Are the 269 or 270 London Underground stations?

[swt class 450]

On wikipedia it states that London Underground has 270 stations. However after counting them all i have only found 269. I have gone through the entire list and the entire map and can only find 269. I have even copied and pasted the list in to a spreadsheet to make sure i was counting the stations correctly.

Acton Town
Aldgate
Aldgate East
Alperton
Amersham
Angel
Archway
Arnos Grove
Arsenal
Baker Street
Balham
Bank
Barbican
Barking
Barkingside
Barons Court
Bayswater
Becontree
Belsize Park
Bermondsey
Bethnal Green
Blackfriars
Blackhorse Road
Bond Street
Borough
Boston Manor
Bounds Green
Bow Road
Brent Cross
Brixton
Bromley-by-Bow
Buckhurst Hill
Burnt Oak
Caledonian Road
Camden Town
Canada Water
Canary Wharf
Canning Town
Cannon Street
Canons Park
Chalfont & Latimer
Chalk Farm
Chancery Lane
Charing Cross
Chesham
Chigwell
Chiswick Park
Chorleywood
Clapham Common
Clapham North
Clapham South
Cockfosters
Colindale
Colliers Wood
Covent Garden
Croxley
Dagenham East
Dagenham Heathway
Debden
Dollis Hill
Ealing Broadway
Ealing Common
Earls Court
East Acton
East Finchley
East Ham
East Putney
Eastcote
Edgware
Edgware Road
Edgware Road
Elephant And Castle
Elm Park
Embankment
Epping
Euston
Euston Square
Fairlop
Farringdon
Finchley*Central
Finchley Road
Finsbury Park
Fulham Broadway
Gants Hill
Gloucester Road
Golders Green
Goldhawk Road
Goodge Street
Grange Hill
Great Portland Street
Green Park
Greenford
Gunnersbury
Hainault
Hammersmith
Hammersmith
Hampstead
Hanger Lane
Harlesden
Harrow And Wealdstone
Harrow on-the-Hill
Hatton Cross
Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3
Heathrow Terminal 4
Heathrow Terminal 5
Hendon Central
High Barnet
High Street Kensington
Highbury & Islington
Highgate
Hillingdon
Holborn
Holland Park
Holloway Road
Hornchurch
Hounslow Central
Hounslow East
Hounslow West
Hyde Park Corner
Ickenham
Kennington
Kensal Green
Kensington (Olympia)
Kentish Town
Kenton
Kew Gardens
Kilburn
Kilburn Park
King's Cross St Pancras
Kingsbury
Knightsbridge
Ladbroke Grove
Lambeth North
Lancaster Gate
Latimer Road
Leicester Square
Leyton
Leytonstone
Liverpool Street
London Bridge
Loughton
Maida Vale
Manor House
Mansion House
Marble Arch
Marylebone
Mile End
Mill Hill East
Monument
Moor Park
Moorgate
Morden
Mornington Crescent
Neasden
Newbury Park
North Acton
North Ealing
North Greenwich
North Harrow
North Wembley
Northfields
Northolt
Northwick Park
Northwood
Northwood Hills
Notting Hill Gate
Oakwood
Old Street
Osterley
Oval
Oxford Circus
Paddington
Park Royal
Parsons Green
Perivale
Picadilly Circus
Pimlico
Pinner
Plaistow
Preston Road
Putney Bridge
Queens Park
Queensbury
Queensway
Ravenscourt Park
Rayners Lane
Redbridge
Regent's Park
Richmond
Rickmansworth
Roding Valley
Royal Oak
Ruislip
Ruislip Gardens
Ruislip Manor
Russell Square
Seven Sisters
Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush Market
Sloane Square
Snaresbrook
South Ealing
South Harrow
South Kensington
South Kenton
South Ruislip
South Wimbledon
South Woodford
Southfields
Southgate
Southwark
St James's Park
St John's Wood
St Paul's
Stamford Brook
Stanmore
Stepney Green
Stockwell
Stonebridge Park
Stratford
Sudbury Hill
Sudbury Town
Swiss Cottage
Temple
Theydon Bois
Tooting Bec
Tooting Broadway
Tottenham Court Road
Tottenham Hale
Totteridge And Whetstone
Tower Hill
Tufnell Park
Turnham Green
Turnpike Lane
Upminster
Upminster Bridge
Upney
Upton Park
Uxbridge
Vauxhall
Victoria
Walthamstow Central
Wanstead
Warren Street
Warwick Avenue
Waterloo
Watford
Wembley Central
Wembley Park
West Acton
West Brompton
West Finchley
West Ham
West Hampstead
West Harrow
West Kensington
West Ruislip
Westbourne Park
Westminster
White City
Whitechapel
Willesden Green
Willesden Junction
Wimbledon
Wimbledon Park
Wood Green
Wood Lane
Woodford
Woodside Park

I have remembered to include both Edgware Road stations and both Hammersmith stations.

