End of the Line No.4 - West Ruislip
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Time to visit the other end of the Central Line as I take a trip again into the depths of Zone 6, to have a look at ... West Ruislip. What is there? Do you know about the train that only goes there once-a-week on a Wednesday, and is there a secret connection to the Metropolitan line?
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I've only just realised we're gonna have "End Of The Line - Waterloo" and "End Of The Line - Bank" because of the waterloo & city. God, that'll be fun
Bank at least might feature the DLR as well, but there's also End of the Line- Elephant and Castle (and if Geoff does commit to the DLR as well, End of the Line- Tower Gateway)
@@MercenaryPen Also, end of the line - Aldgate..
Yes, but don't expect Geoff to do both ends of the line on the same day - he works quite hard enough as it is.
@@michaeldwyer3352 I definitely don't expect that :)
And End of The Line: Lewisham
The mixed-up colors on the tube map at 0:22 really tripped me up.
I'm a Wirral based fella but got friends who live in Ruislip 5 minutes away from West Ruislip station, so much quieter than the usual hustle and bustle of London. Quite a nice area too.
Very nostalgic! I lived in Ickenham for a while some years ago, and made the daily walk to West Ruislip for the Central Line into work.
Enjoyed your video of West Ruislip, made me think of my Dad back in the 1950s coming home after a night out on the town. He never made it home that night and woke up early the next morning in the West Ruislip yards. Soon after the line opened ,I remember as a 9 year old my curiosity led me to try out the line and a round trip to Ruislip Gardens. A long way now from Vancouver British Columbia where I've lived since the 1960s. Thanks for bringing back memories!
These videos are a pretty cool idea and actually inspired me a little. I’m heading down to London in next week for a few days for work but find myself with nothing to do in the afternoons. Think I’m go have to visit some “ends of lines” 😂 thanks again Geoff for another interesting series of videos!
Great video Geoff and it was great to meet you on the platform whilst you were filming this episode! Hope you had a chance to stop by Northolt on your way home and see a train swapping ends in the central siding! Also, when I returned to West Ruislip later in the day, the 1962 stock train was coming out of the depot and pulled up alongside the station, it then headed off up the central line, ahead of the train I was catching!
@@geofftech2 I did notice that. A shame after waiting so long for that train to eventually depart! Looks like you had plenty of other good footage to work with though.
U10 is a great little route. And the 278 was introduced as part of the bus network improvements to connect people to the purple train/Elizabeth line along with innovations such as cutting the 140 service from the Bakerloo trrminus at Harrow and Wealdstone off from Heathrow.
The 140 was a most useful service in RT days
I really do like 278. But they missed the opportunity to make it run 24 hours everyday due to it being a Heathrow bus and no night service at Ruislip except for 114 at weekends.
@@Smart1529 pretty sure it was originally proposed as a 24hr service in the original consultation. Wonder why they didn't decide to go through with it in the end?
Mind you they could also have freed up space at Ruislip Station for it by extending the E7 and probably the 398 to the Lido?
@@quintuscrinis8032 yeah that as well. So weird to walk to the station when other buses stop in front of it.
I found that shot of the train doors opening very satisfying! Well done for capturing that Geoff 😀
Wonderful Geoff. I’m watching this from New Zealand, and it’s 8 years since I last rode the tube, so watching your videos is a real pleasure and a reminder of days gone by
Ditto
same here ;)
See those maisonettes to your left at 1.52 ? Many years ago, 1978 ish, I was driving to West Ruislip to get the tube into London, it was a cold frosty Jan/ Feb morning, just getting light, there was a bus in the stop, I drew near to the end of the bus to let it pull away from the kerb, I touched the brakes and with that, hit a patch of black ice, skidded along, went up the kerb, across the pavement, through the chain link fence, and then down the embankment and the car ended up on it's side outside those maisonettes. A somewhat stunned me, concussed at it happened, managed to clamber the car and I manged to get up the railway embankment and phoned my sister, who lived in the RAF estate just up the road, couldn't get hold of her, so ran around to her house. My brother in law then returned to the car, it wasn't going anywhere was it ? The police in attendance, as was the bloke who's front door I'd nearly arrived at, I told then what happened, and they called and ambulance. By chance on the other side of the road by the station a fella on his motor bike had hit black ice and dropped it and skidded along on his backside for a few yards. He seemed to be in better shape that the concussed me. We both ended up in Mount Vernon for observation. Sadly the car was a write off, it was my first car, and the insurance too care of the damage caused by the crash, but not the car. I was third fire and theft. Always a wry smile whenever I either drive past of get the train into Marylebone these days. Not often you get a tale of life or death on these pages I bet ?
