The History of The London Underground
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Hit that bell button because feck all of you have. Plz
Real Engineering What is the ‘Th’ames? It’s ‘T’hames - ‘T’ not ‘Th’....
It would be cool if you would be able to collaborate with Jay Foreman sometime for a video, although his formatting of his content differs from yours.
How you pronounce Thames hurts me.
Hey no harm no foul, the comment shows you realized your error post recording. Frankly without re-recording entire sections of the video it would have sounded choppy to edit and came out worse for it. Probably would have taken a lot of time regardless.
To anyone it's still bothering; stiff upper lip and all that. It's not a big deal.
Comments section:
50%: temz
50%: *temz but bold*
Temmie?
Your channel is unique and irreplaceable never stop uploading.
As a Londoner I didn't want this video to end! A part 2 maybe?
Planning to do a video on the actual history of each line and how it was built. I’ll hopefully learn how to pronounce the Thames by then
Real Engineering
How about Victorian Engineering challenges and their effects on modern day construction techniques? Infrastructure maybe?
I'm not a Londoner, and I didn't want this video to end!
"The Londonist" youtube channel has great videos on the The Tube if you haven't checked them out
Londoner??? 😂😂
Every time you say "thaymes" instead of "tems" it hurts. I thought the pronunciation of Thames was common knowledge
J P I know im Irish and I've never heard anyone try to pronounce it like that because we don't pronounce our th's anyway so even if it was pronounced with a th we'd say temms regardless. He's overcompensating to be understood by pronouncing his th's properly but is mistaken in this case as you've said.
Mick the Bull also Huguenot should be pronounced hew-gah-noes not hew-gah-notts.
Mick the Bull It's an easy mistake to make, every English child asks this question growing up I'm sure. It was just a surprise after clearly a decent amount of research has gone into everything else, I guess this slipped through :P
Mick the Bull -Ah, so it's a case of hypercorrection then.
J P it’s not. It’s a common mistake, especially those who learn American English when learning English (even as a second language). I spent 10 years pronouncing the word as “Thaymes” before learning to pronounce it properly.
Believe it or not, American English is the most widely taught globally than British English. That’s why the pronunciation is not well known.
I was expecting a video about the influence of public transport on a community, but then I realized that this is not a video from Wendover Productions.
But the History of tunnel boring was interesting, too! The transition you did from cut and cover to the shield method with the story about Amsterdam was just brilliant!
good to know that i am not the only one who gets them mixed up every damn time.
Apace The BBC have an amazing documentary series called "The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track", which I thought was going to be about the infrastructure and logistics of the rail network. It kind of is, but it's far more about the people running it, and it's really interesting and well done.
I thought that it would be about other modes of transport
If it was Wendover he would make particular emphasis on the Piccadilly line because it goes to Heathrow
@@yoironfistbro8128 brilliant
Awesome!!!! History and Engineering combined!!!!
Just subscribed, hopefully I can support you on Patreon one day, though I am still a college student though, but maybe sharing your vids will help. Time to binge watch your videos
yay juiws Honestly, I always find the historical reasons for compromises the most fascinating part of engineering.
yay juiws I've been watching his videos since his fifth video, it's definitely worth the binge!
Yeah, sorry to be that guy, but, the Thames is pronounced "Tems".
Edward Shepherd it's annoying cause it's a good video, the pronunciation just made it seem a little off :(
I still liked the video though, great video.
I have never heard it referred as anything else
Huh, I have always heard it pronounced as Taymes, TIL.
Hey, don't hate, his accent is awesome
Real Engineering, are you aware of the recently completed tunnel boring project in Seattle? The world's largest tunnel boring machine was used to create a tunnel wide enough for a highway along the entire length of the Seattle waterfront. It also had to be made earthquake proof, along with other unique criteria. Fascinating stuff.
