 Canary Wharf tube station The Jubilee Line Extension is the extension of the London Underground Jubilee Line into southern and eastern London. First proposed in the 1970s, it was constructed in the 1990s and opened just before Christmas 1999. canary wharf tube station photo taken march 2003 copyright Richard Gallagher. ...
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London Transport Portal The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground (the Tube), in England. ...
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Stations on the Jubilee Line Extension The extension begins just south of Green Park, eastward to: Jubilee Line platform, with train arriving, at Green Park underground station Unique tilework at this station represents the many trees in nearby Green Park Green Park tube station is a London Underground station located on the north side of Green Park itself, on Piccadilly close to its intersection with the...
Before the extension was built, the Jubilee Line terminated at Charing Cross. The section of Jubilee Line between Charing Cross and Green Park is now unused for passenger services but is still maintained for emergency use (and at least one misdirected passenger train has ended up there[citation needed]). The abandoned platforms are occasionally rented out by TfL for use as a film set. For other items relating to Westminster, see Westminster (disambiguation) Westminster tube station on the London Underground serves the Circle, District and Jubilee lines. ...
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Bermondsey tube station Bermondsey tube station is a London Underground station at Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark. ...
Canada Water tube station is a London Underground station at Canada Water in Rotherhithe. ...
Canary Wharf tube station is a London Underground station on the Jubilee Line, between Canada Water and North Greenwich. ...
North Greenwich tube station on the Jubilee Line opened in time for the Millennium celebrations at the end of 1999 - it is adjacent to the Millennium Dome at the northern end of an area sometimes referred to as the Greenwich peninsula. ...
Canning Town station is a major inter-modal transport interchange in East London. ...
London Transport Portal The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light rail system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of East London, England. ...
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Charing Cross London Underground station serves both the Northern and Bakerloo lines and provides an interchange with the National Rail network at Charing Cross station. ...
Why the Jubilee Line Extension was built
Original 1970s plans The construction of the Jubilee Line between Baker Street and Charing Cross had always been intended to be the first phase of the Fleet Line (as the Jubilee Line was originally called). In the first version of the Fleet Line Extension plan, the line would run from Charing Cross via Aldwych and Ludgate Circus to Fenchurch Street station, then via the Thames Tunnel to New Cross and Lewisham. This article is about the London Underground station on Baker Street. ...
Charing Cross London Underground station serves both the Northern and Bakerloo lines and provides an interchange with the National Rail network at Charing Cross station. ...
The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground, coloured grey on the Tube map. ...
Aldwych tube station is a disused station formerly on the Piccadilly Line of the London Underground. ...
Ludgate Circus is the intersection of Farringdon Street/New Bridge Street (the A201, leading to Blackfriars Bridge) with Fleet Street/Ludgate Hill, historically the main connexion between the cities of London and Westminster. ...
Main entrance and Fenchurch Place Fenchurch Street is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the City of London close by the Tower of London. ...
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This plan was modified shortly before the Jubilee Line was opened in 1979. Under the new plan (and a new name, the River Line), it would instead run via the Isle of Dogs and Royal Docks to the "new town" at Thamesmead. (This route is not dissimilar to the proposed Crossrail route, which would go through the Docklands in a broadly similar direction.) A short extension was built eastwards from Charing Cross — the Jubilee Line tracks actually extend almost as far as Aldwych, but work soon ground to a halt, and was abandoned. Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
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The Isle of Dogs in 1899, at the height of its commercial success The Isle of Dogs is in the centre of this 2005 aerial view of east London as seen from the skies over south London. ...
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The Millennium Dome and Canary Wharf from the Royal Victoria Dock. ...
Aldwych is a place and road in the City of Westminster in London. ...
Extension Plans to extend the Jubilee Line were revived in the late 1980s, prompted by the creation of the Canary Wharf development, which massively increased the predicted numbers of jobs in the Isle of Dogs and required a transport network with much greater capacity than could be provided by the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). Initially, Olympia and York, the developers of Canary Wharf, proposed building a new line, the Waterloo and Greenwich Railway. This would run from Waterloo through London Bridge to Canary Wharf and then to Westcombe Park in Greenwich, and would cost £400 million. However London Transport resisted this idea, preferring to wait for the results of studies into new railways construction in London. One of these, the East London Railway Study, recommended an extension of the Jubilee Line from Green Park to Westminster, then following the route of the Waterloo and Greenwich Railway, before carrying on to Stratford via Canning Town. It was this option that was ultimately adopted, with an estimated cost of £2.1 billion to which Olympia and York would make a £400 million contribution, a figure based on the original cost estimate of the Waterloo and Greenwich Railway (Mitchell 2003). In the end the scheme cost £3.5bn, partly because of huge cost overruns during its construction. Where initially the developers were to pay for a large part of the scheme, their final contribution was less than 5%. [1] The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...
