The History Of The London Underground (Part 1 of 4)

[ludocrat]

"I mean I like a bird as the next bloke, but I do not like a bird with big hands! Oh no! Definitely not!"

My name is Michael Pain and I am a nosy neighbour.

[abhandre]

4 people like getting traffic on their cars in London

[ellenkingsley]

I feel so emotional everytime history about classes is mentioned first,second and third

[IlRezzonico]

soaked with sewage and infested by rats, London grinding to a halt... - plus ca change

[Mutleytech]

Ruth is very knowledgeable. I commend her!

[Haagendal15]

you are lucky to have a underground train

[MrChuffbox]

Please enjoy this wonderful post that djscraig has taken the time and effort to enable us to watch.

Absolutely brilliant mate.

So sick of youtube being the place of negative unjustified comments by people who all they have in their lives is the ability to moan.

[dameaustel]

the person with the hat at 8.02 is almost certainly a man.

[howardkevinm]

i live in Philadelphia. one of our rail lines and all 5 of our trolley lines use Broad Gauge tracks.

[wanker4761]

I thought the London Underground was a political movement.

[music4lifesux]

transvestite at 2:34 anyone agree??

[johnnybucks72]

@music4lifesux more likely a transsexual but then some women do have deep voices.

[411smiths]

@music4lifesux hahaha adams apple anyone lol

[raoulhery]

greatest city on earth

[MiLLwallpaul231258]

Iwish somebody told the commentator that here in England they are railways and not railroad

[MercifulZeus]

@MiLLwallpaul231258 This is a drawback of re-recording narration from a US-originated programme for a UK audience - they have to stick verbatim to the original script, otherwise copyright issues arise. So even though the narration has been re-recorded for UK broadcast, the words stay the same. On all these air accident documentaries on National Geographic etc, you'll invariably hear "airplane" not "aeroplane".

[Dirkdebruyne]

lots of homophobic reactions here about Ruth etc...you should all be so couragious ..apart from that it has been my experience that homophobes are for the most part closeted and/or frustrated men strugggling with homosexual feeling but affraid to act on them and jealous(if their ignorance allows it) of the freedom and creativity of gays, compared to their own drab and grey straight lives..

[K4TFT88]

@mity15 You don't like it you don't use it simple!!

[edj66]

7 million people? More like double that...

[rightwingpob]

Before we go on I should mention that Ruth has a pendulous cock and balls.

[jester572]

Gibt es da wirklich geister ?

Are there really ghosts?

[rustydobro]

Why show an 0-4-4 when the commentary is talking about a 4-4-0? And kick out 'railroad' before it takes over like 'train station'!

[stormwell]

Railways weren't ALLOWED to expand further into London??

They REALLY need to check their facts, a central station for all the companies to use was the overall goal but the land prices in the centre of London was too expensive. So they built the Met instead.

[cvrmaniac]

where is this steam railway?

[KT319]

@cvrmaniac Erm, doesn't the title give you a clue???

[fillingkingsteak]

thumbs if youre here from mr. miller

[Hutchins1404]

Hahahhaha Ruth you're fooling no one love.. I mean mate..

wait..... ¬_¬

[2009heso]

este video es una puta mierda -.-

[SciMasterGeneral]

2:36 "It's a man baby!"

[cfdcolin1979]

thats a big problem with the tube it was built by seperate companies at different times sometimes competing..and not as one whole system by government as is the case elsewhere..so to bring it together is still an issue its complex with differing signalling etc. its unique in this regard

[norristerse]

i wouldn't mind a job as a voice-over artist. i must learn to over enunciate the word "sol-ee-yu-tion"

[soldierofdec]

HAHAHAH the guy with the hair :O HAHAHAHAH

[DELTIC55007]

You darn ruffians! There's nothing wrong with Mike's haircut or the lovely Ruth's gender

[SingHouse]

I firmly believe the decision to go very deep and drill those narrow tunnels will ultimately be the downfall of London Underground. It means small trains, no air conditioning, narrow platforms etc. It's just not scalable and LU will forever be an uncomfortable, frustrating experience.

