I'm glad that Jago has finally had the decency to apologise for the overcrowding at Covent Garden! I shall stop writing all those letters to my MP about him.
@emjackson2289
Жыл бұрын
Although continue to write about the *clearly* incorrect pronouncing of HOL-born *LOL*
@Gill12283
Жыл бұрын
Nothing to do with immigration.......
@RogueWJL
Жыл бұрын
Also known as Dante's Inferno....or is that the Central Line at Tottenham Court Road......?
@CorvoFG
Жыл бұрын
@@RogueWJL I’d agree with the Dante’s Inferno reference. The amount of times I’ve been there in summer and the thing has broken down in a tunnel at CG. There were impromptu wet T-shirt contests last summer…
@fumthings
Жыл бұрын
"in which case"... rather than apologising i thought he was going to say "why the hell didn't you get off at Leicester square???"
@AverytheCubanAmerican
Жыл бұрын
The actual four kinds of Underground station: - True Underground - Underground but it's overground - Why is a station called that? - Bank Ah yes, Olympia with a slab of Overground with a touch of an Underground shuttle...truly a creative Gordon Ramsay recipe
@MattMcIrvin
Жыл бұрын
- Bank but it's called Monument
@rjjcms1
Жыл бұрын
I take Olympia fits into the unofficial fifth category all on its own.
For Why is a station called that? That would be: Angel Cockfosters (forever the best station name anywhere in the world) Elephant and Castle Battersea Power Station Station (ok, that's just funny) Burnt Oak Manor House Old Street (It's London, almost everything is an old street) Seven Sisters (I've seen the video, I know it's supposed to be for 7 trees. Still strange) Swiss Cottage Tooting Bec Tooting Broadway I'm American, honestly half of the station names sound funny to my ears.
@rjjcms1
Жыл бұрын
Someone I know caught a nasty case of Cockfosters following a midnight fling.
@ZGryphon
Жыл бұрын
And here I was hoping gateway stations would be the ones where you use them once just to see what it's like, and before you know it you're using the Underground every day, you can't stop, it's only a matter of time before you get into ever more _hardcore_ forms of public transport...
@adamcetinkent
Жыл бұрын
Jay Foreman was my gateway station to Geoff Marshall who was my gateway station to Jago Hazzard
@rjjcms1
Жыл бұрын
Try to make me go to rehab? No no no!
@paulsengupta971
Жыл бұрын
@@rjjcms1 Which line is that on?
@DodgyDaveGTX
7 ай бұрын
@@paulsengupta971 The white line 😉
@lydan5808
Жыл бұрын
Gateway stations are notorious for getting people hooked on harder stations.
@JustSomeBloke1
Жыл бұрын
I started by going to King's Cross and next thing I knew I was visiting all 4 Heathrows in the same day. Luckily, my partner helped me go cold turkey and I'm fine again now (unless anyone mentions Platform 9 3/4).
@DodgyDaveGTX
7 ай бұрын
TBF, I think I've probably sniffed more lines in the bathrooms of Kings Cross than any other station in the UK.
@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
Жыл бұрын
The four kinds of Jago Hazzard: - Genius comedian - Trams - Why? - Charles Yerkes And these kinds are exactly why we continue to watch. Love you
@emjackson2289
Жыл бұрын
And the oft maligned, untalked abput fifth kind: Lazar Kaganovich . . . . More of which later.
@emjackson2289
Жыл бұрын
@@oriel9347 Nuclear Missile Tube Trains
@harrytodhunter5078
Жыл бұрын
And Edward Watkin vs James Staats Forbes
@SpeedBird6780
Жыл бұрын
No, Harry Beck.
@neville132bbk
Жыл бұрын
You forgot. .erudition.
@OofusTwillip
Жыл бұрын
On the Necropolis Railway, ALL stations were terminal.
@theblah12
Жыл бұрын
3:16 Somehow, I feel that Northern Line sign probably doesn’t meet corporate branding guidelines.
@Pauldjreadman
Жыл бұрын
For some reason this channel is as relaxing as hearing rain.
@dronespace
Жыл бұрын
❤️
@Desmaad
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say that; I find rain unnerving.
@jerribee1
Жыл бұрын
If you find rain relaxing and lived where I live, you would have been relaxed to the point of unconsciousness yesterday.
