I've probably been watching way too many Youtube channels about the London Underground because I'm…read morenow referring to them as sub-surface and deep level lines, and this one I believe is a subsurface line. This means that it is one of the older lines, basically because they didn't have the modern boring machines that they do now (and even then it takes absolute yonks to build a line, but I guess back then they didn't care if they were barging though some ancient historical site, whereas now they have to do a lot of archeology before anything - who knows, they might find a dinosaur). Anyway, yeah, this station isn't bad, and I believe it's on the edge of the main city. Well, that isn't surprising considering that it is named after one of its gates.

I prefer the young gate to the Aldgate…read more It was horrific when several people died here in the July 7 bombings, and Aldgate will forever be synonymous with that horrific attack. These days it's just a very busy spot on the line close to Liverpool Street, and a station I use more than most others, as I come around here for food and drink a lot when I visit London. Close to the best parts of East London, well kept, often busy, and in a very useful location.

Well, this is a major interchange station that probably became a major interchange station when the…read moreJubilee Line ended up going through here. However, like, it isn't one of the fanciest stations I have visited, and really has more of a brutalist atmosphere to it. Yeah, I can't say that it was all that great, except that it is very useful if you live in the area.

I used West Ham London Underground and DLR Station as a connecting station to get back to Tower…read moreHill from Stratford, with the station being on the Jubilee line as well as District and Circle. The station is fairly large and is one of the few stations on the network to not be "Underground", meaning the waiting area is much nicer and more pleasant than other stations. It is on multiple lines on the Underground - District - Circle - Hammersmith & City It is also on the DLR route with services going towards Stratford and towards Beckton or Woolwich Arsenal in both directions. C2C services on the London, Tilbury & Southend Line also run via this station, so it is served by a good number of services considering it isn't a highly attractive area of London to visit. The station isn't as busy as other nearby stations or the network altogether, with an average 2-3 million commuters passing through the station. Changing lines seemed straight forward and a much nicer process than at more central London stations, meaning I was off the Jubilee line and on my way back to my hotel on the District line in good time. The station didn't appear to be staffed, but as a step-free station, this didn't appear to be a problem. No facilities in the station in terms of places to eat drink or toilets, again this is pretty common and average for an Underground and DLR Station. 3* - Clean station, the decent overall feel and one of the nicer places to change trains if required when going into Stratford.

An interchange between the busy Bakerloo line and the Chiltern Railways national rail services,…read moreMarylebone Station is quite modern and very clean. Transiting from the Underground to the train platform is extremely easy. My only complaint is that there are very few seats for waiting. There is an AMT Coffee (they're everywhere!) and a few other shops for grabbing a quick sandwich to take on the trains.

Connecting to the National Railway and Bakerloo line of the Subway, this station is famous for more…read morethan the ease of use and charming facade. Only opened in 1899, it is one of London's youngest mainline terminal stations. Beatles fans will recognize it as the opening location of their first film, A Hard Day's Night. Though much has changed since 1964, any true Beatles fan will enjoy imagining the Beatles running for a train with a mob of screaming birds in their wake. Walking the historic platforms, only recently expanded, I was overwhelmed with the everyday beauty and usefulness of a national transit system.

It seems as if this station has had some renovations done to it since it was first built, namely…read morewith the entrance, which appears that it has a building built on top of it. It's another one of those interchange stations. The platforms do seem to be somewhat original though, at least with the shelters.

The station has a good amount of seats to wait for the train at each platform. There are several…read morewaiting rooms as well, to get out of the cold or rain One can access other platforms by going up the stairs and across or through underground pathways at each platform. Harrow on the Hill is a meet point for several branches of the Metropolitan line heading South to London (Uxbridge, Watford, Chesham, Amersham), as well as the Chiltern trains. As such it can be a great meeting place, but it also become a bottle neck during rush hour. There is a bus depot just as you exit the station and the mall is just across the street The station also has a Cafe Nero (no seating area) right by the ticket booth and a Costa Coffee (with seating area) just before you enter the station I gave it only 3 stars as the station tends to be on the dirty side and the waiting rooms often smell like pee

This underground station is literally a maze, but at least, like most, if not all, of the…read moreunderground stations there is a map that basically helps you get around and to locate the platform that you want to get to. The other good thing is that it allows you to cross the road simply by going under it, and you don't have to go through the ticket gates either. Oh, and the elevators are as much of a maze as well, but fortunately there does happen to be a map for that too.