CaptainJdotJdot yeah, that's really cool.
but not as much as how the malaysians did it, they had to drill through the world's shittiest soil terrain filled with limestone caverns and heavy traffic and also the project specs of the "SMART" tunnel, which is a storm water management tunnel that's used as a by-pass in "peacetime".
Also the malaysians worked with the TBM company to create the mixed density TBM. (now there are at least three variants of the TBMs, standard two and the mixed density)
And yet, unluckily, still no good public transit.
I bet a lot of *BORING* work was done there.
The largest TBM is Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok.
The future of travel is *boring*
Chow Tom I hate you for the pun :P
*The Boring Company*
You sir deserve a medal
Out!
Ugh
Thames- said like temms
Eric Hogg yes the a is said like an e
Ever listen to the English try to pronounce most place names around the world. Laughable!
D_is_epik games: And the s like a z....
TEMZ. And I'm American and even I know how it is said over the pond.
fprintf: Well said - even those who claim to know put s on the end rather than z.
@@anghinetti I'm English and the z seems wrong. I pronounce Thames "tems"
@@JohnyG29: Well, the z isn't wrong. Used to dip my toes in the river, in front of the Tower of London when the tide was out, during the early-1950s and was Temz back then - and long before.
James Henry Greathead was my ancestor. You always see him overshadowed by the likes of Brunell who, although he made massive developments, resulted in the deaths of hundreds. It's nice to see him recognised for the amazing shield that he created. (I'm not biased at all)
he must have had a GREAThead haHAAA
HAHAHAHAHahahahaha...ha..ha... original -__-
You must be proud to have some of his genes.
@@Eurley66 Fantastic Gene
As a Londoner, I find the pronunciation to Thames wrong (it's more like t-eh-mm-s) but otherwise this is possibly one of the best short videos on the Underground!
Yeah, it’s a silent ‘h’
If it was just a silent h it would be tames, which it's not. The pronunciation makes no sense to me (as an English person from just outside London), but there are plenty of English spellings that make no sense.
T-eh-mm-z
yep, th-ay-mz is just wrong. #Ireland. Otherwise this video is amazing
+J P Thames in middle English is Temese, there are MANY words in English that have changed since the transition from old to middle English, which saw dramatic changes in grammar, pronunciation and orthography. You have to remember the language is thousands of years old, and probably one of the most diverse when it comes to mixing with other languages and cultures. So it's no surprise there isn't a hard and fast rule on how to pronounce things when some words are Germanic, French, Latin, Greek etc
Elons Idea sounds great unless you live in an 2000+ years old European city with archeological excavations and WW2 bombs every 5 meters.
Geology survey using electromagnetic waves?
C IA that's why America is the center of progress
Chris Hall no just that they have less history in their cities
America has a lot of history in city’s EVEN IN CITYS BUILT UP IN THE CAR ERA
But did they use bricks?
What's a brick? Does it have universal sizes?
God damn it Sam. Stop leaking your memes
Yeah but they'd be 8½ × 4 × 2½ inches since it's the UK
You should make a video on Bricks and disguise it as the United States' secret airline.
Also since it's the UK it's 21.59 x 10.16 x 6.35 cm.
Yes, bricks transported with a Toyota Corolla
can you do a video on CERN and the hadron collider?
argh everytime you said thames with a soft 'th' instead of a hard 't' i cringed physically
In general, your videos are excellent. This one isn't well-titled, though. You start out on-topic, but half-way through, you switch to just talking about tunneling technology, which is certainly interesting enough to warrant a number of videos, but isn't really what the video title is about.
BTW, have you followed the trials/travails of "Bertha" the large tunnel boring machine in Seattle? Wow, that's been quite a thing, with it breaking down shortly after launch, yet in one of the last places it could possibly be "easily" accessed for repair (through a large pit and giant crane).
well it didn't had a reverse gear did it? plus it was the cutter head that need replacing not the teeths...
A good video about the tunnel technology, but you have the wrong title - you do not discuss the change in society.
