London Underground

The London Underground is an electric railway public transport network (a metro or subway system) that runs both above and below ground throughout the Greater London area. It is usually referred to by Londoners as either simply "the Underground" , or (more familiarly, due to the shape of its deep-bore tunnels) as "the Tube". It is the oldest and biggest such underground system in the world. Operations began on 10 January 1863 on the Metropolitan Railway; most of the initial route is now part of the Hammersmith & City Line.

External links

Practical

• Transport for London Home Page and Journey Planner and Maps
• Information for Tourists
• London Transport Museum
• IntoLondon.com features a journey planner for planning your route across London via London Underground, Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and National Rail
• London Underground Map Information History of the map plus useful places to find it online
• Map of London has a scrollable map of the London Tube - unofficial
• Interactive Tube Map - Zoom and scroll a 'flash' map of the London Underground, Then click on a station to get local information.
• Tube Delays in RSS RSS feed of delays currently being experienced on the London Underground network - unofficial (by Ben Metcalfe)
• Tube delays and stats RSS feed of delays on the London Underground and also drillable statistics and graphs on delays, locations and causes - unofficial

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General

• Going Underground Comprehensive fun site about travelling on the London Underground
• Clive Feather's highly detailed Clive's Underground Line Guides
• Photo Essay of The London Underground
• nycsubway.org's Photographs of London Underground
• Richard's LU rolling stock page
• Disused Stations on London's Underground
• A very complete timeline
• The newsgroup
• London Underground Weblog London Underground Tube Diary - unofficial
• One Stop Short of Barking Uncovering the London Underground - Humorous non fiction on the Tube
• alwaystouchout.com - a database of transport projects proposed or underway in London, including Underground projects
• Old Tube Architecture conservation - Victorian artefacts in need of protection.
• The Tube World Record - The pages of current record holder Geoff Marshall of his several attempts at attaining the record.
• The London Underground Tube Challenge - A site based around the world record for London Underground. Run by 'TubeGuru' who seems to be Neil Blake.
• London's Transport Museum Photographic Collection - A site of historical London transport images.
• Tube Gossip - A list of overheard conversations of the London Underground, updated weekly.
• London Underground Architecture Gallery - at Metro Bits.