[12], The early tube lines, originally owned by several private companies, were brought together under the Underground brand in the early 20th century, and eventually merged along with the sub-surface lines and bus services in 1933 to form London Transport under the control of the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB). In many stations the ventilation system is now ineffective because of alterations that reduce tunnel diameters and increase turbulence. The first section of the Metropolitan District Railway, from South Kensington to Westminster (now part of the District and Circle lines), opens. [56], In the following years, the outlying lines of the former Metropolitan Railway closed, the Brill Tramway in 1935, and the line from Quainton Road to Verney Junction in 1936. Likewise, Southwark follows at 21m, Elephant & Castle at 18m, followed by Pimlico at 16m . [96][97] Many Overground stations interchange with Underground ones, and Overground lines were added onto the Tube map. His design was displayed at Southwark Station in collaboration with Art on the Underground to mark the opening weekend of the new Tate Modern gallery situated near the station. [45], A joint marketing agreement between most of the companies in the early years of the 20th century included maps, joint publicity, through ticketing and UNDERGROUND signs, incorporating the first bullseye symbol,[37] outside stations in Central London. [149] The first 'comb' type escalator was installed in 1924 at Clapham Common. [300] Stations were built to the latest standards, future proofed for growth, with innovations such as Platform screen doors. [106], London Underground's eleven lines total 402 kilometres (250mi) in length,[1] making it the seventh longest metro system in the world. [11] Outside the tunnels of central London, many lines' trains tend to travel at over 40mph (64km/h) in the suburban and countryside areas. London: Vintage Books. [309] Johnston was redesigned, becoming New Johnston, for photo-typesetting in the early 1980s when Elichi Kono designed a range that included Light, Medium and Bold, each with its italic version. 4 Northern line - 58km. [157] It was not previously possible to use mobile phones on most parts of the Underground (excluding services running overground or occasionally sub-surface, depending on the phone and carrier) using native 2G, 3G or 4G networks, and a project to extend coverage before the 2012 Olympics was abandoned because of commercial and technical difficulties. [78] One person operation had been planned in 1968, but conflict with the trade unions delayed introduction until the 1980s. [87] Despite this, substantial investment to upgrade and modernise the Tube has taken place - with new trains (such as London Underground S7 and S8 Stock), new signalling, upgraded stations (such as King's Cross St Pancras) and improved accessibility (such as at Green Park). In the original Tube design, trains passing through close fitting tunnels act as pistons to create air pressure gradients between stations. [308] Johnston was adopted systemwide after the formation of the LPTB in 1933 and the LT wordmark was applied to locomotives and carriages. Of the 32 London boroughs, six (Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Kingston, Lewisham and Sutton) are not served by the Underground network, while Hackney has Old Street (on the Northern line Bank branch) and Manor House (on the Piccadilly line) only just inside its boundaries. [291] In the 1920s and 1930s, Charles Holden designed a series of modernist and art-deco stations some of which he described as his 'brick boxes with concrete lids'. [277] The 100th anniversary of the roundel was celebrated in 2008 by TfL commissioning 100 artists to produce works that celebrate the design. [59] 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. [57] The 193540 New Works Programme included the extension of the Central and Northern lines and the Bakerloo line to take over the Metropolitan's Stanmore branch. The extension was privately funded, with contributions from developments across the Battersea Power Station, Vauxhall and Nine Elms areas. Today, London Underground delivers approximately 2.5 billion passenger journeys annually on 11 lines, from 272 stations. [180][181][182], In mid-2014 Transport for London issued a tender for up to 18 trains for the Jubilee line and up to 50 trains for the Northern line. [231][232], As of January2022[update], there are 90 stations with step-free access from platform to train,[154][233][234] and there are plans to provide step-free access at another 11 stations by 2024. [100] The railway opened as the Elizabeth line in May 2022. [10] The system serves 272 stations and has 250 miles (400km) of track. Some stations at the north-eastern end of the Central line are in the Epping Forest district of Essex and some stations at the north-western end of the Metropolitan line are in the Three Rivers and Watford districts of Hertfordshire, and Buckinghamshire. Fares increased following a legal challenge but the fare zones were retained, and in the mid-1980s the Travelcard and the Capitalcard were introduced. [317] The Met, strongly independent, used images on timetables and on the cover of its Metro-land