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'''Great Portland Street''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Great Portland Street]], [[London]]. It is on the [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle]], [[Hammersmith & City line|Hammersmith & City]] and [[Metropolitan line|Metropolitan]] lines, between [[Baker Street tube station|Baker Street]] and [[Euston Square tube station|Euston Square]] stations. It is located in [[London fare zone 1]]. The station is a Grade II [[listed building]]. It is also {{convert|190|m|yd}} 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 {{stl|LUL|Paddington}} on the Hammersmith & City line) and "Farringdon Street" (close to the present-day {{stl|LUL|Farringdon}} 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 [[Listed building|Grade II-listed]] in January 1987.<ref>London Underground Station Heritage Board, retrieved 10 January 2013{{full citation needed|date=January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|num=1213650|desc=Great Portland Street Underground Station|access-date=28 September 2015}}</ref>

The station lies at the northern end of Great Portland Street – a main road which marks the border between [[Marylebone]] and [[Fitzrovia]].<ref>{{cite web |work=Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association |title=About us |url=http://fitzrovia.org.uk/about/ |access-date=10 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531180308/http://fitzrovia.org.uk/about/ |archive-date=31 May 2014 |url-status=live |date=2 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Marylebone Association Constitution |url=http://www.marylebone.org/images/docs/Marylebone_Association_Constitution.pdf |date=14 May 1996 |access-date=10 May 2014 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Regent's Park tube station|Regent's Park station]], which is served by [[Bakerloo line]], is within walking distance to the west of the station; however, [[Oyster card#Out-of-station interchange|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 [[Roundabout|gyratory]] around Great Portland Street Underground Station as one where public realm improvements and traffic calming should be made.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fitzwest.org/wordpress/uncategorized/oxford-street/|title=PEDESTRIANISATION OF OXFORD STREET {{!}} FitzWest|last=Fitzrovia West Neighbourhood Forum|date=2017-05-06|website=fitzwest.org|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615142125/http://fitzwest.org/wordpress/uncategorized/oxford-street/|archive-date=15 June 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-06-15}}</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 tube station|Baker Street]] to the west and [[Euston Square tube station|Euston Square]] to the east. All three lines share the same pair of tracks from Baker Street Junction to [[Aldgate tube station|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">{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-34-circle-and-hammersmith-and-city.pdf|title=Circle and Hammersmith & City line WTT|website=Transport for London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111061516/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-34-circle-and-hammersmith-and-city.pdf|archive-date=11 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</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">{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-339-metropolitan.pdf|title=Metropolitan line WTT|website=Transport for London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701094033/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-339-metropolitan.pdf|archive-date=1 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</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

{{Adjacent stations|system= London Underground|noclear=y
  |line1=Circle|left1=Baker Street|right1=Euston Square|type1=section 1
  |line2=Hammersmith & City|left2=Baker Street|right2=Euston Square
  |line3=Metropolitan|left3=Baker Street|right3=Euston Square|to-right3=Aldgate
|header4=Former services
  |line4=Metropolitan|left4=Baker Street|right4=Euston Square|to-left4=Hammersmith|to-right4=Barking|note-mid4=[[Metropolitan Railway#Hammersmith & City Railway|Hammersmith branch]] (1864–1990)
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=180>
File:Great Portland Street Tube Station 2011.jpg|Station as seen from above looking north
File:Tube150 - Metropolitan Railway No. 1 Steam Train at Great Portland Street Tube Station.jpg|Original Metropolitan Steam Train passes through Great Portland Street Station
File:Great Portland Street stn roundel.JPG|Station roundel
File:Marylebone Toll Gate at Great Portland Street in 1790.jpg|View of station location circa 1790
File:Great Portland Street Underground Station Tunnel Entrance Sept2011.jpg|Station tunnel running under Marylebone Road
File:Metropolitan Underground Railway stations.jpg|Shown as the Metropolitan Railway's Portland Road Station in 1862
File:Thomas-crane-portland-road-1883- great-portland-street.jpg|Thomas Crane's 1883 poster of Portland Road Station
File:Portland Road Underground Station 1862.jpg|Trial 1862 train journey passing Portland Road station.
</gallery>

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