LONDON UNDERGROUND

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Introduction London, the city. The history of the underground Infrastructure Map The underground lines Types of trains

1. Introduction

•Why have I chosen this project?

•What do I think about the underground?

•What do I think about London?

•How good is the underground for London, in my opinion?

2. London, the city

Since 1965 Greater London has been divided into 32 London boroughs in addition to the ancient City of London. 12 plus the City of London in Inner London and 20 in Outer London.

• Distribution of London1.City of London 2.City of Westminster 3.Kensington and Chelsea 4.Hammersmith and Fulham 5.Wandsworth 6.Lambeth 7.Southwark 8.Tower Hamlets 9.Hackney 10.Islington 11.Camden 12.Brent 13.Ealing 14.Hounslow 15.Richmond upon Thames 16.Kingston upon Thames17.Merton18.Sutton19.Croydon20.Bromley21.Lewisham

22.Greenwich23.Bexley24.Havering25.Barking and Dagenham26.Redbridge27.Newham28.Waltham Forest29.Haringey30.Enfield31.Barnet32.Harrow33.Hillingdon

3. The history •The first underground railway in the world, which opened in 1863 and now forms part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, and the first line to operate underground electric trains, in 1890, now part of the Northern line.

•The Central London Railway was built this way and known as the "two penny tube" when opened in 1900.

• The world's first underground railway, it opened in January 1863 between Paddington and Farringdon using gas-lit wooden carriages hauled by steam locomotives.

Some photos..

3. The history (Wars)• World War I delayed construction and trains reached Watford Junction in 1917. During air raids in 1915 people used the tube stations as shelters. An extension of the Central line east to Ealing was also delayed by the war and completed in 1920.

• World War II suspended these plans after the Bakerloo line had reached Stanmore and the Northern line High Barnet and Mill Hill East in 1941. During the war many tube stations were used as air-raid shelters. Following bombing in 1940 passenger services over the West London Line were suspended, leaving Olympia exhibition centre without a railway service until a District line shuttle from Earl's Court began after the war. After work restarted on the Central line extensions in east and west London, these were complete in 1949.

4. InfrastructureThe underground serves 270 stations.

London Underground's eleven lines total 250 miles (402 km) in length, making it the fourth longest metro system in the world.

The lines are electrified with a four-rail DC system.

5. Map

6. The underground linesName Map colour

Firstoperated

Type LengthNo.Sta

Current Stock

Future Stock

Tripsper annum (×1000)

Avg. tripsper mile (×1000)

Bakerloo line

Brown 1906DeepTube

23.2 km14.5 mi

25 1972 Stock N/A 111,136 7,665

Central line Red 1900DeepTube

74 km46 mi

49 1992 Stock N/A 260,916 5,672

Circle line Yellow 1871Subsurface

27.2 km17 mi

36 C Stock

S Stock from Autumn 2013

114,609 4,716

District line Green 1868Subsurface

64 km40 mi

60C Stock and D78 Stock

S Stock from 2014

208,317 5,208

Hammersmith & City line

Pink 1864Subsurface

25.5 km15.9 mi

29C Stock S Stock

S Stock (Currently replacing C Stock))

114,609 4,716

Jubilee line Silver 1979DeepTube

36.2 km22.5 mi

27 1996 Stock N/A 213,554 9,491

Metropolitan line

Dark Magenta

1863Subsurface

66.7 km41.5 mi

34 S Stock N/A 66,779 1,609

Northern line

Black 1890DeepTube

58 km36 mi

50 1995 Stock N/A 252,310 7,009

Piccadilly line

Dark Blue 1906DeepTube

71 km44.3 mi

53 1973 Stock N/A 210,169 4,744

Victoria line

Light Blue 1968DeepTube

21 km13.3 mi

16 2009 Stock N/A 199,988 15,093

Waterloo & City line

Turquoise 1898DeepTube

2.5 km1.5 mi

2 1992 Stock N/A 15,892 10,595

5. Types of trainsLondon Underground trains come in two sizes, larger sub-surface trains and smaller deep-tube trains.

David Carpintero Pleguezuelos

English Project

Teacher: Clara Calvo

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