Regent's Park tube station

History

The station was opened on 10 March 1906 by the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR); in the original parliamentary authority for the construction of the BS&WR no station was allowed at Regent's Park. Permission was granted to add it to the already partially constructed line in 1904. In 1983, London Transport proposed to close the station on the basis that the passenger lifts, which at the time were 77 years old, needed to be replaced at a cost of more than £3 million. The proposal was dropped following a request by the GLC for the matter to be reconsidered.

Station design

Construction of the station ticket hall involved digging a box-like void underneath the garden above. This caused significant subsidence, and is why the large metal beams in the ticket hall are present.

Unlike most of the BS&WR's other stations, Regent's Park has no surface buildings and is accessed from a subway. The station is served by lifts, and between 10 July 2006 and 14 June 2007 it was closed to allow essential refurbishment work on these and other parts of the station. There is also a staircase with 96 steps.

Nearby points of interest are Regent's Park itself, the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Physicians, Holy Trinity Church, Portland Place and Harley Street.

Great Portland Street station is within walking distance to the east for interchanges to the Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines; however, out-of-station interchange fares do not apply and both journeys are charged separately.

Services

Regent's Park station is on the Bakerloo line between Baker Street to the north and Oxford Circus to the south. The typical service pattern in trains per hour (tph) operated during off-peak hours weekdays and all day Sundays is:

• 4tph to Harrow & Wealdstone via Queen's Park and Stonebridge Park (Northbound)
• 4tph to Stonebridge Park via Queen's Park (Northbound)
• 8tph to Queen's Park (Northbound)
• 16tph to Elephant & Castle (Southbound) Weekday peak service, as well as Saturday service, operates with four additional Queen's Park-Elephant & Castle trains per hour.

Connections

The station is served by London Buses routes 18, 27, 30, 88, 205 and 453 and night routes N18 and N118.

References

1. Badsey-Ellis, Antony. (2005). "London's Lost Tube Schemes". Capital Transport.
2. (November 1983). "Reprieve for LT stations".
3. (16 May 2021). "Bakerloo Line Working Timetable 47". Transport for London.
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