Belsize Park tube station

Belsize Park
	Belsize Park ; Location of Belsize Park in Greater London
Location	Belsize Park
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2008	6.140 million
2009	6.081 million
2010	6.170 million
Original company	Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
22 June 1907	Station opened
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink
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Belsize Park tube station is a London Underground station in Belsize Park, North-West London. The station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern Line, between Chalk Farm and Hampstead stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2. It is located at the northern end of Haverstock Hill. In July 2011 the station became a Grade II listed building.^[2]

The Royal Free Hospital is located a short distance to the north of the station.

[edit] History

Station entrance in 1960

The station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railwayas an intermediate station on their line from Charing Cross to Hampstead. It is served by three lifts which descend 33.2 m (108 ft 10 in) to the platforms. The station has 219 steps. The station was designed by Leslie Green and has his familiar facade of ox-blood faience with four round arched windows. It remained largely untouched until the late 1980s when a lift replacement and Underground Ticketing System installation project was undertaken

[edit] Deep-level air-raid shelter

Belsize Park deep level shelter

Belsize Park is one of eight London Underground stations which have deep-level air-raid shelters underneath them.^[3] The shelter was constructed in World War II to provide safe accommodation for service personnel. Entrances to the shelter are at the junction of Haverstock Hill and Downside Crescent and off Haverstock Hill.

[edit] Transports Links

London Bus routes 168, C11 and Night routes N5 pass the station and walk 5mins to the station for bus route 268.

[edit] Layout

⇒ Northern	towards Edgware ⇒
Northbound Platform 1 Island Platform Southbound Platform 2
⇐ Northern	towards Morden or Kennington ⇐

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Customer metrics: entries and exits". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. 2003-2010. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/performance/default.asp?onload=entryexit. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
^ "16 London Underground Stations Listed At Grade II". English Heritage. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/16-london-underground-stations-listed-at-grade-ii/. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
^ Andrew Emmerson; Tony Beard (2004). London's Secret Tubes. Capital Transport Publishing. ISBN 1-85414-283-6.

It would appear that Belsize Park station got its name because in 1317 the area was called Balassis, derived from the Old French word bel assis, meaning 'beautifully situated'.