Heathrow to Upminster for just £1.50 

What happens when you make a tube nerd jealous, you Turnham Green

A trip from Heathrow to Upminster that doesn't start or end at either of the stations :-)

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And obviously all staircases traversed in the video are equivalent to a 15 storey building.

Again Geoff you make the most boring sounding videos actually very entertaining. It's quite a skill you've got!

Fun fact: the shortest distance you can travel in London for £1.50 is between Catford Bus Garage (Bus stop BN) and Bellingham Road (Bus stop BQ). It's a distance of just 82m.

As a Northerner it's hard to appreciate how far London transport boundaries extend. But 30 odd miles and 2.5 hrs for £1.50 seems like a good deal.

I remember , as a very young person, in 1945, spending a whole day on the tube for sixpence. This included all the interchange stations other than the few where you ad to leave the station to get on the other line. What a marvellous day that was; never forgotten it.

Title: Heathrow to Upminster for £1.50 Does: Hatton Cross to Elm Park Is this CLICKBAIT

When I realised I can get off at Mornington Crescent instead of Euston to stay in Zone 2, plus my railcard, my daily commute costs £2.70. Happy days :D

It would have cost over a £100 in a taxi and still taken 2 1/2 hours probably :-)

9:22 I've been to Upminster before, and you can actually check your balance on the machines there. Also, it is much quicker to take National Rail between West Ham and Upminster, and it won't cost you anything extra

As someone who likes trains a little, £1.50 for 2 and half hours of sightseeing seems like a total bargain to me. Bet you could get some decent photos too.

You can also walk from Heathrow to central London. I did it once due to complicated reasons but it is possible, it took me 4 hours and I was absolutely knackered but I didn’t have any other choice.

It's a real shame TfL won't allow an OSI between Acton Town and South Acton. That would save quite a chunk on that journey.

What a fabulous waste of time. Loved it. Beautifully edited. 👍

”The train is about to move”😂😂😂

I don't live in London, I rarely go to London, I rarely use public transport alone, but there's something so appealing about listening to someone talk so enthusiastically about the Underground

Interesting nerdy fact: All tube stations not managed by TfL (Richmond, Wimbledon, Barking, Upminster) are all part of the District line.

One of Geoff's very best videos.

Used to do Romford to Richmond for next to nothing so long as I went via the overground at stratford, took forever but a really good money saver if you need to regularly do that journey! Glad you've highlighted that you can do this, to others.

Best nerdy video yet Geoff! Loved every second and about to watch it all again now I've got the geography in my head!

I used to live at Upminster and you can check your balance at the top main exit just like Elm Park, and you can check at the ticket machine at the main exit as well, it doesn't work as well at the C2C exit

The Express was off last week so had to take Tube from T5 to Euston at 6am, cost me £3.10 - was shocked. Thought it would be a lot more than that.

Some great mosaic tiles at Hatton Cross depicting the various Speed bird icons of BA and BOAC. The BA head office used to be called Speedbird house which could be seen from Hatton Cross bus station

Technically, this is not the cheapest tube journey in London. Heathrow Terminal 4 to Heathrow Terminal 5 is free with an Oyster card. :P

This is a classic Geoff Marshall!!! I cannot wait when he does more of these types of video!

I love how the Door Chimes are in time and also in tune with the background music at 11:35 haha!

For the giggles you have made me want to try this out. I don't live that far ... an express bus ... from Heathrow. That is so tempting. I have a thing for travelling around London as cheap as possible. The oyster cap is a blessing for that.

Love your tube videos, reminds me fondly of the time I studied abroad in North Wales, every chance I had I would then head down to London... There is no city I feel more at home than London... Thanks for giving me a glimpse of the little things I miss so much. Hope someday to get back, perhaps for my PhD, and expect next time I could stay for good

Thank you So much, Geoff, for putting together that PDF you have just made my life so much easier at work! Keep up the great content.

Geoff, really like all the London transport related videos. One thing I've often wondered is if you ever get stopped by officials for filming whilst travelling about. Have often read stories about photographers being harassed for taking pictures of buildings etc in London and wondered what the official line was for allowing filming or photos whilst on public transport.

Wow Mate!! I cant believe You were literally standing a platform away infront of me on Acton Town and I haven't recognized you!! Cant wait to say Hi to you one day! I missed my chance this time AARGH.

I’ll never forget the time I was on the platforms at Hatton Cross when it was closed

Rewatching this video two years after upload. I forgot how much I love the song in this video.

Yes unusual to depart eastbound from the westbound at Hatton Cross these days, although thankfully the reversing facility is still there, as it was of course the terminus for 2 years when it opened in 1975.

