Tube Lines

Twelve Different Colors

The London Underground has twelve color-coded lines. It may seem confusing when you first try to find your way, but with practice it can be quite straightforward. Pick up your free tube map at any station, or visitor information office. Below is a list of the tube lines, their colors, where they start and finish, plus useful interim stops.

• Bakerloo Line (Brown)
  FROM: Harrow & Wealdstone
  TO: Elephant & Castle
  USEFUL STOPS:
  • Edgware Road
  • Oxford Circus
  • Piccadilly Circus
  • Waterloo

• Central Line (Red)
  FROM: Hillingdon
  TO: Epping
  USEFUL STOPS:
  • Shepherd's Bush
  • Notting Hill Gate
  • Marble Arch
  • Oxford Circus
  • Tottenham Court Road

• Circle Line (Yellow)
  (As you would expect from the name, it's a circle, so there's no beginning or end.)
  USEFUL STOPS:
  • Paddington
  • Baker Street
  • Liverpool Street
  • Tower Hill
  • Embankment
  • Victoria
  • Notting Hill Gate

• District Line (Green)
  FROM:
  • Ealing Broadway
  • Richmond
  • Wimbledon
  TO:
  • Upminster
  • Edgware Road
  USEFUL STOPS:
  • Paddington
  • Notting Hill Gate

• East London Line* (Orange)
  FROM: Shoreditch
  TO:
  • New Cross
  • New Cross Gate

* The East London Line closed in December 2007 for major refurbishment and to allow extensions to be built to Dalston, Crystal Palace, and West Croydon. The line will reopen in 2010 with a further extension to Highbury & Islington to open in 2011.

• Hammersmith & City Line (Pink)
  FROM: Hammersmith
  TO: Barking
  USEFUL STOPS:
  • Paddington
  • King's Cross St. Pancras
  • Liverpool Street

• Jubilee Line (Silver)
  FROM: Stanmore
  TO: Stratford
  USEFUL STOPS:
  • Westminster
  • Waterloo
  • London Bridge

• Metropolitan Line (Purple)
  FROM:
  • Amersham
  • Chesham
  • Watford
  • Hillingdon
  TO:Aldgate
  USEFUL STOPS:
  • King's Cross St. Pancras
  • Liverpool Street

• Northern Line (Black)
  FROM:
  • High Barnet
  • Mill Hill East
  • Edgware
  TO: Modern
  USEFUL STOPS:
  • Camden Town
  • Euston
  • Kings Cross St. Pancras
  • London Bridge
  • Tottenham Court Road
  • Waterloo

• Piccadilly Line (Dark Blue)
  FROM:
  • Heathrow
  • Uxbridge
  TO: Cockfosters
  USEFUL STOPS:
  • Knightsbridge
  • Piccadilly Circus
  • Leicester Square
  • King's Cross St. Pancras

• Victoria Line (Light Blue)
  FROM: Walthamstow Central
  TO: Brixton
  USEFUL STOPS:
  • King's Cross St. Pancras
  • Oxford Circus
  • Victoria

• Waterloo & City Line (Pale Blue)
  FROM: Waterloo
  TO: Bank
  (No stops.)