Finchley Road tube station
Jubilee line and Metropolitan line · Zone 2 · Camden
About Finchley Road station
When the Metropolitan Railway extended its line from a now-closed station at Swiss Cottage (not today’s Jubilee line station), Finchley Road opened on 30 June 1879. It was rebuilt in 1914 with its entrances worked into a new parade of shops. The platforms lie in a cutting under a single glass and metal canopy, and this is the northernmost station on the line below street level.
Congestion shaped the station’s later history. By the mid-1930s the two Metropolitan tracks between here and Baker Street could not cope, so new deep tube tunnels were bored between the two stations to take some of the traffic from the Stanmore branch. They opened on 20 November 1939, bringing Bakerloo trains to Finchley Road; those services passed to the Jubilee line when it began on 1 May 1979. The layout reflects this: Jubilee trains use the two inside tracks, platforms 2 and 3, and Metropolitan trains the two outside ones, platforms 1 and 4.
First and last trains from Finchley Road
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jubilee towards Stanmore, Wembley Park or West Hampstead | 05:48 – 00:46 | 05:48 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 00:10 |
| Jubilee towards Stratford, North Greenwich or West Ham | 05:17 – 00:35 | 05:17 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:50 |
| Metropolitan towards Uxbridge, Watford or Amersham | 05:26 – 00:55 to Wembley Park | 05:26 – 00:55 to Wembley Park | 05:26 – 00:49 | 07:04 – 00:26 |
| Metropolitan towards Aldgate or Baker Street | 05:07 to Baker Street – 00:39 to Baker Street | 05:07 to Baker Street – 00:39 to Baker Street | 05:07 to Baker Street – 00:39 to Baker Street | 06:57 to Baker Street – 00:19 to Baker Street |
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 28 Jubilee trains an hour per direction and 23 Metropolitan trains an hour per direction from Finchley Road, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Finchley Road
Running times between Finchley Road and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Jubilee | Swiss Cottage | 1.5 min |
| Jubilee | West Hampstead | 1.5 min |
| Metropolitan | Baker Street | 6.3 min |
| Metropolitan | Wembley Park | 7.2 min |
Connections
- Tube: change here between the Jubilee line and Metropolitan line.
Station facilities
What is near Finchley Road station
The station stands at the corner of Finchley Road and Canfield Gardens and serves the Frognal and South Hampstead areas. The O2 Centre is about 170 m away, with the Vue Finchley Road cinema at around 190 m, and the Freud Museum London is about 240 m off. Finchley Road & Frognal on the London Overground is a five-minute walk and counts as an official out-of-station interchange. Swiss Cottage and West Hampstead are the neighbouring Jubilee line stops.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| O2 Centre | 170 m |
| Freud Museum London | 240 m |
| Vue Finchley Road | 190 m |