What is the point of the Circle line?
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What is the point of the Circle line?
In a recent piece we shared what Tube line Londoners would get rid of if they had to choose one, and they opted for the Circle line, because it shares the entirity of its route with other lines. At all points, the Circle line is either sharing the route with the District, Hammersmith and City or Metropolitan lines.
Why is the Circle line no longer a circle?
THE Circle Line on the London Underground is having an extended arm’ sewn on its familiar orbital route around the City and West End in a major transport revamp. Trains won’t just be ‘going round in cirles’ but will have a fixed starting point at Hammersmith.
Why was the Circle line extended to Hammersmith?
In December 2009, the Circle line was extended to include the Hammersmith & City route from Edgware Road to Hammersmith. The change was made to improve reliability and increase the service frequency on the Hammersmith branch.
Is Hammersmith and City Line reliable?
From early summer, commuters using the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines will enjoy a more reliable service and better customer information between Hammersmith and Euston Square….READ MORE.
| Line | Number of signalling issues | Delay (hours) |
|---|---|---|
| Circle and Hammersmith & City | 358 | 75 |
| Central | 537 | 90 |
| District | 924 | 228 |
| Jubilee | 422 | 59 |
Why is the Circle line bad?
It’s redundant. The Circle line matches the routes of the District, Hammersmith and City and Metropolitan lines. There is no stop on the stupid circular route that doesn’t have one of those three other lines passing through on the same track, so it’s completely unnecessary.
When was the Hammersmith and City line built?
1864
The original Hammersmith & City line opened in 1864 and now serves 29 stations between Hammersmith and Barking in Essex, sharing that route with parts of the District and Circle lines.
Does the Circle line go both ways?
The Circle Line no longer just goes round and round. It starts at Hammersmith, then along the northern, eastern, southern, and western parts of the Circle to terminate at Edgware Road.
Does the Circle Line go both ways?
What Tube line is red?
Line colours
| Line | TfL colour name | Shown as |
|---|---|---|
| Notes | ||
| Central | Corporate Red Pantone 485 | red 1934–present |
| Circle | Corporate Yellow Pantone 116 | yellow 1987–present |
| District | Corporate Green Pantone 356 | green 1933–present |
What is the most reliable tube line?
The best Tube lines to live on
- The Victoria Line. This is the favoured line if you live in North London and need to get to stops like Oxford Circus of Victoria in the fastest time.
- The Jubilee Line.
- The District Line.
- The Central Line.
- Fastest Tube line.
- Other Tube lines.
- The DLR and London Overground.
Why is the district line so bad?
“I’ve always got the District line and it’s always been bad. Part of the reasoning behind the District line’s high level of signal failures is because it is run by manual signaling rather than the automated system used on lines such as the Northern and Victoria lines.
Does the Circle Line exist?
The Circle line today is not so much a circle as a loose spiral, but its existence is fundamental to the history of the Underground. London’s two pioneering sub-surface lines – the Metropolitan and the District – each owned roughly half of it in the 19th century, and still share the stations and track.