Riding the Crossrail Simulator

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  • Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
  • TfL asked us down to a depot near Ilford where drivers are being trained up on the new Class 345 trains - some of which are already in operation. It meant that we got to see a simulated version of what the the new tunnels look like...
    Camera: Matt Frost.

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  • @thuspoirot
    @thuspoirot 6 років тому +25

    The waiting rotating circles at 0:50 cosplaying the roundels are officially the most beautiful designer decision ever.

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 6 років тому

      thuspoirot And the new line logo is on the screen below it. It looks good in purple.

  • @lestmak
    @lestmak 4 роки тому +31

    “It’s December 2017. It’s a year away. It’s coming.”
    November 2019: where’s my train?

    • @joey-kaboey6475
      @joey-kaboey6475 4 роки тому +6

      May 2020 STILL NO TRAIN?????

    • @stopsallmelb
      @stopsallmelb 3 роки тому

      Inb4 no trains until 2023

    • @JoeDobisz
      @JoeDobisz 3 роки тому +1

      October 2020, still no trains

    • @soobinsbread590
      @soobinsbread590 3 роки тому +1

      Its almost november 2020. No trayns

    • @SK_3PT1
      @SK_3PT1 3 роки тому +1

      @@soobinsbread590 december 2020
      i dont think theres any trains

  • @harrytodhunter5078
    @harrytodhunter5078 6 років тому +53

    Geoff vs evil Geoff. Crossrail vs Elizabeth line.

  • @papaquonis
    @papaquonis 6 років тому +104

    Yeah, as a train driver I've spent quite a lot of time in a similar kind of simulator. The graphics aren't quite as good as a modern gaming pc might be able to offer, but it's reasonably convincing so as to give you an idea of what it's like to drive the real thing.

    • @tpmiranda
      @tpmiranda 6 років тому

      Sadly in Portugal they have to open a newly refurbished line weeks after training has been done, because simulators are a thing of the past (80's and 90's actually).

    • @laju
      @laju 6 років тому +5

      In fact, I found it more difficult in a simulator than driving the real thing, because you don't experience acceleration/deceleration yourself.

    • @papaquonis
      @papaquonis 6 років тому +2

      True, you do lack that sense of connection to the train in the simulator.

    • @petercooper3070
      @petercooper3070 6 років тому +2

      You do if they're on motion bases like many of them are.

    • @KiLLJoYYouTube
      @KiLLJoYYouTube 3 роки тому

      You've have thought they'd call up rockstar games and ask them politely to develop some models

  • @jameslynch2611
    @jameslynch2611 6 років тому +6

    I was lucky enough to meet Howard once, he was a very friendly man and took me for a ride in the cab one of the old class 315 trains from Liverpool Street to Forest Gate. I can't wait until Crossrail is completed!

  • @patmeaden
    @patmeaden 6 років тому +13

    F**k it, I’m calling it Geoff rail

  • @Stjaernljus
    @Stjaernljus 6 років тому +59

    i will name it steve

  • @TheLoxxxton
    @TheLoxxxton 6 років тому +61

    I dont even live in london but I still like this channel

    • @SpeedBird6780
      @SpeedBird6780 6 років тому +2

      Same

    • @askefant3053
      @askefant3053 6 років тому +13

      And I dont even live in the U.K.

    • @willyberesford6964
      @willyberesford6964 6 років тому +6

      loxxxton poxxxton I don't live in London. I live in NYC. I've been to London before and I prefer TFL more than MTA

    • @virxyz9261
      @virxyz9261 6 років тому +4

      I live in india still i love it

    • @holnrew
      @holnrew 6 років тому +2

      Geoff is an engaging presenter

  • @Heismann
    @Heismann 6 років тому +10

    Finally Geoff are qualified to drive the Crossrail 😍

  • @zeebeezoey
    @zeebeezoey 6 років тому +26

    The term you're looking for there is 'Simulation Sickness'. It's also experienced by users of VR (Oculus, HTC Vive etc.)

    • @RisqueBisquet
      @RisqueBisquet 6 років тому +2

      I've heard it called VR sickness. It can get very intense! Takes you by surprise.

    • @davidt-rex2062
      @davidt-rex2062 6 років тому +4

      I get it with FPS games - its a form of motion sickness - your brain not matching what the body is actually doing.

  • @AtoZbyLocalBus
    @AtoZbyLocalBus 2 роки тому +4

    Watching this in 2021. I had to laugh, when Geoff says it is a year from opening. Hopefully it will opening in 2022.

