Leicester Square tube station - Definition and Overview

Leicester Square tube station

Leicester Square Tube Station is a station on the London Underground, located on Charing Cross Road, a short distance to the east of Leicester Square itself.

The station is on the Northern Line between Charing Cross and Tottenham Court Road, and the Piccadilly Line between Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden. It is in zone 1.

On early tube plans, the station was listed as Cranbourn Street, but the present name was used when the station first opened, on December 15, 1906.