Location Little Venice Managed by London Underground 2012 4.31 million Phone +44 343 222 1234 Number of platforms 2 London borough City of Westminster | Local authority Fare zone 2 2013 4.62 million 31 January 1915 Opened Original company London Electric Railway Architect Stanley Heaps | |
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Address Warwick Ave, London W9 2PT, UK Similar Maida Vale tube station, Kilburn Park tube station, London Underground, Edgware Road tube station, Maida Vale | ||
Historic london underground stations warwick avenue tube station 1
Warwick Avenue (/ˈwɔːrɪk/ WAR-rick) is a London Underground station near Little Venice in inner north-west London. The station is on the Bakerloo line, between Paddington and Maida Vale stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
Contents
- Historic london underground stations warwick avenue tube station 1
- Warwick avenue tube station
- History
- Location and layout
- Connections
- In popular culture
- References
Warwick avenue tube station
History
Warwick Avenue opened on 31 January 1915 on the Bakerloo tube's extension from Paddington to Queen's Park.
The ticket hall and its ticket machines were destroyed by fire overnight on 17 September 1985, causing the station to be closed for the day.
Location and layout
The station is located at the junction of Warwick Avenue, Warrington Crescent and Clifton Gardens. For a time prior to its opening, the proposed name for the station was Warrington Crescent.
There is no surface building and the station is accessed by two sets of steps to a sub-surface ticket hall. It was one of the first London Underground stations built specifically to use escalators rather than lifts. A plain, utilitarian brick ventilation shaft has been built on the traffic island in the middle of the road to improve ventilation of the tunnels.
Connections
London Bus Routes 6, 46, 187 and 414 serve the station.
A regular waterbus service runs from nearby Little Venice along the Regent's Canal; during the summer months boats depart hourly towards London Zoo and Camden Lock.
In popular culture
The song "Warwick Avenue" by Welsh singer Duffy makes reference to the station.