guide that promoted the country it served for the walker, visitor and later the house-hunter. [171][172], The Central line was the first line to be modernised in the 1990s, with 85 new 1992-stock trains and a new automatic signalling system installed to allow Automatic Train Operation. Private infrastructure companies (infracos) would upgrade and maintain the railway, and London Underground would run the train service. This resulted in the closure of the short section of tunnel between Green Park and Charing Cross stations. Major work is to be undertaken on the fleet to ensure their continued reliability with brakes, traction control systems, doors, automatic control systems being repaired or replaced, among other components. As of 2021, the record for fastest completion was held by Steve Wilson (UK) and Andi James (Finland), who completed the challenge in 15 hours, 45 minutes and 38 seconds on 21 May 2015. [1] The Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines form the sub-surface network, with railway tunnels just below the surface and of a similar size to those on British main lines, converging on a circular bi-directional loop around zone 1. The typesetters P22 developed today's electronic version, sometimes called TfL Johnston, in 1997. [192], The Underground received 2.669billion in fares in 2016/17 and uses Transport for London's zonal fare system to calculate fares. [255] A Central London Railway route diagram appears on a 1904 postcard and 1905 poster,[256] similar maps appearing in District Railway cars in 1908. Other famous London Underground branding includes the roundel and the Johnston typeface, created by Edward Johnston in 1916. [11] Despite its name, only 45% of the system is under the ground: much of the network in the outer environs of London is on the surface. The Tube Challenge is the competition for the fastest time to travel to all London Underground stations, tracked by Guinness World Records since 1960. [193] There are nine zones with zone 1 being the central zone, which includes the loop of the Circle line with a few stations to the south of River Thames. [275] As of 2013[update], forms of the roundel, with differing colours for the ring and bar, are used for other TfL services, such as London Buses, Tramlink, London Overground, London River Services and Docklands Light Railway. [139] New air-conditioned trains have been introduced on the sub-surface lines, but was initially ruled out for the tube trains due to space being considered limited on tube trains for air-conditioning units and that these would heat the tunnels even more. The trains have exceeded their design life of around 40 years and are in need of replacement. [338] Routes on the Underground can also be optimized using a global network optimization approach, akin to routing algorithms for Internet applications. Lewisham used to be served by the East London line (stations at New Cross and New Cross Gate). Central line capacity increased by 25% with 33 tph at peak times by 2030. Tube stations were used as air-raid shelters during . [283] The City & South London Railway opened with red-brick buildings, designed by Thomas Phillips Figgis, topped with a lead-covered dome that contained the lift mechanism and weather vane (still visible at many stations e.g. [296] Few new stations were built in the 50 years after 1948, but Misha Black was appointed design consultant for the 1960s Victoria line, contributing to the line's uniform look,[297] with each station having an individual tile motif. [240], Compared with 200304, the reliability of the network had increased in 201011, with lost customer hours reduced from 54million to 40million. 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[44] Only the Metropolitan Railway, along with its subsidiaries the Great Northern & City Railway and the East London Railway, and the Waterloo & City Railway, by then owned by the main line London and South Western Railway, remained outside the Underground Group's control. [17][18][19] The schematic Tube map, designed by Harry Beck in 1931, was voted a national design icon in 2006 and now includes other transport systems besides the Underground, such as the Docklands Light Railway, London Overground, Thameslink, the Elizabeth line, and Tramlink. According to Ruth Artmonsky, over 150 women artists were commissioned by Pick and latterly Christian Barman to design posters for London Underground, London Transport and London County Council Tramways. The Carr-Edwards report, published in 1938 as possibly the first attempt at a graphics standards manual, introduced stricter guidelines. Heathrow Terminals 2 and 3 station is between the terminals, which are a few minutes' walk away via pedestrian subway. Temporary sign boards that stand at the top of escalators also maximise turbulence. For the album by Herbie Mann, see. [225], Night Tube services were suspended in March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The London Underground has been running for 160 years. [301] West Ham station was built as a homage to the red brick tube stations of the 1930s, using brick, concrete and glass. The first line to operate underground electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, is now part of the