Knowledge (XXG)

Chancery Lane tube station

Source 📝

491: 503: 1417: 1336: 1321: 1276: 1246: 52: 467: 1251: 1371: 1281: 36: 479: 1859: 288: 1296: 1241: 515: 27: 962: 1483: 1468: 1453: 1422: 1376: 1286: 1256: 527: 206: 193: 180: 167: 154: 397:. It was not possible to construct the inclined escalator shaft between the platforms and the existing entrance, so a new sub-surface ticket hall was constructed below the road junction. The new station entrance came into use on 25 June 1934. The old entrance building became redundant and, in recognition of the location of the new entrance, the station was renamed 59: 408:
When the CLR excavated the running tunnels it routed them to avoid passing under surface buildings in order to limit the risk to the buildings from vibration. At Chancery Lane, the eastbound tunnel runs above the westbound one.
444:(which used the same type of train) were suspended, as the trains had to be taken out of service whilst the cause of the failure was determined and appropriate modifications made to the trains. 1913: 1898: 1883: 1888: 369:
entrances giving access to the ticket office under the roadway. Chancery Lane is one of the few London Underground stations which have no associated buildings above ground.
566: 1908: 1893: 1087: 502: 1918: 1903: 253: 1923: 51: 1658: 490: 466: 424:. Access to the shelter was via the original station building and lift shaft as well as subsidiary entrances in Furnival Street and Took's Court. 1801: 1736: 1731: 347: 137: 1546: 381:(CLR) on 30 July 1900. The current station entrance is not the original. The original, disused station building is on the north side of 478: 1751: 1316: 1096: 1080: 1042: 992: 826: 798: 770: 437: 308: 687: 436:
train derailed at Chancery Lane, injuring 32 passengers, after a motor became detached from the train. All services on the entire
654: 621: 588: 1623: 1366: 551: 514: 1356: 1771: 1766: 1761: 1756: 1746: 1741: 1663: 1603: 1503: 1271: 433: 1683: 1633: 1473: 1073: 946: 941: 936: 732: 719: 246: 1711: 1668: 1536: 1531: 1346: 1147: 1137: 1029: 421: 1673: 1618: 1326: 1291: 1266: 1168: 413: 1688: 1638: 1361: 1301: 1198: 1122: 1052: 1016: 999: 343: 1608: 1438: 1391: 1341: 1331: 1226: 1193: 1178: 1152: 1057: 324: 97: 903: 237: 1863: 1791: 1613: 1526: 1412: 1407: 1386: 1381: 1295: 1240: 1203: 1034: 980: 526: 441: 292: 1706: 1649: 1598: 1589: 1562: 1351: 1208: 378: 35: 1572: 1567: 1541: 1463: 1458: 1443: 1261: 1213: 1183: 1173: 1142: 1132: 1012: 1008: 931: 385:
at Nos. 31–33, approximately 400 feet (122 m) to the west, closer to High Holborn's junction with
1850: 1478: 1311: 1188: 984: 975: 698: 665: 632: 599: 562: 339: 119: 1698: 1678: 1628: 1231: 1127: 1117: 1004: 1840: 965: 961: 366: 304: 108: 26: 878: 362: 393:
between ground and platform levels, the station was rebuilt in the early 1930s to operate with
1448: 1250: 1236: 822: 794: 766: 1827: 1796: 1370: 1280: 856: 1817: 1416: 1335: 1320: 1275: 1245: 328: 320: 316: 93: 842: 1877: 1822: 1482: 1467: 1452: 1421: 1375: 1285: 1255: 720:
