We got off at Holborn, where pictures of artifacts at the nearby British Museum adorn the walls.A faithful recreation of London's Circle Line tube service! It’s above ground until White City, when it sinks below the surface through Central London. Seeing as the Central Line is a “tube” line, the trains are again quite narrow. The Central Line uses nice, modern trains on its route. We walked through a lovely suburban part of town before reaching West Acton station on the Central Line (which got terrible signage).
We ended up deciding to walk to a completely different Tube station, as there are a fair amount in Acton. We ended up walking to the center of town, where there were bustling fruit markets and a large fair event. Well, since my mother is an avid walker, she wanted to explore Acton. If you remember from the last post, I mentioned going to Acton to see the London Transport Museum Depot. There are also branches to Hainault (via two different routes) and Ealing Broadway, the branch I was on. The interior of an “S” Stock train, looking towards the back.Ĭentral Line: The Central Line is the longest line in London, the longest journey being from Epping to West Ruislip. I didn’t really take it for a long enough distance to judge it properly, so all I can say to the H&C is: sorry.Ī Hammersmith and City Line Train at Edgware Road using the older “C” Stock. That’s pretty much it for the Hammersmith and City. Interestingly, you can also walk through the whole train, and on the inside, it’s practically just one long car. This means that the trains are mercifully wider than on standard tube lines.Īnyway, “S” Stock trains feature air conditioning, better accessibility, and improved customer information. The “S” Stock is the newest train type in London, and its purpose is to give a unified fleet for all of the “subsurface lines.” The H&C, as well as the Circle, District, and Metropolitan Lines are classified as subsurface, meaning their tunnels are wider and shallower than tube lines (whose tunnels are bored into the ground and very narrow). Pancreas to Barbican), but it was still an experience because I got to ride on the “S” Stock. I only took the line two stops, anyway (from Kings Cross St. There are no solo portions on the H&C except for the short portion between Liverpool Street and Aldgate East.
Shortly before the next stop, Aldgate, it breaks off and then follows the District Line to Barking. Starting at Hammersmith, it follows the Circle Line up to Liverpool Street. Hammersmith and City Line: The Hammersmith and City Line is one of the most useless lines, in my opinion. This post is a showcase on the other tube lines that I took for a few stops.Īs usual, you can click on the map to make it larger. The Piccadilly Line (see last Service Change) was the only tube line in London that I took to the end.
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