@Pauldjreadman
Жыл бұрын
@@Desmaad Everyone hears things differently :)
@myonlydemandisbacktowork8759
Жыл бұрын
@@jerribee1 it must be very lovely isn’t it?😂
@markushellwig9600
Жыл бұрын
Dear Jago! As a non-native English speaker (born, raised and living in Berlin) with a decade long affiliation to my local railroads, I very much enjoy your playful and meticulous use of your language! Each video of yours not only provides interesting tidbits of your amazing Subway system, but also makes me appreciate your native tongue even more, hoping to improve my own skills in using it. Since I experienced the clogged Covent Garden station as a tourist myself exactly six years ago, I cordially accept your apologies. It's about time for a visit once again - I heard something about a certain new purple line across your city... Cheers from Berlin, Markus
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
Perhaps Jago would like to visit the Berlin U-Bahn, it certainly has tales to tell
@donaldfedosiuk1638
Жыл бұрын
I came for the Underground, I keep coming back for the writing. Which has become by now something I look forward to enjoying every time I see a notification from your channel.
@robertaries2974
Жыл бұрын
Your English is superb. I love the way you've incorporated uncommon words.
@neville132bbk
Жыл бұрын
Grüße aus neuseeland
@tonys1636
Жыл бұрын
@@robertaries2974 The beauty of a non officially standardised language like French and many European ones. Word usage goes in and out of fashion, more out than back in and in location used. New ones and phrases appear in dictionaries annually (OED and Collin's). 18th century English is very different to 21st, even 20th century was different to now.
@Schmalfie
Жыл бұрын
"You are the ungrateful corporation to my lifetime of loyal service"
@robertward7449
Жыл бұрын
No, the idea of categorising stations had never occurred to me despite commuting on the tube for a dunnamany years. But once you point it out it makes a lot of sense, a very pragmatic approach. And, as you say, delightfully nerdy!
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
Spades , Hearts , Diamonds and Clubs, with a couple of Jokers.
@DavidFraser007
Жыл бұрын
I had no idea that Underground stations were categorised in this way. My categories are 1. Home, with 3 nice pubs nearby 2. Work, with 2 nice pubs nearby 3. Interesting, complicated and historical, with a pub across the road 4. Complicated but interesting. Don't know about pubs. p.s. I'm not going to tell you what to do if the platform is busy, you'll all do it.
@jeremypreece870
Жыл бұрын
I think that Mornington Crescent should be a terminal station. All you have to do is mention the name of the station and it is literally game over. All regular BBC Radio 4 listeners will agree, I'm sure. :)
@truckerallikatuk
Жыл бұрын
You can't just jump to M.C. like that, you'll be in nip!
@johnwilson5150
Жыл бұрын
@@truckerallikatuk Depends on which edition of Old Stowe's rules you're using. You could end up in the Dollis Hill loop.
@andrewgwilliam4831
Жыл бұрын
Autocorrect strikes again? 🤪
@kgbgb3663
Жыл бұрын
@@andrewgwilliam4831 Wow, I had to read _everything_ above your reply twice before noticing the missing "-ton". Isn't the human brain weird?
@andrewgwilliam4831
Жыл бұрын
@@kgbgb3663 I only noticed it after re-reading it after reading the replies! The human brain is indeed a strange thing...
@jamesbutler6253
Жыл бұрын
Jago's 4 groups: 1. The Tube 2. Transport & infrastructure 3. Because I find it interesting, OKAY? 4. It's my bloody channel, if you don't like it, tough!
@roderickmain9697
Жыл бұрын
Theres also an unofficial 5th group which is "Driven by viewers" which can fit into any of the aforementioned categories ;-))
@mjt8199
Жыл бұрын
Waterloo probably got reclassified from 'Gateway' when Eurostar withdrew from there.
@dustojnikhummer
Жыл бұрын
Well I gotta admit, that was a genius way to do a face reveal. On a different channel, and 2 MONTHS AGO, without anyone knowing. Well done mate, well done!
@JagoHazzard
Жыл бұрын
Why thank you!
@CSW18
Жыл бұрын
I never knew Harry Beck made KZitem videos!!
@JagoHazzard
Жыл бұрын
Me nei- Oh, right!