A better title would be "The changing technology of building the London Underground"
Yes, only about 10% of this related to the Underground. Not what I was expecting.
I don't like how you *station* an ad for Skillshare on every You *Tube* video. Mind you, it is a good *platform* on which I can *train* my skills, but I can't say I don't *mind the gap* of 90 seconds at the end of this video.
I actually did find the tunneling part of the video quite boring.
Sebastian Elytron mannnn, I ain't talking to you any more !!! Whatttttt you need to be *Pun* ished bro
Maybe you should ask for your money back?
I don't understand.
Does nobody here get that he's making puns? He even typed the puns in bold..
Amazing video but Thames is pronounced pronounced Tems
Ever listen to the English try to pronounce most place names around the world
The one time an Irishman says -th and it's wrong! Thames is pronounced Tems. Great channel though I'm subbed.
Ever listen to the English try to pronounce most place names around the world. Laughable!
Paul Furey Yeah but to be fair any country with English as it's first language is pretty lazy at learning others, especially as they're all in the middle of nowhere. Britain and Ireland are islands, Canda and the US are surrounded by three oceans and a strict border, and Australia and New Zealand are their own continent!
dorgesh: Try it with a z on the end and you'll be closer to the pronunciation...
Great video, really informative but the Thames is pronounced 'Tems'. Anyway, I'd love to see a part 2
How The London Underground Saved Society. The stations served as air raid shelters and saved countless thousands of lives in WW2.
Thames is pronounced Tems, btw
3:34 Wu tang tunneling
swagzilla3000 I came here looking for this comment
Exactly what I was thinking. Wu Tang's seminal album is secretly about tunnel building.
Other than it being pronounced TEMS not TAMES, brilliant video and introduced me to some things I didn't know! :-)
Thames = "Temms"
TheSaintSTI: Thames = Temz.
So, ah... mind the gap please.
Coffee Abernethy the true question is, how long is the gap?
the average American wouldn't even know what that means.
Great video, just FYI the pronunciation of "Thames" is "temz". In case you're making a part 2 (which you definitely should) :)
Tunneling new subway tunnels is still a very slow and dangerous process today. The soil conditions matter too.
Out of curiosity, what degree in engineering did you graduate with? Or are you just a STEM fan? (Sorry if you've already answered this)
Really impressive underground systhem, so much history all over. Great video.
It'd be nice to see a video on the 'Clockwork Orange', Glasgow's Underground railway.
Thames
I needed to know why don’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for the main line Train so that they can extend the unused abandoned underground stations.
Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock and that includes the class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign them an overhead line and also make them into Five cars per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7-Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 8-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into an 11 car per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers.
A Stock Trains and also having 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it bigger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Train tunnel into a High-Speed train?
The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Train line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. then put the modernised 11 car per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those 4 European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 cars per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 37 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project that is OK for London Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden.
oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden Easily.
Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street and also make another brand new tunnel train station in Chingford could they extend the DLR?
All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Scania N112, Volvo TD102KF, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains.
Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and they can order Every 17 Octagon and Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 117MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 117MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those Coal Boxes’s 16 Tonnes for all of the 117MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!! so please make sure that the Builders can do as they are Told!! And please do something about these very important Professional ideas Please Prime Minister of England, the Prime Minister of Sweden, the Prime Minister of Germany, the Prime Minister of Italy, the Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.
ITS PRONOUNCED TEMZ! NOT THAMS!
Norway also has some really interesting projects going on. They're boring tunnels to connect towns across the fjords rather than relying on bridges or ferries to reduce long-term maintenance costs and the like. Some of the tunnels are set to go deeper than the Channel Tunnel!
On that note, I imagine the process of building the Underground taught the British a lot about tunnel construction that would then later serve them when working on the Channel Tunnel.
no lie this is the most informative channel when it comes to engineering, very inspiring
Loved this video, would be great to see more examples of historical engineering projects like this one :D
I would’ve watched this earlier but I had practice when this was uploaded😭. Love your channel though!!
