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Transport for London has released a new Tube map showing the distance in steps between Underground stations.

In a bid to get Londoners walking – and ease pressure on the capital’s packed transport network – TfL released the map showing that many Zone 1 stations are fewer than 1,000 steps apart.

For instance, the walk from Cannon Street to Mansion House takes just 400 steps, while the journey from Oxford Circus to Bond Street will take 700 steps.

But there remain longer journeys between some central London stations. King’s Cross to Farringdon is a 2,600 step walk, while Victoria to Green Park is 1,900 steps.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said: “We need to make it easier and more enjoyable to walk around London. The new steps map will encourage more of us to walk short journeys instead – it’s good for our health and it will help support London’s small businesses.

“We’ve made clear our commitment to tackle air pollution and get more walking and cycling in London, and this is a fun and practical way to help busy Londoners who want to walk more as part of their everyday lives.”

The Tube network is expected to handle 1.3 billion passengers this year, a rise from 800 million in 2002.

That figure is expected to rise to 1.7 billion by 2026 as London's population to grow from 8.8m to 10.2m by 2030.

A look back at the London commute 22 show all A look back at the London commute 1/22 On the London Underground a commuter reads a copy of D H Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover', unaware of the fellow passengers surreptitiously reading over his shoulder, 3rd November 1960 Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 2/22 Chancellor of the Exchequer William Ewart Gladstone with directors and engineers of the Metropolitan Railway Company on an inspection tour of the world's first underground line, 24th May 1862. Built between Paddington and the City of London, it opened in January of the following year. Gladstone is seen in the front row, near right Getty Images 3/22 27th September 1919: London workers on their way to the city during the railway strike Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) 4/22 12th April 1957: Guitarist Brian Hinton busking to travellers on the London Underground Express/Getty Images 5/22 June 1919: Bank holiday crowds piling onto an open top tram car at Golders Green station, London H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images 6/22 25th November 1975: A queue at the ticket office at Gloucester Road underground station, London Fred Mott/Evening Standard 7/22 'Guardian Angel' Curtis Sliwa patrolling a London Tube train in 1989 Rex 8/22 1st April 1979: A string quartet play on the Jubilee Line at Bond Street station, London Graham Morris/Evening Standard 9/22 13th October 1944: An underground train on the District Line in London, equipped with a new system of lighting Getty Images 10/22 13th April 1967: London commuters try out the new Raleigh motorised small-wheeled cycle, which features automatic transmission Fox Photos/Getty Images 11/22 A cyclist riding a penny farthing over Hammersmith Bridge, London circa 1900's Hulton Archive/Getty Images 12/22 The Escalator at Holborn Station in 1939 Anthony Wallace/Associated Newspapers 13/22 Traffic using Putney Bridge, 1929 Fox Photos/Getty Images 14/22 Stranded commuters in 1965 wait on platform 6 at Cannon Street station in London during a train driver's go-slow. Tempers became frayed with passengers demanding announcements and protesting with slow hand claps and boos. Station staff refused to work without a police escort Norman Potter/Getty Images 15/22 Commuters entering Piccadilly Circus Tube station, London, circa 1953 Ernst Haas/Ernst Haas/Getty Images 16/22 16th March 1934: Passengers arrive at Victoria train station in London Fox Photos/Getty Images 17/22 circa 1965: Commuters cross London Bridge on their way to work Central Press/Getty Images 18/22 circa 1939: Commuters travelling by train at Waterloo Railway Station, London Topical Press Agency/Getty Images 19/22 A crowded platform at Paddington Station, London, during the General Strike, 12th May 1926 Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 20/22 December 1956: A London policeman directs commuters to an alternative entrance to London's Piccadilly Circus underground Tube station Werner Rings/BIPs/Getty Image 21/22 1900's: A London tram running between Brixton, Kennington, Elephant and Castle, and Blackfriars Bridge Topical Press Agency/Getty Images 22/22 1924: The entrance to Blackfriars Underground station, London Topical Press Agency/Getty Images 1/22 On the London Underground a commuter reads a copy of D H Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover', unaware of the fellow passengers surreptitiously reading over his shoulder, 3rd November 1960 Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 2/22 Chancellor of the Exchequer William Ewart Gladstone with directors and engineers of the Metropolitan Railway Company on an inspection tour of the world's first underground line, 24th May 1862. Built between Paddington and the City of London, it opened in January of the following year. Gladstone is seen in the front row, near right Getty Images 3/22 27th September 1919: London workers on their way to the city during the railway strike Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) 4/22 12th April 1957: Guitarist Brian Hinton busking to travellers on the London Underground Express/Getty Images 5/22 June 1919: Bank holiday crowds piling onto an open top tram car at Golders Green station, London H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images 6/22 25th November 1975: A queue at the ticket office at Gloucester Road underground station, London Fred Mott/Evening Standard 7/22 'Guardian Angel' Curtis Sliwa patrolling a London Tube train in 1989 Rex 8/22 1st April 1979: A string quartet play on the Jubilee Line at Bond Street station, London Graham Morris/Evening Standard 9/22 13th October 1944: An underground train on the District Line in London, equipped with a new system of lighting Getty Images 10/22 13th April 1967: London commuters try out the new Raleigh motorised small-wheeled cycle, which features automatic transmission Fox Photos/Getty Images 11/22 A cyclist riding a penny farthing over Hammersmith Bridge, London circa 1900's Hulton Archive/Getty Images 12/22 The Escalator at Holborn Station in 1939 Anthony Wallace/Associated Newspapers 13/22 Traffic using Putney Bridge, 1929 Fox Photos/Getty Images 14/22 Stranded commuters in 1965 wait on platform 6 at Cannon Street station in London during a train driver's go-slow. Tempers became frayed with passengers demanding announcements and protesting with slow hand claps and boos. Station staff refused to work without a police escort Norman Potter/Getty Images 15/22 Commuters entering Piccadilly Circus Tube station, London, circa 1953 Ernst Haas/Ernst Haas/Getty Images 16/22 16th March 1934: Passengers arrive at Victoria train station in London Fox Photos/Getty Images 17/22 circa 1965: Commuters cross London Bridge on their way to work Central Press/Getty Images 18/22 circa 1939: Commuters travelling by train at Waterloo Railway Station, London Topical Press Agency/Getty Images 19/22 A crowded platform at Paddington Station, London, during the General Strike, 12th May 1926 Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images 20/22 December 1956: A London policeman directs commuters to an alternative entrance to London's Piccadilly Circus underground Tube station Werner Rings/BIPs/Getty Image 21/22 1900's: A London tram running between Brixton, Kennington, Elephant and Castle, and Blackfriars Bridge Topical Press Agency/Getty Images 22/22 1924: The entrance to Blackfriars Underground station, London Topical Press Agency/Getty Images

The projections triggered a stark warning from London Underground chiefs that parts of the network will be "inoperable" within 15 years.

TfL's latest 'walk the Tube' map comes after they previously released one showing the distance in minutes between London's stations.

Covent Garden to Leicester Square is just a four minute walk, while Euston to King's Cross takes 12 minutes.

Ben Plowden, Director of Surface Strategy and Planning at TfL, said: “People often use the Tube map to navigate the city, but many don’t realise just how close some stations are to each other and that they could save time as well as build more physical activity into their daily routine.

"We hope that the new steps version of the Tube map will inspire people to try new routes and discover that places in central London are closer than they might think.”

Rachel Lee, Policy and Research Coordinator of the Living Streets walking charity, said people who took advantage of the map would be “rewarded with improvements to our health, economy and the environment around us.”

See the map in full here.