{"id":2721,"date":"2026-08-26T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jvdbosch.com\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:12:08","slug":"the-useless-stop-on-the-victoria-line-driving-londoners-nuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jvdbosch.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/26\/the-useless-stop-on-the-victoria-line-driving-londoners-nuts\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018useless\u2019 stop on the Victoria line driving Londoners nuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvdbosch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SEI_309025185-511d.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29432007\" alt=\"People waiting on the platform of Victoria London Underground station.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>If commuters had beef with one tube stop, it&#8217;d be this one (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I ride the Victoria line almost every day. In the seven months I&#8217;ve lived in <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/brixton\/\">Brixton<\/a> I&#8217;ve spent countless hours on the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/london-underground\/\">London Underground<\/a> watching the world pass by through Stockwell, Green Park and Euston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And on every single journey I take, I feel the same wave of frustration at <em>exactly<\/em> the same point: the second the Tube pulls into Pimlico station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The train stops, the doors open, no one gets off, no one gets on, the doors close, and we move on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite having an approximate population of 21,000 residents, the platforms at Pimlico are never full.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll never seen crowds of <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/07\/06\/side-blowers-everyday-heroes-offering-sweet-relief-daily-commute-29024887\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"29024887\">commuters<\/a> clawing their way onto the Tube, gripping their bag to make sure it doesn&#8217;t get caught in the doors, or groups of girls piling into the last carriage scouting for seats so they can eat their Morleys in peace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s quiet, too quiet. And in some people&#8217;s opinion, &#8216;useless&#8217; and &#8216;irrelevant&#8217;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvdbosch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SEI_309025223-7d3a.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29432006\" alt=\"London underground subway train station with Jubilee Line and Victoria Line at Green Park station in Mayfair, city of Westminster in London, England, UK. General view of the interior of the station with the moving escalator, train wagon and Underground Sign Logo at the platform, while people are waiting in the station or are seen inside the rail carriage commuting, some of them wearing a facemask because of Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic or others are on their phones. London, UK on August 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Pimlico station was first opened back in 1972 (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Pimlico even real? <\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/tiktok\/\">TikTok<\/a> there are dozens of videos that describe Pimlico as a &#8216;concept&#8217;, with users debating back and forth in the comment section if the destination is even real.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be clear, it&#8217;s not a simulation, Pimlico does actually exist (the name first appeared in records sometime in the early 17th century). However, it is interesting that so many Londoners don&#8217;t know much about the affluent area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And what they do know, they do not like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Scrap it. It&#8217;s the only Victoria line station that doesn\u2019t interchange with another line or rail service,&#8217; @simonjbr writes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">@ultimategrandsupreme adds: &#8216;Literally a silly area, I can&#8217;t take anyone seriously who says they live there&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tLatest London news\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/08\/27\/met-polices-new-e-bike-unit-will-hunt-moped-muggers-tackle-londons-phone-snatch-idemic-29471905\/\">Met Police unveils new unit on 50mph e-bikes to tackle London\u2019s phone snatchers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/08\/26\/snapping-dangerous-teen-craze-every-parent-know-29466387\/\">\u2018Snapping\u2019 is the dangerous teen craze every parent should know about<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/08\/26\/useless-stop-victoria-line-driving-londoners-nuts-29430991\/\">The \u2018useless\u2019 stop on the Victoria line driving Londoners nuts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>To get the latest news from the capital, visit Metro&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/london\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">London news hub<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ibzdocs\/video\/7665705135682768150\" data-video-id=\"7665705135682768150\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px;min-width:325px\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@ibzdocs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ibzdocs?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@ibzdocs<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Pimlico is so unnecessary <a title=\"ibzdocs\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/ibzdocs?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#ibzdocs<\/a> <a title=\"pimlico\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pimlico?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#pimlico<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - I B R A \/ H I M \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udfff\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7665705157774052118?