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The Jubilee line is a [[London Underground]] line which runs between Stratford in East London and Stanmore in North West London. First identified as a seperate line in 1979 the Jubilee line is one of the more recent line identities although parts of its alignment date back to sections of the original [[Metropolitan line|Metropolitan Railway]] extensions north of Baker Street. | The Jubilee line is a [[London Underground]] line which runs between Stratford in East London and Stanmore in North West London. First identified as a seperate line in 1979 the Jubilee line is one of the more recent line identities although parts of its alignment date back to sections of the original [[Metropolitan line|Metropolitan Railway]] extensions north of Baker Street. | ||
== | == Metropolitan Railway == | ||
The first parts of what is now the Jubilee line opened in phases as the [[Metropolitan line|Metropolitan Railway]] extended its route north from Baker Street through to Willesden Green and then on to Wembley Park and [[Harrow-on-the-Hill station|Harrow-on-the-Hill]], in 1932 the Metropolitan Railway opened its final section of track as an independent railway in the form of a branch to Stanmore.<ref>Charles, E. (1973) The Bakerloo Line: A Brief History. London Transport. ISBN 0-85329-034-2</ref> | The first parts of what is now the Jubilee line opened in phases as the [[Metropolitan line|Metropolitan Railway]] extended its route north from Baker Street through to Willesden Green and then on to Wembley Park and [[Harrow-on-the-Hill station|Harrow-on-the-Hill]], in 1932 the Metropolitan Railway opened its final section of track as an independent railway in the form of a branch to Stanmore.<ref>Charles, E. (1973) The Bakerloo Line: A Brief History. London Transport. ISBN 0-85329-034-2</ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 1 March 2021
The Jubilee line is a London Underground line which runs between Stratford in East London and Stanmore in North West London. First identified as a seperate line in 1979 the Jubilee line is one of the more recent line identities although parts of its alignment date back to sections of the original Metropolitan Railway extensions north of Baker Street.
Metropolitan Railway
The first parts of what is now the Jubilee line opened in phases as the Metropolitan Railway extended its route north from Baker Street through to Willesden Green and then on to Wembley Park and Harrow-on-the-Hill, in 1932 the Metropolitan Railway opened its final section of track as an independent railway in the form of a branch to Stanmore.[1]
Bakerloo line
In 1933 the London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) was formed as the organisation responsible for managing the majority of public transport in London. Following its formation the LPTB carried out works to divert the Metropolitan line's local services south of Wembley Park as well as the Stanmore branch onto the Bakerloo line.[2] This work saw the creation of a new section of tube tunnel between Baker Street and Finchley Road stations as well as the realignment of the lines between Finchley Road and Wembley Park to move the local lines to run between the fast Metrpolitan line tracks instead of next to them, work was also conducted at this time to build a new burrowing junction north of Wembley Park to seperate trains to Stanmore. Bakerloo line trains began running from Baker Street to Stanmore from November 1939.[3]
Jubliee line
Citations
- ↑ Charles, E. (1973) The Bakerloo Line: A Brief History. London Transport. ISBN 0-85329-034-2
- ↑ Barker, Theo. (1974) ‘“Unification by Statute” and “The London Passenger Transport Board”’. In A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis, Vol. 2, the Twentieth Century to 1970, 270–311 & 407–9. London: Allen & Unwin
- ↑ Charles, E. (1973) The Bakerloo Line: A Brief History. London Transport. ISBN 0-85329-034-2