Chancery Lane tube station

Chancery Lane
Chancery Lane
	Northeastern entrance
	Chancery Lane Location of Chancery Lane in Central London
Location	Holborn
Local authority	City of London; London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	Transport for London
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	17.25 million
2020	3.41 million
2021	5.47 million
2022	8.53 million
2023	7.80 million
Key dates
30 July 1900	Opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page;
Coordinates	51°31′05″N 0°06′40″W / 51.518°N 0.111°W
	London transport portal

Chancery Lane is a London Underground station on the Central line between Holborn and The City in Central London, England. It has entrances within both the London Borough of Camden and the City of London.^[6] It opened in 1900 and takes its name from the nearby Chancery Lane.

The station is located between Holborn and St Paul's stations, within fare zone 1.

It is located at the junction of High Holborn, Hatton Garden and Gray's Inn Road, with subway entrances giving access to the ticket office under the roadway. Chancery Lane is one of the few London Underground stations which have no associated buildings above ground.^[7]

History

The station was opened by the Central London Railway (CLR) on 30 July 1900.^[8] The current station entrance is not the original. The original, disused station building is on the north side of High Holborn at Nos. 31–33,^[9] approximately 400 feet (122 m) to the west, closer to High Holborn's junction with Chancery Lane. Originally provided with four lifts between ground and platform levels, the station was rebuilt in the early 1930s to operate with escalators.^[10] It was not possible to construct the inclined escalator shaft between the platforms and the existing entrance, so a new sub-surface ticket hall was constructed below the road junction. The new station entrance came into use on 25 June 1934.^[10] The old entrance building became redundant and, in recognition of the location of the new entrance, the station was renamed Chancery Lane (Gray's Inn), although the suffix subsequently fell out of use.^[8]

When the CLR excavated the running tunnels it routed them to avoid passing under surface buildings in order to limit the risk to the buildings from vibration.^{[citation needed]} At Chancery Lane, the eastbound tunnel runs above the westbound one.^[11]

It is one of eight Underground stations with a deep-level air-raid shelter underneath it; after World War II this was turned into Kingsway telephone exchange. Access to the shelter was via the original station building and lift shaft as well as subsidiary entrances in Furnival Street and Took's Court.^[9]

Accidents and incidents

On 25 January 2003, a 1992 Stock train derailed at Chancery Lane, injuring 32 passengers, after a motor became detached from the train. All services on the entire Central line and the Waterloo & City line (which used the same type of train) were suspended, as the trains had to be taken out of service whilst the cause of the failure was determined and appropriate modifications made to the trains.^[12]^[13]

Connections

London Buses routes and night routes serve the station.^[14]^[15]

Gallery

Chancery Lane original station building
Eastbound platform looking west
Westbound platform looking east
The second shortest escalator on the Tube network
Roundel, eastbound platform
Southern entrance

References

^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
^ https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/multi-year-station-entry-exit-figures.xls^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Marshall, Geoff. "Tube Facts & Figures". GeoffTech. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
^ ^a ^b Emmerson, Andrew; Beard, Tony (2004). London's Secret Tubes. Capital Transport. p. 170. ISBN 1-85414-283-6.
^ ^a ^b Connor, J. E. (1999). London's Disused Underground Stations. Capital Transport. p. 122. ISBN 1-85414-250-X.
^ "Clive's Underground Line Guides, Central Line, Layout".
^ "Tube derailment was 'accident waiting to happen'". The Guardian. 2 June 2003. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
^ "Thirty hurt after Tube crash". 25 January 2003. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^ "Chancery Lane Station". TfL. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "High Holborn / Chancery Lane Station". TfL. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

External links

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive

Preceding station		Following station
Holborn towards Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip	Central line	St Paul's towards Epping, Hainault or Woodford via Newbury Park
Former service
British Museum towards Ealing Broadway	Central line (1900–1933)	Post Office towards Liverpool Street

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2019-1] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2020-2] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2021-3] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2022-4] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

[infobox_stats_ref_tube_2023-5] "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.

[6] ttps://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/multi-year-station-entry-exit-figures.xls^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] Marshall, Geoff. "Tube Facts & Figures". GeoffTech. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[DRose-8] Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.

[lost-9] Emmerson, Andrew; Beard, Tony (2004). London's Secret Tubes. Capital Transport. p. 170. ISBN 1-85414-283-6.

[connor-10] Connor, J. E. (1999). London's Disused Underground Stations. Capital Transport. p. 122. ISBN 1-85414-250-X.

[CULG-11] "Clive's Underground Line Guides, Central Line, Layout".

[e218-12] "Tube derailment was 'accident waiting to happen'". The Guardian. 2 June 2003. Retrieved 28 September 2024.

[13] "Thirty hurt after Tube crash". 25 January 2003. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

[14] "Chancery Lane Station". TfL. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

[15] "High Holborn / Chancery Lane Station". TfL. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

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