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About the Underground stations

London Underground stations are listed here in alphabetical order. The name of the station is followed by the years when the station was opened for traffic and the years when the station was renamed or significant reconstructions took place. This may be followed by the station's former name(s). In the next line, I briefly explain the origin of the name (if it is a very old language, the word is put between apostrophes instead of quotation marks). Below that, the most important attractions that are close to that station may be listed. A green tick marks peculiar things related to the station itself.

Quick links: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

But first, a little about the names of the Underground lines. Please note that each line also has its own distinctive colour, which is also used in the interior design of the train. If you think you got on the District Line train, but you find yourself holding on to the yellow handrail, you know immediately that you have the wrong train.

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The oldest of the lines. Opened in 1863 by a company called the Metropolitan Railway Company. The word "metropolis" of course comes from Greek...

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At first, it was called the Metropolitan District Railway, but it got its current name to avoid confusion with the previous one.

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At first this line formed a circle, but later it was expanded and changed. Round-wheel trains created some traffic management problems.

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The line connected a place called Hammersmith to the city centre. The line has now been extended to Barking, but the name has remained.

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Was once the only line into central London. This is no longer the case, but the name remains.

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When the line opened in 1906 it was called the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway. Of course, such a long name was difficult to pronounce, so it was shortened. Besides, Piccadilly is probably the most important place for a tourist on this line.

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Connects Baker Street and Waterloo stations. That's how the name is derived: BAKER+waterLOO.

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The line was created by the merger of two companies. There were big plans to expand to the north, but these remained plans. As a special curiosity, there is a station on the line called Morden, which is London's most southerly tube station.

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The line is one of London's newest and passes through Victoria railway station, named of course after the Queen.

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According to the jubilee of the Queen's reign.

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The shortest line in London, connecting only two stations, named after these. The City station is now called Bank, but the name of the line was not changed.

Six tube stations are named after nearby pubs: The Angel, Swiss Cottage, Elephant & Castle, Manor House, Royal Oak and Maida Vale.

See in the video how to sing all the names of Underground stations in three minutes. :-D Youtube

Many of London's underground stations have been designed by two men:

G Leslie Green

H Charles Holden

Green died young and managed to design "only" 22 stations. Holden completed 48. Half of Green's stations are of dark red stone with a distinctive colour and large arched windows above the entrance. That's why they say: If it is red, it's green.
Unfortunately, many stations have either been destroyed in the war, demolished or are no longer in use. Some stations don't even have an above ground section. And some have been heavily rebuilt. But these station buildings can still be seen quite a lot if you walk around. That is why these authors are marked with colored circles at the stations. At some stations both have done something, there are two signs.

A ↑

Acton Town 1879 -> 1910 Mill Hill H

Aldgate 1876
Named after the former city gate (1761).

Aldgate East 1884 -> 1938
According to City Gate

Whitechapel Gallery
Whitechapel Bell Foundry (operated for 447 years, sadly now defunct)

Alperton 1903 -> 1910 Perivale-AlpertonH

> By the Ealhbert family farm

Amersham 1892 -> 1922 -> 1934 Amersham & Chesham
Surname Ealgmund

Angel 1901 -> 1992
After the name of the old tavern

The longest escalators - rise 27.4 m

Archway 1907 -> 1939 Archway Tavern H
By tunnel and viaduct

Lauderdale House
Highgate Cemetery

Arnos Grove 1932 Bowes RoadH
Family Margery Arnold

The model for the station project was the library in Stockholm

Arsenal 1906 -> 1932 Gillespie RoadG
According to Football Club

The only tube station in London named after a sports club
At the station, there are bars resembling a prison, which separate those going to the competitions and ordinary passengers

B ↑

Baker Street 1863 -> 1868 - 1906
Sir Edward Baker owned properties in this area

The station has the most platforms - 10

The Sherlock Holmes Museum
Madame Tussauds
Royal Academy of Music Museum
St Marleybone Church

Balham 1926H
Named after the person Baelga meaning "Baelga's home"

Bank 1898 -> 1940 City
Bank of England

One of two stations with a four-letter name. The second is Oval.
The Waterloo - City line also starts here, which has only two stations.

