What is the shortest Tube journey?

The shortest distance between two adjacent stations on the underground network is only 260 metres. The tube journey between Leicester Square and Covent Garden on the Piccadilly Line takes only about 20 seconds, but costs £4.90 (cash fare). Yet it still remains one of the most popular journeys with tourists.



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The most popular Tube journey on the London Underground is from Bank/Monument to Waterloo station on the Waterloo & City Line. According to the data, 23,323 people make the journey each day — enough to fill 203 tube carriages.

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Roding Valley is the most lightly used station on the Underground. It is also one of the twelve tube stations not to have ticket barriers.

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This is platform 2, the eastbound platform at Becontree station. It's 231 metres long and claims the 'longest platform' crown for the outer reaches of the District line. It's 40cm longer than the platforms in joint second place, which are the eastbound platforms at Dagenham East and Hornchurch.

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North of the River Thames, London is mainly built on clay, which is better for digging tunnels. South of the Thames, the conditions are poorly suited for tunnelling with marshy and wet soil - especially between Waterloo and London Bridge.

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Not including the Elizabeth line, which technically is not a standard Tube line, the line which is the fastest therefore is the Metropolitan Line. It is the fastest line on average across London but also has the fastest stretch of line - where trains can reach that magic speed of 60mph.

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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.

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Its history is linked to both the oldest line on the Underground, the Metropolitan, and the youngest, the Jubilee.

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  • The oldest trains still in regular passenger use on the London Underground were built in 1972, making them fifty years old. ...
  • Bakerloo Line train; these were built between 1972 and 1974.
  • Circle Line train; these were built between 2008 and 2017.


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