The Central Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured red on the
tube map. It is the second busiest line on the Underground after the
Northern with 183,512,000 passengers per annum. It is a deep-level "tube"
line, running east-west across London, and has the greatest total length of
track on the Underground (but is not the longest continuous line)

Just read the above on Wikipedia....what is the longest continuous line it
is referring to?

Thanks.

On Jun 19, 5:25 pm, wrote:
The Central Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured red on the
tube map. It is the second busiest line on the Underground after the
Northern with 183,512,000 passengers per annum. It is a deep-level "tube"
line, running east-west across London, and has the greatest total length of
track on the Underground (but is not the longest continuous line)

Just read the above on Wikipedia....what is the longest continuous line it
is referring to?

Thanks.



It's a strange imprecise term to use. In fact, the whole thing is
really, because "lines" are not really all that separate.

It also seems to be the wrong way round. The Central Line is longest
end to end (Epping to West Ruislip), but I would have thought other
lines had more track mileage.

"MIG" wrote in message
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On Jun 19, 5:25 pm, wrote:
The Central Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured red on
the
tube map. It is the second busiest line on the Underground after the
Northern with 183,512,000 passengers per annum. It is a deep-level "tube"
line, running east-west across London, and has the greatest total length
of
track on the Underground (but is not the longest continuous line)

Just read the above on Wikipedia....what is the longest continuous line
it
is referring to?

Thanks.



It's a strange imprecise term to use. In fact, the whole thing is
really, because "lines" are not really all that separate.

It also seems to be the wrong way round. The Central Line is longest
end to end (Epping to West Ruislip), but I would have thought other
lines had more track mileage.


It seems to imply there is another line

"(but is not the longest continuous line)"

On Jun 19, 7:15 pm, wrote:
It seems to imply there is another line

"(but is not the longest continuous line)"

It was added by an anonymous user last August, so it's probably
********. West Ruislip-Epping is definitely the longest end-to-end
journey, because no other line goes so far out at both ends. Add on
the Hainault Loop (2/3rds the length of the entire Victoria Line), and
nothing can touch it route mileage wise either.

So it's the longest by any metric.

U

"Mr Thant" wrote in message
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On Jun 19, 7:15 pm, wrote:
It seems to imply there is another line

"(but is not the longest continuous line)"

It was added by an anonymous user last August, so it's probably
********. West Ruislip-Epping is definitely the longest end-to-end
journey, because no other line goes so far out at both ends. Add on
the Hainault Loop (2/3rds the length of the entire Victoria Line), and
nothing can touch it route mileage wise either.

So it's the longest by any metric.

Perhaps they are thinking that the circle is longer.

tim

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:15:57 GMT, wrote:


"MIG" wrote in message
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On Jun 19, 5:25 pm, wrote:
The Central Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured red on
the
tube map. It is the second busiest line on the Underground after the
Northern with 183,512,000 passengers per annum. It is a deep-level "tube"
line, running east-west across London, and has the greatest total length
of
track on the Underground (but is not the longest continuous line)

Just read the above on Wikipedia....what is the longest continuous line
it
is referring to?

It's a strange imprecise term to use. In fact, the whole thing is
really, because "lines" are not really all that separate.

It also seems to be the wrong way round. The Central Line is longest
end to end (Epping to West Ruislip), but I would have thought other
lines had more track mileage.


It seems to imply there is another line

"(but is not the longest continuous line)"

The only other concept of "continuous" anything on the Underground that
I am aware of is the longest continuous section of travel in tunnel.
That is on the Northern Line from the portal at East Finchley via the
Bank Branch to the southern portal just at Morden station. I can't
think of any other relevant comparison but if people will use imprecise
terminology for something as complex as the LU network!
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

On Jun 19, 7:45 pm, "tim....." wrote:
"Mr Thant" wrote in message

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On Jun 19, 7:15 pm, wrote:
It seems to imply there is another line

"(but is not the longest continuous line)"

It was added by an anonymous user last August, so it's probably
********. West Ruislip-Epping is definitely the longest end-to-end
journey, because no other line goes so far out at both ends. Add on
the Hainault Loop (2/3rds the length of the entire Victoria Line), and
nothing can touch it route mileage wise either.

So it's the longest by any metric.

Perhaps they are thinking that the circle is longer.



Only in the sense that it's infinite ... but otherwise very short.

Aha, I've found a reference (dated 1987)

Circle, Hammersmith and Metropolitan 51 (of which the Circle is
13)

East London 4

District 40

Northern 36

Central 52

Bakerloo 14

Piccadilly 43.5

Victoria 14

Jubilee (only to Charing Cross in those days) 14

"MIG" wrote in message
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On Jun 19, 7:45 pm, "tim....." wrote:
"Mr Thant" wrote in message

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On Jun 19, 7:15 pm, wrote:
It seems to imply there is another line

"(but is not the longest continuous line)"

It was added by an anonymous user last August, so it's probably
********. West Ruislip-Epping is definitely the longest end-to-end
journey, because no other line goes so far out at both ends. Add on
the Hainault Loop (2/3rds the length of the entire Victoria Line), and
nothing can touch it route mileage wise either.

So it's the longest by any metric.

Perhaps they are thinking that the circle is longer.



Only in the sense that it's infinite ...

of course.

tim

On 19 Jun, 17:25, wrote:

It is the second busiest line on the Underground after the
Northern with 183,512,000 passengers per annum.

Also, it would be better to say "with 183,512,000 passenger journeys
per annum". The wording used seems to imply that the number of people
who use the line at least once in a year is approximately three times
the entire population of the UK!

Steve Adams

"Paul Corfield" wrote
wrote:
"MIG" wrote
wrote:
The Central Line is a line of the London Underground and
coloured red on
the
tube map. It is the second busiest line on the Underground after
the
Northern with 183,512,000 passengers per annum. It is a
deep-level "tube"
line, running east-west across London, and has the greatest
total length
of
track on the Underground (but is not the longest continuous
line)

Just read the above on Wikipedia....what is the longest
continuous line
it
is referring to?

It's a strange imprecise term to use. In fact, the whole thing
is
really, because "lines" are not really all that separate.

It also seems to be the wrong way round. The Central Line is
longest
end to end (Epping to West Ruislip), but I would have thought
other
lines had more track mileage.


It seems to imply there is another line

"(but is not the longest continuous line)"

The only other concept of "continuous" anything on the Underground
that
I am aware of is the longest continuous section of travel in
tunnel.
That is on the Northern Line from the portal at East Finchley via
the
Bank Branch to the southern portal just at Morden station. I can't
think of any other relevant comparison but if people will use
imprecise
terminology for something as complex as the LU network!

Cockfosters to Cockfosters via Heathrow?