Loved the cameo in Jay Foreman's video 10/10
so good
It's so strange to see this video as someone who grew up with West Ruislip as my nearest station!
Another great film. FYI guys don't make mistake I did the other week. I parked in West Ruislip on a Saturday afternoon, done the Nightshine Marathon walk, which I finished at 4 am with aim to take Central Line straight back to West Ruislip. HOWEVER the Central Line night service (from Bank) only runs to Ealing Broadway and out as far as White City. No train to WR until gone 7 am on a Sunday!
Earlier this year I stayed in Ruislip and travelled from West Ruislip to Ealing Broadway (via North Acton), then the Elizabeth line to Abbey Wood (changing at Paddington, of course). Coming back from Marlebone on the Chiltern Railways was much quicker, due to limited stops, and I could still use my Oyster card.
A bit sentimental on this one. Before it closed I had the chance to spend a summer working at a US base (RAF West Ruislip). On some Fridays I would head south on the Central to enjoy other sights. Thank you for this.
Are you thinking of RAF Northolt? Just opposite Ruislip Gardens Station, the next station south on the line.
@@quintuscrinis8032 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_West_Ruislip "See West Ruislip station for adjacent tube and railway station" - when my dad lived in West Ruislip I dated an american lass from that base for a little while.
@@quintuscrinis8032 There are some other US bases in the area , mostly command and intel places rather than flight operations.
@@quintuscrinis8032 it was at West Ruislip - US Navy leased a base there 1975-2006 (demolished in 2007 after Navy vacated) it was the end of the line.
loving this series, geoff, 100% bingeble
Use to catch trains back to West Ruislip as a kid in the 1980'2. Been in Australia for 18 years. Great to see the old town
Not one to comment much on videos but loving your content, Geoff. As someone with autism, this quirky but great content is something I greatly enjoy viewing. Enjoyed this one in particular as I commute into London some days via Gerrards Cross which stops off here. Keep up the great work and will continue to watch hours and hours of your content.
Me last month: I don't understand why people watch videos about the Tube network on UA-cam. Haven't they got anything else better to do?
Me, now: Hold everything! Geoff has released a new Tube video. I have to watch this immediately.
I used to live between Eastcote and Ruislip, such amazing areas
Oh Geoff. You missed the ride on train track at Ickenham, beside the pub opposite the pump. V narrow garage rail. To be fair it only runs about 9 Saturdays a year. Also the housing estate on the left hand side ( W Ruislip it Ickenham walk) used to USAF staff housing.
I do think ‘Car Park’ has steadily taken over the ubiquity of ‘Allotment’ on this channel.
Geoff I love your videos. Keep it up and keep on uploading videos for as long as you can.
When I worked in High Wycombe, colleagues going for a night out in London would get the Chiltern line to West Ruislip then continue their journey on the Central Line. It was easier than faffing about at Marylebone.
I’m loving the tube map in the title being wrong in a different way each time.
Thanks for the video Geoff. Good to kniw that Ickenham is not too far off. A handy interchange where the Central Line crosses the Metropolitan and Piccadilly Lines, would have been great, but such is life. Interesting that HS2 works are on-site too.
BTW - seeing the 278 bus route is very interesting. An older 278 bus route used to run between Forest Gate and Plaistow in east London back in the 80s and 90s (probably from earlier too). It would be interesting to see which bus routes in London have been re-used / reassigned.
I've been to Chesham, Amersham and Edgware so far. I intend to see the rest of the end of the line stations one day.
As part of my own quest to visit every end station (performed over *very many* years when I had some spare time) I did make use of the walking connection to Ickenham in order to make a more speedy return to central London on the Metropolitan. I had "done" Uxbridge some years previously.
Fun fact Ickenham,
Way WAY back, the Govenment was looking at suitable sites to construct a new Exhibition Hall type complex.
Land near Ickenham was on the list, but they went with an area near Birmingham Airport instead, what is now the NEC.
Ive been to every single end of the line stations on the tube except for Epping, Amersham, Chesham and Watford. I really do like to travel
Watching from Australia but grew up in West Ruislip - awesome to see this.
