Hyde Park Corner tube station
Piccadilly line · Zone 1 · City of Westminster
About Hyde Park Corner station
When the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened on 15 December 1906, Hyde Park Corner marked the meeting point of two schemes that had been forced together: the London United Railway and the Piccadilly and City Railway, merged after Parliament insisted the whole line from Hammersmith to Finsbury Park be built as one. Leslie Green’s original surface building, with its ox-blood tiles, survives south of the road junction; it served as a pizza restaurant until June 2010 and became the Wellesley Hotel on 14 December 2012.
That building lost its role on 23 May 1932, when escalators replaced the lifts and a new ticket hall opened below the road. The old lift shafts now provide ventilation, and an emergency stairway still connects the platforms. The 1932 rebuild also led to the closure of little-used Down Street station towards Green Park. Today Hyde Park Corner is one of the few stations with no buildings above ground at all: you enter through the pedestrian subways around the junction. A crossover tunnel to the east means it becomes the terminus of the western Piccadilly line whenever the central section is closed. Display cases in the 1932 hall once held dioramas of the London bus’s development; some models survive in the London Transport Museum collections.
First and last trains from Hyde Park Corner
| Line and direction | Mon–Thu first – last | Friday first – last | Saturday first – last | Sunday first – last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piccadilly towards Northfields, Heathrow Terminal 5 or Heathrow Terminal 4 | 05:50 to Heathrow Terminal 5 – 00:36 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 | 05:50 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 23:42 to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 |
| Piccadilly towards Cockfosters, Arnos Grove or Oakwood | 05:46 – 00:30 | 05:46 – all night | 24 hours | all night – 00:13 |
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 25 Piccadilly trains an hour per direction from Hyde Park Corner, counting both directions separately.
Next stations from Hyde Park Corner
Running times between Hyde Park Corner and the adjoining stations, from TfL’s timetable.
| Line | Next station | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Piccadilly | Green Park | 2.4 min |
| Piccadilly | Knightsbridge | 1.4 min |
Connections
Hyde Park Corner is served by the Piccadilly line only; there is no interchange with other rail lines here.
Station facilities
What is near Hyde Park Corner station
The station is the gateway to the monuments clustered at the corner of Hyde Park. Apsley House and the Wellington Monument are about 70 m away, the Royal Artillery Memorial about 60 m, and Wellington Arch roughly 130 m. A short walk reaches the Machine Gun Corps Memorial, the statue of Lord Byron, the New Zealand War Memorial, the RAF Bomber Command Memorial and the Commonwealth Memorial Gates. Inside the park, the Rose Garden lies about 250 m off, the Cavalry of the Empire statue about 270 m and the 7 July Memorial about 330 m. Knightsbridge is the next stop west.
| Place | Walk from the station |
|---|---|
| Royal Artillery Memorial | 60 m |
| Apsley House | 70 m |
| Wellington Monument | 70 m |
| Wellington Arch | 130 m |
| RAF Bomber Command Memorial | 240 m |
| Commonwealth Memorial Gates | 240 m |
| Cavalry of the Empire (statue) | 270 m |
| 7 July Memorial | 330 m |
Frequently asked questions
Leslie Green’s ox-blood tiled building still stands south of the road junction. It was taken out of use when the escalator ticket hall opened on 23 May 1932, was later used as a pizza restaurant until June 2010, and since 14 December 2012 has been the Wellesley Hotel. Its former lift shafts now ventilate the station.
There is a crossover tunnel just east of the station. When the central section of the Piccadilly line is closed, trains from the west can reverse here, so Hyde Park Corner becomes the temporary terminus of the western part of the line.