How many lines does the underground train have?

Since then the Underground network, affectionately nicknamed the Tube by generations of Londoners, has grown to 272 stations and 11 lines stretching deep into the Capital's suburbs and beyond.



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King's Cross St Pancras tube station is served by more Underground lines than any other station on the network. 114. Seven London Boroughs are not served by the underground system, six of them being situated south of the River Thames.

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Victoria Line It's one of only two lines (the other being Waterloo and City) where you're completely underground as you travel from one end to the other.

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The Central line is a London Underground line that runs through central London, from Epping, Essex, in the north-east to Ealing Broadway and West Ruislip in west London. Printed in red on the Tube map, the line serves 49 stations over 46 miles (74 km), making it the longest line on the Underground.

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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.

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On average over 20 million journeys a month are being made on the Elizabeth line, making it the busiest railway in Great Britain according to the latest figures from the transport regulator, the Office of Rail and Road.

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Revealed: London's busiest tube stations in 2023
  • King's Cross (6,383,000 passengers)
  • Tottenham Court Road (4,843,000)
  • Waterloo (4,837,000)
  • Liverpool Street (4,742,000)
  • London Bridge (4,703,000)
  • Stratford (4,528,000)
  • Paddington (4,280,000)
  • Oxford Circus (4,112,000)


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London Underground train speeds vary across our network, from as slow as 15MPH, up to 60MPH. The speed of the trains can be impacted by a range of factors including the track infrastructure, the type of signalling system, the distance between stations, and the frequency of services in the timetable.

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With the Bakerloo line trains being the oldest passenger trains in regular operation in the country, there is a strong business case for their replacement. New trains will enable TfL to continue to maintain a reliable service, avoid the increasing cost of maintaining obsolete trains and increase passenger demand.

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

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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.

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Baker Street is a London Underground station at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road in the City of Westminster. It is one of the original stations of the Metropolitan Railway (MR), the world's first underground railway, opened on 10 January 1863.

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The four rail system was first used in the early twentieth century. The isolated traction current return allowed a train's position to be detected using DC track circuits, and reduced any earth leakage currents that could affect service pipes, telephone cables, or cast iron tunnel liners.

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Whatever direction you're coming from –whether via car, tube or walk – you'll know you're reaching King's Cross St Pancras when traffic will start slowing down and you'll even have to queue to cross the road. As such, seeing it top the chart as London's most stressful station is certainly not a surprise.

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Bakerloo line - 23.2km Running between the far north west of London all the way down to south of the river, via the West End, the Bakerloo line only serves 25 stations. Fun fact, the line was named because it runs through Baker Street and Waterloo.

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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.

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