I didn't know about the weekly West Ealing to Ruislip ghost train.You can travel between these 2 stations via the shuttle train that runs between Greenford and West Ruislip.Presumably that's another service that's not run for purely commercial reasons.
Another masterpiece! The carpark that is....Lovin' it Geoff!
Love the fancy art shot and editing at 2:40!
What about the weird editing at 3:37 to make the guy seem to appear to disappear behind the sign, but has made the tops of the fence disjointed!
@@ITFNBiteBayKon Haha, I missed that.
@@ITFNBiteBayKon he disappears, but the head of his Broom remains 😶
These are coming out quickly!
West Ruislip was my local station when I studied abrod in London. Really is a gem of a station!
If you look at the Chiltern platforms at 3:09, you can see that the old northbound slow line has been covered over by the platform and trains now stop on what was the through line. The reverse is true at South Ruislip, where the old London-bound slow line was covered. Both are used as passing loops where Birmingham and Oxford trains pass stopping ones.
Great one! I've seen that Geoff has been to RHDR
Excellent video Geoff! I've been to West Ruislip a couple of times. Also I did the connection between West Ruislip and Ickenham by walking.
Anyone else notice the colours of the lines at the start then the end of the line poster comes up are completely wrong in this episode?
and in the Morden episode the map was upside down. he's probably having fun with it
My local EOTL stop living in Greenford. A lot of trains don't quite go all the way tho. A lot stop at Northolt or Ruislip Gardens instead.
Fun fact. West Ruislip is also a perfect anagram of Purist Lewis.
Me an Australian backpacker in 92..would smuggle my bike onto tube early Sunday mornings and go to end of different lines ride home with map book and following nose via quietest routes..often canal paths and parks..
I love the effort you put into your B roll
I am appreciating the highlighting of the Labyrinth Series on these videos.
Now I want to go visit all the end-of-line stations here in Sydney.
Love it. My childhood home was about 10 minutes walk away from there. ❤️
I like how the Chiltern train to west Ruislip and amersham is like an express to the tube
A previous station had its tracks continue to the next town on what is a tourist TRAIN operation.
This one clearly has connection to national rail trains with its south-west most track that comes from the debot. (as others mentioned in comments, likely used to inject new rolling stock). very interesting to spot connections between "train" and "tube" networks that would normally be strictinly disconnected.
There's 3 places in the Underground network that are shared with mainline trains: East Putney to Wimbledon (District Line/SWR), Gunnersbury to Richmond (District Line/Overground) and Queen's Park to Harrow & Wealdstone (Bakerloo/Overground). Interesting fact: there was a derailment at Wimbledon right at the interconnection because there was a misunderstanding of the boundary between Network Rail and London Underground. Nobody maintained a stretch of track for years, both sides thinking it was somebody else's responsibility.
Bro we use this station all the time how did we miss you 😂
Like this new series Geoff. Will be doing some of these stations in the near future. Keep up the good work 👍
Just been on the train from west Ruislip & think there was 50-60 people on the train today as this was the last Wednesday I could make this trip
I love this series! thanks Geoff 😀
2:56 lol High Wycombe. We had a station of the same name just open in Perth, Australia, a few days ago.
Edit: And there's also a brand new 278 bus here in Perth near High Wycombe!
Was travelling to a Terminus station which had a CAR PARK today but on my way thanks to the TFL planner it told me to go via Morden... so used it as a excuse to head there lol.
But loving the series so far Geoff and do like West Ruislip... been ages since I last been there being honest
Did it also have a bag blowing in the breeze?
Bit of a non car park at Bakerloo Elephant though !
@@2themoon863 Morden or the Station with the Car Park? Honestly I didn't noticed the bins
Going to Morden this weekend based on your recommendation!
Prob already mentioned but I like the fact the tube map in the logo changes each time :D
I hope the bride and groom danced to the Travelling Wilburys - wah-heyyyy!
Local people will know Hillingdon, Ickenham & Ruislip stations are a short distance from each other. Almost, a straight drive by road. As well as Ruislip Manor & Rayners Lane, being just a little further on.
I would be SO happy if the central line connected to Uxbridge.
I will be visiting West Ruislip tomorrow as part of my Tube Challenge acclimatisation and will check out the new bus
The U1 can be used to get to Uxbridge to save a double back
I like how you put the "ghost" at 3:39 when you were talking about the ghost train :) (Although at first I didn't spot the ghost but the visual glitch from the compositing!)
