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	Encyclopedia: Piccadilly Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured brown on the Tube map.
		The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map.
		The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground, coloured grey on the Tube map.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Piccadilly-Line (692 words)

	Piccadilly Circus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Piccadilly Circus was created in 1819, at the junction with Regent Street, which was then being built under the planning of John Nash on the site of a house and garden belonging to a Lady Hutton.
		The Piccadilly Circus tube station was opened 10 March 1906 on the Bakerloo Line, and on the Piccadilly Line in December of that year.
		The station is on the Piccadilly Line between Green Park and Leicester Square, and the Bakerloo Line between Charing Cross and Oxford Circus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piccadilly_Circus (2305 words)

	Piccadilly Line - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map.
		It is a deep-level line running from the north-east to the west of London, albeit with significant surface running sections in its outer parts.
		The line is in tube from Finsbury Park to a point a little south of Arnos Grove.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Piccadilly_Line (892 words)

	Sarah's Tube Train Page
		The original Piccadilly line, which was opened on 15th December 1906, consisted of 15.3 km (9.5 miles) twin tunnels from Finsbury Park to Barons Court and a short section of surface track on to Hammersmith.
		Piccadilly Line trains are formed of 1973 tube stock and operate in six-car formations.
		The Piccadilly Line was the first of the deep-level tube lines to be converted to one-person operation, where the operator drives the train and controls the operation of the doors.
	www.geocities.com /Baja/Dunes/9096/piccadilly.htm (538 words)

	Line facts - Transport for London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Piccadilly line is principally the legacy of one of the great pioneers of tube railways, the American entrepreneur, Charles Tyson Yerkes.
		The Piccadilly line was the first of the deep-level tube lines to be converted to oneperson operation (August 1987), where the operator drives the train and controls the operation of the doors.
		Southgate station is in a short separate tunnel section, as is the line beyond Hounslow West serving Hatton Cross, Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 and Heathrow Terminal 4 stations (except for a short section on the surface between Hounslow west and Hatton Cross where the line crosses the River Crane).
	www.tfl.gov.uk /tube/company/linefacts/?line=piccadilly (915 words)

	Piccadilly Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On July 7, 2005, a Piccadilly Line train was bombed by an unknown terrorist group.
		Evacuations of the Piccadilly Line proved to be more difficult given it is a deep level line, and was more difficult for the emergency services to reach.
		All Piccadilly line trains are now painted in the distinctive London Underground livery of Red, White and Blue and tube stock, the smaller of the two types of stock used on the London Underground network.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piccadilly_Line (1196 words)

	Facts about topic: (Piccadilly Line) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground (additional info and facts about London Underground), coloured dark blue on the Tube map (additional info and facts about Tube map).
		The Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway (GNPBR) (its original title) was one of several controlled by the Underground Electric Railways Co of London Ltd, whose chief director was Charles Tyson Yerkes (additional info and facts about Charles Tyson Yerkes), although he himself died before any of his schemes could come to fruition.
		The line is in tube from Finsbury Park to a point a little south of Arnos Grove (additional info and facts about Arnos Grove).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/piccadilly_line.htm (1526 words)

	KryssTal : The Piccadilly Line
		Piccadilly Line is London's premier tube, passing from the airport through the hotel, shopping, and tourist areas of London.
		The northern terminus of the Piccadilly Line was
		When the line was opened this was a residential street dominated by a theological college.
	www.krysstal.com /piccline.html (1605 words)

	CULG - Piccadilly Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thus Finsbury Park became the terminus of the line and, despite increasing congestion of road traffic, the GNR and their successor the LNER refused consent for any extension for many years (they also did the same to the Great Northern and City Railway, described under the Northern Line).
		The original layout between the tube mouths (at Barons Court) and Hammersmith had the Piccadilly tracks on the north side of the District; both this section and the tracks westwards to Acton Town were now rearranged, with the Piccadilly Line running between the District tracks.
		Though the line is described as east/westbound throughout, the section from Cockfosters to Holborn was formerly known as north/southbound, and evidence of this remains in old signs and the platform numbering.
	www.davros.org /rail/culg/piccadilly.html (2587 words)

	The London Tube
		Markers are used at various points throughout the route explaining the history of the line and interesting facts.
		Piccadilly Circus with an annual passenger count of 32.5 million is the line’s busiest station.
		The Piccadilly line covers 71 km (44.3 miles) and serves 52 stations between Cockfosters and Heathrow or Uxbridge.
	wind.prohosting.com /lutube/piccadillyline.htm (326 words)

	Piccadilly line 'most vulnerable'
		By targeting the Piccadilly line in the heart of London, terrorists were striking at the most vulnerable part of the Tube - the deep-lying line.
		The 'cut-and-shut' style of the sub-surface lines were developed from the earliest days of the Underground when those creating the system would follow the line of the street.
		This style was used for the Hammersmith and City line which was first opened in 1864 - the year after the Paddington to Farringdon line (later to become the Metropolitan line) had become the first part of the Underground to run.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /news/newswire.php/news/pa/2005/07/07/technology/piccadillylinemostvulnerable.html&template=/technology/feeds/pa_story_template.html (227 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Metropolitan The Metropolitan Line is 67 km (42 miles) in length and serves 34 stations between Aldgate and Amersham, with branches to Chesham, Watford and Uxbridge.
		Piccadilly The Piccadilly Line is 71 km (44.4 miles) in length and serves 52 stations between Cockfosters and Heathrow or Uxbridge.
		Common to all the lines on the London Underground is both the gauge of the tracks, which is the standard 1,432mm (4 ft 8.5 in), and the electric supply system, 630 volts dc (direct current) with separate positive and negative rails.
	www.faqs.org /ftp/pub/usenet/news.answers/uk/transport-london (2895 words)