Northern line. The London Underground Film Office received over 200 requests to film in 2000. District Line The District Line has the most stations: 60. [89], Electronic ticketing in the form of the contactless Oyster card was first introduced in 2003,[90] with payment using contactless banks cards introduced in September 2014. Use our travel tools to check your travel. Two people are stabbed outside Harlesden Tube station: Police rush to the scene and Bakerloo line is part-suspended. In some places, the tunnels are above each other (for example, the Central line east of St Paul's station), or the running tunnels are on the right (for example on the Victoria line between Warren Street and King's Cross St. Pancras, to allow cross-platform interchange with the Northern line at Euston). [107], Fifty-five per cent of the system runs on the surface. Hyde Park Corner is on the Northern Line. [319][320] By the time London Transport was formed in 1933 the UERL was considered a patron of the arts[312] and over 1000 works were commissioned in the 1930s, such as the cartoon images of Charles Burton and Kauffer's later abstract cubist and surrealist images. [339] Analysis of the Underground as a network may also be helpful for setting safety priorities, since the stations targeted in the 2005 London bombings were amongst the most effective for disrupting the transportation system. [84], TfL eventually replaced London Regional Transport, and discontinued the use of the London Transport brand in favour of its own brand. [248], In November 2011 it was reported that 80 people had died by suicide in the previous year on the London Underground, up from 46 in 2000. [211] Called a "Freedom Pass" it allows free travel on TfL-operated routes at all times and is valid on some National Rail services within London at weekends and after 09:30 on Monday to Fridays. Listed for each of the 273 stations are the lines serving it, local authority and the fare zone in which it is located,[note 1] the date it and any earlier main line service opened, previous names and passenger usage statistics in millions per year. A control room for the sub-surface network has been built in Hammersmith and an automatic train control (ATC) system is to replace ageing signalling equipment dating from between the mid-1920s and late 1980s, including the signal cabin at Edgware Road, the control room at Earl's Court, and the signalling centre at Baker Street. There were many instances of passengers collapsing whilst travelling, due to heat and pollution, leading for calls to clean the air through the installation of garden plants. Updated: August 2022. A number of crime scenes are in place after two men suffered stab injuries. It is served by twenty five stations between Harrow &. This has the effect of reducing laminar airflow by 94%. The other names listed may have been used previously on station signage, on network maps, in advertisements or in planning material . Part of the Greater London Authority, the TfL Board is appointed by the Mayor of London, who also sets the structure and level of public transport fares in London. 3. Passengers travelling without a valid ticket must pay a penalty fare of 80 (40 if paid within 21days) and can be prosecuted for fare evasion under the Regulation of Railways Act 1889 and Transport for London Byelaws. During air raids in 1915 people used the tube stations as shelters. [36], While steam locomotives were in use on the Underground there were contrasting health reports. The trains often break down, have to be withdrawn from service at short notice and at times are not available when required, leading to gaps in service at peak times. How many Tube line stations are there? [98][100] By increasing rail capacity, the line aims to reduce overcrowding on the Tube and cut cross-London journey times. The Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) was established in 1902 to fund the electrification of the District Railway and to complete and operate three tube lines, the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway, the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway and the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, which opened in 1906-07. [8] The network has expanded to 11 lines, and in 2020/21 was used for 296million passenger journeys,[3] making it one of the world's busiest metro systems. . [66][71] Also during the 1960s, the Victoria line was dug under central London and, unlike the earlier tunnels, did not follow the roads above. [31], For the first deep-level tube line, the City and South London Railway, two 10feet 2inches (3.10m) diameter circular tunnels were dug between King William Street (close to today's Monument station) and Stockwell, under the roads to avoid the need for agreement with owners of property on the surface. [199][200][201], TfL introduced the Oyster card in 2003; this is a pre-payment smartcard with an embedded contactless RFID chip. [111], The London Underground was used by 296.1million passengers in 202021.