London Underground Cab Ride from Wimbledon to Tower Hill this was a Official Cab Ride & I Apologise for any lose of Camera Focus. and I hope you Enjoy the video so sit back and relax & Please Comment Like Subscribe for More Content
The building north of Parsons Green station to the left of the tracks at 12:00 was the former factory where London Transport used to manufacture their enamel station signs and other signs for the Underground.
Nice video! Thanks for not adding music, so we can hear the hum of the motors and the squeal of wheels against tracks. However, I would have liked a text on the screen showing which station the train is arriving at.
Some videos they have to put music on at all costs. Worst one ever was an Australian one covering a classic truck and they play rock music over the top as they're driving!! Sometimes I want to escape thre rampant mediocrity in this country (Australia).
Very relaxing. Much better watching this than being a passenger on the underground. It's fascinating to see everything from the driver's perspective. 👍🏻
My line. I live next door to West Brompton. Getting through Earl's Court can be real fun sometimes, especially when two eastbound trains arrive there simultaneously and you try to guess which one will be the first to depart. I have a 50% success rate.
One foul night, I missed my connection to Olympia where I lived from Clapham and was told by the station manager to hoof it and he would tell any loco's running down to Willesden to pick me up... needless to say every loco despite flashing me bardic lamp just went past me, I ended up falling just where W Brompton stood alongside the BR line and got a spike through me leg, the weather was atrocious and crossing Latchmere bridge during driving rain and high winds was a terrible terrible time for me made worse being on earlies next morning and got to Olympia around 2am :(
At 14:02 we pass the western side of Chelsea Football Club's Stamford Bridge stadium. At 15:10 on the northern ends of the platforms at West Brompton are three lovely station signs dating from the 1920s with the rare 'x' in the letter W for the 'West Brompton' station name. All the other signs are in the standard Johnston font without the 'x' in the letter W.
To think that up until 1st April 1994 the British Rail Southern Region owned and maintained the track from Wimbledon right up until the north end of Putney Railway Bridge before London Underground purchased this section of the line from British Rail for the princely sum of £1, along with the Waterloo & City Line as part of the same deal.
Network Rail still maintain the track and operate the signalling on the Wimbledon branch. The only things that were sold to LUL were Wimbledon Park, Southfields, & East Putney stations. Signalling on the branch between p 1 to 4 at Wimbledon & East Putney is controlled from a desk at Wimbledon Signal Centre.
Great video and one that has fond memories for me as I lived and grew up in Wimbledon between 1975 and 1994 so I have fond memories of travelling on the District Line with my parents on the CO/CP stock, R stock, C stock and D stock and more recently on the S stock. I have also been fortunate to have to cab rides in a D stock between Wimbledon and Earl's Court (both authorised) in 2001 and 2014 as well as having an authorised cab ride in a train of S stock between Earl's Court and Wimbledon in 2018. Keep up the good work. :-)
@@Thesquad291 It’s done As a protection guard for the train driver they may not want their voice heard in the video it’s done as a safeguard and for many other reasons
My old route! Wimbledon to Earls Court and then change to the other District Line and on to Turnham Green Chiswick... Every day for three years.. still remember how bad weather could stop the trains... 😂
Amazes me how close the trains run behind each other through the tunnels, but then there are ealing richmond wimbledon and circle linecteains usingvthe same tracks in either direction
Amazing video! I must ask, is it easier to drive these trains then the deep level trains? As of which the amount of speed your going isn’t much and the slowing down to stop at the marker must be easier then the deep level and also where it looks and seems much easier.
I always wonder how the line goes across the District main line eastbound without even a cross. Anyone can answer my question? Does the main line have a bridge over the Wimbledon branch or what
It would so help me enjoy the ride if you labeled the stations. I research them as I go. Much more interesting/ educational than just riding through stations that look the same.
My late father before his final move to London Bridge power box was at Wimbledon A there with his hobbo Johnny Woods who went on to Victoria, they were fairly horrible to the LT staff looking down their nose a bit at what they considered the "toy" railway. Its weird seeing it still there as most the old Odeon's now gone.
The lack of passengers tells me that this is an early-morning run, isn't it? Is this an average run, or does it take longer at peak-passenger times (what we here in North America call 'Rush-Hour')?
You are correct! (20:15:17 to be precise). Very sharp eyes you have! What would be the cost of such a ride? I'm hoping to get to England some time over the next few years, so I'd like an idea how much Tube fares are, so I can put a sufficient amount on an Oyster card.
@@BenTaylor. My friend, it is fine while on board, but I just watched the video on my laptop and I didn't find any such announcement, Though I had volume 100%. It is okay Thanks for your kind acknowledgement. Not a very big issue, I canrefer underground map...
Yeah but some people don’t know every single station on the tube network and not educated enough in future cab rides I will have to list every single station along the route
