If you visit here on a regular basis, you are well aware that we at TBTP World HQ are big fans of urban transit networks. So we get preternaturally excited when a new service launches in one of our favorite cities.

Technically, the Elizabeth Line is just the first part of Crossrail, an expansion of the London’s rail system so extensive that it is most certainly it’s own thing, not part of the London Underground. But is does run under London, so it is the London underground.

You can get a sneak peek and a virtual ride on the Elizabeth Line, which opens this week, through the video below.