Barbican 1865 -> 1923 -> 1968 Aldersgate Street, Aldersgate & Barbican
The name comes from Persian via Latin and means fortification or watchtower

Before the ticket gates, there is a commemorative plaque for the station's cat on the pillar.

The Charterhouse
St Bartholomew's Hospital Museum
Museum of London
The Barbican
Barbican Art Centre

Barking 1902
Home of Barc or Beringer, by names of persons

Barking Abbey

Barkingside 1903 -> 1948
> Place called Barking is near

Barons Court 1905
The name comes from a nearby property and obviously imitates the nearby Earl's Court.

Battersea Power Station 2021
After the power station designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott

Bayswater 1868 -> 1922 -> 1933 Bayswater & Westbourne Grove
Where the Brook Westbourne crossed the road

Becontree 1932 Gale Street
A tribe called the Beohha once lived here and the tree was a boundary marker

Belsize Park 1907G
From the Old French expression 'Bel asis' meaning beautifully laid out

Bermondsey 1999
Here lived a man called Beormund and his family

The Rotherhithe Picture Research Library
Brunel Museum

Bethnal Green 1946
Either from the surname Blida or from the stream Bythe

Near the exit, there is a memorial to the half a hundred people who died hiding from the bombing during WWII. They were not killed by the bombs, but by the commotion in the still-in-progress dark station.

Museum of Childhood

Blackfriars 1870
By Dominican monks

St Bride's Church
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (pub)
Dr Johnson's House

Blackhorse Road 1968
By building called Black House

Bond Street 1900 H

After the street designed by Sir Thomas Bond

Wallace Collection

Borough 1890
This word originally denoted a fortified place

Boston Manor 1883 -> 1911 -> 1934 Boston Road H

Surname Bords

The only London Underground station to feature on a stamp

Boston Manor House

Bounds Green 1932 H
By John le Bonde and Walter le Bounde

Bow Road 1902
Curved street

Brent Cross 1923 -> 1976 Brent
After a river that flows nearby

Brixton 1971
From the name Beorthtric and the word 'stane' (stone)

Brixton Market
Brixton Windmill

Bromley-by-Bow 1902 -> 1968
Old English 'broome' meaning tree

Three Mills Island
The House Mill

Buckhurst Hill 1948
Again Old English word for a tree

Burnt Oak 1924
Burnt oak was once a boundary marker

C ↑

Caledonia Road 1908 G
Named after a nearby children's shelter

Camden Town 1907 G
The Earl of Camden (Kent) established a residential area here

Canada Water 1999
There used to be Canada Docks here, probably goods were brought from there

Canary Wharf 1999
Fruit Lines Limited once built warehouses here for fruit imported from the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean

Canning Town 1999
It has been assumed that the name comes from the former Governor General of India, but it is probably the name of a company located here

Cannon Street 1884
This name isn't about cannons or canons, it's a distortion of Candlemakers Street

Canons Park 1932
St. Augustine canons had land here

St Lawrence Church, Little Stanmore

Chalfont & Latimer 1889 -> 1915
According to two men who lived in the 13th century

Chalk Farm 1907 G
It has been suggested that this is a corruption of Chalcot Farm, but it has not been proven that there was one

The longest facade among Underground stations

Primrose Hill

Chancery Lane 1934
Probably a corruption of Chancellor's Lane

Cittie of Yorke
London Silver Vaults
Ede & Ravenscroft
Barnard's Inn Hall

Charing Cross 1907 -> 1914 -> 1973 -> 1979 G
A memorial cross to Queen Elanor once stood here (above the equestrian statue of the King Charles I), 'Charing' meaning river bend

The National Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
British Optical Association Museum
Benjamin Franklin House
Household Cavalry Museum
St Martin Church

Chesham 1889
'Ceaster' once meant a fortress tower for the Romans

Chigwell 1948
The name is thought to be from the Old English word 'ceaege' which meant a bush

Chiswick Park 1979 -> 1887 -> 1910 Acton Green H

From Old English 'cese' and 'wic' meaning cheese and farm

Chorleywood 1889
Son of the Wild - 'ceorl'

Clapham Common 1900 H
From 'clap' and 'ham' (hill and home)

