North Greenwich | |
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 Main station entrance, April 2009 | |
  North Greenwich Location of North Greenwich in Greater London | |
| Location | Greenwich Peninsula |
| Local authority | Royal Borough of Greenwich |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Owner | |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 2 and3 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2020 |  9.64 million[2] |
| 2021 |  11.28 million[3] |
| 2022 | 21.20 million[4] |
| 2023 | 23.17 million[5] |
| 2024 | 23.73 million[6] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | London Regional Transport |
| Key dates | |
| 14 May 1999 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°30′02″N0°00′13″E / 51.500556°N 0.003611°E /51.500556; 0.003611 |
 London transport portal | |
North Greenwich is aLondon Underground station at the northernmost tip of theRoyal Borough of Greenwich.[7] It is on theJubilee line, betweenCanary Wharf andCanning Town stations. It is in bothLondon fare zone 2 andzone 3.
The station opened on 14 May 1999. It is adjacent toThe O2 (originally theMillennium Dome) at the northern end of theGreenwich Peninsula, on the south bank of the Thames, and is the easternmost below-ground station on the line.
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 unbuiltFleet line, proposed a line running fromCharing Cross viaFenchurch Street toBeckton, with stations on each side atMillwall andCustom 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]
In the early 1990s, theJubilee Line Extension was proposed to serve the growingDocklands developments. A station was originally planned atBlackwall north of the river, but the line was diverted between Canary Wharf and Stratford underneath the Thames to serve theGreenwich peninsula. The line would therefore serve Port Greenwich, a planned housing development on the site of disused gasworks.[9][10] It was initially unclear whether or not a station would be built on the site, withBritish Gas plc contributed £25 million towards the opening of the station.[9][10]
ArchitectsAlsop, Lyall and Störmer were chosen byRoland Paoletti to design the station, with initial proposals of thestation box open to the air as a sunken garden, with ticket hall suspended above the tracks.[11] To allow for future development above the station, a decision was made to put a roof on the station instead.[11]
Construction began in 1993, with the site on the Greenwich peninsula used for tunnelling under the River Thames.[12] In 1996, Greenwich was chosen as the site for theMillennium Experience, with the under construction station considered to be a key part of the transport infrastructure.[13] The station was opened on 14 May 1999, by Deputy Prime MinisterJohn Prescott.[14] During 2000, thousands of visitors used the station to visit the Millennium Experience at the Millennium Dome. In May 2001, the station car park was opened.[15] Originally with 800 spaces, it now has 509parking spaces for use by Underground customers.[16]
On 20 October 2016, the military conducted a controlled explosion on animprovised explosive device at North Greenwich after a passenger spotted an unattended bag filled with "wires and an alarm clock" aboard a Jubilee line train.[17] No injuries were reported,[18] and a suspect was later detained.[19] The man, Damon Smith, was convicted of possession of an explosive substance with intent and was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.[20]
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 (nowThe O2 Arena).
The striking blue-tiled and glazed interior, with raking concrete columns rearing up inside the huge underground space, was designed by the architects practiceAlsop, Lyall and Störmer.[21][11] The blue tiles on walls were inspired by the design ofMTR stations inHong Kong, where every station adopts a livery in order to help passengers to recognise their alighting stop.[22] As with other stations on the Jubilee Line Extension, all platforms are equipped withplatform screen doors.
Thebus station is interconnected and above the tube station on the surface for direct transfer with a numberLondon Buses day and nighttime routes .[23]
TheIFS Cloud Cable Car opened nearby on 28 June 2012, providing a link between theGreenwich Peninsula and theRoyal Victoria Dock andExCeL London.[24]
Media related toNorth Greenwich tube station at Wikimedia Commons| Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
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| Millwall towardsStanmore | Jubilee line Phase 3 (1980) (never constructed) | Custom House towardsWoolwich Arsenal orBeckton | ||
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