Hampstead tube station

Hampstead is a London Underground station in Hampstead, North London. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Golders Green and Belsize Park stations. The branch's northernmost subterranean station, it is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.

Hampstead
Station building in 2008
Hampstead Location of Hampstead in Greater London
Location	Hampstead
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2 and 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2015	4.56 million[1]
2016	4.64 million[1]
2017	4.83 million[1]
2018	4.49 million[2]
2019	4.67 million[3]
Railway companies
Original company	CCE&HR
Key dates
22 June 1907	Opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
WGS84	51.5569°N 0.1783°W / 51.5569; -0.1783
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Designed by architect Leslie Green, it was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway. As it is at the junction of Heath Street and Hampstead High Street, the name Heath Street was proposed before opening, and the original tiled signs on the platform walls still read Heath Street. Because Hampstead is on a steep hill, the station's platforms are the deepest on the London Underground network, at 58.5 metres (192 ft) below ground level;[4][5] and it has the deepest lift shaft on the Underground, at 55 metres (180 ft). Its high-speed lifts, originally Otis lifts, were modernised by the Wadsworth Lift Company,[6] and again in 2014 by Accord.

To the north, between Hampstead and Golders Green stations, is the uncompleted North End or Bull & Bush station. London Overground's Hampstead Heath station on the North London Line is a 10–15 minute walk east.

The station is 4.3 miles (7 km) north-northwest of Charing Cross as the crow flies.

Tiling on the southbound platform, showing the original proposed name, "Heath Street"