The Open Guide to London: the free London guide - Differences between Version 10 and Version 9 of Russell Square Station

Note: This station is small but gets a lot of tourist traffic. Try not to have to buy your ticket here — even outside rush hour you might have a long wait, unless you can use the ticket machines.

Note also that since it has lifts instead of escalators, it will be closed in the event of a firefighters' strike.

Lines Served

west

Holborn

Russell Square

King's Cross St Pancras

east

Where To Alight

• Piccadilly Line eastbound: last carriage.
• Piccadilly Line westbound: first carriage.

Where To Get On

• Piccadilly Line westbound: Go to the far right of the platform, which is where the back of the train will be. Firstly, the train is usually less crowded there when it arrives at the platform, and secondly it's away from the platform entrance, so people don't tend to walk down that far.

Facilities

• None, really.
• There is however a kind of mini supermarket thing just opposite the station entrance; it does papers, sandwiches (including two vegan ones which are however not always in stock -- roasted vegetable wrap (not great; mostly cabbage), and the ubiquitous "falafel sandwich" (hitherto says too much parsley, Kake is more concerned that the falafel are crap), hot food at lunchtimes, bread, loads of juices, basic supermarket stuff really. Open from before 8am till I think at least 11pm; don't think it's 24-hour, though.
• Lifts (three), not escalators.