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Bond Street station

Bond Street is an interchange station in Mayfair, in the West End of London for London Underground and Elizabeth line services. Entrances are on Oxford Street, near its junction with New Bond Street, and on Hanover Square.

Bond Street London Underground Elizabeth Line
Entrance on Marylebone Lane, which opened in 2017, as seen in February 2018
Bond Street is located in Central London
Bond Street
Bond Street
Location of Bond Street in Central London
LocationMayfair
Local authorityCity of Westminster
Managed byLondon Underground
OwnerTransport for London
Station code(s)BDS
Number of platforms6
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone1
OSIOxford Circus London Underground[2]
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Increase 37.49 million[3]
2020Decrease 9.68 million[4]
2021Increase 15.69 million[5]
2022Increase 35.41 million[6]
2023Increase 37.42 million[7]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2022–23Steady 19.400 million[8]
Key dates
24 September 1900Opened (Central line)
1 May 1979Opened (Jubilee line)
24 October 2022[9]Opened (Elizabeth line)
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°30′50″N 0°09′00″W / 51.514°N 0.15°W / 51.514; -0.15
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The London Underground station is served by the Central and Jubilee lines. On the Central line, the station is between Marble Arch and Oxford Circus stations. On the Jubilee line, it is between Baker Street and Green Park stations. The Elizabeth line station is between Paddington and Tottenham Court Road stations.

The station is in fare zone 1.

History

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Station entrance in 1961

The station was first opened on 24 September 1900 by the Central London Railway, three months after the first stations on the Central line opened.[10] The surface building was designed, in common with all original CLR stations, by the architect Harry Bell Measures. The original plans for the railway named the station as Davies Street rather than Bond Street.[11][12]

In 1920 a possible joint venture was considered by London Underground and the nearby Selfridges store. This would have involved rebuilding the station, to include an entrance in Selfridge's basement. The idea was revisited in the early 1930s, leading to a concept of a subway connecting the station to the store, with a new ticket office in the basement of Selfridge's. However, these plans were not pursued, probably due to the cost of the construction.[13]

The station has had several major reconstructions. The first, which saw the original lifts replaced by escalators, and the addition of a new sub-surface ticket hall and new station façade, designed by the architect Charles Holden, came into use on 8 June 1926.[14] The tiling to the new ticket hall used the same tiling scheme used by Holden on other station projects at the time (notably the extension of the City and South London Railway to Morden).[15]

Jubilee line era

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In the 1970s, the Jubilee line was extended through central London to Charing Cross, via Bond Street. As part of the construction of the line, the station ticket hall was extended and new entrances were provided on the north side of Oxford Street and to the east of Davies Street.[16] The Holden facade was demolished along with the Grosvenor Court Hotel that occupied the corner of Oxford Street and Davies Street, being replaced by the "West One" shopping arcade with offices above. The Jubilee line opened on 1 May 1979.[17]

In 2007, the station underwent a visual modernisation, removing the murals installed on the Central line platforms in the 1980s and replacing them with plain white tiles, in a style similar to those used when the station opened in 1900.

21st century

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In the 2010s, the station was upgraded and expanded in preparation for the arrival of the Elizabeth line, bringing Bond Street into the National Rail network.[18] As part of these works, the Central line platforms closed from April to June 2014, and the Jubilee line platforms closed from July to December 2014.[19]

The £300m upgrade increased the capacity of the station entrances and exits by 30 per cent, added a new entrance to the station on Marylebone Lane on the north side of Oxford Street, and installed lifts to make the station step-free.[18][20] It was completed in November 2017, prior to the completion of the Elizabeth line.[18]

During London Fashion Week in September 2023, TfL renamed the station to Burberry Street, as a publicity for the fashion company, Burberry. The name was reverted to Bond Street at the end of the fashion week.[21]

Elizabeth line

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Elizabeth line entrance on Hanover Square, which opened in 2022
 
The escalators to the Hanover Square entrance, the longest on the Elizabeth line

Between 2009 and 2022, the Crossrail project built a new Elizabeth line station at Bond Street. Originally planned to open in 2018, Bond Street did not open with the rest of the central London Elizabeth line stations in May 2022,[22] due to tunnelling problems dating back to 2014.[23][24] The various delays meant that the station was approximately £500m over budget.[25]

The Elizabeth line station was opened on 24 October 2022 by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.[26]

Two new ticket halls were built by Crossrail at Davies Street and Hanover Square.[27] Architects included John McAslan[28] and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.[29] Although there is no connecting corridor, the Hanover Square exit of the Bond Street Elizabeth line station is approximately 250 m (270 yd) from Oxford Circus tube station and out-of-station interchange is permitted, allowing interchange with the Bakerloo and Victoria lines.[30] The escalators to the Hanover Square exit, at 60 m (200 ft) are the longest on the Elizabeth line, and the second longest on the Transport for London (TfL) network, 1 m (3 ft 3 in) shorter than those at Angel station on the Northern line.[31]

Services

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Services at Bond Street are operated by the Elizabeth line, and London Underground's Central and Jubilee lines.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:

Operator/line Frequency to destination
London Underground
Central line[32] 		Westbound
3 tph to White City
9 tph to Ealing Broadway
3 tph to Northolt
9 tph to West Ruislip
Eastbound
3 tph to Newbury Park
9 tph to Hainault
3 tph to Loughton
9 tph to Epping
London Underground
Jubilee line[33] 		Northbound
4 tph to West Hampstead
4 tph to Willesden Green
4 tph to Wembley Park
12 tph to Stanmore
Southbound
24 tph to Stratford
Elizabeth line[34] Westbound
6 tph to London Paddington
4 tph to Heathrow Terminal 4
2 tph to Heathrow Terminal 5
2 tph to Maidenhead
2 tph to Reading
Eastbound
8 tph to Abbey Wood
8 tph to Shenfield

The station also served by a night service on Friday and Saturday nights as part of the Night Tube. The station is served by Central line and Jubilee line trains every 10 minutes in each direction.

