Friday night, Eastbound to Oakwood depot, Piccadilly Line. 

Best tube videos on RU-vid. Having the commentary of an experienced driver makes the difference. All the best.

12:24 "I do try to avoid stopping at the reds if I can avoid it, I'd rather crawl along at 5mph, I think it's better for the passengers" - I completely agree, many thanks for this approach, as a nervous passenger I do get worried sometimes when we stop especially in tunnels. Appreciate the video, interesting to see the night view too.

I've no idea why but I could sit here and watch these all night !!

Visiting London is on my bucket list. Your commentary is so helpful in understanding what to expect when visiting and a pronunciation guide for place names. You are an excellent ambassador for London and the Company.

I actually approve and like the cab door being open. I love to hear the sounds and clacking of the points

Hello Dale, What an absolute wonderful collection of vlogs and you come across in such an interetsing manner. My partner and I will be travelling to the UK as part of a world holiday in August 2024, your commentary and vlog travelling from Heathrow Airport to Kings Cross Pancras station via the underground railway has anwsered all our questions how to manage. Having grown up in Sydney Australia with an interest in trains and how they work your vlogs have filled many a cold nigh here. You have a special way of presenting and I always look forward to watching new vlogs. Well done Dale

Happy to support you matey. As a transplanted Manc it's a privilege to hear you waffle on about your duties and responsibility that the vast majority of passengers take for granted.

Brilliant - thank you. I live with motor neurone disease, and have always wanted to be in the cab of a tube train; this I will never do but your videos mean that I get to experience it anyway, with your interesting commentary as a bonus. Love from Rick

Keeping the cab door open is kind of nice. It adds to the experience. Love the night lights and you can "waffle" on all you want. Makes the ride that much better.

I’ve watched all your train videos. I really hope you keep it up !

Excellent as usual - thanks

Thank you Dale. Your videos are the best tube drivers view I've seen on YT.

I'm located in Canada, and I just wanna say your videos are amazing.....keep them coming

Just subscribed, great set of videos. Always wanted to be a driver, this is about as good as I am going to get. Thanks for the commentary and info.

Love these tube videos.... seriously relaxing to watch. Thank you

One of the few channels that I give an instant like to, before I’ve even finished watching!

God bless the teachers and narrators 👍🏾

Hi Dale, nice to see a night journey, as usual, your commentary adds to the journey, keep it up and safe travels.

Sat all the afternoon watching your videos... Brings back memories to an old (76) Colindale boy. I used the ride the tube as an 11 years old. (Now in Aus)

Love your videos, Dale. Fun to watch and learn from. Please keep it up and we love your information and experience!

At Covent Garden the gap was for the Aldwych shuttle to reverse before they did that at Kx. At Baron's Court the slow bit might be related to a cross over ( west to east ) patched out on the Earls Court diagram . All this ended before my time at Earls Court.

Thank you for a great video.

no need to apologise about not replying to comments! your videos are brilliant and to see something we all use so often from a different perspective is just wonderful. keep up the great work!

At your point about other varieties of filming, I totally understand why you can't do this "headcam" thing. We're lucky enough to have this content that you make already and for me at least it's perfectly satisfactory. I use the Picc semi-regularly and when the new trains come in I'll be using it a lot more as I capture the changeover in rolling stock with my photo camera, it's awesome to see what the driver does. Being a Train Op with the Underground is one of my ultimate dream jobs. Brilliant video as always Dale, I always look forward to watching them.

I absolutely love watching your Piccadilly videos Dale, thanks for making them. Super interesting and your commentary is so calm and relaxing. Can't wait to see more!

Really good vid, ur go pro is very good got to see quite a lot. Looking forward to your next one😊❤

Brilliant journey, thanks for doing them

Brilliant video as always! And don’t apologise for the noise! Like most I actually prefer the video with the cab door open as you get to hear those wonderful motor noises and even a little bit of the camshaft!

Another great video. Enough info for interest and not overload. I love the old tiling on the tube stations. Some great architecture, the Victorians new how to build stuff, not just for function. I kept a look out for Siddy Holloway in the disused stations.😂

A very well made, and informative video. A former Tube driver 🙂

Love the night view, it gives a whole other perspective to the Tube. Also, again, love all the info that you provide whilst driving. Greetings from The Netherlands.

