Background photo was taken at Gants Hill

Welcome to my web page. My name is Paul and I have an interest in all things related to the London Underground. 

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One day I was looking for something online related to an abandoned tube station and after finding the information that I was looking for, this led me to another website and then another and then I thought that there must be a single website with lots of links to other websites, so I began searching... 

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It turns out that I could not find one, but did find many other sites! So I decided to create this one, with as much information as possible, for other people to be able to look at. I am neither a graphic designer, or a web designer, just someone who thought they would "have a go" at creating a website, so I apologise if it may be a bit "rough around the edges".

I hope that you are able to find something here that interests you and if you have any suggestions for things to add please let me know using the Contact us button.

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Where possible, I have added links to other websites (shown by text underlined like this) that I have found whilst creating this site that may be of interest to you. 

The main wording for each station listed is taken from the Wikipedia for that station and if you click on the 

at the top, this will take you to the full Wikipedia page for each station. I have added additional information where appropriate. 

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There is a brief history of the London Underground here and an overview here, with a more comprehensive one here, but in short, it started as a group of different companies, who all wanted to compete with each other and eventually got amalgamated into one.

There have been a lot of trials and difficulties along the way, which can be read about in various books, some of which have been referred to here. 

There are lots of key people who have shaped the network into what it is today, a list can be found here.

There is far more information about the London Underground than what can be crammed into one website, so this is where other links have been added where appropriate

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There are a few stations that have "Right hand running" - this is where the train approaches the station from your right hand side (rather than the left) and is normally because a station has been redeveloped at some point.

These stations are: Bank (Northern line) - on the Cartomap*  here

*website owned by someone else, so any discrepancies, please contact the website owner

Borough (Northern line) - on the Cartomap* here

Euston (Victoria line) - on the Cartomap* here 

London Bridge - (Northern line) - on the Cartomap* here

Kentish Town (Northern line) on the Cartomap* here

King's Cross (Victoria line) on the Cartomap* here

Warren Street  (Victoria Line) on the Cartomap* here

White City, (Central line) on the Cartomap* here

 

There are some stations that have the "Spanish Solution", this is where the doors can open either side of the train, but may not, depending on the needs of the business. Greenford is an example where you need to check the departure boards to know which platform to board from.  These stations are: 

Arnos Grove - Cartomap* here

Barking - Cartomap* here  

Canary Wharf (DLR) - Cartomap* here   

Cockfosters - Cartomap* here  

Greenford (GWR) - Cartomap* here   

Loughton - Cartomap* here   

Morden - Cartomap* here  

Stratford (Central line) - Cartomap* here   

Tower Gateway - Cartomap* here   

Uxbridge - Cartomap* here   

White City - Cartomap* here

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I have used as many of my own photos as possible and where I haven't. I have added a link for the source. If I have used your photo, please let me know and I can either remove the image, or give you credit for it. 

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I have sourced my information from as many different places as I can and before creating this website, I added information on a Google Doc, to try and compile the information. If you prefer to see information in a table, this can be found here . I have found a lot of information from Wikipedia (which I know does have some inaccuracies) and some information I have found by looking at the Tfl maps and accessibility guides, The National Rail Stations site, Google maps, so I can see what is outside the stations and aerial views.

I have also found the cartomap site and the IanVisits station diagrams site very helpful.

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I have funded the cost of this website myself, but if you appreciate the site and would like to help me, I have set up a Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/pb4rton