Russell Square is a

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station. It is located opposite

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on Bernard Street,

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, in the

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. The station is on the Piccadilly line between Holborn and King's Cross St Pancras stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 1. Russell Square is not far from the

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, the

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's main campus, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Russell Square Gardens and the Brunswick Centre.Google Maps – Russell Square Tube Station
/ref> The station is the work of London architect Leslie Green and is example of the

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History

The station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906. The station was designed by Leslie Green. In 2001, the station was closed for 13 months for refurbishment, reopening in February 2002.

2005 London bombings

On 7 July 2005, in a co-ordinated bomb attack, an explosion in a train travelling between King's Cross St. Pancras and Russell Square resulted in the deaths of 26 people.July 7 2005 London Bombings Fast Facts
/ref> Another bomb later exploded on a bus at Tavistock Square. A plaque remembering the victims, identical to the one at King's Cross St Pancras tube station, is located at the station.

Station listing

On 20 July 2011, English Heritage gave the station buildings Grade II listed status, describing it as:

The station today

The station is a Grade II

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. Russell Square station has three lifts,Russell Square Tube Station – Facilities
/ref> which are all fifty-passenger lifts built by Wadsworth. There are no

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s but the platforms can be reached using a spiral staircase with 176 steps. The station has seven gates and a

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service.

Platform level tiling

The stations on the central part of the Piccadilly line, as well as some sections of the Northern line, were financed by Charles Yerkes, and are famous for the Leslie Green designed red station buildings and distinctive platform tiling. Each station had its own unique tile pattern and colours.

Services

Russell Square station is on the Piccadilly line between Holborn to the west and King's Cross St Pancras to the east. Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally operate every 4–7 minutes between 05:56 and 00:28 in both directions.

Connections

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routes 14, 68, 91, 168, 188, limited Superloop route SL6 and night route N91 serve the station.

In popular culture

Russel
Square tube
station was used as the location for the 1972 horror film '' Death Line'', which starred Donald Pleasence, Christopher Lee and Clive Swift.

References

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* {{Piccadilly line navbox Piccadilly line stations London Underground Night Tube stations Former Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway stations Tube stations in the London Borough of Camden Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1906 Buildings and structures in Bloomsbury Leslie Green railway stations Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Camden Grade II listed railway stations