Great Portland Street tube station
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Great Portland Street station is a London Underground stop between Baker Street and Euston Square stations. It lies on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. Great Portland Street station is listed as a building of National Significance and is in Travelcard Zone 1.[6]
Great Portland Street  | |
|---|---|
 Station as seen from above looking north towards Regents Place | |
  Great Portland Street Location of Great Portland Street in Central London | |
| Location | Great Portland Street |
| Local authority | City of Westminster |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2019 |  7.97 million[1] |
| 2020 |  2.64 million[2] |
| 2021 | 2.69 million[3] |
| 2022 | 5.16 million[4] |
| 2023 | 5.35 million[5] |
| Key dates | |
| 10 January 1863 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51.5238°N 0.1438°W |
 London transport portal | |
The station was part of the world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, which opened between "Bishop's Road" (now Paddington) on the Hammersmith & City line and "Farringdon Street" (close to the present-day Farringdon station). It was opened on 10 January 1863 as "Portland Road", changed to its present name on 1 March 1917 but was renamed "Great Portland Street and Regents Park" in 1923 and then reverted to its present name in 1933.[7] 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.[8]
The station lies at the northern end of Great Portland Street – a main road which marks the border between Marylebone and Fitzrovia.[9][10]
The local neighbourhood plan identified the gyratory around Great Portland Street Underground Station as one where public realm improvements and traffic calming should be made.[11]
The station is served by the Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City and Circle lines, between Euston Square in the east and Baker Street to the west. 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:[12]
- 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:[12]
- 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:[13]
- 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:[13]
- 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
| Preceding station |  London Underground |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Street towards Hammersmith |
Circle line | Euston Square | ||
| Hammersmith & City line | Euston Square towards Barking | |||
| Baker Street | Metropolitan line | Euston Square towards Aldgate | ||
| Former services | ||||
| Baker Street towards Hammersmith |
Metropolitan line Hammersmith branch (1864–1990) |
Euston Square towards Barking | ||
The station is served by London Buses day and night routes.
Station as seen from above looking north
Original Metropolitan Steam Train passes through Great Portland Street Station
Platform roundel
View of station location circa 1790
Station tunnel running under Marylebone Road
Shown as the Metropolitan Railway's Portland Road Station in 1862
Thomas Crane's 1883 poster of Portland Road Station
Trial 1862 train journey passing Portland Road station.
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