Swiss Cottage tube station
Swiss Cottage  | |
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 Eastern entrance | |
  Swiss Cottage Location of Swiss Cottage in Greater London | |
| Location | Swiss Cottage |
| Local authority | London Borough of Camden |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2019 |  7.13 million[1] |
| 2020 |  2.89 million[2] |
| 2021 | 3.00 million[3] |
| 2022 | 4.94 million[4] |
| 2023 | 5.24 million[5] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | London Passenger Transport Board |
| Key dates | |
| 20 November 1939 | Station opened (Bakerloo line) |
| 1 May 1979 | Bakerloo service replaced by Jubilee line |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°32′35″N 0°10′29″W / 51.54306°N 0.17472°W |
 London transport portal | |
Swiss Cottage is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage, north London. It is on the Jubilee line, between Finchley Road and St John's Wood stations. It lies in Travelcard Zone 2 and is located at the junction of Finchley Road, Avenue Road and College Crescent. The station is a local station, with the Metropolitan Line bypassing the station nearby.
History
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The station was opened on 20 November 1939, on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road stations when the Metropolitan line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo line. It is named after a nearby pub built in 1803–4, originally called The Swiss Tavern and later renamed Swiss Cottage.
The new station initially operated as part of a combined station with the Metropolitan line's adjacent sub-surface Swiss Cottage station (platforms 1 and 2 were Metropolitan line and 3 and 4 were Bakerloo line), but the Metropolitan line station was closed on 17 August 1940. The Bakerloo line station was subsequently transferred—along with the rest of the Stanmore branch—to the Jubilee line when it opened on 1 May 1979.
The station was used extensively during The Blitz of World War II as an air raid shelter.[6]
Connections
[edit]London Buses routes 13, 31, 46, 113, 187, 268, 603 and C11 and night routes N28, N31 and N113 serve the station.
Gallery
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Northbound platform looking south -
Southbound platform looking north -
Station platform roundel -
Station southwestern entrance looking towards 100 Avenue Road -
The roundel for the northern entrance to Swiss Cottage
References
[edit]- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- ^ Hart, Valerie; Marshall, Lesley, eds. (1983). Wartime Camden: Life in Camden During the First and Second World Wars. Libraries and Arts Department. London Borough of Camden. p. 24. ISBN 9780901389404.
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