Great work again (and as always) - you have such an effective and engaging way of explaining the different aspects of the job and the Underground system.

Thank you for another really interesting video. I would have guessed Midlands too with your accent.

Great video again, really like the way you take us with you on your trips on the Piccadilly Line. Greetings from a metro colleague from Amsterdam!

i love these videos, i really want to be a train driver on the tube when i’m older and the way you explain everything is so nice. it’s so peaceful watching these. thank you so much for these videos ❤️

Good informative video Dale up to Oakwood. Was in London last w/e, but used Victoria/Northern lines. Enjoying your tube journeys, feel as if I'm on the train! All the best. 😊 👍

Hello! thanks for the video I really appreciate your work.I lived in London 7 years and I used most of the time this line between Turnpike lane and Covent Garden. I got many flashback after shift always tried to catch the last train or just like I fell asleep almost every time between Turnpike lane and Manor house. Good funny memories. So thanks again I will wait your next video. I like your accent. Kind regards Peter

Great seeing night time views, thank you for taking the time to do these.

Another great video, I'm in US, New Hampshire but grew up in the Bronx and road the subways all the time.. I love your vids and comments... Thanks again!!!!

Thanks for posting your videos Dale. We flew over to Heathrow last September and yes, the track on the Picadilly Line in the south-western suburbs was rough. I was delighted when my Mrs. allowed me to take 7 tube rides that day! And there's no need to respond! Keep up the good work!

Thanks Dale for showing us 😊

Dale these videos are just so watchable 😊

Excellent...just what was needed for a Saturday night. If I was seated on the right hand side of your train when that Victoria Park train suddenly appeared, good grief!! Like you said, perfect timing. Very Enjoyable, all the best.

Hi enjoyed watching as always

Awesome video. I love seeing cab views

Another great video Dale👋

No need to respond, just happy to see your videos! It's really neat to see *and* hear the perspective of someone who actually works the system. Not a lot of cab view content out here that goes into detail like this, and it's very fun! Cheers!

Being a south east London boy who now lives on the south coast, just hearing the sounds of a tube train running really takes me back. great video certainly worth a membership. 👍

Recently discovered this account. I grew up close to the line between Arnos Grove and Southgate, so very familiar with this line at the northern end. That’s some commute between Peterborough and Cockfosters!! I’m old enough to remember when there were 4 different train types running at the same time on the Piccadilly, 38, 56, 59 & 73 stock in 1975

Yet another very informative video....much apppreciated. I would have thought that the tunnel lights are very distracting.

Wow Dale. I loved this one!

Oooo taking your jacket off just for us, cheeky ;) On a more serious note, I do enjoy these videos, it feels like taking a ride with a knowledgable chum who's sharing tiriva, most enjoyable.

I love these videos. London is Beautiful 🍺🍺

Yea im new here i love your vids 👍🏻 i happen to live near hatton cross

Enjoyed that, thank you.

Thank you Dale for another great video. I was surprised how quiet the platforms are. I thought a Friday night would’ve been busy

Hello from Alabama

Love you're tube videos, keep up the good work. I agree that we need a rush hour video completely in real-time even if you get stuck at a station for several minutes don't cut it out. I worked at Green Park for nearly 15 years and used the tube everyday and in a strange and sadistic way i miss the commuting 😂

Brilliant job mate

Turnham Green was the station I used to catch the Underground and often saw Piccadilly Line trains whizzing through. So it was great to see you stopping at this station.

Great vlog keep it up

Loving it!

Thanks for the great video. I did the tour of Aldwych station last year and the train wasn’t there.

Another great video Dale, keep up the great work 🐖👌👍

Great video!

love these vids, i live in northampton but been on tube many times

It’s interesting to know that most of your working shift day is not only spent travelling to and from work but also driving the trains for 8 hours👍

big fan of the dads army reference!

Great video dale

I like the “Hot spot SPAD” warning at 4:42 and I was wondering if London Underground has a Rail access map that is publicly available

Last night, I went on a Piccadilly line train from St Pancras to Cockfrosters and got on about half 6. It was really fun!

