The fact that there is a station at both sides of Clapham Common sort of gives you the impression…read moreof the size of Clapham Common. Anyway, this station is quite nice, and as I suggested, the park is a short walk from it as well. Oh, there is a nice area around it as well, even though I didn't really spend all that much time exploring it.

A tube station is a tube station in many respects but it's kinda nice to resurface to an area of…read moregreen. Located right on the south corner of the common, Tesco just over the road also. It's on the northern line & takes about 30 mins to get to Kings X with no changes for £4 single.

I was going to say that this was a regional station, but actually it isn't considering that…read moreGreenwich is actually a borough of London. Still, as a station it's pretty cool, and I believe it is the last one before you get to London Bridge station, which I certainly found convenient, considering that I needed to get to Piccadilly for a show (and I did manage to make it, though I should have brought some water with me). Yeah, this was a pretty cool station, and it certainly had some lovely old charm about it as well.

Greenwich Station is in Zone 2 and hosts overground services operated by South Eastern towards…read moreCannon Street and Charing Cross (London Bound) and Dartford and Kent. It is located a few minutes walk away from Greenwich's main attractions. When leaving the station, turn left and walk down Greenwich High Road. Facility wise there is a small coffee shop and a news stand where you can purchase newspapers, magazines, drinks and snacks for the same price as a newsagent. Another thing which is worth noting is that for some reason the trains here stop all the way down the end of the platform, quite far away from the station entrance which is really quite annoying is if you're running late it means you are likely to miss your train. Get to the station early if you can. I have also once made a complaint to tfl as I was approached by sales people on the platform trying to sell me dental insurance (or something) which made me feel uncomfortable whilst I waited. Credit to tfl and the staff, my complaint was upheld and I haven't seen sales people on the platform since.

Okay, this is probably the station you get off at to get to centre-court because, well, it is a…read moremajor interchange station, and there does seem to be a major shopping precinct here as well. Even a few pubs, but then again there are lots of pubs in England. Oh, you can like catch the tram here as well, which I think is also pretty good. Yeah, as a station it's pretty good, and certainly places you into the centre of the action - well, as long as it isn't the Tennis you're looking for.

Wimbledon station is one of the busiest stations on the South West Trains network, on the main line…read morefrom Waterloo to Southampton. It is also the terminus of the Wimbledon branch of the District Line of TfL, and of the Tramlink to Croydon, and provides an interchange with the Sutton loop of the Thameslink service via Blackfriars. It is used by 19 million passengers a year on the main line, a similar number on the District Line, and over 2 million on Tramlink. The station opened on the Waterloo to Woking Line in 1838, with the other branches owning over the subsequent 40 years, although the line towards Sutton opened as late as 1929. In 1997 the line to West Croydon was closed for conversion into the Tramlink, reopening in 2000. In 1881 the station was relocated from its original site on the opposite side of the bridge. The station was rebuilt in the Art Deco style in the 1920s. The station has 11 platforms: 1-4 for the District Line terminus, which has its own concourse on the north side of the station (where the toilets are located); 5-8 on the South West main line; 9 for Thameslink services and 10a and 10b for Tramlink. Platforms 6 and 7 are on the fast lines and only used occasionally. All stopping suburban services from Waterloo stop here. Lifts provide step free access to all platforms. The ticket office and concourse are located on the north side of the station adjacent to the staircase to the District Line. There are shop units along the bridge above the platforms selling food, and future shop units on the District Line concourse. There is an exit on the south side of the station next to the entrance to the Centre Court shopping centre.

Straightforward tube station. It's a typical "outside" tube…read morestation that you get at the top of the northern line with an over the track walkway, so if you do have issues with stairs get the right side of the station that you want to depart on. (There is a lift to get down to the actual platform.) Rarely queues at the ticket barriers, as not many tourists, so people don't mess about. A good sized car park with an average day rate. Tidy and not vandalised.

With a layout similar to the other tube (aka "Underground") stations on the north end of the…read moreNorthern Line, Finchley Central has the usual above ground platforms with a pedestrian bridge straddling the lines. The station itself is quite old and still looks a little Victorian. It was opened in 1867. Yes, 1867. There are two entrances/exits to the station. One is through the regular ticket hall on Chaville Way on the north side where the parking lot is located. The other is on the south side, leading on to Station Road. This second entrance does not have a ticket barricade, but there are Oyster readers for those who use such things. Trains are common enough during the peak hours. Some continue north to High Barnett, but Finchley Central is also the junction for the short Mill Hill branch. Interesting tidbit: Finchley Central was the home station of Harry Beck who designed the original Tube map in 1931. There is a plaque on the southbound platform.

