It is on the Charing Cross branch of the Northern line between Warren Street and Tottenham Court Road stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 1.

[6] The station is on the western side of Tottenham Court Road, a short distance north of the junction with Goodge Street.

It was opened on 22 June 1907 as Tottenham Court Road by the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway, but changed to the present name on 9 March 1908[7][8] before an interchange was built between the previously separate (and differently named) Northern line and Central line stations at the present Tottenham Court Road station.

Among these installations were SHAEF headquarters at 20 Grosvenor Square and the basement of the Selfridges department store on Oxford Street; both buildings exist today.

[citation needed] Another fire, on 21 June 1981, caused by burning rubbish, killed a man and injured 16 people, and resulted in a recommendation of a smoking ban on the Underground.

Almost halfway through the trial a major fire occurred at Oxford Circus, resulting in a full smoking ban on all subterranean stations and Underground trains.