It’s truly fascinating to discover that many parts of the London Underground are in fact overground and are in semi-rural locations, operating at such high speeds at that hour of the morning and I was really surprised to see you back-tracking on one section - I hardly know London at all, being Irish and having lived 23 years in Manchester and most of the technical terms in the comments are totally unfamiliar to me, however I am interested in learning these
The fascinating thing for me is seeing it from the cab on the new stock - I used to commute from Chesham via Finchley Road and I'm not sure if the speed limits has been increased? Very different to watching Dale on the Piccallilly!
No speed limits have been same for many years now on the met. Chesham branch is 35 in both directions unless there has been very hot temps then its 25 on the branch. Amersham down to Harrow on the fast line is 60mph all the way and then from Harrow going south again 60 on the fast to Wembley park and 50 on the local line.
OK, a question as I'm not an train operator, only interested in how it all goes. Typically how long are you in training, learning the road, (rules) etc before they let you go solo? Or should that be proprietrary information?
minimum is 16 weeks, the first 3 weeks are in the classroom in an intensive course learning rules and regulations, train procedures, emergency situations etc. 2 exams followed by 1 final exam at the end of the 3 weeks tested on everything you have learnt including spad procedures. Once you pass that you then go to your assigned line and depot and begin line based training followed by stock which is learning all about your train and how to fix defects etc. Then you are assigned an instructor and will be driving in passenger service for 12-14 weeks with the last 2 weeks called wash up where you and the instructor will cover any reversal moves you have not done and anything you want to refresh. Then its the summartive assessment or 'road test' where you are driving with an assessor in the cab who monitors your driving and then afterwards will ask you a number of questions about general rules and procedures, line based questions and stock defect questions. Once thats done you are out by yourself and regulary monitored for the first few months and then you have yearly refreshers same as other drivers.
@@AdventuresOnLondonTransport ato mode is known as ‘drive it like you stole it’ but in pm mode it will generally bring us into platforms at a slightly slower speed than in ato as it doesn’t trust us to stop from a higher approach speed 😂
I have driven in PM mode on the jubilee line out of service before on work experience, lucky me at the time! It was quite restrictive, 5 mph under the limit was how to drive without all the overspeed alarms, but it was easy to loose time. It's clearly designed for ATO
when i find something to put the captions on the screen then they will be on there, in the meantime i'm disappointed answering this comment as many times i have stated some videos will not have any voiceover as they will be used by our skills development team to use for trainee's route learning.
Just discovered this channel. However pretty disappointed tbh. Where’s the narration on this video? For those who don’t know things like “what’s the bags with the letter “x” on the signals? . How long have you been a driver etc ? Would be so nice if you brought the viewer with you so to speak and much appreciated too.
@@alhoopster6499 sorry you not happy with the channel, i did state there will be some videos of me narrating and some of just driving and those would aid new drivers route learning.
It’s truly fascinating to discover that many parts of the London Underground are in fact overground and are in semi-rural locations, operating at such high speeds at that hour of the morning and I was really surprised to see you back-tracking on one section - I hardly know London at all, being Irish and having lived 23 years in Manchester and most of the technical terms in the comments are totally unfamiliar to me, however I am interested in learning these
anything you need to know please ask 👍
Only 45% of the London Underground is ‘underground’.
The fascinating thing for me is seeing it from the cab on the new stock - I used to commute from Chesham via Finchley Road and I'm not sure if the speed limits has been increased? Very different to watching Dale on the Piccallilly!
No speed limits have been same for many years now on the met. Chesham branch is 35 in both directions unless there has been very hot temps then its 25 on the branch. Amersham down to Harrow on the fast line is 60mph all the way and then from Harrow going south again 60 on the fast to Wembley park and 50 on the local line.
OK, a question as I'm not an train operator, only interested in how it all goes. Typically how long are you in training, learning the road, (rules) etc before they let you go solo? Or should that be proprietrary information?
minimum is 16 weeks, the first 3 weeks are in the classroom in an intensive course learning rules and regulations, train procedures, emergency situations etc. 2 exams followed by 1 final exam at the end of the 3 weeks tested on everything you have learnt including spad procedures.
Once you pass that you then go to your assigned line and depot and begin line based training followed by stock which is learning all about your train and how to fix defects etc.
Then you are assigned an instructor and will be driving in passenger service for 12-14 weeks with the last 2 weeks called wash up where you and the instructor will cover any reversal moves you have not done and anything you want to refresh. Then its the summartive assessment or 'road test' where you are driving with an assessor in the cab who monitors your driving and then afterwards will ask you a number of questions about general rules and procedures, line based questions and stock defect questions.
Once thats done you are out by yourself and regulary monitored for the first few months and then you have yearly refreshers same as other drivers.
Surreal. The Underground running in the middle of nowheresville.
@@Gary0557 Chesham branch even more remote. Such nice scenery.
I am always fascinated by the sheer amount of cabling alongside the underground lines. It's either more hidden or there's less of it on the mainline.
that sand drag on 34rd at Amersham, isn't long for this world! will be replaced soon enough with a new friction arrestor
Do you prefer manual driving to signals or CBTC PM/ATO?
I prefer driving to lineside signals in tripcock mode, PM driving in the ATO area is ok but not as good as with lineside signals.
@@traindrivergamer4279Yeah especially with PM you don’t choose how you want to drive, the computer wants you to drive the way it wants to drive
More limited on how fast you can go etc
@@AdventuresOnLondonTransport ato mode is known as ‘drive it like you stole it’ but in pm mode it will generally bring us into platforms at a slightly slower speed than in ato as it doesn’t trust us to stop from a higher approach speed 😂
I have driven in PM mode on the jubilee line out of service before on work experience, lucky me at the time! It was quite restrictive, 5 mph under the limit was how to drive without all the overspeed alarms, but it was easy to loose time. It's clearly designed for ATO
Nice
It's a lot easier when you don't have to stop for ghose pesky passengers 😂😂
@@Grid56 its true they just slow you down 😂
Well, it would have been an interesting ride had we known the station names, and general information of the surrounding areas. Disappointing.
when i find something to put the captions on the screen then they will be on there, in the meantime i'm disappointed answering this comment as many times i have stated some videos will not have any voiceover as they will be used by our skills development team to use for trainee's route learning.
Just discovered this channel. However pretty disappointed tbh. Where’s the narration on this video? For those who don’t know things like “what’s the bags with the letter “x” on the signals? . How long have you been a driver etc ? Would be so nice if you brought the viewer with you so to speak and much appreciated too.
@@alhoopster6499 sorry you not happy with the channel, i did state there will be some videos of me narrating and some of just driving and those would aid new drivers route learning.
@@traindrivergamer4279 fair comment. Only seen the met line one which is my fav line. Look forward to watching others also.
@@alhoopster6499 plenty more to come 👍
Looking forward to it 👍
Al I agree after watching Dale's night time drives to Heathrow
Interesting article on the current stock on Met and suburban lines: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_S7_and_S8_Stock
Lovely train to drive :)