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General Data

Item	Statistic	Comments
Route kilometres	408 kms	All lines - 171 kms in tunnels (40%)
Sub-surface lines¹	150 kms	35 km in tunnels
Tube lines¹	289 kms	136 km in tunnels
Total passenger journeys/year	970 million	year 2000-2001
Total passenger journeys/day	2.7 million	Average - some working days record over 3 million.
Number of floodgates	19	In tube tunnels
Number of Lines	12	5 sub-surface and 7 tube
Stations served	275
Stations owned	253
Shortest tunnel	80 metres	On the North Curve between Rickmansworth and Croxley Green, Metropolitan Line
Longest tunnel	27.8 kms	17.3 miles from Morden to East Finchley via Bank (Northern Line)
Longest distance between 2 stations	6.26 kms	Chalfont & Latimer to Chesham (Metropolitan) - 3.89 miles
Shortest distance between 2 stations	0.25 km	Leicester Square to Covent Garden (Piccadilly) - 0.16 miles
Longest single journey on 1 train	54.5 kms	34.1 miles between West Ruislip and Epping, Central Line.
Average depth of tube lines	24 metres	80 feet
Train kms/year	66 million
Highest point on system	150 metres	Amersham (Metropolitan) - 482 feet
Maximum depth below sea level	21.3 metres	Waterloo (Northern)
Greatest height above ground	18.3 metres	Dollis Brook Viaduct (Northern Line over Dollis Road) - 59 feet
Deepest below ground	67.4 metres	Hollybush Hill, Hampstead (Northern) - 221 feet
Total number of escalators	408
Total number of lifts	112
Deepest Sub Surface Station	18.3m	Wapping (East London Line) - 60 feet
Deepest Tube station	58.5 metres	Hampstead (Northern) - 192 feet
Deepest Lift	55.2 metres	Hampstead (Northern) - 181 feet
Shallowest lift	9.3 metres	Chalk Farm (Northern) - 30 feet
Longest escalator	318 steps	Angel (Northern) - 90 feet
Shortest escalator	50 steps	Chancery Lane (Central) - 15 feet
Sharpest curve	61 metres	200 feet radius on the Central Line westbound track between Shepherds Bush and White City
Steepest gradient	1 in 28	or 3.57% - between Bow Road and Bromley By Bow, District Line.
Busiest station	Victoria	76.5 million passengers per year
Most passengers on a line	District	180 million passengers over 60 km length
Busiest Line	Victoria	174 million over 20 km length
Longest journey	Central Line	West Ruislip to Epping - 54.5 kms (34 miles)
Station with most escalators	Waterloo - 25
Avearge Scheduled Speed	33 km/h	20.5 mph (including station stops)

Footnote 1: The totals of subsurface and tube line route kilometres exceed the total system route kilometres because some line share routes.

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Line Infrastructure Data

Line	Route Length	Tunnel	Open	Stations Served	No of Escalators	No of Lifts
Bakerloo	23 kms	11 kms	12 kms	25	29	11
Central	74 kms	23 kms	51 kms	49	72	12
Circle	21 kms	18 kms	3 kms	27	See Metropolitan	See Metropolitan
District	64 kms	17 kms	47 kms	60	21	6
East London	8 kms	4 kms	4 kms	8	2	4
Hammersmith & City	27 kms	12 kms	15 kms	28	See Metropolitan	See Metropolitan
Jubilee	38 kms	19 kms	19 kms	27	127	34
Metropolitan	67 kms	10 kms	57 kms	34	30	2
Northern	58 kms	39 kms	19 kms	51	54	21
Piccadilly	71 kms	21 kms	50 kms	52	43	17
Victoria	21 kms	21 kms	0 kms	16	31	1
Waterloo & City	2 kms	2 kms	0 kms	2	see Central	see Central

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Line Service Data
tph = trains per hour

The trains per hour figures are shown here for the central area of each line. Services on branches will be less. All data subject to change.

Line	Peak service (tph	Off Peak Service (tph)	Trains req'd*	Stabling	Control Centre
Bakerloo	23	15	32 x 7-cars	Stonebridge Pk, London Rd, Elephant, Queens Pk.	Baker Street
Central	30	18	72 x 8-cars	Hainault, White City, West Ruislip, Loughton, Woodford	Wood Lane
Circle	7	7	14 x 6-cars	Hammersmith, Edgware Rd, Farringdon	Baker Street
District	23 plus 7 Circles	14 plus 7 Circles	74 x 6-cars	Ealing Common, Parsons Green, Triangle Sdgs, Barking, Upminster	Earls Court
East London	6	6	6 x 4-cars	New Cross	New Cross Depot
Hammersmith & City	7	7	17 x 6-cars	Hammersmith, Barking	Baker Street
Jubilee	24	15	46 x 6-cars	Neasden, Stratford, Stanmore	Neasden
Metropolitan	16 plus 14 C & H trains	20 incl C & H lines	44 x 8-cars	Uxbridge, Rickmansworth, Neasden	Neasden
Northern	30 max. 20 (branches)	20 max. 15 (branches)	84 x 6-cars	Morden, Golders Green, Highgate, High Barnet, Edgware	Coburg Street
Piccadilly	24	18	76 x 6-cars	Northfields, Cockfosters, Arnos Grove	Earls Court
Victoria	28.5	18	37 x 8-cars	Northumberland Park, Brixton, Walthamstow	Coburg Street
Waterloo & City	19	12	4 x 4-cars	Waterloo, Bank	Waterloo

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Line Service Data tph = trains per hour

Line Service Data
tph = trains per hour