The tube

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Underground 

London

00:07

wat betekent mind the gap?

00:30

how many stations does the london underground have?

00:33

Total length of the network is......?

1. 204 kilometres
2. 402 kilometres
3. 42 kilometres
4. 420 kilometres

00:36

the video says the underground is a brand. What does that mean?

00:52

Why was the underground built?

1. because the city was too big
2. because the roads of the city were overcrowded
3. because the city needed a transport solution
4. because the underground was not very expensive

01:01

When was the first line opened?

1. 1863
2. 1836
3. 1803
4. 1873

01:18

what are train fumes?

01:39

how are the two new lines called

02:02

Why is the underground called 'tube' by the people of London

02:23

why were the trains not popular?

03:06

How much did Beck get for the design of the underground map

1. 110 pounds
2. 1 pound
3. 11 pounds
4. 10 pounds

03:09

Find a picture of the underground map on google and post it

03:34

what were the tunnels and stations
used for in WW2?

04:23

Do you know the name of biggest airport of London?

04:35

How old is the tube in this video?

                                    

                      Subjects

• General information
  
• The Underground during WWII
  
• Abandoned stations
  
• facts

General information

• The oldest metrosystem
  
• 11 lines and 270 stations
  
• The first line
  

The Underground during WWII

• Shelter
  
• Aircraft components factory
• Secret Cabinet meetings

Abandoned stations

• Down Street
• Aldwych

The cheapest way to use the Underground is by Oyster Card. The maximum one-day fare is £7.60

The average speed of a Tube train on the Underground is 33mph

Most of the handles inside the Tube train match the colours of the Tube lines.

The busiest station is Waterloo, with 95.1 million passengers per year.

The total number of escalators is 423. You can't travel without them on the Underground!

Underground? Hmm, not really: only 45 per cent of the Underground is actually in tunnels.

The 11 lines handle approximately 4.8 million passengers a day.

^Facts

Because of it's complexity the map is only showing the lines and the stations, not the actual distances. It's a topological map that is only concerned with relative locations of features on the map, not on exact locations