"Stuart" wrote in message
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Martin Underwood wrote:

The Victoria Line was built as recently as 1968-71 and the Jubilee Line
is newer still: the Baker Street to Charing Cross section was 1979 and
the "Jubilee Line Extension" from Green Park to Stratford was completed
as recently as 1999 in preparation for passengers to get to the
Millennium Dome.


Although of course the Jubilee Line extension was decided upon before the
site of the offical Millennium celebrations.

I probably put the cart before the horse there. The fact that the JLE was
going through that peninsular on the south bank of the Thames probably
influenced the choice of the site of the Millennium Dome.