West Hampstead tube station

West Hampstead
West Hampstead Location of West Hampstead in Greater London
Location	West Hampstead
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
OSI	West Hampstead [1] West Hampstead Thameslink
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	8.23 million[2]
2012	9.71 million[2]
2013	10.16 million[2]
2014	10.59 million[2]
Key dates
1879	Opened (MR)
1939	Start (Bakerloo line)
1979	End (Bakerloo line)
1979	Start (Jubilee line)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portalCoordinates: 51°32′49″N 0°11′26″W / 51.5469°N 0.1906°W

Stations in West Hampstead
Legend
Chiltern Main Line to Birmingham LU Jubilee and Metropolitan lines Thameslink and Midland Main Line North London Line to Richmond Overground Thameslink West Hampstead(on West End Lane) Underground Finchley Road OSI Finchley Road(MR) (1868-1927) Finchley Road & Frognal OSI North London Line to Stratford Thameslink and MML to St Pancras Underground to Baker Street Chiltern Main Line to Marylebone
OSI = Out of Station Interchange: Interchange is allowed between these two stations

West Hampstead is a London Underground Jubilee line station in West Hampstead. It is on West End Lane between Broadhurst Gardens and Blackburn Road and is in Travelcard Zone 2. It lies between Kilburn and Finchley Road tube stations. It is 100m from West Hampstead station on the London Overground North London Line and 200m from West Hampstead Thameslink station.

History

The station was opened on 30 June 1879 by the Metropolitan Railway (now the Metropolitan line) when it extended its tracks from Swiss Cottage. The station acted as the temporary terminus of the branch until it was further extended to Willesden Green on 24 November 1879. On 20 November 1939 stopping services were transferred to the Bakerloo line when it took over operations on the Stanmore branch; at this time the platform was rebuilt in the Underground's standard style, but the station building was retained. Stopping services were transferred to the Jubilee line on 1 May 1979.^[3] Metropolitan line services run through the station without stopping.

Access and interchanges

The station is not accessible by wheelchair. Facilities include an automatic ticket machine, two quick ticket machines, a ticket booth, countdown timers, a waiting room and both male and female toilets.

Most maps show the three stations as connections. Through ticketing is allowed.

Development

In 2008 it was proposed that the North and West London Light Railway could serve the station.^[4]

Image gallery

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  West Hampstead tube station northbound platform December 2005

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  West Hampstead tube station, looking towards Kilburn, 18 April 2008.

Connections

London Buses routes 139, 328 and C11 serve the station.

References

1. "Out of Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. May 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-12.
2. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
3. Douglas Rose (1999), The London Underground: a Diagrammatic History, Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN 1-85414-219-4
4. "Reducing Car Use: Proposals for a Brent Cross Railway" (PDF). London Campaign for Better Transport. 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2009.