Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines)

This article is about the station on London Underground's Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines. For the Bakerloo line station, see Edgware Road tube station (Bakerloo line). For the Northern line station in Edgware, see Edgware tube station.

Edgware Road

Station entrance
Edgware Road Location of Edgware Road in Central London
Location	Edgware Road
Local authority	City of Westminster
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	1
Interchange	Marylebone NR
London Underground annual entry and exit
2008	6.040 million
2009	6.800 million
2010	5.890 million
1863	Opened
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink

Edgware Road station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines) is a London Underground station on the corner of Chapel Street and Cabbell Street Road in Travelcard Zone 1 serving the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines. The separate Edgware Road tube station (Bakerloo line) is about 150 metres away on the opposite side of the Marylebone Road. There have been proposals in the past to rename one of the Edgware Road stations to avoid confusion. Neither of these should be confused with the Edgware tube station in Edgware (north London) on the Northern Line.

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.

The station today

A statue in front of Edgware Road station

The station lies in a cutting, 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 last-named line's service to Wimbledon.

To the east of the station, the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines share the same tracks towards Baker Street. To the west all three lines run to Paddington, but the routes to Hammersmith and the Circle and District Line trains via High Street Kensington diverge to separate stations within the Paddington complex.

Since December 2009, Circle line trains call at the station twice on each journey: initially as a through service from Hammersmith towards Liverpool Street, then as the terminus for that same service completing the loop via Victoria (or the same journey in reverse). There are no longer through trains here between the northern part of the Circle line and its western part. See Circle line (London Underground)#Extension.

Ticket barriers control access to all platforms.

See also

• List of London Underground stations
• 7 July 2005 London bombings

Transport links

London bus routes 18, 27, 205 and night route N18.

References

		Through services
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Paddington towards Hammersmith		Circle line		Baker Street towards Edgware Road (via Aldgate)
		Hammersmith & City line		Baker Street towards Barking
		Terminating services
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Paddington towards Hammersmith (via Tower Hill)		Circle line		Terminus
Paddington towards Wimbledon		District line
		Transfer via Edgware Road deep tube station
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Paddington towards Harrow & Wealdstone		Bakerloo line Transfer at: Edgware Road		Marylebone towards Elephant & Castle