Sloane Square tube station
Sloane Square 
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Entrance on Sloane Square
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 Sloane Square
Location of Sloane Square in Central London
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| Location | Sloane Square |
| Local authority | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2012 |
 16.51 million |
| 2013 |
16.56 million |
| 2014 |
16.76 million |
| 2015 |
17.20 million |
| Key dates | |
| 24 December 1868 | Opened (DR) |
| 1 February 1872 | Started "Outer Circle" (NLR) |
| 1 August 1872 | Started "Middle Circle" (H&CR/DR) |
| 30 June 1900 | Ended "Middle Circle" |
| 31 December 1908 | Ended "Outer Circle" |
| Other information | |
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| WGS84 | 51°29′33″N 0°09′24″W / 51.4925°N 0.1566°WCoordinates: 51°29′33″N 0°09′24″W / 51.4925°N 0.1566°W |
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Sloane Square is a London Underground station in Sloane Square (Chelsea, district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea). It is served by the District and Circle lines, between South Kensington and Victoria stations and is in Travelcard Zone 1.
The entrance to the station is on the east side of Sloane Square (A3217). It is adjacent to the Royal Court Theatre and is the nearest station for Kings Road shopping, the Peter Jones department store and the Cadogan Hall.
The station was opened on 24 December 1868 by the District Railway (DR, now the District line) when the company opened the first section of its line between South Kensington and Westminster stations.
The construction of the station was complicated by the crossing of the site by the River Westbourne which ran through Hyde Park as the Serpentine Lake and was originally crossed by the Knight's Bridge at Knightsbridge. The River was carried above the platform in a large iron pipe suspended from girders. It remains in place today.
The DR connected to the Metropolitan Railway (MR, later the Metropolitan line) at South Kensington and, although the two companies were rivals, each company operated its trains over the others tracks in a joint service known as the "Inner Circle".
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