Category: Piccadilly Line

South Ealing

South Ealing is notable in Underground trivia for having, along with Mansion House, every vowel in its name.

Russell Square

Russell Square station, now on London’s Piccadilly Line, was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906.

Ruislip Manor

The construction of a halt on the Metropolitan Railway in the area in 1912 led to the development of Ruislip Manor on what was rural land.

Gloucester Road

Gloucester Road: Where Rumpole of the Bailey hung his hat.

Bounds Green

Bounds Green is an area in the London Borough of Haringey with a station on the Piccadilly Line.

Trivia for every Underground station

Acton Town Alphabetically, Acton Town is the first tube station on the network. The first electric train on the District Line ran eastbound starting from Acton Town on 28 March 1905, The journey from Hammersmith to Acton Town (Piccadilly line) takes 5 minutes, 50 seconds, bypassing all of the intervening District Line stations on the …

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