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Key facts
- Termini
- Walthamstow Central Brixton
- Colour on map
- Light blue
- Website
- tfl .gov .uk /tube /route /victoria
- Type
- Rapid transit
- System
- London Underground
- Operator s
- London Underground Limited
- Depot s
- Northumberland Park
- Rolling stock
- 2009 Stock
- Ridership
- 302.009 million (2019) passenger journeys
- Opened
- 1 September 1968 ; 57 years ago ( 1968-09-01 )
- Line length
- 21 km (13 mi)
- Character
- Deep-level
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge
- Electrification
- Fourth rail , 630 V DC
- Operating speed
- 80 km/h (50 mph)
- Signalling
- CBTC (Distance to Go Radio)
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Described at
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- London Victoria station
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- London
- Operator
- TfL
- Official website
- tfl.gov.uk/tube/route/victoria
- Length
- 21
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- topic's main category
- Category:Victoria line
- Commons category
- Victoria line
- track gauge
- standard-gauge railway
- date of official opening
- 1968-09-01
- sRGB color hex triplet
- 0098D8
- route diagram template
- Template:Victoria Line RDT
- vehicle normally used
- London Underground 1967 Stock
- social media followers
- 106200
- terminus
- Brixton tube station
- route number
- Victoria
- transport network
- London Underground
- topic has template
- Template:Victoria line navbox
- described at URL
- www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwRRSJ_wtIg
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Encyclopedic overview
The Victoria line is a London Underground line running between Brixton in South London, and Walthamstow Central in the east, via the West End. It is printed in light blue on the Tube map and is one of the only two lines on the network to run completely underground, the other being the Waterloo & City line.
The line was constructed in the 1960s and was the first entirely new Underground line in London for 50 years. It was designed to reduce congestion on other lines, particularly the Piccadilly line and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line. The first section, from Walthamstow Central to Highbury & Islington, opened in September 1968 and an extension to Warren Street followed in December. The line was completed to Victoria station in March 1969 and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II who rode a train from Green Park to Victoria. The southern extension to Brixton opened in 1971, and Pimlico (the only station in the line without an interchange) was added in 1972.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Victoria line” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
17 mapped locations