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Jubilee line

Opened in 1979 and named for the Queen's Silver Jubilee, it was extended in 1999 from Westminster to Stratford through Docklands, with landmark stations and platform edge doors.

1979Opened
36.2 kmLength
27Stations
30Peak trains per hour
276.8 millionLine boarders a year (2019)

Facts

Opened
1 May 1979
Termini
Stanmore – Stratford
Type
deep-level tube
Depots
Neasden, Stratford Market
1996 Stock, schematic side elevation, 2 cars
1996 Stock · GEC Alsthom (Alstom), Washwood Heath and Barcelona

Route 27 stations

Stanmore – Stratford: schematic, not to scale StanmoreStanmore Canons ParkCanons Park QueensburyQueensbury KingsburyKingsbury Wembley Park — change for MetropolitanWembley Park NeasdenNeasden Dollis HillDollis Hill Willesden Green — change for MetropolitanWillesden Green KilburnKilburn West Hampstead — change for Overground (Mildmay), National RailWest Hampstead Finchley Road — change for MetropolitanFinchley Road Swiss CottageSwiss Cottage St John's WoodSt John's Wood Baker Street — change for Bakerloo, Circle, Hammersmith & City, MetropolitanBaker Street Bond Street — change for Central, Elizabeth lineBond Street Green Park — change for Piccadilly, VictoriaGreen Park Westminster — change for Circle, DistrictWestminster Waterloo — change for Bakerloo, Northern, Waterloo & City, National RailWaterloo SouthwarkSouthwark London Bridge — change for Northern, National RailLondon Bridge BermondseyBermondsey Canada Water — change for Overground (Windrush)Canada Water Canary Wharf — change for Elizabeth line, DLRCanary Wharf North GreenwichNorth Greenwich Canning Town — change for DLRCanning Town West Ham — change for District, Hammersmith & City, DLR, National RailWest Ham Stratford — change for Central, Elizabeth line, Overground (Mildmay), DLR, National RailStratford

Schematic, not to scale. Ringed stations are interchanges. Station order from TfL open data.

StationZoneInterchanges
Stanmore5
Canons Park5
Queensbury4
Kingsbury4
Wembley Park4Metropolitan
Neasden3
Dollis Hill3
Willesden Green2/3Metropolitan
Kilburn2
West Hampstead2Overground (Mildmay), National Rail
Finchley Road2Metropolitan
Swiss Cottage2
St John's Wood2
Baker Street1Bakerloo, Circle, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan
Bond Street1Central, Elizabeth line
Green Park1Piccadilly, Victoria
Westminster1Circle, District
Waterloo1Bakerloo, Northern, Waterloo & City, National Rail
Southwark1
London Bridge1Northern, National Rail
Bermondsey2
Canada Water2Overground (Windrush)
Canary Wharf2Elizabeth line, DLR
North Greenwich2/3
Canning Town2/3DLR
West Ham2/3District, Hammersmith & City, DLR, National Rail
Stratford2/3Central, Elizabeth line, Overground (Mildmay), DLR, National Rail

Stations, zones and interchanges from TfL open data (2026-10-02). National Rail interchanges are listed where TfL groups the stations together.

Rolling stock

Earlier trains on this line

History 14

  1. Tunnelling begins on the new Fleet line.
  2. The Fleet line is renamed the Jubilee line for the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
  3. The Prince of Wales opens the line, from Stanmore to Charing Cross, taking over the Bakerloo's Stanmore branch.
  4. Passenger services begin.
  5. The Jubilee Line Extension opens its first section, from Stratford to North Greenwich, with platform edge doors at its new underground stations.
  6. Extended from North Greenwich to Bermondsey.
  7. Extended from Bermondsey to Waterloo.
  8. London Bridge station opens.
  9. The line is joined up from Green Park to Waterloo, with Southwark station; the last trains to the Charing Cross terminus ran the day before.
  10. Westminster station opens, completing the extension.
  11. A seventh car is added to every train, and the fleet grows from 59 to 63 trains.
  12. New signalling runs the whole line automatically.
  13. Peak service rises to 27 trains an hour, then to 30 in 2012.
  14. Peak service temporarily cut to up to 27 trains an hour while the fleet is overhauled.

Sources 16

How we source figures →

unverified peak service: 30 trains an hour is the timetable, but up to 27 has run since May 2023 and no source yet says 30 is back