Hampstead
The deepest station is Hampstead on the Northern line, which runs down to 58.5 metres.

The newest line to be built is the Jubilee Line, with the first section opening in 1979 and extending to the London Docklands in 1999.

Rather than emphasising distance and geographical accuracy, like other maps, Beck based his on the circuit diagrams he drew for his day job; stripping the sprawling Tube network down to a neat diagram of coloured, criss-crossing lines.

Tube map
The Tube map (sometimes called the London Underground map or the TfL services map) is a schematic transport map of the lines, stations and services of the London Underground, known colloquially as “the Tube”, hence the map’s name. The first schematic Tube map was designed by Harry Beck in 1931.

The map showed all the important central stations (including several that have since closed down or changed names), but it didn’t make it easy to find your way around. Station names had to be written in small text, often at odd angles so they could be crammed in between awkwardly twisting lines.

The Elizabeth line will run from Reading and Heathrow in the west, through 42km of new tunnels under London to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. The new railway, operated by Transport for London, will be fully integrated with London’s existing transport network.

In 1931, Harry Beck revolutionised the London Underground map with his angular representation, inspired by electric circuit diagrams. Initially poo-pooed by the powers that be, two years later, the map was tweaked and published for public use.

72 years (1902–1974)
Harry Beck/Age at death

The Jubilee line (aka grey line) is a line on the London Underground (“the Tube”), coloured grey on the Tube Map, in the United Kingdom. It was built in two major sections – initially to Charing Cross in Central London, and later extended in 1999 to Stratford in east London.

The Victoria line is a London Underground line that runs between Brixton in south London and Walthamstow Central in the north-east, via the West End. It is printed in light blue on the Tube map and is one of the only two lines on the network to run completely underground, the other being the Waterloo & City line.

King’s Cross St Pancras tube station
King’s Cross St Pancras tube station is served by more Underground lines than any other station on the network.

The Piccadilly line is a deep level London Underground line running from the north to the west of London. It has two branches, which split at Acton Town, and serves 53 stations….

An eye-opening version the Tube Map for central London was published by the FT today (& on Twitter).

The London Greenground Map, by designer Helen Ilus (Hi Design), takes its inspiration from the famous tube map to create a network of walking routes, with parks as “stations” in and around the capital.

The map is “underlined” by the River Thames which forms the southern limit of the tube line and so drinking experience. If you cross the Thames trying to get from pub to station, you’ve gone wrong. Some trees, park benches and statues are added for good measure – appropriately enough with nearby drinkers.

Now, there are 35 tube stations and corresponding pubs to have your half-pint at. This map of the line and the nearest pubs to each station, was commissioned by Londonist for their “Londonist Drinks” book that was published late last year. It was drawn by illustrator Olivia Whitworth, who also created the Secret Rivers map we featured last month.