  • @darrell190967
    @darrell190967 4 роки тому +5

    yet here we are in March 2020 and it's still months away from completion and ready for paying passengers

  • @jamesmb7760
    @jamesmb7760 6 років тому +104

    Elizabeth Line Noooooo but Crossrail yaaaaaaaahhhhh

    • @poznanskiszybkowiec_official
      @poznanskiszybkowiec_official 6 років тому +1

      CAN YOU SHUT UP!? CROSSRAIL WILL BE IN 2019! THIS NAME IS TEMPORARY. IF ELIZABETH LINE WILL BE WITH FULL LINE IN 2019, CROSSRAIL WILL NEVER RETURN TO MIND OF ALL TFL WORKERS, BUT TO MANY LONDONERS, YES IT WILL!

    • @Great_WesternTVFan
      @Great_WesternTVFan 6 років тому

      There is nothing wrong saying Elizabeth line.

  • @martinjolly8351
    @martinjolly8351 6 років тому

    I was at the front of a Copenhagen metro today (dlr-style driverless) and stations with full platform-edge doors underground looked very much the same as this simulation. Excited for Crossrail!

  • @EnderJBrito
    @EnderJBrito 6 років тому +8

    Train Simulator 2019 confirmed

  • @Leonaristo
    @Leonaristo 6 років тому

    Another great video from Geoff! Wow!

  • @choppership465
    @choppership465 2 роки тому

    just hearing my home area station makes me feel happy

  • @chazzboi1009
    @chazzboi1009 6 років тому +1

    Yay, Ilford was on the video but I must have missed you when you came down. :(

  • @jammin023
    @jammin023 6 років тому +1

    "My job is to manage the competence of the people that introduce our trainee drivers to the simulator".
    He trains train trainers to train train trainees.

  • @T_Dubbs
    @T_Dubbs 2 роки тому +4

    4:49 This aged well 😆

  • @londonbusexplorer
    @londonbusexplorer 6 років тому +166

    They forgot to censor the "E word"

  • @elliehumphrey7347
    @elliehumphrey7347 5 років тому +2

    The closest anyone will ever get to riding crossrail

  • @jeffreyau9751
    @jeffreyau9751 6 років тому +20

    When I first saw the intro at 2am:
    JESUS WHAT HAPPENED TO VICK--oh it's just Geoff

  • @helenlunn3829
    @helenlunn3829 6 років тому +5

    I've driven on one of those simulators, and it is weird, as it does feel like it is moving!

    • @hairyairey
      @hairyairey 6 років тому

      What does an emergency stop feel like though?

  • @ravimusicuk
    @ravimusicuk 6 років тому

    One look at that simulator screen and I was instantly reminded of The Gent In Questions "Let's Play London Underground Simulator" video. Hilarious viewing and highly recommended...

  • @kailidovas9562
    @kailidovas9562 3 роки тому +2

    VERY GOOD AND REALISTIC LOOKING SIMULATOR! 🎉😶👏

  • @ellenkingsley
    @ellenkingsley 6 років тому

    Crossrail looks amazing

  • @lawrencemartin8102
    @lawrencemartin8102 6 років тому

    Crossrail 2 is planned to come close to where I live (Shepperton & Surbiton). Nice video!

  • @TBTSimPlayer
    @TBTSimPlayer 6 років тому +39

    We have:
    Crossrail Geoff - that doesn't say the EL word
    EL Geoff - that "says" the EL word

    • @ShoreyJr
      @ShoreyJr 6 років тому +2

      Like that Star Trek episode with normal Kirk and evil Kirk.

    • @DavidShepheard
      @DavidShepheard 6 років тому

      EL Geoff needs to have a beard, so we know he is evil.

  • @RA-jx5si
    @RA-jx5si 4 роки тому +2

    Hope this gets added to one of the stations

  • @its-eric
    @its-eric 6 років тому +17

    The simulator looks a lot like TS2018, slightly changed/edited

    • @robskipworth3526
      @robskipworth3526 6 років тому +5

      Eric Hogg Looks more like TSW I think.

    • @DexterKDC
      @DexterKDC 6 років тому +3

      Eric Hogg ooo, leaked DLC ?

    • @meol0390
      @meol0390 5 років тому +1

      Rob Skip the loading screen locked liked it! @ 0:50

  • @LondonAndSouthEastTransport
    @LondonAndSouthEastTransport 6 років тому

    Crossrail will be an MTR line for London. MTR is an Asian subway company running commuter, metro and express services across Europe and Asia

  • @ashy5097
    @ashy5097 6 років тому +1

    Your soooo lucky. I would love to go in a sim like that! I hopefully will when im 21.

  • @Larry
    @Larry 6 років тому +4

    Does it vibrate or give and force feedback?