Kings Cross is an amazing train station that harks back to a lot of history and tragedy and is…read moreright across the street from St. Pancras, which is a quieter but similarly amazing historical station. This is definitely one of my favourite stations in London and is as legendary as it is memorable. It always seems haunted to me, I'm still not sure why. King's Cross St Pancras Underground Station serves both of the stations and of course will forever be synonymous with the horrible fire that killed many 31 people including a firefighter in 1987, because of a wooden escalator. 100 others were hospitalized through injury. I remember when that happened and it severely freaked out my mother, and was a sad moment. I always thought about it when using the Underground thereafter. I've been in here a few times since then and it was always a little bit scary. Nevertheless it's still a good place to visit - I just wish they would have adopted adequate safety measures back when they needed to, before it was too late for those people.

Canonbury station has a place in my heart seeing as it is my local station. It is really clean and…read morespacious as it is so new. The East London line now goes all the way from Highbury and Islington down past Shoreditch High Street, so it is great for getting to Brick Lane. I would say that it is not particularly obvious for first time users which platform you need to go to - you can spot these nervous types hovering around at the top of the stairs pondering which direction to take. Hint: Platforms 1 and 3 go West and 2 and 4 go East, so I just jump on the first train that is arriving. The other thing is that when it rains, parts of the station can turn into lakes, and there isn't much cover from the elements generally. You have been warned! Obviously, despite all this, I still love the place.

Now there is more under cover space and a coffee shop. You can go anywhere from here. Kew Gardens,…read moreHampstead Heath, and south London direct, Clapham, Crystal Palace, and connections to the underground and soon to be crossrail.

Belsize Park serves the busy shopping centre along Haverstock Hill, as well as the Royal Free…read moreHospital area, and is close to the southern part of Hampstead Heath. It is located on the Edgware branch of the Northern Line, in zone 2, and gets a frequent service throughout the day - every 2 to 5 minutes between 7h and 23h weekdays, and every 3 to 5 minutes 8h to 23h on Sundays - for first and last trains, see 'Opening Times' above. This part of the Northern Line is a proper 'deep level' tube, and was opened as part of the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway in 1907, initially running to Golders Green, before being extended to Edgware in 1924. The section through Belsize park was originally known as the 'Hampstead Tube Railway', and this is what appeared on the station frontage when it was opened. The platforms are over 33m (108ft) below the ground and are served by lifts. There is a staircase as well, although you are warned that there are a lot of steps (over 200)! The line's stations were designed by Leslie Green, and featured entrance halls with ruby-red glazed tiles. Belsize Park was unusual in having a frontage with iron railings and Portland stone entrance posts. Below ground, the original colour scheme featured maroon and cream glazed tiles, with tiled bands across the apex of the tunnels. The station has recently been restored (2007) to its original condition, both above and below ground, albeit without the original 'Hampstead Tube Railway' signage. Below Belsize Park station is a very large deep-level air-raid shelter built in 1940, designed to sleep over 9,500 people in individual bunk beds. There are separate entrances to this - the history, construction and design of the shelters is described on Subterranea Britannica, at: http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/b/belsize_park_deep_shelter/index.shtml

Belsize Park Underground station is on the Northern Line towards Edware and it is the Black line on…read morethe Tube map. This station is marked as a zone 2 on the Tube system. It is considered to be one of if not the deepest Underground station in London. Upon exiting the train and taking a short flight of stairs to the level above the platform, you are warned about the steps to the street level which is 219 steps. Take the large elevators up which run like clockwork. The elevators lets people off on one side and lets those waiting to get in from the opposite side which eliminates congestion and unnecessary traffic and delays. Immediately outside the station, you will find many shops and restaurants, including some small grocery stores, cafes, markets, pharmacy, and even a Starbucks.

I remember years ago that I was supposed to meet a friend at this station and my immediate thought…read morewas, gee, it can't be that big. Well, it turned out that I was completely wrong - this station is absolutely massive, much, much bigger than I have every experienced (in fact it is the biggest station in England). Yeah, so it turned out that I had absolutely no idea where to meet him (though we ended up meeting up anyway). Yeah, this station is nothing short of massive, and it simply took me ages just to locate the tube station so I could get back to my hotel. To a guy from Australia the size of this station is mindboggling.

I thought Bank was the worst, but Waterloo definitely gives it a run for its money. It's a very…read morebusy station, possibly the busiest, with Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee and Waterloo & City lines meeting here underground, as well as being the terminus for South West Trains. Getting from one to the other involves lots and lots of walking and the signage could use a little improvement. If you do have to connect here, I advice you pack some patience. Lots of it. And maybe a compass. Note: The Bakerloo platform is curved. The carriages are straight. This means there's a gap of as much as six or eight inches between the train and the platform. Mind the gap.