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Fast Facts: The London Tube

London has an underground train network called the Tube. It’s one of the busiest in the world,
and it’s the oldest. The first tube train left Paddington Station in 1863, more than 150 years ago.
The Tube was a lot cheaper then: a single journey cost six pence. Today it costs about £5.
Let’s find out more …

Fact 1 Fact 2

The Tube has 40 ‘ghost stations’, or stations that People often leave things on tube trains. They
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people don’t use. Some ghost stations are film usually forget their phones, but also strange
sets – you can see them on TV. Other ghost thi
things, like gorilla costumes and false teeth!
stations are in pop videos!

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11,000 toys to children on the Tube!
1 3.38 Read and listen to the Fast Facts 3 In pairs, discuss the questions. Which fact is the
about the London Tube. What do these most surprising? Why?
numbers refer to?
4 3.39 Listen to Marta and Max do a quiz
43 million six 150 11,000 40 about London buses. Circle T (true) or F (false).
six 150 1
1 London buses are different colours. T / F
2 Read the Fast Facts again and answer the
2 There is a ghost bus in London. T / F
questions.
3 People first used buses in 1829. T / F
1 When did the first Tube station open?
4 There are 18,000 buses in London. T / F
2 What do we call stations that people don’t 5 Max takes the bus to school. T / F
use?
3 What do people usually leave on Tube trains? 5 What colour are buses in your town? Are they
4 Why did people sleep in Tube stations during cheap or expensive? Do you take a bus to
World War II? school?

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