Identify a London Underground Line just by listening to it

(tubesoundquiz.com)

54 points | by nelson687 2 hours ago

9 comments

  • spuz 42 minutes ago
    It seems a little unfair to include the circle and metropolitan lines as they use the same rolling stock and run on the same tracks in the centre of the city.
    • calpaterson 26 minutes ago
      And yet I could tell them apart with pretty good confidence. Why?
  • dudefeliciano 41 minutes ago
    love this kind of games, if we ever get consumer grade smell-o-vision i will make the same to identify berlin underground lines by smell
  • walthamstow 1 hour ago
    Incredible fun. I got every one wrong except the line I live on and use all the time. I couldn't tell any of the others apart much, but I knew my line instantly, without any doubt. Fascinating.
  • ssss11 57 minutes ago
    I got 6 out of 9 and haven’t lived there in 10 years. Felt some nostalgia hearing some of them though!!!
    • calpaterson 28 minutes ago
      I got 8/9. Been away 2 years. The ones I rarely used or which don't have obvious "tells" that are hardest. For me, Jubilee is the most obvious - very distinctive sound.
  • bb123 1 hour ago
    Nice! It would be fun to include some of the other sounds on the tube like the door closing chimes or the sounds the doors make when opening and closing.
  • mpascale00 50 minutes ago
    It was fun to guess these without being familiar. I sort of guessed based on vague knowledge of age and name familiarity. Maybe I was lucky.
  • MrsPeaches 1 hour ago
    Loved this!

    A bit deep to put district and circle as options on the same question. Don’t they use the same rolling stock and cover very similar stations?

    I found Bakerloo was the easiest to identify.

    • Reason077 54 minutes ago
      The Bakerloo sounds are indeed pretty distinctive (I lived near Kilburn Park for a while and knew it well!). But I think the easiest of all is the Jubilee line. Those melodic sounds from the traction motors that rapidly change pitch when accelerating/decelerating are so distinctive and unique.
    • ssss11 56 minutes ago
      Jubilee I found pretty easy too
  • manojlds 54 minutes ago
    Elizabeth is the only one I use frequently so I got them mostly wrong.
    • maleldil 26 minutes ago
      Technically, not an underground line.
  • OPBoot 1 hour ago
    Enjoyed that. Not lived in London for 30 years, but some sounds never leave you...

    I got 5/9 on the Tube Sound Quiz!

    (better than random!)

    • jojobas 57 minutes ago
      I got 6/9 and I've never been there.