Swiss Cottage tube station

Swiss Cottage is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage, north London. It is on the Jubilee line, between Finchley Road and St. John's Wood stations. It lies in Travelcard Zone 2 and is located at the junction of Finchley Road, Avenue Road and College Crescent.

Swiss Cottage
Eastern entrance
Swiss Cottage Location of Swiss Cottage in Greater London
Location	Swiss Cottage
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2015	7.71 million[1]
2016	7.58 million[1]
2017	7.76 million[1]
2018	7.02 million[2]
2019	7.13 million[3]
Railway companies
Original company	London Passenger Transport Board
Key dates
20 November 1939	Station opened (Bakerloo line)
1 May 1979	Bakerloo service replaced by Jubilee line
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
WGS84	51.54306°N 0.17472°W
London transport portal

History

The station was opened on 20 November 1939, on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road stations when the Metropolitan line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo line. It is named after a nearby pub built in 1803–4, originally called The Swiss Tavern and later renamed Swiss Cottage.

The new station initially operated as part of a combined station with the Metropolitan line's adjacent sub-surface Swiss Cottage station (platforms 1 and 2 were Metropolitan line and 3 and 4 were Bakerloo line), but the Metropolitan line station was closed on 17 August 1940. The Bakerloo line station was subsequently transferred—along with the rest of the Stanmore branch—to the Jubilee line when it opened on 1 May 1979.

Connections

London Buses routes 13, 31, 46, 113, 187, 268, 603 and C11 and night routes N28, N31 and N113 serve the station.

Gallery

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  Northbound platform looking south
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  Southbound platform looking north
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  Station platform roundel
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  Station southwestern entrance looking towards 100 Avenue Road
• 
  The roundel for the northern entrance to Swiss Cottage

References

1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007–2017)" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
2. "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Subway entrance to station, 1953
  • Platform, 1946