Why It's Impossible To Cool Down London Underground | The Tube | Spark
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- Опубліковано 4 гру 2018
- The underground network is in the grip of a heatwave and with the average temperature on the tube being 10 degrees higher than outside, emergency services need to be called.
Summer 2002 was no easy feat for the people working on the tube, making sure day to day workings of the underground ran as smoothly as possible. From strikes to repairs, to world records, join us as we get to know the unsung heroes of the Tube.
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I want Brian to call me 'matey'
Toby Paterson I want him to say “make it snappy” to me
PUPPUP30 Gaming lol wtf that sounds wrong af
Me too
Do you fancy him?
@@stephthestar90 wants Brians tash to tickle his balls.
I live in the US. I don't even know why I'm watching this at 1am.
bcs whe are awsome and better than america
I’m from England I know why because England is better.
Cos humanity lies in English land
I've been binge watching this since around 5 am, it's now 8 am.
Lol
How amazing that they would send an employee with her to make sure she’s safe
diamondpiks that was then, never would happen now
Tesla no it wouldn’t because the uk government withdrew there funding, which has made the underground even more less staffed and put even more strain on a old system what needs constant renovations.
Tesla It probably would still, but less common I suppose
Forza223 Bowe It would never happen. Regardless of the situation, unless you’re leaving at the end of your shift and helping whomever in your own time.
I've never understood why, is it normal for them to do that?
I like Brian seems like the kinda supervisor whos strict and expect his employees to do their jobs properly as every boss should but he also seems like hes a very kind and understanding supervsor he wont put up with shit but he will understand his employees needs and woes and thats how a boss should be
Solonduin Too many petty, and heartless bosses nowadays
Solonduin I’m from England.
Solonduin he is a manager not a boss. He doesn’t own them
Solonduin
True dat
Brian knows
Wow...sending someone home with her to make sure she gets home safely...that just doesn’t happen much anymore. Thank you for keeping others safe.
There is something wonderful and hypnotic about this show. I really enjoy the format, music, and narration. Nothing more peaceful. Spark has licensed some excellent content for our viewing pleasure. Thumbs up! Keep up the good work.
It's optimistic, not pessimistic. It's not glorifying anything, and it's not demonizing anything either. We're just not used to these kind of shows anymore.
fiveironfan2 I just trains n shit
vincentpol Not surprised, it was filmed back in less judgemental times
Forza223 Bowe Do you know when exactly it was filmed?
XxLukeEngland2xX RBLX 2005 I'm pretty sure or 2003-2005
Let me get this strait. A lady passed out on the tube. The station manager checked on her himself, made sure she was okay, phoned her place of work to tell them she should be going home, AND sent an employee with her to make sure she made it okay. Meanwhile here in american we don't have guaranteed sick days, paid time off, or affordable healthcare. Freaking incredible.
Lmao
To be fair, this was a long, long time ago. All those employees checking tickets and whatnot are long gone.
He is a class act, not many people like that.
@@satyris410 They're still in Brixton on occasion. And always one or two at the big station..Victoria for example.
I've never passed out or collapsed on a train, but when I had my pocket picked and alerted a ticket staffer to it, they ended up getting the station manager to call the transport police and get my statement, and the transport police took me home. Of course, that was 9 years ago now.... wonder if that would happen nowadays.
Past14:23 did he just say he should be taken away and shot?! Bit harsh 🤣🤣
Jake So ikr
What can we say? Simon's passionate about his reggae.
lol saw that, he really hates the Bob Marley covers clearly!
Lol I love that guy
😂😂 was hoping someone else caught that too!
I love the station master with the Caribbean accent!
"He's just a scruffy individual who can't sing and can't play his guitar"
I'm dead.
People... drink more water in the hot weather. At least carry it with you in case.
