Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines)

Edgware Road
Edgware Road Location of Edgware Road in Central London
Location	Edgware Road
Local authority	City of Westminster
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	1
OSI	Marylebone [1]
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	6.31 million[2]
2013	8.19 million[2]
2014	7.33 million[2]
2015	7.21 million[2]
Key dates
1863	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°31′12″N 0°10′04″W / 51.52°N 0.167778°WCoordinates: 51°31′12″N 0°10′04″W / 51.52°N 0.167778°W
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Edgware Road is a London Underground station on the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines, located on the corner of Chapel Street and Cabbell Street, within Travelcard zone 1. A separate station of the same name but served by the Bakerloo line is located about 150 metres away on the opposite side of Marylebone Road.

There have been proposals in the past to rename one of the Edgware Road stations to avoid confusion.^[3] Neither of them should be confused with the Edgware tube station on the Northern line.

History

Metropolitan locomotive leaving Edgware Road, at the junction beneath Praed Street

This station was part of the world's first underground railway when it was opened as part of the Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Farringdon on 10 January 1863.

It was the site of one of the 7 July 2005 London bombings. Mohammad Sidique Khan detonated a bomb at about 8:50am, on board a westbound Circle line train as it was leaving the station, killing six passengers.

The station was used in New Tricks series 8 episode called End of the Line which aired in 2011.^[4]

Station layout

The station lies in a cutting open to the atmosphere, not in a tunnel. The station serves the cut-and-cover routes of the Hammersmith & City, Circle and District lines, forming the northern terminus for the District line's service to Wimbledon. All District line trains terminate at Wimbledon; passengers must change at Earl's Court for Ealing Broadway and Richmond.

To the east of the station, the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines share the same tracks towards Baker Street. To the west all four lines run to Paddington, but the routes to Hammersmith and the Circle and District line trains via High Street Kensington diverge at Praed Street Junction to separate stations within the Paddington complex.

Since December 2009, Circle line trains call at the station twice on each journey: initially as a through service from Hammersmith towards Liverpool Street, then as the terminus for that same service completing the loop via Victoria (or the same journey in reverse). There are no longer through trains here between the northern part of the Circle line and its western part.

The usual service pattern is: platform 1 for outer rail services to Kings Cross, Liverpool Street and beyond, platform 2 for Circle line to High Street Kensington and Victoria, platform 3 for District line trains to Earl's Court and Wimbledon, and platform 4 (inner rail) for Shepherd's Bush Market and Hammersmith. This may vary in times of disruption – trains can go east from any of platforms 1, 2 and 3 and to any of the westbound destinations from platforms 2, 3 or 4.

Services

Circle line

Prior to 13 December 2009, the Circle line trains travelled in both directions around a simple loop with 27 stations and 12.89 miles (20.75 km) of track. In December 2009 the Circle line was extended to include the Hammersmith & City route from Edgware Road to Hammersmith. Rather than continuously running around the circle, trains now travel from Hammersmith to Edgware Road, generally going around the circle once before terminating at Edgware Road, and returning via the same route; occasional trains may also continue clockwise through Edgware Road to additional stations. Service operation was changed to improve reliability and increase the service frequency on the Hammersmith branch.^[5]

The service pattern all day is:^[6]

• 6tph via High Street Kensington (Anti-clockwise)
• 6tph via Kings Cross St Pancras (Clockwise)
• 6tph to Hammersmith (Anti-clockwise)

District line

Edgware Road is the terminus for all District line services via High Street Kensington. Trains usually terminate at platform 3 which can also be used as a through platform although this feature is rarely used.

The service pattern all day is:^[7]

• 6tph Wimbledon (Westbound)

Hammersmith & City line

The service pattern all day is:^[8]

• 6tph to Barking (Eastbound)
• 6tph to Hammersmith (Westbound)

Connections

London Buses routes 18, 27 and 205 and night routes N18 and N205 serve the station.

See also

• List of London Underground stations
• 7 July 2005 London bombings

References

1. "Out of Station Interchanges" (XLS). Transport for London. May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.
2. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
3. "Call to rename twin Tube stations". BBC News. 14 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-21.
4. "End of the Line". 8. London. 11 July 2011. BBC.
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7926242.stm
6. http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-34-circle-and-hammersmith-and-city.pdf
7. http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-148-district.pdf
8. http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-34-circle-and-hammersmith-and-city.pdf