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| Above: YouTubeCA video - The best of: London Tramlink - Length: 6:31 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Elizabeth Line in London, UK | Two weeks after opening | Crossrail | June 2022 - Length: 10:33 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - DLR, Docklands Light Railway, London Public Transport, Driverless Trains - Length: 36:37 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - The Tube in 2022 | London Underground Trains - Length: 7:28 mins. |
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MAPS
CENTRAL LONDON
SOUTH LONDON
EAST LONDON
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| BS | Bond Street | PC | Piccadilly Circus |
| ER | Edgware Road | TCR | Tottenham Court Road |
| GP | Green Park | TG | Tower Gateway |
| LS | Leicester Square |
I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
Overall coordination: Transport for London (TfL)
TRAM ROUTES (TRAMLINK)
| A | Wimbledon - Mitcham - Croydon - Woodside - Beckenham Junction |
| B | Wimbledon - Mitcham - Croydon - Woodside - Elmers End |
| C | Croydon - Addington - New Addington |
Route letters shown above are for convenience only and are not used by the operator.
REGIONAL EXPRESS ROUTES (ELIZABETH LINE)
| E1 | Paddington Stn. - Bond Street - Tottenham Court Road - Liverpool St. - Whitechapel - Canary Wharf - Woolwich - Abbey Wood |
| E2 | Paddington Stn. - Reading |
| E3 | Paddington Stn. - Heathrow Airport (Terminals 2 & 3) |
| E4 | Liverpool St. - Stratford - Shenfield |
Route indicators shown above are for convenience only and are not used by the operator.
LIGHT RAIL ROUTES (DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY [DLR])
| 1 | Bank - Shadwell - Canary Wharf - Greenwich - Lewisham |
| 2 | Bank - Shadwell - Poplar - Canning Town - London City Airport - Woolwich Arsenal |
| 3 | Tower Gateway - Shadwell - Poplar - Canning Town - Royal Albert Dock - Beckton |
| 4 | Stratford - Bow Church - Poplar - Canary Wharf - Greenwich - Lewisham |
| 5 | Stratford International - Stratford - West Ham - Canning Town - London City Airport - Woolwich Arsenal |
Route numbers shown above are for convenience only and are not used by the operator.
UNDERGROUND ROUTES
| B | Bakerloo Line | Elephant & Castle – Waterloo – Charing Cross – Piccadilly Circus – Oxford Circus – Marylebone – Paddington – Queen’s Park - Harlesden – Wembley – Harrow & Wealdstone – Watford Junction |
| C | Circle Line | Gloucester Road – Victoria Station – Westminster – Bank – Liverpool Street – Farringdon - King's Cross St Pancras – Euston - Paddington - Notting Hill - Gloucester Road [Circular route, both directions] |
| C | Circle Line | [Branch]: Edgeware Road - Paddington Station - Shepherd's Bush - Hammersmith |
| Ce | Central Line | Epping - Loughton - Woodford - Leytonstone - Leyton - Stratford - Mile End - Liverpool Street – Bank – Holborn – Tottenham Court Road – Oxford Circus – Bond Street - Notting Hill – Shepherd's Bush – North Acton - Ealing Broadway |
| Ce | Central Line | [Branch]: Woodford - Chigwell - Hainault - Barkingside - Wanstead - Leytonstone |
| Ce | Central Line | [Branch]: North Acton - Greenford - West Ruislip |
| D | District Line | [Ealing Broadway – Acton Town] / [Richmond] – Turnham Green – Hammersmith – Earl's Court – Gloucester Road – Victoria Station – Westminster – Aldgate East – Whitechapel – Mile End – West Ham - Barking – Dagenham – Upminster |
| D | District Line | [Branch:] Edgware Road – Paddington Station – Notting Hill – High Street Kensington – Earl's Court – Putney Bridge – Wimbledon |
| D | District Line | [Branch:] Earl's Court - Kensington (Olympia) |
| HC | Hammersmith & City Line | Hammersmith – Shepherd's Bush – Paddington Station – Edgware Road – Euston – King's Cross St Pancras – Farringdon – Liverpool Street – Aldgate East - Whitechapel – Mile End – West Ham - Barking |
| J | Jubilee Line | Stratford - West Ham - Canning Town - North Greenwich - Canary Wharf - Canada Water - London Bridge - Waterloo - Westminster - Green Park - Bond Street – St John’s Wood - Finchley Rd. - South Hampstead – Wembley Park – Stanmore |
| M | Metropolitan Line | Aldgate - Liverpool Street – Farringdon – King's Cross St Pancras – Euston – Finchley Rd. - South Hampstead – Wembley Park – Harrow – Ruislip – Uxbridge |
| M | Metropolitan Line | [Branch:] Harrow – Moor Park – Watford / Chesham / Amersham |
