ɹᵻplˈeɪsɪŋ ɐ lˈiːst stˈeɪʃən ˌɔn kˈɪŋ stɹˈiːt ɪn sənt dʒˈeɪmzᵻz, ɪɾ ˈoʊpənd ˌɔn twˈɛnti wˈʌn dʒuːlˈaɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd tˈuː ɪn ɐn ɛkstˈɛnʃən tə ðə nˈoːɹmən ʃˈɔː bˈɪldɪŋz, ðˈɛn ðə hˈoʊm ʌv nˈuː skˈɑːtlənd jˈɑːɹd.
Replacing a leased station on King Street in St James's, it opened on 21 July 1902 in an extension to the Norman Shaw Buildings, then the home of New Scotland Yard.