Marble Arch (London Underground)
Marble Arch is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster . It is in the Travelcard tariff zone 1 at the western end of Oxford Street . The station on the northern route of Hyde Park is named after the Marble Arch , a marble arch. The Speakers' Corner is also nearby . In 2013, 16.36 million passengers used this station served by the Central Line .
The station was opened on July 30, 1900 by the Central London Railway , predecessor of the Central Line. As in the other stations of the Central London Railway, the platforms in Marble Arch were originally accessed by elevators . The station was rebuilt in the early 1930s and equipped with escalators . The original station building designed by Harry Bell Measures at the intersection of Quebec Street and Oxford Street was closed and replaced on August 15, 1932 by a new building further west.
In a German air raid on September 17, 1940, twenty people who had sought refuge in the station were killed; there were also over 40 injured. In 1985, the walls of the platforms received new decorations made of glazed enamel panels.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 annual entries and exits. (Excel, 228 kB) Transport for London, 2014, accessed on July 28, 2014 (English).
- ↑ Central Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 27, 2013 .
- ^ Marble Arch station. West End at, accessed January 27, 2013 .
- ^ David Lawrence: Underground Architecture. Capital Transport, London 1994.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '48.3 " N , 0 ° 9' 31.1" W.