North Greenwich tube station

North Greenwich is an underground station of the London Underground in the urban district of the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It lies on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3, on the northern tip of the meanders of the Thames Greenwich Peninsula. Immediately next door is the event hall The O ₂. In the year 2011 there were 15.7 million passengers these by the Jubilee Line station.

As in the other opened in 1999 tunnel stations of the Jubilee Line extension are also the platforms in North Greenwich separated by platform doors of the tracks. For station complex also includes a bus station, lead from which numerous bus routes towards Stratford ( through the Blackwall Tunnel ) as well as Bexleyheath, Greenwich and Lewisham. Near the station is Greenwich Peninsula to the gondola Emirates Air Line.

The planners of the Millennium Dome credited for taking place in 2000 exhibition to celebrate the new millennium with millions of visitors ( a forecast that was not fulfilled by far). Accordingly, we sat at the station completely new standards in terms of size and extent. The architect responsible was Will Alsop. Was opened the station on 14 May 1999. For some months here was terminal, because the first section of the extension of the Jubilee Line Association for the time being only North Greenwich to Stratford Station. The second section towards the city center was held September 17, 1999.