End of the Line No.10 - Chesham
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
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It's time to go to a very quaint End of the Line! In this episode, we're all the way out in Zone 9 in the far top left corner of the Tube Map. Say hello to Chesham ...
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I think TfL should sponsor this series of videos Geoff, as you are encouraging many of us to use the Underground to visit these stations when we wouldn't normally do so. 👍
Good idea
I would honestly have expected that already, for how he sometimes went into less accessible territory on the network.
Geoff has helped me in my third holiday in London and surrounds .
From Australia 🇦🇺
In the online looney world, to be sponsored by TfL would, alas and alack, invite accusations of lickspittle in the pocket biased reportage by said characters of our host.
It's probably better that he leaves their accounts department alone in that case.
Would be nice to think that somehow he got a free annual pass in his Christmas stocking for all his efforts though.
^
3:10 Geoff encounters a Walkers Are Welcome sign
7:04 Geoff eats a packet of Walkers Crisps
Coincidence?
And then Geoff proceeds to "walk" around Chesham. Hmm 🤔
Bet they were the eminently tastier Golden Wonder back in the day.
That's a crisp observation
Everyone's lives are determined, you have no free will. Then you die.
My wife and I loved this video. She says it was one of the most charming and well-composed of any that she’s seen.
The best thing about Geoff’s videos are the joy of just being.
I've lived in Chesham for thirty years and I've never been in that waiting room: must fix that. Geoff, if you'd told us when you were planning to be there we could have arranged a flash mob 🥳
I’d never been there til last month, because there’s usually a train already waiting when I get there.
Last time I used the Chesham branch was 1967. We lived at Quainton which had been on the LT network before WW2 and was start of long-defunct Brill branch. Now, that WAS an extremity.
Nice to see Geoff again after a while without a Geoff video. Chesham looks quaint to be fair. Always a very interesting watch 👍💛💙
Boring ass town
This video was so heartwarming. There are so many things that are just right at this station. Thanks for finding them all and showing them to us Geoff.
This whole series has been excellent. Geoff's infectious manner makes them so enjoyable.
Chesham is easily the quaintest tube stop, beating Roding Valley
hey by the way Geoff when you do Walthamstow, don't miss the trinkets in the village: there's an original GER sign a couple bridges up - the walk there is really nice too; also, the person who did the mosaics on the overground platforms also did ones just up the road. I'm sure there's more stuff around that I've forgotten.
Ahh, plenty of good memories of walking down the hill from Chesham High School (as was) after GCSE exams and getting the tube home to Chalfont and Latimer. it was also a super convenient way of getting into London for school trips. why take a coach when you can all get the train!
Also as far as I'm aware Chesham is the only place in the UK that had a Mcdonalds which closed and never came back (in the early 2000s I think). It was where the M&Co is in the shot behind Geoff.
Now that's me walking down the hill from CGS about to do my exams lol
I was especially glad of that waiting room back in Mid-December when it was covered in snow and we had an extra long wait after what had been a stressful evening. I enjoyed the old adverts so much we had to buy some Vimto on the way home.
This is why I wear a huge puffer jacket in winter, no matter where I go.
It's ankle length aswell, so keeps me super warm!
I've lived in Chesham my whole life until about 2 years ago. I still go back every so often to see family. I'll always love that town. Great history and fond memories on the trains.
In the mid-fifties I went to a Cubs Camp at Chesham Bois, & the railway ran along the bottom of our field. The push-pull loco & old Met coaches set would pass quite frequently, & we would run down the slope towards the fence, waving & shouting at the engine-crew. The fireman, a cheerful black guy with a huge grin, would always wave back at us.
I'm from Chesham originally, although I moved away almost 30 years ago now when I went to university! This lovely video really does take me back. Happy memories :)
Are you moving away and Geoff visiting in 1988 perhaps connected in some way
@@kenjones3253 😂I hope not. But you never know!
I understand you met the legendary actor and voice over Toby Longworth whilst filming this ep. I was working with him yesterday and he was excited to tell me all about it!
What a lovely video. In particular it was great to hear your memories of visitibg as a child. Chesham will always have a special place in my heart as it was of course where we finished our Walk the Tube challenge together!
Love Chesham station so many memories going to London in the summer from my grandparents house. Remember having to change at Chalfont and Latimer as it was shuttle service.
Also use to have a turntable at the end.
Still awesome too see a fair amount of history at this station and It's been a joy to watch as always! Looking forward to Episode 11
Indeed Chesham is a fine station, and well worth a visit. Being on its own branch line, I guess it got fossilised with compared to Amersham and the other Met stations.
