150 Years of the Tube: the tube station’s I’ve visited list

Published on 10 January 2013 in , , , ,

Snow topped Underground sign at Colliers Wood

When I first moved to London in 1999 I had a tube map on the wall next to my front door. Every time I went to a new tube station I highlighted it on the map. The reason was because I was interested in where I’d been to in London; a city that I was, of course, exploring a lot.

I never kept up with my highlighting. The longer I remained down here the less it mattered. But recently, with the 150th anniversary of the first tube service, I wondered just how many of London Underground’s 250 stations I’d been to.

I didn’t highlight them on a map. I should have but I didn’t. But I came up with a list. Invariably there were errors – stations I’d missed out because I’d forgotten I’d been there (hey, I’ve been in London for over 13 years – you can’t expect me to remember every station!) but the list I came up with looked pretty substantial. It’s a list of stations I’ve definitely stood on the platform for – although maybe not exited or entered.

Not surprisingly it was focused on the West of London where I used to work and live, on the South West of London where I live now, and the centre of London where everything happens – there aren’t many Zone 1 stations that I’ve not visited at some point or other. On the other hand, there have been few forays out north or east, and I’ve never made it to Grange Hill where I’ve always wanted to go just so I can say I’ve been there.

Illuminated Sign at Brent Cross

But perhaps most surprisingly was the number of stations I know I’ve been to. It came to exactly 150. Honestly, this wasn’t a fix. It really did come to 150. So what better way of celebrating 150 Years of London Underground than listing 150 stations I know I’ve been to:

  • Acton Town
  • Aldgate
  • Aldgate East
  • Alperton
  • Amersham
  • Angel
  • Archway
  • Arsenal
  • Baker Street
  • Balham
  • Bank
  • Barbican
  • Barons Court
  • Bayswater
  • Blackfriars
  • Bond Street
  • Borough
  • Boston Manor
  • Brent Cross
  • Brixton
  • Caledonian Road
  • Camden Town
  • Canada Water
  • Canary Wharf
  • Canning Town
  • Cannon Street
  • Chalk Farm
  • Chancery Lane
  • Charing Cross
  • Chiswick Park
  • Clapham Common
  • Clapham North
  • Clapham South
  • Cockfosters
  • Colliers Wood
  • Covent Garden
  • Ealing Broadway
  • Ealing Common
  • Earl’s Court
  • East Acton
  • East Finchley
  • East Ham
  • East Putney
  • Edgware Road (District and Circle Line)
  • Edgware Road (Bakerloo Line)
  • Elephant & Castle
  • Embankment
  • Euston
  • Euston Square
  • Farringdon
  • Fulham Broadway
  • Goldhawk Road
  • Goodge Street
  • Great Portland Street
  • Greenford
  • Green Park
  • Gunnersbury
  • Hammersmith (District and Piccadilly Line)
  • Hammersmith (Hammersmith and City Line)
  • Hampstead
  • Hanger Lane
  • Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3
  • Highbury & Islington
  • Highgate
  • High Street Kensington
  • Hillingdon
  • Holborn
  • Holland Park
  • Hounslow Central
  • Hyde Park Corner
  • Kennington
  • Kensington (Olympia)
  • Kentish Town
  • Kew Gardens
  • King’s Cross St. Pancras
  • Knightsbridge
  • Lambeth North
  • Lancaster Gate
  • Leicester Square
  • Liverpool Street
  • London Bridge
  • Mansion House
  • Marble Arch
  • Marylebone
  • Monument
  • Moorgate
  • Moor Park
  • Morden
  • Mornington Crescent
  • North Acton
  • North Ealing
  • North Greenwich
  • Northfields
  • Northolt
  • Notting Hill Gate
  • Old Street
  • Osterley
  • Oval
  • Oxford Circus
  • Paddington
  • Park Royal
  • Parsons Green
  • Perivale
  • Piccadilly Circus
  • Pimlico
  • Plaistow
  • Putney Bridge
  • Queensway
  • Ravenscourt Park
  • Rayners Lane
  • Regent’s Park
  • Richmond
  • Ruislip
  • Russell Square
  • St. James’s Park
  • St. John’s Wood
  • St. Paul’s
  • Seven Sisters
  • Shepherd’s Bush
  • Shepherd’s Bush Market
  • Sloane Square
  • South Ealing
  • South Kensington
  • South Wimbledon
  • Southwark
  • Stamford Brook
  • Stockwell
  • Stratford
  • Temple
  • Tooting Bec
  • Tooting Broadway
  • Tottenham Court Road
  • Tower Hill
  • Turnham Green
  • Turnpike Lane
  • Uxbridge
  • Vauxhall
  • Victoria
  • Warren Street
  • Waterloo
  • Wembley Central
  • West Acton
  • West Brompton
  • West Kensington
  • Westminster
  • White City
  • Whitechapel
  • Willesden Junction
  • Wimbledon
  • Wood Lane

Well okay, there’s far better ways to celebrate. Like running a steam train down the tube tunnels. But this is the best I could do. Okay?