Jubilee Line

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Jubilee Line
Colour on map	Silver
Year opened	1979
Line type	Deep Tube
Rolling stock	1996 Tube Stock
Stations served	27
Length (km)	36.2
Length (miles)	22.5
Depots	Stratford Market
Journeys made	127,584,000 (per annum)
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The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground, coloured silver grey on the Tube map.

Contents 1 History 2 Trains 2.1 The 2005 Upgrade 3 Map 4 Stations 5 External links

History

The line opened on 1 May 1979, taking over one of the Bakerloo Line's two branches to relieve congestion on their common portion. The Baker Street to Stanmore branch was joined to a new four-kilometre segment into central London with a terminus at a new station at Charing Cross railway station.

The previous Charing Cross station, on the Circle, District, Bakerloo and Northern lines, was renamed Embankment. The new Charing Cross tube station created a new interchange, amalgamating the stations of Strand on the Northern Line and Trafalgar Square on the Bakerloo.

The new line was to have been called the Fleet Line after the River Fleet, but the project was renamed for the occasion of Queen Elizabeth's 1977 Silver Jubilee and because the original plans to go west towards Fleet Street had been shelved. The original choice of battleship grey for the line's colour was based on the naval meaning of the word fleet, now transformed into silver.

The Jubilee Line of 1979 was to be only the first phase of the project, but lack of funds meant the line stayed the same until the late 1990s. Phase 2 would have extended the line along Fleet Street to stations at Aldwych, Ludgate Circus, Cannon Street and Fenchurch Street and then under the River Thames to New Cross, terminating at Lewisham.

Changes in land use, particularly the urban renewal of the Docklands area, caused the project to extend the line beyond Charing Cross to change considerably in the 1990s. The Jubilee Line Extension, opened in three stages in 1999, split from the existing line at Green Park, creating a one-station branch to Charing Cross, which is now closed. With the extension in place, the Jubilee Line is now the only line on the London Underground network which has interchanges with all other lines.

Trains

All Jubilee line trains are in the distinctive London Underground livery of red, white and blue and are the smaller size of the two sizes used on the network. The trains used are the 1996 stock. The trains have voice messages which give route and station information.

The 2005 Upgrade

At the end of 2005, the Jubilee Line is expected to close [1] for a five-day period starting on 26 December 2005 in order to introduce seven-car trains instead of the present six-car trains. The line has to be closed while this work is done as six- and seven-car trains cannot run in service simultaneously. Additionally, an extra four complete trains will be added to the fleet, bringing the total to 63. This will result in a 17% increase in capacity at peak times, allowing 3,000 more passengers to use Jubilee Line services. The signalling system will also be upgraded.

Map

Stations

in order from west to east

• Terminus: Stanmore, opened: December 10, 1932.
• Canons Park (Edgware), opened: December 10, 1932. Renamed (Canons Park): 1933
• Queensbury, opened December 16, 1934.
• Kingsbury, opened: December 10, 1932.
• Wembley Park, opened: October 14, 1893.
• Neasden, opened: August 2, 1880.
• Dollis Hill, opened: October 1, 1909.
• Willesden Green, opened: November 24, 1879.
• Kilburn opened: November 24, 1879 (as Kilburn & Brondesbury). Renamed: September 25, 1950.
• West Hampstead, opened: June 30, 1879.
• Finchley Road, opened: June 30, 1879.
• Swiss Cottage, opened: November 20, 1939.
• St. John's Wood, opened: November 20, 1939.
• Baker Street, opened: May 1, 1979.
• Bond Street, opened: May 1, 1979.
• Green Park, opened: May 1, 1979.
• Westminster, opened: December 22, 1999.
• Waterloo, opened: September 24, 1999.
• Southwark, opened: November 20, 1999.
• London Bridge, opened: October 7, 1999.
• Bermondsey, opened: September 17, 1999.
• Canada Water, opened: September 17, 1999.
• Canary Wharf, opened: September 17, 1999.
• North Greenwich, opened: May 14, 1999.
• Canning Town, opened: May 14, 1999.
• West Ham, opened: May 14, 1999.
• Terminus: Stratford, opened: May 14, 1999.

External links

• Jubilee Line, London Underground website
• Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides - Jubilee Line

West:	Crossings of the River Thames	East:
Westminster Bridge	Between Westminster and Waterloo	Bakerloo Line between Embankment and Waterloo
Rotherhithe Tunnel	Between Canada Water and Canary Wharf	Greenwich foot tunnel
Docklands Light Railway between Island Gardens and Cutty Sark	Between Canary Wharf and North Greenwich	Blackwall Tunnels
Blackwall Tunnels	Between North Greenwich and Canning Town	Thames Barrier