Friday 24 February 2012

Tunnels under the Thames Waterloo and City 1898

London has twenty tunnels under the River Thames making it one of the most tunnelled cities in the world.  Lets take a look at how they developed over the years. No 5 Waterloo and City built in 1898



The Waterloo & City line is a short underground railway line in London, opened on 11 July 1898. It has only two stations, Waterloo and Bank (formerly called "City", as it is within the City of London). The line passes under the River Thames.
It exists almost exclusively to serve commuters between Waterloo mainline station and the City of London, and does not operate late in the evening or on Sundays (the only time the line has operated on Sundays was between 1943 and 1947)  By far the shortest line on the London Underground, at 2.37 km (1.47 miles) it takes only four minutes to travel from end to end. It was the second electric tube railway to open in London, after the City and South London Railway (now part of the Northern line). Despite its age, it was only recently added to the London Underground network, being transferred from British Rail ownership in 1994.