The Tube: Going Underground — Season 1, Episode 2: Episode 2
Documentary • 45 min • 1 season, 8 episodes • ★ 8.3/10
Episode synopsis
This week, it's all change on the Underground. At Victoria, a hub station that sees 600 passengers a minute pass through at peak times, most passengers are now using contactless payment and the ticket office is being closed. Until new ticket machines arrive, a third of a million passengers at must queue up to use just four machines.
About The Tube: Going Underground
Carrying nearly five million passengers per day, the London Tube is one of the world's oldest and busiest metro systems in the world. Today the Tube is undergoing a complete overhaul that is long overdue. Take a behind the scenes look into the daily lives of drivers, emergency personnel, operations managers, and many others among the near twenty thousand employees of this massive rail system, as they navigate the evolution of the London Tube.