Jubilee Line

The Jubilee Line is a subway line of the London Underground. It is 36.2 km long and has 27 stations ( 13 of them underground). On the network map is shown in gray.

History

The Jubilee Line was opened on 1 May 1979. It was created on the one hand from the takeover of an existing Streckenastes the Bakerloo Line between Baker Street and Stanmore (of which the distance between Stanmore and Finchley Road originally built for the Metropolitan Line), on the other hand, a four kilometer long underground new line between Baker Street and Charing Cross.

There was previously a station called Charing Cross, which was served by the Circle Line and the District Line and the Bakerloo Line and the Northern Line. This was renamed Embankment. The new station Charing Cross formed from the merger of the stations of the Northern beach and Trafalgar Square the Bakerloo Line. These two previously separate stations received a new joint distribution level and were supplemented with the terminus of the Jubilee Line.

The new line would have originally Fleetline should be called, named after the River Fleet which flows through London. But on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, the line still under construction, was called to 1977 in Jubilee Line ( Jubilee line). The gray color on the network map to silver symbolize.

The Jubilee Line 1979 should be the first step in a much longer line actually, but for lack of funds to start construction of the second stage until the late 1990s, has been postponed. According to the original plans, the Jubilee Line is the Fleet Street would run along, to pass under the Thames at Aldwych and end at Lewisham.

Because of the rapid structural development in the Docklands, a former harbor area, but changed its mind. The extension took it in 1999 in three phases in operation. It branches off to the Green Park station of the original line from, serves the important railway stations of Waterloo and London Bridge and opens in the Docklands, this modern skyscraper district of Canary Wharf. The line ends in Stratford, where was originally planned to be hold from 2010 Euro Star trains to Paris and Brussels. The Thames is passed under a total of four times. The original Charing Cross terminus was closed after only twenty years and now serves as a parking and a turning point for problems in the operation.

Rolling stock

At first the vehicles were used Bakerloo Line, the 1972 Tube Stock. 1984 1983 Tube Stock was put into service, which was also the last type built with conventional technology. Because the line was extended to Stratford, one needed new trains and the still quite young 1983 tube stock were retired. A motor vehicle is maintained in the Transport Museum. 2004 still stood around some units in Uxbridge, they are rusted to the rails.

For the Jubilee Line Extension, to which there are platform screen doors, it is therefore not possible to couple the 1983 Tube Stock with the new 1996 Tube Stock. These trains were delivered in 1997.

The trains of 1996 Tube Stock 2005 were added at the end of December at a car so that each train consists of seven cars. The stations did not have to be rebuilt for it, since the PEDs ( Platform Edge Door) were already present. With this measure the capacity of the line could be increased by 17 percent.

Architecture

The stations have, depending on the era in which they were built, a very different appearance. The built of the Metropolitan Line overground stations between Stanmore and Baker Street are similar with its brick construction typical English country stations. The tunnel stations on the 1979 -built route are from the Designing forth good average.

Quite different present themselves, however, the stations that have arisen at the 1999 opened extension to Stratford. They are all very spacious, if not huge. Some of them have huge lobbies and high glass dome through which the daylight falls on the distributor levels. General created a futuristic impression. The tunnel stations ( including Westminster to North Greenwich ) are equipped with platform screen doors that only open when the trains come to a halt. This accidents and suicides can be prevented.

The station Westminster, which opened in 1868, is no longer recognizable, since it was built from scratch. The building turned out to be extremely complex, as the existing station on the Circle and District Line had to be reduced below current operation by 30 centimeters. The station on the Jubilee Line to Hampstead is the lowest elevation of the whole network, it is more than 50 meters below the surface and serves as the foundation of Portcullis House.

The most striking feature of the Canada Water station is about 25 meters high, drum-shaped glass dome over the reception building. Canada Water is the only station that has been built according to the plans of the now discarded Fleetline.

The Canary Wharf station provides access to the same skyscraper district in the Docklands area. It is the geographically largest station in the entire Underground network, it was designed by the renowned architect Norman Foster and built in an abandoned pumped harbor. The main reason for the enormous proportions is the large number of people who use this station; increase daily here about 50,000 passengers on or off. Thus, Canary Wharf is one of the most popular stations at all.

Map

Stations

From west to east

  • Stanmore - opened on 10 December 1932 for the Metropolitan Line; on the Bakerloo Line transferred on 20 November 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • Canons Park - opened on 10 December 1932 for the Metropolitan Line; on the Bakerloo Line transferred on 20 November 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • Queensbury - opened on December 16, 1934 for the Metropolitan Line; on the Bakerloo Line transferred on 20 November 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • Kingsbury - opened on 10 December 1932 for the Metropolitan Line; on the Bakerloo Line transferred on 20 November 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • Wembley Park - first served by the Bakerloo Line on November 20, 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • Neasden - first served by the Bakerloo Line on November 20, 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • Dollis Hill - first served by the Bakerloo Line on November 20, 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • Willesden Green - first served by the Bakerloo Line on November 20, 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • Kilburn - first served by the Bakerloo Line on November 20, 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • West Hampstead - first served by the Bakerloo Line on November 20, 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • Finchley Road - first served by the Bakerloo Line on November 20, 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • Swiss Cottage - for the first time served by the Bakerloo Line on November 20, 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • St. John 's Wood - first served by the Bakerloo Line on November 20, 1939 Jubilee Line transferred May 1, 1979
  • Baker Street - opened May 1, 1979
  • Bond Street - opened May 1, 1979
  • Green Park - opened May 1, 1979
  • Charing Cross - opened May 1, 1979; closed on 19 November 1999
  • Westminster - opened on 22 December 1999
  • Waterloo - opened on 24 September 1999
  • Southwark - opened on November 20, 1999
  • London Bridge - opened on 7 October 1999
  • Bermondsey - opened on 17 September 1999
  • Canada Water - opened on 17 September 1999
  • Canary Wharf - opened on 17 September 1999
  • North Greenwich - opened on May 14, 1999
  • Canning Town - opened on May 14, 1999
  • West Ham - opened on May 14, 1999
  • Stratford - opened on May 14, 1999
Stanmore tube station Canons Park tube station Queensbury tube station Kingsbury tube station Wembley Park tube station Neasden tube station Dollis Hill tube station Willesden Green tube station Kilburn tube station West Hampstead tube station Finchley Road tube station Swiss Cottage tube station Baker Street tube station Bond Street tube station Green Park tube station Charing Cross tube station Aldwych tube station Westminster tube station Waterloo tube station Southwark tube station London Bridge station Bermondsey tube station Canary Wharf tube station North Greenwich tube station West Ham station Stratford station Circle line (London Underground) Embankment tube station London Docklands Eurostar London Underground 1972 Stock London Underground 1983 Stock London Underground 1996 Stock Hampstead tube station Central Line Piccadilly Line Victoria Line Northern City Line
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