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Swiss Cottage tube station

London Underground station

Summary

London Underground station

Field	Value
name	Swiss Cottage
symbol	underground
manager	London Underground
locale	Swiss Cottage
borough	London Borough of Camden
platforms	2
fare_zone	2
image_name	Swiss Cottage stn east entrance.JPG
caption	Eastern entrance
coordinates
original	London Passenger Transport Board
years1	20 November 1939
years2	1 May 1979
events1	Station opened (Bakerloo line)
events2	Bakerloo service replaced by Jubilee line
tubeexits05	5.830
tubeexits06	6.935
tubeexits07	7.244
tubeexits08	7.060
tubeexits09	6.64--

the current Jubilee line station

Swiss Cottage is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage, London. It was opened in 1939 as a stop on the Bakerloo line. Today, the station is on the Jubilee line between Finchley Road and St John's Wood stations. It lies in London fare zone 2, and is located at the junction of Finchley Road, Avenue Road and College Crescent. The station is a local station, with the Metropolitan line bypassing the station nearby.

Swiss Cottage is situated 550 yards (500 m) from South Hampstead station on the London Overground's Lioness line, however this is not a recognised out-of-station interchange.

History

Residents sheltering in Swiss Cottage tube station during the Blitz

The station was opened on 20 November 1939, on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between and stations when the Metropolitan line's services on its branch were transferred to the Bakerloo line. It is named after a nearby pub built in 1803–4, originally called The Swiss Tavern and later renamed Swiss Cottage.

The new station initially operated as part of a combined station with the Metropolitan line's adjacent sub-surface Swiss Cottage station (platforms 1 and 2 were Metropolitan line and 3 and 4 were Bakerloo line), but the Metropolitan line station was closed on 17 August 1940. The Bakerloo line station was subsequently transferred (along with St John's Wood and the rest of the Stanmore branch) to the Jubilee line when it opened on 1 May 1979.

The station was used extensively during The Blitz of World War II as an air raid shelter.

Connections

London Buses routes 13, 31, 46, 113, 187, 268, 603 and C11 and night routes N28, N31 and N113 serve the station.

Gallery

File:Swiss Cottage stn westbound look east.JPG|Northbound platform looking south File:Swiss Cottage stn eastbound look west.JPG|Southbound platform looking north File:Swiss Cottage stn roundel.JPG|Station roundel File:Swiss Cottage stn southwest entrance.JPG|Station southwestern entrance looking towards 100 Avenue Road File:Swiss Cottage tube station roundel 1.JPG|The London Underground roundel for the northern entrance to Swiss Cottage

References

(1983). "Wartime Camden: Life in Camden During the First and Second World Wars". [[London Borough of Camden]].

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