What is the least used London Underground station?

What is the least used London Underground station? Roding Valley is London's least used tube station. Roding Valley is found on the central line. Roding Valley transports around the same number of passengers in 1 year, that London Waterloo does in 1 day.

What is the deepest tube station in the UK?

The deepest station is Hampstead on the Northern line, which runs down to 58.5 metres.

Is the Elizabeth line Underground?

Despite being named under the same system as London Underground lines, and having sections which are underground, the Elizabeth line is not classified as a London Underground line. Under the project name of Crossrail, the system was approved in 2007, and construction began in 2009.

What is the youngest line on the London tube?

Opening in 1979 the Jubilee line today began life as a branch of the Metropolitan Railway in 1932, before being transferred to the Bakerloo line in the 1930s. The Jubilee line is the youngest line on the Underground network, before the opening of the Elizabeth line in 2018.

What is the busiest interchange on the London Underground network?

King's Cross St Pancras Underground station links six London Underground lines – Circle, Piccadilly, Hammersmith & City, Northern, Metropolitan and Victoria. This makes it the biggest interchange on the London Underground, and one of the busiest.

What is the oldest abandoned tube station?

It was over 130 years ago that King William Street station was built in December of 1890. It was the northern terminus of the world's first deep level electric Tube railway, also known as the City and South London Railway (C& SLR).

Which London boroughs have no tube?

There are five London boroughs (Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton) which have never been served by the Underground system.

What are the most unused train stations in the UK?

Who owns London Underground?

The current operator, London Underground Limited (LUL), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL), the statutory corporation responsible for the transport network in London.

How many London Underground stations are no longer in use?

Find out more about London's disused Underground stations. Our network includes 272 functioning Tube stations, but at least another 40 Overground and Underground stations exist that are no longer used for travel.

Which 2 stations is the the shortest London Underground journey between?

The shortest distance between two adjacent stations on the underground network is only 260 metres. The tube journey between Leicester Square and Covent Garden on the Piccadilly Line takes only about 20 seconds, but costs £4.90 (cash fare). Yet it still remains one of the most popular journeys with tourists.

What is the least used tube station?

Roding Valley is London's least used tube station. Roding Valley is found on the central line. Roding Valley transports around the same number of passengers in 1 year, that London Waterloo does in 1 day.

Which is the oldest tube line?

The Metropolitan line is the oldest underground railway in the world. The Metropolitan Railway opened in January 1863 and was an immediate success, though its construction took nearly two years and caused huge disruption in the streets.

What is the youngest tube line?

Its history is linked to both the oldest line on the Underground, the Metropolitan, and the youngest, the Jubilee.

What are the 2 new tube stations?

Transport for London opened its doors for boarding on the two new tube stations which make up the Northern Line Extension: Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station. Opened today – 20 September 2021 – it has been classed as the first major tube extension this century and will support around 25,000 new jobs.

Which train has no driver in London?

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a driverless train network that serves parts of east and south-east London. These trains have interchanges with the London Underground at some major Tube stations, including Bank, Tower Gateway (Tower Hill) and Canary Wharf.