Great Portland Street tube station

For the road Great Portland Street, see Great Portland Street.

Great Portland Street is a London Underground station in Great Portland Street, London. It is on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines between Baker Street and Euston Square stations, and is located in Travelcard Zone 1. The station is a Grade II listed building. It is also 190 metres (210 yd) east of Regent's Park tube station on the same arterial road.

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 (1863-01-10)	Opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51.5238°N 0.1438°W / 51.5238; -0.1438
London transport portal

History

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, was renamed "Great Portland Street and Regents Park" in 1923 and then reverted to its current name in 1933.^[6] 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.^[7][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] Regent's Park station, which is served by Bakerloo line, is within walking distance to the west of the station; however, 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 gyratory around Great Portland Street Underground Station as one where public realm improvements and traffic calming should be made.^[11]

Services

Great Portland Street station is on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines in London fare zone 1. It is between Baker Street to the west and Euston Square to the east. 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 towards Edgware Road via Aldgate
		Hammersmith & City line		Euston Square towards Barking
Baker Street towards Uxbridge, Amersham, Chesham or Watford		Metropolitan line		Euston Square towards Aldgate
Former services
Baker Street towards Hammersmith		Metropolitan line Hammersmith branch (1864–1990)		Euston Square towards Barking

Connections

The station is served by London Buses day and night routes.

Gallery

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  Station as seen from above looking north
• 
  Original Metropolitan Steam Train passes through Great Portland Street Station
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  Station roundel
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  View of station location circa 1790
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  Station tunnel running under Marylebone Road
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  Shown as the Metropolitan Railway's Portland Road Station in 1862
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  Thomas Crane's 1883 poster of Portland Road Station
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  Trial 1862 train journey passing Portland Road station.