Date: 09/01/2013

To celebrate the London underground's 150th birthday, Stephen Moss takes a journey along the Central line the longest, busiest, reddest tube line of them all.

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The London underground at 150 - a birthday journey

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To celebrate the London underground's 150th birthday, Stephen Moss takes a journey along the Central line “ the longest, busiest, reddest tube line of them all

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