London Underground.Piccadilly Line. Drivers View and Commentary.Cockfosters-Northfields 

This is what the internet was always supposed to be for: seeing things that you'd NEVER get to see otherwise. The infrastructure is awe inspiring - we forget just how complex it all is, all of the parts that have to work together etc. I never realised how dark it was in the tunnels (although might be a bit lighter in real life). I thought the train lights would illuminate more! Rushing through the dark makes me nervous - I like to see what's up ahead, definitely!

Really enjoyed that. I’ve always wanted a train driver’s view of the journey. Fantastic. I’m watching it in bed with the lights off so I can pretend I’m driving lol.

No idea why this came up in my feed but it's so cool!

I certainly like the commentary, it makes all the difference. Thank you for giving us so much information about the technique involved in driving the trains.

Personally I think the London Underground is one of the most amazing engineering feats. To think it tells us the story of London over the last 170 odd years

This is, by far, one of the best RU-vid recommendations on my feed! I could watch this all day and your commentary, sir, is excellent! Informative and incredibly interesting! Keep up the good work!

Don't know why I watched this, but glad I did.

Fascinating. My dad worked on the underground from 1963 - 1993. He was a guard, then a motorman, based at Acton Town on the District Line, and then was a Revenue Inspector when he retired. He sadly passed away 9 months after retiring. When he knew mum and I were going to the Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia, we'd either get a lift in the cab of the train or meet him for a cuppa in one of the canteens on the line. Such lovely memories.

Just stumbled across this video.. fascinating… I’m a middle aged man that can’t even drive a car, but, wish i’d tried becoming a train driver. Its cool to see the driver view and commentary 👌

The engineering that went/goes in to these underground systems never ceases to amaze me. London especially given the age

This is absolutely fascinating. I love videos like this that answer questions you’ve always had but never anyone to ask. Thank you for being so informative. I can’t wait to see more!

It is very helpful that you provide commentary as you drive, especially in the tunnels. And it's just the right amount, too. I'm from The Netherlands, but my aunt has lived in London when I was a kid in the eighties, and me, my sister and my parents went to visit her twice. As a train and subway lover I was always, and still am very fascinated by the London Underground. So thank you very much for sharing these cab views!

My cousin retired a year or two ago after driving on the Piccadilly line for most of his adult life. It's great to see what his "office" looked like and the views he saw every day. Thanks for a great upload

Excellent video, it brings back memories of when I was a young kid, my uncle was a station master at Monument Station, he took me to work one day, I am not sure what the rules were & I was too young to care, all I know is that I loved every minute, I even had a turn in the ticket collectors booth, my day was rewarded with an old square station sign with Monument written across it, I was meant to go with him the next day but I was so exhausted that I over slept, it was just as well as they had a 'One Under' during the day & it would not have been nice for me to see. However, I will always remember that day, I was treated very well by all of the staff & even got to say hello to a few drivers. It was over 50 years ago now but his name was Brian Page (Dix).

reallly enjoyed watching this. Thanks for doing a great job getting everyone safely home. We all appreciate it

Dale this video was very informative. I enjoyed your commentary along the way. I definatley want to see more of these types of videos. Thank you.

I very much enjoy your Tube cabrides, very informative. Been on the Tube on many holidays, but it's been a while. There's something special about the Tube, the whole system, the trains, the stations, artwork and design, the whole atmosphere. Tube on!

Really enjoyed the journey along with your commentary. Thanks a lot for taking us along in your cab 😊

Surely enjoying the commentary. Thank you for taking us along on the ride!

I still have 10,000 questions, but that was super interesting. Thank you for your commentary!

I was mesmerized by this video. Really like the commentary. Thank you so much.

This is Brilliant 👍 thank you so much for sharing. Fascinating behind the scenes view, with Excellent commentary.

Absolutely love this - thank you so much, and commentary is excellent. Started my working life on the railway in 1979 as a level crossing keeper which I loved - I so wish I had stayed and become a driver.

Really enjoyed your commentary, it answered a ton of questions! Excellent viewing.

Greetings from Boston! This is exactly what I was looking for to watch today! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

I used to fly for a living, but I found your piece far more interesting - thank you.

I loved this!! I’ve been into the underground ever since I was a little girl and my grandad took me to London from the south west. I get so excited just hearing it and I can smell the stations from the screen 😂 like the commentary thanks 🙏🏻

I came to London central last month for the first time as a northener and thought the Underground was a brilliant system....so easy, cheap and efficient... Thanks driver for the guided tour....

Many years ago I had the pleasure of spending a wonderful Sunday afternoon with my brother in law in the cab for the entire trip to Cockfosters and back to South Harrow. Experiences you never forget !!

