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Coordinates: 51°30′50″N 0°09′00″W / 51.514°N 0.15°W / 51.514; -0.15
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Bond Street London Underground Elizabeth Line
The Marylebone Lane entrance, which opened in 2017 and provides step-free access as part of the Crossrail upgrade
Bond Street is located in Central London
Bond Street
Bond Street
Location of Bond Street in Central London
LocationMayfair
Local authorityCity of Westminster
Managed byLondon Underground
OwnerTransport for London
Station code(s)BDS
Number of platforms4
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone1
OSIOxford Circus London Underground[2]
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase 37.49 million[3]
2020Decrease 9.68 million[4]
2021Increase 15.69 million[5]
2022Increase 35.41 million[6]
2023Increase 37.42 million[7]
Key dates
24 September 1900Opened (Central line)
1 May 1979Opened (Jubilee line)
24 October 2022[8]Opened (Elizabeth line)
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°30′50″N 0°09′00″W / 51.514°N 0.15°W / 51.514; -0.15
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Bond Street is a London Underground and Elizabeth line station in Mayfair, in the West End of London. Entrances are on Oxford Street, near its junction with New Bond Street, and on Hanover Square.

The station is on the Central line, between Marble Arch and Oxford Circus stations, the Jubilee line, between Baker Street and Green Park, and the Elizabeth line between Paddington and Tottenham Court Road. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.

History

The station was first opened on 24 September 1900 by the Central London Railway, three months after the first stations on the Central line opened.[9] The surface building was designed, in common with all original CLR stations, by the architect Harry Bell Measures. The original plans for the railway named the station as Davies Street rather than Bond Street.[10][11]

In 1920 a possible joint venture was considered by London Underground and the nearby Selfridges store. This would have involved rebuilding the station, to include an entrance in Selfridge's basement. The idea was revisited in the early 1930s, leading to a concept of a subway connecting the station to the store, with a new ticket office in the basement of Selfridge's. However, these plans were not pursued, probably due to the cost of the construction.[12]

The station has had several major reconstructions. The first, which saw the original lifts replaced by escalators, and the addition of a new sub-surface ticket hall and new station façade, designed by the architect Charles Holden, came into use on 8 June 1926.[13] The tiling to the new ticket hall used the same tiling scheme used by Holden on other station projects at the time (notably the extension of the City and South London Railway to Morden).[14]

Jubilee line era

For the opening of the Jubilee line, the station ticket hall was extended and new entrances were provided on the north side of Oxford Street and to the east of Davies Street. The Holden facade was demolished along with the Grosvenor Court Hotel that occupied the corner of Oxford Street and Davies Street, being replaced by the "West One" shopping arcade with offices above. The Jubilee line opened on 1 May 1979. In 2007, the station underwent a visual modernisation, removing the murals installed on the Central line platforms in the 1980s and replacing them with plain white tiles, in a style similar to those used when the station opened in 1900.

21st century

The most recent expansion of the station was completed in November 2017, in preparation for the arrival of the Elizabeth line, bringing Bond Street into the National Rail network. This £300m upgrade increased the capacity of the station entrances and exits by 30 per cent, added a new entrance to the station on Marylebone Lane on the north side of Oxford Street, and installed lifts to make the station step-free.[15][16] During these works in 2014, the Central line platforms closed from April to June, and the Jubilee line platforms closed from July to December.[17]

Elizabeth line

Between 2009 and 2022, the Crossrail project built a new Elizabeth line station at Bond Street. Originally planned to open in 2018, Bond Street did not open with the rest of the central London Elizabeth line stations in May 2022,[18] due to tunnelling problems dating back to 2014.[19][20] The various delays meant that the station was approximately £500m over budget.[21]

The Elizabeth line station was opened on 24 October 2022 by the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.[22]

Two new ticket halls were built by Crossrail at Davies Street and Hanover Square.[23] Architects included John McAslan[24] and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.[25] Bond Street Elizabeth line station is not directly connected to the Victoria line and Bakerloo line; however the Hanover Square exit of the Bond Street Elizabeth line station is approximately 250m from Oxford Circus tube station and out-of-station interchange is permitted. [1]

Services

Services at Bond Street station are operated by London Underground (on the Central and Jubilee lines) and by the Elizabeth line.

