Here's 25 of the most interesting facts The network of tunnels extends to 249 miles. For comparison, it's only 204 miles from Hull to London. The network became known as the Tube in the early part of the twentieth century.
Article bookmarked. Each week hundreds of tourists are wasting money on taking the Tube between the two closest stops on the London Underground network: Covent Garden and Leicester Square.
Tube trivia
| Date opened | 1863 |
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| Shortest lift shaft | King's Cross St. Pancras – 2.3 metres |
| Station with most platforms | Baker Street – 10 |
| Highest station above mean sea level | Amersham (Metropolitan line) – 147 metres |
| Furthest station from central London | Chesham (Metropolitan line) – 47km to Aldgate |
The Central line is allegedly fastest, the Victoria and Jubilee are second and third fastest, and the Circle languishes at the bottom of the table.
Lots of well-used Tube carriages spend the night at rest down a long, apparently dead-ended tunnel at Elephant and Castle Tube station.
Where is the Tower Bridge in London?
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
London Borough of Southwark
2. HE LIVES ON-SITE. As tradition going back 700 years, all Yeoman Warders and their families live within the Tower walls. Right now about 150 people, including a doctor and a chaplain, claim the Tower of London as their home address.
Zone 1 covers the West End, the Holborn district, Kensington, Paddington and the City of London, as well as Old Street, Angel, Pimlico, Tower Gateway, Aldgate East, Euston, Vauxhall, Elephant & Castle, Borough, London Bridge, Earl's Court, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Lambeth North and Waterloo.
The sole river crossing in London since the Roman times, the latter was simply called 'London Bridge', but its history has been anything but simple. London Bridge as we know it was opened to traffic in 1973, being then only 47 years old. Tower Bridge, on the other hand, has never fallen down.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Getting to London Bridge is easy. You can take: Overland rail to London Bridge Station from London Gatwick and London Luton airports, and London St Pancras International for Eurostar services. The Jubilee and Northern Tube lines, connecting to north, south, east, west and central London.
1. THE NAME C2C WAS INTRODUCED FOR THE LOCAL TRAIN COMPANY IN 2003, AND ITS ORIGINS ARE NOW DEBATED. Some people say it means “city 2 coast”, others suggest “commitment 2 customers”. There's even one theory that they were the initials of the thenmanaging director's children.
Toilets and baby changing at Fenchurch Street station. Male and female toilets are in the lower concourse, near the Fenchurch Place entrance. There are also accessible unisex toilets, with baby changing facilities.
c2c is the award-winning train operator running services between Fenchurch Street and Shoeburyness, serving 26 stations in East London and South Essex.
The best way to get from London Kings Cross Station to Fenchurch St Station without a car is to subway via Aldgate station which takes 15 min and costs £2 - £3.
Basildon railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line, serving the town of Basildon, Essex.
National Rail Enquiries - c2c.
The schedule is available on the app (see below) but as a guide it all kicks off from 14:00 on Friday then 10:30 on Saturday and Sunday.
20 Fenchurch Street is a commercial skyscraper in London that takes its name from its address on Fenchurch Street, in the historic City of London financial district. It has been nicknamed "The Walkie-Talkie" because of its distinctive shape.
