As the capital marks 150 years since the first section of the London Underground opened, Metro Newspaper round up ten of the best facts about the Tube.
10 – In 2011/2012 a record 1.171billion passenger journeys took place on the Tube, 64 million more than the previous year.
9 – East Finchley to Morden via Bank is the longest continuous tunnel on the network at 17.25 miles (27.8km).
8 – The Tube’s logo, the roundel, a red circle crossed by a horizontal blue bar, first appeared in 1908.
7 – Each Tube train travels an average of 114,500 miles (184,269km) per year.
6 – There are 4,134 carriages, 426 escalators and 164 lifts on the London Underground.
5 – The average speed of a Tube train is 33km/h, but speeds of up to 50mph can be reached on the Victoria line and 60mph on the Metropolitan.
4 – The Jubilee line is the deepest on the entire network at 32m (105ft) below sea level – 68.8m (221ft) below ground level.
3 – Waterloo is the busiest station on the Tube with 57,000 people passing through during the three-hour morning peak; 82million per year.
2 – There are 270 stations on the London Underground, 260 of which are managed by 19,000 staff.
1 – The network extends to 249 miles (402km), just 45 per cent of which is in tunnel.
If you want to know more about the London Underground you can go to the BBC website to watch another video or you can visit the Transport for London website or the London Transport Museum page.
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