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Our Sincerest Thanks go to Chris Cook for his invaluable assistance in helping revise and update the Tube Map and Station Finder over the past four years and for his continued help in keeping them right up to date. The 2011 Tube map and station finder are the culmination of these years of hard work.
This section of the site contains details of the following services:
Our Tube Map lists the lines of the London Underground network in alphabetic order. From here you can follow each line and locate connecting stations. A link on a station name indicates that we have developed an online text guide to that station.
Our Transport for London Station Finder lists the initial letters of all stations in the network in alphabetic order. From here you can access an alphabetic list of stations beginning with the selected letter. Navigation of these pages is aided by our setting the first station of each second letter at heading level 5, whilst those of subsequent stations with that second letter are set at level 6. A link on a named station indicates that we've developed an online text guide to that station.
The London Underground Map describes the following lines:
The Docklands Light Railway includes the following routes:
Each route lists the stations in order and indicates connections with other branches of DLR and other TFL services. Stations in the DLR network are included in the Transport for London Station Finder which lists the initial letters of all stations in the network in alphabetic order. From here you can access an alphabetic list of stations beginning with the selected letter. Navigation of these pages is aided by our setting the first station of each second letter at heading level 5, whilst those of subsequent stations with that second letter are set at level 6. A link on a named station indicates that we've developed an online text guide to that station.
The four routes in this network are linked from the front page of the London Tramlink front page. Each route lists stations in order and indicates connections with other Tramlink routes and TFL services. The stations in this network are included in the Transport for London Station Finder which lists the initial letters of all stations in the network in alphabetic order. From here you can access an alphabetic list of stations beginning with the selected letter. Navigation of these pages is aided by our setting the first station of each second letter at heading level 5, whilst those of subsequent stations with that second letter are set at level 6. A link on a named station indicates that we've developed an online text guide to that station.
These routes were formerly part of the National Rail network and reside in that section of the site owing to the many interconnections with mainline services. These routes currently include:
Each route lists the stations in order indicating connections with mainline and Transport for London services.
The stations in this network are included in the National Rail Station Finder. Aditionally, stations which are served by other Transport for London services are also included in the Transport for London Station Finder.
Each station finder lists the initial letters of all stations in the network in alphabetic order. From here you can access an alphabetic list of stations beginning with the selected letter. Navigation of these pages is aided by our setting the first station of each second letter at heading level 5, whilst those of subsequent stations with that second letter are set at level 6. A link on a named station indicates that we've developed an online text guide to that station.
Stations on all other Tramway and Metro systems outside the Greater London area can be found in the National Tramways and Metros section of our site.
TFL Track and Service Closure Six Month Look Aheads. This will be updated two weekly by TFL and is where all latest closure information can be found. Alternatively Sign up for a weekly email update from TFL.
The Greater London Area is divided into nine zones, for the purposes of regulating fares. We have included the zone number for each station in our maps, station finders and guides.
Whilst we intend to provide text guides to all London Underground stations in due course, details about the accessibility and facilities on stations we have yet to survey can be found in London Underground's Step-Free Access Page. TFL also offers information on the first and last trains on each line, go to the First and Last Tube page on the TFL website and download the PDF for the line you need times for.
This service is not a journey planner, nor do we offer any timetable information. The Transport For London's journey planner is accessible and easy to use. Visit:
the TFL Journey Plannerr.
We're pleased to report that we've teamed up with Tube Hotels, this site enables you to search for accommodation near London stations. You'll find links to the relevant page in their site on each of our London Underground and mainline station guides.
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Our thanks go to the Supervisors and staff of the stations covered in this site for their co-operation in assisting our surveys.
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