Tooting Bec tube station
Northern line · Zone 3 · Wandsworth
About Tooting Bec station
Until 1 October 1950 this was Trinity Road (Tooting Bec), named after one of the five roads that meet above it: Trinity Road, Upper Tooting Road, Balham High Road, Tooting Bec Road and Stapleton Road. It opened on 13 September 1926 on the City & South London Railway’s Morden extension, now the Morden branch of the Northern line, with buildings by Charles Holden.
The quirk to look for is across the junction. A narrow satellite building on the east side gives subway access to the station, and its glazed screen carries a large roundel in each of its three panels, where Holden’s Morden extension stations normally have a roundel only in the centre. For many years its northern panel was also the last on any of those stations to keep the 1920s “UNDERGROUND” lettering, after the others had been reglazed in plain glass; the original motif has since been restored across the stations, together with the flagpole roundels removed in the 1950s. Down on the platforms hang two clocks made by the Self Winding Clock Company of New York City.
First and last trains from Tooting Bec
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern towards Morden | 06:14 – 00:58 | 06:14 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 00:09 |
| Northern towards Edgware, High Barnet or Mill Hill East | 05:23 to High Barnet – 00:13 to High Barnet | 05:23 to High Barnet – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:19 to High Barnet |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 31 Northern trains an hour per direction from Tooting Bec, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Tooting Bec
Running times between Tooting Bec and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Northern | Balham | 1.7 min |
| Northern | Tooting Broadway | 1.7 min |
Connections
Tooting Bec is served by the Northern line only; there is no interchange with other rail lines here.
Station facilities
What is near Tooting Bec station
Tooting Bec serves the residential streets of Tooting, with the five-road junction above it making it a natural bus interchange; routes 155, 219, 249, 319 and 355 and night route N155 stop here. The London Sewing Machine Museum is about 120 m from the station, and Gallery Midnight is around 400 m away. The next stop south is Tooting Broadway, and Balham lies one stop north.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| London Sewing Machine Museum | 120 m |
| Gallery Midnight. | 400 m |