Jubilee Line: Destination East
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Jubilee Line: Destination East
Promoting the Jubilee Line extension to run all the way to Stratford, with all the benefits it would bring.
This promotional video from London Underground lays out the plans to extend the Jubilee Line more than 10 miles, from Green Park to Stratford. When it eventually opened in 1999, nine years after this promo was made, the extension would add 11 stations to the line, connecting Central London with the Docklands and East London. The promo takes the viewer through the benefit to each area, with great footage of Central London, Bermondsey, Docklands, Greenwich and West Ham in the late 1980s. Sites of note include the now defunct Daily Mail printworks in Surrey Keys, the construction of Canary Wharf and the financial district, and North Greenwich before it became home to the Millennium Dome. The promo also dissects the environmental impact, both of the construction of the line and the benefit in reducing traffic congestion, and features footage of a youthful Prince Charles opening the first section of the Jubilee Line in 1979.
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Keeping London Moving
Go behind the scenes of 50 years of London transport with this selection from the London Transport Museum's video collection.
London's transport, from the bright red Routemaster to the futuristic Docklands Light Railway, is some of the most iconic in the world. But what was actually happening behind the scenes to make sure the buses, tubes, and trains got us to where we wanted to go?
This collection of highlights from the London Transport Museum's video collection, which spans the 1970s to the mid-2000s, offers a peek into the operation rooms, underground tunnels, and bus garages that were 'Keeping London Moving', as the slogan of Transport for London proudly proclaims. In this selection, you can witness the birth of the Jubilee Line, or experience the frenzy of Millennium Eve on the Underground.
Many of the videos in this collection were made by the London Buses' in-house video department, and show that staff training videos definitely don’t have to be dull. How better to train London Underground staff on good customer service than a version of the Wizard of Oz set on the Tube?
33 videos in this collection
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Modernising the Underground
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The Driverless Ghost Bus
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London Underground Train Door Safety
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Implementing London's Congestion Charge
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London Transport: Routes Project
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London Buses: Low Floor Bus
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Chancery Lane Train Crash
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It’ll Never Happen
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New Years Eve 2000 on London Underground
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London Buses: Clocking On with OPAL
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Royal Visit to Willesden Garage
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Starting on the Right Track
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Station Assistance Support on the London Underground
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Making Tracks Without Footprints
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Simply the Best
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Saints and Sinners
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Putting You in the Picture
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Ticket Gates at Victoria Station
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Jubilee Line: Destination East
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London Buses: Ticket To Ride
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42 Hours: Moving Customers Over the Millennium
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Crossrail: It’s About Time
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What's Your Handicap?
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Interview with Tom Eckersley
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District Line: Fit for the Future
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Farewell to Denis Tunnicliffe
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Docklands Light Railway
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London Buses: Farecard Trial
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Safely There and Back
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The Check Files
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Audrey White Retirement Party
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