Part 2 filmed on Piccadilly Line from Manor House, Turnpike Lane, Wood Green and Bounds Green.

All Piccadilly Line Trains are 6 car 1973 Stock one of 2 last surviving types of tube train to be built by Metro Cammell in Birmingham with the 1972 Stock on the Bakerloo Line being the other. The 1973 stock is due to be replaced in 2023 by new tube stock 'New Tube For London' which will be built by Siemens.

The line north of Finsbury Park to Cockfosters was opened with the 1st stage opening on September 19th 1932 to Arnos Grove.

Manor House the first station of the extension north of Finsbury Park along with the 7 other stations to Cockfosters were designed by Charles Holden however the name comes from a nearby public house with the station located on Seven Sisters Road and Green Lanes. The most notable feature is the platform width being 23 feet wide which were designed to deal with heavy volumes of traffic.

At one time it had 9 entrances which included trams and trolleybuses however trams were withdrawn in 1938 replaced by trolleybuses with the exits removed in 1951 and trolleybuses withdrawing in 1962.

During the Victoria Line construction proposed the Piccadilly Line being rerouted to enable Victoria Line service to take over Manor House station however to the cost and disruption meant the idea was never proceeded.

Turnpike Lane was one of the first tube stations to be built in the borough of Tottenham and like Manor House served by Trams until 1938. Buses replaced them and continue to used the former tram stands until removal in 1968.

The station building with a modernist style look to it was Grade II Listed in 1994 and in fact is a potential proposed stop for Crossrail 2 which at the timing of filming although was originally being considered however due to the cost overruns of Crossrail 1 it's likely Crossrail 2 won't be built for some time.

Wood Green station is the closest tube station to Alexandra Palace however the mainline station of that name served by Great Northern services on the ECML and the Hertford Loop is the closest.

On March 15th 1976 an IRA bomb exploded on an empty stock train that was preparing to enter the reversing siding although one passenger was injured by debris.

Nowadays the reversing siding although not used as much however it's retained for emergency use in event of disruption or to turn back late running services.

The station building was Grade II listed in 2011 with the frontage flanked by two ventilation towers although weren't built at the time of opening but were a later addition.

The last station on the underground section via Central London is Bounds Green is situated closer to the surface.

Last many stations on the underground during World War II Bounds Green was another victim of 'The Blitz' on the evening of October 13th 1940.

A bomb was dropped onto houses north of the station however it hit with such force it caused the north of the westbound tunnel to collapse travelling those sheltering or sleeping in the stations. 19 people were killed with 16 at the scene and 3 more later in hospital with 52 others injured.

It wasn't until 2 months later when services began running normally again. A memorial plague situated at the north of the westbound platform was placed here in 1994 with the station finally getting Grade II listed in 2011.

The only other station underground north of Bounds Green to Cockfosters is through Southgate which opened on Stage 2 to Enfield West now todays Oakwood Station on March 13th 1933 with the final section to Cockfosters opening 4 and a half months later on July 31st.

Filmed on January 20th 2019 on iPhone 8 and edited on iMovie

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