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Westcombe Park is a largely residential area close to the Blackheath Standard area of Blackheath in the London Borough of Greenwich. ...
The extension was authorised in 1990 and opened in late 1999, just in time for North Greenwich tube station to serve the Millennium Dome. It has proved extremely successful both in terms of relieving congestion on the DLR and in opening up access to parts of east London with formerly poor transport links. However, its considerable costs have delayed alternative Underground expansions, such as the long-proposed schemes of Crossrail and the Chelsea-Hackney Line. Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...
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The Chelsea - Hackney line (sometimes abbreviated to Chelney) was a proposed addition to the London Underground, designed to relieve the District, Central and Victoria lines, and to link two areas with no tube services, Chelsea and Hackney. ...
Design aspects of the extension The physical design of the extension is radically different from anything previously attempted on the London Underground. Stations are characterised by cavernous, stark interiors lined with polished metal panels and moulded concrete walls and columns. Some of the stations are truly enormous — Canary Wharf has been compared to a cathedral, while Westminster has a dramatic vertical void nearly 40 m (130 ft) deep. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 213 KB)Jubilee line platform at Westminster tube station Date: 29th October 2001 20:23 Camera: Olympus C-1 Exposure: 1/6 sec. ...
Download high resolution version (1024x768, 213 KB)Jubilee line platform at Westminster tube station Date: 29th October 2001 20:23 Camera: Olympus C-1 Exposure: 1/6 sec. ...
For other items relating to Westminster, see Westminster (disambiguation) Westminster tube station on the London Underground serves the Circle, District and Jubilee lines. ...
Canary Wharf tube station is a London Underground station on the Jubilee Line, between Canada Water and North Greenwich. ...
For other items relating to Westminster, see Westminster (disambiguation) Westminster tube station on the London Underground serves the Circle, District and Jubilee lines. ...
The size of the stations was a response to safety concerns — overcrowding and a lack of exits had been significant factors in the 1987 King's Cross disaster — as well as an attempt to "future-proof" stations by designing from the start for a high volume of use. One consequence of this is that most of the extension's platforms and halls are full only in a busy rush hour. The Kings Cross fire was a devastating underground fire in London which broke out at approximately 19:30 on November 18, 1987, and which killed 31 people. ...
The phrase Future proofing describes the elusive process of trying to anticipate future developments, so that action can be taken to minimise possible negative consequences, and to seize opportunities. ...
A number of leading architects were employed to design the stations, with the lead being given by Roland Paoletti. It was decided from the outset that although each station would be designed as an individual entity, they would be linked to the others by a common design philosophy and functional elements. Spaciousness was the most noticeable, along with the shared theme of grey and silver polished metal and concrete interiors. More subtly, many of the stations were designed to admit as much natural light as possible. At Bermondsey and to a lesser extent at Canada Water and Southwark, rotundas and shafts allow daylight to reach, or nearly reach, the platforms. Bermondsey tube station Bermondsey tube station is a London Underground station at Bermondsey in the London Borough of Southwark. ...
Canada Water tube station is a London Underground station at Canada Water in Rotherhithe. ...
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The platforms saw another innovation: platform edge doors, to improve the airflow through the system. These have the additional benefit that they stop people falling or jumping onto the track. Platform Screen Doors full-height, Paris - Line 14 - St. ...
Ground settlement
 Red areas denote ground settlement of more than 5 mm. The upper right line corresponds to the Jubilee Line Extension Satellite imagery over a thirteen-year period (1992 – 2005) reveals areas of ground settlement. Many of the areas in which this occurs are near areas affected by the Jubilee Line Extension. The image to the right can be viewed as an overlay within Google Earth by following this link. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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References Mitchell, Bob (2003), Jubilee Line Extension: from concept to completion |
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