Open · since 1871
Why is it called Earl's Court?
DistrictPiccadilly
Where the name comes from
Named after the district of Earl's Court. The land was held for centuries by the de Vere family, Earls of Oxford, who probably gave their title to the manor house that became known as the "Earl's Court".
Worth knowing: The station name has been spelt with an apostrophe on the Tube map consistently only since 1951; before that the punctuation came and went.
Where it is
See Earl's Court on the interactive map, 1863 to today
Next stations
- District Gloucester Road
- District High Street Kensington
- District Kensington (Olympia)
- District West Brompton
- District West Kensington
- Piccadilly Barons Court
- Piccadilly Gloucester Road
At a glance
- Opened
- 1871
- Status
- Open
- Lines
- District, Piccadilly
- Local authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
Sources
Station list and dates: Wikipedia’s lists of London Underground stations, citing Douglas Rose and Cyril Harris. Line routes Powered by TfL Open Data.
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