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Every Tube station has at least 1 interesting fact and some tube stations have dozens. It might be something to do with the history of a station or maybe there’s a little quirk to the architecture.
There are lots of facts to know about London’s Tube stations but we have a few favourites. So, we made this infographic to share them with you! Check below the infographic for all of the info in full.
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Abbey Road
Looking for Abbey Road Studios or the zebra crossing made famous by the Beatles? You’ll want St. John’s Wood Tube station on the Jubilee Line rather than Abbey Road, most don’t realise.Acton Central
There is a bookshelf in the ticket hall area of the Tube station where you can borrow free books to read on the train.Angel
Here you’ll find the longest escalators on the Underground system.Arsenal
Originally called Gillespie Road, it was renamed after the football club in 1932.Belsize Park
The only place on the Tube map that you’ll see the letter ‘Z’ used.Canary Wharf (Jubilee)
The inside of the Tube station is massive; it has to be seen to be believed. It has been compared to the size of a cathedral. Some say it is even bigger than One Canada Square (the tower most people will associate with ‘Canary Wharf’) on its side. The station was even once used for a wedding reception.Chalk Farm
Madness used Chalk Farm station as the backdrop for the cover of their album ‘Absolutely’ in 1980.East Putney
The Tube station building is a former cattery, as in the 19th century there were too many cats over-running the town, during the industrial revolution.Embankment
The only Tube station with a spiral staircase and subsequently had never had lifts installed. The staircase is hidden away though and very hard to find.Golders Green
There are vending machines on platform one which passengers can’t get to because that platform is accessible for drivers only who are booking on to work, or changing trains here.Hampstead
The deepest of all the Tube stations on the network at 192 feet beneath ground level. It has 320 steps on the emergency staircase, which take at least five minutes to walk up. It is rumoured the supervisor at the station keeps a log of the ‘fastest times’ people take to come up all the stairs.Harlesden
The station is opposite a biscuit factory and on production days you can smell a biscuity aroma on the platforms.Heathrow Terminals 2&3 Tube Station
The only station you can’t walk to on foot via public roads.Hendon Central
You can play a game of chess (or draughts) on the floor of the entrance to the ticket hall.Maida Vale
The first to be run exclusively by women, in June 1915, and due to the new equal pay act received the same salary as men. However, once the First World War was over, the women had to relinquish their positions.Northwood
The town of Northwood (and the tube station) was used as the filming location for the popular 1970’s BBC comedy ‘The Good Life’.Roding Valley
Consistently the Tube’s least used station, averaging only 200,000 passengers per year.South Harrow
There is a fake plastic owl in the ticket hall area to scare off pigeons.Victoria Tube Station
Actually named after nearby Victoria Street, and not (as many think) after Queen Victoria.Wapping
The deepest ‘Sub Surface’ station in London, at 18m (60 feet) below sea level. To plan journeys and check live information about the Tube, download Tube Map for free.
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