Which tube line is the oldest?

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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Inaugurated on 17 January, 1875, the Tünel is the second-oldest fully underground urban railway in the world, after the London Underground (1863) and oldest in continental Europe, pre-dating the Budapest Metro by 21 years. This diagram: view.

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The City & South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first deep-level electric tube railway. It opened in 1890, initially running between suburban Stockwell, south of the River Thames, and King William Street, near Bank on the northern side of London Bridge.

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The system is composed of 11 lines – Bakerloo, Central, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, and Waterloo & City – serving 272 stations.

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Its history is linked to both the oldest line on the Underground, the Metropolitan, and the youngest, the Jubilee.

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Before the Elizabeth Line, the newest line built was the Jubilee Line, with the first section opening in 1979 and extending to the London Docklands in 1999.

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Glasgow Subway in Scotland is the world's third oldest metro system, opening in December 1896. The system runs along an underground 10.5km loop in the city and is one of the only metros in the world not to have been expanded beyond its original route.

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The Tremont Street subway in Boston's MBTA subway system is the oldest subway tunnel in North America and the third oldest still in use worldwide to exclusively use electric traction (after the City and South London Railway in 1890, and the Budapest Metro's Line 1 in 1896), opening on September 1, 1897.

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Bakerloo line This is the oldest stock still in use on the tube.

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THE world's first metro, now the world's oldest system, is the London Underground in England, which is more commonly known as the Tube, which was opened in 1863. At 402 kilometers in length the London Underground is also the world's second longest metro system.

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MailOnline breaks down the hottest Tube lines in 2023 after an FOI from TfL
  • Bakerloo: average of 26.18C per month.
  • Central: average of 25.86C per month.
  • Jubilee: average of 21.42C per month.
  • Northern: average of 24.60C per month.
  • Piccadilly: average of 23.16C per month.
  • Victoria: average of 26.70C per month.


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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.

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Annualised entry/exit counts were recorded at 270 stations in 2022. In 2022, King's Cross St Pancras was the busiest station on the network, used by over 69.94 million passengers, while Roding Valley was the least used with 259,271 passengers. Data for 2022 was published on 4 October 2023.

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The Waterloo & City and the Jubilee were the coolest lines, while the Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City attracted fewest complaints. TfL said air-conditioned trains were in use on 40 per cent of the Underground network. New trains due to be introduced on the Piccadilly line from 2025 will also have air conditioning.

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Located at the intersection of St. Nicholas Avenue and 191st Street in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, it is served by the 1 train at all times. It is the deepest station in the New York City Subway system at about 173 feet (53 m) below street level.

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In 1897, Boston opened the first subway system in North America, known as the Tremont Street subway. Boston's Tremont Street Subway was the first subway tunnel in North America in 1897, according to the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA).

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