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| Jubilee Line 96102 departs the station |
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| Type: | Transport for London (London Underground Jubilee Line) |
| Station code: | ZSC |
| Opened: | 1939 |
| Platforms: | 2 |
The station was opened in 1939 after the Metropolitan Line's Stanmore service was transferred to the Bakerloo Line [1] (and required some new deep level tunnels between Baker Street and Finchley Road [2]). The station is named after a nearby pub. The existing Metropolitan Line station at Swiss Cottage closed in 1940 [3]. In 1979 the Bakerloo's Stanmore branch - including Swiss Cottage - was transferred to the new Jubilee Line.
The station is in Zone 2 with two underground platforms accessed via escalators from the ticket hall. The station building was designed by Stanley Heaps [4] and contains a number of Art Deco features including uplighters on the escalators.
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| Notice the tiles with the station name |
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| A Jubilee Line train stands at the station |
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| Ticket hall, the escalator Art Deco uplighters can just be seen in middle right beyond the barrier |
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| One of the station entrances |
[1] Jason Cross, London Underground Guide 2017 (Train Crazy, 2017) p. 159
[2] Mike Horne, The Bakerloo Line (Capital Transport, 2001) p. 47
[3] Mike Horne, The Metropolitan Line (Capital Transport, 2003) p. 61
[4] Clive DW Feather, The History of the Bakerloo Line (Crowood Press, 2020) p. 82