Clapham North 1900 - 1926 Clapham Road
See previous

Clapham South 1926 H
The same

Cockfosters 1933
Derived from 'chief forester'

Colindale 1924
By the family of John Collin

RAF Museum (RAF = Royal Air Force)

Colliers Wood 1926 H
Derived from 'charcoal burners'

Covent Garden 1907 G
Kunagi oli siin Westminsteri konvendi aed

This was once the garden of the Westminster Convention

Covent Garden Market
London Film Museum
London Transport Museum

Croxley 1925 -> 1949 Croxley Green
From the words 'crocs' and 'leah' meaning woodland

D ↑

Dagenham East 1902 -> 1949 Dagenham

Dagenham Heathway 1932 -> 1949 Heathway
Heathway is the name of a nearby road

Debden 1949
Meaning "deep valley"

Dollis Hill 1909
Probably after a nearby estate

Dollis Hill House

Paddoock

This is where the War Rooms backup bunker was located

E ↑

Ealing Broadway 1879 -> 1920
The local chieftain was called a 'gilla' and has undergone several changes, the 'broadway' being the broad street by the station

Pitzhanger Manor

Ealing Studios

Ealing Common 1910 H
See previous

Earl's Court 1871 -> 1878
One earl had estates here - the Earl of Oxford

East Acton 1920
Farm by oak trees

Eastcote 1906 H

Old English 'cote' meant farm or shelter

East Finchley 1939 H

Probably from a personal name - Fince Forest

East Ham 1902
Old English 'amm' meaning watery meadow

East Putney 1889
By Person's Name - Puttan Landing Place

Edgeware 1924
By name Ecgis

Edgeware Road 1907 G

See previous

Elephant & Castle 1906 G
Based on the pub above the shopping centre (now demolished).

The first "underground baby" was born in this station in 1924. In total, only 3 children have been born in the London Underground.

There is a large electric substation dedicated to Michael Faraday on the square in front of the station.

Cinema Museum

Elm Park 1935
According to the elm trees that grew nearby

Embankment 1915 -> 1974 -> 1976 Charing Cross Embankment G
The Embankment is filled and widened area on the banks of the Thames, completed in 1870.

Savoy Chapel

Carting Lane Gas Lamp

Epping 1949
After the Yippinga tribe who lived here

Euston 1907
After the Earl of Grafton who resided at Euston Hall, Suffolk

Euston Square 1863, 1909 Gower Street
See previous

The Magic Circle Museum

Wellcome Collection

University College London

Flaxman Gallery

Jeremy Bentham Auto-icon

Grant Museum of Zoology

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

Church of Christ the King

F ↑

Fairlop 1948
"Fair lop" - a rather long legend about a man who died and whose coffin was made from an oak tree near his home, which then began to bloom...

The station was built to serve a large airport. But the airport was never built here...

Farringdon 1863 -> 1922 -> 1936 Farringdon Street, Farringdon & High Holborn
Merchant William de Faringdon operated here in the 13th century

St Etheldreda's Church

Marx Memorial Library

The Crown Tavern

St John's Church

St John's Gate

Finchley Central 1940 H

Probably by person Finc

Stephens House and Gardens

The Stephens Collection

Finchley Road 1879
See previous

Freud Museum

Finsbury Park 1906
The district called Finsbury is located several kilometres away from here, but the park was built at the initiative of the local residents

The station has its own police station

Fulham Broadway 1880 -> 1952
A person named Fulla

G ↑

Gants Hill 1947 H

By Richard le Gant

Gloucester Road 1868 -> 1907 Brompton
Maria was Countess of Gloucester

Golders Green 1907 G
Probably by person but not clear if John le Godere or John Godyer of Hendon

Goldhawk Road 1914
Family Goldhawke

Goodge Street 1907 -> 1908 Tottenham Court Road G
Nearby street laid out by William and Francis Goodge

Pollock's Toy Museum

Eisenhower Centre

Grange Hill 1948
The Grange was a manor here that originally belonged to the church

Great Portland Street 1863 -> 1917 Portland Road
Marleybone Manor belonged to the Earl of Portland

Greenford 1947
By River Brent crossing

Wooden escalator.

The only escalator with wooden steps.

