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Transport for London

Key facts

Facts and figures

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Investment and performance

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Technical information

Average train speed

Maximum number of trains required for scheduled Peak Period Service

AM PM
Bakerloo Line 31 31
Central 77 76
Circle / Hammersmith & City 30 30
District Line 77 77
East London Line 6 6
Jubilee Line 49 50
Metropolitan Line 47 47
Northern Line 91 91
Piccadilly Line 76 76
Victoria Line 37 37
Waterloo & City Line 5 5
Total 526 526

Elevation

Highest point above mean sea level Metropolitan line (beyond Amersham Station) - 150m (500ft)
Highest station above mean sea level Amersham - 147m (490ft)
Greatest elevation from ground level Northern line (Dollis Brook viaduct over Dollis road, Mill Hill) - 18m (60ft)

Depths

Maximum depth below mean sea level Jubilee line - 32m (105ft)
Deep Level Tube lines Maximum depths below ground level Northern line (Holly Bush Hill, Hampstead) - 67.4m (221ft)
Sub-surface cut & cover lines Maximum depths below ground level East London Line - (Wapping) 18.29m (60ft)
Inner London Deepest stations below street level Bank (DLR concourse) 41.4m (136ft)
Outer London Deepest stations below street level Hampstead 58.5m (192ft)

Depots

Depot
Bakerloo Line Stonebridge Park
Central West Ruislip/Hainault/White City
Circle / Hammersmith & City Hammersmith
District Line Ealing Common/Upminster
East London Line New Cross
Jubilee Line Neasden/Stratford Market
Metropolitan Line Neasden
Northern Line Golders Green/Morden
Piccadilly Line Northfields/Cockfosters
Victoria Line Northumberland Park
Waterloo & City Line Waterloo

Most distant places served

Approximate distances from central london
Epping 29km (18 miles) - North
Morden 16km (10 miles) - South
Upminster 29km (18 miles) - East
Amersham 43km (27 miles) - West

Distances

Longest distance between stations Metropolitan line (Chesham to Chalfont & Latimer - 6.26km (3.89 miles)
Shortest distance between stations Piccadilly line (Leicester Square to Covent Garden) - 0.26km (0.161 miles)
Longest continuous tunnel Northern Line - (East Finchley to Morden (via Bank)) 27.8km (17.25 miles)
Longest journey without change Central line (West Ruislip to Epping - 54.9km (34.1 miles)

Length of route : Owned / managed

Single Lines 14km (9 miles)
Double Lines 359km (222 miles)
Triple Lines 5km (3 miles)
Quadruple Lines & Over 30km (19 miles)
Total lines 408km (253 miles)

Length of route : In Tunnel

Sub-surface cut & cover 32km (20 miles)
Deep level tube 149km (93 miles)
Totals 181km (113 miles)
Proportion of total route in tunnel 45%

Underground Lines

Bakerloo Line Elephant & Castle and Harrow & Wealdstone - 23km (14.5 miles) - serves 25 stations
Central Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip and Woodford (via Hainault) or Epping - 74km (46 miles) - serves 49 stations
Circle Connects to most of London's main line railway termini - 22.5km (14.5 miles) - serves 27 stations
Hammersmith & City Hammersmith to Whitechapel - 26.5km (16.5 miles) - serves 19 stations (28 in peak when trains run beyond Whitechapel to and from Barking)
District Line Upminster and Ealing Broadway, Richmond or Wimbledon with other branches to Edgware Road and Olympia - 64km (40 miles) - serves 60 stations
East London Line Whitechapel (Shoreditch in peak periods and on Sunday mornings) and New Cross or New Cross Gate - 8km (5 miles) - serves 9 stations - (now closed)
Jubilee Line Stanmore to Stratford (The 16km (ten mile) extension from Green Park to Stratford opened in November 1999) - 36km (22.5 miles) - serves 27 stations
Metropolitan Line Aldgate to Amersham, with branches to Chesham, Watford and Uxbridge - 67km (41.5 miles) - serves 34 stations
Northern Line Morden and Edgware, Mill Hill East or High Barnet with two central London branches - 58km (36 miles) - serves 50 stations
Piccadilly Line Cockfosters and Heathrow or Uxbridge - 71km (44.3 miles) - serves 52 stations
Victoria Line Walthamstow Central and Brixton - 21km (13.25 miles) - serves 16 stations
Waterloo & City Line Waterloo and Bank (became the responsibility of London Underground in 1994) - 2.4km (1.49 miles) - No intermediate stations

Fuel Consumption

Generating stations installed capacity
Lots Road, Chelsea (closed 21/10/2002) - 180 MW Megawatts Fuel consumption for year 3,838 tons (low distillate oil)
74,373 (natural gas)
Greenwich Gar Turbine Plant - 105 MW Megawatts Fuel consumption for year 276 tons (low distillate oil)
5,400 (natural gas)

Resource Use

Total electricity supplied

1391 (gigawatt hours)
Percentage of energy used which is renewable: 16%
Carbon efficiency:  68.9 g CO2/passenger km travelled

Energy efficiency 150 Wh/passenger km travelled
Water used each year 570 million litres

Recycling and waste management

Station, depot and office waste generated 12,228 tonnes
Station, depot and office waste recycled 31%
Number of stations with recycling facilities 90%
Construction and Demolition waste generated 131,439 tonnnes
Construction and Demolition waste recycled 82%
Wildlife and Habitats: 
LU owns about 10% of all green
Spaces in London.  Wildlife observed on the Tube network
Woodpeckers, deer,
sparrowhawk, bats,
grass snakes, great
crested newts, slow worm

Pumps

Total number of pumps 1030
Total number of installations 630
Daily discharge Over 30 million litres water per day (this is enough to fill a standard municipal swimming pool 25m x 10m every 20 minutes)

 

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