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Warren Street London Underground
LocationEuston Road
Local authorityCamden
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms4
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Decrease 18.25 million[1]
2020Decrease 7.74 million[2]
2021Decrease 7.04 million[3]
2022Increase 13.01 million[4]
2023Increase 14.08 million[5]
Key dates
1907Opened
Other information
External links
London transport portal

Warren Street is a London Underground station, located at the intersection of Tottenham Court Road and Euston Road, named after Warren Street. It is on the Template:LUL stations branch of the Northern line, between Template:LUL stations and Template:LUL stations, and the Victoria line between Template:LUL stations and Euston. It is in Travelcard Zone 1 and is the nearest tube station to University College Hospital, being opposite the newly opened main building. It is also very close to Template:LUL stations on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, which is at the other side of the hospital building.

History

The station opened as part of the original Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway on 22 June 1907 under the name "Euston Road", and this name can still be seen in the Northern line platform tiling. The platforms were built on the outside of the running lines. The station's name changed to "Warren Street" the following year. In 1934, the current station building replaced the original when escalators were installed. The Victoria line platforms opened on 1 December 1968. As part of introducing automatic ticket gates with the Victoria line, the ability to freely interchange with Euston Square station was withdrawn on 1 March 1969.

At the next station northwards, Euston, there is cross-platform interchange between the Northbound Victoria line and Northbound Northern line (Bank branch); and Southbound Victoria line and Southbound Northern line (Bank branch). To facilitate this, the Victoria line tracks had to switch from the standard left-hand running to right-hand, making the cross-platform interchange in reality in opposite directions[clarification needed], as both lines run east-west at this point. Warren Street also has right-hand running due to its proximity to Euston. The Victoria line platforms at King's Cross St. Pancras (the next station on from Euston) also have this feature for the same reason.

Due to the right-hand running on the Victoria line and the Northern line having side platforms, the doors open on the left on all four platforms.

The Northern line northbound platform of the station was used for location filming in the movie Death Line (1972)

On 27 April 2012 Warren Street station became the first London Underground Wi-Fi enabled tube station.[6]

Connections

London Buses routes 10, 14, 18, 24, 27, 29, 30, 73, 88, 134, 205 and 390 and night routes N5, N20, N29, N73, N205, N253 and N279 serve the station.

  • Northern line northbound platform looking north, July 2008
    Northern line northbound platform looking north, July 2008
  • Tiling on Northern line southbound platform, revealing the former station name, Euston Road
    Tiling on Northern line southbound platform, revealing the former station name, Euston Road
  • Roundel on Northern line platform
    Roundel on Northern line platform
  • Victoria line northbound platform looking north, July 2008. After a few years, the station was renovated
    Victoria line northbound platform looking north, July 2008. After a few years, the station was renovated
  • Warren Street station viewed from the north-east across Euston Road
    Warren Street station viewed from the north-east across Euston Road

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. ^ http://www.digitalspy.com/tech/news/a385792/london-kings-cross-and-warren-street-tube-stations-get-free-wifi.html#~oNIDiAKsDpBqDr
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