District line
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Oct 5, 2026
Stamford ChidgeHOST
That's all right.
Jonathan KyddHOST
Apparently there are no District Line trains, and I've got to go to the, um, the football forum, um, the, the fans-
Stamford ChidgeHOST
Oh, you're on the fans forum
Jonathan KyddHOST
... thing.
Olly GoldenbergGUEST
Those of you who know Earls Court Tube Station, underground station, it's got the Piccadilly Line, which is two escalators deep underground.
Olly GoldenbergGUEST
And it's got the Circle and District Line, which is at surface level.
Olly GoldenbergGUEST
And he was stood there.
Olly GoldenbergGUEST
by the westbound circle and district line.
Olly GoldenbergGUEST
And the Holy Spirit said to him, waiting to get his train, the Holy Spirit said to him, go to the westbound Piccadilly line.
Olly GoldenbergGUEST
As he went down those two flights on the escalator, as he stepped onto the platform, there was a girl from his school who he'd been praying for that she would come to know the Lord.
Mia HobbsHOST
What wasn't great was the day that I was on the Tube and one of the needle tips came off of my circular needle, and all of these stitches, so it's a lace pattern, lace weight yarn, and it had some silk in the yarn, uh, just were loose stitches.
Mia HobbsHOST
And I think I was on the District Line.
Mia HobbsHOST
I got to Hammersmith and I just thought, "Well, I'm just gonna stay on this train." Like, I think at the point, that point I didn't have kids maybe, 'cause I just decided I would just go back the other way and stay on the train until I'd rescued all my stitches.
Mia HobbsHOST
[laughs]
SteveHOST
Its tunnels are just below the surface, which are a similar size to those on British mainlines.
SteveHOST
Most of the track and all of the stations are shared with the Circle, District or Metropolitan lines.
SteveHOST
Over 141 million passenger journeys are made each year on the Hammersmith and City line.
SteveHOST
In 1863, the Metropolitan Railway began the world's first underground railway service between Paddington and Farringdon with wooden carriages hauled by steam locomotives.
SteveHOST
The following year, a railway west from Paddington to Hammersmith was opened and this soon became operated and owned jointly by the Metropolitan and Great Western Railway companies.
SteveHOST
The line was then extended to the east, in stages, reaching the East London Railway in 1884, line was electrified in 1906.
SteveHOST
And in 1936, after the Metropolitan Railway had been absolved by the London Passenger Transport Board, some Hammersmith & City Line trains were extended over the former District Line to Barking, The Hammersmith and City route was shown on the Tube map as part of the Metropolitan line until 30 July 1990, when it was redesigned as a separate line.
SteveHOST
Starting in 2015, the Sigling system was updated as part of a program to increase peak hour capacity on the line.
Paul HawksbeeHOST
I think there's a bit of sarcasm coming in, isn't it?
Andy JacobsHOST
No, no, a brilliant decision to, uh, close the District Line on match day for Chelsea supporters.
Andy JacobsHOST
You should've seen the chaos after the match.
Andy JacobsHOST
What is wrong with these people?