Here’s a little something that may surprise you: the Jubilee line is the only Tube line that connects with all other Underground lines—except the Waterloo & City. (Because of course there’s one maverick that refuses to play along.) Also, the extension cost about £3.5 billion—which in 1990s money was absolutely eye-watering. Critics called it a white elephant. Today, it’s hard to imagine East London without it.
London Underground extension celebrates anniversary
And you want irony? The station at Westminster on the Jubilee line is built so deep that it required a 40-metre-deep excavation. That’s deeper than most swimming pools are long. (Which means if you take the escalator and feel like you’re descending into the earth’s core, you’re not wrong.)
