Hampstead tube station

Not to be confused with West Hampstead tube station.

For the unbuilt Metropolitan Railway station, see Hampstead railway station (Metropolitan & St John's Wood Railway).

Hampstead
Station building in 2008
Hampstead Location of Hampstead in Greater London
Location	Hampstead
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2 and 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019	4.67 million
2020	2.26 million
2021	2.11 million
2022	3.61 million
2023	3.89 million
Railway companies
Original company	CCE&HR
Key dates
22 June 1907	Opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51.5569°N 0.1783°W / 51.5569; -0.1783
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Hampstead is a London Underground station in Hampstead, North London, London, England. It is on the Edgware branch of the Northern line, between Golders Green and Belsize Park stations. The branch's northernmost subterranean station, it is on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.

Designed by architect Leslie Green, it was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway. As it is at the junction of Heath Street and Hampstead High Street, the name Heath Street was proposed before opening, and the original tiled signs on the platform walls still read Heath Street. Because Hampstead is on a steep hill, the station's platforms are the deepest on the London Underground network, at 58.5 metres (192 ft) below ground level; and it has the deepest lift shaft on the Underground, at 55 metres (180 ft). Its high-speed lifts, originally manufactured by Otis, were modernised by the Wadsworth Lift Company, and again in 2014 by Accord.

To the north, between Hampstead and Golders Green stations, is the uncompleted North End or Bull & Bush station. London Overground's Hampstead Heath station on the North London line is a 10–15 minute walk east on South End Road.

Tiling on the southbound platform, showing the original proposed name, "Heath Street"

Connections

London Buses routes 46 and 268, schools service 603 and night bus N5 serve the station.

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Station exterior, 1925

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Golders Green towards Edgware		Northern line Edgware branch		Belsize Park towards Battersea Power Station, Morden or Kennington
Abandoned plans
North End towards Golders Green		Northern line		Belsize Park towards Charing Cross