England. London Underground

It is well known that it was the first subway in London. This happened until 150 years ago when there was a clever British brilliant idea — push trains underground, solving the transport problem of the capital and preserving historical monuments. Today London Underground — it’s 270 stations on 13 lines with total length of 408 km. Daily passenger traffic — 4 million people (with 8 million inhabitants). It turns out that every other daily uses Londoner subway. The fact that congestion in the city center, personal transport, will have to pay 10 pounds, and then — 2-6 pounds per hour parking. So it turns out that to get to work by car may either very wealthy or very wasteful citizens. At the same time, while you are squeamish inspect subway passengers on the other end of the car you can also explore a millionaire.

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Even with this significant flow of passengers in rush hour at stations not too crowded:

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Just do not say that the London Underground is the third busiest in Europe, after Moscow and Paris.

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Londoners are very proud of their oldest subway. But this is a case where both a benefit and a major problem. London Underground is in a state of permanent repairs. For repairs may close some stations, and on weekends even line. We do apparently ultra-sheer savagery. All outgoing. CLOSE. METRO. For repair.

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Well, that the British like true gentlemen, advance warning of the sale on the official website of the subway. You still can learn about the delays in the movement of each line, get directions or pay the fare. All the latest news can be found underground on Twitter — https://twitter.com/TfL.

In all branches of its colors opposite each may be one of the following messages:

= Good Service (everything works as expected)

= Minor Delays (slight delay line)

= Severe Delays (serious delays)

= Part Closures (the line closed)

= Suspended (line broken)

= Bus Service (special buses ply the route closed subway stations)

= Planned Closure (scheduled closing)

= Reduced Service (increased intervals between trains)

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3 days our train stopped in the tunnel twice about 20-30 minutes. For Londoners it’s not surprising they advance stocking newspapers and magazines.

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Someone uses the unplanned stop to repeat synopsis:

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If the reading is boring, you can listen stendap driver, it periodically causes the stop and repair the latest news from the fields. All this happens in a cute and nenabrydlyviy form.

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Because the subway was built long enough to run different lines of different types of trains. They can vary in width, length and number of wagons.

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Minimum number of cars — 4, maximum — 8.

Round transitions between stations gave name to the whole of London underground — local call him Tube (Pipe).

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However, there are also rectangular transitions. Presumably, they were to do later, or subway would be called Reiki.

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At the end of each conversion put a mirror to pedestrians could see when the train arrives and depending on it to adjust the speed bulkhead feet:

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By 1987, the metro could smoke, but because of a careless passenger happiness over. In a fire killed 31 people and tightened rules.

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The bulk of the stations (55%) are on the surface:

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As for tickets, they can be purchased at any station or in special machines. The fare depends on the end point of the route, more precisely in the area where it is located. Total of zones — six. The first zone — the center of the city. A further principle as a board for darts. In turn, the zone is divided into subzones: A, B, C, D. Inside the first zone less than 1.5 pounds drive fails. To save a little, you can buy a smart card Oyster. If you plan to frequently use the subway, it is better to buy a travel Travelcard. Plans varied from one day to a year. But it is not simple. You have to select what time the ticket run in normal or peak hours. Cheat the system will be difficult, ticket portlets need to double turnstile at the entrance and exit of the subway. There is a risk to stumble on patrol chief controllers, God forbid getting caught with their hands, do not spare anyone.

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Metro starts work at 5:30 and closes at 0:30. Do not forget to follow so that you need not station was closed for repairs. But if it happened, do not despair, help will come red double-decker buses.

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Buses in London are very respected, they separate strip, so you do not get old jam. And, mostly, they go almost every city, and the usual stop at home can be a portal to almost any part of the city.

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If you climb to the second floor, it automatically becomes a tourist bus.

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If you do not want to go by bus, there is another option — the famous London cabs.

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Sit down safely, do not worry that naive tourist cheated with the price. This does not mean that it would be small, on the contrary, but honest — will. The taxi driver in London — highly respected profession. Drivers kebiv receive specific training exam on knowledge of the city and are fully capable to replace a guide for curious tourists.

Although still need to be careful. For nimble private traders can happen or even a series chuven Fake Taxi. They are very similar to licensed carriers, but without the logo of the company on the carrier board.

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