Didn't help that it was also a shuttle for years but frankly it's stunning.
Aldgate will be a fun episode with the views of district line trains going between Tower Hill and Aldgate East and circle line trains between Tower Hill and Aldgate!
I was wondering if he was doing situations like this and Elephant & Castle.
Been wondering the same thing... Does the Circle line have one or two "Ends"?
@@JBLewis Edgware Road, also a District Line terminus and Hammersmith, also a Hammersmith & City Line terminus)
I would suggest a definition of "End of the Line", where if multiple lines go to that station, it must be the end of every single one of those lines.
@@LolBot720 West Ruislip isn't the end of the line for Chiltern services, but it qualified for inclusion in the series.
My favourite End of the Line video yet. I love Chesham, the place and the station. It has so much character and that old worldly feel with the station features. Also beautiful countryside on the branch line from Chalfont & Latimer and around Chesham itself. Another great video Geoff. :)
I am so fascinated by how excited he is about everything regarding tfl😄makes me kind of want come back to London where I have spent my 5 years of life… but on the other hand, I am happy that I live in my small and cleaner country😁but still, he brings me back to the days when I was in London and travelling around with tube.. ahh.. feeling so nostalgic..
I've been there a several times with my mum on our London tours. We just loved this peaceful little town.
I live in Chesham and was so nice to watch this sweet video ! It’s such a nice little town and I’m so proud to say I live in zone 9 haha
Hi Geoff. It was lovely seeing you in my hometown Chesham. I live in the flats alongside Jacobs ladder. I get to see and hear the trains. Xxx
You are so calming! I watch your videos to help my anxiety!
Oh that signal box needs a job! Looking forward to the Labyrinth video for sure. This was a delightful journey all around
I first discovered Chesham when I was 15, trying to do all the ends of lines myself. It was at a time when London Transport (as was) had introduced extension tickets on machines... but not for children. So I had to get one at a ticket office, with the staff member unsure if my National Rail photocard for my season ticket was valid (it seemed to be one of those periods when the two didn't talk to each other and so some ticket options became a mess) and trekked out. Chesham immediately became my favourite station and over the years I've often returned to enjoy it. I miss the shuttle and the fun of waiting in the old waiting room on the bay platform at Chalfont & Latimer. I did, however, discover the Chesham waiting room on my very first visit.
Beautiful town. Also has the longest distance between 2 stations on the Underground network taking 7 minutes to travel to/from Chalfont and Latimer
I used to work in Chesham, getting the train from Rickmansworth. At the time the shuttle was still running, so when got off at Little Chalfont there used to be a little cafe where I used get a coffee and a kit kat and then get on the shuttle waiting for the trip into Chesham. I loved the waiting room with all the old photos and yes it was nice and warm on those cold winter nights waiting for the train back home. Thanks for bringing back those memories Geoff.
I have no idea why, but I now want to visit Chesham so much, genuinely. I promise I will get a can of soda and a package of crisps and pretend I have my old Walkman with me and I'm listening to the Pet Shop Boys and Kylie Minogue when I'm there! :)
You’ll be more than welcome I’m 64 and have lived here all my life. Yes our high street isn’t very good but we have a beautiful park and breathtaking views xxx
The thing about only letting one train onto the branch and having no signals is called "One engine in steam" Stourbridge Junc - Stourbridge town is similar
I lived in Chesham until I was 11 years old. My family moved then, and I've only returned a few times. This video has brought back many memories.
I can remember the goods yard in the 60s. My Gran would take me to watch the steam locos shunting backwards and forwards manoeuvring the rolling stock onto different tracks.
I also remember climbing the stairway up to the bridge and the long path known as "The Backs" that ran along the side of the valley and beside some of the track.
Thanks for a well presented and interesting video.
Talking of station gardens. There was at least one station that's sadly long gone on The North Coast of New South Wales Australia called Telegraph Point that had the most gorgeous array of plants as well as native ones like Staghorns and Ferns among other beautiful plants and had one numerous awards just like Chesham some dating back to 1964. While few locals used the station and that not many trains stopped there it did attract visitors even giving them guided tours around the station. Sadly as i mentioned the station is long gone it closed in February 1983 and has long been demolished all that's left is the water tower.
