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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this entity surface form: London Underground network
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Canary Wharf tube station partOfNetwork London Underground
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Jubilee line operator London Underground
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Moorgate station partOfNetwork London Underground
Moorgate station hasInterchangeWith London Underground
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Farringdon station isInterchangeFor London Underground
Farringdon station partOfNetwork London Underground
this entity surface form: London Underground network
British railway network hasPart London Underground
Pinner transportNetwork London Underground
South London transportServedBy London Underground
Watford Junction railway station servedBy London Underground
Borough Underground station managedBy London Underground
Borough Underground station isInNetwork London Underground
London Buses connectsTo London Underground
Elephant & Castle Underground station isPartOf London Underground
this entity surface form: London Underground network
Waterloo Underground station operatedBy London Underground
Waterloo Underground station isPartOf London Underground
this entity surface form: London Underground network
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2005 London bombings target London Underground
Tottenham Court Road station managedBy London Underground
Tottenham Court Road station partOfNetwork London Underground
Holloway Road Underground station operatedBy London Underground
Holloway Road Underground station network London Underground
Russell Square station managedBy London Underground
Russell Square station partOfNetwork London Underground
Stratford servedBy London Underground
Serge Chermayeff designedFor London Underground
London Borough of Ealing isServedBy London Underground
Holborn station operatedBy London Underground
southwest London transportServedBy London Underground
subject surface form: Southwest London
Arsenal Underground station operator London Underground
Arsenal Underground station mapType London Underground
this entity surface form: London Underground and DLR
Arsenal Underground station isPartOfNetwork London Underground
this entity surface form: London Underground network
King’s Cross Central development hasTransportConnection London Underground
subject surface form: King’s Cross Central
London Blackfriars undergroundNetwork London Underground
Bishopsgate hasTransportConnection London Underground
Broadgate development servedBy London Underground