How The London Underground Deals With Extreme Overcrowding | The Tube
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- There are technical issues on the District Line adding to the pressure of an already busy day. Meanwhile, at the London Bridge, things are ominously quiet.
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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If you're ever in a panic, getting help from someone with a Carribean accent is one of the most stress reducing things you can hear
MiddleAgedMassive conversely, on a dark night, in an unfamiliar area it's probably the most terrifying sound you can hear...
@@binarysignals9593 oi brudda do not run from me i am your friend. gift your phone and tings for me and dere no problem but u chance it nd run likkle boy get left bleeding ah
@@binarysignals9593 yeah for petty crimes that would just about merit a fine or a caution these days for more serious crimes you were executed seems like it's ok for you to be racist
ya man
@@affectionatepunch Incorrect, I am simply highlighting the absurdity of the OP comment, through associative irony.
15:37 the reaction of londoners being told to wait 5-10 minutes on public transport is hillarious
thank god you pointed it out😂😂
Omg, where I live (adelaide, Australia) the buses are sometimes 15 minutes late!
Londoners are some of the most impatient folks around.
Macho Fantastico agreed
Meanwhile my local station gets totally cancelled if they haven't the drivers because "only tourists use that line"
19:10 the sassy young man helping the old lady is adorable
"anything like this and you need to get the expert in"
*expert starts bashing pannel*
Got to love the directors hahaha
It was to get the panel open because it was stuck
"He's a bit of a dope" I love Simon, what a legend.
2002: ''we just don't have the money''
2019: ''we just don't have the money''
but they actually kinda dont all the pms stop the funding
however the crossrail guys can STFU
Came here for this, not disappointed.
acog main “imagine actually having a working train line”- this comment is by the crossrail gang
2020 - “We are in a recession”
@@sosteam2797 2021 now with Brexit done everything will be better. /s
I cannot fathom how quickly 20 years has passed. I remember watching this during my school days
N😊😅 bcz
"so what are all these people doing on the platform then" - "they're waiting for a train"
Classic, 09:21
“We’ve told them there’s no train”- yet they decide to wait for a train
They are eating and looking at the stars. WHAT THE HELL ELSE DO YOU THINK THEY ARE DOING?
Some say they are still waiting for a train to this day.
I work on Londons buses. You tell people you have reached the last stop and they still sit there hoping you carry on.
19:40 "Oh there's no rush, theres loads of trains" lmfao
Am I the only one getting these kinds of videos recommended during quarantine ?
17:29 best laugh ever
Train gremblins and they dont stop lol
More impressive than Ray Liotta
So nice of that guy to help the 83 year old lady out! Makes you think there are still some good people left in the world👍
15:26 LOL these people look like meerkats due to how tube's train cars are shaped
lol
Where's the huge moustache station manager? I missed him in this episode!
@@andymerrett LOL, most likely!
matey
5:33 I’ve realised that Evelyn is also in the 2016 Version called The Tube ‘Going Underground’. This series was 2002
Yes she was. I wonder where she is now.
Consider this: the population of the UK is nearly 10 million higher than it was when this film was shot.
How would the population of Scotland, Wales, the occupied six counties or the rest of England make a difference to this?
The population growth of London would be much more relevant.
@@EarlSquirrelsonn London sucks in population from all over the UK, including Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Andy JS Which then becomes the population of London...
When was this filmed? I could only estimate if there were a person I know in the video or if they were out on the street so I could judge by the cars.
Andrew Williams Summer 2002 it says in the video info
That laugh at 17:30 lol the train gremblin is having fun 🤣🤣🤣
i'm watching this 2019. born in ''51 in the outskirts of a suburban town our red london bus service ran once an hour the 264 we never had a car. When i was about 13 yrs old we could buy an " all over red rover" which gave all day travel on red buses and tubes my pal and i planned our trip to get to the furthest point on their map, as we were one of the furthest points also. We did this several times.wandering about london, down small alleyways going down to the Thames,exploring the silty mud.scared we would sink, no knowledge of what could have happened to us and not a care in the world we even took sandwiches, oh what memories of london i have, and a knowledge no school can teach, out on yer own as a kid exploring and no effing google. I have travelled most of the world since then.
Looollll how many times did that woman say hold the train ?? 😂
A trillion times to die!!!
