Edgware Road tube station
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  Edgware Road
Location of Edgware Road in Central London |
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| Location | Edgware Road |
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| Local authority | City of Westminster |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Platforms in use | 4 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| LUL 2007 usage | 5.993 million[1] |
| LUL 2008 usage | 6.04 million[1] |
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| 1863 | Opened |
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| List of stations | Underground · National Rail |
Coordinates: 51°31′12″N 0°10′12″W / 51.520°N 0.17°W
Edgware Road tube station is the name of two separate stations on the London Underground in Travelcard Zone 1. This article is about the one serving the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines on the corner of Chapel Street and Cabbell Street.
Although both stations have entrances on Edgware Road, they are approximately 150 metres apart on opposite sides of the Marylebone Road dual carriageway flyover and are not directly linked, being a 5 minute walk apart. See Edgware Road tube station (Bakerloo line) for the station on that line. There have been proposals to rename one of the stations, though as of September 2007 there are no official plans to do so.[2] Neither of the Edgware Road stations should be confused with Edgware station, at one of the northern ends of the Northern Line.
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[edit] History
This station was part of the world's first underground railway when it was opened as part of the Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Farringdon on 1 October 1863.
It was the site for one of the 7 July 2005 London bombings. Mohammad Sidique Khan detonated a bomb at about 8:50am, on board a westbound Circle line train as it was leaving the station, killing six passengers.
[edit] The station today
The station is located in a cutting, but is not in a tunnel. It serves the cut and cover routes of the Hammersmith & City, Circle and District Lines, forming the northern terminus for the latter's service to Wimbledon station.
To the east of the station the Circle and Hammersmith and City Lines share the same tracks to Baker Street. To the west all three lines run to Paddington, but the routes to Hammersmith and via High Street Kensington diverge to separate stations within the Paddington complex.
Since December 2009 the Circle line route calls at the station twice. Initially as a through service from Hammersmith towards Liverpool Street, then as the terminus for that same service completing the loop via Victoria. Services no longer connect the north side of the Circle line directly to the western or southern, instead requiring a change at this station.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines) |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Transport for London - London Underground performance update
- ^ "BBC News: Call to rename twin Tube stations". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6994475.stm. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
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