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Warwick Avenue tube station

London Underground station

Summary

London Underground station

Field	Value
symbol	underground
name	Warwick Avenue
image_name	WarwickAvenue.jpg
caption	Station entrance
manager	London Underground
fare_zone	2
locale	Little Venice
borough	City of Westminster
events1	Opened
years1
platforms	2
original	London Electric Railway
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tubeexits04	3.267
tubeexits05	3.433
tubeexits06	4.127
tubeexits07	4.223
tubeexits08	4.260
tubeexits09	4.231 --
coordinates
map_type	Central London

Warwick Avenue () is a London Underground station, located in Little Venice in the City of Westminster, north-west London. It is on the Bakerloo line, between Maida Vale and Paddington stations. It is in London fare zone 2.

History

Warwick Avenue opened on 31 January 1915 on the Bakerloo tube's extension from Paddington to Queen's Park.

The ticket hall and its ticket machines were destroyed by fire overnight on 17 September 1985, causing the station to be closed for the day.

Location and layout

The station is located at the junction of Warwick Avenue, Warrington Crescent and Clifton Gardens. For a time prior to its opening, the proposed name for the station was Warrington Crescent.

There is no surface building and the station is accessed by two sets of steps to a sub-surface ticket hall. It was one of the first London Underground stations built specifically to use escalators rather than lifts. A plain, utilitarian brick ventilation shaft has been built on the traffic island in the middle of the road to improve ventilation of the tunnels.

Connections

London Bus Routes 6, 46 and 187 serve the station.

A regular waterbus service runs from nearby Little Venice along the Regent's Canal; during the summer months boats depart hourly towards London Zoo and Camden Lock.

In popular culture

The song "Warwick Avenue" by British singer Duffy makes reference to the station.

Gallery

File:Warwick Avenue stn northbound look south.JPG|Northbound platform looking south File:Warwick Avenue stn southbound look north.JPG|Southbound platform looking north File:Warwick Avenue tube ticket office.jpg|Ticket office (now closed) File:Warwick Avenue stn ventilation tower.JPG|Ventilation tower

References

Rose, Douglas. (1999). "The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History". Douglas Rose/Capital Transport.
(February 1986). "London Underground Ltd and Rapid Transit: Warwick Avenue Blaze". Transport Ticket Society.
Harris, Cyril M.. (2006). "What's in a name?". Capital Transport.
Wolmar, Christian. (2004). "The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever". Atlantic Books.
(19 August 2013). "10 Great Songs about London". [[The London Helicopter]].

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