https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/multi-year-station-entry-exit-figures.xls
400: 386: 358: 332: 452: 417: 382: 354: 1845: 736: 268: 255: 394: 390: 312: 83: 1069: 1065: 843:"Clive's Underground Line Guides, Central Line, Layout" 331:. It opened in 1900 and takes its name from the nearby 947:
Subway entrance at the corner of Gray's Inn Road, 1934
959: 405:, although the suffix subsequently fell out of use. 1810: 1784: 1724: 1697: 1648: 1588: 1581: 1555: 1519: 1512: 1496: 1431: 1400: 1161: 1110: 1103: 245: 231: 226: 218: 213: 200: 187: 174: 161: 148: 143: 133: 125: 115: 103: 89: 79: 23: 508:The second shortest escalator on the Tube network 1914:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1900 412:It is one of eight Underground stations with a 763:The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History 1899:Tube stations in the London Borough of Camden 1884:Rail transport stations in London fare zone 1 1081: 8: 932:London Transport Museum Photographic Archive 323:, England. It has entrances within both the 455:routes and night routes serve the station. 71:Location of Chancery Lane in Central London 1889:Central line (London Underground) stations 1585: 1516: 1107: 1088: 1074: 1066: 953: 695:Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023 662:Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022 629:Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021 596:Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020 559:Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019 20: 1023: 969: 956: 812: 810: 144:London Underground annual entry and exit 756: 754: 543: 472:Chancery Lane original station building 462: 1909:Former Central London Railway stations 1894:London Underground Night Tube stations 904:"High Holborn / Chancery Lane Station" 789:Emmerson, Andrew; Beard, Tony (2004). 784: 782: 819:London's Disused Underground Stations 58: 7: 569:from the original on 9 November 2020 1919:Disasters on the London Underground 1904:Tube stations in the City of London 821:. Capital Transport. p. 122. 793:. Capital Transport. p. 170. 765:. Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. 14: 1924:Derailments in the United Kingdom 353:It is located at the junction of 1857: 1481: 1466: 1451: 1420: 1415: 1374: 1369: 1334: 1319: 1294: 1284: 1279: 1274: 1254: 1249: 1244: 1239: 960: 525: 513: 501: 489: 477: 465: 389:. Originally provided with four 286: 205: 204: 192: 191: 179: 178: 166: 165: 153: 152: 57: 50: 34: 25: 496:Westbound platform looking east 484:Eastbound platform looking west 338:The station is located between 857:"Thirty hurt after Tube crash" 377:The station was opened by the 1: 942:Sub-surface ticket hall, 1934 1864:London transport portal 735:. GeoffTech. Archived from 520:Roundel, eastbound platform 422:Kingsway telephone exchange 414:deep-level air-raid shelter 293:London transport portal 1940: 733:"Tube Facts & Figures" 16:London Underground station 1836: 1222: 284: 45: 33: 442:Waterloo & City line 325:London Borough of Camden 98:London Borough of Camden 879:"Chancery Lane Station" 428:Accidents and incidents 1802:Shoreditch High Street 1563:Central London Railway 817:Connor, J. E. (1999). 