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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

2005 annual usage 10.115 million †

2007 annual usage 13.592 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.

1 History
2 Location
3 Access to trains
4 2005 London bombings
5 Gallery
6 References
7 External links

History

The station was designed by Leslie Green,^[1] 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.