Northern Line

Whenever anyone is willing to hear me rant about it, I am more than happy to go on for hours about how much I hate the Northern Line. Living in Euston and working in Bank for a summer, I was forced to ride this line every morning and every afternoon during one of London's hottest seasons on record. I worked out my routine, finding that if I was late by only 5 minutes, the Southbound train would be miserably packed to capacity, with an armpit less-than-eagerly awaiting my head (I'm 5'). I intentionally stayed late at work every afternoon, or left too early, to avoid battling my way to the northbound platform at Bank, until I gave it up all together and walked ...  Read the complete review

Ah, the Northern Line (Aka The Misery Line). When I lived in South London, I used this line on a daily basis to travel to work. Like most of the London underground lines, this one is hot, crowded and subject to the odd delay. I'm not going to bash London Underground in general in this review as I think it is generally an ok system, is very convenient and quite punctual but there is one major underlying problem with the Northern Line (south of the river at least) and that is the fact it runs totally over capacity. The trains are generally full up by the time it gets to Balham station and at this point, there are still three more stations to come before it ...  Read the complete review

The Northern line like EVERY line on the London Underground is absolutely useless!! Unpunctual timing and lack of regular service to ALL destinations, signal failures like their is no tomorrow and disgustingly looking ugly trains are just some of the reasons why never to travel on the underground unless their is absolutely no alternative!! Furthermore if your a tourist travelling on the Northern Line, and passing all the filthy grotty parts of London (e.g Kings Cross, Morden, Kennington, Elephant and Castle), you would not want to ever visit London again. The carriages are dirty, hot, overcrowded and a great danger to the safety of the public. It takes an ...  Read the complete review

I?ve always loved the Northern Line for some odd reason, from the first time I saw it on the tube map: 1) It?s black, which is a very stylish colour 2) It stretches all the way across London from joint-furthest north to the furthest south of all the tube lines. 3) It is shaped like an angel?s wing 4) It has some of the best station names in london Here is an in-depth guide to some of those stations and the kind of mental images they create. Some of these stations I have never actually alighted at, so I should warn you that the descriptions may be inaccurate. Nevertheless, in my mind there is an idyllic world joined by a black line which I ...  Read the complete review

Regularly travelling the full length of the Northern line (most recently, and memorably, in an ankle-length bridesmaids dress plus accompanying bits) is not my recommended way to experience the full joys of this tube line. But, together with commuting on the same line every day, it does give me some sort of perspective, especially on the Southern end. THOSE CONFUSING BRANCHES If you start from South London, the Northern line is less confusing. There's just one branch down there on the 'Other Side' (as my gran calls anything South of the river). Only once you reach Kennington do you have a choice. At that point, the momentous decision is ...  Read the complete review