761:Rose, Douglas (1999). 432:On 25 January 2003, a 379:Central London Railway 1573:Great Western Railway 1568:Great Eastern Railway 791:London's Secret Tubes 565:. 23 September 2020. 420:this was turned into 416:underneath it; after 238:TfL station info page 40:Northeastern entrance 1851:Transport for London 1725:Former rolling stock 1317:Tottenham Court Road 699:Transport for London 688:"Station Usage Data" 666:Transport for London 655:"Station Usage Data" 633:Transport for London 622:"Station Usage Data" 600:Transport for London 589:"Station Usage Data" 563:Transport for London 552:"Station Usage Data" 120:Transport for London 937:Chancery Lane, 1914 739:on 22 February 2017 265: /  126:Number of platforms 1841:London Underground 1650:Richmond extension 1624:Heathfield Terrace 1590:Richmond extension 970:Following station 966:London Underground 957:Preceding station 305:London Underground 109:London Underground 1871: 1870: 1785:Proposed stations 1780: 1779: 1720: 1719: 1492: 1491: 1357:Notting Hill Gate 1064: 1063: 859:. 25 January 2003 731:Marshall, Geoff. 532:Southern entrance 346:stations, within 298: 297: 227:Other information 1931: 1862: 1861: 1860: 1699:Denham extension 1664:Ravenscourt Park 1604:Paddenswick Road 1586: 1556:Former companies 1517: 1485: 1470: 1455: 1424: 1419: 1378: 1373: 1338: 1323: 1298: 1288: 1283: 1278: 1272:Liverpool Street 1258: 1253: 1248: 1243: 1108: 1090: 1083: 1076: 1067: 1058:Liverpool Street 964: 954: 919: 918: 916: 914: 900: 894: 893: 891: 889: 875: 869: 868: 866: 864: 853: 847: 846: 839: 833: 832: 814: 805: 804: 786: 777: 776: 758: 749: 748: 746: 744: 728: 722: 717: 711: 710: 708: 706: 692: 684: 678: 677: 675: 673: 668:. 4 October 2023 659: 651: 645: 644: 642: 640: 626: 618: 612: 611: 609: 607: 593: 585: 579: 578: 576: 574: 556: 548: 529: 517: 505: 493: 481: 469: 291: 290: 289: 280: 279: 277: 276: 275: 270: 269:51.518°N 0.111°W 266: 263: 262: 261: 258: 208: 207: 195: 194: 182: 181: 169: 168: 156: 155: 111: 61: 60: 54: 38: 29: 21: 1939: 1938: 1934: 1933: 1932: 1930: 1929: 1928: 1874: 1873: 1872: 1867: 1858: 1856: 1832: 1806: 1776: 1716: 1693: 1644: 1641: 1582:Abandoned plans 1577: 1551: 1520:Former stations 1508: 1488: 1474:Ruislip Gardens 1427: 1413:Ealing Broadway 1396: 1367:Shepherd's Bush 1218: 1157: 1099: 1094: 1060: 1047: 1037: 1035:Ealing Broadway 1024:Former service 1019: 987: 981:Ealing Broadway 928: 923: 922: 912: 910: 902: 901: 897: 887: 885: 877: 876: 872: 862: 860: 855: 854: 850: 841: 840: 836: 829: 816: 815: 808: 801: 788: 787: 780: 773: 760: 759: 752: 742: 740: 730: 729: 725: 718: 714: 704: 702: 701:. 8 August 2024 690: 686: 685: 681: 671: 669: 657: 653: 652: 648: 638: 636: 624: 620: 619: 615: 605: 603: 602:. 