What are the busiest times on the London Tube?
Table of Contents
- 1 What are the busiest times on the London Tube?
- 2 What is the quietest tube station?
- 3 Are London Underground trains busy?
- 4 How can I avoid rush hour in London?
- 5 What is London’s least used station?
- 6 What is the smallest tube station in London?
- 7 What is the least used London Underground line?
- 8 What is the busiest stop on the London Underground?
What are the busiest times on the London Tube?
The tube network is very busy during ‘rush hour’ with commuters moving around the city. You can expect the trains and stations to be overcrowded between 7.30AM and 9AM in the morning and between 5PM and 7PM in the evening.
What is the quietest tube station?
Roding Valley
With a little over 368,400 passengers recorded in 2017, the Central line’s Roding Valley is officially the least used station across the London underground network.
Are London Underground trains busy?
The busiest times on the network currently are between 6 and 8.15am, 4 and 5.30pm on weekdays plus between 12pm and 6pm on weekends. TfL recommends avoiding travel at these times but if you must travel, the app will now be able to show you the live scenario at various stations on your journey.
What is the least busiest tube line?
In 2019, King’s Cross St. Pancras was the busiest station on the network, used by over 88.27 million passengers, while Kensington (Olympia) was the least used, with 109,430 passengers. This table lists the stations with 31 million users or more entering or exiting in 2018.
Which Tube line is busiest?
Which are London’s busiest morning Tube Lines?
| Position | Tube Line | Morning peak hour capacity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Line | 130 per cent |
| 2 | Central Line | 116 per cent |
| 3 | Jubilee Line | 115 per cent |
| 4 | Victoria Line | 105 per cent |
How can I avoid rush hour in London?
If you don’t like crowded trains, especially avoid the normal rush hours on lines that travel through the main shopping areas of Knightsbridge and Oxford Street—the Piccadilly and Central lines. On most days, the shops close at about the same time as people are leaving their offices.
What is London’s least used station?
Heathrow Terminal 4
Even at the end of these restrictions, Londoners were reluctant to return to the rails and the increase in home working has meant that whilst weekends are now as busy on trains before the pandemic, weekdays still aren’t. London’s least used station, according to the figures, is Heathrow Terminal 4.
What is the smallest tube station in London?
Popular facts and figures 🔢
| Date opened 🐣 | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Shortest lift shaft | King’s Cross St. Pancras – 2.3 metres |
| Station with most platforms | Baker Street – 10 |
| Highest station above mean sea level 🌊 | Amersham (Metropolitan line) – 147 metres |
| Furthest distance between stations | Chesham to Chalfont & Latimer (Metropolitan line) – 6.3km |
Which is the busiest London Underground station?
Waterloo
The busiest Tube station is Waterloo, which was used by around 95 million passengers in 2015.
Is Saturday off peak all day?
A general rule of thumb is that Off-Peak will begin at 09:30 Mondays to Fridays in cities and large towns, and 09:00 across the rest of the network. Weekends and Bank Holidays are Off-Peak all day.
What is the least used London Underground line?
With around 0.45 million passenger journeys recorded in 2019, Roding Valley is the 267th busiest, and least used, station on the entire Underground network.