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Encyclopedia > Edgware Road tube station (Bakerloo Line)
Edgware Road
Edgware Road Bakerloo entrance
Location
Place Edgware Road
Local authority City of Westminster
Operations
Managed by London Underground
Platforms in use 2
Transport for London
Zone 1
Annual entry/exit 3.212 million †
History
1907
1913
Opened as terminus (B&SWR)
Became through station
Transport for London
List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
Portal:Tube Tube Portal

Edgware Road is a station on London Underground's Bakerloo Line, between Paddington and Marylebone stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. Edgware Rd tube station - Bakerloo line by C Ford, March 04 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Edgware Road is a road in London. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... The nickname the Tube comes from the circular tube-like tunnels through which the small-profile trains travel. ... Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ... Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for the transport system throughout the City of London and Greater London in England. ... The southbound platform at Angel. ... This is a list of mainline railway stations in London, excluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway. ... Image File history File links Portal. ... The nickname the Tube comes from the circular tube-like tunnels through which the small-profile trains travel. ... The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured brown on the Tube map. ... Paddington Station, March 2005 during rush hour Paddington station or London Paddington station is a major National Rail and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of London. ... Marylebone tube station is a London Underground station at Marylebone. ... Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...


The station building is on the corner of Edgware Road and Bell Street. It should not be confused with the other Edgware Road station, about 150 metres away on the opposite side of the Marylebone Flyover, served by the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines. Edgware Road is a road in London. ... Edgware Road, Bakerloo Line Edgware Road, Hammersmith and City Line Edgware Road tube station is the name given to two separate tube stations on London Underground. ... The Circle Line of the London Underground became known as such in 1949, when it was separated from its parent lines, the Metropolitan Line and the District Line, although it had been shown on Underground maps since 1947. ... The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ... The Hammersmith and City Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the Tube map, running between Hammersmith and Aldgate East, extending to Barking in the rush hours. ...


Neither Edgware Road station should be confused with Edgware station at the northern end of the Northern Line. Edgware tube station is a London Underground station in Edgware, in the London Borough of Barnet, in north London. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ...


History

Edgware Road station was opened on 15 June 1907 by the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway (BS&WR, now the Bakerloo Line) when it extended its line from the temporary northern terminus at Marylebone. The station served as the terminus until extended to Paddington on 1 December 1913, . June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Marylebone station or London Marylebone station is a National Rail and London Underground station in central London. ... Paddington station or London Paddington is the name of a major railway station in the Paddington area of London, which is the London terminus for long distance trains to the West of England and South Wales and some West London commuter services. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...


In common with other early stations on the line and those of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway and the Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway, the station was designed by architect Leslie Green with an ox-blood red glazed terracotta façade. The Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR), was a deep-level tube railway constructed in London by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited. ... The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Baker Street & Waterloo Railway station building at Oxford Circus showing typical glazed terra cotta façade and commercial development above Leslie Green was an English architect known for his design of iconic stations constructed on the London Underground railway system in central London during the first decade of the 20th... Terra cotta is a hard semifired waterproof ceramic clay used in pottery and building construction. ...


When the station opened its narrow frontage was in a row of shops, but the buildings to the south of the station were demolished in the 1960s to enable the Flyover to be built, leaving the station as one of two isolated buildings. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...


The station was temporarily closed between 24 June 1990 and 28 January 1992 for replacement of its lifts. June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... A set of elevators or lifts, in the lower level of a London Underground station. ...


External links

  • London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
    • Edgware Road station, circa 1908
    • Bell street exit, circa 1908
    • Edgware Road station, 1925
    • Booking hall, 1958
    • Edgware Road station, 1993
Preceding station Underground Lines Following station
Paddington   Bakerloo Line   Marylebone


 
 

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