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District line
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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) passenger journeys
History
Opened 24 December 1868
Technical
Line length 64 km (40 mi)
Character Sub-surface
Track gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)

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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