Hyde Park Corner (London Underground)
Hyde Park Corner is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster . It is located in the Travelcard tariff zone 1, on the southeast corner of Hyde Park under a busy intersection of five main streets. In 2013, 5.80 million passengers used this station served by the Piccadilly Line . It is one of the few in central London that does not actually have a station building, but is entirely underground. The entrance is accessible via a system of pedestrian underpasses.
When the first section of the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (predecessor of the Piccadilly Line) opened on December 15, 1906, a station building made of blood-red terracotta bricks was built on the south side of the square according to plans by Leslie Green . In the early 1930s the building was closed when the entrance was moved to the center of the square and the elevators were replaced by escalators . The former station building is now used as a commercial building, the former elevator shaft as a ventilation system.
Hyde Park Corner was the terminus for several weeks after the terrorist attacks of July 7, 2005 , as the central section to Arnos Grove was not reopened until August 4.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 annual entries and exits. (Excel, 228 kB) Transport for London, 2014, accessed on July 31, 2014 (English).
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| Knightsbridge |
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Down Street (closed) |
Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 10 ″ N , 0 ° 9 ′ 10 ″ W.