| N | Northern Line | Edgware – Hendon – Golders Green – Hampstead – Camden Town – Euston – Tottenham Court Road – Leicester Square – Charing Cross – Waterloo – Kennington – Stockwell – Clapham – Tooting – Morden |
| N | Northern Line | [Branch:] High Barnet - Finchley - Highgate - Archway – Kentish Town – Camden Town |
| N | Northern Line | [Branch:] Mill Hill East - Finchley |
| N | Northern Line | [Branch:] Camden Town – Euston – King's Cross St.Pancras – Angel – Bank – Elephant & Castle – Kennington |
| N | Northern Line | [Branch:] Kennington - Battersea |
| P | Piccadilly Line | Uxbridge – Ruislip – Sudbury – North Ealing – Acton Town – Turnham Green – Hammersmith – Earl's Court – Gloucester Road – Knightsbridge – Green Park - Piccadilly Circus – Leicester Square – Holborn – King's Cross St.Pancras – Finsbury Park – Manor House – Wood Green – Southgate – Cockfosters |
| P | Piccadilly Line | [Branch:] Heathrow Airport - Hounslow West – Acton Town |
| V | Victoria Line | Walthamstow - Tottenham - Seven Sisters - Finsbury Park - Highbury & Islington - King's Cross St.Pancras - Euston - Oxford Circus - Green Park - Victoria Station - Vauxhall - Stockwell - Brixton |
| W&C | Waterloo & City Line | Waterloo – Bank |
Note: The one- or two-letter route designations are strictly local to this site, and have never been used by the operating companies. Branches of individual lines are listed separately.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway (Tramlink): 28 km.
- Regional express (Elizabeth Line): 118 km.
- Light rail (DLR): 38 km.
- Underground: 402 km.
HISTORY
Tramways
- Horse–powered:1860 – (First World War.)
- First-generation electric tramway (conduit and overhead electric supply): 1901 - 6 July 1952.
- Revived tramway (electric overhead): May 2000 – today.
Rapid transit
- Dockland Light Railway (electric, 3rd rail): 31 Aug. 1987 - today.
- Underground: 10 Jan. 1863 - today (steam: 1863 - 1961; electric: 18 Dec. 1890 - today)
- Regional express (Elizabeth Line): 24 May 2022 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramway (1st generation): 1435 mm.
- Dockland Light Railway: 1435 mm.
- Underground: 1435 mm. (also 2140 mm., 1863-1869)
- Regional express (Elizabeth Line): 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Bett, W.H. & Gillham, J.C. Great British tramway networks. London: Light Railway Transport League, 1962.
- British Railways pre-grouping Atlas and Gazetteer. London: Ian Allan, 5th ed., 1980.
- Johnston, H."London’s DLR - New trains soon: Who will operate them?", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2023 (86: 1031), p.416-420.
- "London Tramlink", Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2012 (75: 893), Supplement, 16p.
- "London Underground: 150 years and moving forward", Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2014 (77: 914), p.61-79.
- Oakley, E.R. & Holland, C.E. London Transport Tramways, 1933-1952. Bexleyheath (Kent): London Tramways History Group, 1998.
- Owen, N. "Croydon: A successful first half-year", Tramways & Urban Transit, Dec. 2000 (63: 756), p.448-450.
- Pulling, N. "System Factfile No. 34: London Docklands, UK", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2010 (73: 871), p.259-262.
- Pulling, N. "System Factfile No. 141: London trams, UK", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2019 (82: 979), p.263-267.
- Rose, D. The London Underground: A diagrammatic history (sheet map). London: Douglas Rose, 2nd ed., 1983.
- Streeter; T. "DLR: BIM Innovations", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2016 (79: 939), p.100-102.
- Trolleybus & tram route map (sheet map). London: London Transport, 1950.
- Wyse, J. & Bayman, B. "Light rail comes to London: The DLR opens". In: Light Rail '87. London: Light Rail Transit Association, 1987 [p.13-24].
WIKIS
- Docklands Light Railway
- Elizabeth line
- History of public transport authorities in London
- History of the London Underground
- Kingsway tramway subway
- London Passenger Transport Board
- London Underground
- Railway electrification in Great Britain
- Tramlink
- Trams in London
- Transport for London
- Tube map
WEB SITES
- The campaign to save the London Trams, 1946-1952
- London (on UrbanRail.Net)
- MTR Elizabeth line
- Trams in London
- Transport for London
Also, thanks to Geoffrey Tribe (from Leighton Buzzard, England) for information obtained through personal communication.
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