Hampstead tube station

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Not to be confused with West Hampstead tube station.
For The unbuilt Metropolitan Railway station, see Hampstead railway station (Metropolitan & St John's Wood Railway).

Hampstead London Underground
Hampstead station building.JPG
Station building in 2008
Hampstead is located in Greater London
Hampstead
Hampstead
Location of Hampstead in Greater London
LocationHampstead
Local authorityLondon Borough of Camden
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone2 and 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2016Increase 4.64 million[1]
2017Increase 4.83 million[1]
2018Decrease 4.49 million[2]
2019Increase 4.67 million[3]
2020Decrease 2.26 million[4]
Railway companies
Original companyCCE&HR
Key dates
22 June 1907Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451°33′25″N 0°10′42″W / 51.5569°N 0.1783°W / 51.5569; -0.1783Coordinates: 51°33′25″N 0°10′42″W / 51.5569°N 0.1783°W / 51.5569; -0.1783
Underground sign at Westminster.jpg London transport portal

Hampstead is a London Underground station in Hampstead, North London. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Golders Green and Belsize Park stations. The branch's northernmost subterranean station, it is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.

Designed by architect Leslie Green, it was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway. As it is at the junction of Heath Street and Hampstead High Street, the name Heath Street was proposed before opening, and the original tiled signs on the platform walls still read Heath Street. Because Hampstead is on a steep hill, the station's platforms are the deepest on the London Underground network, at 58.5 metres (192 ft) below ground level;[5][6] and it has the deepest lift shaft on the Underground, at 55 metres (180 ft). Its high-speed lifts, originally manufactured by Otis, were modernised by the Wadsworth Lift Company,[7] and again in 2014 by Accord.

To the north, between Hampstead and Golders Green stations, is the uncompleted North End or Bull & Bush station. London Overground's Hampstead Heath station on the North London Line is a 10–15 minute walk east.

Tiling on the southbound platform, showing the original proposed name, "Heath Street"

Connections[]

London Buses routes 46 and 268, schools service 603 and night bus N5 serve the station.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)". London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Archived from the original (XLSX) on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ Wolmar, Christian (2005) [2004]. The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. Atlantic Books. ISBN 1-84354-023-1.
  6. ^ "Key facts". Transport for London. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  7. ^ "Wadsworth Lift Company". beno.uk. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

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towards Edgware
Northern line
towards Morden or Kennington
  Abandoned plans  
towards Edgware
Northern line
towards Morden or Kennington
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