London Underground Lines

List of London Underground Lines

Tube Lines in London

The London Underground aka "The Underground" or "The Tube," presently has 11 lines serving over a billion passengers a year in addition to the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and the Overground network.

The Oyster Card, introduced in 2003, is the best way to journey on the tube, the DLR, the Overground and London's buses.

The London Underground presently has 270 stations.

London Tube Stations — London Tube Lines

Bakerloo Line

The Bakerloo Line runs from Harrow & Wealdstone in north west London to Elephant & Castle south of the River Thames and is colour-coded brown on tube maps. Altogether there are 25 stations, 15 of which are underground, on 23.2 km of track.

Central Line

The Central Line runs from West Ruislip in west London to Epping in east London and is colour-coded red. Altogether there are 49 stations on 74 km of track. Along with the Metropolitan Line it crosses the Greater London boundary.

Circle Line

The Circle Line runs in a spiral from Hammersmith to Edgware Road and then in a loop around central London back to Edgware Road. The Circle Line is colour-coded yellow on London tube maps. The line is 27 km in length and has 36 stations.

District Line

The District Line runs from Upminster in east London to Richmond is south west London. It is colour-coded green on tube maps. The District Line has several branches and the most stations on the network with a total of 60. In total the line is 64 km long.

DLR Line

The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) operates routes from Bank in the City to Lewisham in east London and Bank to Woolwich Arsenal. In addition, there are further routes from Tower Gateway to Beckton, Stratford to Lewisham or Canary Wharf and Stratford International to Woolwich Arsenal. The line began in 1987 but has been extended several times since then. The DLR has 45 stations on 38 km of track. The trains are automated with no drivers or cabs.

Hammersmith & City Line

The Hammersmith & City Line (colour-coded pink) runs from Hammersmith to Barking in east London. The line runs 25.5 km and has 29 stations.

Jubilee Line

The Jubilee Line (silver grey) operates from Stanmore to Stratford in east London. The Jubilee Line is the most recent line on the network and opened in 1979. 36.2 km in length it has 27 stations.

Metropolitan Line

The Metropolitan Line aka "The Met" runs from Aldgate to Amersham. It is coloured magenta on the tube map and has a length of 41.4 miles (66.7 km) with 34 stations.

Northern Line

The Northern Line (black) runs from Edgware in the northern suburbs to South Wimbledon in south west London. The Northern Line has two branches running through central London and three branches in north London. Nine Elms and Battersea Power Station are two new stations that opened in 2021. Parts of the line are some of the oldest in the capital.

Piccadilly Line

The Piccadilly Line (dark blue) operates from Cockfosters via Hammersmith to Heathrow Terminals 123, Terminal 5 and Terminal 4. The Piccadilly Line has two branches which split at Acton Town. There are 53 stations altogether on the line.

Victoria Line

The Victoria Line (light blue) runs from Walthamstow Central in north London through cental London to Brixton, south of the river. It runs completely underground. The Waterloo & City Line and the Victoria Line are the only two tube lines to do so.

Waterloo & City Line

The Waterloo & City Line runs from Bank to Waterloo Station. It is known as "The Drain." Used mainly by commuters to The City it usually does not operate on Sundays or public holidays. It is colour-coded turquoise on the Tube map, and is the shortest line on the system being only 2.37 km in length.