16 April 2021 591: 587: 586: 582: 572: 570: 554: 550: 549: 545: 540: 533: 530: 521: 518: 509: 506: 497: 494: 485: 482: 473: 470: 461: 450: 430: 399:Chancery Lane ( 375: 363:Gray's Inn Road 307:station on the 287: 285: 273: 271: 267: 264: 259: 256: 254: 252: 251: 107: 96: 90:Local authority 75: 74: 73: 72: 69: 68: 67: 66: 62: 41: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1937: 1935: 1927: 1926: 1921: 1916: 1911: 1906: 1901: 1896: 1891: 1886: 1876: 1875: 1869: 1868: 1854: 1853: 1848: 1843: 1837: 1834: 1833: 1831: 1830: 1825: 1820: 1814: 1812: 1808: 1807: 1805: 1804: 1799: 1794: 1788: 1786: 1782: 1781: 1778: 1777: 1775: 1774: 1769: 1764: 1759: 1754: 1752:Standard Stock 1749: 1744: 1739: 1734: 1728: 1726: 1722: 1721: 1718: 1717: 1715: 1714: 1712:Harefield Road 1709: 1703: 1701: 1695: 1694: 1692: 1691: 1686: 1681: 1676: 1671: 1669:Stamford Brook 1666: 1661: 1655: 1653: 1646: 1645: 1643: 1642: 1636: 1631: 1626: 1621: 1616: 1611: 1606: 1601: 1595: 1593: 1583: 1579: 1578: 1576: 1575: 1570: 1565: 1559: 1557: 1553: 1552: 1550: 1549: 1544: 1539: 1534: 1532:British Museum 1529: 1523: 1521: 1514: 1510: 1509: 1507: 1506: 1500: 1498: 1494: 1493: 1490: 1489: 1487: 1486: 1476: 1471: 1461: 1456: 1446: 1441: 1435: 1433: 1432:Ruislip branch 1429: 1428: 1426: 1425: 1410: 1404: 1402: 1398: 1397: 1395: 1394: 1389: 1384: 1379: 1364: 1359: 1354: 1349: 1347:Lancaster Gate 1344: 1339: 1329: 1324: 1314: 1309: 1304: 1299: 1289: 1269: 1264: 1259: 1234: 1229: 1223: 1220: 1219: 1217: 1216: 1211: 1206: 1201: 1196: 1191: 1186: 1181: 1176: 1171: 1165: 1163: 1159: 1158: 1156: 1155: 1150: 1148:South Woodford 1145: 1140: 1138:Buckhurst Hill 1135: 1130: 1125: 1120: 1114: 1112: 1105: 1101: 1100: 1095: 1093: 1092: 1085: 1078: 1070: 1062: 1061: 1055: 1050: 1048: 1045: 1040: 1038: 1032: 1030:British Museum 1026: 1025: 1021: 1020: 1002: 997: 995: 990: 988: 978: 972: 971: 968: 958: 952: 951: 950: 949: 944: 939: 927: 926:External links 924: 921: 920: 895: 870: 848: 834: 827: 806: 799: 778: 771: 750: 723: 712: 679: 646: 635:. 12 July 2022 613: 580: 542: 541: 539: 536: 535: 534: 531: 524: 522: 519: 512: 510: 507: 500: 498: 495: 488: 486: 483: 476: 474: 471: 464: 460: 457: 449: 446: 429: 426: 374: 371: 329:City of London 321:Central London 296: 295: 282: 281: 274:51.518; -0.111 249: 243: 242: 241: 240: 233: 232:External links 229: 228: 224: 223: 220: 216: 215: 211: 210: 202: 198: 197: 189: 185: 184: 176: 172: 171: 163: 159: 158: 150: 146: 145: 141: 140: 135: 131: 130: 127: 123: 122: 117: 113: 112: 105: 101: 100: 94:City of London 91: 87: 86: 81: 77: 76: 70: 64: 63: 56: 55: 49: 48: 47: 46: 43: 42: 39: 31: 30: 24:Chancery Lane 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1936: 1925: 1922: 1920: 1917: 1915: 1912: 1910: 1907: 1905: 1902: 1900: 1897: 1895: 1892: 1890: 1887: 1885: 1882: 1881: 1879: 1866: 1865: 1852: 1849: 1847: 1844: 1842: 1839: 1838: 1835: 1829: 1826: 1824: 1821: 1819: 1816: 1815: 1813: 1809: 1803: 1800: 1798: 1795: 1793: 1792:First Central 1790: 1789: 1787: 1783: 1773: 1770: 1768: 1765: 1763: 1760: 1758: 1755: 1753: 1750: 1748: 1745: 1743: 1740: 1738: 1735: 1733: 1730: 1729: 1727: 1723: 1713: 1710: 1708: 1705: 1704: 1702: 1700: 1696: 1690: 1687: 1685: 1682: 1680: 1677: 1675: 1674:Turnham Green 1672: 1670: 1667: 