Maida Vale tube station

Maida Vale is an underground station of the London Underground in the urban district of City of Westminster. It is located in the Travelcard Zone 2, at the junction of Elgin Avenue and Randolph Road. The road Maida Vale, after which the station is named around 50 meters lies to the east. In 2011, 2.99 million passengers used the area served by the Bakerloo Line Station.

Designed by the architect Stanley Heaps and made ​​of glazed terracotta brick station building is the style similar to that of Leslie Green, from which come most of the tunnel stations of the Bakerloo Line of the early 20th century. Maida Vale is one of the first London Underground stations, which were planned from the beginning escalators instead of elevators. The station is since 1987 listed building (Grade II).

The opening of the station took place on June 6, 1915, but the trains passed for four months, the unfinished station and perverse on to Kilburn Park. During the planning phase, the station name Elgin Avenue was still provided. In 2006, the station was renovated, with one especially put emphasis on the artistic value mosaic roundels in the main hall of rehabilitating. These mosaics can be seen Downhill by Alfred Hitchcock in the film, among others. The video for the single Believe the Chemical Brothers shows an approaching train in the station Maida Vale.