Swiss Cottage tube station

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This article is about the current Jubilee Line station. For the disused Metropolitan Line station, see Swiss Cottage (Metropolitan Line) tube station.


Swiss Cottage
Location
Place	Swiss Cottage
Local authority	Camden

Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2

Transport for London
Zone	2
2005 annual usage	5.83 million †
2007 annual usage	7.244 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1939
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Swiss Cottage tube station is a London Underground station at Swiss Cottage. It is on the Jubilee Line, between Finchley Road and St. John's Wood. It is in Travelcard Zone 2 and on the Finchley Road.

The station was opened on 20 November 1939 on a new section of deep-level tunnel constructed between Baker Street and Finchley Road when the Metropolitan Line's services on its Stanmore branch were transferred to the Bakerloo Line. It is named for a nearby pub, built in 1803-4, originally called The Swiss Tavern, and later renamed Swiss Cottage.

The new station initially operated as part of a combined station with the Metropolitan Line's adjacent sub-surface Swiss Cottage station (platforms 1 and 2 were Metropolitan Line and 3 and 4 were Bakerloo Line) but the Metropolitan Line station was closed on 17 August 1940.

The station was subsequently transferred along with the rest of the Stanmore branch to the Jubilee Line when it opened on May 1, 1979. It is geographically close to South Hampstead railway station, but is not treated as a valid connection.