That is my train departing
just leaving the Jubilee line's least used
station, that is Canons Park
i've been there before, but what i've not done a video about
specifically, is the top
of the Jubilee line, at the top of the Tube Map
in the depths of Zone 5
which is where we're going
to the end of the line ... at Stanmore
* THE NEXT STATION IS STANMORE *
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i believe i'm right in saying
from the windswept platform here at Stanmore
that there's a stanmore station
in Sydney, Australia as well
do let me know if the comments if that's true! the one here
the etymology of the word, that was an old Roman settlement here
it was called 'Stoney Mere' for a while
if you want to go back and dig through your history
and if you want some tube history
then you should also know, that this was not always
part, of the Jubilee line
here's a map
when Stanmore station opened in 1932
it was initially part of the Metropolitan Railway and line
and it's worth noting
that at the time, nearby Stanmore Village station
was a branch between Stanmore, and Harrow and Wealdstone
Stanmore was transferred over to be part of the Bakerloo line
just seven years later in 1939
the popularity of direct trains to central london meant
that Stanmore Village station closed in 1952
but for more on that
watch my Lost Railways of London video, that's linked right now
and then finally, Stanmore
and the whole branch down to Baker Street
became part of the brand new Jubilee line
when that opened, in 1979
for many years at Stanmore
there were just two platforms, but this was back in the day of
six car trains, and when the drivers
drove the trains all manually
now they're seven car trains, they're automated
and they added in a third platform over there
and what's unusual therefore is that you've got platform one here
platform two there
and platform three there
so from left to right it goes
three, one, two
or from right right left it goes
two, one, three
and over on platform three is the classis, as featured in
"Secrets of the Jubilee Line"
the waiting roo,m, the waiting shelter which nobody woiuld ever use
because you just board a train, rather then
sit, in that waiting shelter
but, it's nice to see that it's still there
when i was at EDgware, there was like a split bench situation
i did a hilarious two shot
with two Geoff's, second Geoff is not here today
just me, just the one Geoff
but i will pop up here some graphics
because of the hilarious anagrams
that we came up with
for Stanmore
ran 'Stanmore' through an angram generator
and you come up with "No Master"
"Roast men"
"One Trams"
"Manor Set"
and "Mean Sort"
if you have any to add to that ...
... please put them in comments below! thank you
just to the side
there's like, a whole bunch of carriage sidings
currently emprty, but in the morning / late at night, full of trains!
46 ... 47 ... 48 ... forty eight steps
if you're counting, which i am!
from the top to the bottom
that's quire a lot of steps
however, Stanmore IS
technically speaking, a step free station
but however, on thos 48 steps
is a very nice
Art on the Underground gallery
and i've just spotted over here
bit like Cockfosters, having an old telephone booth
in the old days
there would have been phones in there
not any more
Stanmore station does have a lovely cute village feel to it
a little ironic
when you conside that it kille off the other Stanmore station which was actually called Stanmore village
and also, rather lovely
it still houses local businesses
including this minicab company
a newsagents
and even a barber shop, i would have got my hair cut
but i ... don't need to do that at the moment
the newsagents though
turned out to be rather handy for me, for the next stage
of my adventure
i'm glad that the shop is there, because i'm just loading up on
sugary drinks and snacks
because i've got to go and make the very treachourous journey
that is the step-free path
from the car park to the station
i'm literally worried about how long
it's going to take me, could be several hours
could be several days, so i'm gonna
eat and drink up, and then i'll be ready to
face the challege
yes, as the sign says
car park and step free route is this way
because there is footpath here
it's just that it ...
... it just goes on forever
do you ever play those old adventure-by-text games?
you are at a clearing in a forest
there is a path ahead of you
whilst some steps to the west do you want to carry on heading east?
or turn left? Feels A Bit Like That!
the path carries on
So i want to say it's taken about twenty minutes to get to the end of the path
but, that is a joke
it hasn't taken that long
but it does just feel slightly convoluted
for the tube map to have that bue blob on it
saying, you know 'step free'
it is a bit of a faff
to come along that long path, and also
if you're on a wheelchair
there's like a three level ramp system
which is a bit of a faf
to get up and down
i've got a friend that is a wheelchair use that comes to Stanmore a lot
and basically, if you want to be proper step free
Tfl .. hi!
put in a proper lift, it needs a proper lift
to be proper step free
rather than this long, concoluted route
around from the Car Park .. CAR PARK!
tick that off your bonus .. off your Bingo sheet, rather
a three hundred space carpark, which ...
... i keep hearing
they're threating to sell off to turn into housing
would you rather housing, or rather a car park?
but Stanmore does also have, a car park. Tick.
so we're going for a little wander, i've crossed the road
you can see the station behind me
and i'm going up this perfectly straight road here, now some people
have said to me in conversation because
they've looked on Google Maps, it looks a bit like
sort of like when High Barnet might have been extended
were there any plans Geoff? people ask, to extend Stanmore
is this an old path that was once reserved for the railway
well as far as i know
there were no plans to ever extend beyond Stanmore
if you know differemt, please let me know
but all this is, as far as i'm aware
is Carey avenue, which i'm walking up for the first time in my life
because i'm told, that there is a really good view
at the top of Stanmore Country park ahead
and whilst i do that walk ...
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according to my map that i'm looking at
i'm at Woodfarm London viewpoint
and there's a sign over there just says London Viewpoint
and you can indeed see lots of sights
all across London, checking out the Wembley Arches right there
so, err
this is a pretty cool place, a walk which i didn't know was here
until i Googled it and i researched
and it's just 10 minutes from Stanmore station
come up, walk up through the woods
bluebells are out at the moment 'cause it's April, it's lovely
great place, very nice, Stanmore Country park
to walk around and come up for this great
viewpoint here, and i've just noticed
in the background behind me there
is that on the Bingo Card as well? it's a litter bin
and that reminds me, of a fact
that someone once told me
and i just googled in and found the link
and i'll put it in the description
there is an FOI
a freedom of information request from years back
where somebody once asked TfL
which Tube Station has the most litter bins?
and TfL replied, saying
"It is stanmore station", but just to be sure
i'm going to go and do a litter bin count, before i go home
DING
DING DING DING DING DING
DING
and it totaly, i make that ten litter bins
that's a pure
tube station by the way, i think if you include Stratford
which is also a national rail station, and overground
there might be more, but in terms of a pure tube station
Stanmore has ten litter bins
this does of course now mean, that i've got the urge to go back
and count the litter bings, at all the oher End of the Line stations
these things are very important sometimes!
should do a spreadhsheet
that's what we should do ... that is it
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if you want to see all the other videos in this series
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in a minute, what we up to now? fourteen, fifteen?
there's still more episodes to come
we're not done yet, as we get round the tube system
exporing ...
the end of the line, thanks for watching, see ya.