What's Happening at Bank? Northern Line New Platform 

Same. I'm in Texas, but love watching videos about the Tube.

Cheers!

Cheers, part of the reason I made it was all the plans I could find were static, which I thought made them hard to follow.

I think it only really made sense to me what they were doing when I tried to pull everything together for the model!

Glad you enjoyed the video! And yes, I think the upgrades and lifts will be very welcome.

@@distractionbucket7454 Indeed. :)

Cheers!

Cheers, I also love unexpected youtube finds!

Glad it was helpful!

Cheers

Cheers

Yep, having to squeeze along the Northern platforms just to get to the rest of the station was a pain! I'll be glad when that's changed.

You should try and avoid that connection, there are better connections at Mile End and Liverpool st. or different routs may be better

@@distractionbucket7454 right now during works the connection forces you along the dlr platforms while they build the northern-dlr escalators.

Oooh yes we will, this has been in preparation for a looooong time. Behind closed doors. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fujEnmIOuEM.html

Lol 😂

Thanks, much appreciated.

Yeah, I do hope it will be slightly less unpopular after this.

@@distractionbucket7454 I don't live in the UK and have only been to some stations, but maybe my least favorite is Heathrow 2/3. It's just very dull (no surprise since it's from the 70s) and a long walk from the terminals, although it can be good to stretch after a long flight. Luckily once Crossrail opens I won't have to worry about the lengthy Piccadilly line trip when I fly to LHR. The inner circle stations that have lost their historic feel at platform level (like Euston Square or Blackfriars) are also visually unappealing.

Was struggling to work out if I have a least favourite station, but agree the circle line stations that got refurbed sometime in the '60s and left since then are looking very drab and unloved now, especially Euston Square. At least at Blackfriars they've re-done the above ground bits as part of the national rail upgrade.

@@distractionbucket7454 definitely Euston square for me. Used that for work in the 80s and 90s and is still the same today. Really drab miserable station.

All the stations on the Bakerloo line north of Queens Park are really terrible

I presume retained for access to w&c line, monument and general redundancy.

Don't do requests, but open to suggestions

@Distraction Bucket well... I have always wondered if connecting Moorgate to Cannon St would work but I think a new stair or escalator as part of Crossrail precludes it.... hard to grasp the 3D topography though.

@@peterdowden7694 I had been thinking about doing Moorgate/Liverpool St at some point as I do think it's fascinating with all the Crossrail tunnels down there. As for extending the Northern City further south- I know many years ago there was a suggestion to extend as far as Lothbury (which would have been so short a distance the back of the train would be leaving Moorgate as the front arrived at the new station!) I vaguely recall that going any further than that would have been problematic because of the Central Line/the Bank of England Vaults, but don't quote me on that. Nowadays, the main Moorgate Crossrail escalators do run across the end of the NCL tunnels, I'm not sure about the exact depths, but all the info I can find online suggests the passage between the two sets of escalators is above the Northern line making it about the same depth as the NCL, meaning it probably doesn't leave enough space, but that's only my best guess.

Yep, as I understand it the new tunnels are mostly already built, and the closure is so they can knock through into the existing line and connect the new tracks.

It's been going on behind the scenes since 2016, but the last bit was held up by the pandemic. I think it's ended up about 18 months behind the original schedule. Personally I am really looking forward to the changes- I'm a Northern Line driver and coming into the Bank platforms during rush hour makes me feel sick with nerves because of how crowded they are.

Probably due to cost. The current project on the Northern line is well over £1 billion.

Unfortunately, I don't think it is.

wow, that is heresy, but I think I'll allow it, thanks ;)

Thanks for the subscription! I'm really not sure about the old stairs- they don't seem to be on the public TfL plans, but that might just be because they're missing some details. I plan to go investigate when it opens.

@@distractionbucket7454 Ur welcome. ☺ Alright.

Certainly considering it- any suggestions what you'd like to see explained?

@@distractionbucket7454 Cross platform transfers. Why they're effective and how they've been implemented on the tube

面白いアイデア、銀行に現れる迷宮の主（申し訳ありませんが、私は日本語を話せないので、Google翻訳がこれを正しく行っていることを願っています！）

Good thing you’re not in charge of anything or we’d be stuck in Victorian times

Cheers, finding it hard to understand the official model is kind of what gave me the idea to make this

Mate they sell burgers and fries what you on about