Leicester Square tube station
Leicester Square Theatreland and Chinatown | |
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Local authority | City of Westminster |
Managed by | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Fare zone | 1 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2018 | 35.07 million[1] |
2019 | 34.56 million[2] |
2020 | 3.95 million[3] |
2021 | 16.35 million[4] |
2022 | 29.39 million[5] |
Railway companies | |
Original company | Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway |
Key dates | |
15 December 1906 | GNP&B station opened |
22 June 1907 | CCE&H station opened |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51°30′41″N 0°07′41″W / 51.51139°N 0.12806°W |
London transport portal |
Leicester Square is a
The station is on the Charing Cross branch of the
History
On early Tube plans, the station was listed as Cranbourn Street, but the present name was used by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway when the station opened on 15 December 1906.[6]
Like other stations on the original sections of the Piccadilly and Northern lines, the station was originally constructed with
The escalators down to the Piccadilly line (the longest in the world when opened in 1935) [8] were the longest on the entire Underground network, being 54 m (177 ft) in length, until the rebuilding and reopening of Angel in 1992, which overtook Leicester Square with its 60 m (197 ft) escalators.[9]
Offices above the red terracotta station building on the east side of Charing Cross Road were once occupied by the Northern line management staff but now have other functions in addition to the Northern line management, with Piccadilly line management and support functions on the first floor including a training centre. The building, known as Transad House, was occupied in its early years by the publishers of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and an image of cricket stumps appears above a doorway.
On all four platforms, film sprockets are painted down the entire length and on the top and bottom of the display area (blue on the Piccadilly line platforms, and black on the Northern line platforms), in reference to the four premiere cinemas in Leicester Square.
Connections
See also
- Leslie Green – architect of original station building
- Charles Holden – (1875–1960) architect of new ticket hall and entrances
References
- ^ "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.
- ISBN 9780853290391.
- ^ "Underground Journeys: Leicester Square". Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
- ISBN 0853290423.
- ^ "Underground Journeys: Escalators". Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Buses from Leicester Square" (PDF). TfL. June 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Night buses from Leicester Square" (PDF). TfL. June 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
External links
- London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
- Leicester Square station before building above was constructed, 1907
- Leicester Square station, 1925
- Original ticket hall in 1927
- New entrance on the south side of Cranbourne Street, 1935
- New sub-surface ticket hall after opening in 1935
- New entrance on the corner of Little Newport Street (now disused), 1955
- "Underground Journeys, Charles Holden's work for London Underground". Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
- "Underground Journeys: Leicester Square, Design drawing and history". Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
- "Underground Journeys: Escalators". Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
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Piccadilly Circus | Piccadilly line | Covent Garden towards Cockfosters or Arnos Grove
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Tottenham Court Road | Northern line Charing Cross Branch
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Charing Cross |