Royal oak to farringdon is NOT A TUBE LINE it is a railway which runs underground similar to thameslink
What I want to know is how they deal with the air pressure and resistance etc. I'm only a layman, but isn't having completely flat fronts for the trains pretty bad in terms of energy loss? BTW, as a (Greater) Londoner myself, this video was fantastic!
Cheers mate
Note to voice-over man, The 'Thames' isn't pronounced as it is spelt - really good otherwise
Quick thing: the Thames is pronounced like 'Tems' (weird I know) and not literally 'Thames'.
Ever listen to the English try to pronounce most place names around the world.
Paul Furey I'm not English. Just saying. Anyway, the Thames is a well known river to one of the world's well known cities. People cannot be expected to know how to pronounce everything, but should know common things like the Thames.
Jim Roberts: The River Thames flows through more than just the County of Greater London. Incidentally, place z at the end rather than s and you'll be closer to the pronunciation.
When you’re pronouncing Thames don’t pronounce the A and just pronounce it like tems
Based on the title I was expecting more information on societal changes due to effect of an expanding underground rail network.
Man.. I want to thank you so much.. I lost interest in engineering due to some reasons but thanks to your channel I am starting to see engineering from a different point of view... it's because of channels like you I am studying maths and physics very much to solve real world problems... once again thank you so much brother..
You are welcome.
Should‘t this Video be called history of the Tube rather than its influnce on society? The society is barely part of the video
that was so informative #LovedIt
"Thames," is pronounced as "Tims."
You pronounced the Thames wrong is pronounced “tems”
EMU EMPIRE: So would you - replace s with z and you'll be on the mark.
"Thames" is pronounced tens but m sound not n
SCP-1678 anyone? Only me?
Your advertisment of skillshare is annoying already.. bye guys
Sorry, couldn't keep watching with "Thayms"
I'm visiting London right now and I wanted to knew more about its underground and you post this video...
You're great.
Watched this on the Lunderground!
Next: How the LEGO brick changed society?
I would love to see a video on Brunel's tunneling project under the Thames.
Great video as always. I was wondering tough what would have been the cost for such a gaint building project, and how much would that differ in todays world.
Keep up the great work!
It's pronounced "tems" not how the spelling of Thames suggests
Vince P: Pronounced Temz rather than Tems.
‘The tube line from Royal Oak to Farringdon’
Not a tube line.
Doesn’t stop at Royal Oak.
Goes further than Farringdon.
You’re channel is called Real Engineering, surely you should know about Crossrail!
London Underground could of extended to Southwest London, South London and Southeast London. As the District Line goes to Richmond and Wimbledon. And the Bakerloo Line is to extend to Lewisham, Hayes and Bromley. With the Northern Line extended to Battersea. And also the Jubilee Line could of extended from Greens Park to Southeast London including Lewisham and Dulwich and to London City Airport and Beckton.
Great video - but please pronounce Thames correctly in future!
Ever listen to the English try to pronounce most place names around the world.
Paul Furey That's not a good attitude; English people can often be ignorant with foreign pronunciation, but that doesn't excuse mispronunciation in itself! Whenever I pronounce something wrong, I appreciate it when I'm corrected. That is how my comment should be received
I will never forget the first time I tried to use the underground at night, after a DJ gig, and all I saw were fellow homeless individuals sleeping as far as the eye could see.
You pronounce the Thames River as if you've never heard it pronounced before. Pronounced "Tehms". As I've told many others, you really should do your research when it comes to the pronunciation of the things you're talking about.
But... How did it CHANGE SOCIETY?
you travel from further, you stayed further, your wallet emptier...
I don't this video is about the change that the Tube made into society? It was more about the construction technics used to built it.
Could you do a video focussed on Brunel?
Love these videos, but please, River Thames (as in Tems, not 'Fames').
Clint Pearson: Try Temz...