Evan Slater the driver didn’t want to wait I guess🤣
Evan Slater I want her sound system ohmy😌😂🤣😂
Contactless and Oyster card made end of the touts
Exactly! Can't stop the concert touts though, especially at Brixton Station.
@@charlesincharge6512 Covid did that
When I was 5 years old I got left and separated on a tube train from my family. As I got to the doors they closed and off the train went with my family left on the platform. It was terrifying. I remember curling into a ball and crying at the door. Thankfully some kind passenger came and helped me and took me to the attendant. It was almost two hours before I was reunited with the family but I never forget the kindness that was shown to me or the fear I felt. Even now as an adult and having lived in London and travelled on tube a lot it still scares me. I’m so glad I left London.
They seem like a very friendly and helpful bunch of people, despite them having to battle issues, delays, break downs etc. on all ends.... V interesting docu too, I find the undergrounds/Metro's subway's fascinating and enjoy watching what's going on behind the scenes
“There’s no rush....” “There’s no rush....”
“Will you f****ng hurry up!!” 🤣🤣
Not from London (I'm an Aussie) but keep these coming - they're interesting to watch :)
ayy me too (from sydney) the trains here are terrible even though the government spends millions on the system at least it is better than before
dash8brj I’m English but I don’t live in London.
I'm from Adelaide and there's only 4 lines when there's 12 in London
i'm from singapore and i'm fascinated by the london underground :)
Bailey Morecroft I live in Toronto (Canada) and there’s 2 subway lines + 2 lines of light rail. Our population is 5 times that of Adelaide. I wouldn’t be complaining mate haha
20:33-20:50 they have no idea what they are doing! Lmao I'm dead.
The ticket is actually finished, you can come through
Guy: ?
Just get out of the thing
I didn't understand him either? He didn't even look at the ticket, what if it's a day pass or goes further than Victoria?
I completely forgot about touts! Nostalgic memories haha
At Ear'ls Court they've got trains, but one of them has broken down.
The most accurate depiction of the Tube ever
15:37 the brittish accent and the way they said it in sync🤣🤣 i absolutely lost it
ok I'm 67, so which station is it again where all old people are honest and have tickets and no one checks?
what?
@@dingdongsanderbob5413 it's a joke, if they don't check old people they don't have to buy a ticket
@@liamgaine Yeah, ofc some older folks are crooks too.
But overall most of them are honest and are glad they get a lil help when needed.
i would've thought elderly people dont need to pay like over 65
@@Enviri yep! You get a freedom pass
"We hit it"
*Technician laughs in the background.*
Yep that's usually how you fix most mechanical issues, and if it's meant to stay still just put a bit of tape on it!
Think Evelyn who was at Victoria and sent the woman and child without a ticket off the train is in the 2015 series of the tube. This series is from 2004.
That laugh 17:27😂
There reaction when they had to wait 5-10 minutes! Being born and raised in London the max I would wait for the tube is 2 minutes 😂
Simon ‘ Chalky ‘ White is one of the nicest people on the underground and probably in London as well!
ok
They thought the overcrowding was bad in 2002. It’s twice as severe now, and the population is still rising.
Waiting for a train... and no train coming... so, so British.
@spark Please try and upload more of these videos more often please I am obsessed with these.
This series idk brings me great nostalgia and comfort as weird as that sounds
Station supervisor Mr White sounds soooo wise
Clive Lloyd has now become the station manager 😂
7:34 nice one girl.
This was in 2002. You actually see her again in another series of the tube from 2015. 15 years later she was still at Victoria and she looks barely different 😂
*13
They should have done one on the Tube during the Pandemic!
21:50-21:54 "Nope!" Or "Woops!"
Simon is the sort of gentleman you'd look forward to coming in to work with everyday.
Hope he's having a happy retirement now.
London- Extreme overcrowding
Shanghai- Let us fit three other people
Tokyo- Lets just fit 20 more people in.
This is not even an exaggeration 😂 I’ve never seen such crowds as I saw when I lived in Tokyo
Here are some good ideas as to what should be done to reduce overcrowding on the Tube, DLR and Overground:
- Bakerloo line: Build extension to Lewisham (via Old Kent Road), then onwards to Greenwich Park using the alignment of the old branch line there. Also build branch from Elephant and Castle to Camberwell (route of earlier proposed extension), then onwards to Peckham Rye, and then use the alignment of the old branch to Crystal Palace High Level, terminating there.
