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I know a good joke about that. When she asks him why he has sat next to her when there are plenty of spare seats. He can point to a sign which says: "Do not leave any bags unattended". Get it? Bag being a slang word for a woman! ;-)

Lol, 🤪😂😈

As kids we played jockeys rding on horses cos of all the bouncing up & down when the trains were going fast to London or returning, very funny we thought. Miss the slam doors even though they were Dangerous!

The nightmare years So much better these days Rail travel is so much of a pleasure nowadays

The first and last time before it changed went there when I small, it could have been 1988 or 1989, I still go to Liverpool Street now

@@leonardssenkindu8445 well still some things changed over time such as the pedestrian bridge in video is now occupied by Marks&Spencer also platforms today are much longer

That was year after the kings cross fire !!, they should have updated for passengers not to smoke on tube and trains !!

What yuppies?

@@NESTABROWN9 he's quoting what was said in the video you nitwit

Silent Hunter Same with the Class 315s which will soon be replaced by the Class 345 Crossrail units.

Picture shows class 319, bu text says 321

Surely they'll keep the newer Class 360's for that?

Paul Williams and class 710s

@@seaside-dn8dp Have you ever travelled on any of them for like more than 5 minutes

are you suggesting that modern 21 century trains are less safe than older ones?

They still exists to be fair mostly calling at Colchester and Clacton-on-Sea , some are refurbished lately with modern equipment. I think Greater Anglia dismissed their plans to retire entirety of 321 fleet. At least postponed it for some time being so they utilized the dusty bins when they can. I do like them honestly, of course they can’t match with Greater Anglia’s newest Elizabeth Line stock but I believe they still earn their worth so they’ll be sent to some other mainline just as Class 90s serving now

Yeah BR sold the air rights, I think it's called, so developers buried it in concrete. They did the same at Birmingham New Street and Euston. Travesty.

@@roberthill6216 Yep, basically the whole borough evolved into corporate district. The area where Broad Street Station used to stand is now an office complex. Indeed BR wanted to convert Broad Street & Liverpool Street into a huge unified underground terminus but it didn’t come into fruition due to financial reasons, so in a way Liverpool Street was saved

@@JMSBRK Thank goodness. I hate what they did to Birmingham New Street. The pictures I have seen of it in the Victorian era, you can't believe they are the same place.

Well it started from late 80s to mid noughties The area was little derelict in 80s as opposed today.Neighbouring Broad Street station was disused for decades & demolished in 80s where it’s an office complex today. Liverpool Street was also subject to demolition as it was planned to be converted into huge underground terminus but it failed due to economic reasons, so station underwent overhauling most notably the front façade was rebuilt (the twin towers at the front). As you may notice commuters getting off trains were using footbridge that footbridge is now a retail space mainly occupied by M&S. When I first came to London in 2006 the station still had split flap display departure boards which has been replaced sometime in late 2000s. As you said trains now plunge into darkness because first now platforms are longer and have been adjusted to accommodate new trains so they are extended & new tunnels built because it’s a terminus for London Overground which took over East London Line, second the borough where station is located has changed dramatically for over 30 years. So, many luxurious developments built upon the tunnel that connects main line to train shed. In fact basically there are lots of high rise office buildings & residences occupy the area where trains now run underneath. Despite being minimalistic in design Liverpool Street is one of the busiest mainline stations in London with ever growing passenger volumes (was third busiest after Waterloo and Victoria before pandemic) & it’s changed over the last 30 years as the area it’s located has evolved into a corporate district

What that mean yuppies? Like dog, hmm??? 🤔

'Commuters'......have you not heard of them? ....this is from early morning, so you're bound to get lots of men in suits and ties, and women in dress suits etc. I bet if you filmed this station at midday there'd be hardly anyone on the trains. Because back in the 80's the trains ran virtually empty between 10am and 4pm. No one used them because people didn't work staggered hours like they do now. Everyone did 9 to 5.

It's not the reporting - those are the words of the British Rail man they interviewed

@@NESTABROWN9 Yuppies were the British equivalent of the wolf of wall street. They work in the city, in things like investment banking, and selling stocks and shares, and, other business stuff. The men usually had stripey shirts, with red braces, not too sure what the women wore, dodgy shoulder pads iirc, and, permed hair. They all usually had one of those massive brick style early mobile phones, that use a brief case sized battery pack.Hope this helps. If anyone wants too add anything I have missed, then feel free.

Nice to see the old train shed roof, before they buried it in concrete.

Also the electrification seems to have arrived very late , I read somewhere else most of Western European countries have gone full electrification 10 years before UK did. Can’t imagine how painful to commute from Norwich (where I live) to London in the 80s

@@JMSBRK The irony is that actually we were one of the first western European countries to have electrified rail! What was the old Southern region (now the 'Southern', and 'Southeastern' rail franchises) was electrifed in the 1930's using third rail. And commuter services to London suburbs from Waterloo, Victoria, Charing X, and London Bridge were all electried (third rail) way back in the 1920's - so almost 100 years ago! Longer distance routes from Waterloo weren't electrified until the 60's .....as were all services from Liverpool Street, and Euston. Kings X and St. Pancras were done later (80's?). All obviously being overhead, as it's alot cheaper than third rail! Electrification of Paddington lines was only done in the last five years or so! Unbelievably, services from Marylebone have never been electrified, and not a single piece of rail in Wales is electrified which is quite shocking. Anyway, we were among the first (with third rail), then the war got in the way, and when the railways were nationalised (in 1947) there wasn't the money to electrify more rail ....until the 60's . Another reason we didn't is because of all the coal reserves and the coal mines we had, and which were active then. It made us cling to steam for alot longer than other western European countries. The lack of coal in the south was why railways were able to be electrified so early on.

@@JMSBRK Btw, the London Underground beat all the above ground railways by having the first electric trains in the 1890's - talk about forward thinking and being 'early adopters'. Where LU led, everyone else followed.... some following sooner rather than later!!