AnswersDriveThe deepest station is Hampstead on the Northern line, which runs down to 58.5 metres. 15. In Central London the deepest station below street level is also the Northern line. It is the DLR concourse at Bank, which is 41.4 metres below.
How many stations are there in the tube?
Find out more about London's disused Underground stations. There are 270 functioning stations across our network, but at least 40 Overground and Underground stations still in existence are no longer used for travel.
What is a tube station in London?
The system comprises eleven lines – Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, Waterloo & City – serving 270 stations. It is operated by Transport for London (TfL).
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What is the busiest station on the London Underground?
List of busiest London Underground stations
| Rank (2016) | Station | 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waterloo | 100.36 |
| 2 | King's Cross St. Pancras | 95.03 |
| 3 | Victoria | 83.50 |
| 4 | Oxford Circus | 83.26 |
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Which station has the longest escalator?
One of the London Tube stations - Angel, has the longest escalator in the whole London underground system, and the 3rd Longest in Western Europe. I went there and filmed me getting up and down with it!
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How old is the tube?
It's now part of the London Overground line. The journey of the first Tube train took place on 9 January 1863. The first Tube line was built and financed by a private company, the Metropolitan Railway.
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What is the deepest underground station in the world?
The world's deepest metro stations can be found across different areas of the world and below are some of them.
- London Underground - Hampstead (190 feet)
- Portland Light Rail - Washington Park (259 feet)
- Saint Petersburg Metro - Admiralteyskaya (282 feet)
- Kiev Metro - Arsenalna (346 feet)
- Pyongyang Metro (360 feet)
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How many tube lines are there in London?
London Underground. London Underground, better known as the Tube, has 11 lines covering 402km and serving 270 stations. Opened in 1863, it is the world's oldest underground railway network, and one of the largest. The Tube handles up to 5 million passenger journeys per day.
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Which city had the first subway system?
Later, Boston acquired conventional subway trains. New York City opened the first section of what was to become the largest system in the world on Oct. 27, 1904. In Philadelphia, a subway system was opened in 1907, and Chicago's system opened in 1943.
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How many buses are there in London?
Scope. The local bus network in London is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Over 8000 scheduled buses operate on over 700 different routes. Over the year this network carries over 1.8 billion passenger journeys.
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Where is the deepest metro in the world?
The Arsenalna, a station on Kiev Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line, is such an exception. Arsenalna station is located 105.5 meters below the surface, making it the deepest metro station in the world.
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When was the Piccadilly line built?
Construction of the linking sections started in 1930, and the services opened as follows. to Uxbridge: the District Railway had operated services to Uxbridge since 1910. The District services were taken over by the Piccadilly line: 4 July 1932: extended from Hammersmith to South Harrow.
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How deep is cross rail?
Each tunnel is 21 kilometres/13 miles long, 6.2 metres in diameter and up to 40 metres below ground. Crossrail's tunnelling marathon under London is now complete. Crossrail tunnelling began in May 2012 and ended at Farringdon with the arrival of tunnelling machine Victoria.
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When was the Bakerloo line built?
Originally called the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway, the line was constructed by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) and opened between Baker Street and Lambeth North (then called Kennington Road) on 10 March 1906. It was extended to Elephant & Castle five months later, on 5 August.
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What zone is Roding Valley in?
Roding Valley tube station
| Roding Valley | |
|---|---|
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 4 |
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What zone is Hampstead in?
Hampstead is a London Underground station in Hampstead, North London. The station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Golders Green and Belsize Park stations, and is the northernmost subterranean station on the branch. The station is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.
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What line is Belsize Park?
Belsize Park is a London Underground station in Belsize Park, north-west London. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Chalk Farm and Hampstead stations, and is in fare zone 2. It stands at the northern end of Haverstock Hill.
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Which zone is Chalk Farm?
Chalk Farm tube station. Chalk Farm ( /ˈt??ːk/) is a London Underground station near Camden Town in the London Borough of Camden. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line between Camden Town to the south and Belsize Park to the north. For ticketing purposes, Chalk Farm falls in Travelcard Zone 2.
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Which zone is Mornington Crescent?
Mornington Crescent tube station. Mornington Crescent is a London Underground station in Camden Town in north west London, named after the nearby street. The station is on the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line, between Euston and Camden Town. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.
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What is the longest line on the London Underground?
The London Underground has a staggering 270 stations. The longest possible single journey on one train is 34 miles, between West Ruislip and Epping on the Central Line. During the Second World War, part of the Piccadilly line was used to store British Museum treasures.