Tube Map highlights 57 London Underground stations at flood risk

Back to blog An unpublished report by Transport for London has revealed that 57 Tube stations are at risk of flooding. Included in the list of 57 stations are some of London’s busiest such as Euston, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus and the busiest station on the map Waterloo – which gets an estimated 89.4 million passengers per year. The report stated that The London Underground has managed to avoid major issues so far, even after the storms that hit the capital earlier this year, but that the risk is due to increase.

“London has been fortunate to escape the worst of recent storm events in the UK, but it is only a matter of time before heavy rainfall seriously affects London and the Underground network… This risk is also generally expected to increase due to two factors. Firstly London’s population is increasing within the existing built footprint – this will further overload sewers. Secondly, climate change predictions are, that storms will become more intense, therefore the type of storm that causes surface water flooding are becoming more likely.”

The report highlighted seven different significant potential sources of flooding; tidal, fluvial, surface water, sewer flooding, groundwater flooding, canal and reservoir flooding and burst water mains. For the 1.3 billion annual passengers who use the London Underground the threat is significant, affecting many stations in zone one as well as a high percentage of the Northern Line. Below is a map highlighting all of the stations in the report at risk of flooding, shown on the official Transport for London Tube Map. The complete list of the stations named in the official report which are at flood risk; Angel Balham Bethnal Green Bond Street Caledonian Road Camden Town Canada Water Canning Town Charing Cross Clapham Common Clapham North Colliers Wood Edgware Road (Hammersmith and City line) Elephant & Castle Euston Farringdon Finsbury Park Golders Green Green Park Hampstead Highgate Holborn Holland Park Hyde Park Corner Kentish Town Kilburn Park King’s Cross Knightsbridge Lancaster Gate Leicester Square London Bridge Manor House Marble Arch Marylebone Mile End Morden Notting Hill Gate Old Street Oval Piccadilly Circus Queensway Redbridge Russell Square Seven Sisters Shepherd’s (Hammersmith and City line) South Wimbledon Southwark Stockwell Stonebridge Park Swiss Cottage Tooting Broadway Tottenham Court Road Tottenham Hale Vauxhall Victoria Waterloo Westminster Do you use The Tube? Tell us what you think by tweeting @TubeMapLondon and download the app on iOS and Android. Map credit copyright Transport for London. Back to blog