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Peter File
Guest
> The name "tube" appeared early in the 20th century when the deep level
> lines first opened with their small diameter tunnels. It is now often
> used (incorrectly) by the general public to mean any Underground line.
> "I'll take the Tube" is an expression commonly heard in London. The
> sub surface lines are the Circle, District, East London, Hammersmith &
> City and Metropolitan Lines. Only the others, the Bakerloo, Central,
> Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo & City Lines are
> true tube lines.
Right I'll remember that on my next trip from Harrow on the Hill to
Waterloo.
'Im taking the surface/cut'n'cover to Baker St and then the tube to
Waterloo'
> lines first opened with their small diameter tunnels. It is now often
> used (incorrectly) by the general public to mean any Underground line.
> "I'll take the Tube" is an expression commonly heard in London. The
> sub surface lines are the Circle, District, East London, Hammersmith &
> City and Metropolitan Lines. Only the others, the Bakerloo, Central,
> Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo & City Lines are
> true tube lines.
Right I'll remember that on my next trip from Harrow on the Hill to
Waterloo.
'Im taking the surface/cut'n'cover to Baker St and then the tube to
Waterloo'