Hampstead is a

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station in

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. It is on the Edgware branch of the

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, between

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and

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stations. The branch's northernmost subterranean station, it is on the boundary between

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and Zone 3. Designed by architect

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, it was opened on 22 June 1907 by the

Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway The Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR), also known as the Hampstead Tube, was a railway company established in 1891 that constructed a deep-level underground "tube" railway in London. Construction of the CCE&HR was delayed for ...

. As it is at the junction of Heath Street and Hampstead High Street, the name Heath Street was proposed before opening, and the original tiled signs on the platform walls still read Heath Street. Because Hampstead is on a steep hill, the station's platforms are the deepest on the London Underground network, at below ground level; and it has the deepest lift shaft on the Underground, at . Its high-speed lifts, originally manufactured by Otis, were modernised by the Wadsworth Lift Company, and again in 2014 by Accord. To the north, between Hampstead and Golders Green stations, is the uncompleted North End or Bull & Bush station.

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station on the

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is a 10–15 minute walk east. Hampstead station tiling

Connections

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routes 46 and 268, schools service

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and night bus N5 serve the station.

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* Station exterior, 1925 {{Northern line navbox Northern line stations Tube stations in the London Borough of Camden Former Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1907 London Underground stations located underground Buildings and structures in Hampstead Leslie Green railway stations London Underground Night Tube stations