Hammersmith & City line facts for kids

Hammersmith & City line

A Hammersmith & City line train at West Ham, going towards Hammersmith
Overview
Stations	29
Colour on map	Pink
Website	tfl.gov.uk
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	London Underground
Depot(s)	Hammersmith
Rolling stock	S7 Stock (7 carriages per trainset)
Ridership	114.6 million (2011/12) passenger journeys
History
Opened	Infrastructure opened in stages between 1863 and 1902, shown as a separate line on the tube map from 1990.
Technical
Line length	25.5 km (15.8 mi)
Character	Sub-surface
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge

The Hammersmith & City line is a line of the London Underground, colored salmon pink on the London Underground Map, running between Hammersmith in West London and Barking in East London.

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