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 Trains in London
Tube is the London answer to an underground railway system; it’s the oldest, longest and the most expensive running underground network. The system was started in 1863 and serves the central area and most suburbs to the north of the Thames connection neighboring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. There are 12 major underground lines, to avoid confusion each of the lines have different names and color coding.
The Docklands Light Railway is a second metro system connecting East London and Greenwich on both sides of the Thames River. Silverlink Metro and Thameslink are the two major operators connecting London to various parts of UK and also service stations which are not serviced by the London Underground. Eurostar trains connect London’s main station, St Pancras International to Paris and Brussels.
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