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There are 426 escalators on the London Underground system and the longest, at 60 metres (200 ft), is at Angel. The shortest, at Stratford, gives a vertical rise of 4.1 metres (13 ft). There are 184 lifts, [185] and numbers have increased in recent years because of investment in making tube stations accessible.
Geographic Map of the London Underground showing all stations with travelcard zones indicated: Date: 31 May 2009, 01:10 (UTC) Source: File:London Underground Zone 1 Highlighted.svg, File:Docklands Light Railway.svg; Author: Ed g2s File:London Underground full map.svg; derivative work: DavidCane (talk) Permission (Reusing this file)
These were called the tube lines. Since the 1950s the term "tube" has come to be used to refer to the whole London Underground system. [4] Many of the central London deep-tube line stations, such as those on the Central and Piccadilly lines, are higher than the running lines to help with deceleration when arriving and acceleration when ...
The first diagrammatic map of London's rapid transit network was designed by Harry Beck in 1931. [1] [2] He was a London Underground employee who realised that because the railway ran mostly underground, the physical locations of the stations were largely irrelevant to the traveller wanting to know how to get from one station to another; only the topology of the route mattered.
Far more than a transit system, London Underground is a global cultural icon (copies of its red, white and blue roundels can be found all over the world) and has been a world leader in transport ...
English: Route map of London Underground, London Overground, Docklands Light Railway and Elizabeth line (), including most green-lighted proposals.Information of the zonal system and route validators can be turned off by clicking/tapping the upper-left button.
An unofficial topological tube map of the London Underground system. Also included are the London Overground, Docklands Light Railway, the Tramlink and Elizabeth line systems for integration purposes. The London Underground is a metro system in the United Kingdom that serves Greater London and the home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and ...