Speed of London Tube Trains

admarlow | 09:32 Mon 16th May 2005 | How it Works

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How fast do London Tube trains travel ????????????

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Kos

Not that fast actually....

Average Train Speed:
33 km/h (20.5 mph) - including station stops

admarlow

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What it the top speed?

Kos

Believe it or not but the maximum speed permitted is only 40mph!!

AB Editor

from duplicate post:

The trains can pull up to 70mph but with the speed limits on the track this means they run between 25 - 35mph
Submitted By: jaydj	Date Submitted: Mon 16/05/05

marcus5771

When I traveling by car on the A12 near Leyton I am traveling with the trains I am traveling with the train at speeds of 60mphbe they have to slow down for the station.

redmug100

Tube trains travel travel between 30 mph in central London and 45 mph in the suberbs. The fasted line (deep level) is the automatic Victoria Line. The Piccadilly Line has a 45 mph speed limit throughout but because most stations are close together it rarely gets to this speed.

The newest tube trains on the Northern and Jubilee Lines can reach 77mph. The Jubillee extention was designed for fast running but they put in clapped out signaling instead of designing new signaling in order to get the line open in time for the Millenium Dome in 2000. The northern line is due to be resignaled within the next 15 years.

The Metropolitan Line (not actually a tube line) can reache speeds of about 60mph north of Finchly Road but the trains are approaching 50 years so I doubt they ever do.

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