I live in God's Own County (Yorkshire) and have absolutely no interest in, or intention of ever going to, London - and yet for some reason I always find your videos fascinating. Grand work, sir. =D

As a matter of comparison, the "A" train on the NYC subway is the same length from Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens to Inwood in upper Manhattan. Since you pay a flat fare, you could travel the entire route for USD2.75 (approximately GBP2.25) in just under 2 hours. Further, the portion of the line in Queens is rather scenic, traveling over Jamaica Bay and along the Rockaway Peninsula adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean. You could continue your journey via a free transfer to a local bus until you reach the city limit, at which point, you'd have to pay another fare to use a suburban bus.

I remember going from High Barnet to Ealing Common once avoiding Zone 1 via Kentish Town, Kentish Town West, Kensington Olympia and Earl's Court once, took a while to make that journey but it's another trip that can be made for £1.50

I saw the title and thought this was an old video, then I heard the opening music and was like oh no, it's casey-ified, definitely new. I.like this new style

Thanks Geoff. The pink oyster reader is saving me £1.20 in the evening by tapping it at Stratford (going from Caledonian Road & Barnsbury to West Ham)

That's all v handy. Thanks Geoff. I was pretty pleased when I discovered my single journey from Tooting Broadway to Heathrow was only £3.10.

Your editing has gotten much better in recent videos. Well done!

I work at Heathrow and live in Surrey. My partner used to work in Enfield and travel in from Hatton Cross. I found this handy little bit of information back then - saved us a fortune!

Planning to go to London this year, taking the tube at random and see where I end up. This looks like a thing I could do :)

I worked at Heathrow for 10 years back in the 90s and lived in London now live up north and All I can say is how much trains have changed so much better .price clean walk all the way from one end to the other

I have never been more glad that Chicago does a flat fare. Transfers between lines are also free at the same station. There are even 2 tunnels between the two busiest lines for free. All with a single tap.

Trick for seeing Tokyo for cheap: There is a circular train line that goes through most major parts of Tokyo. You pay per distance. Buy a ticket to the next station (the cheapest ticket available) and take the train the opposite way around. Also, I used to live in Toronto and they had a system where you could only go one way on a transfer, so if you were going northbound, you couldn't get off, do some shopping, then head back home on a transfer even if it was within the time limit. Anyway, I was a student with little money, but I'd have to take a trip downtown for an errand (eastbound). I couldn't get off the streetcar, do my errand, then head back the opposite way, so I got off, did my errand, then transfered to the subway going northbound. I could switch trains to the westbound train without going through any gates, get off at the closest subway station near my place, which was still a hike to the north, but get right on to the southbound streetcar there, again without having to go through a gate. Well, you had to be there, I guess. I got downtown, did my errand, and returned home on the same transfer, even though it wasn't supposed to be possible.

Just have to say that I love your videos - thanks for sharing them!

I'm always surprised how much trains cost in the uk. Here in Sydney the weekly cap for opal card journeys is $50 ($25) and sunday cap is $2.80 ($1.40) this means you can take a 2 hour+ trip into either the sydney or newcastle CBD for less than a loaf of bread.

Enjoyed your video. The 1.50 avoiding zone 1 is a great deal

I don't know if it's the music, the camera music, or both and something else I'm missing, but this video feel like it has an unusually happy tone to it.

You can tap out with an Oystercard at Upminster. Plus you are allowed to use the Oystercard on main line trains from West Ham to Upminster.

Interesting prices and the zones. Thanks Geoff for the tips of prices and zones. Think its worth a try.

You can get C2C to upminster or barking. Still would cost the same. I do it all the time.

Love the editing in this

Turnham Green is (or was) my 'local station'. I live in the US now but growing up, I fondly remember heading to Turnham Green. I always make it a point to just go there when I visit London, just for the memories. I really need to move back to London...

In theory you can actually trick it into think you went a different way. Here’s how it would work: Start at Heathrow Get off at Earl’s Court Change to a train to Wimbledon Get off and tap the pink oyster at West Brompton Board a train to Upminster Get off at Mile End Change to the Central line Get off at Stratford Tap the pink oyster there Take Jubilee line to West Ham Get on District line to Upminster Exit at Upminster Congratulations, you have just made it think you didn’t go into zone 1 when you did. I doubt that it’ll find something strange after going around faster than normal.

I did a similar thing several years ago going from Hounslow to Greenwich doing several changes and didn't go via zone one, by changing at Clapham Junction for the Overground. I did the same thing going to Alexandra palace.

I vividly remember watching this for the first time. 3 years ago.

Great to hear a classic Geoff Marshall fun fact about my local Turnham Green station!

Hang on Geoff, you clearly got on a non-refurbished Jubilee line train yet supposedly got off at West Ham on a refurbished one!

For those curious, you can do the following (Avoid Zone 1, see 4:38): 1) via Turnham Green, Gunnersbury and Stratford 2) via Turnham Green, Gunnersbury, Gospel Oak and Barking 3) via Earl's Court, West Brompton (or Kensington Olympia), Willesden Junction and Stratford (or Gospel Oak and Barking) Incidentally, only £1 with a relevant Railcard.

my 6 yr old boy loves ur videos ...esp the ones where u tell secrects of the stations ....he wish to do videos like u someday .

