London Underground - history, facts and figures Quiz

Answer: True

The first section was opened in 1863, and ran between Paddington and Farringdon. Specially designed locomotives had to be manufactured in order to reduce steam and smoke in the tunnel. The London Transport Museum in Covent Garden has the last remaining example of these early locomotives on display.

Answer: False

The large amount of electric power required for traction was not available in the early years of the London Underground, so steam was the only practical motive power. The first electrified underground service was on the City and South London Railway, now part of the Northern Line, and was commissioned in 1890.

Answer: 1908

The logo is a red rondel with a white centre and a blue bar across the middle. The word "UNDERGROUND" appears in white on the blue bar. The logo is a variation of the original used by the London General Omnibus Company, which had a red spoked wheel with the word "GENERAL" in blue across the middle.

Answer: Waterloo & City

The Waterloo & City Line was opened in 1898, and remained independent until 1994 when it became part of London Underground. It is only two kilometres long, and entirely underground. The East London line was closed in 2007, and was eight kilometres in length. The Circle Line is twenty-one kilometres long, and the Hammersmith & City Line has a total length of twenty-seven kilometres.

Answer: none

Fully automatic trains with the driver monitoring controls, signals and passengers are in use on several lines, but they are not driverless as the driver is in the cab, and can take control at any time. The Docklands Light Railway connects with London Underground at various stations, and all of its trains are fully driverless.

Answer: eleven

The line networks are: Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, and Waterloo & City. The short shuttle line between Earls Court and Olympia is an integral part of the District Line.

Another underground line, the East London line was closed in 2007, and planned to reopen as part of a London orbital overground rail system.

Answer: True

The rail network has an overall length of just over four hundred kilometres, of which sixty percent (237 kilometres) is above ground. It reaches a maximum depth of over sixty-seven metres.

Answer: District Line

The District Line serves sixty different stations. The Piccadilly Line serves fifty-two stations, and the Northern and Central Lines serve fifty-one and forty-nine stations respectively.

Answer: General Eisenhower's HQ for U.S. operations in Europe

Goodge Street has a deep tunnel which made it particularly safe from bombing. Many London residents slept overnight in underground stations, but not always in complete safety. Balham Station suffered a direct hit by a bomb in which sixty people were killed, many by drowning from a burst main water pipe. Important museum and art treasures were stored in various underground stations during the war. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth remained in London throughout most of the war, preferring to share with Londoners the risk and hardships of bombing raids. Buckingham Palace was actually bombed while they were in residence.

Answer: Poplar

Poplar is a station on the Docklands Light Railway, which connects with various London Underground stations. Gants Hill is on the Central Line. Croxley and Chesham are on the Metropolitan Line.

Answer: American Airlines

The advertisement is on both sides of a moving walkway, almost ninety metres in length, and was unveiled on 22nd July 2002. The moving walkway is between the Waterloo & City, Central and Northern Lines, and is in full view of passengers for several minutes. Fifty U.S.A. States. are featured in the advertisement.

Answer: white

The Jubilee Line is depicted in silver. the Hammersmith & City Line is depicted in pink. the Northern Line is depicted in black. Other colours in use are brown, red, green, orange, maroon, dark blue, light blue, light green, and dark green.

Answer: excessive passenger weight

The estimated cost of replacing the defective mountings is in excess of twenty million pounds. Each line network has specific depots for servicing and overnight garaging. Those of the Piccadilly Line are at Arnos Grove, Cockfosters, and Northfields.

Answer: construction of the original Charing Cross

The murals depict the construction of the original Charing Cross, which was one of a series of stone memorials erected by King Edward I to commemorate the death of his wife, Eleanor of Castile. The murals cover a one hundred metre length of wall, and were designed by the artist David Gentleman in 1978 - 79.

The other line at Charing Cross, the Bakerloo Line, also has wall murals, which depict important characters from British history. These include Tudor kings and queens, William Shakespeare, Lord Nelson, Sir Christopher Wren, and others.

Answer: air conditioning system

The mayor's offer was made because of the excessively high temperatures experienced by passengers during the very hot summer that year, particularly during peak travel periods when stations and trains were crowded. The main problem with air conditioning is that it is a heat transfer system, so making one area cooler makes another area warmer.