@user-th9gu5to9r
Жыл бұрын
As someone who recently climbed the 15 floor equivalent emergency staircase at convent garden because of the overcrowding at the lifts, this was very validating, and your apology is so well-received.
@taraelizabethdensley9475
9 ай бұрын
I've done that myself on occasion, hard work
@-TheRealChris
Жыл бұрын
LOVED the cameo in the latest Jay Foreman video man! (and undercover in the previous one) You playing Harry Beck could not have been a cooler and more perfect way to do a face reveal! There's been some cool and special channel crossovers over the years but that just about takes the cake I reckon!
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
" The Majority of Passengers will know where they are going and what they are doing". Well thats deep level philosophy
@globulonz
Жыл бұрын
Realising you were Harry Beck has raised the quality of my day
@Inkyminkyzizwoz
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know about these categories, but I did know about National Rail stations being categorised: A - National hub B - Regional interchange C - Important feeder - C1 - City or busy junction - C2 - Other busy railhead D - Medium staffed E - Small staffed F - Small unstaffed - F1 - Over 100,000 journeys per annum - F2 - Others
@Firitesen
Жыл бұрын
These categories I definitely do like with 1 exception: Willesden Junction being in A and Clapham Junction being in B Never made sense
@Inkyminkyzizwoz
Жыл бұрын
@@Firitesen Which categories would you put them in?
@trickygoose2
Жыл бұрын
@@Firitesen This might be because Clapham Junction is dominated by commuter movements from London suburbs and SE England, while Willesden Junction may see more passengers from further-flung parts because of proximity to the West Coast Main Line.
@Taschenschieber
Жыл бұрын
DB in Germany uses a seven-tier system (Category 1 through 7), which governs pricing for TOCs using the station. I'd assume any infrastructure operator over a certain size has a system like this.
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
@@Firitesen Because... Clapham Junction is Basically all London Regional Or Southern Region Services. WJ has low level and high level and poss hangover from the main line WJ that no one has noticed was demolished years ago
@NineWorldsFromDrew
Жыл бұрын
I assume Waterloo WAS classed as a Gateway, when it was an international / Eurostar station, but stopped being considered a Gateway once those services were moved to St Pancras International
@iankemp1131
Жыл бұрын
That seems logical. From the list (link kindly provided by other commenters), the only Gateway stations are Heathrow T23, Paddington, Kings Cross St Pancras, Liverpool Street, Victoria and Euston. The first 5 get airport traffic with overseas visitors, KX of course gets Eurostar. I initially thought Victoria and Liv St were throwbacks to the days of boat trains before remembering Gatwick/Stansted. As for Euston, maybe they are anticipating Scottish independence?
@NineWorldsFromDrew
Жыл бұрын
@@iankemp1131 Euston is probably necessitated by it being a terminus of the West Coast Mainline. Daytime services to/from Scotland mainly run from Kings Cross. But perhaps Euston gets the same regard, because it’s the terminus for the Caledonian Sleeper service? Victoria of course serves the coach station as well, which is a hub for both domestic and international travel. I expect all of them may be regarded as Gateways due to very early and late times that they can be busy, because they’re all connections for long distance departures and arrivals?
@kevinrkinsella
Жыл бұрын
@@NineWorldsFromDrew Euston services North Wales, the North West, Scotland and the Birmingham area. That’s an awful lot of this country. It’s lines run at capacity every day from early to late. HS2 will start from Euston, ultimately replacing many longer distance services, freeing up currently missing capacity for West Midlands based customers.
@kevinrkinsella
Жыл бұрын
Waterloo services have been progressively truncated over the years. Long distance services are now restricted to Weymouth and a unreliable Exeter service. The longest distance commuters into Waterloo are (with minor exceptions) from Poole and Shanklin. So Waterloo sees a lot of repeat traffic and thus there’s no dramatic call for Q combining and pedroute assistance except at busy optional travel times.
@Mojo29
Жыл бұрын
Not quite, as these categories were only actually “invented” in 2013 as part of the reorganisation of stations.
@pacificostudios
Жыл бұрын
Having seen a documentary about managing an Underground station, I think one should mention that "Destination" stations may often be the most difficult to manage, because of the passengers. Just one drunk passenger can cause a major disruption, or even a tragedy. Moreover, a "Destination" station may be busy until the last train leaves, with the drunkest passengers boarding that last train; perhaps after they were just sick on the platform. A "Gateway" station, on the other hand, may have many passengers that are clueless, but they will be less likely to start fights or intentionally violate safety rules.
