Transport for LondonDid you know..?
During the morning rush hour, 46,000 people pass through Waterloo, making it London’s busiest Tube station.
Angel has the longest escalator at 60m or 197ft.
Over 50 per cent of the Underground is actually above ground.
People think ‘the Tube’ is a recent nickname, but it actually dates back to 1890 when the first deep-level electric railway line was opened.
The Tube has 409 escalators, which cover a distance equivalent to two round-the-world trips every week.
Amersham is the most westerly station on the Tube, and the highest at 147m above sea level.
Mosquitoes that live in the Underground have evolved into a completely different species, one that’s separated from the above-ground mosquitoes by over 1,000 years.
Every day, the Tube discharges over 30 million litres of water. This is enough to fill a standard municipal swimming pool (25m x 10m) every 20 minutes.
In one year, our trains can clock up nearly 70 million kilometres. That’s the equivalent of 1,735 times around the world or 90 trips to the moon and back.
