Hyde Park Corner tube station

Hyde Park Corner is a London Underground station near Hyde Park Corner in Hyde Park. It is in Travelcard Zone 1, between Knightsbridge and Green Park on the Piccadilly line.

Hyde Park Corner
Former Hyde Park Corner station building
Hyde Park Corner
Location of Hyde Park Corner in Central London
LocationHyde Park Corner
Local authorityWestminster
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2015 7.44 million[1]
2016 6.31 million[1]
2017 5.54 million[1]
2018 6.40 million[2]
2019 4.44 million[3]
Railway companies
Original companyGreat Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
Key dates
15 December 1906Station opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451.50278°N 0.15278°W / 51.50278; -0.15278
 London transport portal

History

The station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906.[4] It was the connecting station between the two original companies, the London United Railway and the Piccadilly and City Railway, who amalgamated after Parliament demanded the entire line from Hammersmith to Finsbury Park should be built as one scheme.[5]

The original, Leslie Green-designed station building still remains to the south of the road junction, notable by its ox-blood coloured tiles; it was until June 2010 used as a pizza restaurant, and since 14 December 2012 it has been the Wellesley Hotel. The building was taken out of use when the station was provided with escalators in place of lifts and a new sub-surface ticket hall that came into use on 23 May 1932 [6] although an emergency stairway provides a connection to the platforms. The lift shafts are now used to provide ventilation. The 1932 station had showcases inset to the walls that showed a series of dioramas depicting the development of the London bus – long gone, some of the scale models survive in the LT Museum Collections.[6]

When the station was rebuilt with escalators the adjacent little-used station at Down Street to the east (towards Green Park) was taken out of use.[7]

Present day

It is one of the few stations which have no associated buildings above ground, the station being fully underground. The current entrance to the station is accessed from within the pedestrian underpass system around the Hyde Park Corner junction.

When the central section of the Piccadilly line is closed, the station becomes the terminus of the western part due to the crossover tunnel to the east of the station.

Connections
  • Westbound platform looking east
  • Eastbound platform looking west
  • Decorative tiling
  • Platform roundel

References

Citations

  1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. Horne 2007, p. 19.
  5. Horne 2007, p. 12.
  6. Croome, Desmond F.; Jackson, Alan A. (1993). Rails through the Clay. London. p. 198.
  7. Horne 2007, p. 93.

Sources

  • Horne, Mike (2007). The Piccadilly Line. Capital Transport. ISBN 978-1-85414-305-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
Piccadilly line
towards Cockfosters
  Former Route  
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
towards Hammersmith
Piccadilly line
1907–32
towards Finsbury Park
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