C Central line, London Tube
Looking for a map of the Central line on the London Tube? It serves 49 stations. This page gathers its route, its stations in running order and its interchanges.
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10 of its stations interchange with another line. For the record, its oldest station is Notting Hill Gate (1868), its busiest is Tottenham Court Road (62,060,000 passengers a year) and its best connected is Liverpool Street (4 lines).
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Key facts
- Number of stations49
- Oldest stationNotting Hill Gate · 1868
- Busiest stationTottenham Court Road
- InterchangesBBakerlooCCircleDDistrictHHammersmith & CityJJubileeMMetropolitanNNorthernPPiccadillyVVictoriaWWaterloo & City
When each stop on the Central line opened
Every station on its real position, coloured by the year it opened and sized by annual ridership. The drawing assembles itself in opening order.
Interchanges on the Central line
- BankNNorthernWWaterloo & City
- Bond StreetJJubilee
- Ealing BroadwayDDistrict
- HolbornPPiccadilly
- Liverpool StreetCCircleHHammersmith & CityMMetropolitan
- Mile EndDDistrictHHammersmith & City
- Notting Hill GateCCircleDDistrict
- Oxford CircusBBakerlooVVictoria
- StratfordJJubilee
- Tottenham Court RoadNNorthern
All 49 stations in order
- 1Eppingterminus
- 2Theydon Bois
- 3Debden
- 4Loughton
- 5Buckhurst Hill
- 6Woodford
- 7South Woodford
- 8Snaresbrook
- 9Leytonstone
- 10Leyton
- 11Stratford J
- 12Mile End DH
- 13Bethnal Green
- 14Liverpool Street MCH
- 15Bank NW
- 16St. Paul's
- 17Chancery Lane
- 18Holborn P
- 19Tottenham Court Road N
- 20Oxford Circus BV
- 21Bond Street J
- 22Marble Arch
- 23Lancaster Gate
- 24Queensway
- 25Notting Hill Gate CD
- 26Holland Park
- 27Shepherd's Bush
- 28White City
- 29East Acton
- 30North Acton
- 31Hanger Lane
- 32Perivale
- 33Greenford
- 34Northolt
- 35South Ruislip
- 36Ruislip Gardens
- 37West Ruislipterminus
Branches
From Woodford
- 1Roding Valley
- 2Chigwell
- 3Grange Hill
- 4Hainaultterminus
- 5Fairlop
- 6Barkingside
- 7Newbury Park
- 8Gants Hill
- 9Redbridge
- 10Wanstead
From North Acton
- 1West Acton
- 2Ealing Broadwayterminus D
Frequently asked questions
- How many stations are on the Central line?
- The Central line on the London Tube serves 49 stations.
- What is the oldest station on the Central line?
- The oldest station still served by the Central line entered service in 1868.
- What is the busiest station on the Central line?
- Tottenham Court Road, with roughly 62,060,000 passengers a year.
- Which lines does the Central line connect with?
- The Central line meets the Bakerloo, Circle, District, Hammersmith & City, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo & City lines.
- Can I see live departures for the Central line?
- Yes. The panel at the top of this page shows the trains running on the Central line on the London Tube right now, in both directions, with the station each train reaches next and how long that will take. It refreshes every 30 seconds from the operator's own live feed.
Other lines in London
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