Hampstead tube station

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Hampstead
Location
Place	Hampstead
Local authority	London Borough of Camden
Operations
Station code	ZHM
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Transport for London
Zone	2 and 3
2004 annual usage	4.195 million †
2007 annual usage	4.308 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1907
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Hampstead tube station is a London Underground station in Hampstead Village in North London, NW3 1QG. The station is on the Edgware branch of the Northern Line, between Golders Green and Belsize Park stations, and on the boundary between Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3.

The station was opened on the 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway. Located at the junction of Heath Street and Hampstead High Street, the name Heath Street was proposed for the station before opening: indeed, the original tiled station signs on the platform walls, recently restored, still read "Heath Street". Hampstead Village is located on a steep hill and the station platforms are the deepest on the London Underground network, at 58.5 metres or 192 feet below ground level. It has the deepest lift shaft on the Underground at 181 feet deep. As well as the lifts, there is a spiral emergency staircase, made up of 300 steps.

To the north, between Hampstead and Golders Green stations is the uncompleted North End or Bull & Bush station. Hampstead Heath railway station on the National Rail North London Line is about a 10-15 minute walk away to the east.

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• London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive Station exterior, 1925

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Golders Green towards Edgware		Northern line		Belsize Park towards Morden or Kennington

Coordinates: 51°33′25″N, 0°10′42″W