The Streetwater Line (Bakerloo Line)
Play on words

The Twopenny Line (Central Line)
'Twopenny Tube' was a Central Line nickname at one time

The Loop (Circle Line)
Play on words

The Bridge Line (District Line)
Only line to traverse the Thames via bridge

The Unoriginal Line (Hammersmith & City Line)
Shares all of its stations with other lines

The Quadranscentennial Line (Jubilee Line)
Play on words for silver jubilee

The First Line (Metropolitan Line)
First underground railway in the world

The Naughty Line (Northern Line)
A 'Secret London' news article concluded it to be the most debauched Underground line

The Frilly Line (Piccadilly Line)
Play on words - picadill frill

The Hated Line (Victoria Line)
Hatred for Queen Victoria as she 'closed' the Upworld from the Lowdown in 'The Wonderground' novel

The Drain  (Waterloo & City)
Nickname used by City workers who travel on it



ACTION TOWN (Acton Town) - Frilly Line / Bridge Line
Simple addition of the letter ‘I’ as a play on words to create the ‘Wild West’ of the Lowdown – that’s it!

ALEXANDRINA (Victoria) - Hated Line / The Loop / Bridge Line    
Queen Victoria’s first name

ANCESTRAL GATE (Lancaster Gate) - Twopenny Line  
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ARCH CROSSING (Charing Cross) - Streetwater Line / Naughty Line    
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ARSON GROVE (Arnos Grove) - Frilly Line    
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BAKER’S TREATS (Baker Street) - Streetwater Line / Quadranscentennial Line    
Pretty obvious really...

BEDLAM (Liverpool Street) - First Line / The Loop / Unoriginal Line / Twopenny Line    
Built on the original site of the Bethlehem (Bedlam) mental asylum

BEORNMUND’S ISLAND (Bermondsey) - Quadranscentennial Line    
Old English said to mean ‘Beornmund's Island’

BIRD ISLAND (Canary Wharf) - Quadranscentennial Line    
Canary Wharf is situated on the Isle of Dogs - play on words

BLACK LION LANE (Queensway) - Twopenny Line    
The present Queensway can be seen on early maps running north from Bayswater Road across fields under the name of Black Lion Lane

BLACKBIRD HILL (Kingsbury) - Quadranscentennial Line    
Blackbird Hill is the ancient centre of Kingsbury

BORDWADESTONE (Boston Manor) - Frilly Line    
The earliest reference to Boston (Bordwadestone as it was then spelled) was around the 1170s

BOUNCY LAND (Camden Town) - Naughty Line    
The bouncy castle was invented in Camden

BUCKET HILL (Buckhurst Hill) - Twopenny Line    
The first mention of Buckhurst Hill is in 1135, when reference was made to "La Bocherste", becoming in later years "Bucket Hill", originally meaning a hill covered with beech trees

CANDELWRICHSTRETE (Cannon Street) - The Loop / Bridge Line    
The name first appears as ‘Candelwrichstrete’ in 1190. The name was shortened over 60 times, and eventually settled on Cannon Street in the 17th century

CANIS MAJOR (Barking) - Quadranscentennial Line / Bridge Line    
'Canis Major’ (‘Great Dog’) is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere - play on words

CANIS MINOR (Barkingside) - Twopenny Line    
‘Canis Minor’ (‘Little Dog’) is a small constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere - play on words

CANNIBAL CENTRAL (Warren Street) - First Line / The Loop / Unoriginal Line    
Used as the location for the 1972 British horror film, Death Line, which featured a family of cannibals living on the London Underground

CHASE SIDE (Southgate) - Frilly Line    
The name of Chase Side was proposed prior to the station opening

CITY OF LIGHTS (Hounslow Central) - Frilly Line    
The station is located on Lampton Road – play on words

CONNERY MOOR (Bond Street) - Quadranscentennial Line / Twopenny Line    
Named after two James Bonds! Sean Connery and Roger Moore

COPE CASTLE (Holland Park) - Twopenny Line    
Holland House, originally known as Cope Castle, was an early Jacobean country house in Kensington, London, situated in a country estate that is now Holland Park

COUNTERS CREEK (West Kensington) - Bridge Line    
In the Middle Ages, the main topographical feature was Counter's Creek 

CRAZY TOWN (Upton Park) - Quadranscentennial Line / Bridge Line    
The station’s nickname is cockney slang for crazy (‘two stops short of Barking’)

