Below you will find example sentences with "london underground". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

London Underground in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: underground
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.7 words

Words in this phrase

london underground

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • london can mean: The capital city of the United Kingdom; the capital city of England, within Greater London. Situated on the tidal River Thames in southea... Common word
  • underground can mean: Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

1863 the london underground had its 1× 2003 when london underground limited became 1× accepted on london underground docklands light 1× affecting the london underground or other 1× at a london underground station with 1× attacks near london underground stations 1× discover original london underground artworks take 1× for the london underground despite it 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the london underground 2× a 61 year 1× animals on the 1× as part of 1× british transport police 1× compare that to 1×

Common sentence endings:

and farringdon street 1× and london buses 1× any reasonable route 1× claimed copyright infringement 1× its 270 stations 1× london underground network 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

network 6× railway 5× stations 5× transport 4× buses 4× responsibility 3× world 3× lines 3× map 3× trains 3× year 3× ticket 2×

Related phrases

central london underground railroad east london london ambulance london britain london olympics underground mine underground station lucha underground underground tunnel

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around underground:

underground railroad 11× underground station 6× lucha underground 5× underground tunnel 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

london olympics london britain london ambulance logo used logic programming logic gates

Just after it in the phrase index:

long ago long beach long covid long distance long island long journey

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

london ambulance london britain london olympics

Same ending:

lucha underground

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "london underground" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 27.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 1863 the london underground had its, 2003 when london underground limited became, network, railway and stations stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with central london, underground railroad, east london, underground railroad, underground station and lucha underground, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with london underground

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Discover original London Underground artworks, take a mini-tour or listen to revealing talks. (14 words)

A 61-year-old Lancashire man has been charged with assaulting former health secretary Matt Hancock on the London Underground. (20 words)

In January 1985 the Capitalcard season ticket was launched, offering validity on British Rail as well as London Underground and London Buses. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Compare that to London, where ahead of the 2012 Games, the city ensured step-free access for around a quarter of stations in the Tube – the name for the London Underground – despite it being far deeper that Paris’ and the world’s oldest network. (44 words)

Transport for London (TfL) says hazardous chemicals which remain in signalling equipment on the London Underground network will be removed by the end of the year as we come up to five years after the authority was warned about it. (40 words)

Last year the Metropolitan Police in London faced similar accusations after it urged women not to use headphones or mobile phones while walking alone, following a spate of sexual attacks near London Underground stations. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Go to the ticket office at a London Underground station with a Railcard and they can also apply the discount for off-peak travel on London Underground for the duration of the railcard.

The transfer of responsibility was staged, with transfer of control of the London Underground delayed until July 2003, when London Underground Limited became an indirect subsidiary of TfL.

LO now also possesses some infrastructure in its own right, following the reopening of the former East London line of London Underground as the East London Railway of LO.

In 1863, the London Underground had its beginnings as the Metropolitan, the world’s first underground passenger railway, opened to the public with service between Paddington and Farringdon Street.

New stations are built, with the name 'Underground' being used for the first time in 1908 - along with the World famous London Underground symbol.

Animals on the Underground is a collection of over 20 animal characters depicted using only lines, stations and interchange symbols on the London Underground map, created by illustrator Paul Middlewick in 1987.

Compare that to London, where ahead of the 2012 Games, the city ensured step-free access for around a quarter of stations in the Tube – the name for the London Underground – despite it being far deeper that Paris’ and the world’s oldest network.

He said: "Transport for London operates two grinding trains, both of which are the only approved grinding trains that can operate on its London Underground network.

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The London Underground line’s northern terminus is at Harrow and Wealdstone and the trains share a track with the London Overground route into Hertfordshire.

Tickets are being accepted on London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, London buses, local buses, Thameslink, Southeastern Railway, South Western Railway and Chiltern Railways 'by any reasonable route'.

Transport for London (TfL) says hazardous chemicals which remain in signalling equipment on the London Underground network will be removed by the end of the year as we come up to five years after the authority was warned about it.

As part of its ‘Keep Protecting’ ambition, Dettol has partnered with Transportfor London to provide London Underground passengers with Dettol hand sanitiseracross its 270 stations.

British Transport Police continue to deploy additional officers throughout the London rail network to deter and disrupt further protest activity affecting the London Underground or other lines.

Last year the Metropolitan Police in London faced similar accusations after it urged women not to use headphones or mobile phones while walking alone, following a spate of sexual attacks near London Underground stations.

In 2007 he assumed responsibility for some local lines, which now form the London Overground network, adding to the existing responsibility for the London Underground, trams and buses.

In January 1985 the Capitalcard season ticket was launched, offering validity on British Rail as well as London Underground and London Buses.

The London Underground anagram map is an example of a parody map which was removed because Transport for London claimed copyright infringement.

A 61-year-old Lancashire man has been charged with assaulting former health secretary Matt Hancock on the London Underground.

Discover original London Underground artworks, take a mini-tour or listen to revealing talks.

London Underground workers in the RMT and Aslef unions are set to strike for 24 hours across the Tube network on Wednesday of next week.

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