| Lord's | |
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  Lord's Location of Lord's in Central London | |
| Location | St John's Wood |
| Owner | |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Key dates | |
| 13 April 1868 (1868-04-13) | Opened asSt. John's Wood Road |
| 1 April 1925 | Rebuilt; renamedSt. John's Wood |
| 11 June 1939 | RenamedLord's |
| 20 November 1939 (1939-11-20) | Closed |
| Replaced by | St John's Wood |
| Other information | |
| Coordinates | 51°31′48″N0°10′09″W / 51.53000°N 0.16917°W /51.53000; -0.16917 |
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Lord's was aLondon Underground station located inSt John's Wood, north-west London.
It was opened in1868 by theMetropolitan Railway on its Metropolitan and St John's Wood Railway line, which is now part of the Underground'sMetropolitan line. It was known by several different names throughout its history; by the time of its closure in 1939 its name was taken from the nearbyLord's Cricket Ground.
The station was opened on 13 April 1868 asSt. John's Wood Road. It was on the Metropolitan and St John's Wood Railway, the first northward branch extension fromBaker Street toSwiss Cottage of theMetropolitan Railway (MR), the precursor of today'sMetropolitan line. The station was located at the junction of St. John's Wood Road, Wellington Road and Park Road.
The original station building was cramped and unable to cope with peak demand during matches at the nearbyLord's Cricket Ground. It was demolished and reconstructed in 1924–25, to a design by the MR's architectCharles W. Clark, with a larger building that enclosed the space above the platforms with a concrete slab to form a parking garage under the original glazed platform roof.[1] Upon reopening, the station's name was shortened toSt. John's Wood on 1 April 1925. It was renamed again, asLord's, on 11 June 1939.[2]
In the mid-1930s the Metropolitan line was suffering congestion at the south end of its main route, where trains from its many branches shared the limited capacity betweenFinchley Road and Baker Street. To ease this congestion, deep-level tunnels were built between Finchley Road station and theBakerloo line tunnels at Baker Street station. On 20 November 1939, the Metropolitan line's service toStanmore was transferred to the Bakerloo line and diverted to Baker Street via the new tunnels.[3] A new Bakerloo line station namedSt John's Wood was opened to replace Lord's station. It had been the intention of the Underground's management to close Lord's station to normal services, but retain it for temporary use during top-class cricket matches; the advent of theSecond World War led this plan to be abandoned, and the station closed permanently after the last train on 19 November 1939.[2][4]
The surface building survived until the late 1960s, when it was demolished.[4] The site is now occupied by a hotel. An emergency access point existed as of 2004[5][6][7] and a stairwell went to a piece of the platform remaining at the trackside as a result of it.[8][7]
Other Metropolitan line stations that closed with the opening of the Bakerloo line tunnels:
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