Lived all my life in Sutton and taken the northern line from Morden so many times. I always said it feels like Sutton and Merton area is the forgotten borough and it’s nice to see it being appreciated. Thank you Geoff
Definitely forgotten. People know Wimbledon from the Tennis but the rest of Merton is just forgotten. I grew up in Morden and when I tell people where I'm from I use Wimbledon as a bench mark coz people know there
@@iAmTheSquidThing I guess that makes sense, I think it’s probably to do with the existing rail companies have a monopoly on the area at the time. And not wanting to share existing networks, I mean I could imagine the company who owned it at the time wanting passengers taking another route to London when the hold the only option
Indeed, during lockdown UA-cam with it's library of content was a great pick-me-up, and Geoff with your contributions you share in this too - and I will continue checking in from time to time for new content. Thank you.
I used to live in Dorking and often travelled up to Morden.. Now I live in Alanya Türkiye and loved watching your video here as brought back good memories of the London underground and Morden especially.. Thank you Geoff.. I shall look out for more..
@@SamsungTab-zq7rkif you’re still on UA-cam I hope you see this ,I understand this feeling a lot ,I was in London when I was a kid but had to move outside the country cause of family issues ,these videos made by Jay Foreman ,Geoff and other London producers make my day anyday
I think Geoff has a knack of making concise videos with some obscure trivia which do not outstay their welcome. I think that may be in part being adhd which I believe he mentioned in one video. Im certain someone will correct me if I am wrong and this is intended as a compliment
If they ever split the Northern Line, they should definitely call the line to Morden the Southern Line, to finally put the City & South London Railway back on the map
Kendor Gardens just north of Morden station is worth a visit, it's a long park that covers the tunnels. You can hear (and feel) the trains passing underground
Hi Geoff, I was born in Morden so watched with interest as you filmed all the places we used to go as kids. We used to joke the only reason Morden was populated was because people fell asleep on the train and woke up at Morden. It honestly hasn’t changed much over the years though there used to be a cinema where Lidl is now - ah the memories 😂 thank you
Although in a different setting, I lived in Portsmouth for many years (born in Morden, though), The fast Nelson Stock electric trains to and from Waterloo had side boards above the carriage windows, showing the main stations en route, ending in Ryde. Staff at Portsmouth Harbour Station had to wake up and/or shoo out passengers who, quite reasonably, had assumed that the train would be taking a four-mile tunnel under the sea to the Ryde, Isle of Wight, then guiding them to the ferry!!
Your friend from Newcastle is not alone. From 1987 to 1992 I commuted from Colliers Wood to the City and never once thought to go down to Morden. What an idiot. Now I'm retired whenever I have a travelcard I take random trips to places I've never visited before. Morden is a Must Do Soon!
My partner used to live in Colliers Wood & frequently went to Morden - he was always asleep though. We moved to Morden to cut down on the " there & back again" journeys...
As someone who grew up in the Sutton/Mitcham area, Morden station was the start of many a journey into Central London. But I can’t believe you missed out the cultural highlight of Morden, it’s Wimpy restaurant
As a former resident of Morden I can confirm that this is indeed how we walk. We are a backwards sort of people that live at the end of the tubeline. There is almost a lovecraftian mystery surrounding us and our unusual ways.
I was last in the Morden Station in 1974. Modernized but not changed. Used to cross the footbridge weekly from Grandad's home on Burnham Road for fish & chips. Thank you for the informative trip down memory lane.
@@tonygrossmith6223 The last time I actually lived with my Grandad was 1968 - 1969. Attended Garth Secondary with Mr Thomas as headmaster. Didn't know any of the neighbors.
I grew up in London but now live in the USA. I miss the London Underground. From the age of 14 years old my brother and I used to just take off from the house in Golders Green to travel to exotic destinations such as Ealing, Stanmore and Upminster. I’m now 61 years old but when I visit the UK each Christmas my brother and I sit hunched over the tube and overground map and like eager teenagers we once again plan out our next trip. Last year it was the Elizabeth Line and the Battersea extension. We finally got to Morden a few years ago, it was a fun day out, and I was glad to tick it off my list. Thanks for these videos it’s so nice to see that there is a whole community that shares our love for the London transport system.
As a child in the 1920s, my father lived in Balham and he recalled travelling to Morden on the new tube line. On reaching Morden, he and his older brother crossed the road outside the station and picnicked in a farmer's field o[opposite.
Gosh this brought memories flooding back...used to live by The Oval and when I was a lad my Dad asked me where I wanted to go for a day out.............. Morden I said.......... he asked why....... I don't know I replied.......... because it's there and I've never been ! He was shaking his head the whole way....memories.
Nice one. I've probably put your viewing figures up because I watched the video 4 times to see why it looked like a 2 car train at 0:43 leaving the tunnel. The signs of editing were not immediately obvious (with my elderly eyes on my laptop) until I had watched it those extra times. I have never been to Morden so I am enjoying this series, as it covers the area outside the stations too.
During each of three trips to the UK, I stayed for a time with a friend of my aunt who lived a short walk from Morden station, so I've been to and from it quite a few times. As she's no longer alive, I'm unlikely to make it to the end of the line during any future visits, so it was nice to see the station again. Thanks for the video.
I am liking this "End of the Line" series as I have used the Underground for many years but I think I have only been to a few "end stations" like Brixton, Elephant & Castle and Heathrow (though not the Terminal Five station) As I have friends who live on the Northern line near Balham - Morden would be an interesting trip to do.
