Lord's tube station
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This article is about a closed station latterly named Lord's but previously named St. John's Wood. For the current station of that name, see St John's Wood tube station.
Lord's was a London Underground station located in St John's Wood, north-west London.
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Lord's | |
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Location | St John's Wood |
Owner | Metropolitan Railway |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Key dates | |
13 April 1868 (1868-04-13) | Opened as St. John's Wood Road |
1 April 1925 | Rebuilt; renamed St. John's Wood |
11 June 1939 | Renamed Lord's |
20 November 1939 (1939-11-20) | Closed |
Replaced by | St John's Wood |
Other information | |
Coordinates | 51°31′48″N 0°10′09″W |
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It was opened in 1868 by the Metropolitan Railway on its Metropolitan and St John's Wood Railway line, which is now part of the Underground's Metropolitan line. It was known by several different names throughout its history; by the time of its closure in 1939 its name was taken from the nearby Lord's Cricket Ground.