Earl's Court station
Earl's Court 
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Eastern station entrance
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 Earl's Court
Location of Earl's Court in Central London
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| Location | Earls Court |
| Local authority | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 6 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 1 and 2 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2012 |
 21.03 million |
| 2013 |
21.27 million |
| 2014 |
22.01 million |
| 2015 |
 20.50 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1869 | Tracks opened (DR) |
| 1871 | First station opened (DR) |
| 1872 | Opened Olympia extension (DR) |
| 1872 | Started "Outer Circle" (NLR) |
| 1872 | Started "Middle Circle" (H&CR/DR) |
| 1874 | Opened Hammersmith extension (DR) |
| 1878 | Station moved (DR) |
| 1878 | Started "Super Outer Circle" (Midland) |
| 1880 | Ended "Super Outer Circle" |
| 1905 | Ended "Middle Circle" |
| 1906 | Opened (GNP&BR) |
| 1940 | Ended Willesden shuttle |
| 1946 | Restarted to Kensington (Olympia) |
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| WGS84 | 51°29′29″N 0°11′41″W / 51.4913°N 0.1947°WCoordinates: 51°29′29″N 0°11′41″W / 51.4913°N 0.1947°W |
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Earl's Court is a London Underground station on the District and Piccadilly lines. The station is in both fare zones 1 and 2. The station is located in the Earl's Court area of central London, between Earl's Court Road and Warwick Road (both part of A3220).
On the Piccadilly line the station is between Barons Court and Gloucester Road. It is the major junction of the District line, with West Brompton, Kensington (Olympia) and West Kensington to the west, High Street Kensington to the north and Gloucester Road to the east.
The Earl's Court train crew depot is situated within the station buildings towards the Warwick Road side of the station, it includes booking-on point, mess room and canteen facilities. There are train stabling roads below nearby Hogart Road.
On 12 April 1869, the District Railway (DR, now the District line) opened tracks through Earl's Court as part of a south-westward extension from its station at Gloucester Road to West Brompton where the DR opened an interchange with the West London Extension Joint Railway (WLEJR, now the West London Line). At its opening, the extension had no intermediate station.
The 1870s was a busy decade for the DR. On 3 July 1871 the DR opened a northward link from the West Brompton branch which connected to the Inner Circle (now the Circle line) south of High Street Kensington. Shortly afterwards, on 30 October 1871, the DR opened its first station at Earl's Court.
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