I've been to Elephant & Castle on the Bakerloo Line, Ealing Broadway on the Central Line, Edgware Road on the Circle Line, Ealing Broadway, Richmond, Edgware Road, and Wimbledon on the District Line Stratford and the former terminus of Charing Cross on the Jubilee Line before it closed Uxbridge and Aldgate on the Metropolitan Line, Edgware on the Northern Line Both Heathrows on the Piccadilly Line Brixton on the Victoria Line and both ends of the Waterloo & City Line.
I used to live near Morden. I think it is a great area. Best terminus in London. Ganley's Irish pub is worth a visit. I didn't know about the long bridge though. An underrated part of London. Sister Wimbledon gets all the attention.
This is the first time I’ve seen anyone acknowledging the provision for a station at North Cheam so kudos and 10/10 to you! You didn’t get to the provision made for another station at what used to be the Organ roundabout in Ewell, though, so perhaps I’ll hold back a point or two for that. The North Cheam line was never looping round to Sutton as far as I know, that was the District extension from Wimbledon. Rather, it was heading for Epsom, hence the Ewell stop. Related tale… I now work for TfL and in a recent document, I based a scenario on a fictitious Northern Line Surrey Extension needing to provide 36 tph through North Cheam station. The pseudo-alternate reality of it amused me even if it went over the heads of everyone else at work. 😀
@@geofftech2 So would I. Not least because I now live round there and the station at North Cheam would have offered a more convenient route to work in Stratford than I currently have.
@@highpath4776 It may have been. We’re talking 1930s here so more likely LPTB than C&SLR. I’ve posted a link to my only online source for this stuff a couple of times but I don’t think UA-cam likes it so I can’t share it. There’s a comment that the shops on the Ewell bypass were built with a gap in the frontage for a tube station that never came which was later filled in with another shop.
Excellent as usual! The fact that the good old northern line (i''m at oval myself) goes so deep into south london can cause us locals a problem. It means that whenever Southern or s/Western go on strike, our "black" tube line gets overloaded n/bound in the am rush and vice versa in the evening!! We thus can't always get on!!
Slightly surprised when Geoff said, "17 miles, the longest journey without mobile signal" rather than "17 miles, formerly the longest passenger transport journey in a tunnel... in the world!" Which as a Finchley native (it comes out at East Finchley) was my favourite entry in the Guinness Book of Records.
Lovely to see that track throat again. I designed that back in 96 or 97 and still have a copy of the 1:50 timber layout somewhere. A really satisfying challenge to squeeze all those movements into such a small space.
The Northern Line extension to Sutton through North Cheam would've been great and it makes sense. The intermediary station could've been called 'Morden Park', as it is pretty much halfway between North Cheam and Morden. Wish they re-plan this extension, as there is a lot of space in North Cheam at the moment for development.
Another video that makes me smile! When the station throat junction was relayed (during 1997), I spent several nights there ‘setting out’ by marking up those walls with the design offsets of all the key components along with the designer! Fun times! 😎 Alas, never got to see that daylight view over the wall …
Lived at Tooting Broadway for 4 year and “visited” Morden many times (after falling asleep coming home). This is the first time I’ve seen the outside in daylight. Thank you.
Honestly love the fact that this was shot on a rainy day. I love just watching b-roll of rainy UK. Always puts my mind at rest for some reason. Great vid. Morden looks beautiful.
I live here -- beautiful it is not! It's a basic, unpretentious residential area, with Morden Hall Park and Morden Park providing some nice green space (the former is prettier). However, with the Northern Line and the Thameslink service from nearby Morden South and South Merton stations, public transport connections are very good. The shops around the station and the office block built over the station entrance have a very tired look, but I believe there are plans to spruce it all up. Nice to learn about the potential station that never happened and is now Sainsbury's. Fair play to Geoff, though; he presents the area really well and with such an enthusiastic delivery.
Hey Geoff your are the best train UA-cam I've watched I loved trains since I was a kid and memorised the whole of the northern line as I live in South wimbledon its just revived my love and I love it so thank you
The original Morden station was Morden Road (Halt), Morden (C & SLR) was going to be called Morden North. Morden (villiage) at The George is further south, even further than Morden South station. There was a motor vehicle garage opp Morden Station owned by UREL/London General ( site of Iceland Now ). built the same style as many of the East Surrey (owned by LGOC) bus garages.
I used to have my break in the canteen in Morden station, when I was on route 93 from Sutton Garage (A). The Underground staff hated us, as we were the first bus garage to go 'private', so were no longer London Transport. It was the beginning of the end !!
Geoff~ This is a cool video bro. I love LONDON and someday soon I will live and work there and can't wait. Keep sending more videos from the greater LON :) Bravo!! - VK 😀💛
Love this vid, I’ve lived in Morden pretty much all my life and now commute from there to work everyday. Never knew half of everything you showcased in this!
My first introduction to the Underground as a child was the Northern Line from Clapham North (with the scary island platform).Later I lived in south London and drove past Morden station a few times, though I never travelled there by tube. Fond memories.
Thankyou Geoff. Had some traffic problems and had to change plans. Then remembered where you said the end of lines where. So went from Morden to TCR. And had a wonderful day in London
05:36 That’s an excellent idea Geoff. I live in North West London on the Jubilee Line, and I use it as far as London Bridge for work. But I really should take it all the way over to Stratford some time for a look.
