Chancery Lane tube station
{{short description|London Underground station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox London station
| name = Chancery Lane|symbol=underground
| alt_name =
| manager = London Underground
| owner = Transport for London
| locale = Holborn
| borough = City of London
London Borough of Camden
| platforms = 2
| fare_zone = 1
| railcode =
| image_name = Chancery Lane stn northeast entrance.JPG
| image_alt =
| caption = Northeastern entrance
| coordinates = {{coord|51.518|-0.111|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = Central London
| years1 = 30 July 1900
| years2 =
| events1 = Opened
| events2 =
}}
Chancery Lane ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ɑː|n|s|ər|i|_|ˈ|l|eɪ|n}}) is a London Underground station. It is on the Central line between Holborn and St Paul's stations, and is in fare zone 1. The station has entrances within both the London Borough of Camden and the City of London.https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/multi-year-station-entry-exit-figures.xls{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It opened in 1900 and takes its name from the nearby Chancery Lane.
The station is located at the junction of High Holborn, Hatton Garden and Gray's Inn Road, with subway entrances giving access to the ticket office under the roadway. Chancery Lane is one of the few London Underground stations which have no associated buildings above ground.{{cite web |last1=Marshall |first1=Geoff |title=Tube Facts & Figures |url=http://www.geofftech.co.uk/tube/facts.html |publisher=GeoffTech |access-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222130926/http://www.geofftech.co.uk/tube/facts.html |archive-date=22 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}
History
The station was opened by the Central London Railway (CLR) on 30 July 1900.{{cite book
|last=Rose
|first=Douglas
|title=The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History
|year=1999
|publisher=Douglas Rose/Capital Transport
|isbn=1-85414-219-4}} The current station entrance is not the original. The original, disused station building is on the north side of High Holborn at Nos. 31–33, approximately {{convert|400|ft|m|0}} to the west, closer to High Holborn's junction with Chancery Lane. Originally provided with four lifts between ground and platform levels, the station was rebuilt in the early 1930s to operate with escalators. It was not possible to construct the inclined escalator shaft between the platforms and the existing entrance, so a new sub-surface ticket hall was constructed below the road junction. The new station entrance came into use on 25 June 1934.{{cite book
|last=Connor
|first=J. E.
|title=London's Disused Underground Stations
|year=1999
|pages=122
|publisher=Capital Transport
|isbn=1-85414-250-X}} The old entrance building became redundant and, in recognition of the location of the new entrance, the station was renamed Chancery Lane (Gray's Inn), although the suffix subsequently fell out of use.
When the CLR excavated the running tunnels it routed them to avoid passing under surface buildings in order to limit the risk to the buildings from vibration.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} At Chancery Lane, the eastbound tunnel runs above the westbound one.{{cite web |url=http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/central.html#layout |title=Clive's Underground Line Guides, Central Line, Layout}}
It is one of eight Underground stations with a deep-level air-raid shelter underneath it; after World War II this was turned into Kingsway telephone exchange. Access to the shelter was via the original station building and lift shaft as well as subsidiary entrances in Furnival Street and Took's Court.{{cite book
|last1=Emmerson
|first1=Andrew
|first2=Tony |last2=Beard
|title=London's Secret Tubes
|year=2004
|pages=170
|publisher=Capital Transport
|isbn=1-85414-283-6}}
Accidents and incidents
On 25 January 2003, a 1992 Stock train derailed at Chancery Lane, injuring 32 passengers, after a motor became detached from the train. All services on the entire Central line and the Waterloo & City line (which used the same type of train) were suspended, as the trains had to be taken out of service whilst the cause of the failure was determined and appropriate modifications made to the trains.{{cite web |date=2 June 2003 |title=Tube derailment was 'accident waiting to happen' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jun/02/london.transport |access-date=28 September 2024 |website=The Guardian}}{{Cite news|date=2003-01-25|title=Thirty hurt after Tube crash|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2694361.stm|access-date=2020-05-27}}
Connections
London Buses routes and night routes serve the station.{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490G00044E/chancery-lane-station/|title=Chancery Lane Station|website=TfL|access-date=7 May 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490008165C/high-holborn-chancery-lane-station/|title=High Holborn / Chancery Lane Station|website=TfL|access-date=7 May 2023}}
Gallery
File:Chancery Lane station building.jpg|Chancery Lane original station building
File:Chancery Lane stn eastbound.JPG|Eastbound platform looking west
File:Chancery Lane stn westbound look east.JPG|Westbound platform looking east
File:Chancery Lane Shortest escalator.jpg|The second shortest escalator on the Tube network
File:Chancery Lane stn roundel.JPG|Roundel, eastbound platform
File:Chancery_Lane_Tube.jpg|Southern entrance
References
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External links
{{commons category|Chancery Lane tube station}}
- [https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/photographs London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
- {{LTM archive|1998-66848|Chancery Lane, 1914}}
- {{LTM archive|1998-65095|Sub-surface ticket hall, 1934}}
- {{LTM archive|1998-57819|Subway entrance at the corner of Gray's Inn Road, 1934}}
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{{Adjacent stations|system=London Underground
|line1=Central|left1=Holborn|right1=St Paul's
|header2=Former service
|line2=Central|left2=British Museum|right2=Post Office|note-mid2=(1900–1933)|to-left2=Ealing Broadway|to-right2=Liverpool Street
}}
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