Bond Street is a

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and

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station in

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, in the

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. Entrances are on

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, near its junction with

New Bond Street Bond Street in the West End of London links Piccadilly in the south to Oxford Street in the north. Since the 18th century the street has housed many prestigious and upmarket fashion retailers. The southern section is Old Bond Street and the ...

, and on Hanover Square. The station is on the Central line, between and stations, the

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, between and , and the

between and . It is in

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History

The station was first opened on 24 September 1900 by the

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, three months after the first stations on the Central line opened. The surface building was designed, in common with all original CLR stations, by the architect

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. The original plans for the railway named the station as Davies Street rather than Bond Street. 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. 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

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, designed by the architect

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, came into use on 8 June 1926. 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

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Jubilee line era

For the opening of the Jubilee 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. 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. 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

The most recent expansion of the station was completed in November 2017, in preparation for the arrival of the

, bringing Bond Street into the

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network. This £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

, and installed lifts to make the station step-free. During these works in 2014, the Central line platforms closed from April to June, and the Jubilee line platforms closed from July to December.

Elizabeth line

Between 2009 and 2022, the Crossrail project built a new

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, due to tunnelling problems dating back to 2014. The various delays meant that the station was approximately £500m over budget. The Elizabeth line station was opened on 24 October 2022 by the

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. Two new ticket halls were built by

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at Davies Street and Hanover Square. Architects included

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and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands. Bond Street Elizabeth line station is not directly connected to the

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and

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; however the Hanover Square exit of the Bond Street Elizabeth line station is approximately 250m from

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and out-of-station interchange is permitted

Services

Services at Bond Street station are operated by

(on the Central line (London Underground), Central and

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lines) and by the

London Underground

Central line

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 12 tph to

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of which 9 continue to * 12 tph to

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of which 9 continue to * 12 tph to

Loughton Loughton () is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex. Part of the metropolitan and urban area of London, the town borders Chingford, Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Chigwell and Buckhurst Hill, and is northeast of Chari ...

of which 9 continue to Epping * 12 tph to Newbury Park of which 9 continue to Hainult Additional services call at the station during the peak hours. The Central line also operates a night service on Friday and Saturday nights as part of the

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. Trains generally operate every 10 minutes in each direction, with trains every 20 minutes to Ealing Broadway, Loughton and Hainault via Newbury Park.

Jubilee line

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 24 tph to * 4 tph to * 4 tph to

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* 4 tph to

Wembley Park Wembley Park is a district of the London Borough of Brent, England. It is roughly centred on Bridge Road, a mile northeast of Wembley town centre and northwest from Charing Cross. The name Wembley Park refers to the area that, at its broades ...

* 12 tph to

Stanmore Stanmore is part of the London Borough of Harrow in London. It is centred northwest of Charing Cross, lies on the outskirts of the London urban area and includes Stanmore Hill, one of the highest points of London, at high. The district, whi ...

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours. The Jubilee line also operates a night service on Friday and Saturday nights as part of the

. Trains generally operate every 10 minutes in each direction, between Stratford and Stanmore.

Elizabeth Line

services began calling at Bond Street on 24 October 2022 and all services are operated using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 8 tph to * 8 tph to * 8 tph to * 2 tph to * 2 tph to * 4 tph to of which 2 continue to These services combine to give a service of 16 tph in each direction. During the peak hours, the service is increased to 20 tph in each direction. On Sundays, the services between Shenfield and London Paddington are reduced to 4 tph.

Cultural references

The Westbound Central line platform of the station featured on the cover of the 1978 pop music single release "

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", by

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Connections

A large number of

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routes serve the station during the day and night.

Nearby places of interest

Bond Street Bond Street in the West End of London links Piccadilly in the south to Oxford Street in the north. Since the 18th century the street has housed many prestigious and upmarket fashion retailers. The southern section is Old Bond Street and the ...

Claridge's Claridge's is a 5-star hotel at the corner of Brook Street and Davies Street in Mayfair, London. It has long-standing connections with royalty that have led to it sometimes being referred to as an "annexe to Buckingham Palace". Claridge's Hot ...

Hotel *

Handel House Museum Handel & Hendrix in London (previously Handel House Museum) is a museum in Mayfair, London, dedicated to the lives and works of the German-born British baroque composer George Frideric Handel and the American rock singer-guitarist Jimi Hendrix ...

Brook Street Brook Street is an axial street in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair. Most of it is leasehold, paying ground rent to and seeking lease renewals from the reversioner, that since before 1800, has been the Grosvenor Estate. Named ...

* Wallace Collection,

Manchester Square Manchester Square is an 18th-century garden square in Marylebone, London. Centred north of Oxford Street it measures internally north-to-south, and across. It is a small Georgian predominantly 1770s-designed instance in central London; co ...

Wigmore Hall Wigmore Hall is a concert hall located at 36 Wigmore Street, London. Originally called Bechstein Hall, it specialises in performances of chamber music, early music, vocal music and song recitals. It is widely regarded as one of the world's leadi ...

Wigmore Street Wigmore Street is a street in the City of Westminster, in the West End of London. The street runs for about 600 yards parallel and to the north of Oxford Street between Portman Square to the west and Cavendish Square to the east. It is named aft ...

References

External links

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
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