Years ago when I was a surveyor/draughtsman, we needed copies of the drawings we drew by hand on polyester film to give to our clients. The office was in Wealdstone and the copying firm was in Morden, so we would get the bus to Edgware and then all the way to the other end at Morden. After an hour two we would collect the drawings & copies and return. It all took most of the day and most of the staff hated having to do the trip. I used to take a book with me and didn't mind it at all. I recently did Edgware to Morden and then to High Barnet, using the Charing Cross and City branches- you see very little daylight!
Thanks for showing Morden Hall Park - I lived in a National Trust house in the park from 1998-2001 and have very fond memories of commuting from Morden every day.
Morden is my local station. As a kid I was very nervous always with trains, so it was very helpful that every train there would go in the same direction and I didn’t have to worry about getting the wrong one 😅
Hi Geoff my just turned 7 year old is a massive fan of yours. He loves to travel all over the tube and train network. He will be happy that you have just done this journey as his nan lives at Clapham North and he frequently takes her to Morden 🤣
Geoff, you could have mentioned that the stations on the Morden extension were the first large commission from the Underground for Charles Holden who later designed 55 Broadway and the stations on the Piccadilly line extensions. Also, that before the tube arrived there was nothing in what is now Morden town centre except a few houses and fields. The original village of Morden was further south.
Loved your video visit to the end of the Northern Line, Geoff: a spot of nostalgia as I grew up in Morden and enjoyed watching trains running in and out of the depot.
Love it, when I come up from Portsmouth I park at Morden and regularly go on the tube up the track to Kennington and beyond etc. I shall look out for the owl next time ⏲️ Cheap to park the car too at Morden 👏 We usually say when we get on at Morden I wonder if we will bump into our Geoff sometime. Keep up your wonderful content, longer edits the better ✨️
Geoff! I saw you running at the half marathon the other day, and accidentally called you George! Congrats on the run, and love your content - always a source of fun facts!!
Thanks Geoff, I’ve been looking forward to this episode and as ever you delivered. Nice to see the White Bridge as it is known featuring overlooking the depot. You might liked to have stayed on that road down towards Morden South where you would have seen the longest Pratt Truss bridge in the UK.
I used to live in Morden in the 80s and all I can remember about the footbridge was that it wasn't covered and there were no railings; and as for the Pratt Truss bridge again all I can remember is if you were walking under it to run as the amount of pigeons there meant you were likely to end up covered in...
@@simonturner5450 You know you are right, I had never thought about that bridge until you just said it - it was worse, it is funny how you can forget things and a turn of phrase makes the memory of running under that bridge come flooding back😀
Hi Geoff, I lived for 21 years near Morden just before North Cheam off Stonecot Hill. I recon the Station would have been there as a key London Underground Director in 1930s lived at 230 Ridge Road. He built a house for his daughter next door at 232. The fence posts of both properties are old Tube rails!
My childhood next door neighbour had lived near that halfway point on your map since the house was built in the 30s. She always said that the plan was to extend the tube to North cheam, with a stop at "The Woodstock", the name given to the junction between London Road A24, Sutton Common Road, Tudor Drive and Stonecot Hill (A24), named after a pub which was a changeover location for buses going way back into history. My bet, they'd have called the station Stonecot Hill or Woodstock. The Woodstock pub was sadly closed a few years ago, and is now a small Asda. Rumours abound locally that the tunnels for the track were even dug and maintained, but I'm not sure I believe it, since the depot you showed is at surface level, and is bound to the south by the raised embankment of a different railway line and a station (overground) AND its near the top of a fairly big hill, so not sure where the supposed tunnels could be.
My dad was in the fire service during the war and said that a tunnel was extended from Morden to Epsom Downs in case of invasion, but was never finished as fortunately not needed. I would love to know if that was true. There are definitely tunnels still under the Downs.
In the early 90s I lived in Belmont just south of Sutton. It was speculated that if the underground could make it to Sutton, it would be relatively easy to take over the line down through Belmont to Epsom downs. It seemed like it would be faster to jump on the Northern line from there rather trains into London (which werent particularly frequent). It was also speculated that a tram link out from East Croyden via Carshalton to Sutton might be a thing. Neither have happened. The ticket office at Belmont closed shortly before (or after) I moved away and there was always some suspicion that BR might close the route.
Belmont was a very infrequent service when I lived there. Often raster to get the 80 or 280 to Sutton than wait for a train. As regards the tram, think the plan was always to link Sutton to Wimbledon leg of tramline via Rose Hill and Morden. The roads were specifically built wider with such a link in mind I believe.
Regarding the underground I thought the plan was to link up modena tube with Morden south station ( just nehind the depot) and then use that alignment to Sutton rather than a dedicated route. Would only have required a couple of short sections of track to join it.
@@techgamer3007 From google maps the house I lived is pretty much the same. The ticket office was a fairly low building, flat roof, that you could walk through. Was even a level crossing there which my late 1st wife deigned to cross one day. "Passengers must cross the line" she was told. "I'm not a passenger. You havent got any trains because your all on strike". She was always a bit provocative.
As a Babylon 5 nut, I always had a slight shiver every time I looked at a Northern Line diagram, and saw Mr. Morden waiting for me at the bottom of the black line.
Wow I'm quite amazed by this. When I went to Morden station I thought it, and the area was honestly forgettable. But you find so much joy in it, it's quite inspiring.
