1. LONDON UNDERGROUND

2. MIND THE GAP

3. HISTORY (1/6) 1863 First underground railway line opened
1870 First tube tunnel was opened
1884 The Circle Line was opened
1890 First worldwide deep level electric railway

4. HISTORY (2/6)
1902 Foundation of the Underground Railway Company of London
1908 The name “Underground” first appeared on stations
1911 First electrical escalator
1913 Appearance of the circle and horizontal bar symbol

5. THE ROUNDEL

6. HISTORY (3/6)
1933 The Underground Group and the Metropolitan Railway became part of the London Passenger Transport Board
1933 First Underground Map in diagrammatic form

7. THE FIRST UNDERGROUND MAP

8. HISTORY (4/6)
1940 From September 1940 until Tube station platforms were used as air raid shelters.

9. GHOST STATION ALDWYCH

10. GHOST STATION DOWN STREET

11. HISTORY (5/6)
1948 Nationalisation of the London Passenger Transport Board
1971 The last steam locomotive was replaced
1975 Fatal accident at Moorgate – fatalities
1987 Fire at King’s Cross – people were killed

12. HISTORY (6/6) 1994 Introduction of £10 penalty fares
1999 London Underground restructured in preparation for Public Private Partnership
1999 Opening of the extended Jubilee line – the last opened line up to date

13. LONDON TUBE MAP

14. DOWNTOWN LONDON

15. FUTURE PROJECTS
New connection of Southern London to the underground network
Extension of the existing East London Line
Costs: around £600 million

16. 3 million passenger journeys a day 1 billion passengers a year
SOME FACTS
253 miles (406 km)
150‘000 entries per hour
511 trains
42% underground
13‘000 staff
275 stations
408 escalators
3 million passenger journeys a day
112 lifts
1 billion passengers a year

17. TICKET FARES £1.60 single fare for zone 1
£1 single fare for any other zone
£3.60 single fare for all zones

18. DISCUSSION Have you ever travelled by underground?
What do you think about an underground railway in Zurich or Winterthur?