The Welsh kit april through october is a bottle of water, bottle of sunscreen and an umbrella. But I dehydrate easily and burn easily so I take precautions
Love watching documentaries from this time. So much has changed. The fact that there's no one with their head buried in a mobile phone is so strange to watch by someone who has never experienced a world like this.
instead they’re buried in newspapers
It's Celsius in the UK. Just use Celsius. I understand Fahrenheit but why not just use the proper measure? Other than that fantastic show! :)
this was produced back when we still used Fahrenheit
We still do when talking about hot weather. Don't ask me why, perhaps it sounds more impressive than it is
Gadget we’ve never used Fahrenheit as standard.
Most people in the UK use and grew up with Fahrenheit
@@stu632 Really? Absolutely nobody I know uses Fahrenheit. Granted it's a small sample size but if most people in the UK grew up with it then at least one person should right
"You alright love" is the usual protocol, Nah its matey now
This was filmed in 2002.
@ It's nothing to do with that some say love some say matey but you are correct
@ People will ALSO complain if you say nothing.
L HK Exactly. Some people are only happy if they're moaning about something that's not pc. It makes them think they're clever while proving that they're dumb.
“You alright” means hello in the UK. You can see how people will get confused.
i was about a month old when this was filmed, now i’m 17
*tImE fLIeS*
17 months old
Ben Wfc kek
I was 12 when this was filmed. Now I'm 29
I was 1 now I'm about to turn 19
I was 64 when this filmed. I'm now 81
17:52 London Underground are planning to offer more talented buskers licenses. We don’t think Bob Marley will be one of them 😂
‘Taken away and shot’ line of the episode.
I love the Underground staff. They are truly amazing. I caught a train from Reading to Paddington last Saturday, in the hopes to travel on to Canada Water, but I was told that half the tube was shut (I was on one of the new Purple Crossrail/Elizabeth Line trains). So I got off at East Acton and went the long way round to Canada Water. Trouble was, this was the first time I've ever been through East Acton and there's no ticket barriers so I ended up just hoping straight onto the tub from my train. By the time I got to Canada Water I explained my story and how I should get at, the guy just let me out. It was a genuine mistake and he understood. He saved me the £6.50 fare for a "lost ticket" and just explained that next time I have to leave the station and walk back through the ticket barriers with my Oyster.
"Now you've stood up you're getting the colour back to your head" - as a nurse this has made my day, thanks for the chuckle
I don't get it? Lol
@@willw7743 When you stand up, due to simple gravity, blood flows to the peripheries (hands, feet etc) which is where you'd usually expect to get "colour", not the head. In fact in many cases colour can fade from the face due to postural and blood flow changes when you suddenly stand up. Hope that helps!
@@allewis86 thanks! That's what I thought lol
Would it be safe to assume that having someone stand up like that might not be the best thing?
@@willw7743 Yeah, I think she may have had to lie down a little longer.
@@allewis86 I was wondering about that... though, on the other hand, standing up and moving around can increase your heart rate, which is what I attributed her feeling better to. Sitting for a long time on the carriage, her heart rate going down to meet the lower requirements by losing circulation in her legs, etc. (I have some autonomic problems, and often I can feel lightheaded after sitting for too long, and less lightheaded by walking around, so long as I don't stand up too quickly. So I'm extremely conscious about these things, lol)
2002: ''London Underground loses half a million pounds in a week due to fare evasion. 80% of that from people under 30, 80% of that from Geoff Marshall alone''
Pretty funny
lkrnpk
1) so underrated
2) Geoff needs to see this
I’m sure he’d be flattered but he’s not quite under 30!
Maybe not flattered actually, he’s not a fare evader either! More avoider.
@@UA-cam2021FM in 2002 he was under 30 :)
If they cut the fares in half, they would only lose a quarter of a million pounds a week. :)
Brian is a man that we all want to work with. He is the man to get the job done.
