Tottenham Court Road tube station

Tottenham Court Road is a station on the London Underground, serving as an interchange between the Central Line and the Charing Cross branch of the Northern Line. On the Central line it is between Oxford Circus and Holborn, and on the Northern Line it is between Leicester Square and Goodge Street. It is in zone 1. The station opened as part of the Central London Railway on July 30, 1900. From that date until September 24, 1933, the next station eastbound on the Central line was the now defunct British Museum tube station; the next stop in that direction is now Holborn. The Northern line arrived here on 22 June 1907 but used the name Oxford Street until a formal interchange between the lines was created on 3 September 1908 from when the present name was used for both lines. The next station north on the Northern line was called Tottenham Court Road, it was renamed to Goodge Street. The station is located beneath St Giles' Circus, the junction of Oxford Street, Charing Cross Road, Tottenham Court Road and New Oxford Street. The North-East exit of the station surfaces immediately in front of the Dominion Theatre. Because of this and its interchange, the station is one of the busiest on the entire network and at some peak periods of the day entrance to the station has been closed due to the sheer weight of numbers. If the long-proposed Crossrail project ever goes ahead, a greatly expanded Tottenham Court Road station could become a major east-west rail hub. It is hoped that the redevelopment of the station will expand it significantly so that it can more easily handle passenger numbers. Category:London's West End\nCategory:London Underground stations\nCategory:Crossrail