This ranking system is based purely on my opinions. This post is intended for debate and discussion, supporting your views with rhymes or reasons. One where we can share on social media together.
10. Jubilee
This SHOULD be a great line, with its upgraded stations, glass door separations from platform to carriage. But it is just too popular and crowded for it to be a pleasant experience. And for some reason, you are lead to believe that it shouldn’t take too long to go from point a to point b, but somehow it takes an age – listening to the whole soundtrack of the underground rumble rumble spark spark rather than the more convenient intro track and we’re off! Finally, you are left thinking, what a shame because the stations are of such a high standard as well.
9. Metropolitan
It has spacious carriages. It’s lovely, open and full of upgrades. But this train line goes from somewhere to nowhere. It randomly starts at Aldgate at one end and goes off to Chesham at the other, somehow missing most of London. If you are going to an event in Wembley, it is your best friend. Other than that, not much to shout about.
8. Hammersmith & City
The Hammersmith & City line is very similar to the Metropolitan Line in a sense that it kind of helps, kind of doesn’t. Nevertheless, it does link up Hammersmith and Paddington very well, while also hitting Kings Cross and Liverpool Street like the Metropolitan. This first link is the only determining feature that makes it out rank the others.
7. Bakerloo
For me, this line is the best of the bad bunch of lines due to its old style nostalgic feel of what train carriages used to be like many years ago. The material on the seats are worn. The structure is a bit haphazard. It’s very loud and rattily. But the material brings out the character. The structure make its unique. The noise and rattle makes you appreciate other lines more so, making this line very unselfish.
6. Victoria
It may not be the most comfortable, quietest or spacious line of them all but it’s well positioned stations linking up north, central and south London makes this line important. The speed also that it travels from one end to the other is also another helpful tool in its box. However, this does come at the cost of the overcrowding rush hour. It rivals the central line. Wait, no…nothing does. It’s horrendous.
5. Waterloo & City
The most seemingly pointless train line of them all that consist of only two stations. But, jeez, what a helpful and important two stations they are – Bank to Waterloo. The alternative? Northern Line changeover to Central (and no one likes the Central Line) or walk across the river to the district line to Monument and even then it’s another walk to Bank. Taking only 5 minutes, what a train line!
4. District
This line is purely this high up the ranking due to its helpfulness – quickly going from east to west, or visa versa. It also pops off to helpful parts of outer London like Wimbledon, West Ham and Richmond (certainly a train nerd appreciate here!).
3. Circle
I am talking about the new spacious carriage on the circle line here, when considering my ranking. A lot more room to breathe now on a very busy line. This now makes the whole journey much more bearable, plus it is the most handy underground line of them all circling (well I never!) the inner city.
2. Overground
Spacious carriages, view of the outside (mainly west London), fast travel and a nice colourful orange shade – what’s not to love of this line? Very useful and very quiet.
1. DLR
Who doesn’t like feeling as though they are driving the train? Sitting at the front, encompassed in glass, viewing your track weaving in and out of the stations. It might be slow, it might not go all over London but boy does this train line make a standard journey much more fun!
MUST AVOID AT ALL COSTS: Northern and Central Line.
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