Hammersmith & City Line
The Hammersmith and City Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the Tube map.
It was a branch of the Metropolitan Line until 1988, though in later years it was increasingly operated as a completly separate branch, with the sections not used by the rest of the Metropolitan line (from Hammersmith to Baker Street and from Liverpool Street to Barking sections) not included on the main Metropolitan Line maps. It was split off as a distinct line in order to simplify the network from the passengers' point of view.
Because the changeover is relatively recent, there are many stations on the line with permanent tiles and metal maps which still state that the Metropolitan Line is served there.
The stretch between Paddington and Farringdon, opened in 1863, is the world's oldest underground railway still operational. (The world's first was the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel in New York.)
Map
Geographically accurate path of the Hammersmith and City Line (Large)
Stations
in order from west to east
