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2 unusual facts about Central Line


Central line

The line opened in 1900 and was the last line to be built during the reign of Queen Victoria.

Central Middlesex Hospital

The closest London Underground stations to the hospital are, North Acton and Hanger Lane which are on the Central line, Park Royal which is on the Piccadilly line and Willesden Junction and Harlesden which are both on the London Overground and Bakerloo line.


London Underground 1935 Stock

Following electrification of the Epping-Ongar section of the Central line in 1957, the service was operated by 2-car units of 1935 Stock until replacement by 1962 Stock several years later.

Mutual railway station

Mutual is a particularly busy station because it is the junction at which the Central Line towards Mitchell's Plain and Khayelitsha diverges from the Northern Line main line to Bellville.

North Acton

There is a short and easy journey of just two stops on the Central Line to reach White City and the BBC Television Centre there.

Storlien

The Central Line opened in 1882, and the physician Ernst Westerlund opened a summer practice there in the same year.


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London Underground 1992 Stock

The Central Line is fitted with an automated voice announcer voiced by Emma Clarke (originally Janet Mayo).

Panvel railway station

Panvel Junction is an important railway station on the Harbour Line and CST - Diva - Panvel - Somtane route of the Central Line.

Pinelands railway station

Central Line trains travel from Cape Town through Pinelands and Langa to Mitchell's Plain, Khayelitsha and Bellville.

Savinac

Historically, Savinac represented geographical end of Belgrade, opposite to Kalemegdan, on Belgrade's central line Kalemegdan-Trg Republike-Terazije-Beograđanka-Slavija–Savinac, where central line, tram No 1 used to run, in the first half of the 20th century.

Shepherd's Bush station

Shepherd's Bush tube station, opened 1900, on the Central line of the London Underground

Stratford station

Westbound Central line trains travelling towards London Liverpool Street Station and Central London open their doors on both sides, so that passengers can alight and board trains from either side, reducing dwell times and peak-hour congestion in the passageways.