[bronzeonion]

Haha, looks like The Times was ran by a Victorian version of The Times current owner: Rupert Murdoch

[neotorre]

@bronzeonion completely agree

[TheQueenl92]

@bronzeonion CLASSIC COMMENT...

[jposh707]

London is TOO crowded!!

[jamwithmates123]

what the hell is wrong with this guys hair? 1:37

[Jeansieguy]

In England it's a railway not a railroad. The dialogue has both terms... make up your mind!!! :)

[PooPusher007]

09:58 thats a fuckn joker, i'd do it though

[PooPusher007]

09:58 thats a fuckn joker

[mackat4ck]

7:57 not much different from today!

[matdur2000]

09:58 look at the size of 'her' hands. perhaps she used to be a bricklayer .......named dave

[Talentz92]

FACT: If you spend at least 45 minutes on the tube when u get to the surface and clean ur nose wid tissue ull be surprised at what u breathed in.

[7855waldo]

2:20 - Is that a Cheese Fry on his forehead?

[SingHouse]

my solution: blow up the entire tube system; rebuild it bigger and better with slaves.

[treewindle]

1863*

[matthewpeter]

spot the American program "railroads"

[rachxlovesxpcd]

she sounds a bit like Dame Edna Everage....

[TlGBC]

Ruth Kelly.

[BigNeptizzle09]

What the hell is that mike guy thinking, his little hair quiff is just ridiculous

[garymurphy84]

thats a bloke..

[usernamealredytaken]

Thumbs up if you'd give Ruth Kelly one!

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

Is that Ruth Kelly a man?? Should be Ruth O'Toole!!

[MalinStromblad]

what a haircut!!

[vuittion]

London houses more than 13 million people, its flooded with nappy headed immigrants.

[djforest75]

@vuittion why do we have to go through those rasist comments

if u dont like it just move away and leave this enormous example of humans ability

to live alongside each other in multicultural and multireligious society in peace and harmony

[charlieiscool1000]

No there u go again far left idiot pulling out the race card whenever somone mentions immgrant its a fact there are to many immgrants in London its one of the most over Populated cities in europe and indeed the world and the underground was built i the late 18th century its very old systerm and one of the most haunted at night there have been more problems than solved ever since the flood gates were opened

[MCFLUFFY65]

Songs a pot better

[ssssroryssss2]

Railroad............ITS A FUCKING RAILWAY!!!!!!

[GabrielleduVent]

They STILL don't have it right after a century of underground railway. I'm not entirely certain why TfL even bothers anymore.

[ryko26]

"London, England" not London, Paris then?

Dumb twats

[christoc99]

Very impressive video. I hope one day my city "Trujillo" will have something like that built.

Greetings from Peru - South America and

Go Griffins!! Forza CSDC Mannucci

[horchan1216]

lol at the dummie houses

[crubba]

greathead didn't invent the shield, brunel did (ahem tower subway...)! greathead improved it you idiot.

[enigma800]

02:35 That's a man, baby!

[PropJam]

Yes it well is.

[manhattanishappening]

yeah wtf is with that bitch?

[Hugman77]

love the way that guy at 1.45 has the worst haircut known to man

[MultiCARTOON]

Can you make a story about the Metropolitan line train.

[dewy200884]

London is one of the best places...

[LyokoTravels]

Most Cities Restore There Old Transportation Trains,Buses etc....

[mity15]

London is to crowded and the underground is just a wreck it never runs on time and is always closed for repair at weekends i dont like it

[djscraig1]

yeah but london is a busy place :) and they are upgrading the stations so thats why its closed on weekends

[MEGA714]

@djscraig1 does run on time... get trains like every 30 seconds

[charlieiscool1000]

more like there are too many ppl in london who dont need to be here and its putting too much strain on the underground and other public services at least in the 19th century the underground wasnt competely croweded as it is today

[formerutuber]

@mity15 ha! you should see japan

[rightwingpob]

@mity15 Well you can fucking walk then.

