Central line (London Underground)

Central line

A Central line 1992 stock train leaving Theydon Bois

Overview

Stations

49

Colour on map

Red

Website

Service

Type

System

London Underground

Depot(s)

Ruislip
Hainault
White City

Rolling stock

Ridership

260.916 million (2011/12) passenger journeys

History

Opened

30 June 1900

Technical

Line length

74 km (46 mi)

Character

Deep Tube

4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm)

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The Central Line is a line of the London Underground. Its colour is red on the tube map. It runs east-west through London. The line was the longest line until the line between Epping and Ongar was closed. Outside the rush hours trains run every 3-4 minutes in Central London and every 6-7 minutes on the branches.

Map

Stations

Central line

Ongar section closed 1994,

now Epping Ongar Railway

Coopersale

rail access only

Epping Forest

rail access only

Hainault depot

North Circular Road

to Great Eastern Main Line

Gospel Oak to Barking line

Leytonstone High Road (

)

Great Eastern Main Line

Lea Valley lines

Docklands Light Railway

to Stratford International

Docklands Light Railway

to Beckton or Woolwich Arsenal

North London line

opens 2019

Great Eastern Main Line

to Liverpool Street

Docklands Light Railway

H&C and District lines

H&C and District lines

via Whitechapel

Shoreditch High Street

(proposed)

Liverpool Street

Tottenham Court Road

opens 2019

Notting Hill Gate

Shepherd's Bush (

)

West London Line

Shepherd's Bush

right-hand running starts

White City depot

(relocated underground 2007)

(additional platforms)

Circle and H&C lines

Circle and H&C lines

via Liverpool Street

)

)

GWR goods line

to West London Line

right-hand running ends

to Paddington

Great Western main line

North London line

Acton–Northolt line

First Central

(proposed)

Piccadilly line

Piccadilly and District lines

via Earl's Court

A406/A40 gyratory

Ealing Broadway

Great Western main line

Greenford branch line

Chiltern Main Line

Ruislip Gardens

)

Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines

South Harefield

aborted Denham extension

Chiltern Main Line

to Birmingham|Snow Hill

In order from west to east. Station in italics are not in the on the Central line anymore

West Ruislip branch

Terminus: West Ruislip, opened 21 November 1948
Ruislip Gardens, opened 21 November 1948.
South Ruislip, opened 21 November 1948.
Northolt, opened 21 November 1948.
Greenford, opened 30 June 1947.
Perivale, opened 30 June 1947.
Hanger Lane, opened 30 June 1947.

branch joins at North Acton:

Ealing Broadway branch

Terminus: Ealing Broadway, opened 3 August 1920.
West Acton, opened 5 November 1923.

branch joins at North Acton:

Main line

North Acton, opened 5 November 1923
East Acton, opened 3 August 1920.
White City, opened 23 November 1947.
Wood Lane, opened 14 May 1908; closed 22 November 1947.
Shepherd's Bush, opened 30 July 1900.
Holland Park, opened 30 July 1900.
Notting Hill Gate, opened 30 July 1900.
Queensway, opened 30 July 1900 (as Queens Road); renamed 1 September 1946.
Lancaster Gate, opened 30 July 1900.
Marble Arch, opened 30 July 1900.
Bond Street, opened 24 September 1900.
Oxford Circus, opened 30 July 1900.
Tottenham Court Road, opened 22 June 1907 (as Oxford Street); renamed 9 March 1908.
British Museum, opened 30 July 1900; closed 24 September 1933.
Holborn, opened 25 September 1933
Chancery Lane, opened 30 July 1900
St. Paul's, opened 30 July 1900
Bank, opened 30 July 1900.
Liverpool Street, opened 28 July 1912.
Bethnal Green, opened 4 December 1946.
Mile End, opened 4 December 1946.
Stratford, first served 4 December 1946.
Leyton, first served 5 May 1947.
Leytonstone, first served 5 May 1947.

Splits into two branches.

Woodford branch

Wanstead, opened 14 December 1947.
Redbridge, opened 14 December 1947.
Gants Hill, opened 14 December 1947.
Newbury Park, first served 14 December 1947.
Barkingside, first served 31 May 1948.
Fairlop, first served 31 May 1948.
Hainault, first served 31 May 1948.

The Greater London boundary with Essex is at Grange Hill

Grange Hill, first served 21 November 1948.
Chigwell, first served 21 November 1948.
Roding Valley, first served 21 November 1948.

Terminates at Woodford [see Ongar Branch] (except for rush hours)

Ongar branch (now Epping Branch)

Snaresbrook, first served 14 December 1947.
South Woodford, first served 14 December 1947 (as South Woodford (George Lane)); renamed 1950.
Terminus for Woodford branch: Woodford, first served 14 December 1947.

The Greater London boundary with Essex is between Woodford and Buckhurst Hill

Buckhurst Hill, first served 21 November 1948.
Loughton, first served 21 November 1948.
Debden, first served 25 September 1949.
Theydon Bois, first served 25 September 1949.
Terminus: Epping, first served 25 September 1949.

Note: the remaining stations to Ongar were served by a shuttle service from Epping.

North Weald, first served 25 September 1949; closed 30 September 1994.
Blake Hall, first served 25 September 1949; closed: 31 October 1981.
Ongar, first served 25 September 1949; closed 30 September 1994.

References

↑ "London Underground Key Facts". Transport for London. n.d. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
↑ "LU Performance Data Almanac" (2011/12 ed.). Transport for London. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

Other websites

Central Line - London Underground page about the Central Line
Clive's Underground Line Guide

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