Pimlico tube station

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Pimlico
Location
Place	Pimlico
Local authority	Westminster

Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2

Transport for London
Zone	1
2004 annual usage	7.589 million †
2007 annual usage	8.018 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1972
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Pimlico is a London Underground station in Pimlico, City of Westminster. It is on the Victoria Line between Victoria and Vauxhall in Zone 1. The station opened on 14 September 1972 more than a year after the rest of the line had become fully operational.

Pimlico station was a late addition to the final section of the Victoria Line between Victoria and Brixton and is the only station on the line which does not have an interchange with another Underground or National Rail line. It was the last Underground station to open until the first section of the Piccadilly Line's Heathrow extension was opened to Hatton Cross in 1975.

The main entrance is on the corner of Bessborough Street and Rampayne Street. It has only stairs, no ramp. It is part of an office block that until 2006 was entirely occupied by the Office for National Statistics apart from the station and a newsagent's shop. There are two other entrances, in Lupus Street and on the other side of Bessborough Street. These others have ramps as well as stairs, facilitating wheelchair access. However, there are still a few steps to walk down to enter the ticket hall.