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) Former Hyde Park Corner station building | |
)  Hyde Park Corner Location of Hyde Park Corner in Central London | |
| Location | Hyde Park Corner |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2015 |  7.44 million[1] |
| 2016 |  6.31 million[1] |
| 2017 | 5.54 million[1] |
| 2018 | 6.40 million[2] |
| 2019 | 4.44 million[3] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 15 December 1906 | Station opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| WGS84 | 51°30′10″N 0°09′10″W / 51.50278°N 0.15278°W |
Hyde Park Corner is a London Underground station near Hyde Park Corner in Hyde Park. It is in Travelcard Zone 1, between Knightsbridge and Green Park on the Piccadilly line.
History
The station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906.[4] It was the connecting station between the two original companies, the London United Railway and the Piccadilly and City Railway, who amalgamated after Parliament demanded the entire line from Hammersmith to Finsbury Park should be built as one scheme.[5]
The original, Leslie Green-designed station building still remains to the south of the road junction, notable by its ox-blood coloured tiles; it was until June 2010 used as a pizza restaurant, and since 14 December 2012 it has been the Wellesley Hotel. The building was taken out of use when the station was provided with escalators in place of lifts and a new sub-surface ticket hall that came into use on 23 May 1932 [6] although an emergency stairway provides a connection to the platforms. The lift shafts are now used to provide ventilation. The 1932 station had showcases inset to the walls that showed a series of dioramas depicting the development of the London bus – long gone, some of the scale models survive in the LT Museum Collections.[6]
When the station was rebuilt with escalators the adjacent little-used station at Down Street to the east (towards Green Park) was taken out of use.[7]
Present day
It is one of the few stations which have no associated buildings above ground, the station being fully underground. The current entrance to the station is accessed from within the pedestrian underpass system around the Hyde Park Corner junction.
When the central section of the Piccadilly line is closed, the station becomes the terminus of the western part due to the crossover tunnel to the east of the station.
Connections
- London Buses routes 2, 9, 13, 14, 16, 19, 22, 23, 36, 38, 52, 74, 137, 148, 390, 414 and night routes N9, N16, N19, N22, N38 and N74 serve the station.
- Green Line Coaches routes 701 and 702 serve the station.
Image gallery
Westbound platform looking east
Eastbound platform looking west
Decorative tiling
Platform roundel
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References
Citations
- ^ a b c "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Horne 2007, p. 19.
- ^ Horne 2007, p. 12.
- ^ a b Croome, Desmond F.; Jackson, Alan A. (1993). Rails through the Clay. London. p. 198.
- ^ Horne 2007, p. 93.
Sources
- Horne, Mike (2007). The Piccadilly Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 978-1-85414-305-1.
| Preceding station | .svg.png){kind=small} London Underground | Following station | ||
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| Piccadilly line | towards Cockfosters | |||
| Former Route | ||||
| Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
towards Hammersmith | Piccadilly line 1907–32 | towards Finsbury Park | ||