London Tube - London Underground

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London Tube - London Underground
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Subway in London, United Kingdom combines ground and underground lines. Londoners call their subway the Underground or more often in conversation- the Tube as well as form the majority of tunnels in the subway like a tube. London Underground includes a 270 stations with total length of about 408 kilometers of ways, each year of its services to more than a billion people.

Metro consists of twelve main lines, that branch out into separate branches, leading to a particular area of the city, on the same branches of the train can go from the different lines, so you always need to pay attention to the location of your destination. On the metro map the whole of London is divided into six zones, concentric circles radiating from the center of London, but every ticket is valid in all areas of the metro.

Most of the lines of London Underground are open from Monday to Saturday from 05:30 to 24:00 and on Sunday - from 07:00 to 23:00. All charts and maps in the London Underground in a variety of options can be found here:


http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/14091.aspx


In the London Underground tickets are checked at the exit, profitable to buy daily or weekly tickets. The cost of child ticket is about 40% of the price of adult fare.
Tickets can be purchased on-line here:


http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/default.aspx