Russell_square_tube_station

Russell Square
Location
Place	Russell Square
Local authority	Camden
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Transport for London
Zone	1
Annual usage	10.115 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1906
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Russell Square is a London Underground station on Bernard Street, Bloomsbury in the London Borough of Camden. It is a small but busy station, used by office workers and tourists staying in Bloomsbury\'s numerous hotels.

History

The station was designed by Leslie Green,http://www.dougrose.co.uk/ and opened on 15 December, 1906.

Location

It is not far from the British Museum, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Russell Square Gardens. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 1, and is between Holborn and King\'s Cross St Pancras on the Piccadilly Line.

Access to trains

Russell Square station has three lifts but no escalators. The platforms can also be reached by a spiral staircase with 177 steps, although signs in the station indicate that there are 175 steps.

2005 London bombings

On 7 July 2005 in a co-ordinated bomb attack, an explosion in a train travelling between King\'s Cross\'s St. Pancras and Russell Square resulted in the deaths of 26 people.

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References

External links

• TFL.
• Open Guide

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Holborn toward Uxbridge or Heathrow		Piccadilly line		King\'s Cross St. Pancras toward Cockfosters

Coordinates: 51°31′23″N, 0°07′28″W

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