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Encyclopedia > St John's Wood tube station

St John's Wood tube station is a London Underground station at St John's Wood. It is on the Jubilee Line, between Swiss Cottage and Baker Street. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and outdoor signs. ... St Johns Wood is a district in the City of Westminster in London near Regents Park. ... The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground, coloured grey on the Tube map. ... Swiss Cottage tube station is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage. ... The northbound Bakerloo line platform. ... 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. ...


This station is the nearest one to Lord's Cricket Ground and Abbey Road Studios. The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London. ... Abbey Road Studios, created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, England, is best known as the legendary recording studio used by the rock bands, Cliff Richard and The Shadows and The Beatles. ...


It was opened November 20, 1939 on the Stanmore branch of the Bakerloo Line and was transferred to the Jubilee Line in 1979. November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...


In recent years, the station has achieved a small amount of notoriety due to it being the only London Underground station that has no letters in common with the word 'mackerel', a fact that has frequently appeared in quizzes since the fact was inexplicably publicized. The word 'mackerel' is by no means unique in this feat, however, as several hundred words ('algebra', 'blackberry', 'paperclip'...) satisfy the same property of having letters in common with all stations except St John's Wood. Furthermore, St John's Wood is not unique in being able to satisfy such a restriction, and there are at least 84 stations for which words exist that have no letters in common with exactly one station (for example 'wavelength' & Oxford Circus; 'photocopying' & Russell Square). A mackerel is any one of a number of different species of fish, mostly in the family Scombridae. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Quiz A quiz is a form of game or puzzle in which the players (as individuals or in teams), attempt to answer questions correctly. ... Oxford Circus, on the right you can see the tube-sign. ... Categories: Piccadilly Line stations | London Underground stubs ...



Preceding station Underground Lines Following station
Swiss Cottage   Jubilee Line   Baker Street


Slight modifications to the famous London Underground roundel indicate the name of each station on platform and outdoor signs. ... Swiss Cottage tube station is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage. ... The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground, coloured grey on the Tube map. ... The northbound Bakerloo line platform. ...



 

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