Bond Street station explained

Bond Street
Symbol:underground
Symbol2:elizabeth
Manager:London Underground
Owner:Transport for London
Locale:Mayfair
Borough:City of Westminster
Platforms:6
Fare Zone:1
Railcode:BDS
Coordinates:51.514°N -0.15°W
Map Type:Central London
Years1:24 September 1900
Years2:1 May 1979
Years3:24 October 2022[1]
Events1:Opened (Central line)
Events2:Opened (Jubilee line)
Events3:Opened (Elizabeth line)
Tubeexits05: 29.57
Tubeexits06: 32.76
Tubeexits07: 36.696
Tubeexits08: 36.410
Tubeexits09: 36.85-->
Railexits2223: 19.400
Access:yes
Interchange: [2]

Bond Street is an interchange station in Mayfair, in the West End of London for London Underground and Elizabeth line services. Entrances are on Oxford Street, near its junction with New Bond Street, and on Hanover Square.

The London Underground station is served by the Central and Jubilee lines. On the Central line, the station is between Marble Arch and Oxford Circus stations. On the Jubilee line, it is between Baker Street and Green Park stations. The Elizabeth line station is between Paddington and Tottenham Court Road stations.

The station is in fare zone 1.

History

The station was first opened on 24 September 1900 by the Central London Railway, three months after the first stations on the Central line opened.[3] The surface building was designed, in common with all original CLR stations, by the architect Harry Bell Measures. The original plans for the railway named the station as Davies Street rather than Bond Street.[4] [5]

In 1920 a possible joint venture was considered by London Underground and the nearby Selfridges store. This would have involved rebuilding the station, to include an entrance in Selfridge's basement. The idea was revisited in the early 1930s, leading to a concept of a subway connecting the station to the store, with a new ticket office in the basement of Selfridge's. However, these plans were not pursued, probably due to the cost of the construction.[6]

The station has had several major reconstructions. The first, which saw the original lifts replaced by escalators, and the addition of a new sub-surface ticket hall and new station façade, designed by the architect Charles Holden, came into use on 8 June 1926.[7] The tiling to the new ticket hall used the same tiling scheme used by Holden on other station projects at the time (notably the extension of the City and South London Railway to Morden).[8]

Jubilee line era

In the 1970s, the Jubilee line was extended through central London to Charing Cross, via Bond Street. As part of the construction of the line, the station ticket hall was extended and new entrances were provided on the north side of Oxford Street and to the east of Davies Street.[9] The Holden facade was demolished along with the Grosvenor Court Hotel that occupied the corner of Oxford Street and Davies Street, being replaced by the "West One" shopping arcade with offices above. The Jubilee line opened on 1 May 1979.[10]

In 2007, the station underwent a visual modernisation, removing the murals installed on the Central line platforms in the 1980s and replacing them with plain white tiles, in a style similar to those used when the station opened in 1900.

21st century

In the 2010s, the station was upgraded and expanded in preparation for the arrival of the Elizabeth line, bringing Bond Street into the National Rail network.[11] As part of these works, the Central line platforms closed from April to June 2014, and the Jubilee line platforms closed from July to December 2014.[12]

The £300m upgrade increased the capacity of the station entrances and exits by 30 per cent, added a new entrance to the station on Marylebone Lane on the north side of Oxford Street, and installed lifts to make the station step-free.[13] It was completed in November 2017, prior to the completion of the Elizabeth line.

During London Fashion Week in September 2023, TfL renamed the station to Burberry Street, as a publicity for the fashion company, Burberry. The name was reverted to Bond Street at the end of the fashion week.[14]

Elizabeth line

Between 2009 and 2022, the Crossrail project built a new Elizabeth line station at Bond Street. Originally planned to open in 2018, Bond Street did not open with the rest of the central London Elizabeth line stations in May 2022,[15] due to tunnelling problems dating back to 2014.[16] [17] The various delays meant that the station was approximately £500m over budget.[18]

The Elizabeth line station was opened on 24 October 2022 by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.[19]

Two new ticket halls were built by Crossrail at Davies Street and Hanover Square.[20] Architects included John McAslan[21] and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.[22] Although there is no connecting corridor, the Hanover Square exit of the Bond Street Elizabeth line station is approximately from Oxford Circus tube station and out-of-station interchange is permitted, allowing interchange with the Bakerloo and Victoria lines.[23] The escalators to the Hanover Square exit, at are the longest on the Elizabeth line, and the second longest on the Transport for London (TfL) network, shorter than those at Angel station on the Northern line.[24]

Services

Services at Bond Street are operated by the Elizabeth line, and London Underground's Central and Jubilee lines.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:

Operator/line Frequency to destination
London Underground
Central line[25]
Westbound
3 tph to
9 tph to
3 tph to
9 tph to
Eastbound
3 tph to
9 tph to
3 tph to
9 tph to
London Underground
Jubilee line[26]
Northbound
4 tph to
4 tph to
4 tph to
12 tph to
Southbound
24 tph to
Elizabeth line[27] Westbound
6 tph to
4 tph to
2 tph to
2 tph to
2 tph to
Eastbound
8 tph to
8 tph to

The station also served by a night service on Friday and Saturday nights as part of the Night Tube. The station is served by Central line and Jubilee line trains every 10 minutes in each direction.

