Great Portland Street tube station
Great Portland Street | |
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Station as seen from above looking north towards Regents Place
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Location of Great Portland Street in Central London
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Location | Great Portland Street |
Local authority | City of Westminster |
Managed by | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Fare zone | 1 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2011 | 7.17 million[1] |
2012 | 7.36 million[1] |
2013 | 7.58 million[1] |
2014 | 8.43 million[1] |
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1863 | Opened |
Other information | |
Lists of stations | |
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Great Portland Street is a London Underground station near Regent's Park. It is between Baker Street and Euston Square on the Hammersmith & City, Circle and Metropolitan lines. Great Portland Street station is listed as a building of National Significance and lies in Travelcard Zone 1.[2]
History
The station was part of the world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, which opened between "Bishop's Road" (now Paddington) on the Hammersmith & City line and "Farringdon Street" (close to the present-day Farringdon station). It was opened on 10 January 1863 as "Portland Road", renamed "Great Portland Street and Regents Park" in 1923 and changed to its present name on 1 March 1917.
The current structure was built in 1930 on a traffic island on the Marylebone Road at its intersection with Great Portland Street and Albany Street. Its construction is a steel framed cream terracotta clad exterior, with the perimeter providing shops and originally a car showroom with office space over the station. Great Portland Street was at a major sales location for the motor industry. It was designed by the Metropolitan Railway's architect C. W. Clark and was Grade II-listed in January 1987.[3]
The station lies at the northern end of Great Portland Street – a main road which marks the border between Marylebone and Fitzrovia.[4][5] Local points of interest include Regent's Park, Marylebone's Holy Trinity Church, Fitzrovia's BT Tower and Regent's Place.
The station lies across the street from the main building of International Students House, a student residence and hostel and is also near the Harley Street medical district, famous for its doctors and surgeons.[6]
Connections
London Buses routes 18, 27, 30, 88, 205, 453 and C2 and night routes N18 and N205 serve the station.
Gallery
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Station as seen from above looking north
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Original Metropolitan Steam Train passes through Great Portland Street Station
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Platform roundel
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Marylebone Toll Gate at Great Portland Street in 1790.jpg
View of station location circa 1790
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Great Portland Street Underground Station Tunnel Entrance Sept2011.jpg
Station tunnel running under Marylebone Road
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Shown as the Metropolitan Railway's Portland Road Station in 1862
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Thomas Crane's 1883 poster of Portland Road Station
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Trial 1862 train journey passing Portland Road station.
References
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- ↑ London Underground Station Heritage Board, accessed 10 January 2013[full citation needed]
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External links
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- Railway stations opened in 1863
- Great Portland Street
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