Stanmore tube station

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Stanmore
Location
Place	Stanmore
Local authority	Harrow

Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2 (plus 1 under construction)

Transport for London
Zone	5
2005 annual usage	2.236 million †
2007 annual usage	2.828 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1932
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Stanmore tube station is a London Underground station at Stanmore. It is the western terminus of the Jubilee Line; the previous station is Canons Park. It is in Travelcard Zone 5. As the western half of the Jubilee Line runs closer to north-south than east-west, Stanmore is the northernmost station on the Jubilee Line.

It was opened on December 10, 1932, as the terminus of the eponomyous branch of the Metropolitan Line. This branch was transferred to the Bakerloo Line in 1939 and again to the Jubilee Line in 1979.

The station is on the south side of London Road, part of the A410. There is a traffic light controlled pedestrian crossing across London Road. Between that road and the station, there is a service road used by buses stopping at the station.

Unusually for an above ground station, the ticket office is not in the entrance hall but downstairs at platform level, although a large bay area now containing rarely used public telephones once held the booking hall.

The station building also incorporates a number of retail units. Just to the right of the entrance is a minicab office, and to the right of that is a newsagent's. To the left is a traditional barber's shop.

In 2005, Transport for London began the construction of a third platform at the station.

[edit] Stanmore Village station

Main article: Stanmore railway station

From 1890 until 1952 Stanmore was also served by a branch line (built by the LNWR) from Harrow and Wealdstone, with one intermediate station at Belmont. This Stanmore station was entirely separate from the Underground station of the same name. It located on the south side of the junction of Gordon Avenue and Old Church Lane; the station was later known as "Stanmore Village" to avoid confusion with the Underground station. Stanmore Village station was closed by British Railways in 1952.