London underground - a system of underground lines in london (uk). london underground - one of the largest in the world, its network consists of 11 lines with a total length of 402 km, of which 45% goes underground. on the total length of subway lines is the fourth largest in the world after seoul, beijing and shanghai. london underground has 270 stations. passenger traffic in the london underground in 2011 amounted to 1.171 billion people, an average of more than 3 million passengers a day. on annual passenger traffic london underground ranks eleventh in the world and third in europe after moscow and paris. london underground network serves most of greater london, as well as part of the county of buckinghamshire, hertfordshire and essex. london underground - the oldest in the world. his first line, which was called the metropolitan rely, opened in 1863. it links two major railway station to city. in 1890, the london underground was one of the first railway systems, where they began to operate on electric trains. during the second world war, the subway station served as a refuge for tens of thousands of civilians during the bombing. november 18, 1987 at one of the stations of a large fire broke out, killing 31 people. july 7, 2005 london underground has become a target for terrorists. as a result, a triple suicide attack killed 39 people. previously, the line of the london underground to build different private companies. in 1933, after the establishment of the department of the london passenger transport (london passenger transport board) they became part of an integrated transport system. in 1985, the uk government has created a limited liability company «london underground» (london underground limited), and underground became an independent organization. since 2003 «london underground limited» (lul) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the corporation «transport for london» (tfl), which is responsible for nearly all public transport greater london. londoners call the underground in your city «the tube» (trumpet), in the form of tunnels deep foundations. london underground is one of the symbols of london. on the map of the london underground and docklands light railway are marked and the london sky train, which are not part of the london underground network.
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christmans is the occasion in modern britain on which a lot of tradition are preserved by most ordinary people. in britain it is celebrated on 25 december.today it is connected with ''making money by shops'' that is now of tradition: most people follow the tradition of buying gifts for their family members.people also buy a christmans tree.this tradition came from germany. it was introduced in the nineteenth century.every christmas,london gets a gift from the people of norway-a christmas tree that is 23 metres high.it stands in the centre of london,in trafalgar square and it is decorated with 500 white lights. christmans is a time that unites anniversary families. at night people get together to mark christmas. celebrating christmas includes a christmas dinner and listening to the queeh's christmas speech when the queen speaks directly to ''her'' people on tv and on the radio. there are many royal traditions in britain. the queen's telegram is not a very old custom but it is very old people. every british person gets a telegram from the queen on their ohe-hundredth birthday . the changing of the guard is very beautiful tradition.every morning tourists go to watch the ceremohy at buckingham palace. at 11.30 the guard that stands in front of the palace change.
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financial problem in the family is a very difficult and stressful situation in which a man can get.especially if you have a big family, you need in sufficient money.for example you need in a lot of foods, clothes and others main things.and most importantly you must pay for electricity, water, gas, and all you need around the house and that's why you need money.the worst thing is when many quarrels in the family is due to financial problems and it's also very bad situation.аnd of course the financial problems caused by unemployment.аs we know now is very difficult to find high-paying job.аnd i think that if there were effective methods of dealing with financial problems, then life would be much better and kinder, without any violence, theft and war
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