Hello, and we're back ... back on tube, yes we are. I'm afraid this time there's no matching coloured shirt
As we're on all different lines today as we explore various parts of the network, as we do ...
Bonus secrets, of the Underground.
And we start here, at Ealing Broadway stations, this will soon be the old station building
because of Crossrail, works taking place right now mean that
there'll be a whole new station building, which will be gone in a couple of years time
Rather helpful obscured by these buses! Thanks 297. You can see the old building there, look up ...
and you can see the old station sign that says ... Ealing Broadway.
Also, next time you find yourself in Ealing why not go for a wander around the buffers
right at the end of the District Line platforms
It's a cool view looking back along the track from here
We jumped on a train ourselves, and headed east a few stops
and found ourselves ... at Chiswick Park
which is where District Line trains stop, and the Piccadilly Line goes through the middle
which is why it's quite nice that the railings are green, predominately for District Line
and little bit of blue ... for the Piccadilly.
[ THEN THE STATION IS TURNHAM GREEN ]
Actually, out next station is Hammersmith
Where we were on the lookout for an old viaduct
So if you've even seen these arches on the approach to Hammersmith station, and you've wondered
what are they? That .. is the Studland Road viaduct
But what is that?
That, red brick construction there .. is the Studland Road viaduct
You'll see that this bit of the railways, is in use - that bit of the railway viaduct bridge is not in use
because it used to be part of the old Grove Road stations
at Hammersmith. What's that? Where's the old Grove Road station at Hammersmith ... ?
Here's a diagram.
Hammersmith Grove Road was a station that opened in 1869
and a variety of trains stopped here
including Metropolitan Line services
It meant that trains coming down what is now the Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines
Didn't have to terminate, they could instead
call at Grove Road, using the tracks, go over the viaduct
that are now the District and Piccadilly Lines
Where the modern day Shepherd's Bush on the Oveground is
is where a station called Uxbridge Road used to be
and a curve of track just north of that linked up with the line just south of Latimer Road
if you want to see it at street level, it's now where a van hire company is located
or you can get a brief glimpse of it from a train instead
And there it is ... there it is ... it just curves off there
Just before, you get to Latimer Road station
Next up, King's Cross... Ok, St. Pancras
but we came here, for something that's to do with Kings Cross
So this next one is a bit of a cheat, I admit it's not on the Underground
as you can see we're on a Thameslink train, we've just left heading south
out of Kings Cross St Pancras, but it's so good
i can't not tell you about this, because if I look out of this window here
we're gonna see the entrance to an old tunnel that's abandoned, that's known as the York Road curve
up until 1976
there was an additional station at Kings Cross
that you can see on this map from the time, called York Road
and there was an underground curve of track
that connected up with the line that is now part of Thameslink
the tracks are now gone, but there's a part of the tunnel that you can still see from street level
and this is it, we're in Bravington's Walk, just around the corner from King's Cross
and if you come down here, and come to this fence, and look down
you can see where the trains used to run below
And whilst we're doing a non-tube face at Kings Cross
let's squeeze in another non-tube fact, here ...
... at Canada Water
which is somewhere where we came when we filmed secrets of the Overground
yes, this is an Overground secret, not an Underground one, but it's a good one bear with this!
You may recalled at Hammersmith, on secrets of the Piccadilly Line
Come here, to Canada Water
on the Overground, and it's also got .. it's own orange clock!
Now i've searched on Amazon, but the phrase "Connector Blob Clock"
doesn't throw up any matching results
And then we found ourselves at Kentish Town
where we found ourselves doing the things that it seems I spend my entire life doing ...
... counting steps
It's 121 steps, the sign says 117, it's just occured to me
'cause I know I counting steps in these videos
it's 4 steps out, it lies.
Come to the best corridor on the system at Embankment
At Boston Manor, we can't help but think this isn't a coinicidence
Have the nickname of "The Bees"
At Archway on the Northern Line
And you'll see signs that say Way Out, to Northfields Avenue
Well, actually it used to have another
that took you down to Weymouth Avenue
And right at this point here, is where the ticket office
and entrance to the station, used to be