Fascinating, they could use that as a training video ( no pun intended)

Following Dennis from Acton Town :)

Do you just do the Piccadilly Line? Despite the piccadilly line being my favorite line, I love the Northern Line also. Love your videos and hope you do the Terminal 4 loop soon - Chris

Hi Dale thank,s for great video any chance of a video of you driving a Picadilly line train into Northfields Depot when you get a chance many thanks James

I am 100% hooked on this channel. As a 777 Captain I think once you learn to drive one big thing, you want to drive *_all_* big things. Let’s connect, I want to get you into our sims. Maybe we can trade. Yes, you can film.

Another excellent video 😊 thanks! What happens if you do go past a red?

You do a great job Dale. Just to say that i suffer with claustrophobia & anxiety. It gets bad when a train stops in tunnels between stations. I really appreciate it when the driver tells us over the intercom what's happening. A couple of minutes can feel like an eternity down there. Thanks again for the job drivers & staff do.

Was in London last weekend (well Thursday till Saturday) for Comic Con, and yeah Friday night and Saturday day was manic.

I wonder how many years the telephone system will be removed before they remove the red signs with a crossed out T? I agree that smoother train handling comes from not rushing up to a stop and then taking off again.

"Your name shall go into the book too!" 😂

Dale, Your Videos are amazing. as some one from the US its so fascination . Is there a way we could get a Cab tour of the controls and stuff? Thanks

Take the Picadilly line all the time, you should live stream, I'd love to watch it while I'm actually on the train!

1 hour of london underground drivers eye view, what more could you ask for!

Nice one Dale The piccadilly line is part closed between King's Cross St Pancras and Acton Town this Bank Holiday weekend due to planned engeneering works If you want to go between King's Cross and Uxbridge you'll need to get the Metropolitan line

Dale when do the new trains come in to service great video.

Was any explanation given for why they took up the points at Hammersmith? I fondly recall in 2016 getting a direct train from Rayners Lane to Chiswick Park during a District Line closure.

question for your next video.... can you describe the cab....small, clean, cramped etc and the confort of the seat.... cheers, great video

I USED TO WORK WITH FIRST CYMRU IN SWANSEA I USED TO DO THE DRIVERS DUTIES PLEASE CAN YOU SHOW US HOW THE DUTIES ARE WORK OUT FOR YOU AND THE BOOK ON AND BOOK OFF YOUR VIDEOS ARE VERY GOOD

According to the interwebs, you could power your GoPro from a power bank (external usb battery) if it's a hero black 5 through to 12. Might help save time with rushing a battery change. Please check the manual tho. Internet has been wrong before haha. Kind regards, Si.

You do sometimes hear about "ghostly goings on" on the tube at night. Ever experienced anything like that? Loving the vids.

Are the brakes simply a pad that clamps the wheels, like a car, or do they use the motors to feedback current into the system?

Great video very informative only issue is your red tally light can be a bit of a pain but cool content

I went to Aldwych last year and there is no train anymore Power is only on for when TFL rent it out to film companies like Netflix etc so they can get there equipment in and out. The day I went the tunnel light were on but no power to the rails

Really good videos Dale, cheers for this, are you from East Mids originally? Oh this is so strange Dale, I passed your video to type comment then when you were back on you explained where you were from how bizarre 😀 I'm from Birmingham originally, keep doing your brilliant videos mate

Hi Dale, another great video.Something you mentioned on the Uxbridge video was that Piccadilly trains could be routed into Ealing Broadway, say for perhaps a signal failure, but you'd never done it yourself. Although presumably you've route learned the move and if so how often do you have to do a refresher? Also will you do videos regarding the new stock coming in and your progress with the training you'll be given to drive them? Cheers.

Oh its a bank holiday accross the pond as well. Cheers.

The power rails are higher than the running rails 😊

Hello from Canada! I've seen a few of your videos now, and while I'm sure many an every day Londoner wouldn't understand, I appreciate you making them. I've been to the UK many times and some of my fondest memories of London are riding around on the tube. The sights and sounds in your videos bring me back, which is nice, as both of my grandfathers were born in the UK, so I see it as kind of a second home. I have a question if you know the answer and ever have time to answer it either in comment or video. Sorry if it's been answered already. I haven't come across it yet, and maybe it's obvious (not to me), but why do some trains spark with electricity underneath on the rails? The train at 6:35 for instance does it a bit. Your train must be doing it at 1:03:56 or so. Thanks!

Once again, great video Dale. Wondering what the little numbers, 1 to 6 are on either the left or right-hand side as you are departing platforms - they are on what looks a light blue or green background rectangle?!