DEEPEST - London Underground Platform - Hampstead Underground Station - Hampstead, London, UK
N 51° 33.396 W 000° 10.705
30U E 695593 N 5715497
Hampstead is built on a hill and is served by the Northern Line on the London Underground network. To enable the underground to pass though Hampstead the platforms had to be constructed deep underground at 58.5m below street level.
Waymark Code: WMM973
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/15/2014
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The TfL website, on their facts and figures page for the Underground, tells us:
Deepest station below street level: Hampstead (Northern line) - 58.5 metres.
Wikipedia has an article about Hampstead tube station that tells us:
The station was opened on 22 June 1907 by the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway. Located at the junction of Heath Street and Hampstead High Street, the name Heath Street was proposed for the station before opening: indeed, the original tiled station signs on the platform walls, recently restored, still read "Heath Street". Hampstead is on a steep hill and the station platforms are the deepest on the London Underground network, at 58.5 metres or 192 feet below ground level. It has the deepest lift shaft on the Underground at 181 feet which houses high-speed lifts. There is also a spiral emergency staircase, made up of over 320 steps.