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There's the obligatory [http://www.thetube.com/ official website], or the independent [http://www.tubeplanner.com/ tubeplanner.com] or [http://www.davros.org/rail/culg Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides]. [http://www.going-underground.net/ Going Underground] has fun facts and ephemera.
There's the obligatory [http://www.thetube.com/ official website], or the independent [http://www.tubeplanner.com/ tubeplanner.com] or [http://www.davros.org/rail/culg Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides].
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The London Underground

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

I've heard calls for "Inspector Sands" a few times at Stratford station. Often they seem to want him to go to the control room. --mstevens


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