Now that the Elizabeth line is up and running, I have noticed that I have started to shy away from the Jubilee Line. When I first moved down to London and was starting to get to know the metropolis, I used to think that the jubilee line was the be all and end all. I could just pop up to North Greenwich and get to places like Southwark, Westminster and Stratford. Yet the funny thing is, I have noticed myself starting to shy away from it, preferring to take the sleeker, faster Elizabeth Line. I have sort of caught myself thinking that the jubilee is somehow noisy and dirty.

Of course, while it can certainly be noisy, trains often shrieking louder than a Nazgûl with a metal pole shoved up it’s arse as they go through the tunnels along the south bank, the jubilee line can still be very useful. The two lines obviously take you to different places around London. However, if I was heading to a place while I could get to just as easily on either line, I think the Elizabeth Line would be my default choice. I just find it odd that I seem to have developed this unconscious preference so swiftly, not to mention my disdain for the jubilee line given that I was once so fond of it; and wonder whether any other Londoners have done something similar too.