We are in Tower Hamlets, East London.
This is the intersection of Mile End Road & Grove Road.
Mile End Underground station is located along this busy road.
The station is served by the Central, District and Hammersmith & City lines.
We are now on the eastbound platforms,
with trains for Barking, Upminster, Woodford and Epping.
The Central line uses the outer two tracks,
while the other lines use the inner ones (seen later).
This is a Central line train terminating at Loughton.
The Central line uses 1992 Tube stock,
which entered service in 1993.
The District and Hammersmith & City line platform can be seen to the left.
This is the only subterranean station in the system
to provide cross-platform interchange between
the deep tube network and the subsurface network.
Another beautiful shot of an approaching Central line train.
This train goes all the way to Epping.
This was filmed on a Saturday afternoon.
Still, headways on the Central line were excellent,
with a train arriving every 1–2 minutes.
The Central line (like the Jubilee, Northern and Victoria lines)
uses automatic train operation,
i.e., the train drives itself to the next station.
We just moved over to the centre tracks.
The platform in the background is the westbound one,
serving trains towards Central London and beyond.
This is an eastbound Hammersmith & City line service,
which will terminate at Barking.
The Hammersmith & City line is completely comprised of S7 stock trains,
which entered service on this line in 2012.
In my opinion they are the most beautiful stock on the London Underground.
The next train on this platform is already announced.
It will be a District line service for Upminster.
In the background we see another Central line service…
…and a District line train formed of D78 stock.
These are quite rare to see, as the District line
is also upgraded to use S7 stock trains,
like the one approaching our platform.
This station, originally opened by the Whitechapel and Bow Railroad in 1902,
has been expanded in 1946 as part of the Central line extension.
Another Central line train just dumped a new load of passengers.
Let’s watch another eastbound Central line train approaching.
I really like the traction motor sounds of the 1992 stock.
This train will terminate at Newbury Park.
We just jumped over to the westbound platforms.
From here one can reach numerous destinations
in West and South West London.
View on the other platform with an arriving Central line train.
Trainspotting here is quite fun,
with a train arriving somewhere every few seconds.
The station architecture with the thick columns
somewhat resembles Grand Central station
in New York City on the IRT Lexington Avenue line.
This District line train formed of S7 stock
will go via Tower Hill, Embankment, Victoria, and Hammersmith to Ealing Broadway.
In the background one can hear a D78 stock train departing.
The previous station on the Central line is Stratford,
which is quite far away,
and trains enter the station at rather high speeds.
This Central line train is for West Ruislip.
And with this Hammersmith & City Line train
to Hammersmith the film will be ending.
