What the Victorians did for me...

And here we are, Tuesday morning and on the Underground it's the usual litany of delays, severe delays and line closures. As yesterday, the Victoria line is experiencing severe delays on the bit that's running, and on the stretch I use, not running at all.

The oldest part of the Victoria line was opened in 1962, and that bit of the line is the very furthest stretch from the section I use, Stockwell to Victoria. My section of the track took another nine years to build and open. In fact it was 33 years ago this month.

There has been an underground line from Stockwell to King William Street in the City (station now closed but the line is still in use) since 1890; the extension to Clapham opened in 1907. That was the City and South London Railway, now part of the Northern Line.

Guess which is the more reliable?

All a bit ironic considering the Victorians built the Northern but not the Victoria Line.

What the Victorians did for me...

And here we are, Tuesday morning and on the Underground it's the usual litany of delays, severe delays and line closures. As yesterday, the Victoria line is experiencing severe delays on the bit that's running, and on the stretch I use, not running at all.

The oldest part of the Victoria line was opened in 1962, and that bit of the line is the very furthest stretch from the section I use, Stockwell to Victoria. My section of the track took another nine years to build and open. In fact it was 33 years ago this month.

There has been an underground line from Stockwell to King William Street in the City (station now closed but the line is still in use) since 1890; the extension to Clapham opened in 1907. That was the City and South London Railway, now part of the Northern Line.

Guess which is the more reliable?

All a bit ironic considering the Victorians built the Northern but not the Victoria Line.