The designer of the iconic Underground map, Harry Beck, based his design on an electrical circuit diagram. The average speed on the Underground is On the Metropolitan line, trains can reach over 60 mph. Photo by Tomas Anton Escobar on Unsplash The shortest distance between two adjacent stations on the network is only metres and the longest is 6.
The tunnels on the Central line twist and turn because they follow the curves of London's medieval street plan. The Underground was funded entirely by private companies until the 's.
Alcohol was banned on the Tube and all London Transport from June During the three-hour morning peak, the busiest Tube station is Waterloo, with around 57, people entering. Every week, Underground escalators travel the equivalent distance of going twice around the world.
Penalty fares were only introduced in The Jubilee Line is the only one to connect with all the other Underground Lines. Over 1, bodies lie beneath Aldgate station, which is built over a plague pit from The London Underground has a staggering stations.
The longest possible single journey on one train is 34 miles, between West Ruislip and Epping on the Central Line. On the columns at Temple station, there are small temple-shaped emblems at the bases.
The shape of north and west London was largely defined by the extension of the underground railway network. A team of railway enthusiasts spent 26 years researching six miles of vintage wall tiling on 94 station platforms for a book. Black arches are hidden in the green and cream tiling pattern at Archway station. Canary Wharf, home to city bankers and high-rises, serves 40 million people every year through the station, which measures the length of two football pitches.
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The name 'Underground' first appeared in stations and the very first electric ticket machine was also introduced. It was also the first year that the famous circle logo was used for the Tube, which is still used to this day. In the years to come, advancements in technology would transform the Underground.
In , Earl's Court station got London's very first escalators and in , the doors of the Tube stopped being operated by hand. One of the most famous images associated with the Tube is the colourful map of all of the lines.
In , a man called Harry Beck presented the first diagram of the Underground map as we know it today. He based his design on an electrical circuit instead of drawing the Tube lines exactly where they were geographically. A test run of around copies were distributed from a handful of stations in , after which , copies were printed in They were an instant success and more maps needed to be ordered within just a month!
The design of the map would be tweaked over the years. Rumour says the Bakerloo line was created after businessmen complained they couldn't get to and from Lord's Cricket Ground quickly enough! People spent many nights sleeping on platforms to escape the bombs that were falling on London above.
Some stations were also closed and used to protect valuable items from the British Museum. Since the Metropolitan Railway opened the world's first underground railway years ago, the London Underground has come a long way. In , the world's oldest underground railway network marked the first year that one billion passengers used it within just one year.
And it's not stopping there. A big project called Crossrail - Europe's biggest underground construction project - is currently under way to build the Tube's first new line in nearly 50 years. The Underground network has grown to stations and 11 lines. Boy visits Tube stations in 24 hours in brother's memory. Footy freestyle champ shows off her skills on Tube. What is Remembrance Day? How much is a lightsaber worth?
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