North Greenwich tube station
North Greenwich 
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 North Greenwich
Location of North Greenwich in Greater London
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| Location | Greenwich Peninsula |
| Local authority | Royal Borough of Greenwich |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Owner | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 2 and 3 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2012 |
 24.17 million |
| 2013 |
 22.40 million |
| 2014 |
24.27 million |
| 2015 |
26.38 million |
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| Original company | London Regional Transport |
| Key dates | |
| 14 May 1999 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°30′02″N 0°00′13″E / 51.500556°N 0.003611°ECoordinates: 51°30′02″N 0°00′13″E / 51.500556°N 0.003611°E |
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North Greenwich is a London Underground station served by the Jubilee line. Despite its name, it is not in the area historically known as North Greenwich, on the Isle of Dogs, north of the River Thames; an entirely different North Greenwich station used to be there, between 1872 and 1926. It is actually closer to Charlton than to Greenwich, however, it is at the northernmost tip of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, which perhaps provides the best explanation of the name.
The tube station was opened in 1999. It is adjacent to The O2 (formerly the Millennium Dome) at the northern end of the Greenwich Peninsula, on the south bank of the Thames.
It lies between Canary Wharf and Canning Town on the Jubilee line, in Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.
Opened on 14 May 1999, North Greenwich is one of the largest stations on the Jubilee line, capable of handling around 20,000 passengers a hour, having been designed to cope with the large number of visitors expected at the Millennium Dome (now The O2).
The track at North Greenwich was designed to facilitate a branch of the line from this station. A branch towards Thamesmead was planned; however this has not been developed beyond the initial proposal, and is not currently in Transport for London's investment programme.
The track layout allows trains from both Stanmore and Stratford to terminate at North Greenwich. A number of trains from Stanmore terminate here during peak and off-peak times, and enter platform 2 instead of the usual platform 3. Trains head back towards central London from platform 2. During times of disruption and engineering work, trains from and back to Stratford can be routed into and out of platform 2.
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