Green Park 1906 -> 1933 H

According to the park where no planted flower grows

The station was opened by the Queen, who also wanted to buy a ticket, but the vending machine refused to give her a ticket.

Queen's Gallery

Royal Mews

Gunnesbury 1877 -> 1906
From the Scandinavian female name Gunnhild

London Museum of Water & Steam

The Musical Museum

H ↑

Hainault 1948
From the Old English words 'iwan' and 'holt' meaning "household with woodland"

Hammersmith 1864 -> 1868 -> 1874 H

As you might expect, by a local blacksmith

Hampstead 1907 G
Means home place in the old language

The deepest Underground station.

Burgh House and Hampstead Museum

Fenton House

St John-at-Hampstead Church

Hanger Lane 1947
Wood storage site

Harlesden 1917
Heorowulf Farm

Harrow & Wealdstone 1917
Wealstone probably means boundary stone in the forest, see below for Harrow

Harrow-on-the-Hill 1880 -> 1894 Harrow
From 'hearg' - pagan temple

Harvard Square
There has never been an Underground station with that name. It was one of the passwords of Soviet spies to ask for directions to this station. :-)

Hatton Cross 1975
Farm on the moor and probably a hint of a road cross

Heathrow 1976 -> 1983 -> 1986
A row of houses on a moor

The station belongs to the airport.

Hendon Central 1923
From 'haeh' and 'dun' - on a high hill

High Barnet 1940
'Baernet' - a place cleared by burning

Highbury & Islington 1904 -> 1922 Highbury
Highbury was a Roman summer camp, Gisla is a person's name

Highgate 1941 H

There used to be a tollgate on the hill where tax was collected on goods entering the town market

High Street Kensington 1868
By High Street

Design Museum

Leighton House Museum

Linley Sambourne's House

Hillingdon 1923
Given name Hilda

Holborn 1933 HG

From the words 'holh' and 'burna' - stream valley

Soane Museum

Lincoln's Inn

Hunterian Museum

Old Curiosity Shop

Holland Park 1900
There was once a Holland House here, Holland is the name of a person, not a country

Holloway Road 1906 G
Here the houses were in a hollow by the road, between the higher grounds of Highgate and Islington

Hornchurch 1902
Some old monastery once stood here

Hounslow Central 1886 -> 1912 -> 1925 Heston Hounslow
The Hund and the 'hlaw' - the hill where Hund lived

Hounslow East 1909 -> 1925 Hounslow Town
See previous

From this station, there are six stations with the same initial letter.

Hounslow West 1884 -> 1925 -> 1926 Hounsloe Barracs H

As before

Hyde Park Corner 1906
By park

Wellington Arch

Apsley House

The Vault

I ↑

Ickenham 1905
From the name Ticea.

K ↑

Kennington 1890
From the name Cena.

Kensal Green 1916
Kings forest.

Kensal Green Cemetery

Kensington Olympia 1868 -> 1946
From the personal name Cynesige, Olympia is a large exhibition building.

Kentish Town 1907 G
It is believed that someone's farmer's nickname was Kentish.

Kenton 1917
Name Coena.

Kew Gardens 1877
The Old English 'key' meaning quay or dock.

Kew Gardens

Kilburn 1879 -> 1950
From 'cyne-burna' meaning royal stream.

Kilburn Park 1915
See previous.

Kingsbury 1932
The King's Manor.

King's Cross St Pancras 1863 -> 1925 -> 1933 -> 1941
The first part of the name means the statue of King George IV, the second the saint whose church is nearby. If you want to know who was St Pancras (don't say "pancreas" :-) ), you can watch this video

After a fire in 1987, smoking was banned not only on trains (see Oxford Circus) but on the entire Underground.

King's Cross Railway Station

St Pancras Railway Station and Hotel

London Canal Museum

British Library

Knightsbridge 1906
Can be interpreted as Young Mens' Bridge. Very unic name, see "kniGHTSBRidge". Noticed?

L ↑

Ladbroke Grove 1864 Notting Hill
According to Landowner Richard Ladbrooke.

Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising

Lambeth North 1906 -> 1917 Kennington Road, Westminster Bridge Road G
From Old English 'lambe' and 'hythe' - port where sheep were transported.

