Victoria Line

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Victoria Line

Colour on map

Light Blue

Year opened

1968

Line type

Deep Tube

Rolling stock

1967 Tube Stock

Stations served

Length (km)

Length (miles)

13.25

Depots

Northumberland Park

Journeys made

161,319,000 (per annum)

Rail lines of
Transport for London

London Underground lines
	Bakerloo
	Central
	Circle
	District
	East London
	Hammersmith & City
	Jubilee
	Metropolitan
	Northern
	Piccadilly
	Victoria
	Waterloo & City
Other lines
	Docklands Light Railway
	Tramlink
	Overground (starts November 2007)

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The Victoria Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured light blue on the Tube map. It is a deep-level line running from the south to the north-east of London. It was built in the 1960s and 1970s to relieve congestion on other lines, in particular the Piccadilly Line. It was designed to maximise possible interchanges, yet keep sufficient distance between stations for trains to build up speed. It is because of this that the Victoria line has just one station that is not a tube or rail interchange: Pimlico.

Many stations on the route were rearranged to allow for cross-platform interchanges. In some cases this was achieved by placing the Victoria Line platforms on either side of the existing station, while in others the Victoria Line uses one of the old platforms and the older line was diverted into a new platform. At Euston, while northbound Victoria and Northern Line (Bank branch) trains run along adjacent platforms, they go in opposite directions along them. Other cross-platform interchanges are at Stockwell (with the Northern Line), Oxford Circus (with the Bakerloo Line), Highbury & Islington (with First Capital Connect, then known as the Northern City Line) and Finsbury Park (with the Piccadilly Line). There is a connection from Seven Sisters to the line's depot at Northumberland Park.

Trains run every 2-2.5mins during the peak periods. In normal service, all trains run from Brixton to Seven Sisters, with approximately 2 out of 3 trains running to Walthamstow Central.

1 Trains
2 Map
3 Stations
4 Opening
5 Depot
6 External links

[edit] Trains

The Victoria Line is served by a fleet of 43 1967 Tube Stock trains. Each train is made up of two four-car units. The line is equipped with an automatic train operation system (ATO); the train operator (driver) closes the train doors and presses a pair of "start" buttons, and if the way ahead is clear, the ATO will drive the train at a safe speed to the next station and stop there. This system has been in place since the line opened in 1968. The Victoria Line was the world's first automatic railway.

The 1967 stock is due for replacement over the next decade as part of Transport for London's 5-year £10 billion redevelopment project. The replacement for the line's 1967 Tube Stock will be the 2009 Tube Stock built by Bombardier Transportation. The first prototypes will be built in 2006 and be tested in service from 2008, with the main fleet entering service between 2009 and 2012. The signalling will also be replaced with a more modern ATO system from Westinghouse Rail Systems during the Victoria Line upgrade.

[edit] Map

Inside a Victoria Line carriage

[edit] Stations

Walthamstow Central, opened September 1, 1968.
Blackhorse Road, opened September 1, 1968.
Tottenham Hale opened September 1, 1968.
Seven Sisters, opened September 1, 1968.
Finsbury Park, opened September 1, 1968.
Highbury & Islington, opened September 1, 1968.
King's Cross St. Pancras, opened December 1, 1968.
Euston, opened December 1, 1968.
Warren Street, opened December 1, 1968.
Oxford Circus, opened March 7, 1969.
Green Park, opened March 7, 1969.
Victoria, opened March 7, 1969 (railway station)
Pimlico, opened September 14, 1972.
Vauxhall, opened July 23, 1971.
Stockwell, opened July 23, 1971.
Brixton opened July 23, 1971.

[edit] Opening

A ticket used on the first train on the Victoria Line, which ran from Walthamstow Central to Highbury & Islington on September 1, 1968

The first section to be opened was between Walthamstow Central and Highbury & Islington stations. There was no opening ceremony, instead the normal timetable started on Sunday September 1, 1968. The first train left Walthamstow Central for Highbury & Islington at about 6.30am.

The official opening ceremony took place at Victoria station when the line was opened through to Brixton station in 1971.