@rickyspanish4792
Жыл бұрын
It's one of those things that are very obvious once you hear about them, but before that you generally just never really consider it.
@rossmarks7856
Жыл бұрын
Hello Harry Beck ;)
@YesTomCullen
Жыл бұрын
Jago! Absolutely loved your cameo in Jay's video! Possibly the sneakiest and best face reveal of all time. You smashed it too. Keep up the good work sir. You are the face reveal to my KZitem algorithm.
@stepheneyles2198
Жыл бұрын
Oooo go on then, spill the beans!! Where is this wonderful video of which you speaketh? Does the face match the voice, that's what I'm wondering!!
@tr3ncf
Жыл бұрын
Was he Harry Beck?
@DavidWood2
Жыл бұрын
@@stepheneyles2198 kzitem.info/news/bejne/y5d7zqqNkZ99rKA Jago is playing Harry Beck and appears to be heavily disguised.
@YesTomCullen
Жыл бұрын
@@tr3ncf he was.
@justmeajah
5 күн бұрын
@@stepheneyles2198 he's playing Harry Beck in Map Men videos 😂
@peterbumper2769
Жыл бұрын
None of this surprises me. I guess it would be about staffing levels. I am in Australia and a wheelchair user. I recently went to Melbourne and decided to try out the train system. I started in the suburbs and went to the city. In the suburbs there was no station staff on the platforms, but once I got to the city, no staff on the platforms, but once I go to the surface there was plenty of staff that actually came up to me and offered any assistance I needed. finishing my trip, I went back to the platform and went to that raised up section of platform at the front of the train. not only did this make boarding easier, but it also alerted the driver that a wheelchair user was onboard, they came out and asked where I was getting off, i told them my destination and when we arrived, they got out and put in place a ramp for me to get off
@illyasvielemiya9059
Жыл бұрын
I like this video because of three of my favorite things are here 1. Train and Station 2. London 3. Categorisation
@qaphqa
Жыл бұрын
Thank you to our esteemed gateway to more nerdy information!
@JagoHazzard
Жыл бұрын
I always aim to please!
@qaphqa
Жыл бұрын
@@JagoHazzard and how you succeed!
@stephenfreestone7956
Жыл бұрын
Get off the tube at Leicester Square and walk to Covent Garden. It's quicker (generally) and means you don't get involved in the crushes there.
@jonathangat4765
Жыл бұрын
Interesting. I think one of the fascinating elements of a network like the Underground is how it's actually run. So much going on, so little margin for error. Years ago when I lived in Central London Covent Garden was my closest stop. I often took the Picadilly line to Holborn to avoid the lifts and the crowds at Covent Garden.
@morzee94
Жыл бұрын
I’m surprised there isn’t a category for stations where not many people enter or exit but many change. West Ham being the best example I can think of.
@ricktownend9144
Жыл бұрын
Yes ... I think the categories that Jago refers to must be only in regard to the people entering or leaving the station; people changing lines, or to/from mainline rail or Overground don't count. Whitechapel confuses me: since the Eliz.line is encouraging people to change there, TfL must be aware of it as a transfer point - yet they have re-categorised it as a 'destination'! Why not have a category for stations that are principally or to a considerable extent 'Interchanges'? Perhaps the whole analysing thing is more about the mental quirks of the people who end up in jobs like transport organising - maybe there's scope for a video about other things they do more generally
@Pesmog
Жыл бұрын
I was thinking that there would be a specific category for interchange or even major interchange as they would need to be managed completely differently, particularly for staffing, passenger information and passenger safety
@iankemp1131
Жыл бұрын
@@ricktownend9144 It feels like TfL's "destination" category isn't what we'd think of as the English meaning. For example, if it includes Waterloo, most people go there to interchange on to National Rail. Same with Whitechapel, as you say. So it seems to be jargon for "heavily used throughout the day and busier than a metro".
@dennistay9980
Жыл бұрын
TfL categorises its stations differently for statistics as well. There are a total of 7 categories. Airport, City, Inner Suburb, Outer Suburb, Shopping, Terminus, and Tourist.