1665: 1662: 1660: 1657: 1656: 1654: 1651: 1647: 1640: 1637: 1635: 1632: 1630: 1627: 1625: 1622: 1620: 1619:Turnham Green 1617: 1615: 1612: 1610: 1607: 1605: 1602: 1600: 1597: 1596: 1594: 1591: 1587: 1584: 1580: 1574: 1571: 1569: 1566: 1564: 1561: 1560: 1558: 1554: 1548: 1545: 1543: 1540: 1538: 1535: 1533: 1530: 1528: 1525: 1524: 1522: 1518: 1515: 1511: 1505: 1502: 1501: 1499: 1497:Rolling stock 1495: 1484: 1480: 1477: 1475: 1472: 1469: 1465: 1464:South Ruislip 1462: 1460: 1457: 1454: 1450: 1447: 1445: 1442: 1440: 1437: 1436: 1434: 1430: 1423: 1418: 1414: 1411: 1409: 1406: 1405: 1403: 1401:Ealing branch 1399: 1393: 1390: 1388: 1385: 1383: 1380: 1377: 1372: 1368: 1365: 1363: 1360: 1358: 1355: 1353: 1350: 1348: 1345: 1343: 1340: 1337: 1333: 1330: 1328: 1327:Oxford Circus 1325: 1322: 1318: 1315: 1313: 1310: 1308: 1307:Chancery Lane 1305: 1303: 1300: 1297: 1293: 1290: 1287: 1282: 1277: 1273: 1270: 1268: 1267:Bethnal Green 1265: 1263: 1260: 1257: 1252: 1247: 1242: 1238: 1235: 1233: 1230: 1228: 1225: 1224: 1221: 1215: 1212: 1210: 1207: 1205: 1202: 1200: 1197: 1195: 1192: 1190: 1187: 1185: 1182: 1180: 1177: 1175: 1172: 1170: 1169:Roding Valley 1167: 1166: 1164: 1162:Hainault loop 1160: 1154: 1151: 1149: 1146: 1144: 1141: 1139: 1136: 1134: 1131: 1129: 1126: 1124: 1121: 1119: 1116: 1115: 1113: 1111:Epping branch 1109: 1106: 1102: 1098: 1091: 1086: 1084: 1079: 1077: 1072: 1071: 1068: 1059: 1054: 1051: 1049: 1044: 1041: 1039: 1036: 1031: 1028: 1027: 1022: 1018: 1014: 1010: 1006: 1001: 998: 996: 994: 991: 989: 986: 982: 977: 974: 973: 967: 963: 955: 948: 945: 943: 940: 938: 935: 934: 933: 930: 929: 925: 909: 905: 899: 896: 884: 880: 874: 871: 858: 852: 849: 844: 838: 835: 830: 828:1-85414-250-X 824: 820: 813: 811: 807: 802: 800:1-85414-283-6 796: 792: 785: 783: 779: 774: 772:1-85414-219-4 768: 764: 757: 755: 751: 738: 734: 727: 724: 721: 716: 713: 700: 696: 689: 683: 680: 667: 663: 656: 650: 647: 634: 630: 623: 617: 614: 601: 597: 590: 584: 581: 568: 564: 560: 553: 547: 544: 537: 528: 523: 516: 511: 504: 499: 492: 487: 480: 475: 468: 463: 458: 456: 454: 447: 445: 443: 439: 435: 427: 425: 423: 419: 415: 410: 406: 404: 402: 396: 392: 388: 387:Chancery Lane 384: 380: 372: 370: 368: 364: 360: 359:Hatton Garden 356: 351: 349: 345: 341: 336: 334: 333:Chancery Lane 330: 326: 322: 318: 314: 310: 306: 302: 301:Chancery Lane 294: 283: 278: 250: 248: 244: 239: 236: 235: 234: 230: 225: 221: 217: 212: 203: 199: 190: 186: 177: 173: 164: 160: 157:17.25 million 151: 147: 142: 139: 136: 132: 128: 124: 121: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 99: 95: 92: 88: 85: 82: 78: 65:Chancery Lane 53: 44: 37: 32: 28: 22: 19: 1855: 1479:West Ruislip 1362:Holland Park 1306: 1199:Newbury Park 1123:Theydon Bois 1097:Central line 1043:Central line 1017:Newbury Park 993:Central line 985:West Ruislip 911:. Retrieved 907: 898: 886:. Retrieved 882: 873: 861:. Retrieved 851: 837: 818: 790: 762: 741:. Retrieved 737:the original 726: 715: 705:16 September 703:. Retrieved 694: 682: 670:. Retrieved 661: 649: 637:. Retrieved 628: 