please empty your brain below
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ONE GUESS ONLY
(and then sssssh, thanks)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 16.11.19 - 8:00 a.m. | #
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2: Underground lines in order of track length.
Michael | 16.11.19 - 8:05 a.m. | #
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1. Alphabetical
Ian | 16.11.19 - 8:12 a.m. | #
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6 - Oldest-> Newest stock
Geheee | 16.11.19 - 8:25 a.m. | #
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3 - number of stations
MS | 16.11.19 - 8:50 a.m. | #
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4 - age of lines.
LS | 16.11.19 - 8:57 a.m. | #
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All correct so far
diamond geezer | Homepage | 16.11.19 - 9:00 a.m. | #
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8. Lengths of trains.
timbo | 16.11.19 - 9:16 a.m. | #
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5 length in tunnel??
dg writes: Incorrect.
Lorenzo | 16.11.19 - 9:26 a.m. | #
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7. Listed by order of northernmost points of the lines, with the one that goes furthest north first.
Dominic H | 16.11.19 - 9:26 a.m. | #
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5. Depth of the line?
dg writes: Incorrect.
AliE17 | 16.11.19 - 9:41 a.m. | #
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10. Number of zones travelled through.
ap | 16.11.19 - 10:21 a.m. | #
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5. Annual passengers.
Flare | 16.11.19 - 10:29 a.m. | #
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9. Number of letters in the name of line
Patrickov | 16.11.19 - 12:59 p.m. | #
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That's the lot!
1. Alphabetical order
2. Length of line
3. Number of stations
4. Age of line
5. Number of passengers
6. Age of rolling stock
7. How far north the line goes
8. Length of rolling stock
9. Number of letters in name
10. Number of zones covered
diamond geezer | Homepage | 16.11.19 - 1:12 p.m. | #
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interesting QUIZ - Thanks
4. How are you defining age here? Physical age? Date of joining the UERL/"Combine"/LUL? Date of appearance as a separate line on the Tube Map?
timbo | 16.11.19 - 4:22 p.m. | #
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I did 'age' with reference to the first appearance of the name (e.g. District 1868, Bakerloo 1906, Northern 1937, Circle 1949, Hammersmith & City 1990).
I could have defined it in a number of other ways.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 16.11.19 - 4:51 p.m. | #
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Numbers 2, 7, 9 are the ones I couldn't think of an answer.
PVR | 16.11.19 - 5:58 p.m. | #
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So what was the Waterloo & City Line called between 1898 and 1990?
timbo | 16.11.19 - 7:17 p.m. | #
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I think it was called the Waterloo & City line :-) More relevant is when it joined the Tube family.
DavidC | 16.11.19 - 7:54 p.m. | #
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The Metropolitan Railway was independent of the Tube "family" until 1933.
timbo | 16.11.19 - 8:19 p.m. | #
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What a superb idea and what a superb range of topics
DavidC | 16.11.19 - 8:19 p.m. | #
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I think it's reasonable to class any of the LPTB constituents by their individual original dates, and also to use a two word phrase like "Tube family" without the caveats and footnotes that many of us could easily clog up the internet with.
DavidC | 16.11.19 - 8:29 p.m. | #
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I found 9 the hardest, simply on the grounds of "what the hell does the Circle Line have lots of but the Hammersmith & City Line have few of". It was only when I wrote that to someone that I saw the connection.
TheNewNo2 | 16.11.19 - 11:35 p.m. | #
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In the course of trying to find out this I ended up finding out which lines were furthest west, which had most step-free stations, most stations outside Zone 1, most crossings of the Thames, first station alphabetically, most riverboat interchanges, most termini, most unshared stations...
TheNewNo2 | 16.11.19 - 11:37 p.m. | #
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I did think of including 'crossings of the Thames' and 'termini', but the numbers were too low to differentiate between the lines.
I was intending to include 'step-free stations', but it turned out there were too many ties and I couldn't construct the table properly.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 16.11.19 - 11:44 p.m. | #
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I was also a bit astonished that #9 was the last one left unanswered when I saw it, and I was extremely lucky to have suddenly got the idea by comparing Central with Jubilee, and then when comparing them with Circle everything became clear.
I felt very honoured to be able to close the lot.
Patrickov | 17.11.19 - 1:38 a.m. | #
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I'll put these up in the office and see if anyone else can work them out. I mean, we are LU, so you'd hope...
TheNewNo2 | 17.11.19 - 10:33 a.m. | #
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Yeah, I'm annoyed because I was looking for "age" and thought it mustn't be there because there are only two that don't have the W&C at the end and both of them have it in the wrong place! I definitely would have put the W&C from when it first opened (as the Waterloo and City Railway after all) rather than joining the tube, but it's your quiz after all!
Muzer | 18.11.19 - 11:29 a.m. | #
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