District line
The District line is a railway line in the London Underground. It stretches from the London Borough of Havering in East London to Ealing and Richmond in West London.
 District line | |
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.jpg) A District line train at Earl's Court with a service to Wimbledon | |
| Overview | |
| Type | Rapid transit |
| System | London Underground |
| Stations | 60 |
| Ridership | 208 million (2011/12)[1][2] passenger journeys |
| Website | tfl.gov.uk |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 24 December 1868 |
| Character | Sub-surface |
| Depot(s) | Upminster, Ealing Common, Hammersmith |
| Rolling stock | S7 Stock |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 64 km (40 mi) |
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District Line Media
The jointly owned experimental passenger train that ran for six months in 1900
An R Stock train composed of a mixture of unpainted aluminium and (white) painted steel cars
Overhead view of the District line platforms at Earl's Court, 2005
District line S7 S Stock train at Kensington (Olympia) station, 2013
Richmond station entrance
Kew Gardens station main building to the west of the tracks
Gunnersbury station western entrance
- EalingBroadway
Ealing Common stn building
Acton Town underground station entrance.
References
- ↑ Performance: LU Performance Data Almanac (2011–2012)Transport for London. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ↑ Which London Underground line is the busiest?. CityMetric (11 September 2017). Retrieved 2018-12-03.
Other websites
- District line facts Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
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