When I was a youngster I lived in Willesden and went to school in the City. One day I decided to explore the Metropolitan line as I used to see these large trains overtaking my Bakerloo line train to Stanmore (a long time before the Jubilee line was even thought of) so I got off the Bakerloo train at Finchley Road and caught the first Metropolitan train that arrived. This was an electric locomotive hauled train to Aylesbury and I got on without realising that it was a fast train - well, I say fast in the loosest way. The first stop was Moor Park but at that time the Metropolitan line hadn't been 'four tracked' between Harrow on the Hill and Moor Park so this 'fast train' had to wait before each intermediate station for the preceding train to leave before we crawled through it without stopping!
When we arrived at Rickmansworth the electric locomotive was detached and replaced by a steam engine which continued the journey. The changeover was remarkably quick - no more and 3 or 4 minutes. At Chalfont and Latimer I saw this small steam engine with incredibly ancient looking carriages and got off my train and went over to the bay platform and shuttled to Chesham. Even then, to my 12 year old eyes the station seemed quaint but, as my season ticket was only valid to Willesden Green I didn't dare to leave the station as I would have had to pass the ticket collector and would have been caught without a valid ticket!!!
I went home and changed at Moor Park onto a slam door T stock train and had to change again at Harrow as this train was non-stop between Harrow and Finchley Road. The first train to arrive at Harrow was an F stock train with oval windows and I took this to Wembley Park and the back on the Bakerloo to Willesden Green. I had a lot of explaining (and fibbing) to do to my mother about my tardiness but what an adventure. After that transport became my lifetime hobby which I pursue to this day
a hell of a story, I had to mentally remember this was before the jubilee line! So I assume mid-60s?
It was around 1959/1960. There were brand new Craven A60 stock beginning to accumulate in Neasden depot although at that time I had no idea that's what they were!
@@barrykeen5643 oh wow! I can barely imagine a time that far away..
I lived in Chesham from aged 6m to 3y and now live at another extremity - Shenfield. You have inspired me to do the journey next week.
In 2015 I ventured out beyond Rickmansworth for the first time ever, being unsure how fares operated beforehand. At Chorleywood I discovered some great walks , and eventually at the Ricky canal shop got a leaflet on the River Chess walk. 10.5 miles to Chesham. I spent nearly every weekend exploring parts of this walk, and finally, walked into Chesham - my first ever visit. So it's an old friend to this old walker! Thanks for the summary Geoff!
Chesham is now firmly on my must visit list.
Yesterday I ventured as far out as Rickmansworth having travelled down from Leicestershire for the depot open day, where I also met you for the first time Geoff.
This is one of the end-of-the-line stations I go to often; the other being Harrow and Wealdstone at the top of the Bakerloo. Sadly both have held (or currently hold) the dubious honour of being served by the oldest LT trains still in service - A stock and 1972 stock. I notice that the S stock seat cushions are showing their age.
hi geoff, great video. been here lots of times,just like a setting from the railway children,a place to find ones peace,also a good model shop in the town selling old dinky toys and matchbox toys.
Great description peter is like a railway children setting
I love these old model shops. Sadly, eBay has caused many to close down. There is a fabulous one in Southport where I bought some Lone*Star Railway (remember that?!!).
Following Geoff's moquette sock video of a few weeks ago, I decided to order myself a box from the London Transport Museum. Today was the first day that I have worn a pair. I am therefore sitting in Australia watching a video of a guy in London sitting on a tube train whose seats have the same pattern as the socks I am wearing! 😄
Born there, on Chesmount Rise. I remember going back to see my uncle at about the age of 10 in winter. The broadway was white with frost except for a snaking line down the middle. My uncle explained that was where the river ran under the street and kept the temperature a touch higher. He was that type of uncle; full of wonderful facts and anecdotes. Used to drive me up to Berkhamstead to watch the newly electrified LMR trains thundering through, as he knew I was into them.
Love this station! It's peaceful and so distant from London, despite being on the London Underground. I found it's a good starting point for walking in the Chilterns.
Chesham is lovely. A previous trip there saw me get off at Chesham, and then walk to Amersham to return from there - it's not *that* far (about 2 miles or so)
I lived in Chesham for a short while exactly 10 years ago - the only time I've ever lived anywhere near London. I am now feeling a little nostalgic, although that might just be Geoff's presenting style.
If you do visit Chesham, visit Darvell's Bakery. The cakes are amazing. (Or at least they were in 2013.)
They still are - but don't go on a Monday as Darvell's won't be open.
Awesome tour, Geoff! I've only been to Chesham once when I was doing the Tube Challenge back in 2019. I arrived in Amersham and only had 21 minutes to make the run over to Chesham, so didn't have too much time to check out the station. But I was impressed by how quaint it seemed compared to other end of the line stations!
