Regent's Park is a London Underground station. It is south of Regent's Park. The station is on the Bakerloo line, between Baker Street and Oxford Circus stations. Its access is on Marylebone Road, within Park Crescent, in London fare zone 1, in which zone it is the second-least used station, with 3.5 million entries or exits in 2015. It is situated west of Great Portland Street tube station on the same arterial road.

History

The station was opened on 10 March 1906 by the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (BS&WR); in the original parliamentary authority for the construction of the BS&WR no station was allowed at Regent's Park. Permission was granted to add it to the already partially constructed line in 1904. In 1983, London Transport proposed to close the station on the basis that the passenger lifts, which at the time were 77 years old, needed to be replaced at a cost of more than £3 million. The proposal was dropped following a request by the GLC for the matter to be reconsidered. There is also a staircase with 96 steps.

Nearby points of interest are Regent's Park itself, the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal College of Physicians, Holy Trinity Church, Portland Place and Harley Street.

Great Portland Street station is within walking distance to the east for interchanges to the Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines; however, out-of-station interchange fares do not apply and both journeys are charged separately.

Services

Regent's Park station is on the Bakerloo line in London fare zone 1. It is between Baker Street to the north and Oxford Circus to the south. The typical service pattern in trains per hour (tph) operated during off-peak hours weekdays and all day Sundays is:

  • 4tph to Harrow & Wealdstone via Queen's Park and Stonebridge Park (Northbound)
  • 4tph to Stonebridge Park via Queen's Park (Northbound)
  • 8tph to Queen's Park (Northbound)
  • 16tph to Elephant & Castle (Southbound)

Weekday peak service, as well as Saturday service, operates with four additional Queen's Park-Elephant & Castle trains per hour.

Connections

The station is served by London Buses day and nighttime routes.

Notes and references

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  • London Transport Museum Photographic Archive