London Underground Quiz

1. Which underground station is the furthest south?

2. Which station has the longest escalator (going up to heaven?)

3. Knightsbridge station had a special exit added to it to serve which famous store?

4. Which station was known as Gillespie Road until 1932 when it was renamed after the local football team?

5. There are two place names that each occur in the names five stations. Name either of them.

6. The current Charing Cross underground station was opened in 1979 when which two previous stations were joined together?

7. Which station is named after a cricket ground?

8. Which Northern Line station gave its name to a game on the long running radio show “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue”?

9. station has trains from both the and Overground. But what is unusual about this?

10. In 1911 the first escalator on the tube system was opened. At which station?

11. The shortest journey you can make on the Underground, about 300 yards, is between which two Piccadilly line stations?

12. Harry Beck, an engineering draughtsman for the Underground, is best known for designing what?

13. Which football ground was originally built largely with earth excavated from digging part of the ?

14. Which is the only underground station that is a Grade I listed building?

15. The section of the between Baker Street and Stanmore was formerly part of which other Line?

16. The longest continuous tunnel on the underground, the longest rail tunnel in the world when it was opened, is 17 miles long. On which line is it?

17. Which underground station was the title of a hit single by the New Vaudeville Band in the 1960s.

18. Platforms on some of the stations on the , opened in 1999 have something which no other London Underground stations have. What?

19. Which Piccadilly line station was closed in 1994, but is still used as a TV and film location?

20. What was the Jubilee Line originally going to be called?