Goodge Street tube station

Goodge Street ( /ˈɡuːdʒ/) is a London Underground station on Tottenham Court Road. It is on the Northern Line between Tottenham Court Road and Warren Street, and is in Travelcard Zone 1. It was opened on 22 June 1907 as Tottenham Court Road but changed to the present name on 3 September 1908 when an interchange was built between the previously separate (and differently named) Northern Line and Central Line stations at the present Tottenham Court Road. Goodge Street station changed its name on the same date. It is one of the few tube stations that still rely on lifts rather than escalators to transport passengers to and from street level. There is a stairwell if one chooses not to use the lifts. This stairwell is for the fit, it is a...