and I will do my best👍

Thanks, I’ve enjoyed sharing them 👍👍

Thank you very much much for watching and for your comment and best wishes. Retirement is turning out to be better than I thought it would, it’s so nice to hear from someone who probably traveled with you me 👍👍

Thanks again Captain, yes Christmas, very busy time, but as you say no shifts to worry about! No volunteering for a New Year’s Eve shift !! Yes my adventures have started and am editing a trip I recently took . Replaced one type of shift for another I guess. Have a great Christmas and New year. Hope to see you on this you tube soon 👍👍👍

@@itsjustanidea No need to thank me Paul, indeed thank you for posting your videos. You portray a really nice way of doing the job while being professional and knowledgeable, win-win for everything! Best to you and yours over the festive time, Alex : )

@@Captainpubwatch And the compliments of the season to you and yours Captain Alex 👍👍

@@itsjustanidea Thanks Paul, especially for time on Christmas Day to reply! I’m honoured! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@@Captainpubwatch 🥂🍾👍👍👍

Thank you very much, I’m glad you enjoyed 👍👍

Thanks for that kind assessment and comment 👍👍

Thanks, I’m enjoying the freedom of not having to plan much, just waking up checking the weather and planning from there is very nice. I have a lot of travelling that I want to do 👍👍

Thanks for watching and I will be thanking Mike again. At Wembley Park, that wasn’t my train coming out of the sidings, I went on the roof to film one about 20 mins later!! At Stratford yes I let myself into the cab and there is no need for that visual check as driver have to press a button that illuminates a sign RCC rear cab clear 👍👍

And thanks for your best wishes next idea was a trip to Greece 👍👍

That is a very good idea indeed @@itsjustanidea. Beautiful country

Thank you and I know what you mean my number 1 priority when I retired was to improve and preserve my health it’s a must if you want to enjoy life 👍👍

Thank you, I like that description 😀. I am enjoying life and the pace? I don’t know about warp speed but time definitely goes too fast, I’d swap that enterprise for the doctors Tardis anytime 🤣🤣👍👍

Thanks for watching 👍👍

Thank you for your kind comment 👍

Thank you for your nice comment and question. No it wasn’t me and to be honest I’m not aware of this incident. However I have been to Carring Cross

Oops, often. The only way it can happen is for a train to be routed into Charring Cross, and if it wasn’t meant to be the operator may have accepted it but not knowing it would be wrong of me to hazard a guess, sorry 👍👍

Hello , New Zealand. Thanks for watching my videos and yes I do try to answer all comments. I think that if someone takes their time to watch and the comment , it deserves an answer. An insight from me after almost 22 years of driving tube trains? It’s a bit like formula 1 motor racing, all most people see is the driver, but there’s a massive team behind the running of the train, controllers and managers , maintainance and service support engineers emergency response units it’s a lot more people intensive operation than most people would think, to run a train. And then there’s the constant evolution of the railway and trains running on it. In my time the obvious changes were 6 to 7 carriages and manual to auto operation but it would be impossible for me to remember let alone list the amount of continual updates to just the software of the signaling. Yes that’s my bit of insight, a railway is continually evolving 👍👍

@@itsjustanidea This clarifies why someone who isn't familiar with the intricate details and effort involved in railway operations might feel confused and frustrated when seemingly straightforward projects, such as launching a new train or stock, take a considerable amount of time. Thanks. Looking forward to your future videos.

@@kiwi_got_wings 👍👍

Thank you for watching and for your best wishes, I’m glad you enjoyed 👍👍

Thank you I’m glad you enjoyed, that is a new footbridge into a very large development at West Ham station 👍👍

Thanks for watching and your suggestion, I haven’t tried model railways since I was a child however I think if my grandson wants a train set when he gets a bit older I’d like to be more interesting than a train going around a plain track on the carpet and make him a proper model railway, I’d find it interesting for sure 👍

I was pleased not to! I know a few who would have , but ATO for me!! 👍👍

Thanks for your question. No I have no idea about the Epping - Onger railway,sorry 👍👍

Yes, I still read all comments, thank you. I am enjoying retirement and I’m having trouble finding the time to everything I want do 🤣👍👍

Thank you , yes Canning Town. It’s an extremely busy station and quite often you have to leave a lot and I mean enough people to fill another train on that curved platform and getting them to stand back so I’m able to see the platform edge to safely close the doors and leave can be a nightmare. Basically I thought it was the most dangerous station on the line.