I'm liking the zooms and jumpcuts to the music

Piccadilly: Hatton cross-Acton town District: Acton town-Turnham green Richmond branch: Turnham green-Gunnersbury Overground: Gunnersbury-Stratford Jubilee: Stratford-West ham Upminster branch: West ham-Elm park

H&I to Stratford is part of my daily commute! Always packed especially in reverse at 6pm!

Did a very similar thing when I lived in Willesden and worked in South Ealing. Took longer but saves the £ and was lovely and quiet!

Hopefully, TFL wont see this video regarding the zone caps. I could easily see them altering these zones by splitting them into East Zones and West Zones so there is no way this is possible.

Few years back, I was attending college in Uxbridge while attending Canningtown, used to take an awfully long route, which avoided zone 1 that would cost me £1.50. In principal you could do the same trip from Upminster.

Hi it's nice to see someone trying these things as others would have given up just thinking of doing such a ride but if you have time on your 👐 all well and good keep videos coming

You could do the same, but instead of taking the Overground at Gunnersbury, you could take the District line, change with the Central line at Mile End and change with the Jubilee line. It’s probably longer, but you’ll be crossing the whole zone 1 paying just £1,50

When travelling between Gunnersbury and Stratford you can go right through Zone 1 (e.g. take the District line to Hammersmith, change for the Piccadilly and finally take the Central at Holborn) as there's no way for the system to know which route you actually took. It's useful to know if there's disruption on the Overground between these two stations.

Upminster should have Oyster card readers, C2C are the national rail service that operate through there. They also operate through west ham who have oyster readers from when you tap in/out between the platforms for the national rail trains and the underground trains

I used to do that overground journey all the time, from Acton Central it took 68 minutes to Hackney Wick. If it wasn't for Shorditch being in Zone 1 you could loop again on the overground the opposite way cheaply.

I nearly did this alternate route when I went from Heathrow to Newbury Park last month, but I had my cabin bag and couldn't be bothered with the changes, so just did the tube from the airport through Zone 1 in the end :)

"The train is about to move!" God that one got me hard, Geoff!

Yes you can check your balance at Upminster. I live there. I go on the train there a lot

Loved the Alan Partridge-esque editing.

Do this on weekends so you may take a c2c train directly Stratford to Upminster.

I was working at Hounslow Central during the suspension that day. Was due to a broken rail and emergency engineering work but it wasn’t shut down for too long.

Make more off these longer tube journeys!

Well, the Out-of-station interchanges can save time, but also for a person like me who just likes changing all the time, it's fun! Yesterday I needed to go from Watford to Zone 1, I took the Overground to Kenton, changed for Northwick Park (OSI), Met to Harrow-on-the-Hill, and then Chiltern Railways to Marylebone. I'm planning to somehow get to Paddington from Watford soon, too.

Another interesting film from you!

fantastic Geoff, nice video, subscribed today, a nice little late evening viewing...

I really enjoyed that. The underground fare pricing is far more reasonable than national rail. Even if you travel off peak and pay the full £12 capped fare and get on and off as many times as you like between Heathrow and Upminster it is still very cheap considering it’s over 40 miles from Heathrow to Upminster. Indeed you could travel almost 200 miles of Underground within zones 1-6 for £12. I can’t imagine how much that would cost if National rail or one of its TOCs ran the London Underground lol.

This information would have saved money, when I visited London in late September, and wanted to travel from Heathrow to West Croydon.

I used to travel from Walthamstow to Kew daily for 1.50. Yay for the overground.

Also you can do from Chesham to Upminster which is £2.80

Cool video Mr Marshall! Not sure that I like the choice in edit style and also music, but that's just my opinion. What I will say is that one can never have too much Geofftech content! ;D (I have watched many times the Secrets series... Could do it word for word in some parts ;] )

You could have got a C2C train between West Ham & Upminster. There is Oyster card readers at Upminster.

I discovered a second place in NYC you can travel to by subway, leave and re-enter using a bus transfer-Rockaway Park. But you must ride the bus from at least one stop out from the subway terminal. The other place is the well known Lexington Ave 59th to 63rd transfer.

Upminster is only two stops away from where I'm living right now (Laindon) and my dad used to take me up to Heathrow mainly for plain spotting when I was just a nipper.

I know it's the long way of doing the journey, but what you've just shown is definitely the way I'd do it, so long as I wasn't in a rush. Avoid Zone 1 and pay £1.50. Nice :)

Never tapped on notification so fast!!!

Well, if I ever have to land in Gatwick and catch another plane in Heathrow, I now know what to do. Also, if you do this journey, breaking the trip at Croydon will save you £2 Or you could just take the X26.

You could go the train from feltham to Clapham junction, overground to Canada Water then jubilee West Ham and on the district line.

9:45 please hold on the -bus- train is about to move

I think between the two most expensive special fares apply zones going through every zone at least once is most expensive. It might be Shenfield to reading in the future

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