Warwick Avenue ( ) is a

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station in

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in northwest

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. The station is on the

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, between

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stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.

History

Warwick Avenue opened on 31 January 1915 on the Bakerloo tube's extension from

to Queen's Park. The ticket hall and its ticket machines were destroyed by fire overnight on 17 September 1985, causing the station to be closed for the day.

Location and layout

The station is located at the junction of Warwick Avenue, Warrington Crescent and Clifton Gardens. For a time prior to its opening, the proposed name for the station was ''Warrington Crescent''. There is no surface building and the station is accessed by two sets of steps to a sub-surface ticket hall. It was one of the first London Underground stations built specifically to use

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s rather than lifts.The first escalator on the Underground was installed at Earl's Court in 1911. The first station built specifically for escalators was the new Central line station at Liverpool Street in 1912. All deep-tube stations built after 1913 were built with escalators – A plain, utilitarian brick ventilation shaft has been built on the traffic island in the middle of the road to improve ventilation of the tunnels.

Connections

London Bus Routes 6, 46, 187 and 414 serve the station. A regular

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service runs from nearby Little Venice along the Regent's Canal; during the summer months boats depart hourly towards

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In popular culture

The song " Warwick Avenue" by British singer

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makes reference to the station.

Gallery

File:Warwick Avenue stn northbound look south.JPG, Northbound platform looking south File:Warwick Avenue stn southbound look north.JPG, Southbound platform looking north File:Warwick Avenue tube ticket office.jpg, Ticket office (now closed) File:Warwick Avenue stn ventilation tower.JPG, Ventilation tower

References

External links

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
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