Great Portland Street Tube Station

A tube station inconveniently in the middle of several busy streets. You have to wait for the little green man to let you get to the station. Which can be frustrating if your in a hurry.
There is a couple of coffee shops and a restaurant in its round structure. Most of the ships look a little run down because they’ve been established there for a while.
It serves the Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City Lines.

I’m a bit biased towards this station because it was the closest to the hotel I was staying at during my time in London.
My wife and I have always felt safe walking to and from this location at all times of the day.
Because it is more of a smaller station, it is not as hectic as some of the bigger stations such as Paddington, Oxford, etc.
My first attempt taking the Tube I was a bit confused, but the employee there helped me out, despite having a very intimidating vibe, swag, look to him.
I miss this station and London the most, compared to Paris and Rome and their metro system.

You will never convince me that the announcer woman isn’t saying «Great Courtland Street.» It’s not even close!

This station services the Circle, Hammersmith/​City, and Metro lines. It isn’t overly busy and doesn’t get a lot of bustle surging through it, so you don’t have to worry about getting shoved onto the tracks by crazy commuters.
The main issue with this station is that it sits in the center of a roundabout which is annoying to access. It is inconvenient no matter what side you are coming from, what a perk.
The station being immensely close to the Regent’s Park station is nice because depending on your destination, you have a variety of options. Regent’s has got the Bakerloo line, so it cuts down major time having that option near by.

The staff here are really helpful, especially when you have forgotten to swipe your oyster at paddington! Paddington staff won’t even let you through the barrier to top your oyster up so that you can travel on the tube I get a train from Marlow every morning and nown again my oyster has run out (my fault i know) so instead of letting me through to top it up the staff at paddington suggested that I searched through the bin on the train that I had got from Marlow for my ticket that got me to paddington ony then could I go through to top my oyster up great work gentlemen, customer service at it it’s finest we are all guilty until proven innocent! Go to great portland where they will teach you true customer service and customer understanding! keep up the good work GPS staff!

Bust of JF Kennedy near Gt Portland Street
station for some bizarre reason situated
here

Opened in 1863 as part of the first Underground Railway, Great Portland Street tube station shows some of its history, which isn’t to say that it isn’t a perfectly modern Tube station. The exposed brick work probably dates back 150 years to the original opening.
A main station on the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines, it’s busy but typically not a transfer station as all the lines use the same platforms.
The entrance is interestingly on a traffic island where Marylebone becomes Euston Street and is a very busy intersection. It’s extremely close to both Regent’s Park and Warren Street stations, so if your journey includes Bakerloo, Northern or Victoria lines, you might want to walk the short distance and enter one of those and save yourself a connection.

Actually kind of funky — a round tube station at the centre of a number streets, this is one route into Fitzrovia –just walk south a bit and voilà.
But really — there are 2 exits on pretty much the same side — what’s the bounty of being round with exits on one side?
There is a café and coffee shop and flower shop right here.
Could do with an ice cream shop for the summer though