Week 2: Day Four

Acton Depot

Today we visited Acton Depot where they keep a lot of the old trains and other equipment and fix them up.

Vicki showed us round and we saw a maze of old tube station signs and maps.

Bob Bird, the curator, showed us how the '38 train worked and we learnt how to open and close the doors safely and we used the train whistle.

We also conducted some interviews, one was with Ollie who told us about how someone tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of his train. Luckily, Ollie was able to stop in time. We also interviewed Anne who was the youngest female tube driver ever!