Metro Memory Game: Tube station challenge becomes commuter hit

Players must name as many Tube stations as they can across all 14 lines

Think you know all the stops on the Central line? Already memorised the Elizabeth line route? Never get on the wrong branch of the Northern line?

Londoners can now put their knowledge of the Tube network to the test by trying to recall as many of the 416 stations as they can.

Created by Benjamin Tran Dinh, the Metro Memory Game has had over 100,000 plays since it was released on Friday.

The 32-year-old said he was "surprised at the game's overnight success".

The software engineer, who says he is "really interested in trains and maps" created the game after he had successfully made one for the streets of San Francisco and the Paris Metro.

Mr Tran Dinh, who lived in Paris, said he had been "confident the French version of the game would do well" but had "no idea" the London one would become so popular.

The BBC London team put their knowledge of the Tube network to the test

The game was released on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday morning, and Mr Tran Dinh thought his predominately French following would not pick up on the game, but it turned out the "demand for the game has been crazy almost overnight".

He told the BBC he chose the London Underground as it "has some of the most memorable and recognisable station names and is one of the most iconic transport networks in the world".

Despite studying in London almost 10 years ago, Mr Tran Dinh said his knowledge of the Tube network "is not very good" and he is yet to the play the game himself.

He is now creating the same game for the metro networks of Berlin and New York City.

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