London Underground

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The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and surrounding areas, famous as one of the world's oldest and most extensive metro networks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf metro system
public transport network
rapid transit system
connectsTo Docklands Light Railway
Elizabeth line
London Overground
country United Kingdom
electrification fourth rail
third rail
fareSystem Oyster card
Travelcard
contactless payment
hasCharacteristic deep-level tube lines
sub-surface lines
hasIconicFeature diagrammatic tube map
tube roundel
hasPart Bakerloo line
Central line
Circle line
District line
Hammersmith & City line
Jubilee line extension
surface form: Jubilee line

Metropolitan line
Northern line
Piccadilly line
Victoria line
Waterloo & City line
inception 1863
language English
locatedIn London, England
surface form: London
mapDesigner Harry Beck
openingDate 1863-01-10
operator Transport for London
originalName Metropolitan Railway
owner Transport for London
partOf Transport for London
surface form: London public transport network
safetySystem automatic train protection
serves Buckinghamshire
Essex
Greater London
Hertfordshire
significantEvent Jubilee line extension
extension to Heathrow Airport
introduction of electric traction
opening of the Jubilee line
opening of the Victoria line
trackGauge standard gauge
uses Johnston typeface
London Underground roundel
website https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/tube/

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London Transport Board ownedInfrastructure London Underground
this entity surface form: London Underground network
London Transport Board ownedRollingStock London Underground
this entity surface form: London Underground trains
Wembley Park managedBy London Underground
Wembley Park isOnNetwork London Underground
this entity surface form: London Underground network
Northfields managedBy London Underground
subject surface form: Northfields Underground station
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Tooting Bec tube station managedBy London Underground
Sudbury Hill tube station managedBy London Underground
Tooting Broadway tube station managedBy London Underground
Bow Road Underground station managedBy London Underground
Golders Green Underground Station managedBy London Underground
Mill Hill East Underground Station managedBy London Underground
Ruislip station managedBy London Underground
Edgware Underground Station managedBy London Underground
Upminster station managedBy London Underground
Ruislip Manor station managedBy London Underground
South Ruislip station managedBy London Underground
Croxley station managedBy London Underground
Ruislip Gardens station managedBy London Underground
West Finchley station managedBy London Underground
Turnpike Lane Underground station managedBy London Underground
Royal Oak station managedBy London Underground
Stanmore tube station managedBy London Underground
Queen's Park Underground station managedBy London Underground
Gloucester Road station managedBy London Underground
Woodside Park station managedBy London Underground