Central Line

What can I say about the central Line? It's been in the news recently, with the admission that London Underground were having trouble keeping the motors on the trains! Firstly let me put your mind at rest, the problems with the trains are largley fixed. One of the biggest problems was London Undergrounds failure to inform all staff that the trains have a problem. You have my word that NO member of staff will take risks with your safety. The Central Line provides great value for money, travel off peak ( after 0930 mon to fri, anytime sat,sun and bank holidays) and you can travel from one end to the other for a little over a fiver. WHY? Because you can!!! It ...  Read the complete review

Updated! This line is the quickest way to cross London, the circle line (North and South Side) have far to many too many stations and hence making the dash across town rather painful. All the rolling stock is in good order, complete with Tinted windows - nice touch which is more that can be said about the District Line, and the tubes run every a 3-5 minutes through the common section of track (North Acton -> Leytonstone). If only all lines were like this (especially the Hammersmith and City line which only runs when it feels like it, and even then the trains are always breaking down. The central stations listed here, and what there ...  Read the complete review

One of the busiest transport networks in the entire world is based right here in London. Its common name is "the Underground" a name adopted in the 1930's along with its famous Red circle and Blue stripe through logo. Yet the tube network was started much earlier in the late 1800's. The underground was a complex maze of tunnels constructed deep underground to solve the transport problems that were beginning to affect London. Lack of space was an issue above ground so the answer was found below. One of the lines that runs deep underground is called the Central Line. It is the most heavily used by commuters and tourists alike. It ...  Read the complete review

Ooooh great I thought last week, Dooyoo are inviting us to write opinions on that wonderful London institution, the Tube. My favourite line is the Jubilee Line extension but as I rarely travel on that line nowadays – I’ve gone for the Central line between Lancaster Gate and Bank. I’ll start with a potted history of the Central Line and then some thoughts on the bit of the line I travel on. Please try and find a seat or hover near to one. Now if we are all ready, let the journey begin (sorry if its too corny – I was watching Toy Story 2 last night and I was thinking of Tour Guide Barbie!) History ******** Unlike ...  Read the complete review

The last time I travelled on the Central Line was about 3/4 months ago. During this time I had to visit London on several occasions for various meetings and training sessions. On this particular occasion we had decided to drive, as the trains from Norwich to Liverpool Street were arriving about an hour late (and thats another story!!). Parking the car at Gants Hill we took the tube into central London. Taking into consideration that from Gants Hill to cental London is a fairly longish tube journey - well long enough for me anyway! There were problems on the line on the journey into London with overhead power but once the train ...  Read the complete review