2. Introduction
London, the city.
The history of the underground
Infrastructure
Map
The underground lines
Types of trains
3. •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?
4. 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.
5. 1.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 Thames
17.Merton
18.Sutton
19.Croydon
20.Bromley
21.Lewisham
22.Greenwich
23.Bexley
24.Havering
25.Barking and Dagenham
26.Redbridge
27.Newham
28.Waltham Forest
29.Haringey
30.Enfield
31.Barnet
32.Harrow
33.Hillingdon
6. •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.
7.
8. • 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.
9. The 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.
10.
11.
12. Name Map colour
First
operated
Type Length
No.
Sta
Current
Stock
Future
Stock
Trips
per annum
(×1000)
Avg. trips
per mile
(×1000)
Bakerloo
line
Brown 1906
Deep
Tube
23.2 km
14.5 mi
25 1972 Stock N/A 111,136 7,665
Central line Red 1900
Deep
Tube
74 km
46 mi
49 1992 Stock N/A 260,916 5,672
Circle line Yellow 1871
Sub
surface
27.2 km
17 mi
36 C Stock
S Stock
from
Autumn
2013
114,609 4,716
District line Green 1868
Sub
surface
64 km
40 mi
60
C Stock
and D78
Stock
S Stock
from 2014
208,317 5,208
Hammersmi
th & City
line
Pink 1864
Sub
surface
25.5 km
15.9 mi
29
C Stock S
Stock
S Stock
(Currently
replacing C
Stock))
114,609 4,716
Jubilee line Silver 1979
Deep
Tube
36.2 km
22.5 mi
27 1996 Stock N/A 213,554 9,491
Metropolita
n line
Dark
Magenta
1863
Sub
surface
66.7 km
41.5 mi
34 S Stock N/A 66,779 1,609
Northern
line
Black 1890
Deep
Tube
58 km
36 mi
50 1995 Stock N/A 252,310 7,009
Piccadilly
line
Dark Blue 1906
Deep
Tube
71 km
44.3 mi
53 1973 Stock N/A 210,169 4,744
Victoria line Light Blue 1968
Deep
Tube
21 km
13.3 mi
16 2009 Stock N/A 199,988 15,093
Waterloo &
City line
Turquoise 1898
Deep
Tube
2.5 km
1.5 mi
2 1992 Stock N/A 15,892 10,595
13. London Underground trains come in two
sizes, larger sub-surface trains and smaller
deep-tube trains.
14. David Carpintero Pleguezuelos
English Project
Teacher: Clara Calvo
Thank you for your attention!