Talk to any Londoner about the Tube and they will have an opinion.

It might be the bane of many of our lives but we all have those lines that we love and the ones that we just can’t get on with no matter how hard we try.

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Some are like awkward relatives: you don’t really want to have anything to do with them but can’t really get through life without needing them at some point.

Others are like that one ex that you hate but deep down have a soft spot for.


So what does your favourite line say about you?



Northern line

You used to go raving at Corsica Studios and The Coronet but now you live in a four-bed semi in Highgate.

You don’t actually have any need for the Tube, hence why you think the Northern line is OK as you have a flash car.

But you do love to reminisce about life in the edgier hoods of Oval and Kennington in your youthful days.

District line

You think west is best.

Even though it’s not.

You’re opinionated and will happily argue your point until dawn.

Just a shame that the district line isn’t 24-hours, eh?

Central line

You’re excitable, chatty and love to be the centre of attention.

You have several friendship groups with different interests and backgrounds. You work in the third sector and just want to do something good for others.

You’re edging closer to moving out of London but the capital is where your heart will always be.

Jubilee line

You like to work hard and party harder.

Life in the fast lane isn’t fast enough for you.

You’re usually the life and soul of the party and can get on with anyone.

Usually one to be ahead of the trends – be it interiors, style or music – everyone looks up to you.

Circle line

You came to London aged 19 after travelling across Europe and love to brag about how you’ve made it: securing a fantastic job and a property that you actually own.

Both are in Zone 1.

Victoria line

Life in London hasn’t ever phased you.

You’ve lived north, south, east, but never west.

Your attitude is if you’re sick of London, you’re sick of life.

You still like to go out late, even if some of your friends don’t and you always know about the raddest happenings in town.

Piccadilly line

You have spent several years working abroad and now spend your time as an artist.

Mummy and daddy gave you their old, little hole in Notting Hill which allows you to live a free and easy life.

That and the fact you are friends with all the right people in all the right places.

Waterloo and City line

You work in a high-paid but mega-dull job commuting in from one of the southern counties, and keep telling yourself that you’ll just do it for a few more years.



Then you’ll be able to get out the rat race early.

You’ve been saying that for 18 years.

Bakerloo line

You’re the older person in accounts that everyone has got a soft spot for.

You’ve been around for years; seen it, done it, know not to do it again.

You’re a dedicated and loyal person even if people don’t give you that much time.

Metropolitan line

Nobody thinks they know the real you.

You keep yourself to yourself and would rather get lost in your hobby, be it sci-fi films from the 80s, perennial gardening or urban knitting.

The Overground AKA the Ginger line

Yes, we know it’s not the Tube, but it is the future.

You’re either a twentysomething creative millennial that is somehow still loving life in Dalston or a thirtysomething young professional that works in media that was once hip but is now content living in Zone 3 knowing that Peckham is nearby and you still have some cool credentials.

Hammersmith and City line

You wish you didn’t exist.

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