London Underground

Central line

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[26]

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

The Central line also operates a night service on Friday and Saturday nights as part of the Night Tube. Trains generally operate every 10 minutes in each direction, with trains every 20 minutes to Ealing Broadway, Loughton and Hainault via Newbury Park.

Jubilee line

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[27]

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

The Jubilee line also operates a night service on Friday and Saturday nights as part of the Night Tube. Trains generally operate every 10 minutes in each direction, between Stratford and Stanmore.

Elizabeth Line

Elizabeth line services began calling at Bond Street on 24 October 2022 and all services are operated using Class 345 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[28]

These services combine to give a service of 16 tph in each direction. During the peak hours, the service is increased to 20 tph in each direction.

On Sundays, the services between Shenfield and London Paddington are reduced to 4 tph.

Preceding station London Underground Following station
Marble Arch
towards Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip
 Central line Oxford Circus
towards Epping, Hainault or Woodford via Newbury Park
Baker Street
towards Stanmore
 Jubilee line Green Park
towards Stratford
Preceding station Elizabeth line Following station
Paddington
towards Reading or Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 or Terminal 5
 Elizabeth line Tottenham Court Road
towards Abbey Wood or Shenfield

Cultural references

The Westbound Central line platform of the station featured on the cover of the 1978 pop music single release "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight",[29] by The Jam.

Connections

A large number of London Bus routes serve the station during the day and night.

Nearby places of interest

References

  1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ "New OSI (Bond Street) and Same Station Exit Changes". Oyster Fares Central. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Elizabeth line: Bond Street station gets opening date". BBC News. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  9. ^ Henry Eliot and Tom Meltzer (9 January 2013). "What to see near Bond Street: a guide to London by tube". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  10. ^ Harris, Cyril M. (2006) [1977]. What's in a name?. Capital Transport. p. 11. ISBN 1-85414-241-0.
  11. ^ Bruce, J Graeme; Croome, Desmond F (2006) [1996]. The Central Line. Capital Transport. p. 6. ISBN 1-85414-297-6.
  12. ^ "Bond Street tube station's private tunnel to Selfridges". Ian Visits. 28 November 2016.
  13. ^ "B/W print; view of the façade of Bond Street station, by Underground Group Photo Dept, 1927". London Transport Museum. 1927.
  14. ^ "B/W print; Bond Street Underground station, Central line by H K Nolan". London Transport Museum. 23 August 1973.
  15. ^ "New entrance opens as Bond Street station upgrade is complete". Transport for London. TfL Press Office. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Bond Street station unveils new look entrance after £300m revamp". Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Jubilee line trains now stopping at Bond Street" (Press release). London: Transport for London. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020.
  18. ^ "Crossrail: Elizabeth line due to open on 24 May". BBC News. 4 May 2022.
  19. ^ Moore, Catherine (11 February 2022). "Bond Street: The story behind Crossrail's problem station". New Civil Engineer. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  20. ^ "Crossrail to be finished without Bond Street 'by March 2021'". BBC News. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  21. ^ Hellen, Nicholas (23 October 2022). "Bond Street station is finally open — just £500m over budget". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  22. ^ "Bond Street station finally opens on Elizabeth line". BBC News. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  23. ^ "Bond Street station". Crossrail. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  24. ^ Hugh Pearman (3 March 2015). "Holding the line: How Julian Robinson holds Crossrail together". RIBAJ. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  25. ^ Francis, Felicity (18 March 2015). "Reworked Hanover Square plans approved". Property Week. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  26. ^ "Central Line Timetable". Transport for London. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  27. ^ "Jubilee Line Timetable". Transport for London. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  28. ^ "Elizabeth Line Timetable" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  29. ^ "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight". Snapgalleries.com. Snap Galleries Limited. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
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