Roundel Round We Go

Jun 25 2024 26 ep. 53 mins 113

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A podcast where two London Underground nerds draw a station out of a bag and make a show about it.

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Roundel Round We Go Update!

Jun 25 2024 3 mins

We get asked so frequently about what is going on with the podcast we thought it was about time to give you all a bit of an update. In short – we are working on more episodes, but there are a few places you can find us in the meantime. Listen to the update for more! Emily's new podcast – All On This Together Guest Episode One on Rails to Nowhere Guest Episode Two on Rail

024 - Tottenham Court Road

Feb 20 2023 77 mins

One of largest and the most complicated stations in London, Tottenham Court Road is the interchange between the Central and Northern lines of the London Underground, and the Elizabeth line. The station’s history is one of constant attempts to keep pace with increasing congestion, culminating in the spectacular reconstruction which commenced in 2009 as part of the Crossrail projec

023 - Woodside Park (featuring Luke Agbaimoni AKA TubeMapper)

Feb 13 2023 57 mins

We explore Woodside Park, a station which has retained many of its picturesque historic details, and talk to Luke Agbaimoni, aka Tubemapper, renowned photographer of the London Underground. Woodside Park was opened by the Great Northern Railway in 1872, and became part of the Northern Line in 1940. We've covered the history of this section of railway in full detail in episode

022 - Northolt

Feb 06 2023 59 mins

For centuries an isolated village, Northolt's first station opened in 1907 as part of the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway, an ambitious project to build a new line from London to the Midlands. London Underground's New Works Programme saw the route transformed into part of the Central line. Today, another ambitious project to build a new railway from London to the Midl

021 - Southfields

Jan 30 2023 57 mins

Our first south London station, Southfields is on London Underground's District Line - but was for many years operated by British Rail, despite none of their trains ever stopping there. We explore how that came about through classic Victorian railway construction shenanigans; the mainline trains which still use Southfields today; and plans for Crossrail 2 to take over the line. Ten

020 - Baker Street (featuring Geoff Marshall)

Jan 23 2023 96 mins

The station with more platforms than any other on the Underground gets a bumper episode with special guest Geoff Marshall. Baker Street has one of the most fascinating and complex stories of any station on the Underground. It was the flagship station of the Metropolitan Railway, its growth driven by their determination to both carry commuters more efficiently and prove they w

019 - Rickmansworth

Jan 16 2023 55 mins

"Rickmansworth, an ancient township of narrow streets, lies most picturesquely in its valley, where a sharp tongue of Hertfordshire thrusts itself down between Middlesex and Bucks," according to the Metroland brochure produced by the Metropolitan Railway in 1932 to promote the idea of moving out of London to rural areas served by the company's trains. In this episode we look at how

018 - Queensway

Jan 09 2023 56 mins

One of the original Central London Railway stations opened in 1900, Queensway retains much of its turn-of-the-century appearance today. In this episode we look in depth at the engineering, construction and operation of the Central London Railway, including its troublesome electric locomotives and their replacement with cutting edge multiple unit trains that pioneered the technology

017 - Angel

Jan 02 2023 59 mins

Best known for having the longest escalators on the London Underground (and indeed the whole UK), and a very wide southbound platform - both products of the station's 1990s reconstruction. Angel was the terminus of the City and South London Railway between 1901 and 1907, was upgraded in the 1920s, then entered a long period of decay culminating in the decrepit state beautifully dep

016 - Camden Town

Feb 28 2022 59 mins

Renowned for its fantastically complex junction, Camden Town station is where the Charing Cross, Bank, Edgware and High Barnet branches of the Northern line come together. Opened in 1907 on the Hampstead Tube, the famous junction was added in 1924 to integrate the City and South London Railway into what is now the Northern Line. Ongoing efforts to increase capacity have lead to rec