DAFT ROW (Watford) - First Line    
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DEEP VALLEY (Debden) - Twopenny Line    
Debden is derived from the Old English dep, 'deep' and den, 'valley'

EALHMUND’S VILLAGE (Amersham) - First Line    
Amersham is derived from the Old English for ‘Ealhmund’s village’

EAST DAWN (Wanstead) - Twopenny Line    
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EASTSIDE (Eastcote) - First Line / Frilly Line    
'Cote' means side

EBONY REALM (Marylebone) - Streetwater Line    
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ELEPHANTS & CASTLES (Elephant & Castle) - Streetwater Line / Naughty Line    
Pretty obvious again...

END OF THE LINE (Stanmore) - Quadranscentennial Line
Terminus of the Jubilee Line (north)

FERRY ROCK (Warwick Avenue) - Streetwater Line    
Musician Duffy’s album Rock Ferry included the single ‘Warwick Avenue’ about the tube station

FLOWERLAND (Sudbury Hill) - Frilly Line    
The station is opposite 'Flowerland' florists

FOX HALL (Vauxhall) - Hated Line    
Samuel Pepys mentions the area as "Fox Hall" in his diary on 23 June 1665

GARLIC HILL (Mansion House) - The Loop / Bridge Line    
The station's entrance is at the northern end of Garlick Hill

GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH (Balham) - Naughty Line  
"Balham, Gateway to the South" is a 1979 comedy sketch parodying a short travel documentary about the South London suburb of Balham

GIANTS MOUNTAIN (Gants Hill) - Twopenny Line    
Play on words

GONE BAD RAILWAY (Ealing Broadway) - Twopenny Line / Bridge Line    
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GREATHEAD (Moorgate) - First Line / The Loop / Unoriginal Line    
The Greathead Tunneling Shield used for the extension to the Underground near here was left in place at the end of a short stub of tunnel near the station

HEADSTONE (North Harrow) - First Line    
About 800m north of the tube line is a 14th-century moated manor house, Headstone Manor

HERVLVESTVNE (Harlesden) - Streetwater Line    
Harlesden was once a Saxon settlement. The Domesday Book calls it "Hervlvestvne"

HIGHWAYMANS HAUNT (Hatton Cross) - Frilly Line    
The area was for many decades a notorious place for highway robberies

HILL OF THE 10,000 (High Barnet) - Naughty Line    
Is situated on the hill that’s thought to be the inspiration for the nursery rhyme The Grand Old Duke of York

HOLY IGNITING SHRUB (Highbury & Islington) - Hated Line    
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KINGSMEADOW (Wimbledon) - Bridge Line    
'Kingsmeadow' is the former stadium of AFC Wimbledon

KINGSWOOD (Royal Oak) - Unoriginal Line / The Loop / Streetwater Line    
Play on words

LAND OF ANGELS (Angel) - Naughty Line
Pretty obvious really...

LAND OF THE DARK MONKS (Blackfriars) - The Loop / Bridge Line    
Play on words – black friars – dark monks

LAND OF THE NOVIWOLVES (Tottenham Court Road) - 
Twopenny Line / Naughty Line    The station was used for a sequence in the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London 

LAND OF THE SILVER EAGLES (Goldhawk Road) - Unoriginal Line / The Loop    
Play on words

LIME GROVE (Shepherd’s Bush) - Twopenny Line    
Lime Grove Studios was a film, and later television, studio complex in Shepherd's Bush

LION'S MOUND (Waterloo) - Quadranscentennial Line / Naughty Line / Streetwater Line    
The site of the battlefield today is dominated by the monument of the Lion's Mound, a large artificial hill constructed from earth taken from the battlefield itself

LONELY GLORY (Hendon Central) - Naughty Line    
When the station was built it stood "in lonely glory amid fields", according to one writer

LORDSHIP LANE (Wood Green) - Frilly Line    
The name of Lordship Lane was proposed prior to the station opening

LOWDOWN BRIDGE (London Bridge) - Quadranscentennial Line / Naughty Line    
Obvious really...

