Train Drivers view Aldgate East through to Barking 1 of 2

[MrBluenotred]

I so much wish I could become a tube driver, my sight could manage it easily, but them 'specialists' can't see beyond the point. Their loss, my tears

[mappman1000]

Great video, Whitechapel is very different to that now!

[retrogeordy]

Buffers are the end of a small siding at Whitechapel East Bound .

[RailwayAustralia]

I am from Aldgate and this is not Aldgate... Aldgate CERTAINLY does NOT have an Underground Tube Railway. I am from Aldgate and I should know...

[chatterjeemilan]

Hi Arounf 2:20, just before the train enters the tunnel again, the line coming from your left meets you. Why there is some portion of the tracks continuing and then ends abruptly with a buffer?

Thanks

[paulboon]

hello lovely video i can remember reading back about 1960 when i was 9 about a toddler aged about 3 who managed to somehow get off the platform he was found actually stood on a live rail his rubber soles saved him i wonder has there been any more incidents like that over the years

[adnewsome1]

At 0:17, the points are set against the train yet it still continues through !

[ruud411]

yo on the sub surface where do u stop

[Imatt33]

The reason for the extra center earth rail (NEG) is to prevent stray earth current. If the running rails were used as the earth it could stray into the steel tunnel walls.

[KasHCubeD]

Coudn't see St Mary's Curve : L

[Chris35005]

@KasHCubeD It is just before you pass the other train. Signal lights are visible but not much else.

[jor11111111]

i've decided

i want to drive a trainwhen i grow up

[SingHouse]

do tube drivers wave at each other when then pass, like bus drivers?

[Bails992]

Im a train driver in Australia and when we are ready to depart a station the guard gives a bell and the driver sounds the horn and departs is that your departing procedure over there in The UK?

[poshJosh69]

@Bails992

We are hard and don't need guards or conductors. And we don't sound the horn as that would be a warning to imbeciles on the track, we like to kill tresspassers as it's the only bit of fun on shift.

[xxepicsnailxx]

@Bails992 the departing procedure in the uk on the london underground is the driver looks at a mriror on the platform or a screen in the cab to see if its clear to close the doors and depart and then they check the train out of the platform.

[swarlock]

Quite an interesting view from The Train Driver's POV.

[MultiCARTOON]

What D78 stock train is speed? S stock is 60mph.

[f1baker]

round about 1:07 is the old St Mary's (Whitechapel) station

[MultiCARTOON]

I really haven't seen a tunnel like these before

[idiotsdream]

What Tube stock was that at Whitechapel? The grey one?

[richardwild76]

District Line D stock. The last unpainted train was taken out of service in February last year, now they are all in standard LU colours of white, red and blue.

[NintendoIsASUME]

D stock Unrefurbished. The Unrefurbished District line stock.

[taykb88]

Well, very complicated design of the track. How did they do it with so many crossings

[gogopoo121]

how can you see in there

[taykb88]

What is the speed limits for the london underground? I saw some at 35 miles an hr, some 25

[dndwizard94]

speed limits vary. sub surface lines like the H+C range from 20 to 45mph.

[shiningold321]

Maximum in tunnels are usually 35mph, oveground usually 40mph, but on the Jubilee line maximum is 55mph!

[Edwiness]

Does Aldgate East have ticket halls at both ends?

[bradleigh10]

What was the mainline next to the tube line about 7 mins into the vid?

[antdaman123]

C2C, Behind is London Feenchurch Street, infront goes towards Southend.

[shiningold]

what happened to the DVA?

[nhd1969]

The train in this vid is a H&C C stock, not a D. I drive the D stock, and the route into the first station doesn't come from Tower Hill.

[neilyneilyneil]

very nice film - interesting that a good speed maintained up that very steep section after Bow Road - what sort of gradient is that?

[Edwiness]

1 in 30 I think

[Edwiness]

Tilbury and Southend line from Fenchurch Street.

[Porsmond]

Cool Videos, Both Part 1 and 2, really cool to see what views a tube driver actually has.

One curious Quick Question, I understand how most signals work, but I saw more in Part 2 that some signals gave you 2 Green Lights on it instead of the usual 1, How do these work??Does it effectivly mean that the next 2 signals are green???

[changingman1]

The signal with the two green aspects is called a repeater signal has a yellow plate and the letter R before the number, which is the same as the signal it repeats. The repeater is only used where necessary for sighting purposes. Some locations have a stop signal and a repeater signal mounted on the same post. It looks like a four-aspect signal but is actually two separate signals. There will be two identification plates on the signal post.

[6V92TA]

Do you pilot the D Stocks? i love the D Stocks....they look American like by the low set headlights.

[CrazyDP]

ahh yes the fimble grey D-Stock - some have been refurbished now to white and red with blue strips

[6V92TA]

sweet! Did they upgrade the traction motors and control systems?

[metadyneman]

Thanks for that.. i have often wondered. I suppose it is logical when you think about it. Mind you it is also logical and sensible never to touch or go near a live rail anyway.

[metadyneman]

Something I've always wondered about.... if the middle (neg)rail is the return rail.. would you still get a belt(die) if you touched it? and if so how come you don't on a running rail neg return system?

[poshJosh69]

The basic answer being: Yes and no. If a train is "In section" between specific isolating block joints, then a trespasser who touched a return running rail within that section, would get a high voltage whack!

[ib9rt]

Actually, the answer is Yes and Yes. One rail is maintained at +420 volts and the other rail at -210 volts with respect to ground (giving a total of 630 V). Both current rails are therefore "live" and either rail is able to kill you if you were to touch it.

[t00ber]

A fourth return rail is used on the London Underground to protect cast iron tunnel linings and gas and water mains pipes from electrolytic corrosion caused by large return currents.

[groundview]

Thanks! In the NYC subway system power Third rail changes postion on the left or right side as yours. The two normal tracks cary the return current.

[groundview]

Great Video! I so much enjoy your efforts. I'm from NYC, is that your third rail in the middle of the track?

[poshJosh69]

The "tube" has two conductor rails, pos and neg (feed and return) The middle conductor rail is the negative, the positive ("third") is the outer rail, and changes to left or right depending on location.