Mornington Crescent
Location
Place	Mornington Crescent
Local authority	Camden
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Transport for London
Zone	2
Annual entry/exit	3.009 million †
History
1907 1992 1998	Opened (CCE&HR) Closed (Northern Line) Reopened
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Mornington Crescent is a station in Camden Town in north London, named after the road it is on. The station is on London Underground's Northern Line Charing Cross branch, between Euston and Camden Town. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. mornington crescent tube station taken 27/11/03 by a brady File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Mornington Crescent is a street in Camden, London, England. ... The London Borough of Camden is an inner-London borough created in 1965 to replace the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, St Pancras. ... The London Underground is an all-electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... Travelcard Zone 2 is the second most inward 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 most aspects of the transport system throughout Greater London in England. ... The southbound platform at Angel. ... This is a list of extant mainline railway stations in Greater London, excluding London Underground and Docklands Light Railway. ... Image File history File links Portal. ... Camden Town is an area of north London in the London Borough of Camden. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Mornington Crescent is a street in Camden, London, England. ... The London Underground is an all-electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ... Euston station, also known as London Euston, is a major railway station to the north of central London and in the London Borough of Camden. ... Camden Town tube station is a major crossover point for the two branches of the Northern Line and the busiest station on the entire London Underground. ... Travelcard Zone 2 is the second most inward zone of Transport for Londons zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...

The station was opened as part of the original route of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR) (now the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line) on 22 June 1907. Prior to the station's opening, the name of "Seymour Street" had been proposed. After opening, it was little used, and for many years it was open only on weekdays, and before 1966 Edgware-bound trains passed through without stopping. 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. ... For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

The station is opposite the music venue KOKO which was once the Camden Palace, and before that, the Music Machine, during which time many punks used to congregate outside the station. KOKO is a music venue on Camden High street in Camden Town, London. ...

Closure and reopening

On 23 October 1992 the station was shut so that the then 85-year-old lifts could be replaced. The intention was to open it within one year. However, the poor state of neglect that the station had been previously kept in meant other work had to be completed, and the station was closed for most of the 1990s, amidst talk of it closing permanently. October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

However, a concerted campaign to reopen the station was launched, as the station is held in fond regard due to the popular BBC Radio 4 panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, which frequently features the game round Mornington Crescent, a complex game which takes its name from the station. Cover for, Im Sorry I Havent a Clue Collection 1 (Volumes 1-3). From left-to-right, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Humphrey Lyttelton, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Willie Rushton. ... The Mornington Crescent tube station, the games namesake Mornington Crescent is a game created by Geoffrey Perkins[1] and popularised by the BBC Radio 4 programme Im Sorry I Havent a Clue (ISIHAC). ...

The station was reopened on 27 April 1998 by the regular cast of the show (Humphrey Lyttelton, Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden) and a memorial plaque to the late Willie Rushton, one of the longest-serving panelists, was installed at the station in 2002. April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Humphrey Lyttelton at the Landmark Arts Centre, 22 April 2006. ... Barry Cryer (born March 23, 1935 in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK) is a writer and comedian. ... Tim Brooke-Taylor (April 2000) Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor, (born 17 July 1940 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England) is a British comic actor most well known in Britain as a member of The Goodies comedy trio and in the comedy radio shows Im Sorry I Havent a Clue, and... Graeme Garden, as a Beefeater in The Goodies (TV series) episode The Tower of London David Graeme Garden (born February 18, 1943) is a British comedy writer and performer. ... A blue plaque showing information about The Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey in Torquay. ... William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton (August 18, 1937–December 11, 1996) was a British cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

During the station's rebuilding, the original distinctive light blue tiling pattern was restored to the station (though taking into account modern requirements). The ticket hall was reconstructed and the original emergency stairs closed. Modern safety requirements are for squared rather than spiral stairs (since an accident at Bethnal Green station which was the worst loss of life on the whole of the Underground), and so the second lift shaft was converted (losing the unnecessary extra two lifts) into a staircase on one side and a series of station facilities on the other. Bethnal Green tube station is a station on the Central Line of the London Underground in Bethnal Green, east London. ...

A train pulls into the Mornington Crescent tube station

Since its 1998 reopening, the station has been open at the same times as most other stations, including weekends, in an attempt to relieve the pressure on the increasingly busy nearby Camden Town station. Image File history File links A train enters the Mornington Crescent London Underground station. ... Image File history File links A train enters the Mornington Crescent London Underground station. ... Camden Town tube station is a major crossover point for the two branches of the Northern Line and the busiest station on the entire London Underground. ...

Cultural references

• Belle & Sebastian released a song entitled "Mornington Crescent" on their 2006 album, The Life Pursuit. Frontman Stuart Murdoch claimed he had fallen in love with the romance of this former closed station when passing it once.
• My Life Story's 1995 album Mornington Crescent takes its name from the station, featuring photos in its sleeve notes.
• Mornington Crescent is used by Robert Rankin in many of his novels as the home of the Ministry Of Serendipity, a fictional agency whose main activity is to ensure the British Empire rules the globe, via dealings with Alien activity and suchlike. The Top Secret nature of the Ministry being the main reason why the station was only open on weekdays and closed for "repairs" for much of the 1990s.

Belle & Sebastian are a Scottish indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. ... The Life Pursuit is an album by Belle & Sebastian. ... Stuart Murdoch, a former boxer, is the lead singer and songwriter for Scottish twee pop octet Belle & Sebastian. ... My Life Story are an indie pop group who peaked in the mid to late 1990s when they were regarded as part of the Britpop movement. ... Robert Rankin Robert Fleming Rankin (born July 27, 1949) is a prolific British humorous novelist. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

See also

• Mornington Crescent (game), from the BBC Radio 4 programme I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. The comemorative blue plaque for satirist Willie Rushton is located at the station as a result.

The Mornington Crescent tube station, the games namesake Mornington Crescent is a game created by Geoffrey Perkins[1] and popularised by the BBC Radio 4 programme Im Sorry I Havent a Clue (ISIHAC). ... Cover for, Im Sorry I Havent a Clue Collection 1 (Volumes 1-3). From left-to-right, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Humphrey Lyttelton, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Willie Rushton. ... A blue plaque showing information about The Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey in Torquay. ... List of satirists below - writers, cartoonists and others known for their involvement in satire - humourous social criticism. ... William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton (August 18, 1937–December 11, 1996) was a British cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer. ...

External links

• London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Station exterior, 1925
  • Station exterior, 1930
  • Ticket hall, 1930

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