Great Portland Street tube station

For the road Great Portland Street, seeGreat Portland Street.

Great Portland Street
Station as seen from above looking north towards Regents Place
Great Portland Street Location of Great Portland Street in Central London
Location	Great Portland Street
Local authority	City of Westminster
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018	7.38 million
2019	7.97 million
2020	2.64 million
2021	2.69 million
2022	5.16 million
Key dates
10 January 1863(1863-01-10)	Opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51.5238°N 0.1438°W/51.5238; -0.1438
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Great Portland Streetstation is aLondon Undergroundstop betweenBaker StreetandEuston Squarestations. It lies on theCircle,Hammersmith & CityandMetropolitanlines.Great Portland Streetstation is listed as a building of National Significance and is inTravelcard Zone 1.

History

The station was part of the world's first underground railway, theMetropolitan Railway,which opened between "Bishop's Road" (nowPaddington) on the Hammersmith & City line and "Farringdon Street" (close to the present-dayFarringdonstation). It was opened on 10 January 1863 as "Portland Road", changed to its present name on 1 March 1917 but was renamed "Great Portland Street and Regents Park" in 1923 and then reverted to its present name in 1933. The current structure was built in 1930 on a traffic island on theMarylebone Roadat its intersection withGreat Portland Streetand Albany Street. Its construction is a steel framed cream terracotta clad exterior, with the perimeter providing shops and originally a car showroom with office space over the station. Great Portland Street was at a major sales location for the motor industry. It was designed by the Metropolitan Railway's architect C. W. Clark and was Grade II-listed in January 1987.

The station lies at the northern end of Great Portland Street – a main road which marks the border betweenMaryleboneandFitzrovia.

The local neighbourhood plan identified the gyratory around Great Portland Street Underground Station as one where public realm improvements and traffic calming should be made.

Services

The station is served by theMetropolitan,Hammersmith & CityandCirclelines, betweenEuston Squarein the east andBaker Streetto the west. All three lines share the same pair of tracks fromBaker StreetJunction toAldgateJunction making this section of track one of the most intensely used on the London Underground network.

Circle line

The typical service in trains per hour (tph) is:

• 6 tph clockwise via Kings Cross St Pancras and Liverpool Street
• 6 tph anti-clockwise to Hammersmith via Paddington

Hammersmith & City line

The typical service in trains per hour (tph) is:

• 6 tph eastbound to Barking
• 6 tph westbound to Hammersmith via Paddington

Metropolitan line

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:

• 12 tph eastbound to Aldgate
• 12 tph westbound via Baker Street:
  • 2 tph to Amersham
  • 2 tph to Chesham
  • 8 tph to Uxbridge

The typical peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:

• 14 tph eastbound to Aldgate
• 14 tph westbound via Baker Street:
  • 2 tph to Amersham
  • 2 tph to Chesham
  • 4 tph to Watford
  • 6 tph to Uxbridge

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Baker Street towardsHammersmith		Circle line		Euston Square towardsEdgware RoadviaAldgate
		Hammersmith & City line		Euston Square towardsBarking
Baker Street towardsUxbridge,Amersham,CheshamorWatford		Metropolitan line		Euston Square towardsAldgate
Former services
Baker Street towardsHammersmith		Metropolitan line Hammersmith branch(1864–1990)		Euston Square towardsBarking

Connections

The station is served byLondon Busesday and night routes.

Gallery

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  Station as seen from above looking north
• 
  Original Metropolitan Steam Train passes through Great Portland Street Station
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  Platform roundel
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  View of station location circa 1790
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  Station tunnel running under Marylebone Road
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  Shown as the Metropolitan Railway's Portland Road Station in 1862
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  Thomas Crane's 1883 poster of Portland Road Station
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  Trial 1862 train journey passing Portland Road station.