Great Portland Street tube station

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Great Portland Street is a London Underground station in Great Portland Street, London. It is on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, between Baker Street and Euston Square stations. It is located in London fare zone 1. The station is a Grade II listed building. It is also Template:Convert east of Regent's Park tube station on the same arterial road.

History

The station was part of the world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, which opened between "Bishop's Road" (now Template:Stl on the Hammersmith & City line) and "Farringdon Street" (close to the present-day Template:Stl station). It was opened on 10 January 1863 as "Portland Road", changed to its present name on 1 March 1917, was renamed "Great Portland Street and Regents Park" in 1923 and then reverted to its current name in 1933.<ref>Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J. E. Connor and B. Halford</ref> The current structure was built in 1930 on a traffic island on the Marylebone Road at its intersection with Great Portland Street and Albany Street. Its construction is a steel framed cream terracotta clad exterior, with the perimeter providing shops and originally a car showroom, with office space over the station. Great Portland Street was at a major sales location for the motor industry. It was designed by the Metropolitan Railway's architect C. W. Clark and was Grade II-listed in January 1987.<ref>London Underground Station Heritage Board, retrieved 10 January 2013Template:Full citation needed</ref><ref>Template:NHLE</ref>

The station lies at the northern end of Great Portland Street – a main road which marks the border between Marylebone and Fitzrovia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> Regent's Park station, which is served by Bakerloo line, is within walking distance to the west of the station; however, out-of-station interchange fares do not apply and both journeys will continue to be charged separately.

The local neighbourhood plan from 2017 identified the gyratory around Great Portland Street Underground Station as one where public realm improvements and traffic calming should be made.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Services

Great Portland Street station is on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines in London fare zone 1. It is between Baker Street to the west and Euston Square to the east. All three lines share the same pair of tracks from Baker Street Junction to Aldgate Junction making this section of track one of the most intensely used on the London Underground network.

Circle line

The typical service in trains per hour (tph) is:<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • 6 tph clockwise via Kings Cross St Pancras and Liverpool Street
  • 6 tph anti-clockwise to Hammersmith via Paddington

Hammersmith & City line

The typical service in trains per hour (tph) is:<ref name=":0" />

  • 6 tph eastbound to Barking
  • 6 tph westbound to Hammersmith via Paddington

Metropolitan line

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • 12 tph eastbound to Aldgate
  • 12 tph westbound via Baker Street:
    • 2 tph to Amersham
    • 2 tph to Chesham
    • 8 tph to Uxbridge

The typical peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:<ref name=":1" />

  • 14 tph eastbound to Aldgate
  • 14 tph westbound via Baker Street:
    • 2 tph to Amersham
    • 2 tph to Chesham
    • 4 tph to Watford
    • 6 tph to Uxbridge

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