Secrets of the Central Line 

I found something out about the Central Line, between Liverpool St and Bank the tight curves are actually dodging the old foundations of the buildings above. Also there is one curve that avoids the Vaults of the Bank of England! :D

2:47 that woman in the background is like "wtf is that guy doing?"

Tube station: *holds any record * Stratford: I’m gonna stop you right there

2:48 You're attracting quite a bit of attention, Geoff...

Hey Geoff, if I can add one more thing, if you go to the front of the eastbound platform at Holborn station and peer into the tunnel, you can see a distinctive white light at the far end of it - that's Chancery Lane station!

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it must've been awkward to shout hello

Who's here after the have randomly been recommended this...

Not far from the epping to ongar steam railway you can find the worlds oldest surviving wooden church, heavily restored but never demolished, build in 1060 CE

2:20 Sorry mate, I think you're the only one who does those quizes

I worked on the Railway for 25 years and love the history and idiosyncrasies of it... all the secrets and stuff ive seen.. its an amazing place..

2:29 Simon from Inbetweeners

I frequented the London Underground system for many years and I loved it. Now, as my time runs out, all that is finished, just memories. But what memories. I no longer have any reason to travel, or any money to travel. And I wouldn't just hop on a train to nowhere for the feels. It wouldn't work. The journey and the destination are entwined. Each enhances the other. So vids like these are my window into a gone but never forgotten past. Muchas Gracias!

You forgot about Leyton! On match days when Leyton Orient play at home, there is a secret gate that they open to deal with crowds, trust me i have been through it

I like to imagine the lady at 2:48 thinking "I'm about to see some shit!"

The Central Line has become as hot and crowded as the pit of hell

Lift trick: Lifts always chime once when they’re going up and twice when going down. Useful info!

The De La Rue (Bank of England) printing works is on Langston Road in Loughton, you would pass it long before you reach Roding Valley. It's visible on the left on a Westbound train just before it arrives in Debden or on the right of an Eastbound train leaving Debden. The printing works is the most distant building from Debden station in that industrial estate before the countryside sets in.

You forgot to mention that Gants Hill station was based on designs made for the Moscow Metro!

Small but helpful tip. When entering Stratford station from the Westfield entrance. Don’t follow the first sign to the central line as that takes you on a much longer route. Its quicker to just go down the second escalator slightly further on, you’ll get to the central line platforms about twice as quick :)

1:50 to the right: "Rear Window" 1:55 "North by Northwest" 2:00 to the right: "Vertigo" 2:02 "Psycho"

Well, i can say that its central line's 118th anniversary because its 2018

Gants Hill looks the way it does because engineers from the London Underground had consulted on the initial construction of the Moscow Metro, were impressed with the station layouts the Soviets were using, and recommended something similar for London.

2:15 there also appears to be a roundel on the hour hand. Brilliant!

It's strange to me how Roding Valley is the least used Underground station because it is the station I personally have used the most in my entire life. I spent quite a lot of my life living between Buckhurst Hill and Woodford, hence Roding Valley being the station I would get on and off at nearly every day

On top of this, did you know that at Chancery Lane the Westbound trains are directly underneath the Eastbound trains, yet at St Paul's (the next station) the Eastbound trains are directly underneath the Westbound!! Weird!!

You have forgotten a secret about Epping station that there is a 1930's train parked there 😁

4:18 - Just saw the new video where the wooden escalator is now no longer wooden or an escalator! :O

“And this escalator-” Stratford: “N O”

In times past I traveled on the extention to the Central Line beyond Epping. You had to get off the tube train and walk up the platform and then get on another tube train which eventually took you to Ongar albeit I was actually travelling to North Weald in order to see an air display at the aerodrome there when they used to have such things. I'm glad they have managed to find a use for that bit of line but it's a shame they discontinued the tube arrangement. Sometimes progress seems more about going backwards!

The "Whistle" sign and the train whistling at 1:44 made me chuckle. Something about the scene and the sound itself is somehow charming!

Stratford being cheeky....

Wanstead & Gants Hill remind me of the Prague Metro, & Redbridge reminds me of U-Bahn stations in Germany.

2:47 that lady be like, “what are you doing?”

Enjoyed , but try to slow it down just a touch. Spreading this film even over an extra minute or two would help viewers take it all in.

4:04 Now that escalator is gone and there's an inclinator in its place.

Great Video, anyone who loves London and its history should watch this video. Nice one.

00:52 - 01:04 After so many years I finally got the joke...

"The Central Line is the BEST!"

At Redbridge Station on the signs above the entrance doors at street level the little Roundels are coloured the wrong way round (red bar on a blue circle)

Love your videos if you could do some more local ones would be great :) ps are u on tv if not you should be u got the gift for presenting.

It's the longest line and one of the busiest at peak times. Not the tube you want to get stuck in a tunnel on a hot day.

The Central line is an elegant design masterpiece! I love Roding Valley btw, especially how the trains go past you towards Epping on the platform that curves away from you when you are waiting for the train to Hainault.