	LURS: Underground News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Separate passages were provided for Piccadilly line passengers entering and leaving the platforms; passengers wishing to join Piccadilly line trains were deposited in a cross passage near the east end of the eastbound platform and those leaving had to make their way to the east headwall of the eastbound platform.
		The original Piccadilly Circus station was to have been the terminus for the line from South Kensington, and was to be located at the junction of Air Street with Piccadilly (where the street Piccadilly was much narrower then than now).
		At platform level on the Piccadilly Line, extra stairs (removed in the rebuilding of 1928) were built to feed the interchange passage between the two Bakerloo platforms.
	www.lurs.org.uk /un/picc.htm (1871 words)

	Underground Ghost Stations and Lines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When the Central Line was extended westwards after the war, a new White City station was constructed on the new line and Wood Lane was closed in November 1947.
		The line was a left-over from plans to build a railway from Wood Green to the Strand but that plan was amalgamated with those of the Brompton and Piccadilly Railway to form what is part of today's Piccadilly line.
		Eventually, on 30th September 1994 the line was closed because the cost of refurbishing the lifts at the station could not be justified.
	www.londonrailways.net /ghost.htm (1625 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		The '''Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway''' (GNP&BR) (its original title) was one of several controlled by the Underground Electric Railways Company Underground Electric Railways Co of London Ltd, whose chief director was Charles Yerkes Charles Tyson Yerkes, although he himself died before any of his schemes could come to fruition.
		The line is in tube from Finsbury Park to a point a little south of Arnos Grove tube station Arnos Grove.
		Parts of the Piccadilly Line were re-opened on July 8, with no service between Hyde Park Corner tube station Hyde Park Corner and Arnos Grove tube station Arnos Grove.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Piccadilly_Line.html (948 words)

	CULG - Victoria Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The line is in tube throughout (though the depot itself is on the surface).
		Because the line was deliberately designed to interconnect with existing lines, it has an unusually large proportion of interchanges: every station but one is either served by National Rail or another Underground line.
		Because there was nowhere along the line to build it, it was placed next to the National Rail line south of Northumberland Park station, and is connected by a separate pair of tubes to the north end of Seven Sisters station.
	www.davros.org /rail/culg/victoria.html (1385 words)

	Transport for London - Piccadilly line returns as Tube gets back to normal - Transport for London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Since 7 July, the Piccadilly line has been suspended from Hyde Park Corner to Arnos Grove and between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge.
		Tube Lines, responsible for the maintenance and renewal of the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines, deserve great credit for helping restore the Piccadilly line so quickly.
		They have also used the Piccadilly line suspension between Arnos Grove and Hyde Park as an opportunity to advance ongoing station refurbishment works at Caledonian Road, Manor House and Turnpike Lane stations.
	www.tfl.gov.uk /tfl/press-centre/press-releases/press-releases-content.asp?prID=464 (467 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Station by Station Guide to the London Underground - District Line: West of South Kensington
		This is due to the fact that, unlike the Jubilee line, the District line was not carefully planned, but is instead a collection of old branches and so forth.
		The District and Circle line section is seperate from the Bakerloo line section.
		The section between Acton Town and Hounslow West is currently served by Piccadilly line trains, with the exception of two stations which are closed on the District line, but were never served by Piccadilly line trains.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A3661382 (1073 words)

	Road
		Parker Road Station Parker Road Station is a Red Line, serving the area around the Collin County Courthouse.
		Tottenham Court Road tube station Tottenham Court Road is a station on the Northern Line.
		York Road tube station York Road tube station is a Piccadilly Line.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/road.html (5539 words)

	Piccadilly Line shuttle bus - VISITBRITAIN
		From January 7, 2005, for a period of 20 months, Piccadilly Line underground trains will not be stopping at Terminal Four.
		Piccadilly line trains will continue to run to the Terminals 1,2 and 3 station, and that journey may even be slightly shorter as a result.
		The changes are to allow work on the Piccadilly line extension to the new Terminal Five.
	www.visitbritain.com /VB3-en-MY/transport/gettingaround/publictransport/piccadilly_line.aspx (120 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Station by Station Guide to the London Underground - Piccadilly Line: North of Leicester Square (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1910, the line became part of the London Electric Railway, and from 1928 onwards many improvements were made to the existing stations.
		Out of all the stations on the Piccadilly Line Northern Extension designed by Charles Holden in the 1930s, Manor House is unique because it doesn't have a proper station building at street level - the station concourse is buried under the crossroads where Green Lanes crosses the Seven Sisters Road.
		The first section of the Victoria Line was built between Finsbury Park and Manor House, but after testing was complete and the rest of the line built, it was decided not to open a set of Victoria line platforms at Manor House.
	www0.mh.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A3660851 (1938 words)

	Piccadilly Line Train Derailment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As a crowd of passengers wait on the southbound Bakerloo Line platform, the station PA springs to life with a bing-bong.
		Why is it that whenever I get the Northern Line (which thankfully is rarely) and I think it's going to Morden or Totteridge and Whetstone or wherever and it always seems to stop at Finchley or somewhere tantalisingly three or four stops from wherever I need.
		One rail line returns to normal after engineering work is completed, but others remain closed.
	news.peem.co.uk /Comment/103b6501452 (996 words)

	Transport for London - Piccadilly line improvement works on the Uxbridge branch - Transport for London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Piccadilly line improvement works on the Uxbridge branch
		Track replacement work to improve the Piccadilly line will mean that no trains will run between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge on Saturdays and Sundays 1 and 2, and 8 and 9 October 2005.
		Tube Lines is responsible for the maintenance and renewal of the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines
	www.tfl.gov.uk /tfl/press-centre/press-releases/press-releases-content.asp?prID=530 (194 words)

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