Rickmansworth to Amersham driver pov

The third and final leg of the journey on London's Metropolitan Line by A60 stock train from Baker Street to Amersham, as filmed in May 1992. The train stops at Chorleywood and Chalfont and Latimer stations en route.

The whole journey form Baker Street to Amersham, unedited, can be downloaded at
http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/142998846-baker-street-to-amersham-in-...

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• metroplitan
• rickmansworth
• amersham
• tube
• london
• undreground
• chroleywood
• chalfornt
• latimer
• London Underground
• Greater London

[Bails992]

what was the top speed?

[A60stock]

@Bails992 They used to run up to 70 mph but in latter years were restricted to 50 mph. The ride above 50 was pretty dreadful passengers were bounced all over the car.

[kingbleah]

why do we still need train drivers ?.

should it not be totally automatic? in this day and age?

[A60stock]

@kingbleah When the Victria Line was being planned driverless trains were envisaged, but the Public Relations office at LT said the public would not use unmanned trains so a 'train operator" was out in a cab to open and close doors and press the start button. The Victoria Line is a successful automatic railway, that just happens to have man in the cab. The Central line is now in a similar position and the Jubilee line will follow on soon. Its the British distaste of change.

[formulacountdown]

How did you get this?

[A60stock]

With a camera mounted in the cab besides the motorman

[AppleOranges12]

Wow, thats 16 years ago!

[ramesh046]

You remind me of David Cameron!

[Mounhas]

@Mounhas But then your video "Baker Street to Harrow by A60 stock" answers my question below re missing stations.

[Mounhas]

That's something different. Journey time from Amersham to bak Street, is it long, and are there fast trains missing out inner suburban stations?

[Murderdogs]

@LordRassy Hahaha! The line is 600v, so you would need a transformer. It will be increased to 750v in a year or two on this line. But yes, if you wired the positive terminal of a step-down transformer to the outer electric rail and the negative terminal to the rail in the centre (or the normal running rails if it's not the tube) then yes, it would work!

[LordRassy]

In theory, could you run a cable from the third rail into a house? My electric bill has gone throuh the roof since i started growing exotic plants, so i'm looking at the alternatives???

[ChumpusRex]

Wow. That line looks identical today!

[RDL1984]

@A60stock

But now, with the refurbished rail structure, that units (and the newer S Stock) can go again until 70 mph?

[formulacountdown]

I still struggle to believe that 2:16 is the M25....

[bronzeonion]

@kingbleah Wouldnt that be abit boring?

[chezvegas87]

@A60stock or probably, lets not let computers take over every job, coz soon there will be no jobs left requiring people