Swiss Cottage tube station
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Swiss Cottage is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage, north London. It is on the Jubilee line, between Finchley Road and St John's Wood stations. It lies in Travelcard Zone 2 and is located at the junction of Finchley Road, Avenue Road and College Crescent. The station is a local station, with the Metropolitan Line bypassing the station nearby.
History
The station was opened on 20 November 1939, on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road stations when the Metropolitan line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo line. It is named after a nearby pub built in 1803–4, originally called The Swiss Tavern and later renamed Swiss Cottage.
The new station initially operated as part of a combined station with the Metropolitan line's adjacent sub-surface Swiss Cottage station (platforms 1 and 2 were Metropolitan line and 3 and 4 were Bakerloo line), but the Metropolitan line station was closed on 17 August 1940. The Bakerloo line station was subsequently transferred—along with the rest of the Stanmore branch—to the Jubilee line when it opened on 1 May 1979.
The station was used extensively during The Blitz of World War II as an air raid shelter.[6]
Connections
London Buses routes 13, 31, 46, 113, 187, 268, 603 and C11 and night routes N28, N31 and N113 serve the station.
Gallery
- Northbound platform looking south
- Southbound platform looking north
- Station platform roundel
- Station southwestern entrance looking towards 100 Avenue Road
- The roundel for the northern entrance to Swiss Cottage
References
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Hart, Valerie; Marshall, Lesley, eds. (1983). Wartime Camden: Life in Camden During the First and Second World Wars. Libraries and Arts Department. London Borough of Camden. p. 24. ISBN 9780901389404.
External links
- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
- Subway entrance to station, 1953
- Platform, 1946
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
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Finchley Road towards Stanmore | Jubilee line | St John's Wood towards Stratford | ||
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Finchley Road towards Stanmore | Bakerloo line Stanmore branch (1939–1979) | St John's Wood towards Elephant & Castle |
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- Canons Park
- Queensbury
- Kingsbury
- Wembley Park
- Neasden
- Dollis Hill
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- West Hampstead
- Finchley Road
- Swiss Cottage
- St John's Wood
- Baker Street
- Bond Street
- Green Park
- Westminster
- Waterloo
- Southwark ( Waterloo East)
- London Bridge
- Bermondsey
- Canada Water
- Canary Wharf
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