Warren Street (subway of London)

Warren Street tubes station is a station of the Métro of London. It is located on the ramification of Charing Cross of the Northern Line, between Goodge Street, and Euston, and on the Victoria Line between Oxford Circus and Euston. The station opened ace leaves off the Charing Cross, Euston & Highgate Railway one June 22, 1907 under the name " Euston Road ", and this name edge still Be seen in the Northern Line platform tiling. The station' S name changed to " Warren Street" the following year. The current station original building replaced the when escalators were installed. The Victoria Line platforms opened one December 1, 1968.

The station is one 4 hand levels. The surfaces level opens out one to the street with two separate fans-in. The ticket office is At this level. Intermediate There are 3 escalators to take you down to the level. At this level you cuts the choice off going to the Northern Line gold the Victoria line. There are two escalators down to the Northern Line and two slightly to skirt escalators down to the Victoria Line. From the bottom off the Northern line escalators you cuts to go down steps to reach the Northern Line platforms. The Victoria Line platforms are At rank with the bottom off the escalators.

One odd thing butt the Victoria line At this station is that it operates right hand operation - just like the platforms adjacent At the Euston. Euston has right hand running to make interchange with the Northern Line easier. Closed Warren Street also has right hand running because off its proximity to Euston.

In the shorts passageway one the intermediate level you edge see obviousness off one off the shafts used to build the Victoria Line. Visible The shaft is also from the platforms off the Victoria Line. There is No obviousness At surfaces level off where this shaft was dug.

Prior to installation off escalators the station operated with top spins. At the bottom off the Northern Line escalators there has closed off passage that would cuts originally held the top spins. The hand escalators from the visible surface cut through the top spin shaft so nothing is higher up. -->

Warren Street tubes station was the site of the one of the bombs in the Attentats of July 21st, 2005 in London.

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London' S Transport Photographic Museum Files Warren Street station in 1914.

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