I needed to know why don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into six cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those six cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10M, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers. A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it bigger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Train tunnel into a High-Speed train? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Train line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 37 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project that is OK for London Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street and also make another brand new tunnel train station in Chingford and could they extend the DLR? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10M, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Six carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and they can order Every 17 Octagon and Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique minor no.13 and unique small no.10 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 117MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 117MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 16 Tonnes for all of the 117MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are Told!! And please do something about these essential Professional ideas Please Prime Minister of England, the Prime Minister of Sweden, the Prime Minister of Germany, the Prime Minister of Italy, the Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

One noisy line it is and a sauna in summer 👍👍

Note to self: Just as you leave Debden station heading towards Epping. There’s this cylinder like building. That’s the Bank of England printing works! Don’t believe me? Have a look up Bank of England Printing on Google Maps. It’ll appear right there. I succeeded in finding it from the land down under. Where women blow, and men plunder. Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover. Now that’s what I call “getting the money shot”.

The people who can't see the camera must think Geoff is a weirdo

A little secret at my local station: Hainault. On platforms 2&3 where theres the board that shows you the stations, Hanger Lane is spelt HangAr Lane and not HangEr Lane. Fix that TFL!!

The central line is The best!!!!!

There was a young girl from Darjeeling Who took the 5:30 to Ealing The sign did implore Please don't spit on the floor So she carefully spat on the ceiling.

Did you also know Gants Hill station was also worked on by the same people who built the Moscow Metro?

Hmm, elevator to get up to platform level....Ladbroke Grove and Putney?

2:47 that woman looked at him like he was committing a war crime

No more wooden escalator at Greenford. Think it was decommissioned in 2014.

The Central Line is the BEST!

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1:37 That was cleannnn

Just got back from London and my hotel was on the Central Line. The dust at Lancaster Gate station ..... is so bad. I have the very very very dry cough and came home very sick. This dust is so not good for your health!

I can recall sneaking up a spiral staircase to dodge ticket barriers at Marble Arch.

Wait is that the actor for Frank Pick on that one Jay Foreman vid about the Tube Map?

Interesting stuff, Although I live in New Zealand and have never been anywhere overseas other than Australia..

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The Central Line is the BEST! I guess...

When we lived in London, during 2000, we used the tube as much as we could to visit as many pubs as we could nearly every Sunday. We visited some very interesting places!...The Milenium Pub Crawl....what a year.

I work at Newbury park sometimes on rail replacement so I use the central line quite alot in 2-3 days

The Bank of England thingy is between Debden and Theydon Bois it Debden and Loughton I’m not sure which though

Cracking video used to be my local line ( ruislip gdns & w ruislip ) one error though at hanger lane only the gwml & central line pass through not district.

Very good but you forgot to mention that the door open on both sides at the westbound platform at Stratford :)

The central line is the best!

I dont think its the “new stratford station” anymore. Its been nearly 10 years

You should've mentioned that Stratford is the other station where the doors open on both sides

2:47 What’s her problem? 😂

I love his enthusiasm but some of the mediocrity of these facts made me thought it was satire... It's endearing though!

Keep it up my tube guy

I've only ever been to Bethnal Green once and I noticed the clock

The Central Line is the BEST! (Although I do harbor a secret love for the Metropolitan)

2:47 Behold the stony death glare

Would you be able to do a short video on the lost connection from the main line steam trains at Stratford to Leytonstone (now Central) and Ilford to Newbury Park (now Central). My deceased father used to drive steam locos along both parts on through the lovely Barkingside station.

absolutely love your commentary and your videos. I can't get enough - just watched the Bakerloo line and this video. Would love to see you reveal NYC's subway lines

I hope you washed your hands after touching all those floors next to the escalators!

Haha the look that woman gives at 2:47

I LOVE this video and all comments! I am Canadian living in London and love all this nostalgia! My wife who is British just shrugs, I make her ride all these lines with me and I am wide-eyed with enthusiasm (way past zone 6, but I am paying so who cares!) I think it's so fun!

The central line is the BEST

Central Line 1992 Tube Stock

On the oldest part of the Central Line the tracks have a rising grade approaching the stations to assist braking and a falling grade leaving the stations to assist acceleration. Cool videos!

you made a remark about printing money when you were at Roding Valley. This is actually between Debden and Theydon Bois. on the side going towards town, the bank of England printing works are to the left just before you come into Debden. they are arched shaped with light green roofs.

2:03

I think Geoff probably found out now about Stratford where Central line trains open both sides

The Central Line is the BEST

The circular room is now outdated

That transition at 1:39 - niiiiice!

how could you not mention Bank

If you thought Roding Valley was underused, think about West Street on the Glasgow Subway, just greater than 98k

I want to move to London just for the trains.

Awesome 😎🤗 Thanks for pointing me to this.

My coronavirus senses are killing me watching this guy touch every surface on the central line >-

I love the sound the central line trains make when leaving a station

I have travelled hundreds of times between Shepherds Bush and White City and for 40+ years wondered “why does the train appear on the far right having departed Shepherds Bush on the left’. Wow, now I understand. Thank you so much 👏👏👍😀

How can you take the district line and not go to Wimbledon?????? You didn't do the whole line mate.

Didn’t a wooden escalator cause some fireball in one of the underground stations kings cross wasn’t it