I haven't seen Morden tube station since the 1960's! We traveled out there occasionally to visit relatives and took some group pics on the platforms while waiting for an outbound train. A long ride through continuous tunnels to get there from the city.
I used to visit all the LUL depots (and most of their office buildings) in the late 90s, supporting the servers which ran their office functions. For some reason, Morden had fewer problems than most other depots. Maybe it was because they kept the server environment clean. Most interesting to reach was Northumberland Park, where you had to ride in the front carriage of particular trains. Often the driver would get you to ride in the cab so they could have a chat.
I lived in Morden for a while and it was the best thing ever after a night out becuase you knew if you got on the tube you'd be home even if you passed out and woke up at the end of the line!
I remember seeing Morden station in a Poirot series (one with David Suchet as the lead), though for some reason the station was dressed up with a fictional name. The scene also featured a set of 1959 tube stock, possibly including the same coaches that are now on Alderney.
Great video. Remember visiting the Morden depot once which had been opened to the public. I think it was something to do with the Northern Line Centenary? Early 1990's? There was a shuttle service that took people from the station UP to the depot. Remember that vividly as the track was up a very steep incline which I had never seen before, let alone believe possible for a tube train to climb like a mountain railway. There's an idea for a video. The Tube's steepest inclines!
ah so happy to see my end of the line !! i’m not there too often, but there’s not many tube stations in (very) south london so it’s very cool to see :)
Hi Geoff, Love your videos. I grew up in Morden, and moved to NYC and then to San Francisco in the sixties. Some years ago I had an argument with another ex-pat who insisted that Morden was at the end of the "Southern Line", because it was in South London , and not the "Northern Line". He was wrong but had a good point!
I've been to Morden a couple times; the first time I went, I was stunned that it was outside unlike the rest of the Northern Line south of the river. I knew about Morden Hall Park, but I did NOT know about the long footbridge overseeing the depot. I'll have to visit that one day.
One can also walk through Morden Park to Colliers Wood station, past Merton Abbey Mills (William Morris associations) - and hunt the site of Merton Abbey Station.
Brought back memories, lived and worked in a dodgy pub in Morden two decades ago. We used to call it Mordor when we were on the northern line heading down.
Missed opportunity to say "Guten Morden" as the greeting Geoff.
Somebody morden this man
Or he could have said something funny.
No no such thing
Geoff marshall
Lived all my life in Sutton and taken the northern line from Morden so many times. I always said it feels like Sutton and Merton area is the forgotten borough and it’s nice to see it being appreciated. Thank you Geoff
Definitely forgotten. People know Wimbledon from the Tennis but the rest of Merton is just forgotten. I grew up in Morden and when I tell people where I'm from I use Wimbledon as a bench mark coz people know there
@@LucyLive91 yeah I usually say croydon, I would say sutton or carshalton and most people wouldn’t have a clue
@@cjwoods21 Only people from London have heard of Morden or the surrounding towns lols
Apparently they stopped extending the Tube down here because the ground is all gravel, and it was too difficult to tunnel through.
@@iAmTheSquidThing I guess that makes sense, I think it’s probably to do with the existing rail companies have a monopoly on the area at the time. And not wanting to share existing networks, I mean I could imagine the company who owned it at the time wanting passengers taking another route to London when the hold the only option
Hi Geoff, just want to say thank you for all your amazing content. Been feeling depressed recently and these videos really pipe me up so thank yoy 😀
Keep yourself busy rather than watching UA-cam - it’ll just make you more depressed
Indeed, during lockdown UA-cam with it's library of content was a great pick-me-up, and Geoff with your contributions you share in this too - and I will continue checking in from time to time for new content. Thank you.
I used to live in Dorking and often travelled up to Morden.. Now I live in Alanya Türkiye and loved watching your video here as brought back good memories of the London underground and Morden especially.. Thank you Geoff.. I shall look out for more..
@@SamsungTab-zq7rkif you’re still on UA-cam I hope you see this ,I understand this feeling a lot ,I was in London when I was a kid but had to move outside the country cause of family issues ,these videos made by Jay Foreman ,Geoff and other London producers make my day anyday
I would have run out of ideas to film years ago. But for some reason, you just keep on turning out great content. Cheers mate!
I think Geoff has a knack of making concise videos with some obscure trivia which do not outstay their welcome. I think that may be in part being adhd which I believe he mentioned in one video. Im certain someone will correct me if I am wrong and this is intended as a compliment
If they ever split the Northern Line, they should definitely call the line to Morden the Southern Line, to finally put the City & South London Railway back on the map
I definitely agree, maybe perhaps have it coloured white on the tube map, to contrast with the Northern line's black, if that's possible.
@@tommykiryu777 perhaps 2 black parallel lines with white in the middle?
Might get a bit confusing at balham where you would get off the southern line train and change for a southern railway train.
@@_CaptainCookie Yeah, just like how Thameslink used to be shown on tube maps back in the 90's
theyre running out of colours
Aussie here. This series is a real winner. I watch each episode at least 3 times to ensure I don't miss anything. Looking forward to the next episode.
Yes another Aussie here , love watching Geoff's content on the rail system and how thorough he is .Always a pleasure to view .
I really liked your cameo as Frank Pick in Jay Foreman's latest video, quite fitting for your channel!