Thanks for the video. One of my first ever memories was riding the Piccadilly line South from Manor House in the late '50's. Old red trains with that dark green and wood interiors and the leather loop ceiling straps dancing around as the trains moved. My parents left London in 1962 and i forgot everything until a school trip to the science museum in 1975 which brought everything flooding back. Great to see the drivers eye view and hear your informative commentary. Cheers

Dale I am so truly grateful for this video. I live right next to Oakwood station but suffer from fear of being stuck in a tunnel. Life would be so much easier if I could use the tube - and your explanations from the cab view have finally made me decide to go to the west end on tuesday - its a big deal for someone with claustrophobic issues. Knowing the reasons trains stop in tunnels has really helped. You don’t know what you’ve done for me mate 🥹

Absolutely fascinating! Love the commentary. Thank you.

Thanks for a brilliant video Dale. The commentary was amazing and interesting. Very informative. Thanks Mick.

Fascinating and very informative. Thanks for posting 👍🏻

One of the very best cab views I've seen, on my favourite line - thank you!

As a current CSA and aspiring train operator, this video was very interesting and helpful. Thank you.

Excellent video and informative commentary. Look forward to some more.

Had this pop up in my recommendations and would like to thank you for providing this content with excellent commentary, it really made this video stand out. Hope you have a great time abroad in the near future 👍

Transported me back through time, almost fifty years ago, when I would travel Northern & Piccadilly lines mostly. Used L.T. extensively, and my car for out of town travel. Thank you for the memories.

Great commentry......loved this.....like being in the cab with you. My late Dad was a BR Inter-City driver for more than 40 years. Noticed with great interest the hundreds of Cables running through the stations. They were hidden behind the station fascia......you could see them when the train entered each tunnel. Lots of them were probably BT Cables.....and many more for the signals. Amazing they could produce all this well over a hundred years ago.......back breaking work it must have been!!!....... thank you Dale.

Great commentary. I’ve always found the sidings in tunnels fascinating, hidden stations and other facts which we wouldn’t know. 👍

I absolutely love this. Thankyou so much for filming it. And as others have said, the commentary is wonderful. In answer to your thought: yes we do want to know (the signals, the points, “how things work”, everything 😀).

Great video, always been fascinated with the London Underground, great insight from a drivers perspective, thank you, keep up the great work, and stay safe.

Very interesting especially when you explained about people who couldn’t read recognising stations by the colour of the wall tiles! Thank you 😊

Very interesting and informative. An extremely responsible job. I'd find it very rewarding getting many people from A to B safely and as quickly as is possible.

This is absolutely fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Dale for this excellent video and your commentary. It has been a few years since I last had a ride on an underground train.

Wow! Great video, thanks . Back in the 60s, we used Cockfosters to Turnpike lane and return for years after many Saturday nights out. Saw a video and news that in 2025 there is 94 new trains coming to this line built by Siemans. They are beautiful machines.

Awesome and super informative video! Looking forward to more of these :)

Dream job, thanks for filming 😊

I’ve been a tube traveller for over 50 years and this is a wonderful video thank you so much, and I’ve been on your line! Many times!

Excellent. Very informative commentary. Thanks Dale. More,please!

Thank you for this very interesting video! I really like the tube in London, it's so different from the U-Bahn (Underground) here in Berlin, Germany. When I'm in London the next time riding the Piccadilly Line, I will have this video in mind. Greetings from Berlin, Hendrik 😃

Really enjoyed your commentary Dale. I used to be a secondman based at Stratford, in the old BR days of 1979. I wish, I'd had the technology then to be able to make cab rides. In 1985, I spent lots of time photographing the underground network. I loved those 1959 stock trains that ran on the Central line.

Enjoyed the commentary as well as the video. It brought back wonderful memories of my trips to London in the early 2000's when i was a chaperone for a small group of high school students. I made yearly trips for about 6 years. Keep up the good work.

Absolutely brilliant video. Thank you so much for making it and for your service!!

I always like the fact that the Piccadilly is termed as an east-west oriented line, but at Cockfosters the train starts off in a south-easterly direction, and continues for many miles in a more or less southerly direction!

They could give you better covering on the seats honestly those awful scratchy itching material is awful

I’ve seen a few drivers eye view videos, but with your expert commentary it makes it all the more special! Thank you 🙏

Great video, commentary does make it. Ive used this line from Oakwood and Cockfosters since the late 60s and ive learnt so much by watching. Thanks 👍🏼

I used to live Edgware and early one morning I was getting tube to go to work as a bus driver, my car had broken down tube driver saw me and realised I was in bus drivers uniform and asked if I wanted cab ride, of course! What a great experience I will never forget he had been a driver for over 35yrs we had a very interesting journey chatting about his experiences, I enjoyed this video have subscribed ❤

Excellent video with just the right amount of detail. Many thanks!

