Facts & Figures about the London Underground

Lots of people have trivia questions about the London Underground. What's the oldest station? What's the deepest station? How many people travel on it? etc etc. But here we look at some of these pieces of trivia and discover what they actually mean to your journey.

Longest journeys

If you're mad enough to want to spend a lot of time on the Underground without changing trains take a trip on the Central Line and go from West Ruislip to Epping - it's over 34 miles.

If you don't like being underground don't go on the Nothern Line and travel between Morden and East Finchley on the City branch of the Line. You'll be in a tunnel continously for over 17 miles.

Shortest Journey

Please please please don't just take a journey the one stop on the tube between Leicester Square and Covent Garden on the Piccadilly Line. It's only 0.16 miles and if you take into account the fact that you're going to get on escalators and lifts at each end, it's much quicker to walk!

Busiest Lines

The busiest line on the system is the District Line which carries over 180 million passengers each year over its 40 mile length. It's also one of the slowest in my opinion although I've no factual evidence to back this up, just five years of experience.

In terms of passengers per mile, the Victoria Line is the busiest, carrying about 175 million over its 13.25 mile length each year.

Busiest Stations

Try to avoid these if you can or at least expect them to be crowded. The busiest station on the Underground is Victoria, closely followed by Oxford Circus, both of which are the start or end points for over 85 million passengers each year. The next largest is King's Cross with nearly 70 million passengers each year. All of these stations are on the Victoria line, so now you can see why it's the busiest tube line. More to come!!!!!!!!

For more on life on the London Underground try Goingunderground.net

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