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Olympics to test London's subway

The busiest stations are normally extremely crowded during morning and afternoon rush hours.

With only a month to go, the possibility is slim for the authorities to make any changes to improve the subway service dramatically, given London's lack of efficiency in construction.

For example, it took London 18 months to renovate Leicester Square, which is famous for its film premiers in the heart of the city.

The square, which reopened in late May, now has stainless steel railings, 1 2,000 square meters of granite paving and a water feature around the Shakespeare statue, which sends jets of recycled water two meters into the air. The project cost 15.3 million pounds ($24 million).

In comparison, renovating the London subway is a formidably huge job. There is little hope anything special can happen in one month.

Going to London to watch the Olympic Games is a great idea, but only if you can use a bicycle, scooter, skateboard ... or anything to help you get around.

Questions:

1. Which subway line is of the biggest concern?

2. In what year did the London Underground open?

3. How many extra daily public transport journeys will be made during the Games?

Answers:

1. The Jubilee Line.

2. 1863.

3. 3 million.

About the broadcaster:

Emily Cheng is an editor at China Daily. She was born in Sydney, Australia and graduated from the University of Sydney with a degree in Media, English Literature and Politics. She has worked in the media industry since starting university and this is the third time she has settled abroad - she interned with a magazine in Hong Kong 2007 and studied at the University of Leeds in 2009.