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North Greenwich is a London Underground station served by the Jubilee line.[7] Despite its name, it is not in the local area historically known as North Greenwich, on the Isle of Dogs, north of the River Thames; a completely different North Greenwich station used to be there, from 1872 until 1926. It is actually closer to Charlton than to Greenwich; however, it is at the northernmost tip of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, which perhaps gives the best explanation of the name.

North Greenwich
North Greenwich Location of North Greenwich in Greater London
Location	Greenwich Peninsula
Local authority	Royal Borough of Greenwich
Managed by	London Underground
Owner	Transport for London
Number of platforms	3
Accessible	Yes[1]
Fare zone	2 and 3
London Underground annual entry and exit
2017	28.15 million[2]
2018	24.66 million[3]
2019	28.28 million[4]
2020	9.64 million[5]
2021	11.28 million[6]
Railway companies
Original company	London Regional Transport
Key dates
14 May 1999	Opened
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
WGS84	51.500556°N 0.003611°E / 51.500556; 0.003611
London transport portal

The tube station opened on 14 May 1999. It is adjacent to The O₂ (originally the Millennium Dome) at the northern end of the Greenwich Peninsula, on the south bank of the Thames. It is the easternmost below-ground station on the line.

It lies between Canary Wharf and Canning Town stations on the Jubilee line, in Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.

History

An Underground station was first proposed for the Greenwich Peninsula in a government report on the redevelopment of London's Docklands published in 1973. The proposal, part of the then unbuilt Fleet line, proposed a line running from Charing Cross via Fenchurch Street to Beckton, with stations on each side at Millwall and Custom House. The proposal was developed during the 1970s as the Fleet line developed into the Jubilee line. The route was approved in 1980, but financial constraints meant that the route was not proceeded with.[8] By the start of the 1990s new plans had been developed to extend the Jubilee line on a route south of the River Thames towards Stratford with North Greenwich station built in accordance with this plan.

Opened on 14 May 1999, North Greenwich is one of the largest stations on the Jubilee line, capable of handling around 20,000 passengers an hour, having been designed to cope with the large number of visitors expected at the Millennium Dome (now The O₂).

The track layout at North Greenwich was designed to allow a branch off the line from this station. A branch towards Thamesmead was planned; however this has not been developed beyond the initial proposal, and is not currently in Transport for London's investment programme.

The track layout allows trains from both Stanmore and Stratford to terminate at North Greenwich. A number of trains from Stanmore terminate here during peak and off-peak times, and enter platform 2 instead of the usual platform 3. Trains head back towards central London from platform 2. During times of disruption and engineering work, trains from and back to Stratford can be routed into and out of platform 2.

The striking blue-tiled and glazed interior, with raking concrete columns rearing up inside the huge underground space, was designed by the architectural practice Alsop, Lyall and Störmer.[9] The blue tiles on walls were inspired by the design of MTR stations in Hong Kong, where every station adopts a livery in order to help passengers to recognise their alighting stop.[10]

As with other stations on the Jubilee Line Extension, all platforms are equipped with platform screen doors.

On 20 October 2016, the military conducted a controlled explosion on an improvised explosive device at North Greenwich after a passenger spotted an unattended bag filled with "wires and an alarm clock" aboard a Jubilee line train.[11] No injuries were reported,[12] and a suspect was later detained.[13] The man, Damon Smith, was convicted of possession of an explosive substance with intent and was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.[14]

Connections

The bus station is interconnected and above the tube station on the surface for direct transfer with London Buses routes 108, 129, 132, 161, 180, 188, 335, 422, 472 and 486, serving the station.[15]

The London Cable Car opened nearby on 28 June 2012, providing a link between the Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Victoria Dock and ExCeL London.[16]

References

External links

• Media related to North Greenwich tube station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Canary Wharf towards Stanmore		Jubilee line		Canning Town towards Stratford
Abandoned Plans
Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Millwall towards Stanmore		Jubilee line Phase 3 (1980) (never constructed)		Custom House towards Woolwich Arsenal or Beckton

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[de] North Greenwich (London Underground)

North Greenwich ist eine unterirdische Station der London Underground im Stadtbezirk Royal Borough of Greenwich. Sie liegt an der Grenze der Travelcard-Tarifzonen 2 und 3, an der Nordspitze der von der Themse umflossenen Greenwich-Halbinsel. Unmittelbar nebenan befindet sich die Veranstaltungshalle The O₂. Im Jahr 2014 nutzten 24,27 Millionen Fahrgäste diese von der Jubilee Line bediente Station.[1]

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- [en] North Greenwich tube station

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[ru] Северный Гринвич (станция метро)

Северный Гринвич (англ. North Greenwich) — станция Юбилейной линии лондонского метро[2]. Находится между станциями «Кэнэри-Уорф» и «Кеннинг Таун», во второй и третьей тарифной зоне. Несмотря на своё название, не находится в районе, исторически известном как Северный Гринвич, на Собачьем острове, к северу от Темзы. Станция расположена ближе к Чарльтону, чем к Гринвичу. Однако Чарльтон находится на самой северной оконечности Королевского округа Гринвич, что, возможно, определило название.

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