Great Portland Street tube station

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Great Portland Street
Location
Place	Great Portland Street
Local authority	Westminster

Operations
Station code	ZGP
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Transport for London
Zone	1
2004 annual usage	6.014 million †
2007 annual usage	6.211 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1863
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Great Portland Street is a London Underground station near Regent's Park. It is between Baker Street and Euston Square on the Hammersmith & City, Circle and Metropolitan lines. It is in Travelcard Zone 1.

The station was part of the world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, which opened between "Bishop's Road" (now Paddington Hammersmith & City Line) and "Farringdon Street" (close to the present-day Farringdon station). It was opened on January 10, 1863 as "Portland Road", and was given its present name on 1 March 1917.

Local points of interest include Regent's Park, and the Post Office Tower, which was London's tallest building when it opened in the 1960s. The station is very close to Regent's Park station, which is on the Bakerloo Line.

The station is across the street from the main building of International Student House, a student residence and hostel and is also near Harley Street, famous for its doctors and surgeons.

The station is within easy walking distance of Regent's Park and Warren Street tube stations.

Preceding station	London Underground	Following station
Baker Street towards High Street Kensington	Circle line	Euston Square towards Liverpool Street
Baker Street towards Hammersmith	Hammersmith & City line	Euston Square towards Barking
Baker Street towards Uxbridge, Amersham, Chesham or Watford	Metropolitan line	Euston Square towards Aldgate