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Look around London: The London Underground
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3 months ago
A history guide to the tube.
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Hello and welcome to another edition of Look Around London. The London Underground, often
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called the Tube, is the world's oldest Underground Railway system. It first opened in 1863 with
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the Metropolitan Railway running between Paddington and Farringdon. Early trains were steam powered,
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making the tunnels smoky and hot, but by the early 1900s, electric trains transformed the
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system into a cleaner and faster network. Over the decades, the Underground expanded steadily,
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linking suburbs and central London, helping shape the city's growth. Famous for its iconic
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Roundall logo and Tube map designed by Harry Beck in 1931, it became a symbol of London itself.
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Today, the network serves millions daily, with 11 lines and over 270 stations.
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And finally, the Market marine system has been automated.
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And that has become clear of the current system in the building.
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And it becomes good to see the new Podcast.
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The true variable is a technology technology.
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The hypothetical is, there is no longer a facility, not the current system.
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But it's a very important thing to know, if this relates to the current system.
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It's a users' source of information, but the current system is primarily around the world's
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data that the current system. The current system is that the current system is
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really much more accurate. So the current system is connected in the building.
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Yes, when it is on the次aseline, but it also increases the current system.
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So the part of the revolution, the current system has been applied locally.
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So the future and之後, it's great for the world, like,
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