Edgware Road (Circle line) tube station
Circle line, District line and Hammersmith & City line · Zone 1 · City of Westminster
About Edgware Road (Circle line) station
Trains first called here on 10 January 1863, when the Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon as the world’s first underground railway. Sir John Fowler designed the original building; it was replaced in 1926–8, when the station was rebuilt for District services, by a new street-level building by Charles Walter Clark. The platforms lie in a cutting open to the sky, and the four-platform layout makes this a turning point for several services: only platforms 2 and 3 can reverse trains, and District trains from here run only to Wimbledon.
Since December 2009 the Circle line has not run as a continuous loop, and its trains call at Edgware Road twice on each journey, once passing through and once terminating. On 7 July 2005 a bomb was detonated on a westbound Circle line train as it left the station, killing six passengers. A newer landmark is Wrapper, Jacqueline Poncelet’s cladding for the electrical substation built beside the station for the new trains of the early 2010s: 700 enamel panels with patterns inspired by local history, unveiled in November 2012.
First and last trains from Edgware Road (Circle line)
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle towards Hammersmith (Circle and H&C lines) or Edgware Road (Circle line) | 05:20 – 00:55 | 05:20 – 00:55 | 05:20 – 00:55 | 07:15 – 00:41 |
| Circle towards Edgware Road (Circle line), Aldgate or King's Cross St Pancras | 04:55 to Aldgate – 00:43 to King's Cross St Pancras | 04:55 to Aldgate – 00:43 to King's Cross St Pancras | 04:55 to Aldgate – 00:43 to King's Cross St Pancras | 06:38 – 00:22 to Baker Street |
| District towards Wimbledon or Ealing Broadway | 05:59 – 00:21 | 05:59 – 00:21 | 05:59 – 00:21 | 07:20 – 00:10 to Earl's Court |
| Hammersmith & City towards Hammersmith (Circle and H&C lines) | 05:43 – 00:49 | 05:43 – 00:49 | 05:43 – 00:49 | 07:09 – 00:26 |
| Hammersmith & City towards Barking or Plaistow | 05:18 – 00:37 | 05:18 – 00:37 | 05:18 – 00:37 | 07:06 – 00:15 |
Times are TfL’s published timetable departures from this station; on Saturday the list follows TfL’s “Saturdays and public holidays” timetable.
At the busiest hour on a weekday there are up to 7 Circle trains an hour per direction, 6 District trains an hour per direction and 7 Hammersmith & City trains an hour per direction from Edgware Road (Circle line), counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Edgware Road (Circle line)
Running times between Edgware Road (Circle line) and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Circle | Baker Street | 3.4 min |
| Circle | Paddington | 2.2 min |
| Circle | Paddington (H&C line) | 2.5 min |
| District | Paddington | 2 min |
| Hammersmith & City | Baker Street | 3.1 min |
| Hammersmith & City | Paddington (H&C line) | 2.6 min |
Connections
- Tube: change here between the Circle line, District line and Hammersmith & City line.
Station facilities
What is near Edgware Road (Circle line) station
The station sits on the corner of Chapel Street and Cabbell Street. Marks & Spencer is about 90 m away and the Lisson Gallery about 140 m, with the Mark Jason Gallery at around 190 m and Westminster Magistrates’ Court at 240 m. Towards the canal are the Floating Pocket Park (about 260 m) and The Fan Bridge (310 m); Nightingale Hospital, Broadley Street Gardens and Church Street Library are all within 400 m. The Bakerloo line’s Edgware Road is a separate station about 150 m away across Marylebone Road.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| Lisson Gallery | 140 m |
| Marks & Spencer | 90 m |
| Mark Jason Gallery | 190 m |
| Westminster Magistrates' Court | 240 m |
| Floating Pocket Park | 260 m |
| Nightingale Hospital | 280 m |
| Broadley Street Gardens | 290 m |
| The Fan Bridge | 310 m |