Belsize Park tube station

Belsize Park

Belsize Park Location of Belsize Park in Greater London
Location	Belsize Park
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	5.75 million^[1]
2012	5.81 million^[1]
2013	5.84 million^[1]
2014	5.93 million^[1]
Railway companies
Original company	Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway
Key dates
22 June 1907	Station opened
Listed status
Listing grade	II
Entry number	1401089^[2]
Added to list	20 July 2011
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portal

Belsize Park is a London Underground station in Belsize Park, north-west London. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Chalk Farm and Hampstead stations, and is in fare zone 2. It stands at the northern end of Haverstock Hill. In July 2011 it became a Grade II listed building.^[3]

The Royal Free Hospital is located a short distance to the north of the station.

History 1
Deep-level air-raid shelter 2
Connections 3
References 4
Gallery 5
External links 6

History

Station entrance in 1960

The station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway as an intermediate station on its line from Charing Cross to Golders Green. It is served by three lifts which descend 33.2 m (108 ft 10 in) to the platforms. There are 219 steps. The station was designed by Leslie Green and has his familiar facade of ox-blood faience with four round arched windows. It remained largely untouched until the late 1980s when the lifts were replaced and a new ticketing system installed.

Deep-level air-raid shelter

Belsize Park deep level shelter

Belsize Park is one of eight London Underground stations which have deep-level air-raid shelters underneath them.^[4] The shelter was constructed in World War II to provide safe accommodation for service personnel. Entrances to the shelter are at the junction of Haverstock Hill and Downside Crescent and off Haverstock Hill.

Connections

London Buses routes 168 and C11 and night route N5 serve the station.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data.
^
^ "16 London Underground Stations Listed At Grade II". English Heritage. 26 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14.
^ Emmerson, Andrew; Beard, Tony (2004). London's Secret Tubes. London: Capital Transport Publishing.

Gallery

Northbound platform looking north
Southbound platform looking south
Roundel on northbound platform
Original tiling on northbound platform

External links

"Photographic Archive". London Transport Museum. Archived from the original on 2008-03-18.
- Station exterior, 1925
- Ticket hall, 1927
"Visit to Belsize Park deep level shelter". Subterranea Britannica. Archived from the original on 2001-06-05.

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Hampstead towards Edgware		Northern line		Chalk Farm towards Morden or Kennington

Northern line

Stations

High Barnet branch	High Barnet Totteridge & Whetstone Woodside Park West Finchley Mill Hill East Finchley Central East Finchley Highgate Archway Tufnell Park Kentish Town Camden Town

Edgware branch	Edgware Burnt Oak Colindale Hendon Central Brent Cross Golders Green Hampstead Belsize Park Chalk Farm Camden Town

Charing Cross branch	Camden Town Mornington Crescent Euston Warren Street Goodge Street Tottenham Court Road Leicester Square Charing Cross Embankment Waterloo Kennington

Bank branch	Camden Town Euston King's Cross St. Pancras Angel Old Street Bank London Bridge Borough Elephant & Castle (100m)

Morden line	Kennington Oval Stockwell Clapham North Clapham Common Clapham South Balham Tooting Bec Tooting Broadway Colliers Wood South Wimbledon Morden

Future extension to Battersea	Kennington Nine Elms Battersea

Rolling stock

Present stock	1995 Stock

Former stock	1906 Stock 1938 Stock 1949 Stock 1956 Stock 1959 Stock 1962 Stock 1972 Stock Standard Stock

History

Former companies	City and South London Railway Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway Edgware, Highgate and London Railway Underground Electric Railways Company of London

Former lines	Northern City Line

Former stations	City Road King William Street South Kentish Town

Abandoned plans	Northern Heights plan Aldenham depot Alexandra Palace Brockley Hill Bushey Heath Cranley Gardens Crouch End Elstree South Mill Hill Muswell Hill North End Stroud Green

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Belsize Park tube station