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Victoria line

The first deep-level Underground line built across central London for more than 50 years, and the world's first automatic passenger railway. It opened in stages from 1968 to 1971 and now runs the most frequent service in the UK.

1968Opened
21 kmLength
16Stations
36Peak trains per hour
250mJourneys a year (2019)
Opened
1 September 1968
Termini
Walthamstow Central – Brixton
Type
deep-level tube
Depots
Northumberland Park
2009 Stock, schematic side elevation, 2 cars
2009 Stock · Bombardier, Derby Litchurch Lane

Map

Walthamstow Central – Brixton: schematic, not to scale Walthamstow Central — change for Overground (Weaver)Walthamstow Central Blackhorse Road — change for Overground (Suffragette)Blackhorse Road Tottenham Hale — change for National RailTottenham Hale Seven Sisters — change for Overground (Weaver), National RailSeven Sisters Finsbury Park — change for Piccadilly, National RailFinsbury Park Highbury & Islington — change for Overground (Mildmay, Windrush), National RailHighbury & Islington King's Cross St Pancras — change for Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, National RailKing's Cross St Pancras Euston — change for Northern, Overground (Lioness), National RailEuston Warren Street — change for NorthernWarren Street Oxford Circus — change for Bakerloo, CentralOxford Circus Green Park — change for Jubilee, PiccadillyGreen Park Victoria — change for Circle, District, National RailVictoria PimlicoPimlico Vauxhall — change for National RailVauxhall Stockwell — change for NorthernStockwell Brixton — change for National RailBrixton

Schematic, not to scale. Ringed stations are interchanges. Station order from TfL open data.

All stations 16

StationZoneInterchanges
Walthamstow Central3Overground (Weaver)
Blackhorse Road3Overground (Suffragette)
Tottenham Hale3National Rail
Seven Sisters3Overground (Weaver), National Rail
Finsbury Park2Piccadilly, National Rail
Highbury & Islington2Overground (Mildmay, Windrush), National Rail
King's Cross St Pancras1Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly, National Rail
Euston1Northern, Overground (Lioness), National Rail
Warren Street1Northern
Oxford Circus1Bakerloo, Central
Green Park1Jubilee, Piccadilly
Victoria1Circle, District, National Rail
Pimlico1
Vauxhall1/2National Rail
Stockwell2Northern
Brixton2National Rail

Stations, zones and interchanges from TfL open data (2026-10-01). National Rail interchanges are listed where TfL groups the stations together.

History

  1. The planned north-east to south-west line is named Route C.
  2. Construction begins.
  3. The first section opens, from Walthamstow Central to Highbury & Islington. The line is the first automatic passenger railway in the world.
  4. Extended to Warren Street, with King's Cross St Pancras and Euston.
  5. Extended to Victoria, through Oxford Circus and Green Park. The Queen opens the line officially at Green Park.
  6. Extended south to Brixton, through Vauxhall and Stockwell, opened by Princess Alexandra.
  7. Pimlico opens, between Victoria and Vauxhall.
  8. The first 2009 Stock train enters passenger service.
  9. The last 1967 Stock trains are withdrawn.
  10. The upgrade, with new trains and signalling, is completed.
  11. The peak service reaches 33 trains an hour.
  12. 34 trains an hour at the busiest times.
  13. 36 trains an hour at peak, one every 100 seconds, the most frequent service in the UK.
  14. The 100-second service is extended to three hours of each peak.

Rolling stock

Earlier trains on this line

Sources