Thanks for that question and the truth is not as often as you might think. 👍

Thanks for your nice comment and question. For me it would depend on how busy a platform was and how heavily the train was loaded, sometimes station staff would make announcements and I never talked over them. We also had a list of prerecorded ones that I rarely used , I preferred to make my own. 👍👍

Thank you , I am 👍

👍 Thanks, I am 😏👍👍

Thanks for saying that, and it will be the way I go about things , as long as I enjoy it 👍👍

Can be done, but you have to speak to line controller

Yes, I could have asked, but honestly I did prefer ATO, had I preferred driving manually I probably would’ve asked to 👍👍

Yes I could have asked to but I honestly preferred ATO. If I preferred driving manually I would’ve probably asked to 👍👍

@@itsjustanidea I think the problem with PM mode is as you will know, it's quite restrictive and easy to loose time as it's a lot more difficult to drive like ATO

@@Matty12333 absolutely, you know it 👍👍

Thank you for your “ congrats”. It has been known but the whistle is not often used like that 👍👍

Thanks👍

Thank you, yes it’s going good better than I expected 👍👍

Yes definitely, so many people apply multiple times before being accepted, don’t give up !! Good luck 👍👍

I think it would depend upon your knowledge of the underground system. I was waiting for a supervisor to add my railcard to my Oyster one day and was approach by several passengers for directions. I pointed each passenger to the right branch and the correct platform. The supervisor said I should get a job with LUL! I have been riding the system for 65 years, so it would be very surprising if I did not know something about it. What Paul says is right, keep applying, get to know the system and stations.

Thanks for watching and for your question. Yes we do have a timetable with a departure time from each station 👍👍

@@itsjustanidea thank you for your answer and, most important, thank you for your service on the tube. Have a good day

@@alexx_mendezz 👍👍

Thanks yes, I think it was one of those little tricks the mind plays, I had just mentioned 5 more stops, then the 22 years and my brain mixed them up 🤣🤣👍

Thank you. So far retirement has gone extremely well, not exactly how I expected it to go, but then I didn’t really plan it. I kind of stumbled into it 🤣. There have been some challenges for sure and the best way of describing it is , for me retirement has been like going back to school. I am planning some videos about my retirement and yes it’s definitely going well and I’m enjoying it 👍👍👍

And it’s a new life now although I do miss the Jubilee line a bit 👍

Thanks for your question, yes I did retire after almost 22 years of driving but no I hadn’t become bored with it. Sometimes it could be a bit monotonous but I found that easy to deal with. If that job was boring I don’t think I would have lasted 22 days let alone 22years 👍👍

Thanks for asking, it might be a short, who? What? and why? Explaining about the channel or it could be what I’m trying to edit now, a trip I recently made Wales to Greece by train and boat 👍👍

@@itsjustanidea so are you leaving London?

@@RileyBeth-n4r yes , I left London a couple of years ago, moved to Wales 👍👍

@@itsjustanidea I hope you have a good time at Wales, You left Wales to London and London to Wales, I hope you enjoy your retirement as a London tube driver mate 👍

@@RileyBeth-n4r 🤞👍🥂🍾

Sorry, more coming soon. This retirement has been busier than I thought it would be.👍

@@itsjustanidea Are you still in London

@@Saevr-u6e No , I moved to Wales, that’s why I was staying in the Premier Inn and had been working a job share ( part time) for a while. Thanks for asking 👍👍

@@itsjustanidea Will you come back to London eventually

@@Saevr-u6e I’m visiting regularly but I don’t think I’ll be back there to live 👍

Thank you for asking that question. London Underground train operators are contracted and paid for 35 hours per week however they are rostered 36 hours a week averaged over the length of the roster. There is a 30 min unpaid meal break on every duty. So on average a shift would be around 7 1/2 hours.👍👍

@@itsjustanidea thank you for the information as I’ve always wondered about the work hours.

@@itsjustanidea so it’s like a 4-5 day work week?

@@allenmondesir it’s all based on a 5 day working week. Within this , there is the possibility to work shorter weeks 2, 3 or 4 days and on the Jubilee line and a few others there is the night tube at weekends. 👍👍

@@itsjustanidea did you always work the same line or did the supervisors rotate the train operators around on various lines?

Sort of, but not really. Life moves on and honestly, so much to do 👍👍

@@itsjustanidea how old u

@@HACKERHITMARKER333 🤣🤣🤣 very old, I didn’t take early retirement, I was already an OAP when I did 🤣

Thank you very much, I’m definitely enjoying retirement 👍👍