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The Victoria Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured light blue on the Tube map. It is a deep-level line running from the south-west to the north-east of London. It was built in the 1960s to relieve congestion on other lines, in particular the Piccadilly Line. The Victoria line was designed to maximise the possible interchanges, yet keep a large distance between stations for trains to build up speed.
Many stations on the route were rearranged for cross-platform interchange. In some cases this was achieved by placing the Victoria Line tubes on either side of the existing station; in others the Victoria Line uses one of the old platforms while the older line was diverted into a new platform. At Euston, while northbound Victoria and Northern Line (City branch) trains run along adjacent platforms, they go in opposite directions along them. Other cross-platform interchanges are at Oxford Circus (with the Bakerloo Line) and Finsbury Park (with the Piccadilly Line).
Geographically accurate map of the Victoria Line (Large)
Map
Stations
in order from north to south
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