Hammersmith and City Railway
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| Type | Sub-surface | ||||||||||||||||||||
| System | London Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stations | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ridership | 114.6 million (2011/12) passenger journeys | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Colour on map | Salmon pink | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | tfl.gov.uk | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | Infrastructure opened in stages between 1863 and 1902, shown as a separate line on the tube map from 1990. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Depot(s) | Hammersmith | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rolling stock | (7 carriages per trainset) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 25.5 km (15.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Hammersmith & City line of the London Underground runs between Hammersmith and Barking. Coloured salmon pink on the tube map, it serves 29 stations in 15.8 miles (25.5 km). It runs below ground in the central section between Paddington and Bow Road; between Farringdon and Aldgate East it skirts the City of London, the capital's financial heart. The tunnels are just below the surface and are a similar size to those on British main lines. Most of the track and all stations are shared with the District, Circle or Metropolitan lines, the other parts of London Underground's sub-surface railway, and over 114 million passenger journeys are made each year on this line and the Circle line.
In 1863, the Metropolitan Railway began the world's first underground railway service between Paddington and Farringdon with wooden carriages and steam locomotives. The following year, a railway west from Paddington to Hammersmith was opened and this soon became operated and owned jointly by the Metropolitan and Great Western railways. The line was then extended to the east, in stages, reaching the East London Railway in 1884. The line was electrified in 1906, and, in 1936, after the Metropolitan Railway had been absorbed by London Passenger Transport Board, some Hammersmith & City trains were extended over the former District Railway line to Barking. The Hammersmith & City route was shown on the tube map as part of the Metropolitan line until 1990, since when it has appeared as a separate line.
The track and signalling systems are being upgraded, and the old 6-car trains have been replaced by new 7-car trains in a programme to increase capacity by 65 per cent by 2019.
The line runs parallel to the Great Western Main Line between Paddington and Westbourne Park, and parallel to the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway between West Ham and Barking.
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