Listen to the text list and mark the statements in your workbook as true, false or not stated.0:03
The London Underground was the world's first electric underground railway.0:10
For many years, the London Underground worked on underground steam trains.0:15
And then in 1890, the city and South London line was the first to use the new technologies and electric power.0:20
There is no doubt that the London Underground was a fantastic example of brilliant Victorian engineering.0:28
Of course, in those days the technology was not nearly as advanced as it is today.0:35
Hydraulic lifts transported passengers from ground level to the platforms.0:40
Trains consisted of only three carriages and were pulled by electric locomotives.0:46
The locomotives were powered by the largest power generating station in the country.0:52
The first carriages had no windows because the designers thought that passengers wouldn't have anything interesting to look at in the tunnel.0:57
On platforms, at the end of each carriage, there was a man who called out the names of the stations and opened doors for the passengers.1:05
The trains could only carry 96 people.1:14
Over time, more lines and trains were introduced to form the complicated underground network we know today.1:17
Unlike the Moscow Underground that was planned and built over a short period of time, the London Underground has developed slowly.1:24
For example, the lines were built by a number of different railway companies.1:31
This is why the London Underground map looks so complicated and has so many lines.1:36
This also explains why the London Underground, or Tube as people often call it, is not nearly as beautiful as the Underground in Moscow.1:42
It may be also interesting to know that the London Tube map has been used by most Underground systems as the basis for the design of their own maps.1:51
The map was drawn in 1931 by Harry Beck, who worked for the Underground before Harry Beck came up with his radical idea.2:01
The Underground maps were geographical, showing underground lines and stations in relation to the street plan on the ground.2:09
Harry Beck showed the routes as coloured lines and stations as circles.2:17
Today, Beck's map is believed to be a design classic.2:22
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