616: 604:. Retrieved 595: 583: 571:. Retrieved 558: 546: 453:London Buses 451: 438:Central line 431: 418:World War II 411: 407: 398: 383:High Holborn 376: 355:High Holborn 352: 337: 309:Central line 300: 299: 219:30 July 1900 209:7.80 million 196:8.53 million 183:5.47 million 170:3.41 million 18: 1684:Kew Gardens 1679:Gunnersbury 1659:Hammersmith 1634:Kew Gardens 1629:Gunnersbury 1609:Rylett Road 1537:North Weald 1439:Hanger Lane 1392:North Acton 1342:Marble Arch 1332:Bond Street 1227:Leytonstone 1194:Barkingside 1179:Grange Hill 1153:Snaresbrook 1053:Post Office 1046:(1900–1933) 743:15 December 639:7 September 448:Connections 348:fare zone 1 272: / 247:Coordinates 1878:Categories 1846:Night Tube 1828:White City 1772:1967 Stock 1767:1962 Stock 1762:1960 Stock 1757:1935 Stock 1747:1920 Stock 1742:1915 Stock 1737:1903 Stock 1732:1900 Stock 1614:Emlyn Road 1527:Blake Hall 1504:1992 Stock 1408:West Acton 1387:East Acton 1382:White City 1204:Gants Hill 672:10 October 573:9 November 538:References 434:1992 Stock 401:Gray's Inn 395:escalators 257:51°31′05″N 104:Managed by 1599:The Grove 1547:Wood Lane 1449:Greenford 1352:Queensway 1302:St Paul's 1237:Stratford 1209:Redbridge 1015:via  1000:St Paul's 606:1 January 344:St Paul's 260:0°06′40″W 214:Key dates 134:Fare zone 1818:Hainault 1797:Uxbridge 1689:Richmond 1639:Richmond 1459:Northolt 1444:Perivale 1262:Mile End 1214:Wanstead 1184:Hainault 1174:Chigwell 1143:Woodford 1133:Loughton 1104:Stations 1056:towards 1033:towards 1013:Woodford 1009:Hainault 1003:towards 979:towards 567:Archived 440:and the 327:and the 317:The City 311:between 80:Location 1823:Ruislip 1513:History 1312:Holborn 1189:Fairlop 976:Holborn 459:Gallery 373:History 365:, with 340:Holborn 313:Holborn 84:Holborn 1811:Depots 1707:Denham 1652:(1920) 1592:(1913) 1232:Leyton 1128:Debden 1118:Epping 1005:Epping 863:27 May 825:  797:  769:  691:(XLSX) 658:(XLSX) 625:(XLSX) 592:(XLSX) 555:(XLSX) 367:subway 222:Opened 1542:Ongar 913:7 May 888:7 May 391:lifts 303:is a 116:Owner 1292:Bank 915:2023 890:2023 865:2020 823:ISBN 795:ISBN 767:ISBN 745:2019 707:2024 674:2023 641:2022 608:2022 575:2020 361:and 342:and 315:and 201:2023 188:2022 175:2021 162:2020 149:2019 1011:or 983:or 908:TfL 883:TfL 319:in 1880:: 1007:, 906:. 881:. 809:^ 781:^ 753:^ 697:. 693:. 664:. 660:. 631:. 627:. 598:. 594:. 561:. 557:. 357:, 350:. 335:. 1089:e 1082:t 1075:v 917:. 892:. 867:. 845:. 831:. 803:. 775:. 747:. 709:. 676:. 643:. 610:. 577:. 403:) 138:1 129:2

Index

London Underground

Chancery Lane is located in Central London
Holborn
City of London
London Borough of Camden
London Underground
Transport for London
1
TfL station info page
Coordinates
51°31′05″N 0°06′40″W / 51.518°N 0.111°W / 51.518; -0.111
London transport portal
London Underground
Central line
Holborn
The City
Central London
London Borough of Camden
City of London
Chancery Lane
Holborn
St Paul's
fare zone 1
High Holborn
Hatton Garden
Gray's Inn Road
subway
Central London Railway
High Holborn

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.