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Earl's Court station

Earl's Court London Underground
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Eastern station entrance
Earl's Court is located in Central London
Earl's Court
Earl's Court
Location of Earl's Court in Central London
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 Increase 21.03 million
2013 Increase 21.27 million
2014 Increase 22.01 million
2015 Decrease 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°W / 51.4913; -0.1947Coordinates: 51°29′29″N 0°11′41″W / 51.4913°N 0.1947°W / 51.4913; -0.1947
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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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