City Line

City Line

The City Line is a deep-level tube line going from Amersham in the south to North End in the north. It runs right through the city and stops at various key stations such as Holborn, City Park, Tottenham Court Road and Mikaela Gatan.

Line stretching:

Amersham

Ruislip

Oakwood

Northfields

Chalk Farm

Holborn

Russell Square

Covent Garden

City Park

Tottenham Court Road

Mikaela Gatan

Stadium

Arsenal

North End

History
The City Line was first opened by the Greater City, Holborn and Chalk Farm Railway (GCH&CF) in 1906. It served 9 stations at its opening, with Arsenal and North end opening the Next year. It was the fourth deep-level tube railway serving the central parts of Stockstad City. The line was the second busiest line after opening, carrying 24,000 people. It was built around the fact that there was no North-South route, that went straight down. The line`s architect was Leslie Green and his examples can still be seen at North End, Stadium, Gloucester Road (now City Park), Covent Garden, Russell Square and Chalk Farm. In 1961, It became the last line from the 1900's o receive a major extension. The extension took on the form of the Stockstad South defunct rail Line from Northfields-Amersham. However delays in rebuilding the disused stations meant that only Northfields could open on time, in 1959. Oakwood, Ruislip and Amersham opened 2 years later.

Former Stations
There is one little known abandoned station on the City Line. It was called New Street and sat between Covent Garden and Russell Square. It was fairly well served, though some might say a tad to close to Covent Garden. But one day there was a terrible accident. In 1914, an unknown smoker made his way up the City Line elevator. He dropped a cigarette down inside an in-manned lift, causing it to catch fire. The entire underground part of the station-including the platforms-burned. 33 people lost their lives as the lift wire broke on both elevators.The fell into the burning shaft. A further 21 lost their lives struggling to get out of the burning station. The station was forced to close. TFS does not mention the station and decided against rebuilding it. It was the worst disaster on the tube ever.