LOWER BRIDGE (Upminster Bridge) - Bridge Line    
The bridge has been alternatively known as Bridge House Bridge and Lower Bridge

MAIDEN’S VALLEY (Maida Vale) - Streetwater Line    
When Maida Vale station opened on 6 June 1915 it was entirely staffed by women due to shortages of male staff in the war. It was the first station to have all-female staff

MARGRAVINE (Barons Court) - Frilly Line / Bridge Line    
Margravine Cemetery, also known as Hammersmith Cemetery, is in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The closest London Underground station is Barons Court

MELTING STREET (Euston Square) - First Line / The Loop / Unoriginal Line    
The name of Melton Street was proposed prior to the station opening. Play on words

MONASTERY OF THE HORNS (Hornchurch) - Bridge Line
Hornchurch is an Anglicised version of the Latin Monasterium Cornutum (Monastery of the Horns)

NEAT COAST (East Acton) - Twopenny Line    
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NEW TOWN (Wood Lane) - Unoriginal Line / The Loop   
The station is new, having opened on 12 October 2008 - the first station to be built on an existing Tube line for over 70 years

NIGHTINGALE LANE (Clapham South) - Naughty Line  
The station was originally to have been called ‘Nightingale Lane’ and this name still exists hidden behind the blue bars on the platform roundels

NORTH END (Preston Road) - First Line    
Preston North End FC. Play on words

NOSE HILL (Neasden) - Quadranscentennial Line    
The area was recorded as Neasdun in AD 939 and the name is derived from the Old English nēos = 'nose' and dūn = 'hill'

OLD TOWN (Mile End) - Twopenny Line / Unoriginal Line / Bridge Line    
Formerly known as Mile End Old Town station 

ONE WAY (Heathrow Terminal 4) - Frilly Line    
The station is one of four on the London Underground with only one platform, and is the only one with one-way train service

OSWALD GAP (Embankment) - Streetwater Line / Naughty Line    
The late Oswald Laurence's voice was used on the northbound Northern Line but was phased out until only Embankment used it. His wife said she often used the station and was devastated when "he wasn't there" any more when the announcements were replaced. She was given a copy of the recording after TfL heard she went regularly to Embankment after his death to hear his voice. After the request TfL bosses decided to restore the voice over warning 'Mind the Gap' to Laurence's version at Embankment

PARADISE (Belsize Park) - Naughty Line    
In Coldplay’s music video for the song ‘Paradise’, Chris Martin, dressed as an elephant, escapes from the zoo. He finds an abandoned bicycle and rides it to Belsize Park station

PATCHWORK RINK - Northwick Park- First Line    
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PEASANTS’ WOOD (Chorleywood) - First Line    
The name literally means “peasant’s wood”

PLACE OF DELIGHTFUL PROSPECTS (Golders Green) - Naughty Line    
"Place of Delightful Prospects" was the slogan used on a 1908 Underground poster advertising Golders Green

PUNY ESTATE (East Putney) - Bridge Line    
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RAVEN WOOD (Ladbroke Grove) - Unoriginal Line / The Loop     
Named after Lodbrok the Dane who wore a Raven Standard. A grove is a small group of trees. Play on words

RUPERT’S WETLAND (Canada Water) - Quadranscentennial Line    
Rupert's Land, was a territory in British North America that is now mainly a part of Canada. Add in ‘wet’ for the water part...!

SCALPHUNTERS LAND (Brixton) - Hated Line    
In John Le Carré's novel 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy', the "scalphunters" of Britain's MI6 are based in Brixton

SEVEN BROTHERS (Seven Sisters) - Hated Line    
Play on words

SIX ROADS (Hyde Park Corner) - Frilly Line    
Six streets converge at the road junction of Hyde Park Corner

SLIPPERY LAND (Elm Park) - Bridge Line    
'Slippery elm' is a species of tree

SNOW CITY (White City) - Twopenny Line    
Play on words

SUGAR AND SPICE (Queensbury) - Quadranscentennial Line    
The names of two businesses within the station

SUNKEN TOOTH (South Kenton) - First Line    
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SUNNY STREET (Goodge Street) - Naughty Line    
Donovan had a song titled ‘Sunny Goodge Street’

SUNSET CITY (Battersea Power Station) - Naughty Line  
'Art on the Underground' installed a permanent kinetic sculpture in the station named 'Sunset, Sunrise, Sunset'

SURPRISING DALE (Ruislip Gardens) - Twopenny Line  
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TALL MAN’S WATCHTOWER (Walthamstow Central) - Hated Line    
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