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Waterloo & City line facts for kids

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Waterloo & City
Waterloo & City line flag box.png
Colour on map Turquoise
Year opened 1898
Line type Deep Level
Rolling stock 1992 tube stock
Stations served 2
Length 2.37 km (1.47 mi).
Depots Waterloo
Journeys made 15.892 million (2011/12)

The Waterloo & City line 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

  • Starting from Waterloo

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

  • 487-DM-NRM-York

    Preserved 1940 stock at the National Railway Museum

  • Waterloo and City crane 2006 closeup

    A carriage being lifted out of Waterloo depot

  • Waterloo and City Line 1992 Stock

    Waterloo and City Line 1992 Stock

  • Waterloo tube station Waterloo & City line Bank train

    Refurbished 1992 stock train at Waterloo station

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

    Waterloo and City Trav-o-Lator at Bank Station.