Russell Square tube station
Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox London station Russell Square is a London Underground station. It is located opposite Russell Square on Bernard Street, Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden. The station is on the Piccadilly line between Holborn and King's Cross St Pancras stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 1.<ref>Template:Cite map/Standard Tube Map</ref>
Russell Square is not far from the British Museum, the University of London's main campus, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Russell Square Gardens and the Brunswick Centre.<ref name=stnlocation>Google Maps – Russell Square Tube Station</ref>
The station is the work of London architect Leslie Green and is example of the Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref>
HistoryEdit
The station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906.Template:Sfn The station was designed by Leslie Green.Template:Sfn In 2001, the station was closed for 13 months for refurbishment, reopening in February 2002.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005 London bombingsEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} On 7 July 2005, in a co-ordinated bomb attack, an explosion in a train travelling between King's Cross St. Pancras and Russell Square resulted in the deaths of 26 people.<ref name=7july2005londonbombings>July 7 2005 London Bombings Fast Facts</ref> Another bomb later exploded on a bus at Tavistock Square.<ref name=7july2005londonbombings />
A plaque remembering the victims, identical to the one at King's Cross St Pancras tube station, is located at the station.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Station listingEdit
On 20 July 2011, English Heritage gave the station buildings Grade II listed status, describing it as: Template:Quote
The station todayEdit
The station is a Grade II listed building.<ref name="eh_1401730" /><ref name="eh_16">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Russell Square station has three lifts,<ref name=stnfacilities>Russell Square Tube Station – Facilities</ref> which are all fifty-passenger lifts built by Wadsworth.<ref>Lifts at Russell Square Tube Station London – Youtube</ref> There are no escalators but the platforms can be reached using a spiral staircase with 176 steps. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The station has seven gates and a Wi-Fi service. <ref>Russell Square Underground Station</ref>
Platform level tilingEdit
The stations on the central part of the Piccadilly line, as well as some sections of the Northern line, were financed by Charles Yerkes,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and are famous for the Leslie Green designed red station buildings and distinctive platform tiling. Each station had its own unique tile pattern and colours.
ServicesEdit
Russell Square station is on the Piccadilly line between Holborn to the west and King's Cross St Pancras to the east. Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but generally operate every 4–7 minutes between 05:56 and 00:28 in both directions.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
ConnectionsEdit
London Buses routes 14, 68, 91, 168, 188, limited Superloop route SL6 and night route N91 serve the station.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In popular cultureEdit
Russell Square tube station was used as the location for the 1972 horror film Death Line,<ref>The London Underground in Films and Televisions (Real Stations – Portrayals)</ref> which starred Donald Pleasence, Christopher Lee and Clive Swift.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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