The London Underground Tube Lines

London Underground tube system, which is managed by Transport for London remains one of the world’s busiest and largest metro systems transporting around one billion passengers a year. The London Underground tubes are the main method of transport in the central areas of London reducing the burden on road traffic.

The London Underground tube network is over 140 years old. There are around 270 stations located on the 11 lines of the London Underground. Below are the 11 lines of the underground network.

Northern Line

The Northern Line of the London Underground is shown in colour black in the London Tube map. With a length of around 36 miles, The Northern Line is the busiest tube line in the London Underground.

Supporting 50 stations, the line starts at Morden in South London and travels to Camden Town where the line splits into two. One of the lines travel to Edgware and the other to High Barnet with a split to Mill Hill East all located to the North West of Central London.

Around Central London at Kennington, the line splits into two, with one travelling through Charing Cross and the other through London Bridge, and then joining again at Euston.

Central Line

The longest tube line in London with a length of around 46 miles, the Central line is shown in red on the London Underground map. The tube line with 49 stations starts at Epping and splits in to two lines just after North Acton, with one terminating at Ealing Broadway and the other at West Ruislip. Central line is one of the three tube lines that serve Oxford Circus.

Circle Line

As the name suggest the circle line travels just outside of Central London in a circular manner. Tubes operate in both clockwise and anti-clockwise directions. Circle Line is shown in yellow on the London Underground map. At a relatively short length of 17 miles, the circles line serves 36 stations that are located quite close to each other.

District Line

The District Line is shown in green on the London Underground map. Starting at Upminster, just outside the M25 to the East, the District Line splits in to four lines at Earl’s Court. The lines terminate at Edgware Road, Kensington, Wimbledon and then at Richmond and Ealing Broadway after the line splits into two again at Turnham Green.

At 60 underground stations, the District Line contains the most number of tube stations spanning across a network of around 40 miles.

Piccadilly Line

Shown in dark blue in the London Underground map, the Piccadilly line is best known as the tube line that travels to London Heathrow terminals. The line travels through Knightsbridge, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square and Kings Cross before it terminates at Cockfosters. The 44 mile Piccadilly line has 53 tube stations.

Victoria Line

Shown in light blue on the tube map, the Victoria Line starts at Brixton in South London and terminates at Walthamstow Central in the North East. Victoria Line travels through Victoria station and is 13 miles long and serves just 16 tube stations.

Hammersmith and City Line

Shown in pink on the tube map, Hammersmith and city line starts its journey at Hammersmith and terminates at Barking. Hammersmith and City Line serves 29 tube stations and is approximately 16 miles long.

Bakerloo Line

The Bakerloo Line is shown in brown on the London Underground map. The 14 mile long line travels from Elephant and Castle to Harrow and Wealdstone, serving Oxford Circus on the way. The Bakerloo Line has 25 tube stations.

Jubilee Line

The Jubilee Line is approximately 22 miles long and serves 27 tube stations. The Jubilee line starts at Stanmore and after the recent extensions, it terminates at Stratford, the home of the London 2012 Olympics.

Metropolitan Line

The Metropolitan Line is shown in Dark Magenta on the London Underground map. The Metropolitan Line is approximately 41 miles long and contains 34 tube stations. Starting at Aldgate, the Metropolitan Line splits into two at Harrow-on-the-hill and terminates at Uxbridge and Amersham. The Amersham part of the Metropolitan line also splits for terminations at Chesham and Watford.

Waterloo and City Line

Shown in Turquoise on the London Underground map, the Waterloo and City line has the simple job of connecting Bank tube station to Waterloo tube station with a distance of just 1.5 miles. This makes Waterloo and City Line by far the shortest tube line in London.

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