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; I B R A \/ H I M \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udfff\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ibzdocs\/video\/7665705135682768150\">Ibrahim Diallo<\/a>, 28, has lived in South London his entire life and, in a video shared to his social media last year, claimed there&#8217;s &#8216;never been a time where [he&#8217;s] met someone who&#8217;s said they&#8217;re from Pimlico&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;No-one really lives there,&#8217; he adds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently Ibrahim even posted a video of himself on the Victoria line, filming the train\u2019s stop at Pimlico to prove to his followers that no one got on or off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The content creator tells <strong>Metro<\/strong>: &#8216;I&#8217;ve been using the Victoria Line my whole life so I&#8217;m down there every week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tWhy was Pimlico added to the Victoria line? \t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For anyone interested in some <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/transport-for-london-tfl\/\">TFL<\/a> history, here&#8217;s how Pimlico made it onto the line in the first place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A late addition to the Victoria line, one of the main reasons some Londoners consider Pimlico to be such a bug bear is because it was added solely to please the rich and influential residents in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the late 1960s, local political Sir Alan Dawtry lobbied intensely to secure the rail link.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much like its neighbour Belgravia, Pimlico is typically considered an affluent and upscale neighbourhood, home to a number of beautiful Victorian town houses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, it is also a densely populated area and the station has become a vital transport hub for thousands of residents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;If I&#8217;m honest with you&#8217;, he continues &#8216;I&#8217;ve never known anyone that&#8217;s got off at that station and said &#8220;yeah, this is where I live&#8221;. And if I have ever seen someone get on, it&#8217;ll be one or two people maximum. It&#8217;s a massive waste of a tube stop&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ibrahim feels very strongly about this topic, even going as far as to say that he&#8217;s &#8216;always known that there was something off about Pimlico&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;It was only when I started talking about how no one lives in Pimlico that a whole bunch of people began saying they did,&#8217; he shares. &#8216;But we know they\u2019re probably just joking, because no one really lives there&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Except, people do actually live in Pimlico.&nbsp;Just a few years ago, Trade Marketing Manager Anna Prudden, 29, was one of them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvdbosch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SEI_309025226-ccb8.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29432008\" alt=\"Pimlico is a London Underground station in Pimlico, City of Westminster, on the Victoria line between Victoria and Vauxhall stations in fare zone 1. A couple at the entrance of the station. Shot on 8 June 2024.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Is Pimlico nothing more than a social construct? (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anna was a Pimlico resident for just under a year in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;I lived right next to the station and so it was very convenient for me to be able to hop on the Victoria Line so easily. But I definitely understand why people get frustrated by it&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She tells <strong>Metro<\/strong>: &#8216;It&#8217;s only about a 12 minute walk to Victoria, so to be honest, you might as well just walk and get on there? Whenever I would get off at Pimlico I never saw anymore than three or four other people get off at the same time&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, as much as Anna found her breezy commute to Kings Cross an &#8216;absolute delight&#8217;, she also &#8216;totally understands&#8217; why others find the stop totally irrelevant.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@millieevestubbs\/video\/7668314067010047235\" data-video-id=\"7668314067010047235\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px;min-width:325px\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@millieevestubbs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@millieevestubbs?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@millieevestubbs<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Maybe just me ?  What is it ? Where is it ? And what\u2019s it like ? \ud83d\ude02 <a title=\"pimlico\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/pimlico?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#pimlico<\/a> <a title=\"london\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/london?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">#london<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Majlinda Berisha\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7649126398040361760?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Majlinda Berisha<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s worth pointing out that data from TFL paints a very different picture of of the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025, Pimlico station recorded an average of 163,790 taps in and out each day, which amounts to 7,641,420 annual entries and exits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compare this to Bermondsey (7,038,981) and Clapham Common (7,452,584), and the station gets a comparable level of foot traffic. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, perhaps it isn&#8217;t as useless as we might think? <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Do you have a story you\u2019d like to share? 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