Length of a London Underground carriage

Length of a London Underground carriage (18 m)

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If Length of a London Underground carriage (18 m) was a standard unit ...

  • Length of the longest canal tunnel (Rove Tunnel in France) (7.12 km)...more would be 400 x Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Length of the Great Sphinx of Giza (73 m)...more would be 4 x Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Overall length of an Airbus A380 (72.7 m)...more would be 4 x Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Length of a Boeing 747 airliner (70.7 m)...more would be 4 x Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Length of a ten pin bowling lane (18.29 m)...more would be about as big as Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Men's World Triple Jump record (18.29 m)...more would be about as big as Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Men's Olympic Triple Jump record (18.09 m)...more would be about as big as Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Men's World Long Jump Record (1991) (8.95 m)...more would be 1/2 of Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Men's Olympic Long Jump record (8.9 m)...more would be 1/2 of Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Width of a football goal (7.32 m)...more would be 2/5 of Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Length overall of a `Finn` racing dinghy (4.5 m)...more would be 1/4 of Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Length of a Jaguar E-type coupe (4.43 m)...more would be 1/4 of Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Length of a standard full size snooker table (3.57 m)...more would be 1/5 of Length of a London Underground carriage
  • Width of a ice-hockey goal (1.8 m)...more would be 1/10 of Length of a London Underground carriage

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