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TRIVIA: Which London Tube station is furthest below sea level?
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hexagon789
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Westminster Jubilee line platforms maybe?
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There’s a spreadsheet here:
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/70389/response/179967/attach/2/Station depths.xlsx?cookie_passthrough=1
Obtained from an FOI request.
The 2nd page, “rail levels” gives all the tube info, per each separate line at a station, with an average shown in the far right hand column. Please note that they are all positive heights relative to LU’s datum depth that is 100m below ordnance datum.
My reading suggests Waterloo Jubilee at 74m (ie 26m down) is lowest?
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/70389/response/179967/attach/2/Station depths.xlsx?cookie_passthrough=1
Obtained from an FOI request.
The 2nd page, “rail levels” gives all the tube info, per each separate line at a station, with an average shown in the far right hand column. Please note that they are all positive heights relative to LU’s datum depth that is 100m below ordnance datum.
My reading suggests Waterloo Jubilee at 74m (ie 26m down) is lowest?
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It is indeed a long way down inside the station, but Bank etc are on a small rise well above river level - on the surface it's a notable pull up from the river bank.
Logic dictates that the the deepest station would be close to the river (approx = sea level), so this would make sense.
Daniel Silvia's diagrams provide a nice visualisation of these depths, he's taken his information from the FOI request that @swt_passenger mentions.
They're rather pretty though, worth a look!
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...2560124/London+Underground+Depth+Diagrams.pdf
Indeed shows that Waterloo Jubilee are the deepest platforms below sea level (26m), closely followed by Westminster Jubilee (25m) and London Bridge Jubilee (23m). Certainly seems like the absolute 'deepest' part of the network ignoring what's on top.
They're rather pretty though, worth a look!
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...2560124/London+Underground+Depth+Diagrams.pdf
Indeed shows that Waterloo Jubilee are the deepest platforms below sea level (26m), closely followed by Westminster Jubilee (25m) and London Bridge Jubilee (23m). Certainly seems like the absolute 'deepest' part of the network ignoring what's on top.
Donnie
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This is amazing! I’ve been looking for something easy to understand for the longest time. I’d seen the FOI request above bur could barely make sense of it. Thank you!
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