The Tube, by the numbers
All 299 Tube and Elizabeth line stations as a honeycomb, coloured fifty-odd ways: how deep, how late, how posh, how far to a Greggs. And a game to test how well you know them.
🚇 Tube ImposterOne Tube line a day, one station lying. Find it in six guesses, with clues you count along the line.
📊 Rank itOne station is missing from a Tube line. Where does it rank? Three rounds a day, a different line each round.
🗺️ Explore all the mapsAll 82 layers, every station's numbers on a tap.
The best maps
Waitrose or Lidl?Which is nearer to each station, a Waitrose or M&S or a Lidl or Aldi, and by how much. Green Park, Marylebone and Richmond are firmly Waitrose; East Ham and Dagenham Heathway firmly Lidl and Aldi.
Pubs by the TubePubs within a kilometre of each station: about 170 by Tottenham Court Road, over 150 by Covent Garden and Leicester Square. A dozen stations, from East Acton to Redbridge, have none.
London's Saturday nightShare of each station's Saturday passengers who travel after 10pm: nearly a quarter at Clapham Common, a fifth at Clapham North and North Greenwich; about 4% at Heathrow and Twyford.
How deep is the Tube?How far below the street each station’s deepest Underground tracks are: about 59 metres at Hampstead; at Greenford the tracks are 10 metres above the street, and you take an escalator up.
How far to the nearest Greggs?From each station to the nearest Greggs: right outside at Wimbledon, within 200 metres at 46 stations, about 6 km from Chorleywood.
Household income by the TubeAverage yearly income of the households around each station, 2022-23: about £122,000 around Gloucester Road, £120,000 around Kew Gardens; under £50,000 around Westbourne Park and Edgware Road.
Where prices rose most since 2000How many times the typical home price around each station has multiplied since 2000: over six times around Forest Gate and Leyton; about twice around Blackfriars and Vauxhall, where new flats pulled the median.
Airbnb LondonAirbnb listings within a kilometre of each station: over 3,000 around Paddington and Edgware Road, single figures around Upminster.
How far is Oxford Circus?Quickest journey from each station to Oxford Circus, leaving at 10 on a weekday morning: 7 minutes from Tottenham Court Road, 28 from the typical station, over an hour and ten minutes from Chesham.
Coffee London, pub LondonOut of the cafes and pubs within a kilometre of each station, the share that are cafes. Typically seven in ten; under four in ten around Bermondsey, a pub neighbourhood; nearly all of them around East Ham.
Student LondonShare of adults around each station who are full-time students, 2021: over four in ten around Euston Square, Goodge Street and Warren Street (UCL); about one in twenty-five around Epping.
Which stations does the world look up?Average daily views of each station's English Wikipedia article over a year: about 260 for Paddington and 245 for Liverpool Street; about four for West Harrow.
The honeycomb puts every station in one hexagon, near where it really is, with central London spread out so it can be read. The layout code is open source. Every map credits its data; the full list is under the explorer.