History of Finchley Road Tube Station in London
Finchley Road Tube Station is situated in the London borough of Camden. Currently this tube station serves the areas of South Hampstead and Frognal. So on the Jubilee Line, Finchley Road Tube Station can be found between Swiss Cottage and West Hampstead. If travelling on the Metropolitan Line it comes between Wembley Park and Baker Street. An added advantage for commuters using this tube station is that it is adjacent to the famous O2 Shopping Centre. As far as the history of Finchley Road Tube Station is concerned its spans a century. You can imagine how many phases Finchley Road Tube Station has been through before ending up in its current appearance.
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Opening Date
Finchley Road Tube Station was opened on June 30, 1879 by the Metropolitan Railway (MR, now the Metropolitan Line), from where it was extended from its now closed station at St. John's Wood.
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Rebuilt
Finchley Road Tube Station went through reconstruction in 1914 as shops were incorporated in it. -
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Opening of New Tunnels
On November 20, 1939 two new tunnels were opened after Metropolitan Line consistently started seeing congestion on its main lines from north London, which occurred due to limited capacity of tracks. With the addition of these two new tunnels Finchley Road Tube Station started serving by Bakerloo Line trains too. Later the Bakerloo Line services were transferred to the Jubilee Line when that line began its operation on May 1, 1979.
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Midland Railway Station
Midland Railway Station that was closed back in 1927, also known by the name of Finchley Road. Remains of Midland Railway Station are still evident in the form of its platforms.
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Important Fact
Another important fact about Finchley Road Tube Station is that when earth removed for tunnelling towards the station, it was revealed that this site was on the edge of the glacier which covered this country up till the north right through the last Ice Age.