London Underground staff are amazing the way they helped that women that passed out
in india they would have raped her and passed her along to the next station
@@oliverb6313 sounds like a Tuesday morning to me
I liked the guy at the end coming to show he has a ticket this time :D
I'm so glad the clumsy but genuine passenger found his ticket. I was rooting for that guy, and the inspector knew he was bona fide
Why the hell am I watching this old ass series from the early 2000’s at 11PM?! I’m from Norway
When I worked at London Bridge (national rail) before I relocated, it was common to have the passenger alarms activated in the morning rush. The warm temperatures of the busy trains didn't help, and surprisingly most people who get taken off ill from the trains during this time didn't eat breakfast. Their body could not cope with the combination
I drove on the CENTRAL LINE IN THE SUMMER OF 1976 i kept the front cab door open and the door into the passengers compartment ,,, many passengers thanked me .....
now you will get fired if you do that
Since when do we use °F 90° like come on °C
@graham moore yeah. Normal heatwave
Between 30-34C
Its so Americans will understand how hot it is.
bestname ever We shouldn’t even be helping those fat buffoons. Can’t they just use celsius instead?
@graham moore 32 may not sound hot to you, but it bloody well is hot. Try walking around London on a 32 degree day in high humidity and you'll see what I mean.
Love matey!!! He should be commended for his actions looking after the passanger
Andriy Yarmalenko the hell is that meant to mean?
Andriy Yarmalenko i’m not fake
Andriy Yarmalenko On the topic of legitimacy, You’re not a footballer for West Ham & Ukraine
Wouldn't hurt to take a bottle of water down to the train with him tho
2:43 'See, now you're stood up, you're getting the blood back to your head'. Hmm, yeah, I'm, hmm. Yeah.
Borderline, Books and Bipolar I know lol. As a person prone to blood sugar dips and fainting I know sitting down is what is needed, actually lying down if possible.
That seemed a little odd to me too... normally you lie someone down and raise their legs when they pass out.
Poor guy at 7:50 I know this was filmed ages ago but did the staff really have to wear a hat in that kinda of heat ???
Probably worth pointing out that hes a bit of a wanker
British staff and schools generally enforce proper uniform until it reaches the point of being a danger to their health. When it was consistently 35°c in classrooms and several people had fainted, and only after, did they change the uniform to be slightly cooler (no black tights - plain school skirts or pe bottoms)
Emma Jenkins I went to Harrow in Thailand, blazers and boaters in 40c heat 🔥🔥🔥
@@ireviewshtuff there's a Harrow in Thailand too? Huh.
I met Brian a few years ago at London Bridge tube, smashing old boy.
Is he still working for LU?
stephthestar90 doubt it.
@@stephthestar90 his retired now
He bummed ya!
Brian is SO caring what a star
I live an hour away from London and at the the beginning of the summer my scout group did a hike in London in the same day as a heatwave and it was 38 degrees outside and because we are from seaside town and there was no sea breeze we all really struggled with the 45 degree plus heat on the tube
The northern and jubilee line are such best friends
YAY Moustache friend is back! Love Brian
I used to work on the country and interstate trains in Victoria Australia in the 1980's and this show brings it all back to me. Thank you for a wonderful show! Love trains
Mate try 2018 heatwave. Its been 35C outside. And above livestock limits breached in the Central and Piccadilly lines.
@Alessandro Cavallaro ah but were you walking along the A2 for 2hrs trying to find a sign. And bear in mind im from the wet west country.
@Alessandro Cavallaro oof but you can have loadsa water and a nice breeze. I was walking and it was still
Laughs in Australian
Have you had a 45C heatwave? dont think so
But are you from the uk? Thought not.
Best ending ever
There are 3 certainties in life:
1: Death
2: Taxes
3: "Bob Marley" coming back
"You gotta keep your cool!" - Love it!
Simon “Chalky” White is one of the nicest guys on the underground, and probably in London too!
In Stockholm, some of the metro stations are located at least 20 meters below ground in exposed blasted caves, some of these cave stations just use a standard ventilation system and yet even dueing the warmest days during summer it's still extremely cool in the stations. The trains lack AC though.
The guy in the end.. haha nice one lad
Very professional!! MARTA needs to take note lol
Very good video, the ticket inspectors are almost delightful compared to NY.
