A geographic London Underground map, showing the extent of the network.

(except for Amersham and Chesham stations, top left)

A Northern line deep-tube train leaves a tunnel mouth just north of Hendon Central station. London Underground's eleven lines total 250 miles (402 km) in length, making it the fourth longest metro system in the world. These are made up of the sub-surface network and the deeptube lines.[66] The Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines form the subsurface network, with railway tunnels just below the surface and of a similar size to those on British main lines. The Hammersmith & City and Circle lines share stations and most of the track with other lines. The Bakerloo, Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo & City lines are deep-level tubes, with smaller trains that run in two circular tunnels (tubes) with a diameter about 11 feet 8 inches (3.56 m). These lines have the exclusive use of a pair of tracks, except for the Piccadilly line, which shares track with the District line between Acton Town and Hanger Lane Junction and with the Metropolitan line between Rayners Park and Uxbridge, and the Bakerloo line, which shares track with London Overground services north of Queen's Park.[67] Fifty-five per cent of the system runs on the surface, and there are 20 miles (32 km) of cut-and-cover tunnel and 93 miles (150 km) of tube tunnel.[66] Many of the central London underground stations on deep-level tube lines are higher than the running lines to assist deceleration when arriving and acceleration when departing.[68] Trains generally run on the lefthand track, although in some places the tunnels are above each other, for example the Central line east of St Paul's station, or the running tunnels are on the right, for example on the Victoria line between Warren Street and King's Cross St. Pancras to allow cross-platform interchange with the Northern line between northbound and southbound trains at Euston.[67][69] The lines are electrified with a four-rail DC system: a conductor rail between the rails is energised at 210 V and a rail outside the running rails at +420 V, giving a potential difference of 630 V. On the sections of line shared with mainline trains, such as the District line from East Putney to Wimbledon and Gunnersbury to Richmond, and the Bakerloo line north of Queen's Park, the centre rail is bonded to the running rails.[70]