Preceding station   London Underground Following station
Marble Arch
towards Ealing Broadway or West Ruislip
 Central line Oxford Circus
towards Epping, Hainault or Woodford via Newbury Park
Baker Street
towards Stanmore
 Jubilee line Green Park
towards Stratford
Preceding station   Elizabeth line Following station
Paddington
towards Reading or Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 or Terminal 5
 Elizabeth line Tottenham Court Road
towards Abbey Wood or Shenfield

Artwork

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Tile motif by Tom Eckersley

The station features multiple pieces of artwork. On the Jubilee line platforms, Tom Eckersley designed a stylised "hat box" motif.[35] The Elizabeth line station has three artworks by British artist Darren Almond. Located in and around the western Davies Street entrance, these artworks reference nameplates attached to railway locomotives.[36][37]

Cultural references

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The westbound Central line platform of the station is featured on the cover art for The Jam's 1978 single "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight",[38] with the band standing at the end of the platform as a 1962 Stock train rushes into the station.

Connections

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A large number of London Bus routes serve the station during the day and night.[39][40]

Nearby places of interest

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References

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  1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ "New OSI (Bond Street) and Same Station Exit Changes". Oyster Fares Central. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  9. ^ "Elizabeth line: Bond Street station gets opening date". BBC News. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  10. ^ Henry Eliot and Tom Meltzer (9 January 2013). "What to see near Bond Street: a guide to London by tube". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  11. ^ Harris, Cyril M. (2006) [1977]. What's in a name?. Capital Transport. p. 11. ISBN 1-85414-241-0.
  12. ^ Bruce, J Graeme; Croome, Desmond F (2006) [1996]. The Central Line. Capital Transport. p. 6. ISBN 1-85414-297-6.
  13. ^ "Bond Street tube station's private tunnel to Selfridges". Ian Visits. 28 November 2016.
  14. ^ "B/W print; view of the façade of Bond Street station, by Underground Group Photo Dept, 1927". London Transport Museum. 1927.
  15. ^ "B/W print; Bond Street Underground station, Central line by H K Nolan". London Transport Museum. 23 August 1973.
  16. ^ Horne, Mike (2000). The Jubilee Line. Capital Transport. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-85414-220-7.
  17. ^ Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. London: Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 978-1-85414-219-1.
  18. ^ a b c "New entrance opens as Bond Street station upgrade is complete". Transport for London. TfL Press Office. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  19. ^ "Jubilee line trains now stopping at Bond Street" (Press release). London: Transport for London. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 20 August 2020.
  20. ^ "Bond Street station unveils new look entrance after £300m revamp". Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  21. ^ Mansfield, Ian (15 September 2023). "Tube trains are now departing from 'Burberry Street' station for London Fashion Week". ianVisits. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  22. ^ "Crossrail: Elizabeth line due to open on 24 May". BBC News. 4 May 2022.
  23. ^ Moore, Catherine (11 February 2022). "Bond Street: The story behind Crossrail's problem station". New Civil Engineer. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  24. ^ "Crossrail to be finished without Bond Street 'by March 2021'". BBC News. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  25. ^ Hellen, Nicholas (23 October 2022). "Bond Street station is finally open — just £500m over budget". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  26. ^ "Bond Street station finally opens on Elizabeth line". BBC News. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  27. ^ "Bond Street station". Crossrail. Archived from the original on 28 October 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  28. ^ Hugh Pearman (3 March 2015). "Holding the line: How Julian Robinson holds Crossrail together". RIBAJ. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  29. ^ Francis, Felicity (18 March 2015). "Reworked Hanover Square plans approved". Property Week. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  30. ^ "Out-of-station interchanges". Transport for London. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  31. ^ Matters, Transport for London | Every Journey. "Bond Street's new Elizabeth line station now open". Transport for London. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  32. ^ "Central Line Timetable". Transport for London. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  33. ^ "Jubilee Line Timetable". Transport for London. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  34. ^ "Elizabeth Line Timetable: December 2023" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  35. ^ "Tile Gazetteer - London - TACS". tilesoc.org.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2023. The Bond Street Jubilee line platforms were tiled with a stylish hat box motif designed by Tom Eckersley.
  36. ^ Priest, Isabelle (7 November 2022). "Civic presence means Elizabeth Line's Bond Street rises best in Hanover Square". RIBA. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  37. ^ Toms, Adam (29 October 2022). "Derbyshire art front and centre of new Elizabeth Line station". DerbyshireLive. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  38. ^ "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight". Snapgalleries.com. Snap Galleries Limited. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  39. ^ "Buses from Bond Street Station" (PDF). TfL. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  40. ^ "Night buses from Bond Street" (PDF). TfL. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
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