The London Underground

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A straightforward and simple quiz to test your knowledge of the London Underground.

Question 1: How many tube stations are there in total?
187
87
287
387

Question 2: Excluding the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), how many tube lines are there in total?
10
11
9
12

Question 3: Which tube line is represented with a bright red line?
Waterloo & City Line
Bakerloo Line
Central Line
District Line

Question 4: Which tube line is represented by a bright green line?
Hammersmith & City Line
Piccadilly Line
District Line
Metropolitan Line

Question 5: Which tube line is the only line to intersect all the other tube lines?
Central Line
Victoria Line
Jubilee Line
Northern Line

Question 6: Which is the only tube station served by five different tube lines?
Baker Street
Oxford Circus
Charing Cross
Goldhawk Road

Question 7: Which is the only tube station served by six different tube lines?
Waterloo
Dollis Hill
London Bridge
Kings Cross St. Pancras

Question 8: In miles, which tube line is the longest?
Victoria Line
District Line
Bakerloo Line
Central Line

Question 9: How many tube stations are located south of the River Thames?
39
49
29
19

Question 10: Which is the oldest (first built) tube line?
Metropolitan Line
Northern Line
Circle Line
Jubilee Line

Question 11: Which is the shortest tube line?
Piccadilly Line
Northern Line
Waterloo & City Line
Circle Line

Question 12: Which two tube stations are closest together?
Leicester Square & Covent Garden
Great Portland Street & Baker Street
Mansion House & Blackfriars
Farringdon & Barbican

Question 13: Pimlico is on the Victoria Line. What is unique about Pimlico in terms of all the other stations on the the Victoria line?
It is the only overground station
It is the only station south of the River Thames
It is the only station inside the circle line
It is the only station where you cannot change lines

Question 14: Which station has the most escalators?
Oxford Circus
Bank
Notting Hill Gate
Kings Cross St. Pancras

Question 15: The Jubilee Line was renamed before it opened. What was it originally going to be named?
The Stratford Line
The Loop Line
The Fleet Line
The Royal Line

Question 16: Which tube station has the shortest escalator at just 50 steps?
Chancery Lane
St. James's Park
Moorgate
Vauxhall

Question 17: On which tube line would you find Ladbroke Grove?
East London Line
Metropolitan Line
Jubilee Line
Hammersmith & City Line

Question 18: Which tube station has the longest escalator at 318 steps?
Angel
Elephant & Castle
South Kensington
Old Street

Question 19: The London Underground map designed by Edward Johnston is world famous for being simple and easy to read. In what year was it introduced?
1936
1906
1926
1916

Question 20: Which tube station is the highest above sea level?
Amersham
Epping
Putney Bridge
Ealing Common

Question 21: In terms of annual passengers, which is the busiest tube station?
Euston
Victoria
Liverpool Street
Arnos Grove

Question 22: On average, how far does one tube train travel in one year?
73,500 miles
53,500 miles
63,500 miles
83,500 miles

Question 23: Between which two stations is the longest continuous tunnel at 17.25 miles?
Caledonian Road & Gloucester Road
East Finchley & Morden
Mile End & White City
New Cross Gate & Shoreditch

Question 24: Which two tube stations have the most platforms at ten each?
Moorgate & Baker Street
Leyton & Leytonstone
Euston & Euston Square
Waterloo & London Bridge

Question 25: How people travel on the tube each year?
976 million
676 million
876 million
776 million

Question 26: Which station has the deepest lift shaft?
Hampstead
Ravenscourt Park
Becontree
Bermondsey

Question 27: How many staff does the London Underground employ?
12,560
18,560
16,560
14,560

Question 28: Only one tube station contains the letter 'z'. On which line can it be found?
Central
Victoria
District
Northern

Question 29: What percentage of the entire London Underground system is below ground?
45%
65%
55%
35%

Question 30: How many station names contain all the vowels (A, E, I, O & U)?
1
3
2
4

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