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THE LONDON UNDERGROUND (or tube) - Coggle Diagram
THE LONDON UNDERGROUND (or tube)
1) the London underground is the oldest underground transport system in the world.
2) it opened in 1863
3) at first, there was only one line, but today it is the second largest undergound in the world
4) only Shanghai metro in China is bigger.
5) it is also one of the busiest transport system.
6) make around three million journeys on the tube every day!
7) there are 270 tube stations in London.
8) each station is identified by the famous underground sign - a red circle with the word "underground" in the centre.
9) people enter and leave the tube stations in lifts or on escalator: some stations have stairs.
10) the longest escalator is Angel tube station.
11) it is over 60 m long
10) people have to stand on the right on the escalators in tube.
11) people can pass on the left when they're in a hurry to catch their train
12) today there are II Tube lines and each line has a name and colour
13) the District line is green, for example.
14) it's the busiest line with over 180 million passengers every year
15) the London Tube map is very famous.
16) Henry Beck designed it in 1931.
17) a lot of urban rail systems around the world now have similar maps.
18) some tube stations have special characteristics.
19) there are multicolored mosaics at tottenham court road station, and at Baker street station there are selhouettes of the famous detective on the walks.
20) the tube is one of the quickest and cheapest ways to travel in London.
21) there are trains every three of four minutes.
22) it's great way to great around London!