The Quintessential Rapid Transit System! | London Underground Explained

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The bleeping of Cockfosters! hahaha As a Londoner, I wouldn't say the Bakerloo line is boring. It has character and is unique. The 1972 trains are like a museum and sharing track with the Overground leads to a crazy low step from the platform as mainline trains have higher floors. Not saying any of that is **good** to the average person sense, but to enthusiasts, it's a nice change

When mentioning crossrail, it feels wrong to not mention Thameslink. It’s one of the most frequent services and cuts through the core of the city too

as amazing a pioneer as the underground is, the fact that it was never replicated in other UK cities is really damning of the British government over the last couple centuries, other than the Tyne and Wear metro and the Glasgow subway there's no other systems like the underground in the UK, especially not at any great scale

Love that Jags made an appearance! I absolutely love his channel

Love the surprise collaboration with Jago Hazzard!

Jago and Bleepfosters in one video. Love it!

As a UK viewer, thanks for this. A very good potted history, although one point. The Waterloo & City was not the first tube line... this accolade goes to the City & South London Railway, now forming the eastern branch of the Northern Line through the city. It was opened in 1890 as the first electric underground railway in the world (although it was originally planned as a cable-hauled system) Still it's a minor point so congratulations!

I rode the London Underground for the very first time in 2019 and I fell in love with it instantly. It is deep and can be like a maze but once you master it, it’s a piece of cake. Every line has its own unique charm to it. This video alone makes me want to go back to London just so I can ride on it again. Truly one of, if not arguably the best transit system in the world.

as a londener whos just got back from the west coast USA, I'm so happy and grateful for our metro/transit system.

Amongst my favourite things about the underground? - The 'different but the same' character or feel between each line - I presume as a consequence of different companies building the lines that were then brought together under one operator. The fact that each line generally has its own stock (tube limes at least, these days) helps add to that. - the extent of the system. The central line runs through some of the busiest parts of the city and Westend, but also through open fields north of Debden. Theydon & Chigwell are practically villages. And riding the metropolitan line you can get all the way from Aldgate, Farringdon, King's Cross or Baker Street to quaint, sleepy Chesham.

I liked Jago's little interjection there. I regularly watch his videos as well as Geoff Marshall's.

recently visited england and I really loved riding the system, and also the names always standed out for me, I don't know how to describe it but they just feel very "english"

The Stanmore end of the Jubilee Line was originally a branch of the Metropolitan Line. Then when the Bakerloo line was created, it was made a branch of that, and became its own line when the central section of the Jubilee Line was built. The Uxbridge branch of the Piccadilly Line was originally a branch of the District Line, and the Piccadilly Line was created in part to relieve pressure on the District Line. The Heathrow branch was much more recent, planes hadn't been invented when it was first built. The East London Line section of the Overground used to be part of the Metropolitan Line, then became its own tube line before getting converted and joined up with other rail lines to form part of the Overground.

Also would like to see a video on the sucess some rural transit agencies have had. It's common to hear people say "transit is just a city thing" but there are some rural sucess stories. For example, the entire burlington vermont metro area has about 215,000 people and outside of the city its quite rural but green mountain transit has made some very good strides recently and service here is better than serive in baltimore (pop 3 million)

My favourite collab of all time.

Thank you for properly centering your map of the tube, makes it so much clearer how little tube there is for us suckers in south east london!

Funnily enough the Jubilee Line was originally meant to open in 1977 as a celebration of Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee but as with most building projects in the UK there were numerous delays. As a kid growing up in the 70s I used to love the the old red tube trains that had a really quaint almost Art Deco interior this rolling stock was actually pre war

I love where Jago Hazzard pops up in the audio. I watch his and Geoff Marshall's videos.

I mean - this is a fantastic channel and video, and loving every second of it --- but wait! There's a Jago Hazzard crossover?! It gets even better! 😆😆😆 4 mins in and already lost my mind in the gap, hehe