This is probably one of those stations that started off as a mainline station, or it could have…read morebeen an infill station for the tube, but to be honest I am nowhere near a tube expert like some people on the internet are. Anyway, yeah, this station had quite a bit of charm, and even had a secondhand bookshop attached to it, which I thought was cool. Oh, I believe you get off here to go to the botanic gardens.

This is the attractive main station for visitors to Kew Gardens, as well as serving the well-to-do…read moresuburbs of Kew itself, and the Public Records Centre 10 minutes' walk away. It is served by both the Richmond branch of the District Line and the North London Line, both of which are now under the control of London Transport. The line wasn't originally part of the underground at all, but built by the London and South Western Railway as a branch to Richmond from the West London line near Kensington Olympia in 1869. A connection at Gunnersbury also enabled access from the North London Line, a service which survives today. These services were joined by those of the Metropolitan District Railway (the forerunner of the District Line) in 1877 as an extension of its service from Hammersmith. Other services were run on the line by the Great Western Railway and the Metropolitan Railway, but by the end of the First World War the only services left were those still operating today. As a result, the station still looks like a suburban main line station, with traditional canopies and awnings, and attractive brick buildings in a domestic Italianate style. Part of the main building on the north (Kew Gardens) side is now part of the Railway Pub, and the forecourt has become a sort of mini district shopping centre. The station has a small newsagents which also sells confectionery. Worth a look also is the concrete arched bridge which carries a footpath over the station: this white-painted structure was an early example of reinforced concrete and dates from 1912 - it is actually a listed structure (Grade II) in its own right. It was built using the Hennebique system, after the French engineer François Hennebique. Today the station is equally busy at weekends thanks to the presence of the gardens nearby. It is used by some 3 million passengers a year. Destinations on the District Line include Upminster via Hammersmith, Victoria and the City, and Richmond; and Stratford in East London via Willesden Junction and Camden.

Some people say that Motspur Park is just a station. That is an unfair accusation, but this tiny…read morestation probably has one of the best services into central London offered to any commuter belt area without large supermarkets, having the benefit of a town centre and still feeling like a village. Served by South West Trains, Motspur Park station is staffed. It has two platforms, one heading north to Raynes Park, Wimbledon, Clapham Junction, Vauxhall and terminating at London Waterloo. In the other direction the main destinations are Tolworth, Chessington South, Worcester Park, Epsom, Leatherhead, Dorking and Guildford. This means there is a train every 15 minutes into London. The station is zone 4 for London travelcards and Oystercards.

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

Willesden Junction is one of North London's main suburban rail hubs. The station itself - and…read moreindeed, its surroundings - are extraordinarily unprepossessing, surrounded as they are by miles of railway yards, industrial premises and major roads. But it's a really useful transport interchange, and set to get busier as the new London Overground services develop. The station has a complex history: the first station here was opened in 1866 on the original main line out of Euston. At the same time, a station was opened on the North London Line, which ran from the City to Richmond. In 1915 services began on the new suburban electric lines from Euston to Watford, which were also used by the Bakerloo Underground line. An electric service was also provided along the West London Line to Kensington High Street. The main line platforms were removed when outer suburban services ceased calling at Willesden in 1962. The West London line service had ceased in 1940, but recommenced in 1999. Today, there are four sets of services calling at the station: - Euston to Watford Junction (every 20 minutes) - Richmond to Stratford (North London Line - every 15 minutes) - Willesden Junction to Clapham Junction (every 30 minutes) - Elephant & Castle to Harrow & Wealdstone (Bakerloo - frequent) Except the Bakerloo line services, since 2007 the other lines have been operated by London Transport and branded as the 'London Overground'. Together, they knit together a wide range of destinations in North and West London, and provide a means to getting between them without going into central London. Plans are in the pipeline to increase the frequency of all services, and the number of trains running between Clapham Junction and Stratford via the North London Line - currently, this happens only at rush hour. Willesden Junction is effectively two separate stations, linked by a walkway and stairs (or a lift): the Bakerloo and Euston to Watford services use the lower station, which is well preserved with traditional wooden awnings. The North London and West London Line services to Clapham use the upper station, which has very short platforms, and modern but slightly tatty buildings. Both levels have small outlets selling hot drinks and snacks, and the station is now fully accessible, thanks to a network of elevated walkways and lifts. There is a modern ticket office on Station Approach. Since late 2007, London Oyster pay-as-you-go tickets have been valid on all services from this station.

I usually come here to get the overground. The station is quite big and apart from overground…read moretrains there is also the bakerloo line going through here. You can get pretty much everywhere from here which is great but I am always a bit confused about how to get to the right platform...ö