 Going Underground
London"s Tube After Midnight Walk the Line
The network has ??? stations. At Pimlico, cleaning staff prepare to leave a station to clean a tunnel. Working Man
 Let"s Work Together Preparing the tracks for welding. Maintenance is constant to ensure the smooth running of the system.
 Hot Water
Recently welded track joints are cooled with water. The first line (named the Metropolitan Line) opened in January ????. Within a few months of opening it was carrying over ??,??? passengers a day.  In the Air Tonight Usually referred to as the Underground or the Tube — the latter deriving from the shape of the system"s deep-bore tunnels — about ??% of the network is above ground.
 Night Shift Staff arrive at Victoria"s underground station. A vast army work through the night so as to avoid minimum disruption to passenger services.
 Work to Make it Work
A worker cleans the ceramic insulator pots under the live rail at Pimlico. The London Tube was the first underground railway to operate electric trains.
 Hard Days Night
It"s a dirty job ... A cleaner displays the tools of his trade.
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