Cool!!! This is a really good ideal. I knew a train driver who lived in Swindon, in the stream age. It was amazing and fired the imagination when he told me about going down the old line that was axed.😀

Great video, Dale, the commentary is great. We regularly used to travel from Northfields to Manor House in the 60s to visit my Nan and Grandad. To see it from the drivers cab is a real treat.

I absolutely love this genre of video!! Thank you Dale! Off to watch the rest 🤗

I'm a latecomer to your channel Dale but I am so glad the RU-vid algorithm decided I should see it. Every little boy's (and some old boy's like me) dream to drive a train. Next best thing, riding along in your cab window. Thanks very much and I appreciate your efforts in providing these video for us. Here's some Piccadilly line trivia. One episode of Poirot (with David Suchet) featured the underground and our hero was at the fictional Marble Hill station. It was in fact filmed at Arnos Grove. They changed the name boards where they were in shot.

Very nice, especially the commentary. Feels like a sightseeing tour in London's underground. An enrichment for someone who has never been to London before. Many thanks for that! Greetings from good old germany :)

It has been over 50 years since I road the London tube. Thank you for an enjoyable ride.

Hi Dale really enjoying your video's & yes I like the commentary a lot. I would not have believed that the underground would be more interesting than above ground train journeys but I am hooked....... Keep em coming....

great channel thanks for posting and giving us context in the routes. All this gets taken for granted.

I lived 2 years in London and I took the District line most of the time. Thanks for giving us this view and your valuable commentary.

Fascinating - So interesting - Thank you so much for taking the time and trouble to make this video.

From Houston, TX: Thank you for the ride AND the guided tour.

Yes, I do like the commentary; it is most interesting. Thank you.

Unmistakably Underground! Great ride, thanks, and your commentary is excellent!

This is fantastic! Very informative. Never seen anything like this on here before so thank you. Looking forward to seeing more in the future. What a great video.

First train vid I’ve watched and was with you the whole way . Really great

i've really enjoyed this , thanks so much for filming😊

Thank you so much Dale. Travelling Heathrow to central London since 1983, initially for work and in recent years, family visits, you've brought me to stations I have long wondered about. As as child in the 1960's, the Hornby train sets planted a seed which to this day provides hours of enjoyment on the rail system. I don't know which I enjoy more , travelling on the trains or just sitting in the stations taking in the atmosphere.

Have seen all your videos and loved them but this one is the best great insight superb quality and very informative looking forward to more like this

Thank you for sharing. Absolutely loved this - used to live in Barons Court 30 years ago so was great to see it again

Loved the commentary and learning about the line. 👏👏

Fantastic video Dale, very interesting commentary. Looking forward to future videos👍

Just found your channel. Insights in a line I know well from a passanger's view, informative and relaxing at the same time. And yes, I like the comments 😊

I was studying in London from 1988 to 1992 and the station nearest my college was Barons Court. Thanks for a great video

Really enjoyable and your commentary very informative……thank you…🙏

Thanks very much for the tour of London, I'm Australian (from Melbourne) and never been to England so I appreciate you doing this as its probably closest I'll ever get to experiencing it. In Melbourne we have a very small city loop, but nothing like London's ofcourse. I think Piccaddilly was the prettiest station with the multi coloured tiling circles. I have watched train journies of my own areas but they dont include commentaries so again, thanks for making the effort to narrate amidst your job.

I loved every minute of this…..My Grandfather was a driver on London Transport and sadly passed away after his shift on Edgware Station back in the late sixties. His badge number was 1117 and I still have it alongside his whistle…thanks for this….He may have done this route all those years ago.

Amazing video and excellent commentary thanks for sharing

Yes, I enjoy your commentary - you're very amicable and informative - many interesting details to share.

Thank you for the very interesting video and yes keep the narrative on please as nice to hear about the line and what quirks you use for how remember parts of line. Look forward to next video. Stay safe as it’s crazy world downstairs (that’s what I call it) 😊

Your commentary is great and captioning also; I have already learned a lot. You provide a wonderful insight and God bless you! From Georgia USA.

Awesome, thanks for bringing us this. Loved the commentary.

I really enjoyed your commentary. Thank you and thump up for this video.

Excellent video and very informative. Thank you.

Yes dale the commentary is fantastic mate keep it up cos it helps folk like me learn more about the underground I previously didn't know

It is about 50 years since I last made use of this line, from Bounds Green or Arnos Grove along the Northern section and once only about 35 years ago to Heathrow, but I still remember many of the stations along the line. A very enjoyable video and the commentary was great.

Yes I often commute to London from the North and use the picc line forbLHR T 4. Looking forward to watching this ❤

Great video this really enjoyed it. Gem of a find is your channel. Thank you very much

Excellent,really enjoyed watching,thankyou👍🙂.