Hello, fellow person who has done the Tube Challenge! Running from Amersham to Chesham is no mean feat! Rather that way than the other direction though :)
Ah lovely Chesham! I live on the Kent coast and in the 70s we regularly visited an Aunt there, taking the shuttle from Chalfont obvs! Luckily her garden backed on to the Met and I looked forward to seeing those exotic A60 units trundling past, so different to what I was used to in Kent.
I love this series, Geoff. Thank you! The set of coaches in the framed photograph @08:15 in the waiting room were subsequently purchased by the Bluebell Railway in 1962 and were this pioneer heritage railway's very first passenger coaches. Known as the "Chesham Set", I believe that they are still at Horsted Keynes.
When I visited Chesham, it was very weird going form Chalford and Latimer to Chesham. All I could see is farm's and fields. Made me feel like I was on the line that goes past my house.
Aww. Thanks Geoff. It'x more then a commute. It's a teenage memory. Nice one.
Currently dealing with a super rough train journey due to the Bristol > Swindon line flooding. The irony of getting excited seeing a video like this while also cursing the service over the last four hours is not lost on me.
At the behest of this video I travelled up yo Rickmansworth this morning and took the beautiful Chess Valley walking trail up to Chesham, which is wonderfully peaceful. Thank you Geoff, I think that makes you an influencer now?
Is Geoff's suggestion still in the suggestion box? If so it could explain why there are no other such boxes on the network as no one leaves any sensible suggestions! 🤔🤣
Never been to Chesham, Do need to head there one day to clear that stretch of the Met! Great video Geoff.
I've been to Amersham several times, but only once to Chesham, and that was on a "Steam on the Underground" train a few years ago - a lovely trip to a unique station.
Chesham is my local station and it's really cool. To be honest, I've never been in the waiting room but I shall make an effort to visit this evening!
Great video Geoff. I made this trip in September last year specifically to get to the end of the line and to see the water tower and signal box. The town is lovely too. On the way back I noticed an identical signal box at Chorleywood.
That 5am meet up at chesham was the start of one of the best days ive ever had #walkthetube
Went to this station to get to school for the past 7 years
Which school?
I remeber going here when I was young every weekend by bike into the forest. It's really nice that you did this geoff! :)
I've been struck lately by the similarities in the style of some of these old London stations with those of my home in Australia, particularly in the Blue Mountains about as far from Sydney as Chesham is from central London. I suppose they would have been built around the same time and drawing from the same general pool of knowledge. But the waiting room especially reminded me of the kinds of things you'd see in waiting rooms on my home line.
I used to be taken to visit my father’s parents in Ashley Green (by car) far more years ago than 35 years ago. This video definitely tempts me to visit Chesham and take a walk to see if I recognise anything. Jeff Lock, who you mentioned in an earlier video, has a book ‘Exploring the Elizabeth Line - 23 walks from Crossrail stations’
Your end of the line videos are crying out for similar treatment. I certainly want to revisit Epping and the preserved Epping-Ongar Railway.
That was great Geoff. One of the best so far. I remember 1988 -- I was 24
It’s such a London thing one Tube ride can go to a quaint station like Chesham and then into the maze at Kings X St Pancras.
Thanks for coming to Chesham, Geoff. I was hoping you would. My wife and I learned a fair bit from this despite being at the station regularly! Great video as always.
i think the PURPLE hanging baskets are the BEST part of this video, Geoff
On a recent [ enforced ] layover, in London [ thankyou freezing fog, and then, snow ], I took the opportunity to check-out the north-east extremity of 'La Ligne Centrale' - and, oh my, did the world look pretty under a decent layer of snow, out Epping, and Hainault way [ Geoff video consulted, as a post-mottem exercise ]. Great work, Geoff.
That stretch is equally beguiling for the station architecture and on warmer days for the sight of cows gamboling amongst the buttercups in the fields.
@@JP_TaVeryMuch *Cows observed, with snow underrfoot, too.
Well done for not advertising a certain newspaper 😊
I did 🎉😊
Ah, THAT'S what the blurring was for!
Good to see you in my area again. Regarding the Signal Box, I was at Chorleywood today and there was a poster saying there's plans to build a working model railway of Chorleywood Station in the old Signal Box. I'm looking forward to seeing that up and running.
Been a while since I've been to Chesham, went to a preseason football match there. Long trip from South London.
I LOVE CHESHAM! Been there not once but twice. Fairly quiet and peaceful, the shops are amazing and I love their vape store.
I highly recommend visiting Chesham.
Can't believe I missed the waiting room when I went. I guess it was in summer so I was probably not as interested in cosy indoor places.
