Chancery Lane is a
London Underground station on the
Central Line between
Holborn and
The City in
Central London
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, England. It has entrances within both the
London Borough of Camden and the
City of London. It opened in 1900 and takes its name from the nearby
Chancery Lane.
The station is located between
St Paul's and
Holborn stations, within
fare zone 1.
It is located at the junction of
High Holborn,
Hatton Garden and
Gray's Inn Road, with
subway
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entrances giving access to the ticket office under the roadway. Chancery Lane is one of the few London Underground stations which have no associated buildings above ground.
History
The station was opened by the
Central London Railway (CLR) on 30 July 1900.
The current station entrance is not the original. The original, disused station building is on the north side of
High Holborn at Nos. 31–33,
[ approximately to the west, closer to High Holborn's junction with Chancery Lane. Originally provided with four lifts between ground and platform levels, the station was rebuilt in the early 1930s to operate with escalators.][ It was not possible to construct the inclined escalator shaft between the platforms and the existing entrance, so a new sub-surface ticket hall was constructed below the road junction. The new station entrance came into use on 25 June 1934.][
When the CLR excavated the running tunnels it routed them to avoid passing under surface buildings in order to limit the risk to the buildings from vibration. At Chancery Lane, the eastbound tunnel runs above the westbound one.]
Accidents and incidents
On 25 January 2003, a 1992 Stock train derailed at Chancery Lane, injuring 32 passengers, after a motor became detached from the train. All services on the entire Central line and the Waterloo & City line (which used the same type of train) were suspended, as the trains had to be taken out of service whilst the cause of the failure was determined and appropriate modifications made to the trains.
Connections
London Buses
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routes 8, 17, 46 and 521 and night routes N8 and N25 serve the station.
Gallery
File:Chancery Lane station building.jpg, Chancery Lane original station building
File:Chancery Lane stn eastbound.JPG, Eastbound platform looking west
File:Chancery Lane stn westbound look east.JPG, Westbound platform looking east
File:Chancery Lane Shortest escalator.jpg, The second shortest escalator on the Tube network
File:Chancery Lane stn roundel.JPG, Roundel, eastbound platform
File:Chancery_Lane_Tube.jpg, Southern entrance
References
External links
London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
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Central line (London Underground) stations
London Underground Night Tube stations
Tube stations in the London Borough of Camden
Former Central London Railway stations
London Underground stations located underground
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1900
Disasters on the London Underground
Derailments in the United Kingdom