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Goodge Street tube station

Coordinates: 51°31′15″N 0°08′04″W / 51.52083°N 0.13444°W / 51.52083; -0.13444
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Goodge Street London Underground
Entrance on Tottenham Court Road
Goodge Street is located in Central London
Goodge Street
Goodge Street
Location of Goodge Street in Central London
LocationTottenham Court Road, Fitzrovia
Local authorityLondon Borough of Camden
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2018Decrease 6.81 million[1]
2019Increase 8.51 million[2]
2020Decrease 1.63 million[3]
2021Increase 2.54 million[4]
2022Increase 5.15 million[5]
Key dates
22 June 1907Opened (CCE&HR)
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°31′15″N 0°08′04″W / 51.52083°N 0.13444°W / 51.52083; -0.13444
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Goodge Street /ˈɡuːdʒ/ is a London Underground station on Tottenham Court Road in Fitzrovia, in the London Borough of Camden. It is on the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line between Warren Street and Tottenham Court Road stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 1.[6]

Location

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The station is on the western side of Tottenham Court Road, a short distance north of the junction with Goodge Street.

History

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It was opened on 22 June 1907 as Tottenham Court Road by the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway, but changed to the present name on 9 March 1908[7][8] before an interchange was built between the previously separate (and differently named) Northern line and Central line stations at the present Tottenham Court Road station. Goodge Street is named after John Goodge, who developed the land in the early 18th-century.[9]

Deep-level air-raid shelter

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Goodge Street has a Second World War deep-level air-raid shelter underneath it, and is one of eight such stations.[10] From August 1943 until the end of the Second World War the Goodge Street shelter was used by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) as an alternative headquarters to Norfolk House and the offices on Grosvenor Square, to be used in the event of successful bombing or rocket attack on those locations. The shelter has two entrances, one on Chenies Street (pictured below) and the other on Tottenham Court Road next to the American International Church.

In the invasion preparations, Goodge Street station was used only as a signals installation by the United States Army Signal Corps. It was one of a number of signals installations for communications in and around London. Among these installations were SHAEF headquarters at 20 Grosvenor Square and the basement of the Selfridges department store on Oxford Street; both buildings exist today.

After the war the shelters were used as a hostel that could accommodate up to 8,000 troops. Goodge Street continued in use as an army transit centre until it was damaged by fire on the night of 21 May 1956. The fire coincided with Parliamentary consideration of a Government Bill seeking power to take over the shelters (The Underground Works [London] Bill) and the Minister of Works assured the Commons they would not again be used for human occupation in peacetime (although no one was killed, the fire had caused some alarm and proved difficult to put out).[citation needed] Another fire, on 21 June 1981, caused by burning rubbish, killed a man and injured 16 people, and resulted in a recommendation of a smoking ban on the Underground. There was a tardy response with London Transport finally introducing a one-year trial smoking ban on 9 July 1984. Almost halfway through the trial a major fire occurred at Oxford Circus, resulting in a full smoking ban on all subterranean stations and Underground trains.[11]

Design

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It is one of the few tube stations that still rely on lifts rather than escalators to transport passengers to and from street level.[12] In addition, it is one of the few such tube stations that still use the original scheme of separate exit and entrance areas.[citation needed] Alternatively, passengers can use the 138-step staircase to get down to the platforms.[12] The surface building was designed by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London's (UERL's) architect Leslie Green.

Services and connections

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Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally operate every 3–7 minutes in both directions.[13][14]

London Buses routes 24, 29, 73, 390 and night routes N5, N20, N29, N73, N253 and N279 serve the station, with routes 24 and 390 providing 24-hour service.[15][16]

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The station appeared in the 1942 feature film Gert and Daisy's Weekend.[17] The former shelter is the setting for much of the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Web of Fear.[17] Dialogue in the story mentions the shelter's former use in the Second World War, and the exit in Chenies Street.[18]

The station is the setting of the song "Sunny Goodge Street", from the 1965 album Fairytale by singer-songwriter Donovan. The station exterior also appeared in the 2005 music video for "Believe" by The Chemical Brothers.[17][19]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Goodge Street tube station.
  • Northbound platform looking south before refurbishment
    Northbound platform looking south before refurbishment
  • Southbound platform looking north before refurbishment
    Southbound platform looking north before refurbishment
  • Northbound platform looking north after refurbishment
    Northbound platform looking north after refurbishment
  • Station platform roundel
    Station platform roundel
  • One entrance to Goodge Street deep-level shelter
    One entrance to Goodge Street deep-level shelter
  • Ticket hall
    Ticket hall

References

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  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. April 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  7. ^ Forgotten Stations of Greater Londonby J.E.Connor and B.Halford
  8. ^ Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley
  9. ^ Roberts, J. R. Howard; Godfrey, Walter H., eds. (1949). Survey of London: Volume 21, the Parish of St Pancras Part 3: Tottenham Court Road and Neighbourhood. London: London County Council. pp. 1–6.
  10. ^ Emmerson, Andrew; Beard, Tony (2004). London's Secret Tubes. Capital Transport Publishing. pp. 54–58. ISBN 1-85414-283-6.
  11. ^ Bownes, David; Green, Oliver; Mullins, Sam (2012). Underground: How the Tube shaped London. London: Allen Lane. pp. 219–220. ISBN 978-1-846-14462-2.
  12. ^ a b "Tube Facts – Tube Stations that have no escalators and use lifts to get down to the platforms & Tube Stations with steps". Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Northern line timetable: From Goodge Street Underground Station to Warren Street Underground Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  14. ^ "Northern line timetable: From Goodge Street Underground Station to Tottenham Court Road Underground Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  15. ^ "Buses from Goodge Street" (PDF). TfL. June 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Night buses from Goodge Street" (PDF). TfL. June 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  17. ^ a b c The London Underground in Films and Televisions (Real Stations – Portrayals)
  18. ^ Doctor Who – The Web of Fear (03/02-09/03/68 BBC1)
  19. ^ "Tube Facts – Music Videos filmed on the tube". Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
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Preceding station London Underground Following station
Warren Street
towards Edgware, Mill Hill East or High Barnet
 Northern line
Charing Cross Branch
 Tottenham Court Road
towards Battersea Power Station or Morden
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