Queensbury tube station
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 Queensbury
Location of Queensbury in Greater London |
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| Location | Queensbury |
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| Local authority | Brent |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 4 |
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| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2008 |  3.210 million[1] |
| 2009 |  3.193 million[1] |
| 2010 | 2.980 million[1] |
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| 1934 | Opened |
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| Lists of stations | DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink |
Coordinates: 51°35′39″N 0°17′10″W / 51.59417°N 0.28621°W
Queensbury tube station is a London Underground station in Queensbury, London. It is on the Jubilee line, between Canons Park and Kingsbury, and in Travelcard Zone 4.
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[edit] History
The station opened on December 16, 1934, two years after the neighbouring stations, as part of the Metropolitan line and with its branch was transferred to the Bakerloo line in 1939, and then the Jubilee line in 1979.
The name Queensbury did not, when it was chosen, refer to any pre-existing area. It was coined by analogy with the adjacent Kingsbury station. Most of the locale now known as Queensbury is actually to the north-west of the tube station, in the London Borough of Harrow, just across the borough border from the tube station, which is in the London Borough of Brent.
[edit] Transport connections
London Buses routes 79, 114, 288, 614 and N98 serve the site of the station.
[edit] Trivia
The station, and its local surroundings and characters were cited in the song "Queensbury Station" by the Berlin-based punk-jazz band The Magoo Brothers on their album "Beyond Believable", released on the Bouncing Corporation label in 1988. The song was written by Paul Bonin and Melanie Hickford, who both grew up and lived in the area.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://mgonline.gema.de/werke/detail.do?title=QUEENSBURY+STATION&dbkey=540612 GEMA database listing for Queensbury Station song, work no.: 2181020-001
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Looking south ("eastbound")
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Looking north ("westbound")
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Roundel on westbound platform
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towards Stanmore
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towards Stratford
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towards Stanmore
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Bakerloo line
Stanmore branch (1939-1979)
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towards Elephant & Castle
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