I was in London in the last weekend in June of 2019 for the Yankee/Red Sox series at London Stadium, it was a hot weekend 35-45 degrees C in the Underground. Nobody expects the system to be air conditioned but with climate change the carriages have to be upgraded with AC. Currently the answer seems to be the vents above the windows get opened as well as the windows at the end of each car, this results in hot air being flushed through the train with the mechanical smells of the system in addition to the extreme noise. The Underground is far superior to NY’s but at least we have AC in the cars offering some respite in the carriages. I know the UK is not accustomed to hot weather, it’s one of the things I love about it, but it be hooves the system to get on the ball, it ain’t gonna get any better going forward.
Circle line has ac
@@waterlooblaky59metropolitan, Hammersmith and city, and district also have air conditioning.
When will people (especially weather reporters) realise that hotter is not better
Ikr. I've always preferred the cooler temperatures. It's much easier to warm up to an ideal temperature then it is to keep cool.
Hotter is better. I've been low 40's before and it was a pleasure for me
@@johnvonhorn2942 Worst I experienced was an extended heatwave at 46c and I was working in the sun. I felt soooo ill. I love the heat, until I have to actually do manual labour in it. Then it's really horrible.
Tell me about it. It doesn't seem like those people would even know what heat exhaustion/stress/stroke is.
Low forties is great for me, I'm american though
Love these! Keep it up
I lowkey love that the guy came back and showed that he had a ticket this time. haha
Darren reminds me of MC Grindah for some reason.
If MC Grindah and Danny Dyer had a kid together, it would be Darren
YES
How very interesting that the ticket inspector does so much more than inspect tickets, they also are detectives and perform as a barrister does in court too. What a tough job to undertake!
Geezer is a top bellend
this channel is the root of my intrest in trains
Felt really sorry for the station manager but Bob Marley really made me laugh.
Brian is cool love him
Thankfully we are in 2018 where the S Stock exists and has really nice air conditioning, if its cold it can be hot and if its hot it can be cold, also how British Rail is now National Rail
British rail hasn't existed for 22 years now.
Not on the Central Line :(
@@ovaltineforlife4778 Yeah it shutdown didn't it, unsure with how it shutdown
@@MattGDesign Central line has 1992 stocks pretty old but it's alright, I like the 1992 stocks as they are automatic operated
@@kavirajnosib4648 not sure if you travelled on it over the summer, it was unbearably hot!
I also checked valid tickets and oyster passes, including customers having contactless avoiding to queue up for tickets, when I worked at Victoria Station back in 2017. This reminds me of that. Now im working at the LT museum Covent Garden with customer services, tickets please and bus steward.
Bob Marley is like the stations master's nemesis. The energy between them is hilarious xD
I love this show!!!
At least that guy has his ticket now.
I love this program so much I love to see more
Kind Staff,
Have Always Helped Me When In A Predicament.
Thank You.
More train and airport stuff please! Love it otherwise ❤
Holy damn! “...Taken away and shot, but that’s only my opinion.”
Brian is an absolute legend. He has so much confidence 🤣
Thank you God bless love your show. From Palm springs calif
I got "busted" once trying to help a guy. I say a guy that was clearly very drunk trying to buy a BART ticket. I walked up to him and told him to put his money away. He watched me as I pilled a $5 bill out of my wallet to buy him a ticket and he leaned over and said something to me.
Turned out he was *TRYING* to get robbed. He was a cop and I'd walked into a sting.
Later I saw the same sting taking place at the same station on TV. Some guy walked up and did the same thing I did. Trying to help.
Wow..well, thank you for being a good citizen. And I wonder how many people he caught doing that?
Cops spend so much time trying to cause and then catch crime. Jesus christ. We are wasting our money. Sting operations for petty theft??? ACAB
There's no AC on the deep tube because there is quite literally no space for it, neither in the tunnels nor in the trains. The soil gets warmed up so much by the trains that waste a lot of heat via braking.
they’ve AC on most now
End shot was brilliant
Darren reminds me of MC Grindah from People Just Do Nothing... He's literally a caricature 😂
Rumour has it, Darren supports Millwall, reads The Sun and voted for UKIP.
Glad this was in my recommended, thanks UA-cam.
