As Londoners, we use the London Underground pretty much every day.

The transport system is great for getting us from A to B relatively unscathed (unless you attempt the Central line at rush hour) and it's also pretty affordable.

But no matter how much we try to love it, it's not perfect.

So, what would you do if you were in charge of expanding the Tube? What improvements do you think need to be made?

Well, one Reddit thread asks just that, and Londoners have not held back.

The post received a huge response offering a range of ideas to improve the Tube.

Here are 21 ways you said you would expand the London Underground if you were in charge:

1. Extend the Bakerloo line to Hayes and Beckenham and further north to Watford Junction

2. Create a new line from one half of the Northern line running from High Barnet to Clapham Junction via Charing Cross and Kennington

3. Reinstate the Central line to the Essex town of Ongar

Only a novelty railway runs from Ongar Station now

4. Tunnel through on the Central line from Ealing Broadway to West Ealing, and then extend up the Greenford branch, creating a split

5. Extend the West Ruislip Central line service to Denham

6. Make District line trains to Olympia a semi-regular service

7. Don't let the Jubilee line stop at Stratford. Instead, stop at Stratford High Street to stop the crowds. Passengers can use the DLR instead

8. Run fast services on the Metropolitan line from Aldgate to Amersham or Watford Junction via the Croxley Rail Link

9. Run a new Metropolitan service from the existing Watford station towards Amersham via the Croxley-Rickmansworth curve

10. Create a new Palace & City line starting at Hampton Court, then loosely following the South Western Main line to Clapham. The line would then wind to Waterloo, where it borrows the Waterloo and City Line to get to Bank

11. Extend the Piccadilly line to Staines and Slough

The Piccadilly Line is getting some swish new trains in 2024 but wouldn't it be great if it went to Slough?

12. Actually put in place the long-planned DLR extension from Beckton to Dagenham

13. Bring Thameslink under London Underground control

14. Close the Emirates Air Line Cable Car and open a new route from Canary Wharf to Canada Water via Tower Hill

15. Open the old abandoned Mill Hill Railway as a tourist attraction, with a small train running through it, similar to Ruislip Lido

16. Expand the Metropolitan line to Aylesbury

17. Create a new line in South London, running from Epsom through Kingston

18. Extend the District line to Southend

19. Extend Waterloo and City services to Liverpool Street, and also make it run through Blackfriars

20. Make the Victoria line run to the tram stops

21. And finally - "I’d probably spend most of the money blowing up the Central line and then start again from scratch" - this one isn't quite as productive but we can feel their pain!

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