2006-09-13 02:45:42 · 16 answers · asked by Flimflam 1 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ London
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"Best" is a slightly confusing term for any particular Tube line - after all, they're all pretty much crammed with Londoners pretending no-one else exists. But thinking in relative terms, the "best" line depends entirely on what you're looking for:
The Central Line is useful for shopping. But it's also full of people who don't quite know where they're going and are just hoping that being on the Central Line means they're doing something right.
The District Line has some useful tourist spots on it - Tower Hill, Victoria (for Buckingham Palace) and so on, but appears to go from the Earth to the centre of the universe and back between each stop - you can literally lose the will to live on the District Line.
The Circle Line is kinda cute - you just go round, and round, and round. It's also surprisingly useful, hitting many of the District Line stations, and then going on to mimic the Hammersmith and City Line through Paddington, King's Cross and Liverpool Street. Unfortunately, its circuitous route appears to have driven the Circle Line mad, and it's now slightly distracted - you tend to get one Circle Line train to every four or five of something else.
The Picadilly Line is great for moviegoers and theatregoers, as well as boutiquey shoppers - Leicester Square, Picadilly Circus and Covent Garden (with its market) are key central features on this line.
The Northern Line, bless it, is the grand old gentleman of the Tube - the first line there was. Relatively sparsely used during non-rush hours, it rattles on in an almost ghostly way, but if you're going vertically through the city, it's a charming ride.
The Jubilee Line is the Newish Kid on the Block, and can give you what seem like short cuts, but probably aren't - it'll show you Baker Street (home of Sherlock Holmes and Madame Tussauds) through Bond Street (good for jewellers and...well, essentially Oxford Street), to Westminster (Houses of Parliament) and Waterloo (The London Eye). The Jubilee Line will also introduce you to its pretentious pals at Canary Wharf, and the electric non-tube line that is the Docklands Light Railway, before dropping you off at my house in Stratford.
That's the trouble - the Tube lines all have their individual characters, and you can love or hate them each for their own particular quirks. On a purely personal basis, I like the slightly childlike charm of the Circle Line, the promise of the Picadilly, and the out-of-the-wayness of the Jubilee.
2006-09-13 03:30:19 · answer #1 · answered by mdfalco71 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
East London line
2006-09-13 09:49:03 · answer #2 · answered by Morph 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are 2 modern lines built after the war. The on that goes to canary wharf and the dome is the best, is it the Jubilee line?
The waterloo city line is now just opened and I expect it could be the best.
2006-09-13 12:38:42 · answer #3 · answered by j_emmans 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jubilee line - because its recently had a re-vamp so the stations on the extended part of the line are clean and new.....
the worst is the metropolitain line as its really old... the trains have a wierd design and they are always late
2006-09-13 10:08:43 · answer #4 · answered by set_sq 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Piccadilly
2006-09-13 09:47:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jubilee
2006-09-13 09:46:58 · answer #6 · answered by skunk_luv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bakerloo cos it's much quiter than the Northen
2006-09-13 10:01:30 · answer #7 · answered by markhatter 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the one that leads out of london!
2006-09-13 09:47:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Victoria innit cuz it goes 2 da stow. Nang!
2006-09-13 10:07:53 · answer #9 · answered by Gettoblad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
none but the metropolitan line is nice as it goes to the countryside
2006-09-13 10:31:33 · answer #10 · answered by LOL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