Green Park — Local services in London

While the various rival schemes were unsuccessful in obtaining parliamentary approval, the B&PCR was unsuccessful in raising the funds needed to construct its line. It was not until after the B&PCR had been taken over by Charles Yerkes's Metropolitan District Electric Traction Company that the money became available. Tunnelling began in 1902 shortly before the B&PCR was merged with the Great Northern and Strand Railway to create the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR, the predecessor of the Piccadilly line). The GNP&BR opened the station on 15 December 1906 as Dover Street. As with most of the other GNP&BR stations, the station building, on the east side of Dover Street, was designed by Leslie Green. It featured the company's standard red glazed terracotta facade with wide semi-circular arches at first-floor level. Platform and passageway walls were decorated in glazed cream tiles in Green's standard arrangement with margins, patterning and station names in mid-blue. When it opened, the station to the west was Down Street. The station was provided with four Otis electric lifts paired in two 23-foot (7.0 m) diameter shafts and a spiral stair in a smaller shaft. The platforms are 27.4 metres (90 ft) below the level of Piccadilly.

The station was busy and unsuccessful attempts to control crowds with gates at platform level were made in 1918. In the 1930s, the station was included amongst those modernised in conjunction with the northern and western extensions of the Piccadilly line. A new sub-surface ticket hall was opened on 18 September 1933 with a pair of Otis escalators provided to replace the lifts. The new ticket hall was accessed from subway entrances in Piccadilly. On the north side, an entrance was provided in Devonshire House on the corner with Stratton Street; on the south side an entrance was constructed on a piece of land taken from the park. The shelter for the southern entrance was designed by Charles Holden. The original station building, the lifts and the redundant below-ground passages were closed and the station was renamed Green Park. Part of the ground floor was used as a tea shop until the 1960s. In 1955, a third escalator was added to help deal with increased...

Interchanges - Good between Jubilee and Piccadilly lines. If you're transferring to/from the Victoria line expect a long-ish walk that can get busy. If wishing to head north and arriving on the Victoria line it may be faster to travel to Oxford Circus and change to the Bakerloo as there's a cross-platform interchange at that location.

Location - Easily accessible from both north and south side of Piccadilly. Getting to Buckingham Palace requires walking through green park. Given the interchange issues discussed above access to Piccadilly Circus from the Victoria line may be fastest by going above ground and walking rather than changing to the Piccadilly line.

Enjoy the nice tile patterns on the Victoria...

Went to use the gents toilets at this station and went in and just finding some coins to gain access into the toilets when a member of staff came running in saying hello. They then stared at me for a few seconds before saying "aren't you a lady?" Alright as guys go I have long hair and occasionally this can be mistaken. I briefly explained I am a gent just with long hair. The staff member continued to stare in confusion as so men aren't allowed to have long hair before sorting out a problem with the access to the toilets and then disappearing without an apology. I know mistakes are made sometimes but if an apology of some form had been made I wouldn't have bothered leaving this one...