So is wikipedia wrong? Or is there a station that i am completely missing? Or a station that has closed recently?

 

[MikeWh]

Are they counting Paddington as two stations?

 

[swt class 450]

Are they counting Paddington as two stations?

Ah possibly. I hadnt thought of that. Although the list on wikipedia only lists Paddington as one station.

 

[glbotu]

Could they be counting 2 Paddingtons? Praed Street/Bishops Road

 

[swt class 450]

Could they be counting 2 Paddingtons? Praed Street/Bishops Road

Yes that could well be what it is. It just confuses me that they list Paddington as just one station but list Edgware Road and Hammersmith as two stations.

 

[i3lu]

I used random.org just for counting. This is the result:

 

[Deerfold]

I used random.org just for counting. This is the result:

What did you count?

There's only 269 stations in the OP's list in post 1.

 

[swt class 450]

I used random.org just for counting. This is the result:

I have just tried that and it has come up with 269. Were you including a second Paddington when you tried?

 

[Dstock7080]

On wikipedia it states that London Underground has 270 stations.

remember that's stations served, not owned.

 

[i3lu]

I have just tried that and it has come up with 269. Were you including a second Paddington when you tried?

I just copied and pasted there.
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Actually, my mistake. I was counting on a A4 printed tube map and with Edgware Road and Hammersmith twice I have exactly 269. Maybe Aldwych station it was counted there.

 

[bluegoblin7]

Two Edgware Roads. Two Hammersmiths. Two Paddingtons. 270 stations.

Anything else is wrong.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Now I'm confused - surely there's three Paddingtons?

Praed Street
Bishop's Road
Bakerloo

 

[HMS Ark Royal]

remember that's stations served, not owned.

Would that be because LU doesn't own T5, it just runs there?

 

[pdeaves]

Now I'm confused - surely there's three Paddingtons?

Praed Street
Bishop's Road
Bakerloo

Praed Street and Bakerloo are different lines serving the same station. You don't have to go outside the barriers to get between the two, whereas you have to leave the ticket line to get from there to Bishop's Road.

 

[Busaholic]

Do the two Paddingtons have entirely separate staff, as do Hammersmith and Edgware Road? If they do, I would say they are definitely two stations. Of course, there are some who would say Charing Cross is two stations, neither of them bearing that name, but rather Strand and Trafalgar Square. Look it up if you don't understand. Strand is where I was forced by the District Inspector I was with to chuck two excellent-quality buskers out of the corridors. Later, in more enlightened times, a classical ensemble played there with great success.

 

[swt class 450]

Would that be because LU doesn't own T5, it just runs there?

I dont think they own these stations either.

Ealing Broadway
Gunnersbury
Harlesden
Harrow & Wealdstone
Kensal Green
Kenton
Kew Gardens
North Wembley
Queens Park
Richmond
South Kenton
Stonebridge Park
Stratford
Wembley Central
Willesden Junction
Wimbledon

I believe that these are all owned by Network Rail.

 

[Dstock7080]

I dont think they own these stations either.

Ealing Broadway
Gunnersbury
Harlesden
Harrow & Wealdstone
Kensal Green
Kenton
Kew Gardens
North Wembley
Queens Park
Richmond
South Kenton
Stonebridge Park
Stratford
Wembley Central
Willesden Junction
Wimbledon

I believe that these are all owned by Network Rail.

Kensington (Olympia) should be added to that list.
Barking should be added to the list, although it has an LU station staff presence.

to cloud things a bit;
Ealing Broadway
Gunnersbury
Harlesden
Harrow & Wealdstone
Kensal Green
Kenton
Kew Gardens
North Wembley
Queens Park
South Kenton
Stonebridge Park
Stratford
Wembley Central
have an LU station staff presence and the platform roundels are LU red.

 

[Tetchytyke]

I dont think they own these stations either.