Take a shot every time he says *”Matey”* and see how long until you’re drunk
I worked for London Transport from 1966-1968 it was different then. The Uniforms have changed.
give Bob Marley a job there, seems he really doesn't mind the hot conditions.
Brian’s a nice guy.
I love the Prague Subway. Cool in summer, warm in winter.
We had those same problems when I worked on the gateline duties for London underground at Victoria station back in 2017. While that customer walked through without a ticket
17:20 "I'm gonna keep you busy all day!"
Yeah boy very nice but the difference is, he is the one getting paid for that game of tag :3
in the US he would have been criminally trespassed game over
@@tnhl77 trespassing isn't illegal in the UK, it is handled by civil courts here
Why don’t they just get the police down there
"iTs OnLy 30 dEgrEeS!? wHeRe iM fRom ItS 500 dEgrEeS anD wE sTilL hAvE ouR hEaTeRs oN"
The tube employees are amazing!
i wonder what Crackhead Bob Marley is up to now...
Really odd at the beginning the radio announcer says it’s going to be 90° we don’t use Fahrenheit in the U.K.
I'm from America and I don't comprehend Celsius, really I don't. I'm American,I don't have to. I also have A/C. LMAO.
I was surprised by that as well.
It's use is dropping off, but this was filmed in 2002, mostly tabloids use it now for hot weather only though - weirdly Celsius is about the only metric measure that has embedded across all age groups / socioeconomic classes etc - the rest of it is still a god awful mish mash of imperial and metric though.
He's a nice kind guy.
The NYC Subway has exactly the same problem. Luckily most of the trains have AC but the stations can become boiling hot. How often does Britain get such high temperatures?
yay my fav train show :D
What a lovely man. I love this country and our culture.
Wow. Station supervisor. Monumental
11:37 Come to some of the Australian railway stations and underground trains where the outside temperature is plus 100f / 38c and can easily be 105f / 41c. How much can a koala bear?
this would be perfect for little britain. what power you have as a ticketboy
Good man
Brilliant video. Back when documentaries were done properly. And yes summer 2002 was a hot one but not as mad as the temps we are getting in London at the moment.
2003 was the hot one, 2002 not so much.
@@joeturner8769 I'm sure I must have been commenting on what's in the video, which I assume was made in 2002? I wasn't trying to make any general comments about temps in different years. Summer 2002 was hot as I said. I didn't say it was hotter or colder than any other year of the early 00's. I know 2003 was hotter. But we're talking about 2002 here and it certainly weren't as hot as last september in london. Do you just reply to peoples' comments on videos without looking at the vid?
OMG this was in 2002😱 this was 18 years ago!
As much as Brian helped the young lady, I feel like he could have been a little nicer about what he said after that. Yeah, he was being nice, but he did kind of have a go at her after she came round. It's not her fault she passed out :/
Matey
bless Brian
77 that is only 25c beautiful temp, could live in that all year round
this series is like a time capsule in video form. it's a strange combination of a world I don't recognise, yet one I know so well. No phones, no bright flashy screens everywhere... only 20 years ago!
I was 6 at this time.
In Montreal there are designated spots in the Metro where « musicians » can perform. There is an honour system where each musician can reserve the spot for a certain duration, by slipping a piece of paper under the sign. People can drop change in the fellow’s instrument box he puts ion the floor in front of him.
It works well. I have seen players from the conservatory practicing Mozart, and our version of Bob Marley :) And no license is required :)
A version of this system is now in operation on the Underground (this documentary is from some years ago).
@@unconventionalideas5683 some years as in 21 years ago lol
I'm across the pond in Boston. Our system is MUCH smaller than yours. Most of the trains have AC here but the downside to that is undersgound stations get VERY hot because all the heat from the condensers of the AC's has no real way out of the tunnels. In the hottest part of the summer they put large stand mounted fans on the platforms to at try and keep the air moving.
2002 was a weird time....
who is the guy at the beginning of the show who decides that an ambulance isn't required. Did he do his basic observations as a half decent medic would do, or did he just act up for the camera.
Yeah Brian seems like a nice, caring guy but I would have just let the ambulance check her out. They've already been called, better be safe than sorry.