- Central line: New station at Shoreditch High Street
- Metropolitan line: More through trains to Moorgate
- Northern line: Track replacement to allow higher operating speeds will be necessary to increase line capacity.
- Piccadilly line: Reopen Aldwych branch and extend to Waterloo, running trains through Holborn northwards to Cockfosters (rather than terminating at Holborn). Reopen York Road station as York Way, providing an interchange with London Overground and relieving congestion at King's Cross St Pancras.
- Waterloo and City line: New station at Blackfriars.
- DLR: Build extension from Bank to Green Park, with intermediate stations at Ludgate Circus, Aldwych and Charing Cross.
- Overground: Reopen Maiden Lane station as York Way, providing interchange with Piccadilly line as well as connection with King's Cross and St Pancras stations.
- Crossrail Elizabeth line: New station at Silvertown for London City Airport.
These projects would mean less crowds at stations such as Oxford Circus, Covent Garden, Bank, Euston and King's Cross St Pancras.
That laugh 😂 17:30
lol 😂😂😂😂
lmao
Why are these videos uploaded literally like 15 years after its recorded?
The rights to the show are now cheap enough that it is profitable for a relatively small UA-cam channel to lisence them legally and still turn a profit. It's a very good idea and helps to preserve old shows.
@@qwertyu5363 Not so much inefficient, more so over populated to the point where the system cannot cope.
One could ask, why not? The more stuff there is online the better.
@@hermanmunster3358 Not really. More like decades of Governments not investing in infrastructure, cutting every budget possible solely due to ridiculous Neo-con ideology.
@@TheRevWillNotBeTelevised Under investment? So how do you explain the ongoing expansion and improvements to the entire network? Bear in mind that improvements cannot be rushed, as the Tube network is a 19/7 operation, so the hours when improvement works can be done are limited, especially at the busiest locations. You heard it yourself, at peak times, Victoria Station handles 1000 passengers per minute.
But I digress. You whine about "ridiculous neo con policies" but offer no solutions of your own. Its easy to be an arm chaìr critic..
Thanks for the upload @Spark
I feel so bad for that kid whos mother got told to get off the train
they are part of a gang
@@lamborghinihexagons5502 We don't know if the kid is. The mother is but who knows about the kid?
The guy at Earl’s Court is the double of Stuart Bingham the snooker player
I love the East London line from fred
18:33 haha couldn't have said it any better
fascinating seeing how much the underground has changed in twenty years. I dont know if they even issue paper tickets on the underground anymore
12:40 trying to act the innocent little girl, she knew exactly what she was doing
Thanks for posting this video!!!
Victoria station during rush hour is what i would compare to hell
Its weird to think this show is older than me, like its less than a year difference but still
17:28 uhh that laugh
choo choo! this is neat :D
You couldn't pay me enough to live in that chaotic mess!!
nah, that's just about 2 hours per day. The rest of the day is not especially crowded. I always sit on the tube.
@@vanessaruiz4705 WAYYYYYYYYYYYY more than 2 hours boi.
4:02 we need to get the expert in
Bangs the panel... now if that dont fix it then were buggered
9:24 so what are all these people doing on the platform they’re waiting for train
If you on a train and it breaks down the best thing is not to panic they will either fix it or let you off at the platform. If worse comes to it they will turn the power off the line and evacuate you to the nearest station. Those on the platform will either evacuate the station or remain on the platform.
10:54 video bomb bottom right
Buy a ticket from your local Ticket tout , support your local ticket tout 😜
"5-10 MINUTES!!"
Me: Thinking if I was 5 minutes to late and she was my teacher,
Man it was so much worse back then, no more touts and far fewer beggars (indeed, I don't think I've ever seen one on the Underground).
They're starting to creep back on to the overground trains
Please upload the one where she runs the red siginal. Thanks
You have to admit nobody ques up as well as the Brits and Japanese. They are absolutely the best at it lol
A problem? Write a strongly worded letter, that’ll make’m afeared lol
Complaining for waiting 2 minutes for the next one us in the North 1 hour wait for every train.
In the North, there is less demand for trains. If there was trains every 2 minutes they would be empty
20:28 this is like an episode of the office
1:25 I feel
i miss those days. notice how no one is staring down while they walk?? no smart phones. this episode was shot differently, with cinematic excellence, like a professional stepped in for a single episode.
17:05 Mark Corrigan looking abit confused.
