Brixton tube station

Brixton
Station entrance
Brixton Location of Brixton in Greater London
Location	Brixton
Local authority	Lambeth
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes [1][2]
Fare zone	2
OSI	Brixton [3]
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	24.82 million[4]
2013	27.22 million[4]
2014	29.37 million[4]
2015	30.83 million[4]
Key dates
1971	Opened (Victoria line)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°27′45″N 0°06′54″W / 51.4626°N 0.1149°W

Brixton is a London Underground station on Brixton Road in the Brixton district of the London Borough of Lambeth, south London. The station is the southern terminus of the Victoria line.^[5] The station was opened on 23 July 1971 by the London Transport Executive. It has high usage for an inner suburban station with 27.2 million entries and exits during 2013.

Design

From the ticket hall, three escalators take passengers to and from the platforms. There are also passenger lifts between street level, the ticket hall and the platforms to provide step free access.^[1][2]

The station is laid out as a two-track terminus with a scissors crossover north of the station, and the line continues for a short distance south of the station platforms to form a pair of sidings. These are used for the overnight stabling of a pair of trains, which then form the mornings' first two northbound services.

Station improvements

As part of a framework agreement with London Underground, Chetwoods were engaged to carry out an extensive refurbishment of the passenger areas of Brixton Underground Station.^[6] This included an overall redesign of the station’s external façade and entrance lobby, together with refurbishment of a number of smaller retail outlets and the ticket office.^[6] The scheme developed the Practice’s expertise in the particular technical and design requirements of underground facilities, benefitting the design approach to projects for other clients such as Network Rail.^[6] The refurbishment started in 2001, and was completed in 2010. The station was briefly closed for asbestos removal in 2006. The refurbishment works were a long drawn out process.^[7] New panels and lighting have been installed in the escalator shaft.^[7]

Location

The station is in Brixton Road and is about 100 m^[8] from Brixton railway station^[5] (on the London Victoria to Orpington line, operated by South Eastern). Although the route of London Overground also runs close to Brixton tube station, there is no station in Brixton on this route because the South London Line is on high railway arches, and Overground trains pass overhead.^[9][10]

Map of rail & tube lines passing through Brixton, showing the location of East Brixton

Services and connections

Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally every 3–5 minutes between 05:55 and 00:18.^[11]

London Bus routes 2, 3, 35, 45, 59, 109, 118, 133, 159, 333, 355, 415, 432, 689 and 690 and P4 and night routes N2, N3, N35, N109 and N133 serve the station.^[12][13]

Gallery

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  Platform 1 looking south towards the reversing tracks as seen during the 2008 refurbishment work

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  Platform 2 looking north as seen during the 2008 refurbishment work

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  Station platform roundel as seen in 2011 after the 2008 refurbishment work

See also

• List of London Underground stations

References

1. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2015.
2. "Avoiding Stairs Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. December 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
3. "Out of Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. May 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12.
4. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
5. Transport for London (January 2016). Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 January 2015.
6. Brixton Underground Station Redevelopment
7. "Station Refurbishment Summary" (PDF). London Underground Railway Society. July 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
8. Google Maps - Brixton tube station
9. "East London Line Extensions - Loughborough Junction". AlwaysTouchOut. 9 November 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
10. "ELLG response to the South London Route Utilisation Strategy" (PDF). Network Rail. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
11. "Victoria line timetable: From Brixton Underground Station to Stockwell Underground Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
12. Brixton Station - Bus
13. Brixton Water Lane - Bus

External links

• Brixton tube station at urban75.org