The tube is full of surprises. So here are just a few of Tube Talk's favourite facts about the underground lines.
UPDATE: you can listen to some more tube facts on our podcast, Surprising Talk - tune in here.
1. Bakerloo Line
This line has the oldest trains on the network with some of them dating back to 1972. Luckily, they have been cleaned since then.
2. Central Line
This line has had its fair share of music videos being filmed on it. Holborn station on the Central line has some famous credits, including Howard Jones’ ‘New Song’ and Suede’s ‘Saturday Night’. Check out the Britpop band's classic video, featuring a young Keeley Hawes.
3. Circle Line
This line is the only line with a circular shape (obvious enough). But did you know that when it was opened in 1884, the experience of riding it was described in newspaper The Times as ‘a form of mild torture’? Harsh.
4. District Line
This line has the most stations. You can travel to 60 separate destinations, if you fancy it.
5. Hammersmith & City Line
This line has perhaps the most green space of any of the London lines. That’s because Edgware Road station has a whole green ‘living wall’ of plants. Move over, London smog.
6. Jubilee Line
This line has some of the best architecture we have seen on the underground. Famous architect Sir Norman Foster actually designed Canary Wharf station. It opened its doors in 1999 when the Jubilee line was extended.
7. Metropolitan Line
This line has the fastest trains with some reaching speeds of 60mph. It’s also the oldest of all the lines. How times change!
8. Northern Line
This line has the most amount of stations with no escalators. You’ll have to wait for a lift in a total of 8 stations: Borough, Hampstead, Chalk Farm, Belsize Park, Goodge Street, Mornington Crescent, Tufnell Park, Kennington. Phew.
9. Piccadilly Line
This line has the two closest stations on all the tube network. It will take you just 37 seconds to travel between Leicester Square and Covent Garden, 260 metres away from one another.
10. Victoria Line
This line is the only line with a royal inauguration. Queen Elizabeth II was the first reigning monarch to take the underground, hopping on the carriage at Green Park.
BONUS
Waterloo & City Line
Did you think we’d forgotten about this one?
This line has the shortest overall time from one end to the other. How very London.
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