Ealing Broadway
Gunnersbury
Harlesden
Harrow & Wealdstone
Kensal Green
Kenton
Kew Gardens
North Wembley
Queens Park
Richmond
South Kenton
Stonebridge Park
Stratford
Wembley Central
Willesden Junction
Wimbledon

I believe that these are all owned by Network Rail.

London Underground manage all the intermediate stations between Queens Park and Harrow and Wealdstone, inclusive.

 

[urbophile]

Are not Kew Gardens and Gunnersbury London Overground rather than LU (albeit also served by the latter?). Before privatisation, East Putney, Southfields and Wimbledon Park on the Wimbledon branch of the District Line were owned and run by BR, despite no BR trains ever stopping there. It was possible to buy through tickets from them to any station in the country.

 

[Dstock7080]

Are not Kew Gardens and Gunnersbury London Overground rather than LU (albeit also served by the latter?).

They are LU stations, as indicated by the red platform roundels (rather than orange) and LU station staff.

 

[urbophile]

They didn't used to be. I remember them in Southern Region green; though I think even recently they had BR/whoever took over the NLL branding.

 

[matt_world2004]

Are not Kew Gardens and Gunnersbury London Overground rather than LU (albeit also served by the latter?). Before privatisation, East Putney, Southfields and Wimbledon Park on the Wimbledon branch of the District Line were owned and run by BR, despite no BR trains ever stopping there. It was possible to buy through tickets from them to any station in the country.

East Putney can still have nr trains stop there during engineering works I believe

 

[Dstock7080]

London Underground manage all the intermediate stations between Queens Park and Harrow and Wealdstone, inclusive.

LU do not manage Willesden Junction.

 

[londonbridge]

Two Edgware Roads. Two Hammersmiths. Two Paddingtons. 270 stations.

Anything else is wrong.

So Jay foreman's song is wrong then as he only mentions those three once. Mind you, I suppose one could argue he needs to rewrite it to include all the Tramlink stops since that is now shown as being part of the LU map.

Hornchurch
Ickenham
Hainault
Cockfosters
Ravenscourt Park
Bromley-by-Bow
Morden
Monument
Mornington Crescent
Paddington
Plaistow
Pimlico

Dagenham Heathway
Elephant & Castle
Richmond
Sloane Square
Becontree
Brixton
Barbican
Chorleywood
Amersham
Eastcote
Alperton
East Finchley

Kenton
Kennington
Fairlop
Farringdon
Mile End
Barons Court
Maida Vale
Barking
Barkingside
Debden
Hammersmith
Vauxhall
Wembley Park
Tottenham Hale

Northwood
Oakwood
Wood Green
Woodford
Colliers Wood (and then)
Croxley
Charing Cross
Kings Cross St Pancras
Brent Cross
Hatton Cross
Osterley

Balham
Borough
Chesham
Hampstead
Loughton
Leyton
Leytonstone
Stanmore
Snaresbrook
Greenford
Northolt
Northfields
Southfields
Marylebone

Kingsbury
Queensbury
Queensway
Queens Park
Park Royal
Royal Oak
Burnt Oak (then)
Aldgate
Southgate
Highgate
Moorgate
Notting Hill Gate
St. Paul's
Neasden

Oxford Circus
Piccadilly Circus
Lambeth North (and)
Northwick Park
Upton Park (and)
Westbourne Park (and)
Wimbledon Park (and)
Stonebridge Park

Warwick Avenue
Waterloo
Watford
Walthamstow Central (with)
Wanstead
Hounslow West (and)
Hounslow East (and)
East Ham
West Ham
West Hampstead

Putney Bridge
Knightsbridge
Redbridge
London Bridge
Uxbridge
Perivale
Leicester Square
Goodge Street
Baker Street
Bond Street
Warren Street
Old Street
Liverpool Street
Edgware

West Acton
West Harrow
West Finchley
Kew Gardens (and)
Lancaster Gate (and)
Gunnersbury
Westminster
Upminster
Russell Square
Euston Square
Totteridge and Whetstone
East Putney

Ealing Broadway
Fulham Broadway
Tooting Broadway
Arsenal
Stockwell
Chigwell
Seven Sisters
Blackhorse Road
Blackfriars
Temple

East Acton
Oval
Bow Road
Colindale
Archway
Angel
Upminster Bridge
Clapham Common
Clapham North (and)
Clapham South (and)
Swiss Cottage

Acton Town (and)
Camden Town (and)
Chalk Farm (and)
West Kensington
Canning Town (and)
Kentish Town (and)
Sudbury Town (and)
West Brompton

