Brixton tube station

Brixton London Underground

Station entrance
Brixton
Location of Brixton in Greater London
Location Brixton
Local authority Lambeth
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 2
Accessible Yes [1][2]
Fare zone 2
OSI Brixton National Rail [3]
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012 Increase 24.82 million[4]
2013 Increase 27.22 million[4]
2014 Increase 29.37 million[4]
2015 Increase 30.83 million[4]
Key dates
1971 Opened (Victoria line)
Other information
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WGS84 51°27′45″N 0°06′54″W / 51.4626°N 0.1149°W / 51.4626; -0.1149Coordinates: 51°27′45″N 0°06′54″W / 51.4626°N 0.1149°W / 51.4626; -0.1149
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Brixton is a London Underground station on Brixton Road in the Brixton district of the London Borough of Lambeth, south London. The station is the southern terminus of the Victoria line.[5] The station was opened on 23 July 1971 by the London Transport Executive. It has high usage for an inner suburban station with 27.2 million entries and exits during 2013.

Design

From the ticket hall, three escalators take passengers to and from the platforms. There are also passenger lifts between street level, the ticket hall and the platforms to provide step free access.[1][2]

The station is laid out as a two-track terminus with a scissors crossover north of the station, and the line continues for a short distance south of the station platforms to form a pair of sidings. These are used for the overnight stabling of a pair of trains, which then form the mornings' first two northbound services.

Station improvements

As part of a framework agreement with London Underground, Chetwoods were engaged to carry out an extensive refurbishment of the passenger areas of Brixton Underground Station.[6] This included an overall redesign of the station’s external façade and entrance lobby, together with refurbishment of a number of smaller retail outlets and the ticket office.[6] The scheme developed the Practice’s expertise in the particular technical and design requirements of underground facilities, benefitting the design approach to projects for other clients such as Network Rail.[6] The refurbishment started in 2001, and was completed in 2010. The station was briefly closed for asbestos removal in 2006. The refurbishment works were a long drawn out process.[7] New panels and lighting have been installed in the escalator shaft.[7]

Location

The station is in Brixton Road and is about 100 m[8] from Brixton railway station[5] (on the London Victoria to Orpington line, operated by South Eastern). Although the route of London Overground also runs close to Brixton tube station, there is no station in Brixton on this route because the South London Line is on high railway arches, and Overground trains pass overhead.[9][10]

Map of rail & tube lines passing through Brixton, showing the location of East Brixton

Services and connections

Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally every 3–5 minutes between 05:55 and 00:18.[11]

London Bus routes 2, 3, 35, 45, 59, 109, 118, 133, 159, 333, 355, 415, 432, 689 and 690 and P4 and night routes N2, N3, N35, N109 and N133 serve the station.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Avoiding Stairs Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. December 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Out-of-Station Interchanges" (Microsoft Excel). Transport for London. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 Transport for London (January 2016). Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 Brixton Underground Station Redevelopment
  7. 1 2 "Station Refurbishment Summary" (PDF). London Underground Railway Society. July 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Google Maps – Brixton tube station
  9. ↑ "East London Line Extensions – Loughborough Junction". AlwaysTouchOut. 9 November 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
  10. ↑ "ELLG response to the South London Route Utilisation Strategy" (PDF). Network Rail. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "Victoria line timetable: From Brixton Underground Station to Stockwell Underground Station". Transport for London. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Brixton Station – Bus Archived 17 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ Brixton Water Lane – Bus
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