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| Location | Russell Square |
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| Local authority | Camden |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Fare zone | 1 |
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| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2005 | 10.115 million[1] |
| 2007 | 13.592 million[1] |
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| 1906 | Opened |
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| List of stations | Underground · National Rail |
Russell Square is a London Underground station on Bernard Street, Bloomsbury in the London Borough of Camden. It is a small but busy station, used by office workers and tourists staying in Bloomsbury's numerous hotels.
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The station was opened by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15 December 1906.[2] The station was designed by Leslie Green.[3]
It is not far from the British Museum, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Russell Square Gardens. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 1, and is between Holborn and King's Cross St Pancras on the Piccadilly Line.
Russell Square station has three lifts but no escalators. The platforms can also be reached by a spiral staircase with 177 steps, although signs in the station indicate that there are 175 steps.
On 7 July 2005 in a co-ordinated bomb attack, an explosion in a train travelling between King's Cross St. Pancras and Russell Square resulted in the deaths of 26 people.
 Unique tilework in this station features squares |
 Station name tilework on westbound platform during refurbishment, July 2008 |
 Russell Square platform, February 2004 |
London bus route 7, 59, 68, 91, 168, 188, night route N7 and N91.
| ⇒ Eastbound | Piccadilly towards Cockfosters ⇒ |
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| ⇐ Westbound | Piccadilly towards Uxbridge or Heathrow (Terminals 1, 2, 3 or Terminal 5) ⇐ |
| Preceding station |  London Underground |
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| Piccadilly line |
towards Cockfosters
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   | Open Guide - Russell Square Station - The Open Guide to London: the free London guide |
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