Piccadilly Circus tube station
Piccadilly Circus | |
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Location | Piccadilly Circus |
Local authority | City of Westminster |
Managed by | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Fare zone | 1 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2018 | 39.61 million[1] |
2019 | 38.40 million[2] |
2020 | 4.18 million[3] |
2021 | 14.14 million[4] |
2022 | 27.68 million[5] |
Key dates | |
1906 | Opened |
Listed status | |
Listing grade | II |
Entry number | 1226877[6] |
Added to list | 07 March 1984 |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51°30′36″N 0°08′02″W / 51.5101°N 0.1340°W |
London transport portal |
Piccadilly Circus is a London Underground station located directly beneath Piccadilly Circus itself, with entrances at every corner. Located in Travelcard Zone 1, the station is on the Piccadilly line between Green Park and Leicester Square and on the Bakerloo line between Charing Cross and Oxford Circus.
History
The station was opened on 10 March 1906 by the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (now the Bakerloo line) with the platforms of the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (now the Piccadilly line) being opened on 15 December 1906.[7] As originally built it had, like other stations, a surface booking hall (designed, like many in central London built at that time, by Leslie Green). The development of traffic before and after World War I meant that the need for improved station facilities was acute – in 1907 1.5 million passengers used the station, by 1922 it had grown to 18 million passengers.[8] It was decided to construct a sub-surface booking hall and circulating area, which would also provide public pedestrian subways. Work began in February 1925 and was completed in 1928. The architect was Charles Holden and the builder was John Mowlem & Co: the whole complex cost more than half-a-million pounds. Eleven escalators were provided in two flights, leading to the two lines serving the station. Above these escalators was once a mural by artist Stephen Bone, showing the world with London at its centre.[9] This mural was later replaced by advertising.
The old station building designed by Leslie Green finally closed for traffic on 21 July 1929,[10] it was demolished in the 1980s when the large building on the corner of Jermyn Street, Piccadilly and Haymarket was constructed.
The Bakerloo line platforms at Piccadilly Circus offer a unique view on the network: the back to back layout is itself unusual, but the single tunnel containing a crossover at the north end of the station allows passengers to see both platforms at once. This station can act as an intermediate terminus for southbound Bakerloo line trains. Piccadilly Circus is one of the few London Underground stations which have no associated buildings above ground. It is also currently the only London Underground interchange station to be solely served by the two lines operating the oldest trains of the network (the 1972 and 1973 stocks for the Bakerloo and Piccadilly lines respectively).
Future
Piccadilly Circus is a proposed stop on the Chelsea-Hackney Line, also known as the Crossrail 2.[11] It would be between Victoria and Tottenham Court Road stations. Effectively a new station would have to be built under the existing levels, possibly as part of a major overhaul of the existing buildings. However, there will only be a stop at Piccadilly Circus if the Chelsea-Hackney Line is part of the London Underground network and not part of the National Rail network. This is the same situation with many stations on the proposed route in Central London.[12]
Connections
London Buses routes 3, 6, 12, 13, 14, 19, 22, 23, 38, 88, 94, 139, 159 and 453 and night routes N3, N18, N19, N22, N29, N38, N97, N109 and N136 serves the station.
References
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Historic England. "Piccadilly Circus Underground Station Booking Hall Concourse and Bronzework to Pavement Subway Entrances (1226877)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ Railway Gazette International. Reed Business Pub. July 1940. p. 320.
- ^ "Underground Journeys: Piccadilly new station". Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
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- ^ "Chelsea-Hackney Line: Safeguarding directions". Crossrail Ltd. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2011.
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External links
- "Photographic Archive". London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 18 March 2008.
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- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 1
- Bakerloo line stations
- Piccadilly line stations
- London Underground Night Tube stations
- Proposed Chelsea-Hackney Line stations
- Tube stations in the City of Westminster
- Former Baker Street and Waterloo Railway stations
- Former Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1906
- Charles Holden railway stations
- Piccadilly Circus
- Buildings and structures in Mayfair
- Railway stations located underground in the United Kingdom
- Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster
- Grade II listed railway stations
- Art Deco architecture in London
- 1906 establishments in England