It is 190 metres (210 yd) west of Great Portland Street tube station on the same arterial road.

[7] In 1983, London Transport proposed to close the station on the basis that the passenger lifts, which at the time were 77 years old, needed to be replaced at a cost of more than £3 million.

[8] Construction of the station ticket hall involved digging a box like void underneath the garden above.

This caused significant subsidence, this is why the large metal beams in the ticket hall are present.

[citation needed] Unlike most of the BS&WR's other stations, Regent's Park has no surface buildings and is accessed from a subway.