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Green
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White
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1868
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Sub-Surface
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C , D stocks
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60
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64
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40
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172,879,000
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Upminster<br />Ealing Common(D Stock only) Hammersmith (C Stock only)
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The is a line of the
London Underground , coloured green on the
Tube Map . It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow
Cut-and-cover Tunnels . It is the busiest of the sub-surface lines and the fourth busiest overall on the Underground network.
The District line has a long history. It was built by the
Metropolitan District Railway and opened in stages from
1868 . The MDR was later bought by
Charles Yerkes , forming part of the "Underground" group until it was
Nationalised in the
1930s .
It had branches to
Uxbridge and
Hounslow West , but both are now operated by the
Piccadilly Line . Eastbound services ran as far as the seaside town of
Southend in
Essex from
1 June 1910 and to
Shoeburyness from
1911 , until
30 September 1939 . Between
1 March 1883 and
30 September 1885 the line also served stations from
Ealing Broadway to
Windsor , running on the Great Western Mainline.
Most of the District line's services use sub-surface
D Stock , although the
Wimbledon to
Edgware Road branch is served by the
C Stock , due to shorter platform lengths between High Street Kensington and Edgware Road. The D stock is currently undergoing mid-life refurbishment(MLR), during which it will receive the standard Underground livery of red, white and blue to replace the current unpainted aluminium finish which is prone to damage by graffiti vandals. The stock will also receive a complete interior refurbishment and be fitted with CCTV and passenger information displays.
platforms at Paddington station on the Edgware Road branch]]
''In order from west to east''
''The Richmond and Ealing branches join just west of Turnham Green.''
- Kensington (Olympia)
''The Kensington (Olympia) branch joins the main line west of Earl's Court, and trains from it normally run to High Street Kensington.''
''The Wimbledon branch joins the main line west of Earl's Court.''
''The Edgware Road branch diverges from the main line east of Earl's Court.''
The following off-peak service pattern currently runs on the District line
- 6 tph Ealing Broadway - Tower Hill
- 6 tph Richmond - Upminster
- 6 tph Wimbledon - Upminster
- 6 tph Wimbledon - Edgware Road
- 4 tph Kensington (Olympia) - High Street Kensington
(tph=trains per hour)
C2c also serves
Upminster ,
Barking ,
West Ham and
Fenchurch Street (for Tower Hill). Tickets are interavailable between the two operators with
Oyster Cards (including pay as you go) accepted on this part of c2c's route.
South West Trains services occasionally operate on the Wimbledon Branch between
East Putney and
Wimbledon , often due to engineering works or problems on the mainline, although trains do not stop at any of the intermediate stations.
The fictional
Walford East Tube Station in the BBC television series ''
Eastenders '' is on the District Line, taking the place of
Bromley-by-Bow .
