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Warwick Avenue tube station

Warwick Avenue London Underground
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Warwick Avenue is located in Central London
Warwick Avenue
Warwick Avenue
Location of Warwick Avenue in Central London
Location Little Venice
Local authority City of Westminster
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012 Increase 4.31 million
2013 Increase 4.62 million
2014 Decrease 4.51 million
2015 Decrease 4.50 million
Railway companies
Original company London Electric Railway
Key dates
31 January 1915 (1915-01-31) Opened
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WGS84 51°31′24″N 0°11′01″W / 51.523270°N 0.183677°W / 51.523270; -0.183677Coordinates: 51°31′24″N 0°11′01″W / 51.523270°N 0.183677°W / 51.523270; -0.183677
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Warwick Avenue is a London Underground station near Little Venice in inner north-west London. The station is on the Bakerloo line, between Paddington and Maida Vale stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.

Warwick Avenue opened on 31 January 1915 on the Bakerloo tube's extension from Paddington to Queen's Park.

The ticket hall and its ticket machines were destroyed by fire overnight on 17 September 1985, causing the station to be closed for the day.

The station is located at the junction of Warwick Avenue, Warrington Crescent and Clifton Gardens. For a time prior to its opening, the proposed name for the station was Warrington Crescent.

There is no surface building and the station is accessed by two sets of steps to a sub-surface ticket hall. It was one of the first London Underground stations built specifically to use escalators rather than lifts. A plain, utilitarian brick ventilation shaft has been built on the traffic island in the middle of the road to improve ventilation of the tunnels.

London Bus Routes 6, 46, 187 and 414 serve the station.

A regular waterbus service runs from nearby Little Venice along the Regent's Canal; during the summer months boats depart hourly towards London Zoo and Camden Lock.

The song "Warwick Avenue" by Welsh singer Duffy makes reference to the station.

Northbound platform looking south


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