London Tube Celebrates 150 years.

[Brahmanyan]

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London Tube Celebrates 150 years.

London Underground Railways more commonly known as The Tube celebrated 150 years on January,9,2013. The first stretch of The Tube, measuring Six Kms (about four miles) between Paddington (Bishop's Road) and Farringdon Street of "the Metropolitan" or Met was opened for public on January,9,1863. Today The Tube serves 270 stations and runs on 402 Kms of track, 45% of which runs underground. It is the fourth largest Metropolitan rail system in the world, in terms of distance covered , after Seoul Metro, Beijing Subway and Shanghai Metro.



The London Underground's 11 lines are divided into two classes: the subsurface routes and the deep-tube routes.The subsurface lines were dug by the cut and cover method, with the tracks running about 5 m below the surface. The deep-level or tube lines, bored using a tunneling shield a run about 20 m below the surface (although this varies considerably), with each track in a separate tunnel. On an average 3.23 million people travel every day by the Tube.


An exclusive collection of gifts and souvenirs inspired by imagery of the London Underground logos and poster archive has been launched to commemorate the anniversary. The collection includes Underground Line cufflinks, Blueprint ceramics, limited edition lino-cut prints and posters and Metropolitan glassware.

India has also entered into Metro systems in Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Bangalore.

Brahmanyan,
Bangalore.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

India has also entered into Metro systems in Kolkata, Chennai, Delhi and Bangalore.

Brahmanyan,

If Indian metro systems will survive without major mishaps - above or

below the ground level for 150 years....surely it will call for more colorful celebrations. arty:

 

[Brahmanyan]

If Indian metro systems will survive without major mishaps - above or
below the ground level for 150 years....surely it will call for more colorful celebrations. arty:

Dear Mrs. Visalakshi Ramani,

There were 21 accidents occurred in London Tube in its 150 years of service. Moorgate tube crash on February,28,1975 killing 43 people and Kings Cross fire on November,18,1987 killing 31 people were the major Tube accidents. But there was no major mishap due to structure failure of the system. So far Indian Metros are running well and let us pray and hope they will continue so for years to come.

Regards,
Brahmanyan,
Bangalore.

 

[kunjuppu]

The Tube is the grand daddy of all metros. Compared to the metros of Toronto or New York or Berlin, the carriages appear narrow and more like a toy.

Some of the stations are well below River Thames and the escalators appear to go deep 4 stories or so. Still it is a delight to travel.

I found regular fares prohibitevely expensive. But if you plan your trips outside of peak hours (even by a few minutes) you can save a considerable amount.