With TFL celebrating 25 years since it took over London transport networks, we ask Londoners their favourite tube lines.
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00:0025th anniversary of Transport for London, the public organisation that oversees London's
00:07transportation network. Since its creation in 2000, TfL has aimed to transform how millions
00:13of Londoners travel each day, managing everything from the iconic tubes to buses, trams and
00:19river services. It has played a crucial role in improving accessibility, attempting to
00:24reduce congestion and introducing systems like the Oyster cards and contactless payments
00:29for transport. Over the years, TfL has expanded and modernised services, but its mission has
00:34remained the same, to keep London moving. But has it done a good job? As Transport for
00:40London celebrate this 25 year milestone, it raises the question, which tube line do Londoners
00:46love the most? Let's find out.
00:48I love the entire network, to be honest. The entire London underground network is amazing.
00:55I've thought this for years because it offers us access to every part of London and I travel
01:00around quite a lot. I've never really had a favourite line previously because I used
01:07them all quite excessively. But I think now my favourite line is probably the Elizabeth
01:13line.
01:15I think the Northern line, because it gets me home. And also because I did grow up on
01:23that line as well. So, yeah, it reminds me of the first time I used to go out late and
01:29come back on the tube, that sort of thing. Yeah, I have I have an attachment to the Northern
01:34line.
01:35The Jubilee, because it's just about the most reliable, even if it's not that reliable.
01:43And it's not quite as loud or stuffy as the others.
01:47I don't know, man. I grew up, I grew up in Haringey near the Northern line. So that was
01:52what I grew up with. It's not a particularly nice line. Now I live up in Enfield town.
01:57I've got the overground, which is actually really nice. But let's face it, the nicest
02:03line is the Elizabeth line.
02:04Yeah, the Elizabeth line is definitely an improvement. I don't use it a lot, but when
02:08I do, it's nice to have something that feels like an actual world class speedy service
02:16that's air conditioned as well.
02:18I think it's great. I think we should have the double doors, the doors that match up
02:21with the train doors on all the platforms across the London network. If it saves like
02:25one life a year, it's worth it, I think.
02:28The colour purple is great, you know, because it's on the top of the rainbow spectrum and
02:32it's meant to be the highest. Yeah, so it's a lovely colour, I think. And even the person
02:37who invented that map, the tubes are amazing. I could talk about them for a while. But yeah,
02:42even the maps, the way that they were created by whoever designed them, I think it's just
02:45an amazing feat of engineering that we have.
02:49To celebrate 25 years, TfL has organised events and projects throughout the year, including
02:54a series of posters entitled Making Every Journey Matter.