Hyde Park Corner tube station

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Hyde Park Corner
Former Hyde Park Corner station building
Location
Place	Hyde Park Corner
Local authority	Westminster

Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2

Transport for London
Zone	1
2004 annual usage	4.449 million †
2007 annual usage	5.597 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

Hyde Park Corner is a London Underground station near Hyde Park Corner in Hyde Park. It is in Travelcard Zone 1, between Knightsbridge and Green Park on the Piccadilly Line.

It is one of the few stations which have no associated buildings above ground, the station being fully underground. The current entrance to the station is accessed from within the pedestrian underpass system around the Hyde Park Corner junction.

Inside Hyde Park Corner Tube Station

The original, Leslie Green-designed station building still remains to the south of the road junction, notable by its ox-blood coloured tiles; it is currently used as a pizza restaurant. The building was taken out of use in the early 1930s when the station was provided with escalators in place of lifts although an emergency stairway provides a connection to the platforms. The lift shafts are now used to provide ventilation. This non-operational part of the station is said to be chillingly haunted by the sound of girls crying, so station staff are reluctant to visit this part of the station at night.^{[citation needed]}

When the station was rebuilt with escalators the adjacent little-used station at Down Street to the east (towards Green Park) was taken out of use.

When the central section of the Piccadilly Line is closed (such as after the 7 July 2005 London bombings), the station becomes the terminus of the western part due to the presence of a crossover tunnel to the east of the station.

Preceding station	London Underground	Following station
Knightsbridge towards Uxbridge or Heathrow (Terminals 1, 2, 3 or Terminal 5)	Piccadilly line	Green Park towards Cockfosters
	Former Route
Preceding station	London Underground	Following station
Knightsbridge	Piccadilly Line Former Route (1906-1932)	Down Street