[cromlechs]

I want to go London ... is very nice

[5000433]

I missed out an a, just in case you was thinking I was a foreigner :)

I think you US guys got to admit us Brits do documentaries, THE BEST!

[5000433]

Its better than US guy trying to win an Oscar with his soo dramatic voice, complete with pumpy sexy muzak :)

[liam4vids]

haha that bloke had a sex change, and tries to sound like a woman by being quiet! :D

I have nothing against the sex change cos it's their decision, but making their voice sound as stupid as that...

I think they deserve a round of applause. :D

[butiamthedoctor]

Compressed air? On the Metropolitan??? Who on earth did the research on that? The Metropolitan could never have worked as a pneumatic railway, that's absolute bunkum! They had specially designed steam engines that recycled most of the steam for tunnel use. It was only considered for the first deep level Tube line, the City and South London Railway.

[Jump2893]

put in "ghosts on the underground" on youtube, interesting doccumentry if you like ghosts and london underground, apprantly its the mot haunted place on earth

[shelzo]

LOL at 1.36.

ol mates stylin.

[bbukfan]

Great documentary, but why does every narrator in these types of documentaries (British and American) sound like they have a cold?

[Ajc52]

maybe he had swine flu :P

[DaffyD2009]

What's The Station At 9:27

[ougadoudou]

gloucester road (district line)

[Lord6of9Uk]

the LondonTube is the most haunted place in the World! I am a Londoner myself and have traveled the underground many times.

There are literally thousands of graves that have been dug up for construction of the tube...also not to mention the countless deaths (either singually or in large quantities) and suicides that have happened over the years..

[ShikisaiProductions]

Yup.. Bank station being one of the main haunted stations

[Lord6of9Uk]

indeed. i have been to Bank myself!

apparantely the exit at bank, as you come up from the escelators, was where a Crypt was...right where people pass everyday there were bodies lying there before construction of the Underground. and the entrance to the crypt was where the ticket office is now ; ) interesting huh

[ShikisaiProductions]

convent garden, upney and bethnal green are also haunted, and probably some of the closed stations too like aldwych, down street and many others

[Lord6of9Uk]

well i dont believe in the supernatural, i think of the history! but i'd like to see the closed stations...good atmoshphere, if u like morbid thngs ; P

[ShikisaiProductions]

lol i dont believe in ghosts either, just the coincedence of things happening

[Ajc52]

Personally i believe in Reincarnation,

Although interesting

[SevenSmith7]

ruth is almost certainly a man

[javialpalo]

seven smith , i think she is male like we call in bueno aires trabuco ! london is great!

[Pitcairn2]

Whats a railroad????

[javialpalo]

sth you put in your ass! you cant ask that , where do you live mate?

[Pitcairn2]

You didnt detect the irony, friend.. In England its called a 'Railway' Someone mentioned 'Railroad' which unfortunately is becoming to be used in the UK by young people.. We INVENTED the bloody thing!

PS Saw your guitar stuff , check mine out!

And I live in Scotland (Weve had a railway since 1840!) :)

[CULAVE]

Fascinating docu. But London is more around the 8 million mark now.

[StingRhea]

mike ashworth has a wierd hairstyle.

[andrecarioni]

agreed

[andy4971]

ruth is a man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[StingRhea]

roflmao~

[melindarann]

Yeah whats the problem with that.

Meinda

[intoxicologist]

In 1818, however, Brunel patented the tunneling shield, a device that made possible tunneling in safety through waterbearing strata. did not have invent it. he improved brunels version. after all greatheads version was used in 1884 60 years after brunels thames tunnel was opened.

[Edwiness]

Where is part 3?

[djscraig1]

Sorry, it will be uploaded very soon!

[Edwiness]

That RUth Kelly sounds rather, odd... She sounds like a tranny!

[djscraig1]

I Was thinking the same!

[lukianp]

shes definately a tranny!

[astarisporn]

@Edwiness look at the size of those hands!

[Boobdepot1977]

@Edwiness I'd kiss Ruthy. It's been a while tho...

[georgiet14]

nice i like the undergound 5 stars