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The Tube Challenge is the competition for the fastest time to travel to all London Underground stations, tracked by Guinness World Records since 1960. The goal is to visit all the stations on the system, but not necessarily using all the lines; participants may connect between stations on foot, or by using other forms of public transport.
The Metropolitan line is the only London Underground line to operate non-stop services through some of its stations, although since 11 December 2011 these only run on weekdays during peak times (southbound in the morning peak, northbound in the evening peak). [44]
The railway infrastructure of the London Underground includes 11 lines, with 272 stations.There are two types of line on the London Underground: services that run on the sub-surface network just below the surface using larger trains, and the deep-level tube lines, that are mostly self-contained and use smaller trains.
Read CNN’s Fast Facts on the London Underground, also known as “The Tube,” the oldest subway or metro transit system in the world.
Transport for London has warned London Underground passengers to ‘only travel if their journey is essential’ from Sunday until Friday
The transport system now known as the London Underground began in 1863 with the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway.Over the next forty years, the early sub-surface lines reached out from the urban centre of the capital into the surrounding rural margins, leading to the development of new commuter suburbs.
The Central line is a London Underground line that runs between West Ruislip or Ealing Broadway in West London and Epping in Essex or Woodford via Hainault in East London, via the East End, the City, and the West End.
The Piccadilly line is a deep-level London Underground line running between the west and the north of London. It has two western branches which split at Acton Town and serves 53 stations. The line serves Heathrow Airport, and some of its stations are near tourist attractions in Central London such as Piccadilly Circus and Buckingham Palace.