Kendor Gardens just north of Morden station is worth a visit, it's a long park that covers the tunnels. You can hear (and feel) the trains passing underground
Hi Geoff, I was born in Morden so watched with interest as you filmed all the places we used to go as kids. We used to joke the only reason Morden was populated was because people fell asleep on the train and woke up at Morden. It honestly hasn’t changed much over the years though there used to be a cinema where Lidl is now - ah the memories 😂 thank you
Although in a different setting, I lived in Portsmouth for many years (born in Morden, though), The fast Nelson Stock electric trains to and from Waterloo had side boards above the carriage windows, showing the main stations en route, ending in Ryde. Staff at Portsmouth Harbour Station had to wake up and/or shoo out passengers who, quite reasonably, had assumed that the train would be taking a four-mile tunnel under the sea to the Ryde, Isle of Wight, then guiding them to the ferry!!
Your friend from Newcastle is not alone. From 1987 to 1992 I commuted from Colliers Wood to the City and never once thought to go down to Morden. What an idiot. Now I'm retired whenever I have a travelcard I take random trips to places I've never visited before. Morden is a Must Do Soon!
My partner used to live in Colliers Wood & frequently went to Morden - he was always asleep though. We moved to Morden to cut down on the " there & back again" journeys...
I’m wondering why someone from Newcastle heading for the city went via Colliers Wood 😢
@@TimBrownLondon Wot?
As someone who grew up in the Sutton/Mitcham area, Morden station was the start of many a journey into Central London. But I can’t believe you missed out the cultural highlight of Morden, it’s Wimpy restaurant
Exactly it’s a Morden institution. It’s been there longer than I have and I’m in my mid thirties
@@theghostofsabertache9049 It has moved from its original place beside Crown House
2:04 Blimey - how did you miss the most interesting part of Morden, where people walk backwards?! Surprised that didn't make the narration!
As a former resident of Morden I can confirm that this is indeed how we walk.
We are a backwards sort of people that live at the end of the tubeline. There is almost a lovecraftian mystery surrounding us and our unusual ways.
yes we’re basically Australian here
@@theghostofsabertache9049 The eldritch tentacles and eerie piping are a bit of a giveaway 😁
I assume that's what the Stepping Back poster is about? 😁
Nice catch!
The train doors used to open on both sides at Golders Green too, until 20-odd years ago when one of the platforms was turned into a "staff platform".
And the tragic loss of the Finchley Road exit with its strange blocks of concrete for locking up bikes and the Season Ticket window
"You don't just walk into Morden" 😂😂 Great video Geoff!
My friends and I who grew up there always did refer to it as Mordor.
“one does not simply walk in to Morden”
you run LOL !🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@theghostofsabertache9049 which school did you go to ?
@@ahsenkhan5386 I went to Bishopsford but it doesn’t exist anymore. You?
I was last in the Morden Station in 1974. Modernized but not changed. Used to cross the footbridge weekly from Grandad's home on Burnham Road for fish & chips. Thank you for the informative trip down memory lane.
My grandparents lived in Burnham Road no 26
@@tonygrossmith6223 35 Burnham Rd . . . the last but one.
I grew up on Abbotsbury Road.
Next to Peter the gardener?
@@tonygrossmith6223 The last time I actually lived with my Grandad was 1968 - 1969. Attended Garth Secondary with Mr Thomas as headmaster. Didn't know any of the neighbors.
The end-of-the-line series is great Geoff!
I grew up in London but now live in the USA. I miss the London Underground. From the age of 14 years old my brother and I used to just take off from the house in Golders Green to travel to exotic destinations such as Ealing, Stanmore and Upminster. I’m now 61 years old but when I visit the UK each Christmas my brother and I sit hunched over the tube and overground map and like eager teenagers we once again plan out our next trip. Last year it was the Elizabeth Line and the Battersea extension. We finally got to Morden a few years ago, it was a fun day out, and I was glad to tick it off my list. Thanks for these videos it’s so nice to see that there is a whole community that shares our love for the London transport system.
As a child in the 1920s, my father lived in Balham and he recalled travelling to Morden on the new tube line. On reaching Morden, he and his older brother crossed the road outside the station and picnicked in a farmer's field o[opposite.
Gosh this brought memories flooding back...used to live by The Oval and when I was a lad my Dad asked me where I wanted to go for a day out.............. Morden I said.......... he asked why....... I don't know I replied.......... because it's there and I've never been ! He was shaking his head the whole way....memories.
Nice one. I've probably put your viewing figures up because I watched the video 4 times to see why it looked like a 2 car train at 0:43 leaving the tunnel. The signs of editing were not immediately obvious (with my elderly eyes on my laptop) until I had watched it those extra times.
I have never been to Morden so I am enjoying this series, as it covers the area outside the stations too.
Glad it wasn't just me.
@@geofftech2 Hello!
Thank you Geoff to have travelling all around London just for doing a excellent series for us.
You have a heart of gold ♥️
I love the fact that Geoff casually flips the tube map at the start
Geoff Marshall Videos Always Make Me Smile , Every One
During each of three trips to the UK, I stayed for a time with a friend of my aunt who lived a short walk from Morden station, so I've been to and from it quite a few times. As she's no longer alive, I'm unlikely to make it to the end of the line during any future visits, so it was nice to see the station again. Thanks for the video.
Geoff, I used to live near Morden so this brought back lots of memories. Great shout out for Morden Hall Park too 👍
Best Train UA-camr In history award.
Geoff your the best, I love your videos and I’m also a tube nerd. I hope you continue making videos for years
I am liking this "End of the Line" series
as I have used the Underground for many years
but I think I have only been to a few "end stations"
like Brixton, Elephant & Castle and Heathrow
(though not the Terminal Five station)
As I have friends who live on the Northern line
near Balham - Morden would be an interesting trip to do.
