London Underground Tube

Discussions center on the London Underground (Tube), including train speeds, distances, frequencies, new lines like Elizabeth Line and Crossrail, commuter experiences, infrastructure challenges, and comparisons to other transit systems.

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icebraining Apr 3, 2019 View on HN

London subway trains teleport themselves?

cbzoiav Jun 6, 2019 View on HN

The number of tourists in London getting the underground distances that are less than the distance down to the train and back up...

tathougies Aug 1, 2019 View on HN

Nonsense. People in london regularly commute to the city via train from similar distances.

blibble Sep 17, 2019 View on HN

the expensive bit is the tunnel and stations under central london where there aren't any houses

petercooper Jul 5, 2023 View on HN

You're not wrong, however we now finally have the Elizabeth Line which gets rid of that entire headache and you get air conditioning too! :)

sp332 Jul 10, 2019 View on HN

The comment mentions London. Not impossible by train, only unlikely :)

smikolay Sep 30, 2012 View on HN

Found this an interesting point on speed from london's underground www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/07/london-underground-nfcs-just-too-slow/

TheArcane Nov 27, 2023 View on HN

Looks like there are more non-metro trains currently running in London, than in all of Canada & US

ivenkys May 11, 2010 View on HN

Did you try this on the London Tube,ideally at rush hour :-)

pasc1878 Nov 3, 2025 View on HN

Look at South London - train to suburbs is normal