The station that changed its name the fastest. The original name Kennington Road was changed only 5 months after opening.

St George's Cathedral

Imperial War Museum

Garden Museum

Florence Nightingale Museum

Lancaster Gate 1900
Hyde Park gate named in honour of the Duchess of Lancaster.

Latimer Road 1868
According to Landowner Edward Latymer.

Leicester Square 1906 HG

Leyton 1947
By the River Lea.

Leytonstone 1947
Differs from previous in the word 'stone', thought to refer to a landmark or boundary marker.

The station has 17 mosaics depicting Alfred Hitchcock films

Liverpool Street 1875 -> 1909 -> 1912 Bishopsgate
In honour of former Prime Minister Lord Liverpool.

The first Underground station that had escalators already in the original design.

London Bridge 1900
By bridge.

The Shard

Borough Market

Old Operating Theatre Museum

Fashion and Textile Museum

Bermondsey Antiques Market

Loughton 1940 -> 1948
Name Luhha.

M ↑

Maida Vale 1915 Elgin Avenue
After the Italian town where the battle once took place.

Manor House 1932 H

After the pub of that name.

Mansion House 1871 H

After the residence of the Mayor of the City of London, possibly through the name of the pub of that name.

Actually Bank Station is closer to this house.

Marble Arch 1900
According to the marble arch gate.

Tyburn Tree

Tyburn Convent

Marylebone 1907 -> 1917 Great Central
According to local church - St Mary-by-the-Bourn (brook).

Mile End 1946
About one mile from the town centre.

Mill Hill East 1941
There was once a mill on the hill.

Monument 1884
After the Great Fire of London monument.

The Monument

Moorgate 1900
By the former city gate.

Moor Park 1950
A very damp place once was.

Morden 1926 H

From the words 'mor' and 'dun' meaning swamp and hill.

Morden Hall Park

London's southernmost station, curiously located on a line called Northen.

Mornington Crescent 1907 G
After a now defunct park named after one of the nobles.

St Pancras Old Church

Carreras Cigarette Factory

N ↑

Naesden 1880 -> 1910 -> 1932 Kingsbury & Naesden, Naesden & Kingsbury
In the old language "nose-shaped mountain".

Newbury Park 1947
'Burh'- house.

Nine Elms 2021
After a row of trees

North Acton 1923
See Acton Town

North Ealing 1903
See Ealing Broadway

Northfields 1908 -> 1911 -> 1932 Northfield Halt, Northfield & Little Ealing H

The name is self-explanatory.

North Harrow 1915
See Harrow-on-the-Hill

North Greenwich 1999
Green village.

The O2 or Millennium Dome

Emirates Aviation Experience

IFS Cloud Cable Cars (prev. Emirates Air Line)

Northolt 1907
Means north moor.

North Wembley 1912 -> 1917 Wembley Central
See Wembley Central

Northwick Park 1923 -> 1937 Northwick Park & Kenton
By Northwick Park & Kenton Northwick family.

Northwood 1887
Farm which was north of Ruislip.

Northwood Hills 1933
See previous

Notting Hill Gate 1868
May be by the Knottying family.

O ↑

Oakwood 1946 H

Here stood the large house Oak Lodge.

Old Street 1901
Ancient Roman road.

Wesley's Chapel

Bunhill Fields

Olympia
See Kensington

Osterley 1883 -> 1934 Osterley & Spring Grove H

Osterley Park

Oval 1890
By Cricket ground.

One of two stations with a four-letter name. Another is Bank.

Oxford Circus 1900 G
From here the old road went towards Oxford.

There was a fire here in 1984 and then smoking was banned on trains.

BBC Broadcasting House

All Saints

P ↑

Paddington 1913
Named after Padda

Park Royal 1903 -> 1931
The Royal Agricultural Society tried to establish a foothold here, but failed.
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Parsons Green 1880
By Fulham Parsonage

Perivale 1904
Old English 'perle' meaning pear tree.

Piccadilly Circus 1906 -> 1928 HG

Piccadilly is an old ring collar, tailors lived here.

