List of London Underground Stations

List Of London Underground Stations

The London Underground is a metro system in the United Kingdom that serves Greater London and adjacent districts of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Its first section opened in 1863, making it the oldest underground metro system in the world. The system operates below ground in central London but generally runs on the surface in the outlying suburbs. Approximately 55 per cent of the network is above ground. The system comprises 11 lines – Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, Waterloo & City – serving 270 stations. The system is operated by Transport for London (TfL).

Most of the system is north of the River Thames with stations in the City of London or one of twenty-seven London boroughs. Stations at the north-eastern end of the Central line are in the Epping Forest district of Essex and stations at the north-western end of the Metropolitan line are in the Three Rivers and Watford districts of Hertfordshire and the Chiltern district of 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, just as there is one Hammersmith station on the Piccadilly and District lines and another on the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines. Although the Hammersmith & City line platforms at Paddington are on the other side of the mainline station from the platforms of the other Underground lines, it is treated as a single station. It is currently shown this way on the Tube map, but has been shown as two stations at times. Four stations have interchanges with the Docklands Light Railway: Bank, Canning Town, West Ham and Stratford.

Transport for London currently plans to extend its services to six additional stations by 2018 as a result of extensions to the Metropolitan and Northern lines. One Metropolitan line station, Watford, will close due to its branch being diverted on to a new route. Two of the planned Metropolitan line stations, Watford High Street and Watford Junction, are currently served by National Rail and were previously served by the Bakerloo line.