St James's Park tube station
St. James's Park 
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Entrance from Petty France
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 St. James's Park
Location of St. James's Park in Central London
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| Location | St. James's Park |
| Local authority | City of Westminster |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2012 |
 14.26 million |
| 2013 |
14.73 million |
| 2014 |
15.73 million |
| 2015 |
 15.70 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1868 | Opened (DR) |
| 1872 | Started "Outer Circle" (NLR) |
| 1872 | Started "Middle Circle" (H&CR/DR) |
| 1900 | Ended "Middle Circle" |
| 1908 | Ended "Outer Circle" |
| 1949 | Started (Circle line) |
| Listed status | |
| Listing grade | I |
| Entry number | 1219790 |
| Added to list | 9 January 1970 |
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| WGS84 | 51°29′58″N 0°08′04″W / 51.4994°N 0.1344°WCoordinates: 51°29′58″N 0°08′04″W / 51.4994°N 0.1344°W |
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St. James's Park is a London Underground station near St. James's Park in the City of Westminster, central London. It is served by the District and Circle lines and is between Victoria and Westminster stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.
The station building is incorporated into 55 Broadway, the headquarters of London Underground Ltd and has entrances from Broadway, Petty France and Palmer Street. The station is close to New Scotland Yard and several government offices. The station is not wheelchair accessible.
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 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 other's tracks in a joint service known as the "Inner Circle".
On 1 February 1872, the DR opened a northbound branch from its station at Earl's Court to connect to the West London Extension Joint Railway (WLEJR, now the West London Line) which it connected to at Addison Road (now Kensington (Olympia)). From that date the "Outer Circle" service began running over the DR's tracks. The service was run by the North London Railway (NLR) from its terminus at Broad Street (now demolished) close to Liverpool Street station in the City of London via the North London Line to Willesden Junction, then the West London Line to Addison Road and the DR to Mansion House, the new eastern terminus of the DR.
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