Swiss Cottage tube station

This article is about the current Jubilee line station. For the disused Metropolitan line station, see Swiss Cottage tube station (1868-1940).

Swiss Cottage
Eastern entrance
Swiss Cottage Location of Swiss Cottage in Greater London
Location	Swiss Cottage
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2011	6.91 million
2012	7.53 million
2013	7.83 million
2014	7.28 million
Railway companies
Original company	London Passenger Transport Board
Key dates
20 November 1939	Station opened (Bakerloo line)
1 May 1979	Bakerloo service replaced by Jubilee line
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
London Transport portal

Swiss Cottage is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage, north London. It is on the Jubilee line, between Finchley Road and St. John's Wood stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 2 and located at the junction of Finchley Road, Avenue Road and College Crescent.

History

The station was opened on 20 November 1939 on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road stations when the Metropolitan line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo line. It is named after a nearby pub built in 1803–4, originally called The Swiss Tavern and later renamed Swiss Cottage.

The new station initially operated as part of a combined station with the Metropolitan line's adjacent sub-surface Swiss Cottage station (platforms 1 and 2 were Metropolitan line and 3 and 4 were Bakerloo line), but the Metropolitan line station was closed on 17 August 1940. The Bakerloo line station was subsequently transferred along with the rest of the Stanmore branch to the Jubilee line when it opened on 1 May 1979.

Connections

London Buses routes 13, 31, 46, 82, 113, 187, 268, 603 and C11 and night routes N13, N28, N31 and N113 serve the station.

Gallery

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  Northbound platform looking south

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  Southbound platform looking north

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  Station platform roundel

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  Station southwestern entrance looking towards 100 Avenue Road

See also

• Swiss Cottage (Metropolitan line) tube station

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Subway entrance to station, 1953
  • Platform, 1946

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Finchley Road towards Stanmore		Jubilee line		St. John's Wood towards Stratford
	Former services
Finchley Road towards Stanmore		Bakerloo line Stanmore branch (1939-1979)		St. John's Wood towards Elephant & Castle