Russell Square tube station

Russell Square
Location	Russell Square
Local authority	Camden
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Fare zone	1
LUL 2005 usage	10.115 million
LUL 2007 usage	13.592 million
1906	Opened
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
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Russell Square is a London Underground station on Bernard Street, Bloomsbury in the London Borough of Camden. It is a small but busy station, used by office workers and tourists staying in Bloomsbury's numerous hotels.

[edit] History

The station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906. The station was designed by Leslie Green.

[edit] Location

It is not far from the British Museum, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Russell Square Gardens. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 1, and is between Holborn and King's Cross St Pancras on the Piccadilly Line.

[edit] Access to trains

Russell Square station has three lifts but no escalators. The platforms can also be reached by a spiral staircase with 177 steps, although signs in the station indicate that there are 175 steps.

[edit] 2005 London bombings

On 7 July 2005 in a co-ordinated bomb attack, an explosion in a train travelling between King's Cross's St. Pancras and Russell Square resulted in the deaths of 26 people.

[edit] Gallery

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Unique tilework in this station features squares

Station name tilework on westbound platform during refurbishment, July 2008

Russell Square platform, February 2004

[edit] Layout

⇒ Eastbound	Piccadilly towards Cockfosters ⇒
Island Platform
⇐ Westbound	Piccadilly towards Uxbridge or Heathrow (Terminals 1, 2, 3 or Terminal 5) ⇐