Warwick Avenue () is a

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station in

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in the

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, north-west

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. It is on the

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between

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and

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stations, and is located in

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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,

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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

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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

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Routes 6, 46 and 187 serve the station. A regular waterbus service runs from nearby Little Venice along the

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; during the summer months boats depart hourly towards

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and

Camden Lock Camden Lock is a small part of Camden Town, London Borough of Camden, England, which was formerly a wharf with stables on the Regent's Canal. It is immediately to the north of Hampstead Road Locks, a Twin lock, twin manually operated Lock (wate ...

In popular culture

The song " Warwick Avenue" by British singer Duffy 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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