Brixton tube station
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 Brixton
Location of Brixton in Greater London |
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| Location | Brixton |
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| Local authority | Lambeth |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible |  [1] |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| Interchange | Brixton NR [2] |
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| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2008 |  20.930 million[3] |
| 2009 |  20.880 million[3] |
| 2010 | 21.280 million[3] |
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| 1971 | Opened (Victoria line) |
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| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
| Coordinates: 51°27′45″N 0°06′54″W / 51.4626°N 0.1149°W | |
Brixton tube station is a London Underground station on Brixton Road in the Brixton neighbourhood of the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, England. The station is the southern terminus of the Victoria line. The station was opened on 23 July 1971 by the London Transport Executive. It has high usage for an inner suburban station with 21 million entries and exits during 2010.
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[edit] History
The refurbishment of Brixton Tube Station started in 2001, and was completed in 2010. The station was briefly closed for asbestos removal in 2006.
[edit] Design
From the ticket hall, three escalators take passengers to and from the platforms. There are also passenger lifts between street level, the ticket hall and the platforms.
The station is laid out as a two-track terminus with a scissors crossover north of the station, and the line continues for a short distance south of the station platforms to form a pair of sidings. These are used for the overnight stabling of a pair of trains which then form the morning's first two northbound services.
There has been speculation regarding the possibility of extending the Victoria line past Brixton and put in a loop which trains would run around with a single-platform station under Herne Hill mainline station, speeding up operations on the line by reducing the number of conflicting train movements at the scissors crossover. As the Victoria line is already very heavily loaded and would not cope well with any extra passengers such considerations may well prevent such a plan going any further.[citation needed]
[edit] Location
It is located in Brixton Road, and is about 100m from Brixton railway station[4] (on the London Victoria to Orpington line, operated by South Eastern).
London bus routes 2, 3, 35, 45, 59, 109, 118, 133, 159, 333, 355, 415, 432, P4, School route 689, 690, night routes N2, N3, N35, N109 and N133.
[edit] In popular culture
A replica of Brixton tube station was featured briefly in the TV show Lost in the episode "Fire + Water", which aired in 2006.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Step free Tube Guide". Transport for London. December 2009. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/step-free-tube-guide-map.pdf. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "Out of Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. May 2010. http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/35338/response/87510/attach/2/OSIs%20with%20times%20May%2010.xls. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ London Underground map
[edit] External links
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| Terminus | Victoria line |
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