The first station to be lit by fluorescent lamps (1943)

Waterstones

St James's Church

Hatchartds Book Shop

Fortnum & Mason

Burlington House

Burlington Arcade

White's

Turnbull & Asser

Tramp

John Lobb

Paxton & Whitfield

Pimlico 1972
After the well-known innkeeper Ben Pimlico

Tate Britain

Pinner 1885
From the name Pinna

Heath Robinson Museum

Plaistow 1902
From the words 'pleg' and 'stowe' - sport and place.

Preston Road 1908 -> 1931
From the words 'priest' and 'tun' - priest's farm.

Putney Bridge1880 -> 1902 -> 1932 Putney Bridge & Fulham, Putney Bridge & Hurlingham

Fulham Palace

St Mary's Church, Putney

Q ↑

Queensbury 1934
At that time there was already a Kingsbury station, by analogy.

Queen's Park 1915
The property named in honour of Queen Victoria.

The only place on the London Underground where trains run through the depot. So many people may be frightened that they have overslept at the final stop.

Queensway 1900 -> 1946 Queen's Road
By a pub.

R ↑

Ravenscourt Park 1877 -> 1888 Shaftesbury Road
After Raven's Court House, why the house was so named is unknown.

Rayners Lane 1906 H

According to Landowner Daniel Rayner.

Redbridge 1947 H

By bridge.

Regent's Park 1906 G

After the park laid out by the Prince Regent, later George IV.

St John's Lodge Gardens

Queen Mary Gardens

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Richmond 1877 -> 1906
Richemount is a county.

Rickmansworth 1887
From the personal name Ricmaer.

Three Rivers Museum

Batchworth Canal Centre

Roding Valley 1948
After a river called Roding.

Least used station. Only 200,000 passangers per year. There are some stations that get that many just one day.

Royal Oak 1871
The old inn.

Ruislip 1904
From 'ryse' and 'hlype' - a quick leap.

Manor Farm

Ruislip Manor 1912
See previous.

Ruislip Manor 1912
The same.

Russell Square 1906 G
Russell was the Earl of Bedford.

Charles Dickens Museum

Foundling Museum

The Horse Hospital

Brunei Gallery

S ↑

St James's Park 1868
There was once a hospital here named after the saint.

Park

Guards Museum

Cockpit Steps

The Mall

St John's Wood 1868 -> 1925 -> 1939 Lord, Marlborough Road
By Knights Templar.

Directly to the right of the entrance is a miniature Beatles Shop right in the station building, where can you still buy coffee.

Abbey Road

Abbey Road Studios

Lord's Cricket Ground

MCC Museum (cricket)

St Paul's 1900, 1937 Newgate Street
The nearby cathedral named after the saint.

Seven Sisters 1968
Once there were seven elms growing nearby.

Shepherd's Bush 1900
A gathering place for shepherds, possibly related to someone's nickname.

Shepherd's Bush Market 1864 -> 2008
See previous.

Sloane Square 1868 -> 1951
After the physician and botanist Sir Hans Sloane.

Above the platform is a large blue square pipe. The River Westbourn flows through it.

Snaresbrook 1947
A fast-flowing brook in Old English.

South Ealing 1883
See Ealing Broadway

Southfields 1889
The large field where agricultural produce was sold.

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

Southgate 1933 H

By farm.

The northernmost station that is in the tunnel.

South Harrow 1935 H

See Harrow-on-the-Hill

South Kensington 1868 -> 1907
See Kensington.

Museum of Music

South Kenton 1933
See Kenton.

South Ruislip 1908 -> 1932 -> 1947 South Ruislip & Norholt Junction
See Ruilip.

Southwark 1999
Fortress south the river.

Kirkaldy Testing Museum

South Wimbledon 1926 H

See Wimbledon.

South Woodford 1947
See Woodford.

Stamford Brook 1912
By the stream.

The very first station where automatic ticket gates came into use.

Stanmore 1932
Pond with stones in Old English.

Bentley Priory

Stepney Green 1902
Name Stebbing

Stockwell 1890
Derived from a stream with a log bridge to cross.

Stonebridge Park 1917
After the bridge which stood on the River Brent.

Baps Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Temple

Stratford 1946
The name of the street in Old English was 'straet'.

The shortest escalator.

Sudbury Hill 1903 H

See next

Sudbury Town1903 H

South Manor.

