Edgware Road | |
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Location of Edgware Road in Central London
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Location | Edgware Road |
Local authority | City of Westminster |
Managed by | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Fare zone | 1 |
OSI | Marylebone |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2012 | 6.31 million |
2013 | 8.19 million |
2014 | 7.33 million |
2015 | 7.21 million |
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1863 | Opened |
Other information | |
Lists of stations | |
WGS84 | 51°31′12″N 0°10′04″W / 51.52°N 0.167778°WCoordinates: 51°31′12″N 0°10′04″W / 51.52°N 0.167778°W |
Edgware Road is a London Underground station on the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines, located on the corner of Chapel Street and Cabbell Street, within Travelcard zone 1. A separate station of the same name but served by the Bakerloo line is located about 150 metres away on the opposite side of Marylebone Road.
There have been proposals in the past to rename one of the Edgware Road stations to avoid confusion. Neither of them should be confused with the Edgware tube station on the Northern line.
This station was part of the world's first underground railway when it was opened as part of the Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Farringdon on 10 January 1863.
It was the site of one of the 7 July 2005 London bombings. Mohammad Sidique Khan detonated a bomb at about 8:50am, on board a westbound Circle line train as it was leaving the station, killing six passengers.
The station was used in New Tricks series 8 episode called End of the Line which aired in 2011.
The station lies in a cutting open to the atmosphere, not in a tunnel. The station serves the cut-and-cover routes of the Hammersmith & City, Circle and District lines, forming the northern terminus for the District line's service to Wimbledon. All District line trains terminate at Wimbledon; passengers must change at Earl's Court for Ealing Broadway and Richmond.