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Swiss Cottage tube station

Swiss Cottage London Underground
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Eastern entrance
Swiss Cottage is located in Greater London
Swiss Cottage
Swiss Cottage
Location of Swiss Cottage in Greater London
Location Swiss Cottage
Local authority London Borough of Camden
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012 Increase 7.53 million
2013 Increase 7.83 million
2014 Decrease 7.28 million
2015 Increase 7.71 million
Railway companies
Original company London Passenger Transport Board
Key dates
20 November 1939 Station opened (Bakerloo line)
1 May 1979 Bakerloo service replaced by Jubilee line
Other information
Lists of stations
WGS84 51°32′35″N 0°10′29″W / 51.5431°N 0.1747°W / 51.5431; -0.1747Coordinates: 51°32′35″N 0°10′29″W / 51.5431°N 0.1747°W / 51.5431; -0.1747
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Swiss Cottage is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage, north London. It is on the Jubilee line, between Finchley Road and St. John's Wood stations. It lies in Travelcard Zone 2 and is located at the junction of Finchley Road, Avenue Road and College Crescent.

The station was opened on 20 November 1939, on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road stations when the Metropolitan line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo line. It is named after a nearby pub built in 1803–4, originally called The Swiss Tavern and later renamed Swiss Cottage.

The new station initially operated as part of a combined station with the Metropolitan line's adjacent sub-surface Swiss Cottage station (platforms 1 and 2 were Metropolitan line and 3 and 4 were Bakerloo line), but the Metropolitan line station was closed on 17 August 1940. The Bakerloo line station was subsequently transferred—along with the rest of the Stanmore branch—to the Jubilee line when it opened on 1 May 1979.

London Buses routes 13, 31, 46, 113, 187, 268, 603 and C11 and night routes N28, N31 and N113 serve the station.


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