Swiss Cottage tube station
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| Swiss Cottage | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Swiss Cottage |
| Local authority | Camden |
| Operations | |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Transport for London | |
| Zone | 2 |
| Annual entry/exit | 5.83 million † |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1939 |
| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| † Data from Transport for London [1] | |
Swiss Cottage tube station is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage. It is on the Jubilee Line, between Finchley Road and St. John's Wood. It is in Travelcard Zone 2 and on the Finchley Road.
The station was opened on 20 November 1939 on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road when the Metropolitan Line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo Line.
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 station was subsequently transferred along with the rest of the Stanmore branch to the Jubilee Line when it opened on May 1, 1979. It is geographically close to South Hampstead railway station, but is not treated as a valid connection.
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 Northbound platform (September 2006) |
 Station escalators (September 2006) |
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| Preceding station | Underground Lines | Following station | ||
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| Finchley Road | Jubilee Line | St. John's Wood | ||
