Downtown Circus station

Downtown Circus is a TFS station on the Jubilee and Northern lines. The station is between Financial and Tottenham Court Road on the Northern and between Westminster and Tottenham Court Road on the Jubilee line. The station lies within Travelcard Zone 1.

The station today
Downtown Circus has four platforms, two on each line. The platforms are served by lifts, escalators and stairs of which the former makes them wheelchair accessible. The station has three entrances where two are currently open. The ticket hall is directly below the streets and is wide and spacious. The Havestock & City line platforms are under construction. The platforms of these three lines are connected by a passageway from the Northern to the Jubilee and Havestock & City lines platforms. The platforms are decorated with Gothic quartz mosaics and paintings which adopts the style of the City line platforms at Mikaela Gatan.

Services
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:

Jubilee line:

* 24tph eastbound to Stratford

* 6tph eastbound to Northolt (future service)

* 24tph to Waltham Bay Beach

* 6tph terminating here

Northern line:

* 30tph northbound to Hampstead

* 24tph southbound to Morden

* 6tph to Victoria

History
The station was first opened by the Northern line and then the Jubilee line in 1979. The station acted as the terminus of the Jubilee line until it was extended to Waltham Bay Beach in 1999. Observant commuters may see differences in the old and new tunnels of the Jubilee line. The station used to be defunct when the Northern line first opened. However, to comply with modern safety standards and to accommodate the Jubilee line, the station was renovated in 1977 where it was closed from 1 January to mid December. The station was modernised with the ticket hall rebuilt and escalators installed, replacing the old spiral staircases. Three new lifts were fitted into the station and the connecting passageway between the Northern and Jubilee lines was built. That passageway was renovated again but only on the side of the Jubilee line platforms to make it have a modern and comfortable look. The Northern line platforms were also rebuilt from timber to the current structure. The Northern line was closed between University and Victoria several times to ease the rebuilding process. Modern lighting, ticket barriers, payphones, digital train departure boards, and CCTV and public address systems were also installed.

Crossover and Siding
There is a crossover to the west of the Jubilee line platforms to allow trains to reverse. A siding is also proposed to be built further to the west.