Secrets of the Victoria Line 

Came here again after Geoff’s story video. Miss the old days.

Pimlico being the least used station on the Victoria line makes sense to me, as it is the only Victoria line station that has no interchange to another tube or train line. Every other station connects either with other Underground lines, London Overground and National Rail Services. Pimlico is the only station on the Victoria that’s solely for the Victoria line.

I started watching this as a really young child . Around 8 years ago . I admit I forget about it for around 7 years and now I’ve found it again - love the series

Came from Geoff’s latest video. This is so well organised!

And ten years on…. One of the most iconic RU-vid series created

love that victoria line accelerating smell

Fun fact about Green Park for northbound Piccadilly travellers: If you're going to Finsbury Park and beyond, you can change here from the Piccadilly Line to the Victoria Line, and then change back to the Piccadilly Line at Finsbury Park. Victoria Line between Green Park and Finsbury Park is quicker. HOWEVER: the huge walk to change from Piccadilly to Victoria at Green Park completely nullifies this. I tried this out of sheer boredom (I was going from Heathrow Terminal 123 to Turnpike Lane) and by the time I'd got to Finsbury Park, I got back onto the same Piccadilly Line train I'd got off at Green Park. Great if you fancy a walk. Pointless otherwise.

Who else is here after watching Geoff's RU-vid story?

You never showed Tottenham Hale

Surely this video should be labelled 'Victoria's Secret'? (Sorry) And awesome videos by the way.

Omg! The Victoria Line has got 16 stations and carries more than 200m passengers a year, the entire Subway in Stockholm has got 100 stations and carries 360m passengers a year!

Finsbury Park spelled backwards is "krapyrubsnif" ;)

I love this series so much!!! Thanks for making the videos.

I love your tube videos! As a Chinese Canadian born in Hong Kong, and lived in Toronto, and now Edmonton, I'm very intrigued with large rail networks and their quirks. Please post more up! BTW, a maze has many turns and possibilities, while a labyrinth only has one continuous way in and out (many times the same entrance and exit).

Why nothing about Vauxhall? It's my local station! Am I that uninteresting?

I watch this series everytime I go to London and travel on the Tube. I always look out for these and other things Geoff Might have missed or didn’t mention.

Great information. Thousands of amazing people created something special. Great series

I used Pimlico station quite a few times when I was living in London, as the office I was working in was on Millbank. I used it for a few weeks, until I realised that the office was just as close to Vauxhall, but saved me a fortune in travel costs (but was bloody freezing walking across Vauxhall Bridge in winter!) Incidentally, where is Vauxhall station in your video?

Really Enjoying the Videos and going through them one by one and will watch again....excellent

Geoff's visibly impressed by the jubilee tiles at 3:37

I live in Western Canada, and haven't visited London yet. These videos are very interesting. Thank you.

I would extend it to East Croydon (via Herne Hill, Tulse Hill, West Norwood, Gypsy Hill, Crystal Palace, South Norwood, Thornton Heath Pond, Selhurst, West Croydon and East Croydon). I would then extend it to Leytonstone (via Whipps Cross and Leytonstone) and Edmonton Green (via Northumberland Park, Meridian Water and Edmonton Green).

I “wowed” my family and friends with the tiles fact. Thanks!

On the Victoria line you can connect to these Underground lines at these stations: Finsbury Park: Piccadilly King's Cross St Pancras: Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Northern and Piccadilly Euston: Northern Warren Street: Northern (Google Maps also show the Hammersmith & City Metropolitan and Circle lines passing here but it seems they dont serve this station) Oxford Circus: Bakerloo, Central Green Park: Jubilee, Piccadilly Victoria: Circle, District Stockwell: Northern At all other Victoria line stations, you cannot connect to other lines

Fantastic videos of the lines. Love it 👍👍

Victoria line and trains are amazing. And it looks so artistic. Came on Victoria.

Great series. Thanks Geoff.

just discovered you. this a Marvellous series. and you're a fantastic guide.

About 100 yards before arriving in the Southbound platform at Stockwell there is on your left a brick lined service tunnel which originally served as an incline for the City and South London Railway cars to be hauled up to the depot above. At Brixton the sidings beyond the station were built as running line and go down to Shakespeare Road. the plan was to go on to Herne Hill and Crystal Palace, but it was never funded

Sounds about right. I've travelled several times to London, last time I was at King's Cross one of the station employees told me about both routes but seeing as I had luggage he suggested the easier route to lug the bags around would be the long way. :D Had I been sans bags definitely would have used the short way.

I love your video about underground secret, it's very cool to learn more about my city thank you!!!

The Victoria Line isn’t the only line that runs entirely underground as the depot at Northumberland park is above ground the Waterloo & city Line is entirely underground

I love this! Thanks!

The Circle Line was constructed using the 'cut and cover' technique, and there are sections which were never covered, plus the whole section from Paddington to Hammersmith is out in the open.

my favorite line geoff 's favorite line.the best line on the system it may have only 16 stations but i love it.one of the bussiest lines

My Gran used to work in London, and her flat was near Pimlico. She let us stop at said flat when we wanted to visit London, as she used to go back home to Northumberland every weekend, leaving the flat free.

