What is the deepest tube station below sea level?

Hampstead is the deepest station below the surface, at 58.5 metres (192 ft), as its surface building is near the top of a hill, and the Jubilee line platforms at Westminster are the deepest platforms below sea level at 32 metres (105 ft).



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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).

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Redbridge is often described as the shallowest deep level (as opposed to cut-and-cover) station on the network, as it is only 5.2 metres (17 ft) beneath the surface.

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Liverpool James Street railway station, together with Hamilton Square underground station in Birkenhead are the oldest deep level underground stations in the world, while London's underground stations were just below the street surface built by means of the cut-and-cover method.

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The underground or tube in London is the oldest transport system of its kind in the world. It opened on 10th January 1863 with steam locomotives. Today, there's an underground network of 408 kilometres (253 miles) of active lines that will take you anywhere in the city.

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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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He added: 'The Central line has the loudest section out of all of the tube lines, and it basically gets as loud as almost 110dB. ' The Jubilee, Central, Victoria and Bakerloo lines were also recorded to be louder than 105dB on ten different occasions.

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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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As explained in the video, these tunnelling machines made it possible to dig under the city at a greater depth and create new underground lines on another level: they could dig under buildings and keep away from electricity lines, sewers and other infrastructures.

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However, when we asked Londoners on Facebook to nominate the Tube station that confused them the most, there was one that kept coming to the surface. Yes, you've guessed it, it's the Bank and Monument station interchange folks! According to you it's about as easy to navigate as a labyrinth...

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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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Roding Valley is the most lightly used station on the Underground.

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The majority of Reddit users agreed that the Hainault Loop of the Central Line was the quietest part of the underground outside of rush hour. One user wrote: “Hainault Loop of the Central Line, any time away from rush hour.” Followed by another who boasted: “Yeah I was there last weekend and had it to myself.”

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Revealed: These are London's most overcrowded Tube lines Statistics from mayor of London Sadiq Khan show that morning peak hour capacity on the London Underground is more than 100 per cent, with the Northern, Central and Jubilee lines the most crowded.

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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.

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If you're seeking a cooler tube ride, you'll want to stick to the Jubilee or Waterloo Lines. With an average of 26.9C and 25C respectively, they recorded the lowest temperatures.

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the centre of London is North of the Thames. there was already a dense network of surface railways around inner South London by the time underground railways started to be built, so there was less reason to build underground ones. the clay soil of South London was not suitable for early tunnelling methods.

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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.

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Yes, London has an older network, it covers a bigger area, but New York has more stations, more lines (technically speaking) and carries more people each year.

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