Theydon Bois (and)
Tooting Bec (and)
Stamford Brook
South Kensington
Rickmansworth (and)
Mansion House (and)
Marble Arch
South Wimbledon

Dollis Hill
Gants Hil
Grange Hill
Sudbury Hill
Tower Hill
Hillingdon
Aldgate East
Southwark
High Barnet
Earls Court
Bayswater
Pinner
Victoria
Mill Hill East

High Street Kensington
Kensington Olympia
Ealing Common
Bermondsey
Heathrow Terminal(s) 4 (and)
5 (and)
Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3

Epping
Euston
Kilburn
Kilburn Park
Chalfont & Latimer
Cannon Street (and)
Canons Park
Embankment
Canada Water

South Ealing
South Harrow
South Kenton
South Woodford
Canary Wharf
Harrow and Wealdstone
North Acton
North Ealing
North Greenwich
North Harrow
North Wembley (and)
Highbury & Islington

(gasp)

Caledonian Road (and)
Edgware Road (and)
Finchley Road (and)
Gloucester Road (and)
Goldhawk Road (and)
Holloway Road (and)
Latimer Road (and)
Preston Road

Elm Park
Regents Park
Green Park
Holland Park
Hyde Park Corner (and)
Upney
Moor Park
Tufnell Park
Chiswick Park
Newbury Park
Finsbury Park
Roding Valley

Hendon Central
Hounslow Central
Wembley Central
Belsize Park
Finchley Central
Covent Garden
Tottenham Court Road
Woodside Park

Wood Lane
Hangar Lane
Chancery Lane
Rayners Lane
Turnpike Lane
Turnham Green
Buckhurst Hill
Golders Green
Kensal Green
Parsons Green
Stepney Green
Willesden Green
Bethnal Green
Harrow-on-the-Hill

Arnos Grove
Ladbroke Grove
Boston Manor
Manor House
St. James Park (and)
St. John's Wood
Shepherds Bush Market
Shepherds Bush
Harlesden
Holborn
Northwood Hills
Stratford

White City
Whitechapel
Willesden Junction
Wimbledon
Ruislip
Ruislip Gardens
South Ruislip
West Ruislip
Ruislip Manor
Great Portland Street
Dagenham East
Bounds Green...

Bank!

 

[edwin_m]

What about Bank and Monument - two stations with a paid-side access between them or one station with two names?

And will Crossrail actually reduce the number of stations by similarly connecting Farringdon/Barbican and Moorgate/Liverpool Street? (Though it will add many more elsewhere)

 

[Bookd]

They are LU stations, as indicated by the red platform roundels (rather than orange) and LU station staff.

Kew Gardens can sell NR tickets, which suggests that it is LO (or they could in the summer when I bought a ticket from boundary 6 to Maideenhead)

 

[Mojo]

Kew Gardens can sell NR tickets, which suggests that it is LO (or they could in the summer when I bought a ticket from boundary 6 to Maideenhead)

Ex Silverlink stations Gunnersbury and Kew Gardens, plus Harrow/Wealdstone to Queens Park (except Willesden Jcn) are managed by LU, but retain the former ticket issuing facilities provided by Silverlink, as they are regulated under Schedule 17.

 

[Busaholic]

I can't prove this, but I believe there was a time when Elephant and Castle was regarded as two stations.

 

[PermitToTravel]

If we include pre-nationalisation then that could be said of many z1 interchange stations - Charing Cross was three for example

 

[Phil.]

They didn't used to be. I remember them in Southern Region green; though I think even recently they had BR/whoever took over the NLL branding.

Kew Gardens and Gunnersbury certainly were B.R. stations staffed by B.R. personnel. One of my jobs as Assistant Station Manager Richmond circa 1981/2 was to undertake the daily bookwork and accountancy at the two stations before collecting the cash/cheques and paying it into Barclay's Bank just outside Kew Gardens station. The chief clerk in the ticket office at Kew Gardens went by the wonderful Dickensian sounding name of Quizilbash.
As someone else has mentioned, Wimbledon Park, Southfields and East Putney were unique in being B.R. owned and staffed stations but - in normal daily operations - only being served by L.U. trains.
There used to be an instruction in the Sectional Appendix with reference to the signals between Richmond and Gunnersbury and Wimbledon and East Putney warning of the slow operation of the signals due to them being interlocked with the L.U. trainstop apparatus.
Happy days!