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    The document discusses three facts about the London Underground that may be unknown. 1) 150,000 items are lost each year on the Underground and end up at the Lost Property Office in Baker Street which receives 600 items daily, including unusual finds like false eyes, a park bench, and a stuffed eagle. 2) The shortest tube journey is the 300 meter ride between Leicester Square and Covent Garden stations which takes just 45 seconds despite costing £4. 3) Farringdon station is said to be haunted by the ghost of Anne Naylor, a teenage hat-maker who was murdered there by her employer in 1758, with some hearing her screams in the tunnel.

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    The document discusses three facts about the London Underground that may be unknown. 1) 150,000 items are lost each year on the Underground and end up at the Lost Property Office in Baker Street which receives 600 items daily, including unusual finds like false eyes, a park bench, and a stuffed eagle. 2) The shortest tube journey is the 300 meter ride between Leicester Square and Covent Garden stations which takes just 45 seconds despite costing £4. 3) Farringdon station is said to be haunted by the ghost of Anne Naylor, a teenage hat-maker who was murdered there by her employer in 1758, with some hearing her screams in the tunnel.

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    3 things...

    culture

    you didn’t know about...


    the London Underground
    The London Underground, (or ‘the tube’) is one of London’s
    most famous symbols. It’s 40 years since Queen Elizabeth II
    opened the Victoria Line¹ on the London Underground on
    7th March 1969. Her ticket cost just 2 pence (3 euro cents)!

    1 Did you know ... Tube


    Treasure Hunt
    150,000 items are lost every year Go to
    on the London Underground? www.tfl.gov.uk and
    The famous Lost Property Offi ce look at the London
    is in Baker Street and it gets 600 Underground map.
    items a day - from umbrellas Find the answers to
    and handbags, to wheelchairs, these questions.
    footballs and laptops.
    1 What colour is the
    Most unusual finds Piccadilly Line?
    • false eyes
    • a park bench
    • a 5-metre boat 2 Which line takes
    • a stuffed eagle you to St Paul’s
    (Cathedral)?

    2 Did you know ... 3 Only one


    the shortest tube journey in
    Underground station
    London is from Leicester Square
    doesn’t include any
    to Covent Garden? It’s 300 metres
    letters from the word
    and you’re on the train for
    ‘mackerel*’? Which
    45 seconds. It costs £4 (€5)
    station is it? (Clue: It’s
    and it’s quicker to walk!
    on the Jubilee Line.)

    3 Did you know ... 4 How do you get


    Farringdon Station on the Circle from Hyde Park
    Line has its own ghost? A Corner to Waterloo?
    teenage hat-maker called Anne “You take the
    Naylor was murdered here by Line
    her employer in 1758. People say to
    they can sometimes hear Anne and change to the
    screaming down the tunnel*.
    Line.”

    ✱WORDWISE ● tunnel (noun) – the underground trains travel through tunnels ● mackerel (noun) – a type of fish

    ANSWERS ON PAGE 15 ➧ 1. That’s the light blue line. MARCH / APRIL 2009 13

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