    • @tom58358
      @tom58358 3 роки тому

      You clearly didn't watch the whole video.

  • @john_smith1471
    @john_smith1471 6 років тому +1

    This ride was really interesting, I thought the simulator would show us inside the new Liverpool street Crossrail station. I wonder where the new Liverpool street pedestrian and passenger subway breaks through into the existing station?

  • @Mergatroid
    @Mergatroid 6 років тому +1

    I wish Train Simulator actually looked that good and that smooth.

  • @j-train13
    @j-train13 6 років тому +54

    It’s weird how I’ve never seen someone prefer to call it the E word

  • @thestargateking
    @thestargateking 6 років тому +1

    I like how you give both names that way smartasses like me can't say "oh do you mean the Elizabeth line"

  • @elitetwistyy9735
    @elitetwistyy9735 6 років тому

    The name that they use whilst building the line is Crossrail but actually, it will be part of the LU and called the Elizabeth Line I think

  • @user-np5si2ki3m
    @user-np5si2ki3m 6 років тому +6

    TRAIN SIMULATOR?

  • @daniellowry
    @daniellowry 4 роки тому +2

    Watching a few days before December 2019. Still hasn't opened

  • @terrific-bats
    @terrific-bats 6 років тому

    Great vid. Thumbs up

  • @starguy321
    @starguy321 6 років тому

    I once went on a ship simulator with ten other people and we had a force 9 gale simulated. Even though we weren't moving, several of us fell over because we were utterly convinced we were violently swaying

  • @mrhaggit
    @mrhaggit 6 років тому

    It should be called 'Crossrail' personally! Great video Geoff anyway.

  • @ninesquared81
    @ninesquared81 6 років тому +2

    Crossrail. JUST Elizabeth Line = tube line. Maybe service = Crossrail, line = Elizabeth Line. That also leaves naming space for more Crossrail lines. The (whole) London Underground isn't called the Metropolitan Line now is it?

  • @polygoncartoons1599
    @polygoncartoons1599 6 років тому +1

    I think all the Jubilee Line and Crossrail stations should have platform-edge doors, including the overground stations.

  • @SUMMONER917
    @SUMMONER917 4 роки тому

    They have a simplified version at the London Transport Museum!

  • @TheMiz_0
    @TheMiz_0 3 роки тому

    I was part of the team that built crossrail from mining to fit out. Also installation of the westinghouse platform screen doors (mech eng)

  • @whoisy.jxnnie6313
    @whoisy.jxnnie6313 6 років тому

    How is there two of you, is it the POWER OF EDITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Great video about the Crossrail.

  • @Maryonpark
    @Maryonpark 6 років тому

    I think this is all pretty cool

  • @tyrozone5
    @tyrozone5 6 років тому

    Crossrail, plus I've been on the class 345 last Thursday at Stratford

  • @NextSound170
    @NextSound170 6 років тому

    If only TS2018 (Train Simulator) was this smooth. Imagine the computers running this, dream

  • @dannypeck96
    @dannypeck96 6 років тому +32

    crossrail. its not a tube line.

  • @ylw
    @ylw 5 років тому

    Come to Singapore! We've got driverless trains where you can look out the front and read ends of the trains to see what the tunnels and stations are like.

    • @Wakajce
      @Wakajce Рік тому

      Driverless subway*

  • @uwlodar
    @uwlodar 6 років тому +8

    I want to call it crossrail 1, but its gonna be signed and officially referred to as the Elizabeth line, so im gonna have to call it that. I really wish they’d stuck with an RER style labelling like Paris has.

    • @buddyclem7328
      @buddyclem7328 6 років тому

      RER?

    • @uwlodar
      @uwlodar 6 років тому

      Buddy Clem Paris has a network of crossrail-like lines under the city, but rather than listing them as part of the metro, they’re a seperate entity called RER. You’d think the elizabeth line would be the first line of a new class of tfl travel (especially with the new purple roundels), but the naming makes it seem like part of the tube

  • @Lars-gu3wi
    @Lars-gu3wi 5 років тому +1

    In Germany we have moving Simulator cabs

  • @cowscrazy
    @cowscrazy 6 років тому +52

    Elizabeth line sounds stupid. Cross rail explains what it is.

    • @poznanskiszybkowiec_official
      @poznanskiszybkowiec_official 6 років тому +1

      cowscrazy. i know it may sound stupid but, TFL wants to name it Elizabeth line because: it has tunnels under central london

    • @RoamingAdhocrat
      @RoamingAdhocrat 6 років тому +5

      Are you… cross… about the name change?

