Name: Earls Court and Alperton
Released: 2024-07-02

Secrets of the London Underground

S4 · E1 — Earls Court and Alperton

S4:E1 · Earls Court and Alperton

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Earls Court and Alperton

44 min

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44 min

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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

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Old Street

44 min

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Earls Court and Alperton

Season 4 · Episode 1 · Jul 2, 2024

Tim and Siddy explore Earl’s Court station – a busy interchange on the Piccadilly and District lines. It’s a station that has always embraced innovation. It was the very first station to install a passenger escalator and the first to install automatic lifts. Tim discovers how even today, the station is embracing the modern, with a re-design of the walkways created to fit in with its famous glass roof. Meanwhile, Siddy visits Alperton towards the western end of the Piccadilly Line. It’s a classic example of the famous London Underground architect, Charles Holden, and the design was regarded as futuristic when it was built in the 1930s. Back at our Museum depot in Acton, a dedicated volunteer shows Tim the restored inner workings of a 1930s platform indicator, which used a telegraph system to show passengers the destination of their next train.

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Secrets of the London Underground

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202144m7.2

Documentary

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Earls Court and Alperton

Season 4 · Episode 1 · Jul 2, 2024

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