I was interested in the signal box too, a member of staff kindly took my phone and filmed through the window so I could see what was inside.
ha! i watched you video John, and i did wonder how you had managed that, good work!! :-D
Fantastic bumping into you in Chesham by Market Square and having a quick chat, always watching your videos which are entertaining and fun, often with a good old giggle, keep up the great work Geoff! Never knew the labyrinth artwork was number 1/270, Chesham's top! Looking forward to the rest of the series.
One for the suggestion box
Chesham needs a bin bag blowing in the wind lol 😂
I think Stanmore should be the next station on the series! My local station when I was younger and lots of memories of watching the jubilee line come and go from the end of my grandmas garden
Hi Geoff another fabulous video always a real delight you learn so much. Paul in Kent
I was in Chesham a few weeks ago and i didn’t even realise that the waiting room was there. Looks like I'll have to make another trip!
I have a friend who lives in Chesham and we've used that station to venture into London on several occasions while I've visited Chesham.
I had my first acid trip sat at the top of jacobs ladder 🤣🤣
I remember going to Chesham with my Dad in the early 2000's (I can't remember specifically when). At the time, it was the only station on the Underground network that he'd never been to and he invited me along as well. We spent the afternoon in the town before heading home again
Chesham is somewhere I've always wanted to go and nearly did when I was last in the UK, however time was against me and I ended up having to head for Watford to meet my cousin before I had the chance. Luckily, I have this video to take me there instead :D.
We have a few quite English villages in New South Wales: Exeter, Millthorpe and Bundanoon spring to mind, but none as quaint as Chesham, and there's no such thing as "quaintly Australian" really.
For those interested in name origins like me, Chesham's name is a simplification of "Ceasterhamm", a combination of Old English words "ceaster", meaning "heap of stones" and "hamm", meaning "water meadow" (Why Do Shepherds Need A Bush? - David Hilliam, 2010). Interestingly, the River Chess is named from Chesham, not vice versa as is usually the case with towns/ cities on rivers, such as Exeter (the English one, not the Australian one obviously).
My favourite Tube station after Sudbury Town.
What a great video of a lovely end of the line location - awesome stuff!
Another great End of the Line video, Geoff. Welcome to our end of the Underground map!
Excellent video and a great series, Geoff! I'll need to find my way to Chesham at some point in the future.
Thanks for continuing to subtitle your videos! On this one, the subtitles get stuck for about ninety seconds starting at 3:35 on the subtitle about the station building being lovely (which should start around 4:58)
Your mention about tube jaunts as a teenager reminds me of doing the same with a friend and our Capital cards.
We travelled the North London line more than most, and at one point were lucky enough to travel in the front of an old Waterloo & City line train.
Your videos feel like you're using filming a youtube video as an excuse to go have a good time, and we get to go along with you.
Wow, pretty smart move to convert the water tower into a parking space for bicycles. It’s definitely a pretty creative way to reuse/recycle otherwise-obsolete infrastructure for modern uses.
And yes, this definitely doesn’t scream “metro station” to me; this looks more like a rural suburban railway station than a metro station.
Was my home for 13 years . Chesham is a great little town . Plenty of things to do once the weather is better in the spring / summer. Worth going to the park and walking round pednor loop . Now I live just down the road in Chalfont and Latimer (little Chalfont)
Now that we have Cross-Liz-Purp and ThamesLink operating, TfL stations should have their distance and direction from Farringdon Station listed.
Liking the video before I've watched it, just because I appreciate the effort you put into them. Keep up the great work Geoff.
I travelled to Chesham last year and thus ticked off my *final* end-of-line visit! It's taken me a good number of years though... indeed I added Amersham way back in 1980. Unfortunately I didn't check out Chesham's waiting room so it looks as though I'm gonna have to return...
Absolutely loving this series Geoff 😊
I'm going Richmond and Kew next month so I'm looking forward to seeing some of these stations are my way there.
During the Heatwave I walked to Chesham from Amersham, did some shopping and then got the train back into London. Always love it out there in the Chilterns.
I went to school in Chesham. Took many trips to and fro on the shuttle service and occassionally having to leg it through the underpass to make my Chiltern Railways Connection. The new integrated met line service is definitely better for getting into London there used to be a fair wait for a main met line train.
I really appreciated that at Barbican, there's a board with some historical notes and photos about the station, but nothing to Chesham's extent!
the 1988 flash back was awsome
Geoff, you sir always make my day! Thanks for making such great videos.
Another fantastic video, Geoff - really enjoying this series!