    • @poznanskiszybkowiec_official
      @poznanskiszybkowiec_official 6 років тому

      uuum yeah? But that doesn't mean that they cant name it elizabeth line because it has tunnels central london

    • @NoName-mh7oo
      @NoName-mh7oo 6 років тому

      *Lets call it Elizabeth Line*

    • @poznanskiszybkowiec_official
      @poznanskiszybkowiec_official 6 років тому

      yeah, for TUBE with the same name, but not for crossrail

  • @zekiahcantanimate447
    @zekiahcantanimate447 6 років тому

    crossrail sounds good

  • @AnsaldoJ
    @AnsaldoJ 6 років тому

    Dovetail Games, you have some competition

  • @dominicfindlay
    @dominicfindlay 6 років тому

    So that's why there's no doors on the front or the back of the train. The walkway is on the side so no reason to go out the front or back.

  • @rjc0234
    @rjc0234 6 років тому

    those passengers on the platform look exactly like dovetail train simulator ones

  • @edwardjoynes7961
    @edwardjoynes7961 6 років тому

    I went on the s stock simulator a few years ago!

  • @EpicThe112
    @EpicThe112 Рік тому

    My question here did Geoff and the MTR Crossrail Driver Instructor turn on AWS TPWS DSD CBTC overlaid on ETCS Driver Remainder Appliance to prevent SPAD

  • @ianmoseley9910
    @ianmoseley9910 6 років тому

    I think the 345s are running east out of Liverpool Street but not in the new tunnels yet

    • @agent_605
      @agent_605 6 років тому

      Ian moseley Yes, they have been running since June and nowadays I think around a 1/3 of TfL Rail services are now 345 operated

  • @nuuttihelimaki7488
    @nuuttihelimaki7488 6 років тому +1

    I'm so jealous to you!

  • @roundel52
    @roundel52 6 років тому

    It's Crossrail for me. But I suspect that a year or so down the line, most Londoners will call it the "Liz Line" its got that alliteration that will just make it work.

  • @dominicfindlay
    @dominicfindlay 6 років тому

    Also the front doesn't need to be yellow as LED lights are deemed bright enough.

  • @tylerplaysrobloxandsportlu4901
    @tylerplaysrobloxandsportlu4901 2 роки тому

    Is that a Simulator we can all plan

  • @TheGoodWario
    @TheGoodWario 6 років тому

    NerdCubed needs to try this so he could probably faf around in a proper train simulator.

  • @crazyoncoffee
    @crazyoncoffee 6 років тому

    I know this isn't the popular opinion but I'm gonna call it the Elizabeth line because that's what everyone else will be calling it! All the other Londoners who don't happen to be transport nerds! Yes it would be nice if we called it Crossrail, but remember, we're still getting a cross-London railway at the end of the day, they can call it whatever they like and I'd still be happy. Remember that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. It does lend to the problem, though, of what to call Crossrail 2! Another Royal-themed name, or something else entirely? In London's future I see a sort of blurring of all modes of transport, where it doesn't matter what 'mode' you're riding strictly: Underground, Overground, Crossrail, DLR, or Tram. As long as the service frequency and quality is there in the majority of stations, let them all go by 'line' names, if it means Londoners feel they have a more frictionless way to transfer between modes.
    Part of the big point of Crossrail is to take travellers off the Central line. We know from Thameslink, that even though it is known about as an alternative to the Northern line, between say Elephant & Castle and Kentish Town, because it feels like National Rail, travellers probably stay away as they feel it's too much of a hassle to change between tube and National Rail and tube again. TfL want Crossrail to basically feel like the twelfth tube line between Ealing Bdy and Stratford/Abbey Wood, naming it a line makes it a mental shift toward getting more people to use it as an alternative to the already packed Central line and maybe even some east-west journeys on the Circle line. I think if it gets the foot traffic to be balanced, it's a good move no matter if we disagree.

  • @davidyoung5114
    @davidyoung5114 5 років тому

    Didn't I hear somewhere that 'Crossrail' refers to the construction company that is building the new rail line, and 'Elizabeth Line' is the name of the new line itself?

  • @youcanpunchmeintheface
    @youcanpunchmeintheface 6 років тому

    they used ETCS system? judging from the appearance of the on board display

  • @DexterKDC
    @DexterKDC 6 років тому +2

    The AWS display is digital.and...no more analog sunflower😓 (and Geoft has very little train driving experience haha) play more Train Sim 20xx or TSW Geoft! hehe

  • @espenjohansen8074
    @espenjohansen8074 6 років тому

    so when are you going to take a license for any of the rail-vehicles going inside London? It would make for a great youtube-video in its own, and would make some great footage doing "guest appearances" from the drivers seat from time to time :)

  • @hairyairey
    @hairyairey 6 років тому

    Just wondering what kind of motion sickness you'd get if you missed the AWS button in the simulator? That would feel very strange!

