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Great Portland Street London Underground
Station as seen from above looking north towards Regents Place
LocationGreat Portland Street
Local authorityCity of Westminster
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase 7.97 million[1]
2020Decrease 2.64 million[2]
2021Increase 2.69 million[3]
2022Increase 5.16 million[4]
2023Increase 5.35 million[5]
Key dates
1863 (1863)Opened
Other information
External links
London transport portal

Great Portland Street is a London Underground station near Regent's Park. It is between Template:LUL stations and Template:LUL stations on the Hammersmith & City, Circle and Metropolitan lines. Great Portland Street station is listed as a building of National Significance and lies in Travelcard Zone 1.[6]

History

The station was part of the world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, which opened between "Bishop's Road" (now Template:LUL stations) on the Hammersmith & City line and "Farringdon Street" (close to the present-day Template:LUL stations station). It was opened on 10 January 1863 as "Portland Road",changed to its present name on 1 March 1917 but was renamed "Great Portland Street and Regents Park" in 1923 and then reverted to its present name in 1933.[7] The current structure was built in 1930 on a traffic island on the Marylebone Road at its intersection with Great Portland Street and Albany Street. Its construction is a steel framed cream terracotta clad exterior, with the perimeter providing shops and originally a car showroom with office space over the station. Great Portland Street was at a major sales location for the motor industry. It was designed by the Metropolitan Railway's architect C. W. Clark and was Grade II-listed in January 1987.[8]

The station lies at the northern end of Great Portland Street – a main road which marks the border between Marylebone and Fitzrovia.[9][10] Local points of interest include Regent's Park, Marylebone's Holy Trinity Church, Fitzrovia's BT Tower and Regent's Place.

The station lies across the street from the main building of International Students House, a student residence and hostel and is also near the Harley Street medical district, famous for its doctors and surgeons.[11]

Connections

London Buses routes 18, 27, 30, 88, 205, 453 and C2 and night routes N18 and N205 serve the station.

  • Station as seen from above looking north
    Station as seen from above looking north
  • Original Metropolitan Steam Train passes through Great Portland Street Station
    Original Metropolitan Steam Train passes through Great Portland Street Station
  • Platform roundel
    Platform roundel
  • View of station location circa 1790
    View of station location circa 1790
  • Station tunnel running under Marylebone Road
    Station tunnel running under Marylebone Road
  • Shown as the Metropolitan Railway's Portland Road Station in 1862
    Shown as the Metropolitan Railway's Portland Road Station in 1862
  • Thomas Crane's 1883 poster of Portland Road Station
    Thomas Crane's 1883 poster of Portland Road Station
  • Trial 1862 train journey passing Portland Road station.
    Trial 1862 train journey passing Portland Road station.

References

  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.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1213650)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  7. ^ Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.E.Connor and B.Halford
  8. ^ London Underground Station Heritage Board, accessed 10 January 2013[full citation needed]
  9. ^ "About us". Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  10. ^ "The Marylebone Association Constitution" (PDF). 14 May 1996. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  11. ^ Orientation of the station above ground may be accessed via these videos of "Great Portland Street Station exterior and surroundings".
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