London

the world.

subway station, it ran from the station of Bishop's Road

to Farringdon Road.

of windows, as it was thought that the look under

the ground is still not on that. However, it causes psychological discomfort of passengers, so it was made in a modern look.

a bomb shelter.

270 stations
The length of track - more

than 253 miles (408 kilometers).
London Underground passenger traffic in 2008 totaled 1.09 billion, or about 3 million people a day.

Line – Brown (25 stations)
Central Line – Red (49 stations)
Circle

Line – Yellow (35 stations)
District Line – Green (60 stations)
Hammersmith & City Line – Pink (29 stations)
Jubilee Line – Silver (27 stations)
Metropolitan Line - Dark Magenta (34 stations)
Northern Line – Black (50 stations)
Piccadilly Line – Dark Bluе (53 stations)
Victoria Line – Light Blue (16 stations)
Waterloo & City Line – Turquoise (2 stations)

or more Tube («pipe»), to form the majority of deep

tunnels.

24 hours a day because most lines have only two

tracks (one in each direction) and therefore need to close at night for cleaning and planned maintenance work.

generally for shorter journeys, with the remainder operating by 05:30,

running until around 01:00.

travelers can obtain, charge with credit and use to pay

for travel. The Oyster card is cheaper to operate than cash ticketing or the older-style magnetic-strip-based Travelcards.

poetry to "create an environment for positive impact and to

enhance and enrich the journeys of ... passengers".

Arts in the underground

the 1920s, of many well-known graphic designers, illustrators and artists

for its own publicity posters.

to help passenger identification. Often, these have themes of local

significance. In the walls at Baker Street station represent silhouette of Sherlock Holmes.

Eduardo Paolozzi representing the local music industry at Denmark Street.

Northern line platforms at Charing Cross feature murals by David Gentleman of the construction of Charing Cross itself.

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