The London Underground is also known as the Tube, due to the characteristic shape of the subway tunnels. The London Underground fare is determined by the number of zones you travel through on a journey. You can switch trains between the various lines within any single journey. The London Underground map is a classic 20th Century design and has a great history of its own. It was devised in the 1930s and yet is still used today with few modifications.

The London Underground network is a combination of various formerly independent train services. The earliest of these was the 'Metropolitan Railway', running on a four mile section of what is now called the Bakerloo line, running between Paddington and Farringdon St. The London Underground is still the world's longest subway, with over 250 mi/400 km of routes.

Anyone who actually uses Brixton station would no doubt agree that rather than playing music to calm people they would achieve more by completing the renovation work that has woefully limped along for over 4 years. Yes; 4 years for a station with two platforms. London Tube is a very easy and inexpensive way to get around London. We arrived at Heathrow and took the tube to our downtown hotel.

Trains are constantly late; trains are constantly breaking down; the tracks are in a constant state of disrepair/repair. It's all good until you have to commute twice a day and realize that you have to add a half an hour on either end of what should be a half hour trip because a train will only arrive god knows when and isn't operating on any discernible schedule (despite the printed schedules). Trains are far cleaner.

Zones 1 & 2 is where you want to book your central London hotel. From there it will be easy to travel. Zone 1, the inner most circle, covers downtown London and is the busiest and least expensive zone. To travel out from zone 1, you will need different passes, known as multi-zone passes, indicating how far out you are going.

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