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Tube advertising costs from £135 per platform poster, £55 per escalator panel, £950 per digital screen (1-in-6) and £6,950 for a 583-panel Tube Car Panel pack, all per 2-week cycle ex VAT. Five million journeys a day, and your audience is standing still for 13 to 21 minutes of them. We plan and buy Underground campaigns with real rates on the table, and pair them with our AdVans and AdBikes so your brand follows the audience back above ground.

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Velo x McLaren Elizabeth line Underground takeover with branded panels through the station
Brands we have taken to the streets
ValentinoNikeBurger KingFormula 1AmazonVodafoneITVIcelandairVeloAmerican Express
The Rate Card, In Pictures

The Formats And The Costs, Together

Most Underground pricing hides behind "POA". Here is ours: what each format looks like and what it costs, side by side. All rates ex VAT per 2-week cycle; paper formats carry print on top, digital formats do not.

4-sheet poster on a London Underground platform wall

Platform & Corridor Posters

Eye-level posters where passengers wait and walk

4-SheetFrom £135 / panel / 2 wks
12-SheetFrom £995 / panel / 2 wks
6-SheetFrom £385 / panel / 2 wks
16-sheet cross-track poster facing a London Underground platform

Cross-Track Posters

Faces the platform across the tracks, read for the whole wait

16-SheetFrom £435 / panel / 2 wks
48-SheetFrom £1,200 / panel / 2 wks
Digital 6-sheet screen in a London Underground station

Digital Screens

Full motion screens through the station, artwork swaps free

Digital 6-SheetFrom £950 / screen / 2 wks (1-in-6)
Digital ribbon panels running alongside a London Underground escalator

Escalator Formats

Panels in sequence for the full 20-30 second escalator ride

Escalator panels (runs of 6)From £55 / panel / 2 wks
Digital ribbonPriced on request
Tube Car Panels above the seats inside a London Underground carriage

Tube Car Panels

Inside the carriages, all 11 lines, ~2.16M impacts per pack per 2 weeks

Pack of 583 (media)From £6,950 / 2 wks
One-off print£1,365 per pack
Digital Gateway screens above the ticket gates at Canary Wharf Underground station

Gateways & Station Takeovers

Above the ticket gates, or every surface in the station at once

Station takeoverFrom ~£18,050 / 2 wks
Digital gatewaysPriced on request

Flagship central station takeovers run to £50k and beyond, priced bespoke. Four-week campaigns are exactly double the 2-week media, with print a one-off.

The Network Format

Tube Car Panels: One Buy, All 11 Lines

583 panels per pack

Sold in packs of 583 panels spread across the whole network, inside the carriages where passengers sit and stand. One design covers the pack; more packs buy a bigger share of voice.

~2.16M impacts per 2 weeks

Each pack delivers an estimated 2.16 million impacts per 2-week cycle, with the longest dwell time on the network: 13 to 21 minutes per journey, no competing screens.

£6,950 + £1,365 print

Media from £6,950 per pack per 2 weeks, print a one-off £1,365 per pack. Four weeks is exactly double the media with no extra print, so longer runs work harder.

Straight Answers

"Can I Advertise On One Line?" Honestly: Mostly No

This is the question every Tube advertiser asks, and the industry answer is usually vaguer than it should be. The truth: Tube Car Panels are general distribution across all 11 lines and cannot be pinned to one. Station formats, from cross-tracks to escalator panels, are bought by station or zone, never by line.

So when a brand wants "the Jubilee line", we build it the honest way: booking that line's key stations so the coverage follows the route. Central interchanges are shared, which means a station buy also reaches passengers from every other line passing through.

The one exception is the Elizabeth line, which is sold as its own complete estate. Because of that, a true single-line takeover is possible there, and we have done it: we ran the Velo x McLaren Underground campaign across the Elizabeth line during F1 week.

See the Elizabeth line takeover case study, or how a book launch took 48 digital surfaces across Canary Wharf and Farringdon.

