Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines)

Edgware Road is a London Underground station. It is on the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines. The station is by the edge of Chapel Street and Cabbell Street.

 Plans 
There have been suggestions in the past to make a new name for one of the Edgware Road stations to stop there being confusion.

History
This station was part of the world's first below ground railway when it was started as part of the Metropolitan Railway between  and . It was opened on 10 January 1863.

The station was where one of the bombings in 7 July 2005 London bombings happened. Mohammad Sidique Khan exploded a bomb at about 8:50am, on a train that was leaving the station. 6 people died in the bombing.

References

Category:Circle line stations
Category:District line stations
Category:Hammersmith & City line stations
Category:Tube stations in the City of Westminster
Category:1863 establishments in England
Category:Railway stations opened in 1863