The most far-flung stations to ever appear on London’s train maps

While London’s transport network connects a city of millions of people, Londoners’ commutes can feel like a lifetime. However, for some, their local Underground station is outside of the city altogether.

Let’s take a look at the city’s furthest-flung northern, southern, western and eastern stations and how this has changed since the Underground’s first station was opened in 1863.

Furthest North

In 2024, the Tube’s northernmost station is Chesham and it is so far out that it is actually part of Buckinghamshire. The station, which was built in 1889, is a grade II listed building and located in London fare zone nine. While Ongar station is further north, this has not run Underground trains for almost 30 years.

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However, this has not always been the case. Aylesbury Station was actually the terminus point of the Metropolitan line until 1936, when the Tube service was withdrawn. It never appeared on the Tube map because it was so far out. The station, 50 miles from London, now lies abandoned.

Furthest South

South London’s New Addington station is its furthest out. Located in Croydon, this station is at the end of the London Tram line. Until the London Tram network was included in the Tube map in the early 2000s, Morden, in zone four, was the southernmost station, and many may argue it is still the ‘real’ winner here.

Despite being the Underground’s most southern Underground station, Morden actually sits on the Northern Line. This emphasizes the difference in the development of the Tube network in the north and south of the city, with north London having 250 stations, compared to the south with just 29.

Furthest East

Shenfield, in Brentwood, Essex, is the Underground’s easternmost station and has its own fare zone, 12, which is specially set by National Rail companies. It is the north-eastern terminus of the Elizabeth line, which was opened in 2022 to help the city’s struggling transport system. It became London’s easternmost station in 2015, taking the crown from Ongar, when it joined the Crossrail map in 2015.

District line trains have also been known to run as far out as Shoeburyness although there seems to be no reference of this on any form of the official Tube map since 1939.

Furthest West

The Elizabeth line extended the Underground’s network in the East of the city. Reading station is the Tube’s westernmost station, although the Metropolitan line did once run to Brill, Buckinghamshire. However, like other far-out stations, this was never actually part of the Tube map.

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