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Waterloo & City line facts for kids

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Waterloo & City
Waterloo & City line flag box.png
Waterloo & City line 1992 stock train at Bank tube station awaiting departure towards Waterloo.
A 1992 stock Waterloo & City line train at Bank
Overview
Stations 2
Colour on map Corporate turquoise
Website tfl.gov.uk
Service
Type Rapid transit
System London Underground
Depot(s) Waterloo
Rolling stock 1992 Stock
Ridership 15.892 million (2011/12) passenger journeys
History
Opened 8 August 1898 (line opened)
1 April 1994 (transferred to London Underground)
Technical
Line length 2.37 km (1.47 mi)
Character Deep Tube
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The Waterloo & City line, also nicknamed The Drain, is a short underground railway line in London. It was opened on 11 July 1898. It has two stations, Waterloo and Bank.

Images for kids

  • W&C map

    Map of the Waterloo & City Railway as originally planned

  • W&C muck away

    Removal of spoil in tunnelling the Waterloo & City Railway

  • W&C Shield work

    The Greathead tunnelling shield in use on the Waterloo & City Railway

  • W&C air lock

    The air lock used during compressed air working

  • Office blocks at Waterloo station 1979 - geograph.org.uk - 814667

    View of the Windsor side of Waterloo in 1979, with a Class 487 car in the background waiting to be returned to the Waterloo & City line after maintenance

  • Waterloo Depot Armstrong lift (1988)

    The Armstrong lift in 1988.

  • Starting from Waterloo

    Artist's impression of Waterloo station at opening to the public

  • Waterloo and City crane 2006 closeup

    A carriage being lifted out of Waterloo depot

  • Class 487 at London Transport Museum Depot

    Preserved 1940 stock at the London Transport Museum Depot

  • City of London, Bank Station - Waterloo and City Line travolator - geograph.org.uk - 823250

    Waterloo and City moving walkway at Bank Station.