You probably want to change the title of this video. The video is amazing but it's about engineering not society.
i'm goint to say you mention elon musk wayyyyy too much considering nothing he's made actually works in a useful or economical manner
PayPal and SpaceX actually work quite reliably. But those tunnels and loops are rubbish.
Those hollow buildings are actually there to disguise the holes that allowed the original steam engines that ran on the lines to vent their smoke without choking the passengers and probably general ventilation.
The majority of the episode does not focus on what the title of the video would suggest (how the underground changed society), and instead focuses on engineering. Which may be appropriate given the channel's name of Real Engineering. That being said, a more appropriate title would probably be "How the London Underground Came To Be." A pity too because I was more interested in hearing about the socioeconomic conditions of the time and the effects that the subway had on it. For that to simply be given a cursory skim within the first minute or two is disappointing.
Stayed in a hotel overlooking King's Cross. Did not even know that place was so famous :-)
ireland
The land of the Ires
Skillshare is advertising the right kind of channels.
It wasn't just Kings Cross, there was also Euston, Paddington, Liverpool Street, Broad Street (now closed), Marylebone, Victoria, Charing Cross, Blackfriars, Waterloo, Cannon Street, Fenchurch Street and Moorgate as well. Also, Whitechapel is no where near Kings Cross, it was more close to Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street
Royal Oak to Farringdon tube line? You mean Crossrail - which isn't a tube line, it's an underground railway, not part of the tube. The Hammersmith and City line/Circle line goes between Royal Oak and Farringdon (and Crossrail does not call at the former), both of which were not dug by a TBM, but by cut and cover.
Do more tunnel related videos!
Hugenots are pronounced with a silent T, as they are French. There's a Hugenot quarter in Cork, and it's likely why Waterford call the local bread a blaa, coming from the hugenot influence and saying blanc for white, with the flour heavily dusted on top :)
A quick heads up. Whilst it is spelt 'Thames' it is pronounced as 'Tems'. So the H is silent and the A is pronounced as an E. I know it's misleading because by looking at it you would never know but that's how the River Thames is correctly said.
I can't believe that you can't correctly pronounce the most famous river in the whole of the UK, every time you say "Thaymes", it's like someone running their fingernails down a blackboard, ugh...
The Boring company is a joke that combines all the drawbacks of cars and subways. The solution to urban traffic isn't "more cars, but underground", it's "fewer cars, more public transport".
EVERYONE KNOWS LONDON UNDERGROUND SYSTEM IS SHIT. was the first yes but is one of the worst currently. Too old, huge delays and disruptions.
I'm sorry, but Elon's tesla tube is just dumb. Why use carriages? Just lay the tunnel with a wireless charging surface and make cars lock in autopilot mode. Why overcomplicate things if cars have wheels?
7:11
YOU DID NOT JUST CALL ELON'S COMPANY BORING. HOW DARE YOU. HE'S MY IDOL
For those who dont know it's sarcasm, it's sarcasm
We used pretty much the same "open" way of tunneling for the first tunnel lines in Berlin^^
Good morning!
- Video is titled 'How The London Underground Changed Society'
- Is actually about different designs of tunnel-boring machine.
= Clickbait.
Did someone say 36 CHAMBERS?..
Oooohh shit, Wu Tang Clan spark the wicks 'n, however, I master the tricks just like Nixon!
All the research and effort needed to pull a video of this quality together...... And people moan because he pronounces the Thames slightly wrong. REALLY
u drank the musk cool aid please no.
he didnt even address brake downs
or rescue in one way death holes
Dig Dug
Liked the video, disagree when you say "Our ancestors climbed down from trees". There has never been a genetic link tying us to apes and there never will be. It is a myth.
They just "found" 2 faults lines under London. London is built on clay. Earthquakes can cause clay to liquefy. Don't live in London LOL.
It’s Crossrail, not the Royal Oak to Farringdon tube line.
Of all the great boring endeavours you choose to promote the Boring company who have achieved nothing??? Proseltise for the church of musk would you?