@bugsby4663
Жыл бұрын
When I worked for the company as a Station Supervisor, the stations were categorised as the type of supervising it needed but with a similar rationale. I was an SS1, which was the highest level and that was stations like Waterloo, Kings Cross, Earls Court etc and also Finsbury Park. SS2 was smaller yet still busy stations such as Covent Garden, Southwark, Manor House, etc. SSMF (multi functional) was largely what is now the local stations. The Supervisors at these places usually ran them on their own and (when they existed) ran the ticket office with maybe one or two station assistants. These included stations like Wimbledon Park and Southfields. There was an SS3 category, but that applied to the stations with an LU presence but not owned by them, such as Ealing Broadway and Wimbledon.
@tingewickmax
Жыл бұрын
If Network Rail & TOC:s have a similar system. Bicester's stations, Village & North, would be classed as "Destinations", as should Covent Garden using the same rationale.
@roboftherock
Жыл бұрын
… but that's only IF!
@skiesboi
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know about it, but it does make a lot of sense once you realise what and why. Thanks for another great explainer.
@mattjackson9859
Жыл бұрын
To viewers of yours and the likes of Geoff Marshall's channels, they're ALL potential 'Destination' stations!
@EthanAfro707
Жыл бұрын
Someone star as Harry Beck in a Jay Foreman video eh Jago?
@1258-Eckhart
Жыл бұрын
Completely agree, all big hitter metro systems distinguish themselves by their nearly endless variety which makes using them such a pleasure. Taking London and Berlin, they consist of: 1. Full size railway services (Berlin RB, RE; London SWR, Thameslink); 2. Urban Railways (Berlin S-Bahn, London Subsurface Underground); 3. Underground railways (Berlin, U-Bahn, London the Tube); 4. Light Rail (Berlin, Trams, London DLR, Trams).
@neeelix
Жыл бұрын
When i worked at Victoria stations were ‘grouped’ as mentioned, at the time (15 years ago) we were in a group of 2 with Warren Street so i had to work at both fyi.
@fedecano7362
Жыл бұрын
Never will have a chance to put to good use all the knowledge I gain over the year about the UK train and Underground systems, yet I enjoy this videos a lot!
@dave28lax
Жыл бұрын
For all Peter Sellers' fans I'm hoping Balham is a gateway (to the South)
@asac159
Жыл бұрын
I had no idea. Thank you Jago; one of your best and most informative/interesting from my point of view. I'll bet there's a zone/financial overlay template to go with these categories and age and usage stats. The socioeconomic aspects of mass transit are just as fascinating as the pure history and geography of the system. Keep 'em coming please.
@adrianrutterford762
Жыл бұрын
Sunday Lunchtime Viewing sorted! Thanks Mr H.
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
Do Uniform Stations Need A Certain Amount of Tailoring ?
@malcolmfairs7752
Жыл бұрын
Love you videos, Jago. They're very informative and, as I live a abroad, I also find the sights and sounds of the stations and trains soothing.
@stevebradley704
Жыл бұрын
Every station's a destination if you live nearby.
@UK.RoadsCyclingandTransport
Жыл бұрын
Loved your appearance on Jay's channel Jago
@sarafan3
Жыл бұрын
Oh this is fascinating! Really interesting video Jago!
@peterthorpe8104
Жыл бұрын
Keep them coming Jago. I find your videos informative, entertaining, relaxing, I and a friend used to get a ticket called a 'Red bus rover' from Hounslow East Station for 5 bob (25p) an we could spend all day exploring the Underground. So watching your videos from our new home of Greece is very therapeutic. More power to your elbow (or your video camera) 😊
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
I doubt your Bus Ticket would take you on the underground. As I only travelled by bus I never knew there was a weekend day ticket that covered Tube and Bus, I forget the fare and cannot recall the adverts from publications. I think they started in 1952 with the festival of London exhibition
@davidkimmins8781
Жыл бұрын
I think the Red Rovers were for red buses only. There was a ticket called a Twin Rover which gave you a day's travel on buses or underground. I actually used one twice - it got me to places like Woodford, West Ruislip and Woolwich for only 5 bob in 1966 and 1967.
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
@@davidkimmins8781 Was it a special fare for places beginning with W ?
