Hyde Park Corner tube station
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 Former Hyde Park Corner station building |
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| Location | Hyde Park Corner |
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| Local authority | Westminster |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Travelcard zone | 1 |
| LUL 2004 usage | 4.449 million[1] |
| LUL 2007 usage | 5.597 million[1] |
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| 1906 | Opened |
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| List of stations | Underground · National Rail |
Hyde Park Corner is a London Underground station near Hyde Park Corner in Hyde Park. It is in Travelcard Zone 1, between Knightsbridge and Green Park on the Piccadilly Line.
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[edit] History
The station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906. The original, Leslie Green-designed station building still remains to the south of the road junction, notable by its ox-blood coloured tiles; it is currently used as a pizza restaurant. The building was taken out of use in the early 1930s when the station was provided with escalators in place of lifts although an emergency stairway provides a connection to the platforms. The lift shafts are now used to provide ventilation. This non-operational part of the station is said to be chillingly haunted by the sound of girls crying, so station staff are reluctant to visit this part of the station at night.[citation needed]
When the station was rebuilt with escalators the adjacent little-used station at Down Street to the east (towards Green Park) was taken out of use.
[edit] Station Information
It is one of the few stations which have no associated buildings above ground, the station being fully underground. The current entrance to the station is accessed from within the pedestrian underpass system around the Hyde Park Corner junction.
When the central section of the Piccadilly Line is closed (such as after the 7 July 2005 London bombings), the station becomes the terminus of the western part due to the presence of a crossover tunnel to the east of the station.
[edit] Refurbishment
Work started in May 2009 to improve parts of the station, as part of Transport for London's Transforming the Tube investment programme. Whilst these works take place trains will not stop at the station between 22:00 and 06:00 the following morning, from Sunday to Thursday inclusive (apart from selected dates, mainly when concerts are being held in nearby Hyde Park)[2].
By June 2009, evidence of the works was visible at the platform level, with contractors beginning to remove some of the old glazed tiles from the walls.
[edit] Paranormal Events
The station, like many on the underground has had numerous encounters with ghosts and spirits. Many have been focused around, escalators switching themselves on when they have been turned off, faces of ghostly spirits in the station booking hall, etc. Station staff have reported seeing these unexplained ghosts to many people. Some staff have seen the ghosts and not returned to the station. The station was also on The History Channel's programme entitled 'Ghosts on the Underground'.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Transport for London - London Underground performance update
- ^ Transport for London station closures. Retrieved on 2009-07-08.
[edit] Image Gallery
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 Westbound platform looking east |
 Eastbound platform looking west |
 Decorative tiling |
 Platform roundel |
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towards Cockfosters
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| Knightsbridge | Piccadilly Line Former Route (1906-1932) |
Down Street |
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Coordinates: 51°30′10″N 0°09′10″W / 51.50278°N 0.15278°W
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