Jubilee line

The Jubilee line is a line on the London Underground. It runs from Stanmore in north-west London to Stratford in east London. The colour of the Jubilee line on tube maps is grey.

Jubilee line
250px 1996 Stock at Stratford
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	London Underground
Stations	27
Ridership	213.554 million (2011/12) passenger journeys
Website	tfl.gov.uk
Operation
Opened	1 May 1979
Character	Deep level
Depot(s)	Neasden, Stratford Market
Rolling stock	1996 Stock
Technical
Line length	36.2 km (22.5 mi)
Track gauge
Transport for London rail lines London Underground Bakerloo Central Circle District Hammersmith & City Jubilee Metropolitan Northern Piccadilly Victoria Waterloo & City Other systems Crossrail DLR London Trams London Overground TfL Rail

History

A train at Green Park station.

The line opened on 1 May 1979, taking over one of the Bakerloo Line's two branches to relieve the main part of the line. To the Baker Street to Stanmore part a new four-kilometre part into central London was added, terminating at a new station at Charing Cross railway station.

The old Charing Cross station, on the Circle, District, Bakerloo and Northern lines, was renamed Embankment. The new Charing Cross tube station created a new interchange, from the stations of Strand on the Northern Line and Trafalgar Square on the Bakerloo.

The Jubilee Line of 1979 was to be the first part of the project, but because of the lack of money the line stayed the same until the late 1990s. Phase 2 would have extended the line along Fleet Street to stations at Aldwych, Ludgate Circus, Cannon Street, Fenchurch Street, St Katherine's Dock, Wapping and then under the River Thames to New Cross, terminating at Lewisham. An alternative plan was created in the late 1970s to extend the Jubilee Line in parallel with the River Thames, this would taken the Line from Wapping to Thamesmead Via Surrey Docks North, Canary Wharf, North Greenwich, Custom House, Silvertown, Woolwich Arsenal and to Thamesmead. However the 'river line' extension as it was called was too expensive and construction of the extension never started.

Changes in land use, particularly the new areas in the Docklands area, caused the project to change considerably in the 1990s. The Jubilee Line Extension, opened in three stages in 1999, split from the existing line at Green Park, creating a one-station branch to Charing Cross, which is now closed (although it is still sometimes opened for occasional use as a film set). With the extension, the Jubilee Line is the only line on the London Underground network that crosses all other lines.

Trains

When the Jubilee Line was opened, it was run with 1972 trains. In 1984 the 1972 trains were replaced by the new 1983 trains. The old 1972 Stock were used on the Northern Line. The 1983 trains proved to be unreliable in service, with their single doors making passenger loading and unloading slower than on other trains with wider doors. With the opening of the Jubilee Line Extension, the opportunity was taken to introduce new trains, and today the line is worked by 1996 trains.

Map

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Stations

Jubilee line
Stanmore Stanmore sidings Canons Park Queensbury Kingsbury Metropolitan line via Harrow-on-the-Hill Template:Superimpose5 Wembley Park Neasden Dollis Hill Willesden Green Kilburn West Hampstead Template:Superimpose5 Finchley Road Metropolitan line to Aldgate Swiss Cottage St. John's Wood to Bakerloo line southbound tunnel Baker Street from Bakerloo line northbound tunnel Bond Street Green Park Charing Cross ( ) line ends short of Aldwych Westminster River Thames Waterloo Southwark London Bridge Bermondsey Canada Water River Thames Canary Wharf River Thames North Greenwich provision for branch to Royal Docks and Thamesmead River Thames Canning Town West Ham Stratford Market depot Stratford

• Terminus: Stanmore opened 10 December, 1932.
• Canons Park, opened 10 December, 1932 (as Canons Park (Edgware)); renamed 1933.
• Queensbury, opened 16 December, 1934.
• Kingsbury, opened 10 December, 1932.
• Wembley Park opened 14 October, 1893.
• Neasden, opened 2 August, 1880.
• Dollis Hill, opened 1 October, 1909.
• Willesden Green, opened 24 November, 1879.
• Kilburn, opened 24 November, 1879 (as Kilburn & Brondesbury); renamed 25 September, 1950.
• West Hampstead, opened 30 June, 1879.
• Finchley Road, opened 30 June, 1879.
• Swiss Cottage, opened 20 November, 1939.
• St. John's Wood, opened 20 November, 1939.
• Baker Street, opened 1 May, 1979.
• Bond Street, opened 1 May, 1979.
• Green Park, opened 1 May, 1979.
• Charing Cross (former terminus), opened 1 May, 1979; closed 19 November, 1999
• Westminster, opened 22 December, 1999.
• Waterloo, opened 24 September, 1999.
• Southwark, opened 20 November, 1999.
• London Bridge, opened 7 October, 1999.
• Bermondsey, opened 17 September, 1999.
• Canada Water, opened 17 September, 1999.
• Canary Wharf, opened 17 September, 1999.
• North Greenwich, opened 14 May, 1999.
• Canning Town, opened 14 May, 1999.
• West Ham, opened 14 May, 1999.
• Terminus: Stratford, opened 14 May, 1999.

Gallery

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  Canada Water tube station

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  Train at Dollis Hill

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  Jubilee Line platform at Westminster station.

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  the inside of a 1996 train.

Jubilee Line Media

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  1983 Stock train to Stanmore at Kilburn in 1988

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  1996 tube stock driving car

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  1996 tube stock trailer car

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  1996 stock to Willesden Green arriving at West Hampstead

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  Geographically accurate path of the Jubilee line

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  Notice explaining about step-free access. This can be found inside every Jubilee line train.

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  Stanmore tube station, platforms

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  Stanmore Station Roundel

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  Canons Park Tube Station.

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  Canons Park Station

Other websites

• Jubilee Line Archived 30 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine, London Underground website
• Clive's UndergrounD Line Guides - Jubilee Line
• Michael Pead :: Photos of Stratford Market Depot