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This is an abbreviation of the nickname The Twopenny Tube, which was given to the Central Line because all fares cost tuppence. 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.

The mosquitoes that live in the Tube tunnels have evolved into a unique species known for its voracious biting. They were named Culex pipiens molestus by biologists. In , to fill staff shortages, London Transport began to directly recruit in Barbados and Jamaica. The Tube celebrated its centenary in with a series of events including a parade of underground trains at Neasden depot.

The Tube usually only runs for 24 hours during New Year, however it also stayed open all night for the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies. Three babies have been born in the London Underground.

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The journey of the first Tube train took place on 9 January The first Tube line was built and financed by a private company, the Metropolitan Railway. In a spiral escalator opened at Holloway Road. It took 21 years from to to complete the Inner Circle of tube lines in central London. If completed on time it will have taken nine years for Crossrail to be completed.

Just 70 years after it was first proposed. Kennington is the only surviving City and South London Railway station that remains close to its original condition, still featuring a domed roof. Queen Elizabeth II was the first reigning monarch to take the Tube, when she took the inaugural ride on the Victoria line from Green Park.

In the s only basic signage — the station name and exit — was provided on the Underground. In a photographic survey was taken of all station exteriors in order to establish ways in which a more uniform design style could be achieved. Etiquette posters warning people to move down the car and to let passengers off first have been produced since the early years of the Tube, some by celebrated cartoonist George Morrow.

The Victoria line commissioned artists to produce original tile motifs for each station, including the seven trees which give Seven Sisters its name. The Underground was central to evacuating children and expectant mothers from London to the countryside in Within a couple of days, London Transport successfully evacuated , vulnerable Londoners. During the war, signs warning passengers to carry their gas marks were on display at every Underground station. Despite having been previously used as shelters in , the government felt that the Underground should be used for transport, not shelter.

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