At 4:20 she said that her train had stopped, the old District Line trains were absolutely amazing now weren't they?..... I think not xD
Alec Daniel there were good trains though
I have known Simon for years
It was a long time since the northern line had the newest trains isn't it
When this was shown on the telly, were there adverts every SIX MINUTES??
Adverts every 0.1 mileseconds. And it was filmed in 2002
Ha! I see they caught one of those pesky beggers, they're part of organised gangs
1:45 *Look how well behaved the English people are. If those were Walmart shoppers like on black Friday they would be pushing shoving punching spraying mace into the air and trampling people to death* We live in a country where people have died in order to get a 39.99 DVD player instead of the normal 59.99. I personally would spend the extra 20# and not die or just wait a few hours to buy my DVD player. How badly do you need to watch DVDs? DVD players are cool but not worth dying over, maybe a blu ray player is worth dying over but not DVD. Turns out the 39.99 DVD was Apex brand which has a 33% return rate due to them being dead on arrival much like the people at Walmart.
I think you have never been to London. You can't push people since there are barriers which only allow one person to pass through. To compare Wallmarkt with the tube is like comparing tomatoes with peas.
Anywhere where there is no immediate danger and no barriers people will shove in crowds; I have to avoid people because I'm short and people don't care. I've been pushed over in the street by someone just not looking where they're going and the 5'2 girl ends up on the floor - with my time in the US everyone is courteous and look where they're going, we don't have black friday mobs but we have a good number of other opportunities for pushing.
Well, black friday 2014 was chaos.
Yeah, if they were different people in a completely different situation, they would be acting completely different! 😂
Why are people rude to those working?
I know people are stressed and want to get where they need to be but come on.
I've been through in combats (military prep) and a suit for interview with BTP before and the staff are fantastic, helpful when a non regular from Southampton :-)
are the broken down trains is at HIGH STREET KESNINGTION?
6:25 The begging woman had a child with her. Children on that age should attend school, not being used for begging. I never give money to such people.
21:50 that nigga be like "yo better stay out here" :'D
Ahhh the mid-noughties!!!
One doesn't expect too much joy on public transport. But all I've ever seen on the tube is misery and crush. That wouldn't be so bad - except that once one gets off the tube- all that can be seen is panic. Ambition is to be lauded, clearly, I just hate to think that fifteen levels above these guys are some elites who really couldn't care less how hard the normal people try.
Simon is great
They have so much personnel! when I was in London 2014 there were SO few people working there!
Khulhu Cthulhu TfL has downsized its workforce and reduced the number of Station staff. One example is the closure of ticket counters since the machines are all you need nowadays.
He may not of had a valid argument there "It cost 4.40 and you paid a pound do you think thats right?" Well the ticket had already been purchased unless they always had disclaimers on them then surely that piece of paper is the property of the person who paid 4.40 and they can sell it on if they wish. Been a long time so I can't remember if they had disclaimers on them say can't be resold. But then that might not even be legal. Like the Not To Be Sold Separately isn't actually a legal requirement its just a suggestion.
It's like a parking ticket. It's only for the person whose bought it.
The idea that they’re somehow “losing money” because all the fare that was already paid is being used is somewhat of a stretch. But rules are rules and he’s just trying to do his job I guess.
as part of TOC on all Transport in the uk tickets are non transferable IE cant be given to others
Im here for the opening music.
Are you sure we can go down?
Yes.
Simon says.
04:45 since when did Pele become a commuter on the London Underground?
Only way to deal with ticket touts was to pay for tickets by credit or debit cards, as for doubling up at ticket gates, double-sided gates migh provide the answer, where they are time delayed to trap the double uppers.
These days most people have an Oyster card or use contactless bank cards. This show is from 2 decades a go apparently.
@@UnseenSpirit That women was 83 at 19:20 why was she buying a ticket, where was her Freedom Pass, unless she’s from outside London, then had to pay.
@@jacksugden8190 perhaps from out of London and the suit case could be an indication of that. Just a guess of course
@@UnseenSpirit Remember meeting some pensioners outside Buckhurst Hill tube station, at the time, I had a 60+ Oyster Card, now a London Freedom Pass, as retired, they told me that they had to pay, as not London residents, full price on the tube, fortunately it’s free.
it's a misery line indeed
Was the s stock around then
The tube is my personal nightmare.
20:40 it's Mleepnos from Brooklyn 99
I like the victora line