  • @drfusioncraft
    @drfusioncraft 6 років тому

    Bombardier actually delivered their cars on time?!? Here in Toronto, we've been waiting for our new streetcars for years..

  • @metjushfromcave
    @metjushfromcave 6 років тому

    what about the - gasp - Crossrail Line?

  • @kailidovas9562
    @kailidovas9562 3 роки тому +1

    I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A SIBLING!

  • @akarouge
    @akarouge 6 років тому

    So kind of like train simulator with an actual cab?

  • @BenTheMiner
    @BenTheMiner 6 років тому +2

    How was there two? That is some great tricks

    • @basictransportenthusiast4386
      @basictransportenthusiast4386 6 років тому +1

      BenTheMiner / MTA Railfanner it’s him recording himself twice and editing it so that there is two in one scene

    • @BenTheMiner
      @BenTheMiner 6 років тому +1

      But the transition is great!

  • @ajf3202
    @ajf3202 6 років тому

    Crossrail definitely. Not everything has to be named after the queen.

  • @CBTvideos
    @CBTvideos 6 років тому

    We need it on Steam! haha

  • @maritimefilminguk
    @maritimefilminguk 5 років тому

    It's December 2018 and where is it???

  • @channel64_thename
    @channel64_thename 6 років тому

    When is Crossrail expected to fully open?

    • @victoriajames586
      @victoriajames586 6 років тому

      Channel 64 it opens in part dec18 and fully opens a year later. Go to the crossrail web sight for full details

  • @mindthegapplease3840
    @mindthegapplease3840 6 років тому +2

    Hey Londonist it's Mind The Gap Please (Miles) I will call it Crossrail Always

  • @belterge3703
    @belterge3703 6 років тому +39

    Never call it the E******** Line

    • @Jasper-oi9dh
      @Jasper-oi9dh 6 років тому +3

      Just call it the "You didn't do anything" line.

    • @belterge3703
      @belterge3703 6 років тому +1

      Or the ''I'll wait till Brexit to ride this one'' Line.

    • @The315fan
      @The315fan 6 років тому

      Absolutely agree with you!

  • @mcbain23
    @mcbain23 6 років тому

    Geoff squared.. cool vid

  • @kieronrobinson6238
    @kieronrobinson6238 4 роки тому

    And here we are October 2019 still waiting lol

  • @TransportCambs
    @TransportCambs 6 років тому

    What game is this?

  • @mparryuk52
    @mparryuk52 6 років тому

    Is there any way of a member of the public paying to use this or another simular simulator? Does anyone who has an idea have a recommendation please?

    • @blackham7
      @blackham7 5 років тому

      You can go down and ask and if you're a enthusiast they'll see if theres a chance they can't you use it

  • @Showtime6192009
    @Showtime6192009 6 років тому +2

    DTG Train sim should ask for the guys who set up this sim for help with there game lol

  • @stephen5608
    @stephen5608 5 років тому

    Does anyone know what software this is? I play train Sims on PC and this one looks alot more crisp and the lighting is much better. I'm guessing this software may not be available to the public though

  • @jameswaber6566
    @jameswaber6566 6 років тому

    why didnt they call crossrail the windsor line or something like that?

  • @TravelJackJourneys158
    @TravelJackJourneys158 6 років тому +5

    I think it should be called Cross Rail as it runs on National Rail Lines from Reading

    • @seanworrall
      @seanworrall 6 років тому +1

      Runs on National Rail Lines for its entire distance incl. branches. The central tunnels are National Rail.

  • @matt_kolodziej
    @matt_kolodziej 4 роки тому

    the end bit... akward its october 2019, where is crossrail? :D

  • @southernrailwayfan67southe78
    @southernrailwayfan67southe78 3 роки тому

    I have played the simulator at the London transport museum

  • @EoRdE6
    @EoRdE6 6 років тому

    Reverse motion sickness as you call it exists in alot of VR games and such

  • @NorthWestElectrics
    @NorthWestElectrics 5 років тому

    345 "Aventra" Is the best Aventra To exist

  • @RoamingAdhocrat
    @RoamingAdhocrat 6 років тому

    Thought you were going to be playing with the laminated paper version of the sim we glimpse at the beginning. Aw.

  • @Dan1ukflava
    @Dan1ukflava 11 місяців тому

    Please do a tutorial on how to drive the Elizabeth line ❤❤❤