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Mind the gap! Lines, maps and secret stations of the world's oldest underground railway.
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Questions
On the London Underground, what does the famous warning "Mind the gap" refer to?
The space between the train and the platform
The space between the escalator steps
The time between one train and the next
The gap between two trains on the same line
20s
The London Underground is the world's oldest underground railway. In which year did it first open?
1863
1825
1901
1890
20s
On the Tube map, which line is coloured red?
District line
Metropolitan line
Circle line
Central line
20s
Which colours make up the famous Tube roundel logo?
A green ring with a yellow bar across it
A blue ring with a red bar across it
A red ring with a blue bar across it
A red ring with a white bar across it
20s
What pulled the trains on the very first underground line when it opened in 1863?
Teams of horses
Steam locomotives
Diesel locomotives
Electric locomotives
20s
During the Blitz in 1940â41, how did thousands of Londoners use Tube stations at night?
As hospitals for wounded soldiers
As factories building aircraft
As stores for the city's food
As shelters from bombing raids
20s
Harry Beck's Tube map, first published in 1933, was revolutionary mainly because it did what?
Used photographs of every station
Showed every street above the stations
Drew all the lines exactly to scale
Ignored true distances to make a clear diagram
30s
In which year did the Elizabeth line, named after Queen Elizabeth II, open to passengers?
2018
2012
2022
2020
20s
The first underground line in 1863 ran from Paddington to which station?
Aldgate
Farringdon
Baker Street
King's Cross
30s
Which Tube station has the deepest platforms below ground level?
Bank
Westminster
Angel
Hampstead
30s