Belsize Park tube station

Belsize Park London Underground
Belsize Park
Location of Belsize Park in Greater London
Location Belsize Park
Local authority London Borough of Camden
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2013 Increase 5.84 million[1]
2014 Increase 5.93 million[1]
2015 Increase 6.16 million[1]
2016 Increase 6.48 million[1]
2017 Decrease 6.24 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
Key dates
22 June 1907 Station opened
Listed status
Listing grade II
Entry number 1401089[2]
Added to list 20 July 2011
Other information
Lists of stations
External links
WGS84 51°33′01″N 0°09′52″W / 51.55028°N 0.16444°W / 51.55028; -0.16444Coordinates: 51°33′01″N 0°09′52″W / 51.55028°N 0.16444°W / 51.55028; -0.16444
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Belsize Park is a London Underground station in Belsize Park, north-west London. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Chalk Farm and Hampstead stations, and is in fare zone 2. It stands at the northern end of Haverstock Hill. In July 2011 it became a Grade II listed building.[3]

The Royal Free Hospital is located a short distance to the north of the station.

History

Station entrance in 1960

The station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway as an intermediate station on its line from Charing Cross to Golders Green. It is served by three lifts which descend 33.2 m (108 ft 10 in) to the platforms. There are 219 steps according to the sign in the station. The station was designed by Leslie Green and has his familiar facade of ox-blood faience with five round arched windows. It remained largely untouched until the late 1980s when the lifts were replaced and a new ticketing system installed.

Deep-level air-raid shelter

Belsize Park deep level shelter

Belsize Park is one of eight London Underground stations which have deep-level air-raid shelters underneath them.[4] The shelter was constructed in World War II to provide safe accommodation for service personnel. Entrances to the shelter are at the junction of Haverstock Hill and Downside Crescent and off Haverstock Hill.

Connections

London Buses routes 168 and C11 and night route N5 serve the station.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Belsize Park Underground Station including forecourt walls, gatepiers, gates and railings (1401089)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "16 London Underground Stations Listed At Grade II". English Heritage. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Emmerson, Andrew; Beard, Tony (2004). London's Secret Tubes. London: Capital Transport Publishing. ISBN 1-85414-283-6.
  • "Photographic Archive". London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 2008-03-18.
  • "Visit to Belsize Park deep level shelter". Subterranea Britannica. Archived from the original on 2001-06-05.
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
towards Edgware
Northern line
towards Morden or Kennington
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