King’s Cross St Pancras tube station is served by more Underground lines than any other station on the network. 114.
What is the most connected station in London?
King’s Cross St Pancras links to 60% of all London’s tube stations. No other station comes close.
Which tube stations are closest together?
Hangar Lane (Central Line) and Park Royal (Piccadilly Line).
Which tube line connects to all others?
The Jubilee Line is the only one to connect with all the other Underground Lines. Over 1,000 bodies lie beneath Aldgate station, which is built over a plague pit from 1665. The London Underground has a staggering 270 stations.
What is the longest distance between two tube stations?
The longest distance between two stations is 3.9 miles (6.3 km) between Chalfont & Latimer and Chesham on the Metropolitan line. The shortest distance between adjacent stations is the 330 yards (300 m) between Leicester Square and Covent Garden on the Piccadilly line.
What is the slowest tube line?
4. Bakerloo is slowest line and Central is fastest.
What is the least used tube station?
Roding Valley
Roding Valley is the most lightly used station on the Underground.
Which tube station has the most stops?
Waterloo plus Waterloo East plus Waterloo underground has 36 lines. Kings Cross and St Pancras are technically different stations and are a short walk from Euston so combining the three of them would make one of the biggest stations in the world.
Which tube line is the loudest?
The Victoria Line on the Tube network is a hotspot for noise complaints, according to new City Hall data.
Which is the deepest tube station?
Because Hampstead is on a steep hill, the station’s platforms are the deepest on the London Underground network, at 58.5 metres (192 ft) below ground level; and it has the deepest lift shaft on the Underground, at 55 metres (180 ft).
What is the most famous tube line?
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| Rank (2018) | Station | 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | King’s Cross St. Pancras | 95.03 |
| 2 | Victoria | 83.50 |
| 3 | Oxford Circus | 83.26 |
| 4 | Waterloo | 100.36 |
What is the most reliable tube line?
As the Underground’s shortest Tube Line, it is no surprise that the Waterloo and City Line comes first in terms of reliability – there’s much less that could go wrong.
Which tube line is the oldest?
Metropolitan line
Metropolitan line
Opened in 1863, The Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Farringdon was the first, urban, underground railway in the world.
Which underground station has the longest escalator?
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| Date opened | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Longest continuous tunnel | East Finchley to Morden (via Bank) – 27.8km |
| Station with most escalators | Waterloo – 23 |
| Longest escalator | Angel – 60 metres |
| Shortest escalator | Stratford – 4.1 metres |
Which Tube lines are fastest?
The Victoria line runs faster trains than other Underground lines because it has fewer stops, ATO running and modern design.
Which Tube line has the oldest trains?
Bakerloo line trains
Bakerloo line trains are called the London Underground 1972 stock, because they’re on the London Underground, and are from 1972, pretty much. This is the oldest stock still in use on the tube.
What is the smallest London Underground line?
Waterloo and City line – 2.37km
The Drain yo-yos between Waterloo and Bank, so unsurprisingly is the shortest by far, taking only four minutes from one end to the other.
What is the newest tube station?
Opening. The station opened on 20 September 2021. In September 2022, TfL announced that over 5 million trips had been made on the extension since opening, with an average of 40,000 trips a week at Nine Elms, around half that of Battersea Power Station.
What is the busiest tube station in the UK?
King’s Cross St. Pancras
By comparison, in 2019, King’s Cross St. Pancras was the busiest tube station in London, with more than 88 million passenger entries and exits recorded.
| Characteristic | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Stratford | 64.85 | 25.07 |
| London Bridge | 74.34 | 24.72 |
| Victoria | 85.47 | 22.95 |
| King’s Cross St. Pancras | 88.27 | 18.84 |
What is the busiest London train station?
Stratford
List of busiest railway stations in Great Britain
| Rank | Railway Station | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stratford | London |
| 2 | London Victoria | London |
| 3 | London Bridge | London |
| 4 | London Waterloo | London |
Why is Jubilee line so loud?
The vibration caused when metal train wheels roll over metal tracks is carried through the tunnel and the ground around it to nearby buildings. The walls and floors of these buildings can amplify the noise.”