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A Metropolitan line train at Uxbridge, with a Piccadilly line train to the left. This section is shared between the two lines. Journey times on the Piccadilly line are usually around an hour and a half. Train dwell times are slightly longer at some stations, such as at Heathrow Terminals 4 and 5 stations. The former requires 8 minutes, while ...
A westbound Piccadilly line train. On 5 May 1878, the Midland Railway began running a circuitous service known as the Super Outer Circle from St Pancras to Earl's Court via Cricklewood and South Acton on the Dudding Hill Line. [11] It operated over a now disused connection between the North London Railway and the L&SWR Richmond branch. The ...
A sub-surface Metropolitan line A Stock train (left) passes a deep-tube Piccadilly line 1973 Stock train (right) in the siding at Rayners Lane.. The Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines are services that run on the sub-surface network, that has railway tunnels just below the surface and was built mostly using the cut-and-cover method.
Although the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines station at Paddington is on the other side of the main line station to the Bakerloo, Circle and District lines station, it is shown as a single station on the current Tube map, but still counted as two in the official station count. It has been shown as two separate stations at different times in ...
This is a route-map template for the Piccadilly line, a Transport for London service or facility.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Earl's Court is a hub for several routes on the District line and Piccadilly line. It is in both Travelcard Zone 1 and Zone 2. [48] The station concourse is split over two levels. The District line is on the upper section 4.8 metres (16 ft) below ground and covers platforms 1–4, with two island platforms in between the pairs of lines.
The District line already ran trains over this route, and the Piccadilly tube service would provide additional connections. The bill received assent as the London Electric Railway Act 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xcvii) on 15 August 1913. [71] The advent of World War I prevented work on the extension starting. Post-war, a shortage of funds and other ...
Walford East is a fictional District line station in the BBC television soap opera EastEnders, [81] and since February 2010 episodes have used Computer-generated imagery (CGI) of District line trains running into the station. [82] The production tube map situates this station in place of Bromley-by-Bow.