how underground is the london underground?

Question

i wanted to know how deep undergound the london undrgound is? are there are any 3d images that could show the complexity of it?

Answer 1

Unless the smell of brimstone permeates the atmosphere I'd say not all that deep.

Answer 2

The London Underground is an all-electric metro railway system in England that covers much of the conurbation of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. It is the world's oldest underground system, and is the largest in terms of route length. Service began on 10 January 1863 on the Metropolitan Railway; most of that initial route is now part of the Hammersmith & City Line. Despite its name, about 55% of the network is above ground. Popular local names include the Underground and, more colloquially, the Tube, in reference to the cylindrical shape of the system's deep-bore tunnels.

The Underground currently serves 274 stations and runs over 408 km (253 miles) of lines[1]. There are also a number of former stations and tunnels that are now closed. In 2004–2005, total passenger journeys reached a record level of 976 million, an average of 2.67 million per day.

Since 2003, the Underground has been part of Transport for London (TfL), which also administers Greater London's buses, including the famous red double-deckers, and carries out numerous other transport-related functions in the region; as London Underground Limited it was previously a subsidiary of London Regional Transport, a statutory corporation.

Answer 3

extra desirable than a million/2 of the London Underground is definitely above floor, so new Underground trains are introduced to depots on the sections of lines above floor and from there, they are able to circulate underground. As for the Victoria Line, that's thoroughly underground, it too has an above-floor depot, Northumberland Park Depot, which has a rail connection that connects with the Victoria Line at Seven Sisters.

Answer 4

Underground network.

Highest and Lowest
The highest point reached by London Underground trains is at Amersham on the Metropolitan Line at about 500 feet above sea level. However the highest point above the ground is reached on the Dollis Brook Viaduct on the Mill Hill East branch of the Northern Line which is 60 feet above the road below.
The lowest point on the system is just south of Waterloo station on the Northern, where the tracks are 70 feet below sea level. The absolute deepest part of the system is also on the Northern where, below Hampstead Heath, the rails are over 220 feet below the ground.

Nearby Hampstead station is also the deepest station on the network at 192 feet below ground level. The platforms here are reached by the deepest lifts on the system which descend 181 feet
http://www.londonrailways.net/facts.htm

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Answer 5

As a rule of thumb most of the lines within zone 1 are underground... most of the rest is overground like a normal train service.

I get the train to work every day, the first ten minutes is in open air, then it goes into the tunnels and the next 25 minutes is all underground.

Answer 6

Well the deepest sub surface station on the whole of the underground network is Angel.. it is the deepest. the largest underground station including areas not accessed by commuters is North greenwich on the jubilee line..fantastic station. did you know that it takes a station supervisor 7 hours to do a station inspection at north greenwich station ??? that means going into every room checking every fire estinguisher, fire blankets. fire alarms. doors locks escalator rooms. sump rooms. etc wow its a big task.

did you know when they were building londin bridge station underground to accomodate the jubilee line they found more than 500 skeletons underground while digging, spooky eh!!!!!!!

there is a room identified as 7/234 which is level 7 below ground that is haunted !!!!!!!!!

you can see the deepest drop from street level to the platforms at westminster station go and see its phat

Answer 7

The depth varies greatly. Deepest station is Hampstead on the Northern Line whose lift shaft is 55.2m/181ft. Other stations such as those on the District, Circle and Met can be rather shallow at just a few feet.

Answer 8

In some places its very deep indeed, ie Russel Square, Tottenham Court Road. wheras in a lot of suburban areas its above ground the whole time ie Northern line from golders green to Edgeware. Depth varies immensly and even in zone 1 you can find youself above ground frequently.

Answer 9

Acordding to this web page, there are 274 underground stations

Answer 10

No it is not absolute underground.