District line

District line
A District line train at Earl's Court with a service to Wimbledon
Overview
Stations	60
Colour on map	Green
Website	tfl.gov.uk
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	London Underground
Depot(s)	Upminster, Ealing Common, Hammersmith
Rolling stock	S7 Stock
Ridership	208 million (2011/12)[1][2] passenger journeys
History
Opened	24 December 1868
Technical
Line length	64 km (40 mi)
Character	Sub-surface
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
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The District line is a railway line in the London Underground. It stretches from the London Borough of Havering in East London to Ealing and Richmond in West London.

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Legend
Ealing Broadway Piccadilly line to Uxbridge Ealing Common Richmond Ealing Common depot Kew Gardens Piccadilly line to Heathrow Terminal 5 Kew Railway Bridge over River Thames Gunnersbury Acton Town North London line to Stratford Chiswick Park Wimbledon Turnham Green Wimbledon Park Stamford Brook Southfields Ravenscourt Park East Putney Fulham Railway Bridge over River Thames Hammersmith Putney Bridge Barons Court Parsons Green West Kensington Fulham Broadway Piccadilly line to Cockfosters West Brompton Kensington (Olympia) Earl's Court Gloucester Road High Street Kensington South Kensington Notting Hill Gate Sloane Square Bayswater Victoria Circle and H&C lines to Hammersmith St. James's Park Paddington Westminster Edgware Road Embankment Circle and H&C lines via Liverpool Street Temple Blackfriars Mansion House Cannon Street Monument Tower Hill Circle line to Hammersmith Hammersmith & City line to Hammersmith Aldgate East Whitechapel Stepney Green Mile End LTS Railway to Fenchurch Street Bow Road Bromley-by-Bow Bow Creek (River Lea) West Ham Plaistow Upton Park East Ham River Roding Barking Upney Becontree Dagenham Heathway Dagenham East Elm Park Hornchurch Upminster Bridge Upminster LTS Railway to Shoeburyness Upminster depot
Detailed diagram

References

1. ↑ "Performance: LU Performance Data Almanac". Transport for London. 2011–2012. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
2. ↑ "Which London Underground line is the busiest?". CityMetric. 11 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2018-12-03.

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• District line facts Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine

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