I've been to
Elephant & Castle on the Bakerloo Line,
Ealing Broadway on the Central Line,
Edgware Road on the Circle Line,
Ealing Broadway, Richmond, Edgware Road, and Wimbledon on the District Line
Stratford and the former terminus of Charing Cross on the Jubilee Line before it closed
Uxbridge and Aldgate on the Metropolitan Line,
Edgware on the Northern Line
Both Heathrows on the Piccadilly Line
Brixton on the Victoria Line
and both ends of the Waterloo & City Line.
I used to live near Morden. I think it is a great area. Best terminus in London. Ganley's Irish pub is worth a visit. I didn't know about the long bridge though. An underrated part of London. Sister Wimbledon gets all the attention.
This is the first time I’ve seen anyone acknowledging the provision for a station at North Cheam so kudos and 10/10 to you! You didn’t get to the provision made for another station at what used to be the Organ roundabout in Ewell, though, so perhaps I’ll hold back a point or two for that. The North Cheam line was never looping round to Sutton as far as I know, that was the District extension from Wimbledon. Rather, it was heading for Epsom, hence the Ewell stop.
Related tale… I now work for TfL and in a recent document, I based a scenario on a fictitious Northern Line Surrey Extension needing to provide 36 tph through North Cheam station. The pseudo-alternate reality of it amused me even if it went over the heads of everyone else at work. 😀
@@geofftech2 So would I. Not least because I now live round there and the station at North Cheam would have offered a more convenient route to work in Stratford than I currently have.
@@allanfstone Always thought the Cand SLR Sutton plan was to go from Tooting Brdw / Mitcham / Rose Hill / Sutton
@@highpath4776 It may have been. We’re talking 1930s here so more likely LPTB than C&SLR.
I’ve posted a link to my only online source for this stuff a couple of times but I don’t think UA-cam likes it so I can’t share it. There’s a comment that the shops on the Ewell bypass were built with a gap in the frontage for a tube station that never came which was later filled in with another shop.
Excellent as usual! The fact that the good old northern line (i''m at oval myself) goes so deep into south london can cause us locals a problem. It means that whenever Southern or s/Western go on strike, our "black" tube line gets overloaded n/bound in the am rush and vice versa in the evening!! We thus can't always get on!!
Slightly surprised when Geoff said, "17 miles, the longest journey without mobile signal" rather than "17 miles, formerly the longest passenger transport journey in a tunnel... in the world!" Which as a Finchley native (it comes out at East Finchley) was my favourite entry in the Guinness Book of Records.
The Channel Tunnel put the kybosh on that record.
Lovely to see that track throat again. I designed that back in 96 or 97 and still have a copy of the 1:50 timber layout somewhere. A really satisfying challenge to squeeze all those movements into such a small space.
The memories of taking the 154 to Morden with my grandma to take the tube into London 🥰
The Northern Line extension to Sutton through North Cheam would've been great and it makes sense. The intermediary station could've been called 'Morden Park', as it is pretty much halfway between North Cheam and Morden. Wish they re-plan this extension, as there is a lot of space in North Cheam at the moment for development.
Another video that makes me smile! When the station throat junction was relayed (during 1997), I spent several nights there ‘setting out’ by marking up those walls with the design offsets of all the key components along with the designer! Fun times! 😎 Alas, never got to see that daylight view over the wall …
Lived at Tooting Broadway for 4 year and “visited” Morden many times (after falling asleep coming home). This is the first time I’ve seen the outside in daylight.
Thank you.
Loving this series
Honestly love the fact that this was shot on a rainy day. I love just watching b-roll of rainy UK. Always puts my mind at rest for some reason.
Great vid. Morden looks beautiful.
I live here -- beautiful it is not! It's a basic, unpretentious residential area, with Morden Hall Park and Morden Park providing some nice green space (the former is prettier). However, with the Northern Line and the Thameslink service from nearby Morden South and South Merton stations, public transport connections are very good.
The shops around the station and the office block built over the station entrance have a very tired look, but I believe there are plans to spruce it all up. Nice to learn about the potential station that never happened and is now Sainsbury's.
Fair play to Geoff, though; he presents the area really well and with such an enthusiastic delivery.
Hey Geoff your are the best train UA-cam I've watched I loved trains since I was a kid and memorised the whole of the northern line as I live in South wimbledon its just revived my love and I love it so thank you
The gates area of the station (3:56) looks literally the same as Hendon central station on the Northern line! I've been there many times
Love this! I really can’t wait for you to see Chesham station!
The original Morden station was Morden Road (Halt), Morden (C & SLR) was going to be called Morden North. Morden (villiage) at The George is further south, even further than Morden South station. There was a motor vehicle garage opp Morden Station owned by UREL/London General ( site of Iceland Now ). built the same style as many of the East Surrey (owned by LGOC) bus garages.
Really enjoying this series so far Geoff! 👍🏻😀
I often go to Morden but didn't know about the footbridge over the depot! Will check that out. Thanks Geoff!
I tell you where if you want
Hi Geoff.
Stopped by there today on my way into town....
Bonus points for me :-)
I'm increasingly waiting for the next episode of this series with every new video...
