How many tube stations are there in London?

Answer 1

There are 287 tube stations in london, read this guide for more cough "interesting" cough facts :P

http://solo2.abac.com/themole/tubefacts.html

Answer 2

Yeah, I'm with saltwater on this one. Since the London Underground is managed by Transport for London, the link below will give you some more facts from the official horse's mouth.

Since I first lived in London, in the early 1970s, there have been regular changes to the Underground network, which affect the number of stations. Here are a few examples that I recall.
1. The separate stations of Strand (Northern Line) and Trafalgar Square (Bakerloo Line) were merged and called Charing Cross (and the station that had previously been called Charing Cross was renamed as Embankment).
2. The northern end of the Bakerloo Line now ends at Queen's Park, with rush-hour extensions to Harrow & Wealdstone. Previously the extensions went right up to Watford (I forget if it was Watford Junction or Watford High Street), and possibly the off-peak service went up to Harrow & Wealdstone.
3. There was an entirely separate, but small, section of the Central Line from Epping to Chipping Ongar (with an intermediate station, if I remember rightly). Presumably passengers had to get off at Epping, then catch another train.
4. There was a branch of the Northern Line from Moorgate to Finsbury Park, but this was transferred to British Rail (as it was called then) after the Moorgate Tube Crash of 1974.
5. The Waterloo & City Line previously belonged to British Rail (Southern Region). It was known colloquially as "The Drain". Whilst now it is a smooth journey, before the transfer it was a noisy, bumpy, uncomfortable white-knuckle ride taking jaded Hampshire commuters to their City jobs.
6. The Jubilee Line was created (to commemorate the Queen's Silver Jubilee in punk-raged 1977). Everything from Baker Street to Stanmore had been a branch of the Bakerloo Line. The only new construction was from Baker Street to Charing Cross. The more recent extension (for the 2000 celebration and links to the Millennium Dome) replaced the Green Park to Charing Cross section, with a line going via Westminster and then on to Stratford.
7. Then there was the driverless Dockland Light Railway (DLR), where every UK visitor or foreign tourist wanted to grab the front seat and pretend to be driving. Now it's quite an extensive network, but initially it was just an 11-station line from Tower Gateway to Island Gardens.

Well that's my lot. It doesn't answer your question, but I hope it was enlightening.

Answer 3

According to the London Underground website, 275 stations are served by the Tube. Remember that London also has heaps of overground stations, and that existing stations are being closed for refurbmishment (and new ones being opened) all the time.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/company/

Answer 4

as an interesting aside, a person has once visited every stop on every station in one 24 hour day to set a record. This meant he had to physically get off at every stop. To assist him he would walk between some stations to prevent having to double back a lot of the time.

Answer 5

The Underground currently serves 274 stations and runs over 408 km (253 miles) of lines

Answer 6

Does that include the Docklands Light Railway? Should I count underground stations which are overground? At places like Bank/Monument, should that be counted as two stops? So many questions.....

Answer 7

7, minus 3 = 4.

Answer 8

287

See this site for more interesting London tube facts>>>
http://solo2.abac.com/themole/tubefacts.html

{oh look, Asher has discovered copy-and-paste (see below)}

Answer 9

Loads and Loads (even though i do'nt use them)

Answer 10

there's one near me