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London Underground
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London Underground
The
London Underground
(or simply
the Underground
or
the Tube
) is a public
rapid transit
system serving a large part of
Greater London
and parts of
Buckinghamshire
,
Hertfordshire
and
Essex
. The network is considered the oldest rapid transit system, incorporating the world's first underground railway, the
Metropolitan Railway
, which opened in 1863 and is now part of the
Circle
,
Hammersmith & City
and
Metropolitan lines
; and the first line to operate underground
electric traction trains
, the
City & South London Railway
in 1890, now part of the
Northern line
. The network has expanded to 11 lines, and in 2014/15 carried 1.305 billion passengers, making the Underground the world's
11th busiest metro system
.
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