Swiss Cottage tube station

This article is about the current Jubilee Line station. For the disused Metropolitan Line station, see Swiss Cottage (Metropolitan line) tube station.

Swiss Cottage

Eastern entrance
Swiss Cottage Location of Swiss Cottage in Greater London
Location	Swiss Cottage
Local authority	Camden
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2007	7.244 million
2008	7.060 million
2009	6.649 million
Original company	London Passenger Transport Board
20 November 1939	Station opened (Bakerloo Line)
1 May 1979	Bakerloo service replaced by Jubilee Line
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink

Swiss Cottage tube station is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage. It is on the Jubilee Line, between Finchley Road and St. John's Wood. It is in Travelcard Zone 2 and on the Finchley Road.

History

The station was opened on 20 November 1939 on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road when the Metropolitan Line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo Line. It is named for a nearby pub, built in 1803-4, originally called The Swiss Tavern, and later renamed Swiss Cottage.

The new station initially operated as part of a combined station with the Metropolitan Line's adjacent sub-surface Swiss Cottage station (platforms 1 and 2 were Metropolitan Line and 3 and 4 were Bakerloo Line) but the Metropolitan Line station was closed on 17 August 1940

The station was subsequently transferred along with the rest of the Stanmore branch to the Jubilee Line when it opened on May 1, 1979. It is geographically close to South Hampstead station, but is not treated as a valid connection.

The platform design remains the same as when opened in 1939, and was designed by Harold Stabler. In 2006 the tiles were cleaned up and replaced.

Gallery

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  Westbound platform (actually northbound here) looking east

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  Eastbound platform (actually southbound here) looking west

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  Platform roundel

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  Western entrance

See also

• Swiss Cottage (Metropolitan line) tube station

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Subway entrance to station, 1953
  • Platform, 1946

Transport links

London bus routes 13, 31, 46, 82, 113, 187, 268, 603, C11, night routes N13, N28 and N31.

References

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Finchley Road towards Stanmore		Jubilee line		St. John's Wood towards Stratford
		Former services
Finchley Road towards Stanmore		Bakerloo line Stanmore branch (1939-1979)		St. John's Wood towards Elephant & Castle