Great Portland Street tube station


Great Portland Street
Location
Place	Great Portland Street
Local authority	Westminster

Operations
Station code	ZGP
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Transport for London
Zone	1
2004 annual usage	6. Great Portland Street is a street in the West End of London. Linking Oxford Street with Albany Street and the busy A501 The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status. The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for London 's zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London 014 million †
2007 annual usage	6. 211 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1863
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Great Portland Street is a London Underground station near Regent's Park. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Transport for London ( TfL) is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the Transport system in Greater London in England. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This is a list of London Underground stations. Scope This list by their present names of Heavy rail passenger stations in the Greater London region excludes stations served only by the London Underground The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire For other meanings see Regent's Park (disambiguation Regent's Park (officially The Regent's Park) is one of the Royal Parks It is between Baker Street and Euston Square on the Hammersmith & City, Circle and Metropolitan lines. Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. Euston Square is a London Underground station at the corner of Euston Road and Gower Street, just north of University College London (not to The Hammersmith and City line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the London Underground Map, running between Hammersmith in The Circle line, coloured yellow on the tube map is the eighth busiest line on the London Underground. The Metropolitan line is part of the London Underground, coloured Magenta on the Tube map. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. Travelcard Zone 1 is the central zone of Transport for London 's zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London

The station was part of the world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, which opened between "Bishop's Road" (now Paddington Hammersmith & City Line) and "Farringdon Street" (close to the present-day Farringdon station). The Metropolitan Railway (MetR and the Metropolitan District Railway (District were the first two underground railways to be built in London, creating the world's London Paddington station, also known as London Paddington, or just simply Paddington, is a major National Rail and London Underground station The Hammersmith and City line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the London Underground Map, running between Hammersmith in Farringdon station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Clerkenwell, just north of the City of London in the London Borough It was opened on January 10, 1863 as "Portland Road", and was given its present name on 1 March 1917. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

Local points of interest include Regent's Park, and the Post Office Tower, which was London's tallest building when it opened in the 1960s. For other meanings see Regent's Park (disambiguation Regent's Park (officially The Regent's Park) is one of the Royal Parks The BT Tower is a tall cylindrical building in London, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The station is very close to Regent's Park station, which is on the Bakerloo Line. Regent's Park tube station is a London Underground station by Regent's Park. The Bakerloo line is a line of the London Underground, coloured brown on the Tube map.

The station is across the street from the main building of International Student House, a student residence and hostel and is also near Harley Street, famous for its doctors and surgeons. Harley Street is a road in the City of Westminster in London, England.

The station is within easy walking distance of Regent's Park and Warren Street tube stations. Regent's Park tube station is a London Underground station by Regent's Park. Warren Street tube station is a London Underground station It is on the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line, between Goodge Street and

Preceding station	London Underground	Following station
Baker Street towards High Street Kensington	Circle line	Euston Square towards Liverpool Street
Baker Street towards Hammersmith	Hammersmith & City line	Euston Square towards Barking
Baker Street towards Uxbridge, Amersham, Chesham or Watford	Metropolitan line	Euston Square towards Aldgate

The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. High Street Kensington is a London Underground station at Kensington High Street. The Circle line, coloured yellow on the tube map is the eighth busiest line on the London Underground. Euston Square is a London Underground station at the corner of Euston Road and Gower Street, just north of University College London (not to Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a major railway station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. Hammersmith is a London Underground station in Hammersmith. It is the western terminus of the Hammersmith & City Line. The Hammersmith and City line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the London Underground Map, running between Hammersmith in Euston Square is a London Underground station at the corner of Euston Road and Gower Street, just north of University College London (not to Barking station is a railway station served by National Rail, London Underground and London Overground services Baker Street tube station is a station on the London Underground located at the junction of Baker Street and the Marylebone Road. Uxbridge is a London Underground station in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, north-west London. Amersham station is a Railway station serving Amersham in Buckinghamshire. Chesham lies at the end of the Chesham branch of the Metropolitan line, and opened 8 July 1889 as the original northern terminus of the Watford is a station at the end of the Watford branch of London Underground 's Metropolitan Line in the north-western part of the network in Zone 7 The Metropolitan line is part of the London Underground, coloured Magenta on the Tube map. Euston Square is a London Underground station at the corner of Euston Road and Gower Street, just north of University College London (not to Aldgate tube station is a London Underground station located at Aldgate in the City of London.

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