[3]. [302], The first posters used various type fonts, as was contemporary practice,[304] and station signs used sans serif block capitals. Kings X is also the most popular (in terms of entry and exits), followed by Waterloo, Oxford Circus and Victoria. [324][325] Major commissions by Art on the Underground in recent years have included Labyrinth by Turner prize winning artist Mark Wallinger to mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground,[326] "Diamonds and Circles" permanent works "in situ" by French artist Daniel Buren at Tottenham Court Road[327] and "Beauty < Immortality, a memorial to Frank Pick by Langlands & Bell at Piccadilly Circus. [165] Due to financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, work to implement the extension is currently on hold. Countries of the World - No Outlines Minefield. [64], On 1 January 1948, under the provisions of the Transport Act 1947, the London Passenger Transport Board was nationalised and renamed the London Transport Executive, becoming a subsidiary transport organisation of the British Transport Commission, which was formed on the same day. [92], During the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Underground saw record ridership levels, with over 4.3 million people using the Tube on some days. The 85 existing 1992-stock trains are the most unreliable on the London Underground as they are equipped with the first generation of solid-state direct-current thyristor-control traction equipment. The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England. London Tube line suspended after horror double stabbing by station in broad daylight Two people have been stabbed outside of an Underground station in north west London. The stations were the first on the Underground to have platform edge doors, and were built to have step free access throughout. [212] Since 2010, the Freedom Pass has included an embedded holder's photograph; it lasts five years between renewals. [26] The Metropolitan and District railways completed the Circle line in 1884,[27] built using the cut and cover method. London Underground was strongly criticised in the aftermath for its attitude to fires underground, and publication of the report into the fire led to the resignation of senior management of both London Underground and London Regional Transport. [40], Yerkes soon had control of the District Railway and established the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) in 1902 to finance and operate three tube lines, the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (Bakerloo), the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (Hampstead) and the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, (Piccadilly), which all opened between 1906 and 1907. [6], The Underground has its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground passenger railway. [278][279], In 2016, Tate Modern commissioned conceptual artist Michael Craig-Martin to "reimagine" the roundel, changing its colours for the first time since the sign was introduced. [75], In 1979 another new tube, the Jubilee line, named in honour of Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee, took over the Stanmore branch from the Bakerloo line, linking it to a newly constructed tube between Baker Street and Charing Cross stations. The London Underground is frequently studied by academics because it is one of the largest, oldest, and most widely used systems of public transit in the world. The Metropolitan Railway protested about the change of plan, but after arbitration by the Board of Trade, the DC system was adopted. 1. [281] The Metropolitan Railway's original seven stations were inspired by Italianate designs, with the platforms lit by daylight from above and by gas lights in large glass globes. [203] Fares for single journeys are cheaper than paper tickets, and a daily cap limits the total cost in a day to the price of a Day Travelcard. This will replace the existing fleet with new air-cooled articulated trains and a new signalling system to allow Automatic Train Operation. [191] Siemens Mobility's Inspiro design was selected in June 2018 in a 1.5billion contract. The nickname "Tube" comes from the circular tube-like tunnels through which the small profile trains travel. The only London Underground stations in Zones 7 to 9 are on the Metropolitan line beyond Moor Park, outside London region. Heathrow Terminal 4 station was closed during the COVID national lockdown. [318], The Johnston Sans letter font began appearing on posters from 1917. [214][215], The tube closes overnight during the week, but since 2016, the Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, and Victoria lines, as well as a short section of the London Overground have operated all night on Friday and Saturday nights. The system is composed of eleven lines - Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, and Waterloo & City - serving 272 stations. Capacity can be increased further if the operation of the Charing Cross and Bank branches is separated. When the Bakerloo line opened in 1906, it was advertised with a maximum temperature of 60F (16C), but over time the tube tunnels have warmed up. [142] Often, electronic signs have their flat surface at right angles to the main air flow, causing choked flow. New full-sized underground National Rail platforms at Lewisham (a great opportunity to rebuild that terrible station!) The London Underground uses a system of nine concentric zones for