Artwork

The station features multiple pieces of artwork. On the Jubilee line platforms, Tom Eckersley designed a stylised "hat box" motif.[28] The Elizabeth line station has three artworks by British artist Darren Almond. Located in and around the western Davies Street entrance, these artworks reference nameplates attached to railway locomotives.[29] [30]

Cultural references

The westbound Central line platform of the station is featured on the cover art for The Jam's 1978 single "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight",[31] with the band standing at the end of the platform as a 1962 Stock train rushes into the station.

Connections

A large number of London Bus routes serve the station during the day and night.[32] [33]

Nearby places of interest

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elizabeth line: Bond Street station gets opening date. 28 September 2022. BBC News. 28 September 2022.
  2. Web site: New OSI (Bond Street) and Same Station Exit Changes . Oyster Fares Central . 2022-10-20 . 2022-10-24.
  3. News: What to see near Bond Street: a guide to London by tube . . 9 January 2013 . 14 January 2014 . Henry Eliot and Tom Meltzer.
  4. Book: Harris, Cyril M. . What's in a name? . 11 . Capital Transport . 1977 . 2006 . 1-85414-241-0.
  5. Book: Bruce . J Graeme . Croome . Desmond F . The Central Line . 1996. 2006 . 6 . Capital Transport. 1-85414-297-6.
  6. Web site: Bond Street tube station's private tunnel to Selfridges . Ian Visits . 28 November 2016.
  7. Web site: B/W print; view of the façade of Bond Street station, by Underground Group Photo Dept, 1927. 1927. London Transport Museum.
  8. Web site: B/W print; Bond Street Underground station, Central line by H K Nolan . 23 Aug 1973 . London Transport Museum.
  9. Book: Horne, Mike . The Jubilee Line . Capital Transport . 2000 . 978-1-85414-220-7 . 37.
  10. Book: Rose, Douglas . The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History . Douglas Rose/Capital Transport . 1999 . 978-1-85414-219-1 . London.
  11. Web site: 17 November 2017 . New entrance opens as Bond Street station upgrade is complete . 19 November 2017 . Transport for London . TfL Press Office.
  12. Jubilee line trains now stopping at Bond Street . 24 November 2014 . . London . https://web.archive.org/web/20200820075948/https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2014/november/jubilee-line-trains-now-stopping-at-bond-street . August 20, 2020 . live.
  13. News: Bond Street station unveils new look entrance after £300m revamp. Evening Standard. 19 November 2017. en-GB.
  14. Web site: Mansfield . Ian . 15 September 2023 . Tube trains are now departing from 'Burberry Street' station for London Fashion Week . 22 September 2023 . ianVisits . en-GB.
  15. News: Crossrail: Elizabeth line due to open on 24 May . BBC News . 4 May 2022.
  16. Bond Street: The story behind Crossrail's problem station . Moore . Catherine . 2022-02-11 . . 2022-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531092350/https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/bond-street-the-story-behind-crossrails-problem-station-11-02-2022/ . 2022-05-31.
  17. Web site: Crossrail to be finished without Bond Street 'by March 2021'. BBC News. 26 April 2019. 28 April 2019.
  18. News: Hellen . Nicholas . 23 October 2022 . Bond Street station is finally open — just £500m over budget . en . . 2022-10-24 . 0140-0460.
  19. News: 2022-10-24 . Bond Street station finally opens on Elizabeth line . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-10-24.
  20. News: Bond Street station . en-GB . Crossrail . https://web.archive.org/web/20101028160404/http://www.crossrail.co.uk/route/stations/bond-street/ . dead . 28 October 2010 . 19 November 2017.
  21. Web site: Hugh Pearman . 3 March 2015 . Holding the line: How Julian Robinson holds Crossrail together . 14 July 2017 . RIBAJ.
  22. Web site: Francis . Felicity . 18 March 2015 . Reworked Hanover Square plans approved . 14 July 2017 . Property Week.
  23. Web site: Out-of-station interchanges . Transport for London . 3 January 2023.
  24. Web site: Matters . Transport for London Every Journey . Bond Street's new Elizabeth line station now open . 2024-01-05 . Transport for London . en-GB.
  25. Web site: Central Line Timetable. Transport for London. 9 January 2024.
  26. Web site: Jubilee Line Timetable. Transport for London. 9 January 2024.
  27. Web site: Elizabeth Line Timetable: December 2023. Transport for London. 9 January 2024.
  28. Web site: Tile Gazetteer - London - TACS . 2023-04-27 . tilesoc.org.uk . The Bond Street Jubilee line platforms were tiled with a stylish hat box motif designed by Tom Eckersley..
  29. Web site: Priest . Isabelle . 7 November 2022 . Civic presence means Elizabeth Line's Bond Street rises best in Hanover Square . 2023-04-27 . . en.
  30. News: Toms . Adam . 2022-10-29 . Derbyshire art front and centre of new Elizabeth Line station . en-GB . DerbyshireLive . 2023-04-27 . 0307-1235.
  31. Web site: 19 April 2016 . Down in the Tube Station at Midnight . 21 August 2017 . Snapgalleries.com . Snap Galleries Limited.
  32. Web site: Buses from Bond Street Station. 24 October 2022. TfL. 24 December 2022.
  33. Web site: Night buses from Bond Street. 24 October 2022. TfL. 24 December 2022.