Instant Pricing, No Email Required

Tube Advertising Cost Calculator

Pick a format, panels and duration and see a real indicative price, built from the same OOH Rate Card & Specs we quote from.

Print and VAT on top.

Your indicative Underground estimate

£1,250 - £1,250

ex VAT. Media planning, artwork specs and proof of posting included.

1 panel x 2 weeks: ~£330 media

Minimum order £1,250 + VAT.

Tube orders carry a £1,250 + VAT minimum. Station takeovers, digital escalator runs and ribbons are priced on request. Exact quotes back within one working day.

Underground Questions

Tube Advertising, Answered

How much does London Underground advertising cost?
Platform 4-sheets start from £135 per panel per 2 weeks, escalator panels from £55 per panel in runs of 6, cross-track 16-sheets from £435, and digital 6-sheet screens from £950 (1-in-6). The network-wide format, Tube Car Panels, costs from £6,950 media plus £1,365 one-off print for a 583-panel pack running 2 weeks. Print and VAT are on top for paper formats. Full station takeovers start around £18,050 plus production for smaller stations. Orders carry a £1,250 + VAT minimum.
What are Tube Car Panels (TCPs)?
TCPs are the printed panels inside Tube carriages, above the windows and seats. They are sold in packs of 583 panels distributed across all 11 Underground lines, delivering an estimated 2.16 million impacts per pack per 2 weeks. One design covers the whole pack, and passengers see it for the longest dwell time on the network, typically 13 to 21 minutes per journey. Media is from £6,950 per pack per 2 weeks with a one-off £1,365 print cost.
Can I advertise on just one Underground line?
Mostly no, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling loosely. Tube Car Panels are general distribution across the whole network and cannot be pinned to a single line. Station formats such as cross-tracks, 4-sheets, escalator panels and digital screens are bought by station or zone, not by line. The honest way to target a line is to book its key stations, and because central interchanges are shared, a station buy also reaches passengers from other lines. The Elizabeth line is the one exception, sold as its own estate.
Do Underground advertising prices include print?
Paper formats carry print on top of media: for example a TCP pack adds a one-off £1,365 print charge, and posters are quoted per creative. Digital screens have no print costs and artwork can be changed during the campaign. All prices exclude VAT.
How long do Tube campaigns run?
The Underground sells in 2-week cycles. A 4-week campaign is exactly double the 2-week media price, and print is a one-off, so longer campaigns get better effective value from the same artwork.
What is the minimum spend for Tube advertising?
Tube orders carry a £1,250 + VAT minimum. A handful of platform 4-sheets (from £135 each plus print at outer stations, £330 at major ones), or two digital 6-sheet screens at £950 each (1-in-6), gets a first campaign over the line. Escalator panels are sold in runs of 6 from £55 per panel, and for network-wide presence the 583-panel TCP pack from £6,950 plus print is the minimum unit.
Is there a Tube advertising cost calculator?
Yes, free on this page. The Tube advertising cost calculator prices Tube Car Panel packs, platform and cross-track posters, escalator panels and digital screens by format, quantity and duration, using the same rate card we quote from. No email address required.
What is a station takeover?
A takeover combines most or all of a station’s inventory: escalator panels, 4-sheets, 6-sheets, cross-tracks and digital screens in one buy, so every passenger touchpoint carries your brand. Smaller stations start around £18,050 per 2 weeks plus production and flagship central stations run to £50,000 and beyond. Each one is priced bespoke.
Is Underground advertising worth it compared with other formats?
The Tube offers what street formats cannot: a captive audience with 13 to 21 minutes of dwell time per journey and no competing screens. It pairs naturally with street-level activity, and many of our campaigns run Underground panels alongside Digital AdVans and AdBikes so the brand follows the audience above and below ground. We ran exactly that combination for Velo x McLaren during F1 week, including an Elizabeth line takeover.
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