@amethyst7084
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jago - I was thinking that there was some sort of categorisation for the stations on the London Underground. It's really interesting hearing about the categories. 👏🏾
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
Gateway stations. ahh, taken over by the much missed Somerfield
@roderickmain9697
Жыл бұрын
Thats quite interesting and if I had ever thought about it, logical. But I'm as oblivious as the next content producer. I've always loved the tube for not being homogenised. It wears its history very visibily and thats part of its charm. As long as theres a roundal to indicate where a station is. Then inside and below ground are where the changes happen. Its also very Tardis like. Great video.
@blenderfox
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know there were categories, but I did notice the different station styles and layouts which makes sense given what this video details.
@johntyjp
Жыл бұрын
I shall have to go to London sometime to experience all this again, I didn't know much about it when I lived there all those years ago !!🧐
@neville132bbk
Жыл бұрын
Just the ( electronic now at Wellington ) ticket before my 5 min drive to school on this sunny Monday morning. Heard a steam locomotive whistle yesterday morning on the single track main line. ..excursion to and from somewhere. ..says LeviNZ
@samtebbs2153
Жыл бұрын
Yet another fantastic presentation Jago! 👍😎
@tbjtbj7930
Жыл бұрын
I am happy to discover my Local station is for Local people. We once caught a no-tail and burned him.
@caw25sha
Жыл бұрын
This is a local station for local people. There's nothing for you here.
@weetyskemian44
Жыл бұрын
Haven't been to london in decades but watching this brings back the smell memory of the underground. Its a sort of rubbery smell.
@rickc5303
Жыл бұрын
As a frost bitten Canuck tourist we once went to the German Christmas Festival in Hyde Park,...it was a nice event. It soon however, started to rain. Not a pounding blistering horizontal rain, just a sprinkle, not bad at all. But who knew that Brits don't think much of rain? My friends from Ashford, Kent just weren't having it (they all had big hair while I have none) so we, along with at least a million other Brits, all bolted for the Piccadilly Line, I have never in my life been sardined into a small can like that! It was like a rolling mosh pit! Being one of the last ones onto the train I was barely in the doors when they started to close,...not being a short bloke I about lost my head in those murderous doors! Who thinks making doors perfect for severing the noggin off all but the vertically challenged is a good idea?! I spent the entire ride hunched over like Quasimodo while praying the doors of death wouldn't burst open and eject me onto the electrified rail!!! I was well chuffed to have survived the short trip to Covent Garden, thinking the trauma was behind us, we disembarked the grope-a-thon that the train feels like, happy to be near our destination,.....only to realise the full million that boarded the train at Hyde park along with the million that was on the train already had also disembarked. Well,... The Covent Garden station was down to just one elevator so the platform was just slightly less jam packed than the train, with slightly damp Londoners all waiting patiently for the elevator. Someone near us spotted the stairway!! BOO YA I thought!! A short way out!!,...Who doesn't mind a few stairs! Off we went happy to be near to the fresh air, at first I was enjoying the spiral stairway and the history of it all.....however, after about forty or so spirals of pain and suffering we spotted a sign that said,...congratulations,...you are half way up to the street! HALF WAY!! Good lord, No wonder it was such a good bomb shelter during the bombing of London! That's certainly where I would go! I understand The Covent Garden station has undergone a major renovation and the elevators are in good nick now and much faster that before. The last time I was at Covent Garden the station was closed. I look forward to giving the station another chance, while hoping to avoid the old stair master of agony, on my next visit! All kidding aside,....I have been to that station many times and even the old elevators did a good job,...for the most part! That evening in December, in my experience, was a bit of an extenuating circumstance! The destination of Covent Garden is well worth journey!! Where else can you see a guy juggling screaming chain saws while riding a five meter high unicycle?
@johnoneill5661
Жыл бұрын
The stations have been graded differently for Donkey's years but this newest system was brought in some years ago as a way to cut jobs and costs by abolishing all the old grades of station staff and bringing in new grades with new titles. 🤬 I like many others were given a choice of remaining in my current grade of Supervisor and take a large pay cut or become a manager and not get any extra pay despite having much more work and responsibilities 🤨 They then "promoted" people into the new grade (my old grade) and paid them a lot less than I used to get paid 🤬 Funnily enough these changes didn't affect the senior management at all 🤨 strange that. ( Travel tip don't use Covent Garden always use Leicester Square it's 3 or 4 minutes walk)
@marionbloom1218
Жыл бұрын
It's morning, there's a bit of time for breakfast - bacon is frying in the pan, croissants in the oven - and a new Jago video to watch. Bliss! Thank you for all your videos.
