Why are Tube stations abandoned?

Some stations were closed down because a scarcity of passengers made them uneconomic; some became redundant after lines were re-routed or replacements were built; and others are no longer served by the Underground but remain open to National Rail main line services.



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Group travel organisers, coach companies and tour operators can transport their customers to a secret side of London when they book a group tour of a disused Tube station with the Hidden London team at London Transport Museum. More information on specific tours can be seen on each individual tour event page.

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It was over 130 years ago that King William Street station was built in December of 1890. It was the northern terminus of the world's first deep level electric Tube railway, also known as the City and South London Railway (C& SLR).

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Roding Valley 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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The deepest station is Hampstead on the Northern line, which runs down to 58.5 metres. 15. In Central London the deepest station below street level is also the Northern line. It is the DLR concourse at Bank, which is 41.4 metres below.

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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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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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Five Tube lines run a 24-hour service on Fridays and Saturdays: Victoria, Central, Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines. The London Overground operates 24 hours on Fridays and Saturdays between New Cross Gate and Highbury & Islington. Off-peak fares apply on the Night Tube.

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London contains many other secret tunnels, including government passages beneath Whitehall, deep-level tube shelters and communications and utility tunnels.

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The famous Tube Stations of Central London
  • Oxford Circus. You're almost certain to come through Oxford Circus at some point during your stay—especially if you've been staying in hotels City of London. ...
  • Waterloo. ...
  • Victoria. ...
  • King's Cross. ...
  • Mornington Crescent.


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The Post Office Railway is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge, driverless underground railway in London that was built by the Post Office with assistance from the Underground Electric Railways Company of London, to transport mail between sorting offices.

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London Underground is longer at 250 miles long to Paris Métro's titchy 133 miles. But the Métro has more lines (16 versus 11) and more stations (303) than London (270). The Paris network also carries more passengers (1.5 billion annually) and is, in fact, the second busiest metro system after Moscow.

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Opening in 1863 as Metropolitan Railway, the Metropolitan line includes the oldest underground railway in the world and starting the whole of the London Underground network.

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