Hammersmith & City Line
The Hammersmith & City line is part of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the Tube map. It connects Hammersmith in the west with Barking in the east, running through the northern part of central London. It was formerly part of the Metropolitan line and incorporates the oldest underground railway in the world, the section between Paddington and Farringdon, opened on 10 January 1863. The original Hammersmith & City line opened on 13 June 1864, although Hammersmith station itself moved to a different location in 1868.
Since December 2009 the route between Hammersmith and Edgware Road has been served also by Circle line trains, meaning the Hammersmith & City line no longer has any stations unique to it.
The Hammersmith & City line currently ranks 7th of 10 in terms of passenger numbers. Out of the 29 stations served, 10 have separate Hammersmith & City line platforms that are wholly or almost wholly below ground, all in cut-and-cover, while those at Paddington, Edgware Road, Farringdon, Barbican and Whitechapel are in cuttings, or under train-sheds but below street level. Between Hammersmith and a point between Ladbroke Grove and Westbourne Park stations, the line is an elevated railway built on brick viaducts.
Read more about Hammersmith & City Line: Map, Stations, Changes in December 2009, Maps
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