Stanmore tube station

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Stanmore
Location
Place	Stanmore
Local authority	Harrow
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	3 (1 under construction)
Annual entry/exit	2.236 million
Transport for London
Zone	5
History
Key dates	Opened 1932
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail

Stanmore tube station is a London Underground station at Stanmore. It is the western terminus of the Jubilee Line; the previous station is Canons Park. It is in Travelcard Zone 5. As the western half of the Jubilee Line runs closer to north-south than east-west, Stanmore is the northernmost station on the Jubilee Line.

It was opened on December 10, 1932, as the terminus of the eponomyous branch of the Metropolitan Line. This branch was transferred to the Bakerloo Line in 1939 and again to the Jubilee Line in 1979.

The station is on the south side of London Road, part of the A410. There is a traffic light controlled pedestrian crossing across London Road. Between that road and the station, there is a service road used by buses stopping at the station.

Unusually for an above ground station, the ticket office is not in the entrance hall but downstairs at platform level, although a large bay area now containing rarely used public telephones once held the booking hall.

The station building also incorporates a number of retail units. Just to the right of the entrance is a minicab office, and to the right of that is a newsagent's. To the left is a traditional barber's shop.

In 2005, Transport for London began the construction of a third platform at the station.