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ugfern | 11:04 Mon 17th Apr 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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proposed name of jubilee line


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As fozzies says it was going to called the Fleet line as it more or less follows the course of the River Fleet (which is now culverted for almost its entire length). This would follow the convention of stating where the line went (eg Bakerloo = Baker St - Waterloo). However, as it was opened in 1977, some bright spark who wanted to earn brownie points toward their knighthood thought 'Lets name it after the Queens Silver Jubilee'.

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