Question of the week: Do you have a favourite tube line, and why? "As one of its daily commuters, I will admit to deep love / hate relationship with the Northern Line. One cannot but be impressed with its historical significance and its modern-day statistics. It was the world's first deep-level electric line to be constructed in the shape of a "tube". Until the opening of Channel Tunnel, it had the longest tunnel in the world, stretching over 17 miles from East Finchley in the north to Morden in the south.
It is also one of London's longest tube lines (36 miles long), with more stations than any other line (50). During rush hour 84 trains operate on the line at any one point in time, and the system shifts nearly 700,000 people around London every day. It also boasts Europe's longest single public escalator (nearly 200 feet long) at the Angel tube station and can lay claim to the deepest station beneath the surface at Hampstead. It also has some of the Underground's spookiest "ghost" stations such as the defunct South Kentish Town Station and King William IV Street Station.
Sadly, however, none of these facts can pacify the irate Northern Line commuter who all too frequently gets trapped in a crowded train for hours on end, often in sweltering heat, because the blasted signalling has gone down YET AGAIN at the infamous Camden Town interchange!"- Cornelius
* Photo by Sifter, used under Creative Commons, with thanks.
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