@mathewperring
Жыл бұрын
How to spot an enthusiast of any type. 1 find a systematic way to categorize said phenomenon. 2 Point out all exceptions to said categorization.
@JagoHazzard
Жыл бұрын
Pretty much!
@baxtermarrison5361
Жыл бұрын
Interesting, I always considered Bayswater a destination station, particularly on my commute home after a busy day in the office, however, it would appear LU do not share this view.
@Akmay-
Жыл бұрын
This is so gloriously nerdy 💜 I love your narration style, Jago; we were guffawing towards the end of that one!
@joyfelody
Жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. I was not aware of the categorisation however I’m very grateful for your exploration and explanation of it.
@Steamtramman719
Жыл бұрын
Why do I think of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Ah I remember.......Covent Garden indeed!
@marvelfan3148
Жыл бұрын
I love that I've know learned about this, great food for thought as I commute and continue to explore London (also lovely to see my local 'destination' station shown
@programmingfortheweb
Жыл бұрын
_"You are the ticket machines to my Gateway"_ 😂- You're going to get locked up one of these days! 😂😂
@hesterclapp9717
Жыл бұрын
"No two...stations are quite alike" Except for Cyprus and Beckton Park
@richard-mtl
Жыл бұрын
I've never been to London but the more Jago I watch, the more prepared I will be for when I do eventually get a chance to visit! Fascinating as always!
@charlesarnold4963
Жыл бұрын
i found this very interesting. I was not aware of categories for underground stations. It makes sense to a point, but as you said, there are bound to be some customisation of individual stations.
@cd0u50c9
Жыл бұрын
The Four Kinds of Underground Station: - weird church-like bench on the platform; - has a secret platform behind a door; - South Eastern and the Chatham & Dover fought over it; - Ban'Cannonument.
@aaronk534
Жыл бұрын
Always a geat start to my sunday. Thank you
@alexandraclement1456
Жыл бұрын
Love the nerdy info that you give.
@charlesnullens
Жыл бұрын
Sometimes this channel is like being at school and Jago has done your homework. This video is a case in point. 👏👍😅
@andrewlong6438
Жыл бұрын
I found your video interesting. My wife who was also listening thought it was very nerdy and sad.
@imsbvs
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting, I didn't know but it (mostly) makes perfect sense. A few questions to clarify. Where does Stratford sit with these categories, likewise Canning Town, and all DLR stations. Does City Airport station fit? Also, you seperate out London Overground, why, what makes these stations different? Thanks, and keep posting, always brightens up my day to see your videos. (Hopefully Tyne & Wear Metro will be on agenda with the new trains, and Liverpool with it's underground Merseyrail stations too)
@paulspencer1590
Жыл бұрын
The London Underground is a largely self-contained system running on it's own tracks and serving it's own stations. The overground is a collection of existing main line suburban services which have been given a corporate identity and upgraded frequencies and rolling stock to make them more like a metro service from the passengers' perspective but they operate on the complex web of mainline tracks around the capital which are shared with many other trains including freights. Most overground stations are also served by other operators. Although TfL operate both underground and overground, the overground stations are controlled by Network Rail.
@iankemp1131
Жыл бұрын
One of these things that I'd never thought about, and wouldn't have guessed even from the title (I was wondering if it was tube, subsurface, above-ground, terminus, an operational categorisation) but it seems supremely logical with hindsight after it has been explained. Certainly surprised that Waterloo isn't a Gateway; what about all those southern folk having a day out at the shops and sights, maybe for the first time?
@chiefpred9982
Жыл бұрын
The four types of Melbourne station: - Where you find people with knives - sport like at the MCG which a lot of you should have heard of - Tram connections - And everything else
@LastofAvari
Жыл бұрын
Nope was not aware at all. Thanks for the tale!
@hughs591
Жыл бұрын
Great stuff and really interesting, I certainly didn't know about the categories till today . . .
@marklatimer7333
Жыл бұрын
This is a local station, for local people; there's nothing for you here .
@lawrencelewis2592
Жыл бұрын
I was not aware of the dfferences but it all makes sense.
