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Finely crafted, comfortable, robust and contemporary, this Limited Edition Tube Trainer is made by sweat shop free, European labour. Upper: Restored London Underground seat covers. Trim: 100% recycled or repurposed leather. Sole: 33% recycled tyre rubber. All 100% salvaged UK waste. Remade in Portugal. Features: Retroflective safety strip.
THE FABRIC
This design was first used on the Central line in 196O's. The black vertical and red horizontal lines against a grey background were later found on the Metropolitan line. The design was also used between 1956 to 1967 on the Victoria and Piccadilly lines.
THE LINE
In 1900 the Central London Railway (C.L.R) as the line was originally known, opened between Shepherd's Bush and Bank. It was the first Tube line to connect the West End with the City. It was originally known as the 'Twopenny Tube' because of the flat fare. In 1912, the line was extended eastwards to Liverpool Street. By 1920, trains ran west to Ealing Broadway on Great Western Railway tracks.
In the late 1940s, eastern extensions to the Central line opened: Liverpool Street to Stratford (1946) and Stratford to Leytonstone (1947). In 1947, the line was extended westwards between North Acton and Greenford. By 1948, the eastern loop through Epping and Hainault was completed. Most of this section involved linking up and electrifying existing suburban overground lines to become part of the Tube.
In 1963, the Woodford to Hainault section was the first of London's Underground lines to use automatic train operation. The Central line is one of the lynchpins of the Underground network. An extensive programme of modernisation was undertaken in the 1990s to cope with rising passenger numbers.
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