Mind the Trivial Gap Trivia Quiz

Answer: Hatton Cross

Before the Piccadilly line was extended to Heathrow Airport, the line terminated at Hounslow West. Hatton Cross became the temporary new terminus of the line in 1975 before the rest of the extension was completed in 1977. For air travellers, Hatton Cross is used as a means of travelling between terminals. Trains head to Terminal 4 from Hatton Cross before looping round to Terminals 2 & 3. Because the Heathrow loop runs in one direction, passengers wanting to go from 2 & 3 to 4 need to head back up the line to Hatton Cross and change trains.

Answer: Walthamstow Central

Walthamstow Central was originally called Hoe Street when it was opened in 1870 as a main line railway station. When the Victoria line made its way to Walthamstow in 1968, the station changed its name. The station interchanges with the London Overground on the Chingford branch.

Although the station sees more Underground passengers than it does Overground, between 2016 and 2017, Underground usage dropped by more than half, with less than ten million people passing through in 2017 compared with the 22 million the previous year.

Answer: Wood Lane

The name Wood Lane has been assigned to a couple of stations in the same area of London, both of which were purpose built for the 1908 London Olympics. The Wood Lane on the Central line closed in 1947, while the Metropolitan line Wood Lane (which had been renamed to White City in 1947, and not to be confused with the other White City on the Central line) lasted only 12 more years before it too closed.

The modern day Wood Lane opened in 2008 and was the second station to be added to the network in the twenty-first century.

Answer: District line

Elm Park and Upton Park are found at the eastern end of the District line, while Ravenscourt Park and Chiswick Park are at the western end. The multibranched green line of the Underground passes through 60 stations, by far putting it top of the list. Several branches converge at Earl's Court, including a small branch line to Kensington (Olympia) which receives an infrequent service compared to the rest of the line.

Answer: Dagenham _______

At the time of its opening in 1932, the station was just Heathway, with its neighbouring station called Dagenham. Both stations, found on the District line, changed their names in 1949 to Dagenham Heathway and Dagenham East, respectively. Ealing Broadway and Fulham Broadway are also on the District line, but located further west, the former being the western terminus. Tooting Broadway is a Northern line station.

Answer: Southfields

Southfields is found on the Wimbledon branch of the District line. It opened in 1889 when the branch was extended south from Putney Bridge station over the Thames on the Fulham Railway Bridge. When viewed on a map, Southfields is slightly further away from the site of the annual tennis championships than Wimbledon Park station, but the walk is about 5 to 10 minutes quicker.

Answer: Uxbridge

The original Uxbridge station was sited slightly north of the current station when it opened in 1904 as part of the Harrow and Uxbridge Railway. In 1938, a new station was constructed which served both the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines, sporting an arced building entrance and an array of stained glass windows in the main ticket hall.

Answer: Redbridge

The Hainault loop, named for Hainault station, is a section of the Central line in northeast London, near the border of Greater London and Essex. Redbridge sits between Wanstead and Gants Hill, and the semicircular main station building is right next to the busy North Circular Road. Before the tunnels at Redbridge were used for trains, they housed a factory creating aeroplane parts during World War II.

Answer: South Harrow

South Harrow is a Piccadilly line station, whereas the other three are served by the Metropolitan line. Originally, it was the terminus of this section of the line under the control of the District Railway and one of the first above ground stations to be served by electric trains.

The original station building can still be seen from the platforms, just a bit further south from the modern-day entrance.

Answer: Moorgate

As well as serving more than 20 million Tube passengers a year, Moorgate receives National Rail trains on the Northern City Line. When it first opened in 1865 as part of the Metropolitan Railway, the station was known as Moorgate Street; it became simply Moorgate in 1924. In 1975, a train failed to stop at the platform and crashed in the tunnel just past it, killing 43 people.