Hyde Park Corner tube station

History

The station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906. 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.

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 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 London Transport Museum collections.

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.

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

• London Buses routes 2, 6, 9, 13, 14, 19, 22, 23, 36, 38, 52, 74, 137, 148 and 390, night routes N2, N9, N19, N22, N32, N38, N74 and N137 and Green Line Coaches route 702 serve the station.

Image gallery

Image:Hyde_Park_Corner_signage_(1).jpg|Underground sign at street level Image:Hyde Park Corner stn westbound look east.JPG|Westbound platform looking east Image:Hyde Park Corner stn eastbound look west.JPG|Eastbound platform looking west Image:Hyde Park Corner stn tiling.JPG|Decorative tiling Image:Hyde Park Corner stn roundel.JPG|Station roundel

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References

1. (1993). "Rails through the Clay".
2. (29 April 2023). "Buses from Hyde Park Corner".
3. (29 April 2023). "Night buses from Hyde Park Corner".