Swiss Cottage 1868 -> 1940 -> 1979
Here was the Swiss Tavern, which later became the Swiss Cottage.

T ↑

Temple 1870
The name comes from the Knights Templar, but now it is a lawyer's district.

Temple is the only station with a pair of the same name in Paris.

Temple Inns of Court

Twinings Museum

Royal Courts of Justice

The Courtauld Gallery

Theydon Bois 1949
Theydon means valley, but the other half of the name comes from a man called Hugh de Bossco.

Tooting Bec 1926 -> 1950 Trinity Road H

Tooting is the name of the estate and Bec is Abbey.

Tooting Broadway 1926 H

See Tooting Bec.

Tottenham Court Road 1907 -> 1908 Oxford Street
According to William de Tottenhall.

British Museum

Museum of Comedy

St George's Bloomsbury

Cartoon Museum

James Smith & Sons

St Giles-in-the-Fields

Denmark Street

Foyles

Gay Hussar

The House of St Barnabas

Tottenham Hale 1968
'Hale' means corner of the ground, see also previous.

Totteridge & Whetstone 1940
The place where a person named Totta lived and the quarry.

Tower Hill 1884 -> 1946 Mark Lane
After the fort named Tower of London.

Tufnell Park 1907 G
By William Tufnell.

Turnham Green 1877 -> 1911
Means Thames Bend.

Chiswick House

Hogarth's House

St Nicholas Church, Chiswick

Fuller's Brewery

U ↑

Upminster 1902
Means the church on the upland.

Upminster Bridge 1934
See previous.

Upney 1932
Means upper reaches.

Eastbury Manor

Upton Park 1902
Farm on higher ground.

Uxbridge 1904 -> 1938 H

7th century tribe and bridge.

The Battle of Britain Bunker

V ↑

Vauxhall 1971
Falkes de Breauté once built a house here, this name is also fixed in Russian as the name of the railway station.

Victoria 1868
In honour of Queen Victoria.

Westminster Cathedral

W ↑

Walthamstow Central 1968
From 'wilcume' and 'stow' - welcome and a holy place.

Walthamstow Market

Vestry House Museum

William Morris Gallery

Wanstead 1947 H

From the words 'waen' and 'stede' - carriage stand.

Warren Street 1908 H

Maiden name of the wife of landowner Charles Fitzroy.

Warwick Avenue 1915
Again the maiden name of the landowner's wife, as with the previous station.

Waterloo 1906 -> 1926 G
After the famous battle with Napoleon's forces.

Watford 1925
'Wad' means hunt, place of hunters.

Wembley Central 1917 -> 1948
Wembley for Sudbury
Woodland where Wemba lived, in old language.

Wembley Park 1894
See previous.

SSE Arena

Wembley Stadium

West Acton 1923
See Acton Town

Westbourne Park 1866
Place west of the stream.

West Brompton 1869
"Broom town" - by flora.

West Finchley 1940
See Finchley Central

West Ham 1902
Means marshy river bank, from 'hamm'.

West Hampstead 1879
See Hampstead

West Harrow 1913
See Harrow-on-the-Hill

West Kensington 1874 -> 1877 North End H

See Kensington

Westminster 1868 -> 1907 Westminster Bridge H

The abbey in the west.

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Palace

The Jewel Tower

Churchill War Rooms

West Ruislip 1906 -> 1947 Ruislip & Ickenham
See Ruislip

Whitechapel 1884
According to the White Stone Chapel (destroyed in 1940).

The station serves both surface and underground trains. Underground trains are on the upper floor, surface trains are below these. That's how it needs to be. :-)

Royal London Hospital Museum

White City 1908 Wood Line
According to the Exhibition Building, which was of white stone.

Willesden Green 1879
From the words 'wiell' and 'dun' - spring hill.

Willesden Junction 1915
See previous.

Wimbledon 1889
The hill where Winebeald lived.

Wimbledon Park 1889
See previous.

Woodford 1947
"The ford by a wood"

Wood Green 1932 H

Farm name.

Wood Lane 2008
Reflects the fact that it is outside the densely populated area of London.

Woodside Park 1940
Expresses the proximity of the forest.