How did the Tube lines get their names?

The longest of the Underground lines, the Central Line started as the Central London Railway, which opened in 1900 and got its name from the fact that it traveled through Central London on an east-west axis. More interestingly, the Central Line is one that coined the term “Tube” for the Underground.



People Also Ask

The line originated in the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway (GNP&BR), which was shortened to Piccadilly for convenience. As well as being the best-known location in the original company name, it is also the name of the main road it runs under between Piccadilly Circus and Hyde Park Corner.

MORE DETAILS

The Metropolitan line is the oldest underground railway in the world. The Metropolitan Railway opened in January 1863 and was an immediate success, though its construction took nearly two years and caused huge disruption in the streets.

MORE DETAILS

The Waterloo & City Railway Co. was absorbed by the L&SWR (which had worked the line from the outset) as from January 1907. Passenger access to the platforms at City (Bank) was by a lengthy sloping subway, the appearance of which, seemingly, gave the railway its nickname of 'The Drain'.

MORE DETAILS

Metropolitan line Opened in 1863, The Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Farringdon was the first, urban, underground railway in the world. An extension from Baker Street to Swiss Cottage in 1868, however, put an end to this claim to fame.

MORE DETAILS

Since then the Underground network, affectionately nicknamed the Tube by generations of Londoners, has grown to 272 stations and 11 lines stretching deep into the Capital's suburbs and beyond.

MORE DETAILS

Baker Street is a London Underground station at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road in the City of Westminster. It is one of the original stations of the Metropolitan Railway (MR), the world's first underground railway, opened on 10 January 1863.

MORE DETAILS

When the first private tube companies began operating after 1863, they focused on north London, where there was more opportunity. 'The Underground chose to run extensions into the open semi-rural districts to the north instead, where they'd have less competition and sell more tickets,' says Murphy.

MORE DETAILS

The 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.

MORE DETAILS

The Waterloo and City Line was opened in 1898 and is just two miles long, making it the shortest line in the system. The line is served by two stations both of which are situated underground at deep level.

MORE DETAILS

Roding Valley is London's least used tube station. Roding Valley is found on the central line. Roding Valley transports around the same number of passengers in 1 year, that London Waterloo does in 1 day.

MORE DETAILS

The 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.

MORE DETAILS

Now in service alongside the London Underground, it has several notable differences that set it apart from the Tube, from the trains themselves to the line's operation. First and foremost, it is not a 'tube line' – it is a regular national railway line.

MORE DETAILS

...that Arsenal is the only Underground station to be named after a London football club (it was previously known as Gillespie Road)? Watford and West Ham are both named after the areas they serve.

MORE DETAILS