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Finding Your Tube Stop

Picture of Oxford Circus London Tube Stop

Oxford Circus Tube Stop

© Kathleen Crislip
After you get on a London tube train, look overhead near the train doors and you'll see a graph on the inner tube wall showing the names of stops for the train you're on; the stop at which you just boarded will be marked. Look for the tube stop at which you want to get off and note the names of the stops around it, and count the number of times the train will stop before it reaches your destination.

Watch for your stop by counting stops or looking out the train doors when the train stops and reading the name of the stop on station walls (Oxford Circus in the picture above). Compare it to the graph overhead to understand where you are.

You might also hear announcements on the train's PA which will tell you where the train is about to stop seconds before it does. Sometimes you'll also hear an announcer saying, "Mind the gap."

Please go on to the next page to learn about minding the gap.

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