1:36 that PA chime sounds JUST like the Door closing chime we have in Toronto, on both Subway and Commuter trains.

Surprised that Pimlico is the least busy station on the Victoria Line as it's the Tate Britain stop, thought it would get some tourist traffic to boost its numbers. Though, then again, I do now seem to remember it being fairly quiet when I've used it (and it's not an interchange)

Geoff should have a TV show. :)

The video that made Geoff Marshall the man he is today

I find these a good watch cause even though I don't live in London when I am there though I always go on the tube and now these make me just want to go on the tube and see all these amazing things

over 40 years in the game, the Vic line is one of the veteran players of the tube

Still love watching your videos

Thank you for sharing...

I like this. Thank you for sharing. I think he says "Finsbury Park the busiest station on the Underground without Oyster barriers". Which is true - it's the 21st busiest with 26.04m entries / exits, but those above have Oysters. Check TFL for the data stattos.

One thing that did miss that this opened my eyes to is the Grey and Navy Blue dots at the interchange passage at Green Park station, when i passed through there im more curious about the dissused passage that lead to the old lift shaft on the Piccadilly line which once took you to an entrance on Dover Street.

I used to use seven sisters station all the time to go to school in the 1970's it still hasn't changed that much.

Thank you for the tube there in London, England. Yes, I have been on the tube there a few times. I live in Chicago, Illinois. USA.. I am a former purser flight attendant from a US airline...And yes I have family there in London as well

Pretty cool with the silver and dark blue tiles.

Very good video, another quirk at Brixton is the train departure indicator at the concourse level which is a duplicate of the one at the bottom of the escalators. Problem is that the right pointing arrows send you up the stairs and onto the street. Weird!

Actually the Waterloo and city line is the only line to run entirely underground Geoff! 😁

I impressed some compatriots of mine by mentioning the jubilee-piccadilly mosaic when I was over in London during the summer, as we were walking through it.

one question why was pimlico in darkness

OMG! So interesting! Thanks!

You missed the train at Finsbury park? Don't worry, another train will come in five seconds.

he missed tottenham hale

The 2009 stock has the sound of the RB418 chopper.

I’ve seen the corridor for the Piccadilly and Jubilee lines when I was in London

Fascinating stuff.

The tiling motif on Brixton's platforms has bricks on it and is called Ton of Bricks, as in Bricks-ton :) I have always thought it was so clever...

Nice video. Cheers.

Finsbury park has oyster barriers now....I can't use it to get to the 2nd bus station anymore when it's raining 😢😢

Who's watching in 2016 (I've watched 4 times)

Characters from the kids show Underground Ernie are named after London Underground lines. Victoria, Bakerloo, Hammersmith And City, Jubilee and Circle are all talking trains from the show named after tube lines!

Have family who live near a Victoria Line station. So the Victoria Line is my personal favourie

Just a bit of trivia. At 3.30 the tune heard in the background is called "Satin Doll". One of Count Bassie's compositions I think.

Another Good Vid!

Thanks Geoff..enjoying your videos...do u know you can travel on the vic line to euston from king x and the northern line returning without travelling northwards?

Now this makes me miss London!

Victoria isn't the only line completely underground, the WATERLOO AND CITY line!?

Really great interesting facts

I often wondered why the motifs at Green Park and Oxford Circus (not shown here) were changed, only for versions of the originals to be reinstated some years later.

To add to the exit advice for Kings Cross, you want to be at the southern end of the train. Exit the platform at that end and the escalators to the ticket office and the main line stations are right there.

Fun Fact: Pimlico nearly sounds like Drink Milk in Polish

At Brixton me and my Dad once worked at finding out why the Blue lights of the Fin at Brixton was not working. The LED light was full of water. At Pimlico and Warren Street I help pull in cables in the under-croft under the platforms

If we have underground metro stations like this in Lagos Nigeria, will be a very good thing

Very good!

I love your video's

Happy to see Pimlico station

Victoria Line is not the only London Underground Line to run entirely Underground, The Waterloo and City Line also runs only on the underground

Last time I was at Kings Cross St. Pancras I actually checked if I could get to both main line British Rail stations from the underground

Vauxhall is the ONLY station in between two zones.

2:18 Notice there is a sticker on the sign

I love the underground as well and my mum was in that video

They have recognised the line and they are so frequent!😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

Another fun fact: Pimlico is the only station of the network to have roundals that are illuminated

Question: if you travel on the tube stating from a place with no barriers, how do you get charged when you get off?

I hope u can make a video saying “Secrets of the Northern City Line” as it was a tube line before 1975.

2:20 finally a short cut on the dreaded kings x

in 2015 i did not see that tile pattern at stockwell station at 4:07 even though i went to this station mutiple times to change for the northern line

1:30am = binge watch London Underground videos because I'm really cool

My favourite line by far!!!!!!!!!

V.Good. U should be doing travel docs for TV.

Happy 10 year birthday video/series

you said that pimlico is the least used station on the victoria line but its actually blackhorse road but i love this youtube series please do secrets of the london overground

wheres vauxhall station?

Very interesting Geoff u have a sub

This series started 8 years ago? Mental

Can you do a "Secrets of the tramlink" video? By the way i really like this series of videos!

Who’s watching this after watching Geoff RU-vid story video 🤣😀