List of London Underground stations

An unofficial topological tube map of the London Underground system. Also included are the London Overground, Docklands Light Railway, the Tramlink and Elizabeth line systems for integration purposes.

The London Underground is a metro system in the United Kingdom that serves Greater London and the home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire. Its first section opened in 1863,^[1] making it the oldest underground metro system in the world – although approximately 55% of the current network is above ground,^[2] as it generally runs on the surface in outlying suburbs.

The system is composed of 11 lines – Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, and Waterloo & City – serving 272 stations.^[3] It is operated by Transport for London (TfL).

Most of the system is north of the River Thames, with six of the London boroughs in the south of the city not served by the Underground. The London Borough of Hackney, to the north, has two stations on its border. Some stations at the north-eastern end of the Central line are in the Epping Forest district of Essex and some stations at the north-western end of the Metropolitan line are in the Three Rivers and Watford districts of Hertfordshire, and Buckinghamshire.

There are two instances where two separate stations share the same name: there is one Edgware Road station on the Circle, District, and Hammersmith & City lines and another on the Bakerloo line; and there is one Hammersmith station on the District and Piccadilly lines and another on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines. Although the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines station at Paddington is on the other side of the main line station to the Bakerloo, Circle and District lines station, it is shown as a single station on the current Tube map, but still counted as two in the official station count. It has been shown as two separate stations at different times in the past.

The opening of the Northern line extension to Battersea in September 2021 added two new stations to the network (Battersea Power Station and Nine Elms), bringing the total to 272.^[4]

Stations

Listed for each of the 272 stations are the lines serving it, local authority, the fare zone in which it is located, the date it and any earlier main line service opened, previous names and passenger usage statistics in millions per year.

Fictional stations

See also

• List of London railway stations
• List of Docklands Light Railway stations
• List of former and unopened London Underground stations
• List of busiest London Underground stations
• London Underground stations that are listed buildings
• Timeline of the London Underground

Notes

1. Where more than one line serves a station, lines are listed in the order of opening. In some cases stations were first served by one underground line but later transferred to another.
2. Some stations are assigned to multiple zones.
3. The other names listed may have been used previously on station signage, on network maps, in advertisements or in planning material.
4. In the early years, slightly different names were sometimes employed contemporaneously for different purposes or on different parts of a station. A number of stations continue to bear obsolete early names where these form part of the physical architecture. For example, the platform wall tiling at Arsenal, Hampstead, Marylebone and Warren Street still carries the original names of these stations.
5. First served by Metropolitan line – Circle line services separately identified in 1949.^[5]
6. First served by Metropolitan line – Hammersmith & City line services separately identified in 1990.^[5]
7. First served by District line – service transferred to Piccadilly line in 1933.^[5]
8. First served by Metropolitan line – Circle line services separately identified in 1949, Hammersmith & City line services separately identified in 1990.^[5]
9. Bank and Monument operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics.
10. First served by District line – Metropolitan line service added in stages which was transferred to Hammersmith & City line in 1990.^[5]
11. First served by Metropolitan line – District line service added in stages, Circle line services separately identified in 1949.^[5]
12. First served by District line – Circle line services separately identified in 1949.^[5]
13. First served by District line – service transferred to Piccadilly line in 1964.^[5]
14. First served by Metropolitan line – service transferred to Bakerloo line in 1939 and then to the Jubilee line in 1979.^[5]
15. First served by Metropolitan line – District line service added in 1910 which was transferred to Piccadilly line in 1933.^[5]
16. First served by Metropolitan line – Bakerloo line service added in 1939 which was transferred to the Jubilee line in 1979.^[5]
17. First served by Metropolitan line – Hammersmith & City line services separately identified in 1990,^[5] Circle line service added in 2009.^[9]
18. Heathrow Terminal 4 station was closed during the COVID national lockdown.
19. The two Paddington stations operate as a combined station with shared usage statistics.
20. First served by Bakerloo line – service transferred to Jubilee line in 1979.^[5]

References

1. "A brief history of the Underground". Transport for London. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
2. "Facts & Figures". Transport for London. Archived from the original on 27 September 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
3. "London Underground". Transport for London. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
4. "New Northern line stations open today as Tube extends to Battersea Power Station". Transport for London. 20 September 2021. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
5. Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. London: Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4. OCLC 59556887.
6. Harris, Cyril M. (2006) [1977]. What's in a name?. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-241-0.
7. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
8. Dumayne, Alan (1998). Southgate. Sutton Publishing Limited. p. 44. ISBN 0-7509-2000-9.
9. "Circle Line extended to the west". BBC News. 5 March 2009. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2011.

Further reading

• Connor, J.E. (1999). London's Disused Underground Stations. Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-250-X. OCLC 57630283.
• Gillham, John C. (2001). The Waterloo & City Railway. Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-525-5. OCLC 59402958.
• Leboff, David (1994). ABC London Underground Stations. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-2226-7.
• Lee, Charles E. (1973). The Bakerloo line, a Brief History. London: London Transport. OCLC 59998073.
• Lee, Charles E. The Central line, a Brief History. London: London Transport. OCLC 3470185.
• Lee, Charles E. (1973). The District line, a Brief History. London: London Transport. OCLC 59998301.
• Lee, Charles E. (1976). The East London Line and the Thames Tunnel, a Brief History. London: London Transport. OCLC 24459581.
• Lee, Charles E. (1972). The Metropolitan line, a Brief History. London: London Transport. OCLC 59998061.
• Lee, Charles E. (1973). The Northern line, a Brief History. London: London Transport. OCLC 59998137.
• Lee, Charles E. (1973). The Piccadilly line, a Brief History. London: London Transport. OCLC 59998126.
• Menear, Laurence (1983). London's Underground Stations: a social and architectural study. Midas Books. ISBN 978-0-85936-124-8. OCLC 12695214.
• Wolmar, Christian (2004). The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. Atlantic Books. ISBN 1-84354-023-1. OCLC 60794863.

External links

• Tube – Transport for London Archived 12 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine
• Video of every London Underground Station on YouTube