Swiss Cottage tube station

Swiss Cottage London Underground
Eastern entrance
Swiss Cottage
Location of Swiss Cottage in Greater London
Location Swiss Cottage
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 7.83 million[1]
2014 Decrease 7.28 million[1]
2015 Increase 7.71 million[1]
2016 Decrease 7.58 million[1]
2017 Increase 7.76 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company London Passenger Transport Board
Key dates
20 November 1939 Station opened (Bakerloo line)
1 May 1979 Bakerloo service replaced by Jubilee line
Other information
Lists of stations
External links
WGS84 51°32′35″N 0°10′29″W / 51.54306°N 0.17472°W / 51.54306; -0.17472Coordinates: 51°32′35″N 0°10′29″W / 51.54306°N 0.17472°W / 51.54306; -0.17472
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Swiss Cottage is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage, north London. It is on the Jubilee line, between Finchley Road and St. John's Wood stations. It lies in Travelcard Zone 2 and is located at the junction of Finchley Road, Avenue Road and College Crescent.

History

The station was opened on 20 November 1939, on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road stations when the Metropolitan line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo line. It is named after a nearby pub built in 1803–4, originally called The Swiss Tavern and later renamed Swiss Cottage.

The new station initially operated as part of a combined station with the Metropolitan line's adjacent sub-surface Swiss Cottage station (platforms 1 and 2 were Metropolitan line and 3 and 4 were Bakerloo line), but the Metropolitan line station was closed on 17 August 1940. The Bakerloo line station was subsequently transferred—along with the rest of the Stanmore branch—to the Jubilee line when it opened on 1 May 1979.

Connections

London Buses routes 13, 31, 46, 113, 187, 268, 603 and C11 and night routes N28, N31 and N113 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.
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
towards Stanmore
Jubilee line
towards Stratford
  Former services  
towards Stanmore
Bakerloo line
Stanmore branch (1939-1979)
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