Which are the deep tube lines?

Bakerloo, Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo & City lines. These are all something called a “Deep Level” or “Deep Tube” line. This means they're circular tunnels bored deep underground.



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The Bakerloo, Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo & City lines are deep-level tube lines, with smaller trains running through two circular tunnels with a diameter of about 11 feet 8 inches (3.56 m), lined with cast-iron or precast concrete rings, which were bored using a tunnelling shield.

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THE world's deepest metro system is the Pyongyang Metro in North Korea which is 110 meters deep. The tunnel was built as part of an underground military facility. THE world's deepest metro, underground station is the Arsenalna Station on the Kiev Metro in Ukraine, at 107 meters deep.

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The Bakerloo, Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo & City lines are deep-level tube lines, with smaller trains running through two circular tunnels with a diameter of about 11 feet 8 inches (3.56 m), lined with cast-iron or precast concrete rings, which were bored using a tunnelling shield.

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The best Tube lines to live on
  • The Victoria Line. This is the favoured line if you live in North London and need to get to stops like Oxford Circus of Victoria in the fastest time. ...
  • The Jubilee Line. ...
  • The District Line. ...
  • The Central Line. ...
  • Fastest Tube line. ...
  • Other Tube lines. ...
  • The DLR and London Overground.


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The system is composed of 11 lines – Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, and Waterloo & City – serving 272 stations. It is operated by Transport for London (TfL).

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The Victoria line is a London Underground line that runs between Brixton in south London and Walthamstow Central in the north-east, via the West End. It is printed in light blue on the Tube map and is one of the only two lines on the network to run completely underground, the other being the Waterloo & City line.

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How Deep Is The Elizabeth Line? The project's centrepiece is 13 miles of new twin-bore deep-tube tunnels that run through central London, at depths of up to 40 metres, from Royal Oak near Paddington in the west to Victoria Dock near Canary Wharf in the east of the city.

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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.

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THE world's deepest metro, underground station is the Arsenalna Station on the Kiev Metro in Ukraine, at 107 meters deep.

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He added: 'The Central line has the loudest section out of all of the tube lines, and it basically gets as loud as almost 110dB. ' The Jubilee, Central, Victoria and Bakerloo lines were also recorded to be louder than 105dB on ten different occasions.

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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.

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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.

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London contains many other secret tunnels, including government passages beneath Whitehall, deep-level tube shelters and communications and utility tunnels.

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While Transport for London has exclusive management of the London Underground, the Elizabeth Line is part-owned by TfL, National Rail, and Heathrow Airport Holdings. A separate management firm named MTR Corporation was granted an eight-year contract to operate Crossrail.

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The Northern Line features the London Underground's deepest station (58.5m below ground level) at Hampstead. Angel station features the longest (60m) escalators in Western Europe. The line also features the longest (27.8km) tunnel in the underground network which is located between East Finchley and Morden (via Bank).

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The Central Line was opened in 1900 and is forty six miles long, making it the longest line of the system, between the stations of West Ruislip and Epping. The Central Line is one of only two lines which have stations outside the boundaries of Greater London.

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The Northern line is a London Underground line that runs from North London to South London. It is printed in black on the Tube map. The Northern line is unique on the Underground network in having two different routes through central London, two southern branches and two northern branches.

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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.

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Before the Elizabeth Line, the newest line built was the Jubilee Line, with the first section opening in 1979 and extending to the London Docklands in 1999.

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