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FASH FACTS AKA TUBE FACTS
Date opened 1863
Annual passenger numbers 1.34 billion
Length of network 402km
Busiest station Waterloo - 95.1 million passengers per year
Annual train km travelled 82.5 million km
Average train speed 33kph
Proportion of network in tunnels 45%
Longest continuous tunnel East Finchley to Morden (via Bank) - 27.8km
Total number of escalators 423
Station with most escalators Waterloo - 23
Longest escalator Angel - 27.4 metres (vertical rise)
Shortest escalator Stratford - 4.1 metres
Total number of lifts on the network 196
Number of moving walkways Four, two each at Waterloo and Bank
Deepest lift shaft Hampstead - 55.2 metres
Shortest lift shaft King's Cross St. Pancras - 2.3 metres
Step-free stations 71
Station with most platforms Baker Street - 10
Highest station above mean sea level Amersham (Metropolitan line) - 147 metres
Furthest station from central London Chesham (Metropolitan line) - 47km to Aldgate
Longest distance between stations Chesham to Chalfont & Latimer (Metropolitan line) - 6.3km
Shortest distance between stations Leicester Square to Covent Garden (Piccadilly line) - 0.3km
Longest direct journey Epping to West Ruislip (Central line) - 54.9km
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