Piccadilly Line

  • Completed on 24th June 2017
  • 53 Stations over 53 miles
  • 2 Days Effort
  • London Boroughs: Ealing, Hounslow, Hillingdon, Harrow, Brent, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, Camden, Islington, Harringay, Enfield & Barnet

The Piccadilly line runs from the north to the west of London. It has two branches, which split at Acton Town, and serves 53 stations. The line serves Heathrow Airport, and runs through the West End of London.

The District and Metropolitan lines share some sections of tracks with the Piccadilly line. It is the fourth-busiest line on the Underground network with over 210 million passenger journeys in 2011/12.

The first section, between Finsbury Park and Hammersmith, was opened in 1906 as the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR). The station tunnels and buildings were designed by Leslie Green, featuring ox-blood terracotta facades with semi-circular windows on the first floor. When Underground Electric Railways of London (UERL) took over the line, it was renamed the Piccadilly line. Subsequent extensions were made to Cockfosters, Hounslow West and Uxbridge in the early 1930s, when many existing stations on the Uxbridge and Hounslow branches were rebuilt to designs by Charles Holden, part of the Adams, Holden & Pearson architectural practice. These were generally rectangular, with brick bases and large tiled windows, topped with a concrete slab roof. The western extensions took over existing District line services, which were fully withdrawn in 1964.

Stations in central London were rebuilt to cater for a higher volume of passenger traffic. To prepare for World War II, some stations were equipped with shelters and basic amenities; others were equipped with blast walls. Construction of the Victoria line, the first section of which was opened in 1968, helped to relieve congestion on the Piccadilly line, but some sections of the Piccadilly had to be rerouted for cross-platform interchange with the new line. Several plans were made to extend the Piccadilly line to serve Heathrow Airport. The earliest approval was given in 1967, and the Heathrow extension opened in stages between 1975 and 1977. This extension served only Terminals 2 and 3 and the former Terminal 1. The line was extended again twice, to Terminal 4 via a loop in 1986, and to Terminal 5 directly from the main terminal station in 2008.

Day One – 20th May 2017- 26 Miles

Acton Town to Heathrow Airport

Uxbridge to Sudbury Hill

The area between the Emirates Roundabout at Sipson and Heathrow Terminals 1,2 & 3 Station is the only section of the London Underground Network it is not possible to walk. This was done by bus (approx 0.5 miles)

  • Acton Town Station
  • South Ealing Station
  • Northfields Station
  • Boston Manor Station
  • Grand Union Canal near Brentford
  • Osterley Station
  • A40 Underpass
  • Hounslow East Station
  • Hounslow Central Station
  • Hounslow West Station
  • Closed Down Pub in Hatton
  • British Airways Plane on Final Approach at Hatton
  • Hatton Cross Station
  • Etihad Roundabout at Heathrow Terminal 4
  • Heathrow Terminal 4 Station
  • Terminal 5 from Perimeter Road
  • Heathrow Terminal 5 Station
  • Emirates Roudabout at the Heathrow Tunnel
  • Heathrow Terminals 1, 2 & 3 Station
  • Uxbridge Station
  • Hillingdon Station
  • Ickenham Station
  • Ruislip Station
  • Ruislip Manor Station
  • Eastcote Station
  • Rayner’s Lane Station
  • South Harrow Station
  • Sudbury Hill Station

Day Two – 26th June 2017- 27 Miles

Sudbury Hill to Cockfosters

  • Sudbury Hill Station
  • Sudbury Town Station
  • Station Sign at Sudbury Town
  • Tube Bridge between Sudbury & Alperton
  • Alperton
  • Aquaduct over the North Circular Road
  • London from the North Circular
  • Park Royal Station
  • North Ealing
  • North Ealing Station
  • Ealing Common Station
  • Acton Town Station (again)
  • Turnham Green Station
  • River Thames at Chiswick Mall
  • Chiswick Mall
  • Hammersmith Station
  • Baron’s Court Station
  • The Empress State Building at West Brompton
  • Earl’s Court Station
  • Gloucester Road Station
  • Egyptian Cafe in Kensington
  • South Kensington Station
  • Harrods
  • Knightsbridge Station
  • Hyde Park Corner Station
  • Green Park Station
  • Piccadilly Circus Station
  • Leicester Square
  • Leicester Square Station
  • Covent Garden Station
  • Holborn Station
  • Russell Square Station
  • King’s Cross St Pancras Station
  • York Road Station (Closed since 1932 – Formerly of the Piccadilly Line’s precursor the GNP&BR)
  • Flats in Caledonian Road
  • Caledonian Road Station
  • Holloway Road Station
  • The Emirates Stadium
  • Arsenal Station
  • Gillespie Park
  • Pathway near Finsbury Park
  • Emirates Stadium from the Pathway near Finsbury Park
  • Flowers outside Finsbury Park Mosque following the June 19th Terrorist Attack
  • Finsbury Park Station
  • Manor House Station
  • Green Lanes
  • Green Lanes
  • Turnpike Lane Station
  • Wood Green Station
  • Bounds Green Station
  • Arnos Grove Station
  • Arnos Park Viaduct
  • Southgate Station
  • Oakwood Station
  • Cockfosters Station