London Underground, also called the Tube, underground railway system that services the London metropolitan area.
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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.
London has a famous underground railway system which we locals call the 'Tube'. This is because many of the tunnels are a round tube shape. Although people call it the 'Underground' or 'Tube', half of the stations are actually above the ground.
Similar to the New York Subway or the Paris Metro, the London Underground is London's series of (largely) underground trains that run a regular service throughout the city. Since the trains underground run through a series of tunnels, many people (Londoners and visitors alike!)refer to it as the tube.
The London Underground is often called the Tube because of the shape of the tunnels. The London Underground is one of the oldest metro systems in the world, opening in 1863. When the Central Line Railway opened in 1900, it was called the Twopenny Tube, referencing the price of a ticket.
The TubeLondon is vastly inter-connected, quite unlike anywhere else in the world, with an expansive, sprawling underground system which, though technically called The London Underground, is locally known as “the tube”.
As a rule of thumb, Tube trains (known as rolling stock) are built in two sizes - a smaller 'deep tube' size for lines which run mostly underground in smaller tunnels, and 'sub-surface' for the lines which run mostly above ground with a handful of underground sections in larger tunnels.
Yes, each person travelling needs their own Oyster card, Travelcard or contactless payment card. If you are coming to London in a group of 10 or more people who plan to travel around the capital together, you can buy a Group Day Travelcard*.