Piccadilly Line Reviews

After two years living in South Ealing and Northfields, I'm bidding a grateful and not particularly fond farewell to the Piccadilly Line. I've also used the Central, Waterloo & City, and District and Circle lines over the past three years and none of them give me quite the same mix of frustration and resentment as the Piccadilly (no, not ...  Read the complete review

The Piccadilly line or the Picc as it is known. It runs east/west from Cockfosters to Heathrow/ Uxbridge. Most of the line is controlled from a control centre, shared with the District line based at Earl's Court. The exception being the Rayners Lane branch. The Earl's Court control room, is the oldest control room still in ...  Read the complete review

I use the Piccadilly line every day (note: two 'c's and two 'l's) to get from North London into Leicester Square and back. And, yes, it's packed - from Finsbury Park in to the centre, you're lucky if you get a seat. However, further out, it's much less packed, and much more likely to be comfortable - it ought ...  Read the complete review

Aka "The joys of travelling by vacuum-packed cattle train" Firstly, my advice is, if you possibly can, avoid it at all cost if you are travelling particularly long distances, unless you actually get on at Heathrow. I used to commute regularly on the Piccadilly Line from West London right across to the other side, but ...  Read the complete review

Riddle: Where can you travel through 10 consecutive Underground stations that all begin with “H” without getting off the train? Answer: at the Heathrow end of the Piccadilly Line! (2 @ Heathrow, Hatton Cross twice, and the three "Hounslows" twice) As you can see I've had a lot of time to think about the ...  Read the complete review