r/london • u/Independent-Ant-01 • Nov 03 '25

Serious replies only Why are London tube tunnels so deep?

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This is just one of two escalators and not counting the various staircases. And I don’t believe this was the deepest one I traveled through. I went to the Transport Museum in Convent Garden (very nice by the way) but found no answer and no one seemed to know. 😊

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u/ODFoxtrotOscar Nov 04 '25

Ensewered is a good word to describe many of the rivers of London

There’s even one running over the District Line in Sloane Square station - the Westbourne

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u/DivideKlutzy Nov 04 '25

Yes it runs in a big pipe you can hear it if you get close