Colourful Exchanges Trivia Quiz

Baker Street, situated where its titular road meets the Marylebone Road, was one of the stations that opened with the world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan in 1863. Five underground lines stop there; Jubilee (silver); Bakerloo (brown); Metropolitan (purple); Hammersmith & City (pink); and Circle (yellow).

Its fame as a street comes from two separate cultural beacons, the pop single "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty, which was a top ten hit throughout Europe in 1978, and as the home of Sherlock Holmes in the series of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.

The railway station that gave its name to a bear is situated in West London and its underground station was opened in 1863. The tube station was initially part of the Metropolitan Railway but in modern times it serves the Bakerloo, Circle and District (green) lines from its Praed Street station and the Hammersmith & City line from its Paddington Basin entrance. The station also connects to the Elizabeth line, which is not part of the Underground network.

The mainline station connects London to the west and south-west of England as well as Wales and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Green Park station was opened in 1906 and is situated on Piccadilly in central London, adjacent to the park from which it takes its name. The station is served by three lines; Jubilee; Piccadilly (dark blue); and Victoria (light blue).

The land which now forms Green Park was purchased and enclosed by King Charles II in 1660. The stated reason for its establishment was to allow the king to walk from Hyde Park to its north-west to St James's Park to the south-east, without leaving royal land. However, it is also rumoured that the king wished to have a private space that could not be overlooked in which to meet one of his many mistresses, Barbara Villiers, who would eventually be granted ownership of the land by the king.

In true subtle British fashion, the station chosen as the first destination for the new train to and from the continent, the Eurostar, was named after a victorious battle over the French forces of Napoleon. The station was opened in 1898 to connect with the overground station above. It is served by four lines; Jubilee; Bakerloo; Northern (black); and Waterloo & City (turquoise).

Situated near the South Bank area of Central London, its connection to National Rail as well as its proximity to such attractions as the London Eye, the Festival Hall and the National Film Theatre makes it the second most used station on the network.

Nestled between the two previous answers on the Jubilee line extension, Westminster is also served by the Circle and District lines. The station opened in 1868 as Westminster Bridge, a name that reflects its position. Its entrance is opposite the Houses of Parliament in the shadow of St Stephen's tower, popularly known as Big Ben.

Situated in the City of London, Liverpool Street Underground station was opened in 1875, a year after the mainline station above it started connecting London to East Anglia. It was built as an extension to the Metropolitan Railway and is still a stop on the Metropolitan line along with the Central (red), Circle and Hammersmith & City lines.

The name of the street that gives the station its name is not named because it connects to the city of Liverpool, but it was named after former Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, the Earl of Liverpool.

Bond Street station is one of four Underground stations on the popular shopping thoroughfare, Oxford Street. Built in 1900 as part of the new Central line, it takes its name from New Bond Street, which intersects with Oxford Street alongside the station.

In 1979, when the Bakerloo line section between Baker Street and Stanmore was extended and renamed the Jubilee line, Bond Street was added to the new line. In 2022, the Elizabeth line provided another potential interchange at the station.

The busiest station on the London Underground is served by no fewer than six lines; Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City, Circle, Northern, Piccadilly; and Victoria. Opened in 1863 as part of the Metropolitan Railway, it sits beneath two adjacent mainline stations, hence its long name.

King's Cross was the London terminus of the Great Northern Railway and opened in 1851. It is still the departure point for journeys on the East Coast mainline from London to cities such as York, Newcastle and Edinburgh. St. Pancras is the southern terminus of the Midland mainline, connecting London to Nottingham, Sheffield and Leicester. Since 2007 it has become St. Pancras International taking over from Waterloo as the home of the Eurostar trains to continental Europe.

Originally two separate stations, Bank and Monument were connected by lengthy walkways and escalators in 1933, and now effectively operate as one interchange station. Monument station was the first to open in 1884 as part of the District line. It takes its name from The Monument built by Robert Hooke to commemorate the Great Fire of London that is situated above the station close to the Pudding Lane site where the fire is believed to have started. Monument station is now also served by the Circle line.

Bank station was opened in 1900 as City, hence the name of the Waterloo & City line that serves as a shuttle between the two stations. It was later renamed after the Bank of England which sits above its labyrinthine tunnels. It is served by the Northern and Central lines as well as the Waterloo & City line.

London Bridge is situated in Bermondsey near to the south end of the titular bridge (Monument station is at its northern end). The mainline station above ground mostly connects commuters to and from London into Kent and East Sussex. The Underground station was opened in 1890 as part of the City & Southern Railway that, when combined with the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway north of the river, became the Northern line.

In 1999, the Jubilee line extension brought that line to London Bridge.

The second of the four stations on Oxford Street to be featured in this quiz (those not included are Tottenham Court Road and Marble Arch), Oxford Circus opened in 1900 as part of the new Central line. Six years later, the Bakerloo line would become its first interchange. The Victoria line was added in 1969.

Oxford Circus is named for the adjacent junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street in the West End of London. The junction was designed by the architect John Nash, as part of his development of Regent Street, connecting Regent's Park to the north with Carlton House on Pall Mall, the residence at the time of the Prince Regent, to the south.

Hammersmith station exists on two sites 60 metres apart either side of Hammersmith Broadway, close to the river Thames in West London. The first station opened in 1868 as part of the Metropolitan Railway extension. This branch connected with the District Railway line to Barking to form part of the Metropolitan line until 1990 when it was separated and renamed as the Hammersmith & City line. In 2009, the section of the line from Paddington to Hammersmith was added to the Circle line, which had hitherto been a loop around central London (hence its name).

The second Hammersmith station site was opened in 1874 as the western terminus of the District line, before the line was extended west three years later. In 1906 it became a western terminus again, this time for the new Piccadilly line.