The Open Guide to London: the free London guide - Differences between Version 4 and Version 3 of Category Tube

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<img src="http://openguides.org/london/pictures/the_london_underground.jpg" width="332" height="43" alt="The London Underground" class="n">	<img src="http://grault.net/grubstreet/pictures/the_london_underground.jpg" width="332" height="43" alt="The London Underground" class="n">
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<th>Line Name</th> <th> Colour on [[Tube map]]</th> <th> [[Tube History\|Year of Opening]]</th> <th>Type</th>	<td>'''Line Name'''</td> <td>'''Colour on [[Tube map]]'''</td> <td>'''[[Tube History\|Year of Opening]]'''</td> <td>'''Type'''</td>
== Line 18 ==	== Line 16 ==
<td> [[Bakerloo Line]]</td>	<td>[[Bakerloo Line]]</td>
== Line 25 ==	== Line 22 ==
<td> [[Central Line]]</td>	<td>[[Central Line]]</td>
== Line 32 ==	== Line 28 ==
<td> [[Circle Line]]</td>	<td>[[Circle Line]]</td>
== Line 40 ==	== Line 35 ==
<td> [[District Line]]</td>	<td>[[District Line]]</td>
== Line 47 ==	== Line 41 ==
<td> [[East London Line]]</td>	<td>[[East London Line]]</td>
== Line 54 ==	== Line 47 ==
<td> [[Hammersmith and City Line]]</td>	<td>[[Hammersmith and City Line]]</td>
== Line 61 ==	== Line 53 ==
<td> [[Jubilee Line]]</td>	<td>[[Jubilee Line]]</td>
== Line 68 ==	== Line 59 ==
<td> [[Metropolitan Line]]</td>	<td>[[Metropolitan Line]]</td>
== Line 75 ==	== Line 65 ==
<td> [[Northern Line]]</td>	<td>[[Northern Line]]</td>
== Line 82 ==	== Line 71 ==
<td> [[Piccadilly Line]]</td>	<td>[[Piccadilly Line]]</td>
== Line 89 ==	== Line 77 ==
<td> [[Victoria Line]]</td>	<td>[[Victoria Line]]</td>
== Line 96 ==	== Line 83 ==
<td> [[Waterloo and City Line]]</td>	<td>[[Waterloo and City Line]]</td>

The Underground, near-universally known as the Tube, is the way most out-of-towners get around, and fairly well used by residents, too. It's unfortunately expensive, crowded at rush hour (and closing time), and it's patchy in its coverage; it's also probably the best value method out there. Sometimes it doesn't work; see the status page at London Transport.

Bits of it are getting on for 150 years old, and it also contains some of the oldest deep tubes in the world. The Tube map and Tube roundel are design classics known the world over.

Lines can be split into two main groups: Subsurface lines were built by 'cut and cover', even in the centre of London. These are the oldest lines on the network. Tube lines are the ones that go deep underground, with the vast majority of the central London sections dug in the 'tube boom' between 1900 and 1915. The following useful table comes from the London Underground page on Wikipedia.

Line Name	Colour on Tube map	Year of Opening	Type
Bakerloo Line	Brown	1906	Deep level
Central Line	Red	1900	Deep level
Circle Line	Yellow	1884	Sub-surface
District Line	Green	1868	Sub-surface
East London Line	Orange	1869	Sub-surface
Hammersmith and City Line	Pink	1864	Sub-surface
Jubilee Line	Silver	1979	Deep level
Metropolitan Line	Purple	1863	Sub-surface
Northern Line	Black	1907 (part)	Deep level
Piccadilly Line	Dark blue	1906	Deep level
Victoria Line	Light blue	1969	Deep level
Waterloo and City Line	Teal	1898	Deep level

There's the obligatory official website, or the independent tubeplanner.com or Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides.

Tube things:

Tube Frequently Asked Questions:

¹ I heard the "Inspector Sands" announcement at Bank station. Having read the blurb on the Guardian "Any Answers" page (see link above), my first thought was "Yikes!" My second thought was "Double Yikes!" owing to the fact that there was a Firemen's strike on. Then, the doors closed on the tube train I was on and it departed the platform. --IvorW

As someone comments on that Guardian page, "I often hear it at Notting Hill Gate". I can verify this; I have to admit that it's quite worrying. At least they've finally got rid of the wooden escalators now, though. --Earle

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