Morning! this is a Northern line train
which i'm about to catch
south here, from Kennington
to go all the way down to the bottom
the southern most point of the tube network
and the southern most point of the northern line
south ... meets north
yes, let's do, the end of the line
at Morden
so Morden is at the bottom of the tube map
and is the most southern point on the London Underground
which is ridiculous when you consider
that it's only 8 miles from the centre of town
that puts it in Zone 4
which doesn't seem far out at all
when compared to Epping and Amersham in our previous two episodes
and to get here, it's all underground, in a tunnel
until you emerge, into the daylight, at Morden
so the tunnel, in the distance
is the longest piece of tunnel on London underground
seventeen miles, it used to be
that that was the longest bit of track
you could travel without a mobile signal
but nowadays, Wi-Fi, 4G in some tunnels
that's no longer the case
you can now get a signal, in some places, underground
at Morden, there are five platforms
except that they're aren't, there are only four
and ... even then, there are only really three
as they use numbers 2, 3 and 5 for departing purposes
because the doors of the middle bay where trains terminate
opens up onto platform 3 and 4 on either sude
and that means, you can have a little fun here
what this means therefore is that you can do the classic move where you're here
on platform 4, and then you just ...
climb up, on board, walk through a train
hello train, and then out again
onto platform three
platform 1 is proper disused though, and is never used anymore
it's blocked off, along with this side entrance which is no longer in use either
the only reason you come down here now
is to access the lift for step-free access
to all other platforms
out in the ticket hall, it's worth looking ... up!
once to see how the light streams in from above here
and then outside again
for this light-bulb chandlier
and the reverse image of the roundel
that you'd normally only see from the outside, it looks great
also, there's a lot of underground history posters here
and one of them, talks about the demans for an extension
well, the northern line was almost extended further here
with a stop at North Cheam
and i speculate that there could have been a stop inbetween as well
i'm not sure what they would have called it though
and also the obvious opportunity to perhaps carry the line on
and link up with the existing Sutton station
London Transport did actually buy a plot of land
at North Cheam to build a station, that was right here
but when the line was never extended
LT used it as an employee sports field instead
until the land was eventually sold off
and a huge sainsburys was built here instead
like Epping, Morden has a car park, it's around the back
and you walk along a side passage to get to it
what this also allows you to do is
to peak over the wall here, to see the tunnel portal close up
but, keep going to get to the car park itself
and there's this fence which, if you ...
... alright, maybe climb up on the green bin
peer over the top, and there's your youtube thumbnail money-winning-shot
award yourself bonus points if you get a snap
with all three platforms having a train in them
by the way, i always check the forecast before i go out filming
and it definetely said it wasn't going to rain today
thanks, weather
the other problem with Morden station is that, well
the buses get in the way
so on a rainy day, it doesnt look good
which is why ...
... i decided to come back, later again
at night and get the magnificent shots
oh how Morden looks, at night
when it's all lit up, just rather splendid
Morden itself seems to be yet another high street
with all the regular shops you'd expect to find
but the real gem here
is the fabulous National Trust property, Morden Hall Park
which is just five minutes walk, around the corner from the station
again though, do try and come on a day that it's not raining
and now for jewel in Morden's crown
which is to go and take a look at the depot which lies to the south of the station
it's a five minutes walk away
and you'll need to get to a small side road called Morden Court
here, there's a public footpath
which slopes up
and actually turns into an impressively long footbridge
and from there, it's all rather magnificent
and that brings you out to here, so this very long ...
... very long footbridge
which is a public footpath, which has an excellent view
down on ...
to the Northern Line depot
here, at Morden Great view of trains
it's the place to come, if you come to Morden
you must also, come here
and you should come and visit, this is half the reason i'm doing this series
to encourage you to come out, and experience for yourself
what the end of the line is like
i used to work with a chap many years ago that
had come down from Newcastle to London
he commuted everyday on the Northern Line
from Colliers Wood, just two stops up the line, into central London
and after he left the job and gone back home and gone back to Newcastle
he messaged me one day to say
why on earth, didn't I just stay on the train one day
when going home, and just go two more stops
and see what's at Morden
hopefully, he can now watch this video and see for himself
but that's what you should do, if you've got like a Zone 5 / Zone 6 travelcard
say if you're a regular commuter
on one side of the tube map, why not this weekend
just got out for a journey to the other side
of the tube map, if you're staying within the Zones of your travelcard
then the travel, is already paid for
ok, that is it ... i think we're wrapping up
so i'm going to go and get the train from Morden, back home
i quickly noted the number of the labyrinth, number 119 here
checked out the owl that's that to scare off the pigeons is still there? ... yup there it is
and then i also spotted this 'Stepping Back' plunger sign, as well
i'll explains what THAT's all about
in a future episode, at another station
and where departing from Morden heading north
your northbound train, farewell Zone 4
there's a playlist coming up with all the videos in this series
as i explore the end of the line, all over the tube map
thanks for watching, press like, press subscribe ...
... bye!