Oval Underground Station

It’s a tube station, there’s not much room for improvement.
They have mostly friendly staff and all the facilities a station needs.
They do have a cute quirky book exchange and always a new quote for the day.
On busy nights the foot traffic is always directed with ease and you’re never at risk of being trampled!
And if there are any issues with the services you’re always notified!
Keep up the good work oval!

Oval tube station is the best London Underground station for many reasons…
1) They write a quote of the day on a white board! The QOTD is always wise, heartfelt or witty. It’s been nearly a year since I’ve commuted started commuting to and from Oval, and I cannot recall a duplicate quote!
2) Classical music… It’s always playing in the background and it’s awesome.
3) Foliage. Oval station has a fair share of plants. Keeps the ambiance fresh and classy.
4) The newest and best addition: the Oval station books exchange!!! I mean, does it get any better than that?
Why did I knock off a star, you ask? Slightly unfortunate that only the Northern line runs thru Oval… But even with this tiny inconvenience it’s still London’s best tube station.

My favorite. I never travel from anywhere else… it’s 3ft from my house. But that just shows how much I like it, I’m not willing to walk much further to avoid it and that just shows that it must be above the rest of the London Underground.
Oval features: Cricket themed tiling, classical music and an inspiring white board of destiny. It’s a winner!

Im not so sure about Oval. It’s too small for a tube station in this area. It’s also fairly rigid and always on a competition with other tube stations as to the most inventive quote of the day, a tradition Oval initiated. Anyway it takes me where I want to go so it’s good.

Oval Underground Station is teeny-​tiny.
It’s on the northern (black) line, handily located just one stop away from Kennington in one direction (where you can jump onto the ever popular Vicky-​blue line), and also comes before the northern line splits in the other direction (Bank and Charing Cross branches).
It’s located, as the name might suggest, near to the Oval Cricket Ground, and is also just a short walk to Vauxhall which offers not only an underground option (again, Vicky-​blue), but also an overground service!
But my favourite thing about Oval? Two of my best friends live here (in a house nearby, not at the station).
So, yes, Oval Underground Station is teeny-​tiny, but you know what they say — great things come in small packages*!
* not all great things though… ahem…

Arrhh the Oval! In theory this station isn’t or shouldn’t really be that interesting, and honestly it isn’t, but, for some reason, I rather like it anyway.
I think perhaps because it is located (not surprising), steps away for the world famous Oval Cricket Ground. Which I have ventured into, and offers a great day out, like most gentleman played sports. Even if you’re not a huge Cricket fan, on a warm day, a few jars, maybe a picnic — happy days.
Even though Oval isn’t strictly speaking a destination in and of itself (you are actually in Kennington), you’ll find that locals will make statements like, ‘I’m going to Oval’ or ‘I’ll meet you in Oval’, referring not necessarily to the station only, but to the immediate surround area also.
Finally, it services only one line, the one that I have least love for, the naughty Black line! However Oval is quite a pleasant station so if I had to travel on that line, I might just leave from Oval to at least start the journey with a smile!

A true Unilocaler should be reviewing Underground stations. Please discuss.
In the meantime, while you guys debate whether it’s actually worth posting a review about an Underground station unless there’s some particularly interesting or important fact about it, I shall post a review of Oval Underground station.
Oval station isn’t oval. However, it is located close to the Oval cricket ground, which is oval. In fact, you can see it on the map on the homepage for Oval Underground Station for yourself to confirm that it is oval.
The Northern line stops here. It’s served by escalator rather than lift.
It’s the nearest Underground station to where I go salsa dancing on Friday evenings.
Ummm, I’ve run out of meaningful things to say about Oval Underground station, so I’ll stop here. Just mind the gap!

I have a real problem, not with this station, but with the announcement made on the Northern Line when you arrive here. It states ‘This station is Oval’. Now that is neither true nor possible. If the station was Oval how would it not cave in? Surely, like other tube stations this station is cylindrical.
Otherwise, it is only really good for getting to the cricket ground, the ropey shops nearby and the park over the road. Not being one of the busiest stations, it is pretty quick to get from the platform to the street level.

I vote for Oval station to receive the title of ‘best underground station of 2008′. The station is well staffed, there are always copies of the Metro going spare, and I am greeted everyday with ‘Thought of the Day’ on the noticeboard at the entrance and a blast of classical music. What more could you need?