Victoria Line

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Victoria Line
Colour on map	Light Blue
Year opened	1968
Line type	Deep Tube
Rolling stock	1967 Tube Stock
Stations served	16
Length (km)	21
Length (miles)	13.25
Depots	Northumberland Park
Journeys made	161,319,000 (per annum)
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The Victoria Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured light blue on the Tube map. It is a deep-level line running from the south-west to the north-east of London. It was built in the 1960s to relieve congestion on other lines, in particular the Piccadilly Line. The Victoria line was designed to maximise possible interchanges, yet keep a large distance between stations for trains to build up speed. It is because of this that the Victoria line has just one station that is not a tube or rail interchange: Pimlico.

Many stations on the route were rearranged to allow for cross-platform interchanges. In some cases this was achieved by placing the Victoria Line platforms on either side of the existing station, while in others the Victoria Line uses one of the old platforms while the older line was diverted into a new platform. At Euston, while northbound Victoria and Northern Line (City branch) trains run along adjacent platforms, they go in opposite directions along them. Other cross-platform interchanges are at Stockwell (with the Northern Line), Oxford Circus (with the Bakerloo Line), Highbury & Islington (with the WAGN Northern City Line) and Finsbury Park (with the Piccadilly Line). There is a connection from Seven Sisters to the line's depot at Northumberland Park.

Contents 1 Trains 2 Map 3 Stations 4 Depot 5 External links

Trains

The Victoria Line is served by a fleet of 43 1967 Tube Stock trains. Each train is made up of two four-car units giving a total of eight cars per train. The line is equipped with an automatic train operation system (ATO); the train operator (driver) needs only to close the train doors and press a pair of "start" buttons, and if the way ahead is clear the ATO will drive the train at a safe speed to the next station and stop there. This system has been in place since the line opened in 1968.

The 1967 stock is due for replacement over the next decade as part of Transport for London's 5 year £10 billion redevelopment project.

Map

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Stations

Victroria Line from north to south
			Walthamstow Central Image:British Rail.gif opened: September 1, 1968.
			Blackhorse Road Image:British Rail.gif opened: September 1, 1968.
			Tottenham Hale Image:British Rail.gif opened: September 1, 1968.
			Seven Sisters Image:British Rail.gif opened: September 1, 1968.
			Finsbury Park Image:British Rail.gif opened: September 1, 1968.
			Highbury & Islington Image:British Rail.gif opened: September 1, 1968.
			King's Cross St. Pancras Image:British Rail.gif opened: December 1, 1968.
			Euston Image:British Rail.gif opened: December 1, 1968.
			Warren Street opened: December 1, 1968.
			Oxford Circus opened: March 7, 1969.
			Green Park opened: March 7, 1969.
			Victoria Image:British Rail.gif opened: March 7, 1969.
			Pimlico opened: September 14, 1972.
			Vauxhall Image:British Rail.gif opened: July 23, 1971.
			Stockwell opened: July 23, 1971.
			Brixton Image:British Rail.gif opened: July 23, 1971.

Depot

• Northumberland Park Depot

External links

• Victoria Line - London Underground website
• Victoria Line at Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides
• Tube Prune description of the Victoria Line ATO system

West:	Crossings of the River Thames	East:
Grosvenor Bridge	Victoria Line	Vauxhall Bridge