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The Piccadilly line is a deep-level London Underground line running between the west and the north of London. It has two western branches which split at Acton Town and serves 53 stations. The line serves Heathrow Airport , and some of its stations are near tourist attractions in Central London such as Piccadilly Circus and Buckingham Palace .
The Piccadilly line, a Brief History. London: London Transport. OCLC 59998126. Menear, Laurence (1983). London's Underground Stations: a social and architectural study. Midas Books. ISBN 978-0-85936-124-8. OCLC 12695214. Wolmar, Christian (2004). The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever ...
Piccadilly Circus is a proposed stop on the Chelsea-Hackney Line, also known as the Crossrail 2. [16] It would be between Victoria and Tottenham Court Road stations. Effectively a new station would have to be built under the existing levels, possibly as part of a major overhaul of the existing buildings.
Stations of the London Underground's Piccadilly line. Pages in category "Piccadilly line stations" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total.
Hammersmith is a London Underground station in Hammersmith providing cross-platform interchange between the District and Piccadilly lines. On the District line the station between Barons Court and Ravenscourt Park stations, and on the Piccadilly line it is between Barons Court and Acton Town or Turnham Green stations at very early morning and late evening hours.
These were called the tube lines. Since the 1950s the term "tube" has come to be used to refer to the whole London Underground system. [4] Many of the central London deep-tube line stations, such as those on the Central and Piccadilly lines, are higher than the running lines to help with deceleration when arriving and acceleration when ...
Covent Garden is a London Underground station serving Covent Garden and the surrounding area in the West End of London. It is on the Piccadilly line between Leicester Square and Holborn stations and is in Travelcard Zone 1. [8] The station is at the corner of Long Acre and James Street and the street-level concourse is a Grade II listed building.
Earl's Court is a hub for several routes on the District line and Piccadilly line. It is in both Travelcard Zone 1 and Zone 2. [48] The station concourse is split over two levels. The District line is on the upper section 4.8 metres (16 ft) below ground and covers platforms 1–4, with two island platforms in between the pairs of lines.