Maida Vale tube station

Maida Vale station stands in the City of Westminster, on the Bakerloo line between Kilburn Park and Warwick Avenue. The station building is a Grade II listed structure designed by Stanley Heaps for the Underground Electric Railways Company. It was one of the first London Underground stations built with escalators instead of lifts. The surface building follows an earlier Leslie Green style but omits the upper storey once used for lift machinery. The station sits at the junction of Randolph Avenue and Elgin Avenue in a quiet residential area. The station opened on 6 June 1915 as part of the Bakerloo line’s extension from Paddington to Queen’s Park. In 1915 it became the first station entirely staffed by women, a role they held until 1919. During the Second World War women returned to work at Maida Vale station. In 2009 the station won a National Railway Heritage Award for its modernisation. The centenary of its opening was marked in 2015 as part of the 100 years of women in transport campaign. Visitors find a surface building with a ticket hall accessed by stairs. Above the ticket hall are mosaic Underground roundels installed during the 2006 modernisation. The station retains its historic character while meeting modern needs. Nearby bus routes 16 and 98, and night buses N32 and N98, provide further connections. The area around the station remains largely unchanged since the early 20th century.