St John's Wood tube station

Italic

For the station known as St Johns Wood from 1925 to 1939, see Lord's tube station.

St John's Wood

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Location	St John's Wood
Local authority	Westminster
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2007	increase 6.651 million
2008	increase 6.660 million
2009	decrease 6.523 million
Original company	London Passenger Transport Board
20 November 1939	Station opened
1 May 1979	Bakerloo Line service replaced by Jubilee Line
Lists of stations	*DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
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St John's Wood tube station is a London Underground station at St John's Wood. It is on the Jubilee Line, between Swiss Cottage and Baker Street. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station is a Grade II listed building.

History

The station was opened on 20 November 1939 on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road when the Metropolitan Line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo Line. It was transferred along with the rest of the Stanmore branch to the Jubilee Line when it opened in 1979.

With the opening of St John's Wood station, two nearby stations on the Metropolitan Line were closed. These were Lord's (which had originally been opened in 1868 as St John's Wood Road) and Marlborough Road.

The station building is located on the corner of Acacia Road and Finchley Road and tube maps from late 1938 and early 1939 indicate that it was originally to be given the name Acacia Road or Acacia. This station is the nearest one to Lord's Cricket Ground and Abbey Road Studios. For this reason Beatles memorabilia are sold at the station.

The platform design remains the same as when opened in 1939, and was designed by Harold Stabler. In 2006 the tiles were cleaned up and replaced.

Popular culture

The station is supposedly famous as the only London Underground station whose name does not have a common letter with the word "mackerel". The station also appeared in the music video for "Bedsitter" by Soft Cell.Template:Cn

Transport links

London bus routes 13, 46, 82, 113, 139, 187, 189 night routes N13 and N113.

Gallery

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Station roundel (September 2008)

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Station entrance (September 2006)

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Southbound platform (September 2006)

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Abbey Road Cafe outside tube stop (May 2006)

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Way out sign at the bottom of the escalators(March 2007)

External links

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• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
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Terminus		{{{{{system}}} lines|{{{line}}}}}		Terminus
Swiss Cottage towards [[Template:S-line/LUL left/Jubilee tube station|Template:S-line/LUL left/Jubilee]]		Jubilee line		Baker Street towards [[Template:S-line/LUL right/Jubilee tube station|Template:S-line/LUL right/Jubilee]]
		Former services
Swiss Cottage towards [[Template:S-line/LUL left/Bakerloo tube station|Template:S-line/LUL left/Bakerloo]]		Bakerloo line Stanmore branch (1939-1979)		Baker Street towards [[Template:S-line/LUL right/Bakerloo tube station|Template:S-line/LUL right/Bakerloo]]

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