Summary
Warwick Avenue (/ˈwɒrɪk/ WORR-ik) is a London Underground station in Little Venice in the City of Westminster in northwest London. The station is on the Bakerloo line, between Paddington and Maida Vale stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.
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| 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 | |
| 2018 |  3.99 million[1] |
| 2019 |  4.00 million[2] |
| 2020 | 1.68 million[3] |
| 2021 | 1.67 million[4] |
| 2022 | 2.87 million[5] |
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| Original company | London Electric Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 31 January 1915 | Opened |
| Other information | |
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| WGS84 | 51°31′24″N 0°11′01″W / 51.523270°N 0.183677°W |
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History edit
Warwick Avenue opened on 31 January 1915 on the Bakerloo tube's extension from Paddington to Queen's Park.[6]
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.[7]
Location and layout edit
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.[8]
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.[9] 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.
Connections edit
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.
In popular culture edit
The song "Warwick Avenue" by British singer Duffy makes reference to the station.[10]
Gallery edit
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Northbound platform looking south -
Southbound platform looking north -
Ticket office (now closed) -
Ventilation tower
References edit
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4.
- ^ "London Underground Ltd and Rapid Transit: Warwick Avenue Blaze". Journal of the Transport Ticket Society (266). Luton: Transport Ticket Society: 78. February 1986. ISSN 0144-347X.
- ^ Harris, Cyril M. (2006) [1977]. What's in a name?. Capital Transport. p. 74. ISBN 1-85414-241-0.
- ^ The first escalator on the Underground was installed at Earl's Court in 1911. The first station built specifically for escalators was the new Central line station at Liverpool Street in 1912. All deep-tube stations built after 1913 were built with escalators – Wolmar, Christian (2004). "Beginning to Make Sense". The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. Atlantic Books. pp. 205–206. ISBN 1-84354-023-1.
- ^ "10 Great Songs about London". The London Helicopter. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
External links edit
- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
- Top of escalators, circa 1915
- Warwick Avenue station, south-west subway entrance, 1933
- Warwick Avenue station, north-east subway entrance, 1933
- Ventilation shaft, 1975
- Lower concourse between platforms, 2006
| Preceding station |  London Underground
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Following station | ||
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| Maida Vale towards Harrow & Wealdstone
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Bakerloo line | Paddington towards Elephant & Castle
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