Why does the Piccadilly line skip stations?

Gotta love the punctuality of Jago Hazzard always on time.

'The Piccadilly line actually has a history of this sort of thing.' Sounds like delinquent that should have been disciplined in its youth. 😂

I used to do this commute from South Harrow to Victoria. The best place to change from Picadilly to District is at Hammersmith as the train is on the adjacent platform and you don't have to endure all the district line stops between Acton Town and Hammersmith. On the way back however, change at Baron's court just before Hammersmith if you want to be guaranteed a seat.

As someone who’s been very confused with the District and Piccadilly crossover, I’m happy that I’m getting my answer now.

I recall the first I realised that something was up on 7/7 was the eastbound Piccadilly line train that stopped at Turnham Green where I was waiting to head to Hammersmith…

The Hammersmith to Acton Town section on the Underground is one of the best because you get this rare distinction of non-stopping trains on a line which happens to be one of my favourites, though TfL should think about proposing to stop all Piccadilly Line trains at Turnham Green

"You are the quadrupling to my double track" - I've been watching these for years and I'm always trying to guess what the metaphor will be - that's the first time I've got it right 😂😂

The Metropolitan Line also skips a fair few stations between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Finchley Road, although there is a facility should they ever need to stop there. There are also Fast and Semi-Fast Met trains from/to Amersham that don't always stop at every Met designated Station.

Love the photo at 4:54 of the two old trains side by side.

The Piccadilly is always in a hurry. The District is much more laid back. 👍 As for “Not to any kind of scale I mean seriously look at this thing!” ……. Bloody brilliant 😂

5:29 Unless you’re travelling at rush hour from one of the skipped stations to one on the Piccadilly line, where all the trains are too crowded to change comfortably by Hammersmith (which would be alleviated if you could start at your own station instead), a problem I encountered every day when I lived at Turnham Green and travelled to Russell Square for college 2018–2020! (Indeed, there were genuinely times it was easier to travel backwards to Acton Town just so the trains would be less full!)

Loved watching the piccadilly line trains whizzing through Turnham Green and past the stopped District line trains when I was there back in June. Reminded me of what being at somewhere like Carnforth must have been like at one time

As a regular commuter on the Acton Town to Hammersmith section of the Piccadilly line, the trains can really whack up some speed. As you enter the Hammersmith section travelling east from Action Town there is a dip where the tracks enter a tunnel before Hammersmith station, thus the trains have to slow down. The fun part is where you get a driver who doesn't begin to brake to the last possible moment and you can feel yourself wondering if the train is going to come off the rails! Some drivers seem to leave it very late...many a time I've wondered if one day there's going to be an accident there.

The line was originally an LSWR branch that ran through Hammersmith grove road (next to the H&C Hammersmith Station) to Kensington Addison Road (Now Olympia). The District added its own tracks alongside the LSWR tracks in 1910 or so, and then the LSWR abandoned its tracks in 1916. That made them available for the Piccadilly in 1929. District trains ran a very limited service on the Hounslow branch to 1964.

I was puzzled the first time I rode the Piccadilly Line out past Acton Town - at Northfields the platform was HIGHER than the carriage floor! Finding out that this line was once part of the District Line made sense.

The fast and semi-fast Met Line services also have their pros and cons... many's the time I've missed a train to Watford at Harrow On The Hill but caught it at Moor Park by hopping on the next fast Amersham service! Mind you, if you're trying to get to Northwick Park from Harrow and don't realise you've caught a semi-fast train, it's a long way back from Finchley Road!

Yes, a "skip-stopping" tale is always welcomed! :D I'm at Acton Town fairly often, and wondered why District trains only had the outside platforms where the Picc line can use all 4?

In Santiago, several metro lines have alternate (Green and Red Routes) itineraries for rush hours, skipping certain stations and meeting at line combination stations or at the busiest stations of the line.

It was always a bonus travelling from Uxbridge to Holborn in the 90s going to and from work. Quite exciting - express tube trains. Same happens on the Met.

I've been feeding pidgeons in the same locations only in the last three years. Very fond of them, their remembering me, their funny attitude and behavior when they feel safe ....Anyway I unusually was near Waterloo mainline and went to catch a train on a quiet Sunday recently to change at Clapham Junction and then two stops home. Long train, few people, halfway down I plus a young couple got on a carriage a few minutes before departure. A pidgeon started to walk around and the couple were amused and concerned. Doors closed, train left the station. I had not known they do this until later. I thought it would feel trapped and as the next stop would be Clapham Junction it might struggle to get back in fading light. Luckily the train stopped at Vauxhall first, not far away. It/ he / she knew what it was doing I realised and had read the boards better than I did. It waited for the forward double door to open but was concerned by a couple outside and me walking slowly towards it expecting to usher it out. It flew to the luggage rack, but knew it had time. I held my bent arm up to it and walked toward the door in a non threatening way, but it then flew back through the door above the heads of people getting in. It knew what it was doing all along, and probably had a seaon ticket for years. At 64 this only dawned on me then. I knew they have homing skills but i thoght it wouldn't realise where it was. Please vote for this as the most boring and pointless comment ever. I just never knew they did this on purpose.😆