Warwick Avenue (London Underground)
Warwick Avenue is an underground station on the London Underground in the City of Westminster . It is in the Travelcard tariff zone 2 at the intersection of Warwick Avenue, Warrington Crescent and Clifton Gardens. In 2014, 4.51 million passengers used the station served by the Bakerloo Line .
There is no actual station building; The platforms are accessed from two different entrances via a mezzanine floor with ticket offices. Warwick Avenue was one of the first London Underground stations to use escalators instead of elevators from the start . The unadorned tower of a ventilation shaft stands on a traffic island in the middle of the street.
The station was opened on January 31, 1915 as part of the commissioning of the line between Paddington and Kilburn Park . During the planning phase, the station name Warrington Crescent was planned.
Warwick Avenue is also a song by Welsh singer Duffy that was released in May 2008. In it she mentions the subway station: "When I get to Warwick Avenue ... Meet me by the entrance of the tube." (When I get to Warwick Avenue ... Meet me at the entrance of the subway.).
Web links
- Photo of the southwest entrance (1933)
- Photo of the northeast entrance (1933)
- Photo of the ventilation shaft (1975)
Individual evidence
- ↑ COUNTS - 2014 - annual entries & exits. (PDF, 44 kB) (No longer available online.) Transport for London, 2015, archived from the original on February 21, 2016 ; accessed on December 29, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Christian Wolmar : The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever Atlantic Books. London 2004, pp. 205-206. ISBN 1-84354-023-1 .
- ^ Bakerloo Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 14, 2013 .
- ^ Cyril M. Harris: What's in a name? Capital Transport. London 1976, p. 74. ISBN 1-85414-241-0 .
- ↑ Text of the song Warwick Avenue - lyricsmode.com
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Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '24.5 " N , 0 ° 11' 1.9" W.