Geoff I owe you so many pints you wouldn't believe. Your videos are so chipper and you always cheer me up.
thank you George, appreciated and very kind! :-)
I used to have my break in the canteen in Morden station, when I was on route 93 from Sutton Garage (A). The Underground staff hated us, as we were the first bus garage to go 'private', so were no longer London Transport. It was the beginning of the end !!
Geoff~ This is a cool video bro. I love LONDON and someday soon I will live and work there and can't wait. Keep sending more videos from the greater LON :) Bravo!! - VK 😀💛
Love this vid, I’ve lived in Morden pretty much all my life and now commute from there to work everyday. Never knew half of everything you showcased in this!
My first introduction to the Underground as a child was the Northern Line from Clapham North (with the scary island platform).Later I lived in south London and drove past Morden station a few times, though I never travelled there by tube. Fond memories.
I was fascinated with Morden station so many thanks for the great video.
Thankyou Geoff.
Had some traffic problems and had to change plans. Then remembered where you said the end of lines where. So went from Morden to TCR. And had a wonderful day in London
05:36 That’s an excellent idea Geoff. I live in North West London on the Jubilee Line, and I use it as far as London Bridge for work. But I really should take it all the way over to Stratford some time for a look.
3:12 Thanks for the tip Geoff! I got a nice shot myself (on a sunnier day)
Years ago when I was a surveyor/draughtsman, we needed copies of the drawings we drew by hand on polyester film to give to our clients. The office was in Wealdstone and the copying firm was in Morden, so we would get the bus to Edgware and then all the way to the other end at Morden. After an hour two we would collect the drawings & copies and return. It all took most of the day and most of the staff hated having to do the trip. I used to take a book with me and didn't mind it at all.
I recently did Edgware to Morden and then to High Barnet, using the Charing Cross and City branches- you see very little daylight!
Nice plants on the platform 👍
Thanks for showing Morden Hall Park - I lived in a National Trust house in the park from 1998-2001 and have very fond memories of commuting from Morden every day.
Morden is my local station. As a kid I was very nervous always with trains, so it was very helpful that every train there would go in the same direction and I didn’t have to worry about getting the wrong one 😅
Hi Geoff my just turned 7 year old is a massive fan of yours. He loves to travel all over the tube and train network. He will be happy that you have just done this journey as his nan lives at Clapham North and he frequently takes her to Morden 🤣
Geoff, you could have mentioned that the stations on the Morden extension were the first large commission from the Underground for Charles Holden who later designed 55 Broadway and the stations on the Piccadilly line extensions.
Also, that before the tube arrived there was nothing in what is now Morden town centre except a few houses and fields. The original village of Morden was further south.
That’s a rarity in Morden high street, a wimpy burger place!
Loved your video visit to the end of the Northern Line, Geoff: a spot of nostalgia as I grew up in Morden and enjoyed watching trains running in and out of the depot.
Love it, when I come up from Portsmouth I park at Morden and regularly go on the tube up the track to Kennington and beyond etc.
I shall look out for the owl next time ⏲️
Cheap to park the car too at Morden 👏
We usually say when we get on at Morden I wonder if we will bump into our Geoff sometime. Keep up your wonderful content, longer edits the better ✨️
I love these films as it shows you parts of London that us Northerners never normally see.
Geoff! I saw you running at the half marathon the other day, and accidentally called you George! Congrats on the run, and love your content - always a source of fun facts!!
Thanks Geoff, I’ve been looking forward to this episode and as ever you delivered. Nice to see the White Bridge as it is known featuring overlooking the depot. You might liked to have stayed on that road down towards Morden South where you would have seen the longest Pratt Truss bridge in the UK.
I used to live in Morden in the 80s and all I can remember about the footbridge was that it wasn't covered and there were no railings; and as for the Pratt Truss bridge again all I can remember is if you were walking under it to run as the amount of pigeons there meant you were likely to end up covered in...
I agree when I lived in Morden the White Bridge was fully uncovered but I always found the bridge on Links Avenue/ Hillcross much worse for pigeons.
@@simonturner5450 You know you are right, I had never thought about that bridge until you just said it - it was worse, it is funny how you can forget things and a turn of phrase makes the memory of running under that bridge come flooding back😀
Smashing series so far Geoff! Really like it! Looking forward for the next one!
Hi Geoff, I lived for 21 years near Morden just before North Cheam off Stonecot Hill. I recon the Station would have been there as a key London Underground Director in 1930s lived at 230 Ridge Road. He built a house for his daughter next door at 232. The fence posts of both properties are old Tube rails!
That is an amazing fact!! My goodness. Thanks!!
My childhood next door neighbour had lived near that halfway point on your map since the house was built in the 30s. She always said that the plan was to extend the tube to North cheam, with a stop at "The Woodstock", the name given to the junction between London Road A24, Sutton Common Road, Tudor Drive and Stonecot Hill (A24), named after a pub which was a changeover location for buses going way back into history.
My bet, they'd have called the station Stonecot Hill or Woodstock.
The Woodstock pub was sadly closed a few years ago, and is now a small Asda.
Rumours abound locally that the tunnels for the track were even dug and maintained, but I'm not sure I believe it, since the depot you showed is at surface level, and is bound to the south by the raised embankment of a different railway line and a station (overground) AND its near the top of a fairly big hill, so not sure where the supposed tunnels could be.
My dad was in the fire service during the war and said that a tunnel was extended from Morden to Epsom Downs in case of invasion, but was never finished as fortunately not needed. I would love to know if that was true. There are definitely tunnels still under the Downs.
