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I really wish the Fleet Line name had been kept instead of pandering to royalty – it works on multiple levels (approximating the course of the old river of that name; "fleet" = fast) and it just sounds way cool.

Mike@mikeyashworth.bsky.social

What might have been : The proposed Fleet line 1971 : In the book describing the newly opened Brixton extension of the Victoria line, London Transport was keen to extend the Bakerloo line east; the Fleet line. After much swapping & changing beyond Green Park the Jubilee line opened in 1999.

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Mike
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I can't think I've ever seen a 'fantasy' tube map of London showing the various lines that almost got built; the 1900-06 proposals, Central London west, Bakerloo post-war, Chelsea-Hackney....? The Fleet as planned linked all 8 lines & served Fenchurch St - a terminal still not served directly.