the calculation of fares between stations. [108] Trains generally run on the left-hand track. Because these costs are unevenly distributed across stations and platforms, path choice analyses may be helpful in guiding upgrades and choice of new stations. [234] By 2016 a third of stations had platform humps that reduce the step from platform to train. This opened in 1890 with electric locomotives that hauled carriages with small opaque windows, nicknamed padded cells. [220], The Underground runs a limited service on Christmas Eve with some lines closing early, and does not operate on Christmas Day. [127] All lines use fixed-length trains with between six and eight cars, except for the Waterloo & City line that uses four cars. [129] Since 1999 all new stock has had to comply with accessibility regulations that require such things as access and room for wheelchairs, and the size and location of door controls. [16] This technology, developed in-house by TfL,[207] has been licensed to other major cities like New York City[208] and Boston. [171], The signalling system on the Victoria line has been replaced to increase capacity on the line by around 25%; the line now runs up to 36 trains per hour compared to 2728 previously. [132] In 1938 approval was given for a ventilation improvement programme, and a refrigeration unit was installed in a lift shaft at Tottenham Court Road. [37] The Metropolitan even encouraged beards for staff to act as an air filter. There are 20 miles (32km) of cut-and-cover tunnel and 93 miles (150km) of tube tunnel. [289] Harry W. Ford was responsible for the design of at least 17 UERL and District Railway stations, including Barons Court and Embankment, and claimed to have first thought of enlarging the U and D in the UNDERGROUND wordmark. The London Underground is a metro system in the United Kingdom that serves Greater London and adjacent districts of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. [213], In addition to automatic and staffed faregates at stations, the Underground also operates on a proof-of-payment system. Therefore, the transportation and complex network literatures include extensive information about the Tube system. Two people have been stabbed just outside a crowded Tube station in West London in broad daylight. In the 2010s, consultation events and preliminary design work took place on an extension. [93] This record was subsequently beaten in later years, with 4.82 million riders in December 2015. [257] In the same year, following a marketing agreement between the operators, a joint central area map that included all the lines was published. [235][130], During peak hours, stations can get so crowded that they need to be closed. The day-to-day running of the corporation is left to the Commissioner of Transport for London. I would extend the Hayes Line to Sevenoaks via Keston, Biggin Hill Airport, Westerham, Brasted, Sundridge and Sevenoaks. [329], The Underground (including several fictitious stations[330]) has been featured[clarification needed] in many movies and television shows, including Skyfall, Death Line, Die Another Day, Sliding Doors, An American Werewolf in London, Creep, Tube Tales, Sherlock and Neverwhere. The two Paddington stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics. [266][267], Commissioned by Art on the Underground, the cover of the pocket map is designed by various British and international artists, one of the largest public art commissions in the UK. [152], There are 426 escalators on the London Underground system and the longest, at 60 metres (200ft), is at Angel. If you take the average depth below sea level of all the platforms in each tube station - an important clarification - London Bridge comes out on top (bottom). The 6 London boroughs with no Tube stations The five unlucky London boroughs that have never been served by a Tube station are Kingston upon Thames, Croydon, Bexley, Bromley and Sutton. The Bakerloo line was extended north to Queen's Park to join a new electric line from Euston to Watford, but the First World War delayed construction and trains reached Watford Junction in 1917. The line is predicted to run 30 trains per hour, an increase of up to 50% on the current 21 trains per hour. There can also be a step from platform to train as large as 12 inches (300mm) and a gap between the train and curved platforms, and these distances are marked on the map. Of these, five (Amersham, Chalfont & Latimer, Chesham, and Chorleywood on the Metropolitan line, and Epping on the Central line), are beyond the M25 London Orbital motorway. Overall, 75 of the 100 best-performing busy stations in the UK are in the capital, and London Overground is one of the top three most punctual railway lines, rail tracker website On Time Trains found. [273], After the UERL was absorbed into the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, it used forms of the roundel for buses, trams and coaches, as well as the Underground. [124], London Underground trains come in two sizes, larger sub-surface trains and smaller deep-tube trains. The first trains run from about 05:00 and the last trains until just after 01:00, with later starting times on Sunday mornings. 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