What is the steepest escalator on the London Underground?

With a vertical rise of 90 feet (27 m) and a length of 200 feet (61 m), the escalators at Angel station are the longest on the Underground, and in the United Kingdom.



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Russell Square is one of the few deep level central London tube stations with only steps and lifts. The deepest tube station is Hampstead, where platforms are 58.5 metres below street level. Passenger uses either lifts or the 320 steps.

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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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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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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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Although they drive on the left and walk on the left on crowded pavements, Londoners stand on the right on Tube station escalators and the reason is historic. The first successful London Tube escalator, at Earls Court Station, required passengers to disembark diagonally to the left.

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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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Roding Valley Roding Valley is London's least used tube station. Roding Valley is found on the central line.

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There are five London boroughs (Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton) which have never been served by the Underground system.

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Chesham station is 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Charing Cross, making it the furthest London Underground station from central London. It is both the northernmost and westernmost station in the system.

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Morden is a London Underground station in Morden in the London Borough of Merton. The station is the southern terminus for the Northern line and is the most southerly station on the Underground network, despite being on the Northern Line.

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