There is another potential diversion from the Central Line towards Uxbridge/Rayner's Lane where the Piccadilly Line crosses the Central Line near to Park Royal and Hanger Lane. This world be more convenient for more commuters, but would need more track engineering to achieve
There's also an old gwr signal box at the London end of the down platform
I'll definitely do some end-of-the-lines next time I'm in London.
Don't know if this still applies but the extension North of the station included an interchange siding to allow delivery of new tube trains from Birmingham.
Also note the slightly different alignment of Central Line power rails compared to those of other tube lines - that would preclude a straightforward diversion towards Uxbridge \m/
How are the power rails different?
@@peterreynolds8443 OK so the detail was explained to me a long time ago but it relates to the precise alignment of the outer (+440v) rail, given the sharp curves it has to go through at e.g. Bank, which means the pickup shoe needs to be at a different offset on the Central Line stock - this info came to me via a description of the transfer track between Central and District at Ealing Broadway, where time has to be taken to realign positive pickup shoes on any unit that uses this transfer \m/
@@officialmcdeath thanks for responding
I'll take a guess that the next episode of end of the line will either be at Heathrow Terminal 5 (Piccadilly) or Ealing Broadway/Upminster (District)
Heathrow Terminal 5, actually
If he filmed it on the same day, then most likely Uxbridge
Can’t wait for Battersea Power Station Station
this was so fun to watch since i live near west ruislip and have driven down the road it’s on many times! have never actually got off at the station though
so excited for the next in the series
I love this series!
Very good - "CAR PARK" 🙂😀🚂🚂🚂
Well if it’s anything like Epping the car park was built onto the old sidings which are used to be a coal yard .
It's a real shame those two extra stations were not built.
And, it's a shame they never built a station at the point where the two lines cross each other.
London needs more interchange stations outside Zone 1.
No need to go much further, once the Green Belt stopped London sprawling further outwards. The interchange would have been useful though, but that's the downside of the lines in the area being built by rival companies and not wanting to connect, and an additional station would be very expensive to add now I guess.
Good stuff 👍
This is a great series
Love the central line !
Nobody has noticed the fact that all the lines in the title card are mixed up. Still same layout, different colors. Sneaky one Geoff!
Geoff, any chance of an 'explainer' video, regarding the concept of 'Parliamentary Trains', and maybe examples [ especially within Greater-London ] of same..? #Ghosts
I have been there, planning to travel the whole central line, but I only got half way
I used to work in Ruislip Depto
I would be quite interested to know what the least used Terminus on the national network is. Somewhere that is important enough to have a railway end in it, but it still lesser used.
Aha, we've now got to check for green and for white bin liners. A complete review of all previous bin liners required?
Thanks!
Does anyone notice that the roundal from the part on 6:23 is orange?
The parliamentary Train use to run all along the line to North Acton then on to Paddington
Once again an interesting view of the end of the line video. Now I firstly heard how Ruislip is pronounced. I always thought it was pronounced as "Rews lip" (like in "news"), but it is like the Asian food "rice". Any idea why it is written as Ruis (lip) ?
"The next station is west ruislip. Alight here for the Ickenham pump and pond.."
You didn’t go and see the Ickenham miniature Railway! It’s a must see! 🥺
I hope you also do the “ends” which are fairly central…like Aldgate for example.
You go up that way to see London GAA (Londain CLG) at McGovern Park.
Edit: PS. . . West Ruislip Portal. Is that some kind of stargate? Frankly we need to know!
Is there a PERTIS machine at West Ruislip?
Line not extended due to greenbelt. HS2: hold my beer.
Loving this series, I’ve added the end of all the lines to my ‘to do’ list for next time i visit London! What camera equipment do you use? I recall it being on your website but I can’t seem to find it. Many thanks 🙂
I'm always a bit surprised when there are lines that cross each other with no connection.
1:03 is that the 1962 stock you were talking about on the far left?
5:53 I wonder if all underground lines are connected to each other? I know W&C won't be, but in theory, could a single train travel to every station?
Yes.
I've seen the colours mixed up on the logo Geoff.
Barnet?
Adapting the link for regular services would not be a simple task. It is only single track, and runs through the middle of a working depot, so electrification would be an H&S nightmare, and includes a level crossing on the depot's access road.