@heidirabenau511
Жыл бұрын
Never knew about this but I am from Yorkshire! Thanks for the great video and explanation!
@PeterGaunt
Жыл бұрын
I've been here 50 years and have never heard of this system so you're not alone.
@PtolemyJones
Жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to spend a few weeks in London on vacation when I was stationed in Europe in the mid-eighties. My recollection is stilling in individual cars, sized for six to eight people each. The people were very nice, and curious to meet Americans, it was all very pleasant. Curious though, I seldom see such seating on this channel. Have things changed that much, was it specific rail lines, or something else?
@highpath4776
Жыл бұрын
Was this on the mainline railways "compartment stock" can be found (mostly BR MK 1 or 3 or variants) on preserved railways and some West Coast Touring carriages. The A Stock on the Met had through gangway in the cars but the window ends next to the doors gave the feel of cosyness even with 3 + 2 seating
@PtolemyJones
Жыл бұрын
@@highpath4776 Too long ago to have much of a memory. I know all my trips started on the underground, as my hotel was right next to Waterloo, but I did take a trip out of the center of town to find software for my Commodore +4, which was never common. I remember out the window of the compartment we would not in a tunnel, but above the city. But i often see Jago talk about the underground while showing trains not in tunnels, so I don't quite understand the distinction. Me and the wife then had such a wonderful time in London!
@princessdaisy6
Жыл бұрын
I found this video very intriguing .. I didn’t know this! Thank you Jago !
@Gent82
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I learnt a little about these categories during the round of ticket office closures a few years back. Somewhere I read that Destination stations were a category and would be handled differently. Can't remember where I read that, and the details were scant. So your video was interesting.
@Fly0High
Жыл бұрын
Mister Hazzard, I do love your videos but I do usually am left wondering when I try and go on to read (and see, in the case of maps) your sources. Keep up the entertaining and quite informative videos!
@johnledingham852
Жыл бұрын
Well, you know I enjoy your videos Jago. And the Four Kinds of Underground was another utterly enthralling attraction in which I totally immersed myself. The visuals, along with your meaningful verbal guidance, made what could be boring to some, an educational romp by rail through the very heart of London Town. And I, for one, can tell you love being tour leader. You obviously put a lot of time into your research. And you are passionate about it. Mate, people like me south of the equator, with British roots, are like sponges, soaking up all you have to offer. Keep it up dear chap. You are our underground, trans planet link to the locomotion of London!
@abigailbarfoot3846
Жыл бұрын
This was very interesting I never thought of this as I don’t live in London and very rarely visit
@mdhazeldine
Жыл бұрын
I didn't realise this existed either. I actually found a different method of categorisation in a document I discovered last year, the Station Design Idiom 2 (content.tfl.gov.uk/station-design-idiom-2.pdf ), where they group stations into 21 categories according to the era they were built in, the railway company who built them, the project they were a part of (e.g. New Works) or the architect who designed them. It's actually a pretty fascinating document as it outlines a whole heap of design guidelines that should be followed when building new or renovating existing stations.
@andrewgwilliam4831
Жыл бұрын
That feels like a link I shall have to investigate at some point! 😀
@rynabuns
Жыл бұрын
Amazing document, thank you for sharing! Just one thing - you've accidentally included the closing bracket in your URL
@mdhazeldine
Жыл бұрын
@@rynabuns Fixed. Thanks
@nirgunapa56
Жыл бұрын
Waterloo, the busiest station in the UK. One of the least is not that far from here - Sugar Loaf...
@RogersRamblings
Жыл бұрын
I wasn't aware of this categorisation of stations. Good work.
@paultidd9332
Жыл бұрын
This ‘categorising’ is something that accountants will no doubt have developed from a funding and organisation perspective. Having working in school finance for the last 25 years something similar was done with schools which principally drove its funding and reflectively allowed benchmarking across the same categories. I would guess Tesco’s and Sainsbury’s, etc., do the same. But this reminds me of something I’ve heard said a few times, ‘the railways were better when they were run by railway people and not accountants!’
@WILD35
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting info about different underground stations
@Bunter.948
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely captivating, Mr H, as indeed the vast majority of your material is. And it has invoked a good conversation about Mornington Crescent. Bliss. Who (apart from Charles Yerkes) could ask for more? Simply splendid. Thank you. Simon T
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