{"id":3644,"date":"2011-03-07T11:52:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T11:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2011-03-07T11:53:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T11:53:10","slug":"victoria-line-turns-42-today-happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/victoria-line-turns-42-today-happy-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Line turns 42 today. Happy Birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Victoria<\/p>\n

Huzzah! It’s the Victoria Line’s birthday today, which was opened by the Queen on the 7th March 1969.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

The line runs from Walthamstow Central\u00a0to Brixton – a total of 21km (13.3 miles) – and serves 16 stations, with the Brixton end being laid out as a two-track terminus with a scissors crossover north of the station.<\/p>\n

Because stations are further apart than many underground lines, Victoria line trains can reach giddy speeds of up to 50mph, so that on a good day it can take just 32 minutes to traverse the entire line.<\/p>\n

\"Victoria
\n(Sept 2000 view of Brixton station before its lengthy – and I mean lengthy<\/strong> – refurbishment)<\/em><\/p>\n

The first deep-level Underground line to be built across central London since the ‘tube boom’ of 1905-1907, the Victoria line opened in stages between 1968 and 1971.<\/p>\n

Brixton station is younger than the northern stations, with the southern extension not being\u00a0opened\u00a0by the ever-obliging Queen until July 23, 1971.<\/p>\n

Tantalisingly, the line continues for a short distance south of the station platforms where many have dreamt of an extension to Herne Hill or – rather improbably – Streatham, but for now the two tracks are used as sidings for stabling trains overnight.<\/p>\n

Read a ton of facts about Brixton station here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[Tube facts<\/a>] – [Brixton stats<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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