Love these End of the Line films 😀
Great work with the episodes! 👏🏽
In the early 90s I lived in Belmont just south of Sutton. It was speculated that if the underground could make it to Sutton, it would be relatively easy to take over the line down through Belmont to Epsom downs. It seemed like it would be faster to jump on the Northern line from there rather trains into London (which werent particularly frequent). It was also speculated that a tram link out from East Croyden via Carshalton to Sutton might be a thing. Neither have happened. The ticket office at Belmont closed shortly before (or after) I moved away and there was always some suspicion that BR might close the route.
Belmont was a very infrequent service when I lived there. Often raster to get the 80 or 280 to Sutton than wait for a train.
As regards the tram, think the plan was always to link Sutton to Wimbledon leg of tramline via Rose Hill and Morden. The roads were specifically built wider with such a link in mind I believe.
I live near Belmont now do you remember what it was like in the early 90s?
@@techgamer3007 yes, single track, unmanned, very quiet.
Regarding the underground I thought the plan was to link up modena tube with Morden south station ( just nehind the depot) and then use that alignment to Sutton rather than a dedicated route. Would only have required a couple of short sections of track to join it.
@@techgamer3007 From google maps the house I lived is pretty much the same. The ticket office was a fairly low building, flat roof, that you could walk through. Was even a level crossing there which my late 1st wife deigned to cross one day. "Passengers must cross the line" she was told. "I'm not a passenger. You havent got any trains because your all on strike". She was always a bit provocative.
I love this new series you've started. Very fun to see the underground outskirts like this 😉.
I go from Waterloo to Old Street for Moorfields on a regular basis, so I often wonder what is at the end of the lines, so thanks for this :)
Absolutely loving this series and looking forward to both Stanmore and Edgware as they were both my old commuting routes.
3:14 Thanks a lot for the tip Geoff! I went and saw it myself (on a sunnier day) and it was amazing!
As a Babylon 5 nut, I always had a slight shiver every time I looked at a Northern Line diagram, and saw Mr. Morden waiting for me at the bottom of the black line.
Lovely video, thanks for showing us the station’s architectural features and where to look down at the depot!
Never been to Morden but honestly do need to head down there one day to clear that section of the Northern Line, great video shame about the Weather
Hi Geoff great content again. I don't know of anyone working in London who didn't wake up in Morden at some time or another after missing their stop.
I did a lot but thankfully I actually get off at Morden 😅
Wow I'm quite amazed by this. When I went to Morden station I thought it, and the area was honestly forgettable. But you find so much joy in it, it's quite inspiring.
You can see the beautiful new facade of the Baitul Futuh Mosque in the background 4:50, nice capture
I haven't seen Morden tube station since the 1960's! We traveled out there occasionally to visit relatives and took some group pics on the platforms while waiting for an outbound train. A long ride through continuous tunnels to get there from the city.
LETS GOOOOO repping the ends here Geoff. love it
And I see a Wimpy. So that is worth a visit to Morden for me
I used to visit all the LUL depots (and most of their office buildings) in the late 90s, supporting the servers which ran their office functions. For some reason, Morden had fewer problems than most other depots. Maybe it was because they kept the server environment clean. Most interesting to reach was Northumberland Park, where you had to ride in the front carriage of particular trains. Often the driver would get you to ride in the cab so they could have a chat.
I lived in Morden for a while and it was the best thing ever after a night out becuase you knew if you got on the tube you'd be home even if you passed out and woke up at the end of the line!
I remember seeing Morden station in a Poirot series (one with David Suchet as the lead), though for some reason the station was dressed up with a fictional name. The scene also featured a set of 1959 tube stock, possibly including the same coaches that are now on Alderney.
Glad you pointed out Morden Hall Park, it's a real gem!
Great video. Remember visiting the Morden depot once which had been opened to the public. I think it was something to do with the Northern Line Centenary? Early 1990's? There was a shuttle service that took people from the station UP to the depot. Remember that vividly as the track was up a very steep incline which I had never seen before, let alone believe possible for a tube train to climb like a mountain railway. There's an idea for a video. The Tube's steepest inclines!
ah so happy to see my end of the line !!
i’m not there too often, but there’s not many tube stations in (very) south london so it’s very cool to see :)
The stop between North Cheam and Morden would have been Stonecot Hill on the extension.
I was a Station Foreman at Morden in 1972/3 - it hasn't changed much. live in Australia now.
Hi Geoff, Love your videos. I grew up in Morden, and moved to NYC and then to San Francisco in the sixties. Some years ago I had an argument with another ex-pat who insisted that Morden was at the end of the "Southern Line", because it was in South London , and not the "Northern Line". He was wrong but had a good point!
Hi Geoff, It's been so long since I watched your vids but I'm glad you still post these days.
Time to go on a Geoff binge eh? :)
@@krissp8712 Of course mate
I've been to Morden a couple times; the first time I went, I was stunned that it was outside unlike the rest of the Northern Line south of the river. I knew about Morden Hall Park, but I did NOT know about the long footbridge overseeing the depot. I'll have to visit that one day.
One can also walk through Morden Park to Colliers Wood station, past Merton Abbey Mills (William Morris associations) - and hunt the site of Merton Abbey Station.
Brought back memories, lived and worked in a dodgy pub in Morden two decades ago. We used to call it Mordor when we were on the northern line heading down.
Very Good Geoff - & now I know - thanks for sharing 🙂🚂🚂🚂