Secrets of the London Underground
Season 4 Episode 9 - Gloucester Road
Tim and Siddy meet at Gloucester Road in London’s museum quarter – a station serving the Circle, District and Piccadilly lines. It was built as two separate stations, with the earliest, grander section opening in the 1860s. Tim finds an original footbridge still overlooking the modern platforms, as well as a hidden space where you can still see the brickwork of the early tunnels. Siddy explores the later station – a Leslie Green design built in the early 1900s with original tiles and remains of the lifts still in evidence. Tim and Siddy also explore the now-disused platform that’s been turned into an art gallery. Siddy leaves London to visit Goole in Yorkshire where 70 new Piccadilly line trains are being assembled. She gets a tour of the factory and is allowed on board a new open-plan carriage, being fitted with air conditioning.
Episodes in Season 4
Earls Court and Alperton
44 min
Paddington and Tottenham Court Road
44 min
Waterloo and Marble Arch
44 min
South Kentish Town and London Underground Control Centre
44 min
Thames Tunnel and Lambeth North
44 min
Ruislip Depot and Warren Street
44 min
Northumberland Park and Finsbury Park
44 min
Stockwell and The DLR
44 min
Gloucester Road
44 min
Old Street
44 min
