London Underground zone 1 - Definition and Overview

London Underground Zone 1 is the most central part of the London Underground network. The Underground is split into six (approximately concentric) zones for the purpose of determining the cost to the passenger of a journey on the network. The zone is also used for pricing overground and Docklands Light Railway journeys.

The boundary of zone 1 roughly corresponds to the route of the Circle Line and thus stations within the zone cover the West End, the Holborn district, Kensington, Paddington and the City of London. However, Old Street, Angel, Pimlico, Tower Gateway, Aldgate East and Euston, Vauxhall, Elephant & Castle, Borough, London Bridge, Earl's Court, Marylebone, Edgware Road, Lambeth North and Waterloo are in zone 1 but not in or on the Circle Line.

A single trip within the zone costs £2.00 for adults and £0.60 for children (2005 prices). If you use an Oyster card, you pay £1.70 for a single journey. Books of ten single tickets - "Tube Carnet" - are also sold for £17.

Geographically correct map of Zone 1 of the London Underground.

Stations within this zone are typically close together. For instance Covent Garden and Leicester Square tube stations are only an eighth of a mile apart. Tourists and other visitors commonly stay in Zone 1 for much of their stay in London and therefore Zone 1 is London to many non-Londoners.

Stations in zone 1

• Aldgate, Aldgate East, Angel
• Baker Street, Bank, Barbican, Bayswater, Blackfriars, Bond Street, Borough
• Cannon Street, Chancery Lane, Charing Cross, City Thameslink, Covent Garden
• Earl's Court*, Edgware Road, Elephant & Castle*, Embankment, Euston, Euston Square
• Farringdon, Fenchurch Street
• Gloucester Road, Goodge Street, Great Portland Street, Green Park
• High Street Kensington, Holborn, Hyde Park Corner
• King's Cross St. Pancras, Knightsbridge
• Lambeth North, Lancaster Gate, Leicester Square, Liverpool Street, London Bridge
• Mansion House, Marble Arch, Marylebone, Monument, Moorgate
• Notting Hill Gate*
• Old Street, Oxford Circus
• Paddington, Piccadilly Circus, Pimlico
• Queensway
• Regent's Park, Russell Square
• Sloane Square, South Kensington, Southwark, St. James's Park, St. Paul's
• Temple, Tottenham Court Road, Tower Gateway, Tower Hill
• Vauxhall*, Victoria
• Warren Street, Waterloo, Westminster

The four stations marked with * are also in London Underground zone 2.

See also

• Transport for London