Great Portland Street tube station

London Underground station

Great Portland Street is located in Central London
Great Portland Street
Great Portland Street
Location of Great Portland Street in Central London
LocationGreat Portland StreetLocal authorityCity of WestminsterManaged byLondon UndergroundNumber of platforms2Fare zone1London Underground annual entry and exit2018Decrease 7.38 million[1]2019Increase 7.97 million[2]2020Decrease 2.64 million[3]2021Increase 2.69 million[4]2022Increase 5.16 million[5]Key dates10 January 1863 (1863-01-10)OpenedOther informationExternal links
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Coordinates51°31′26″N 0°08′38″W / 51.5238°N 0.1438°W / 51.5238; -0.1438 London transport portal

Great Portland Street is a London Underground station near Regent's Park. It is between Baker Street and Euston Square stations on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. Great Portland Street station is listed as a building of National Significance and lies in Travelcard Zone 1.[6]

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", changed to its present name on 1 March 1917 but was renamed "Great Portland Street and Regents Park" in 1923 and then reverted to its present name in 1933.[7] 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.[8]

The station lies at the northern end of Great Portland Street – a main road which marks the border between Marylebone and Fitzrovia.[9][10]

The local neighbourhood plan identified the gyratory around Great Portland Street Underground Station as one where public realm improvements and traffic calming should be made.[11]

Services

The station is served by the Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines, between Euston Square in the east and Baker Street to the west. All three lines share the same pair of tracks from Baker Street Junction to Aldgate Junction making this section of track one of the most intensely used on the London Underground network.

Circle line

The typical service in trains per hour (tph) is:[12]

  • 6 tph clockwise via Kings Cross St Pancras and Liverpool Street
  • 6 tph anti-clockwise to Hammersmith via Paddington

Hammersmith & City line

The typical service in trains per hour (tph) is:[12]

  • 6 tph eastbound to Barking
  • 6 tph westbound to Hammersmith via Paddington

Metropolitan line

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[13]

  • 12 tph eastbound to Aldgate
  • 12 tph westbound via Baker Street:
    • 2 tph to Amersham
    • 2 tph to Chesham
    • 8 tph to Uxbridge

The typical peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:[13]

  • 14 tph eastbound to Aldgate
  • 14 tph westbound via Baker Street:
    • 2 tph to Amersham
    • 2 tph to Chesham
    • 4 tph to Watford
    • 6 tph to Uxbridge
Preceding station London Underground Following station
Baker Street
towards Hammersmith
 Circle line
 Euston Square
towards Edgware Road via Aldgate
Hammersmith & City line Euston Square
towards Barking
Baker Street Metropolitan line Euston Square
towards Aldgate
Former services
Baker Street
towards Hammersmith
 Metropolitan line
Hammersmith branch (1864–1990)
 Euston Square
towards Barking

Connections

The station is served by London Buses day and night routes.

Gallery

  • Station as seen from above looking north
    Station as seen from above looking north
  • Original Metropolitan Steam Train passes through Great Portland Street Station
    Original Metropolitan Steam Train passes through Great Portland Street Station
  • Platform roundel
    Platform roundel
  • View of station location circa 1790
    View of station location circa 1790
  • Station tunnel running under Marylebone Road
    Station tunnel running under Marylebone Road
  • Shown as the Metropolitan Railway's Portland Road Station in 1862
    Shown as the Metropolitan Railway's Portland Road Station in 1862
  • Thomas Crane's 1883 poster of Portland Road Station
    Thomas Crane's 1883 poster of Portland Road Station
  • Trial 1862 train journey passing Portland Road station.
    Trial 1862 train journey passing Portland Road station.

References

  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Great Portland Street Underground Station (1213650)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  7. ^ Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J. E. Connor and B. Halford
  8. ^ London Underground Station Heritage Board, retrieved 10 January 2013[full citation needed]
  9. ^ "About us". Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association. 2 April 2012. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  10. ^ "The Marylebone Association Constitution" (PDF). 14 May 1996. Retrieved 10 May 2014.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Fitzrovia West Neighbourhood Forum (6 May 2017). "PEDESTRIANISATION OF OXFORD STREET | FitzWest". fitzwest.org. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Circle and Hammersmith & City line WTT" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2016.
  13. ^ a b "Metropolitan line WTT" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2016.

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