The Metropolitan line, colloquially known as the Met, is a London Underground line between Aldgate in the City of London and Amersham and Chesham in Buckinghamshire, with branches to Watford in Hertfordshire and Uxbridge in Hillingdon. Printed in magenta on the tube map, the line is 41.4 miles (66.7Â km) in length and serves 34 stations. Between Aldgate and Finchley Road, the track is mostly in shallow "cut and cover" tunnels, apart from short sections at Barbican and Farringdon stations. The rest of the line is above ground, with a loading gauge of a similar size to those on main lines. Just under 94 million passenger journeys were made on the line in 2019.
A northbound S8 Stock Metropolitan line train at Croxley heading to Watford
Construction of the Metropolitan line near King's Cross station (1861)
12 Sarah Siddons with vintage train at Hammersmith
An up train passing Neasden Depot in 1959
The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.
The nickname "Tube" comes from the circular tube-like tunnels through which the small profile trains travel. (Deep level Northern line London Underground 1995 Stock train)
A sub-surface Metropolitan line train (S8 Stock) at Farringdon
The Metropolitan Railway opened in 1863 using GWR broad-gauge locomotives.
Passengers wait to board a tube train in 1906.