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North Ealing tube station

2009-08-13T13:18:36Z

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{{London stations| name = North Ealing | image =[[Image:North Ealing stn building.JPG|300px|North Ealing underground station entrance]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 3|3]] | locale = [[Ealing]] | borough = [[London Borough of Ealing]] | years =1903 1932 | events =Opened (MDR) Start (Piccadilly Line) End (District Line) | platforms= 2 | tubeexits05= 0.851 | tubeexits07= 0.870 }}

'''North Ealing''' is a [[London Underground]] station on the [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] branch of the [[Piccadilly Line]] between [[Ealing Common tube station|Ealing Common]] and [[Park Royal tube station|Park Royal]]. The station is located on Station Road, a short distance from the junction of Queens Drive and [[Hanger Lane]] ([[A406 road|A406]], North Circular Road). It is in [[Travelcard Zone 3]].

[[West Acton tube station|West Acton]] station on the [[Central Line]] is located about 550 metres to the east at the other end of Queens Drive.

==History==

North Ealing station was opened on [[23 June]] [[1903]] by the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan District Railway|Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR, now the [[District Line]]) on its new extension from north of Ealing Common to [[Park Royal & Twyford Abbey tube station|Park Royal & Twyford Abbey]] (closed and replaced by [[Park Royal tube station|Park Royal]] in 1931), where the [[Royal Agricultural Society]]'s [[Park Royal]] show grounds had been recently opened. The line was opened fully to [[South Harrow tube station|South Harrow]] on [[28 June]] [[1903]].

This new extension was, together with the existing tracks between Ealing Common & [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]], the first section of the Underground's surface lines to be [[electrification|electrified]] and operate [[electric locomotive|electric]] instead of [[steam locomotive|steam]] trains. The Deep level tube lines open at that time ([[City & South London Railway]], [[Waterloo & City Railway]] and [[Central London Railway]]) had been electrically powered from the start.

On [[4 July]] [[1932]] the Piccadilly Line was extended to run west of its original terminus at [[Hammersmith tube station (Piccadilly & District Line)|Hammersmith]] sharing the route with the District Line to Ealing Common. From Ealing Common to South Harrow, the District Line was replaced by the Piccadilly Line and, from this date, District Line trains west from Ealing Common ran to Ealing Broadway only.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|b2/i00007b2.jpg|North Ealing station, circa 1907}}
** {{ltmcollection|nb/i00005nb.jpg|Platforms, 1940}}
** {{ltmcollection|95/9886495.jpg|North Ealing station, 1958}}

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Image:North Ealing stn look west.JPG|Looking westbound
Image:North Ealing stn look east.JPG|Looking eastbound
Image:North Ealing stn high westbound.JPG|Looking west from footbridge
Image:North Ealing stn roundel.JPG|Roundel
Image:North Ealing tube station.jpg|Main Entrance
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Rayners Lane tube station

2009-08-13T11:51:17Z

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{{London stations| name = Rayners Lane | railcode=ZRL | image = [[Image:Rayners Lane stn building.JPG|300px|Rayners Lane tube station]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 5|5]] | locale = [[Rayners Lane]] | borough = [[London Borough of Harrow]] | years =1904 1906 1910 1933 | events =Tracks laid (Metropolitan) Opened (Metropolitan) Start (District) End (District) Start (Piccadilly) | platforms= 2 | tubeexits05=3.205 | tubeexits07=3.813}}
'''Rayners Lane''' is a [[London Underground]] station in the district of [[Rayners Lane]] in north west [[London]], amid a 1930s development originally named [[Harrow Garden Village]]. The station is on the [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge branch]] of both the [[Metropolitan Line]], between [[Eastcote tube station|Eastcote]] and [[West Harrow tube station|West Harrow]] stations, and the [[Piccadilly Line]], between [[Eastcote tube station|Eastcote]] and [[South Harrow tube station|South Harrow]] stations. The station is located to the west of the junction of Rayners Lane, Alexandra Avenue and Imperial Drive ([[A4090 road|A4090]]). It is in [[Travelcard Zone 5]]. The railway line here is considered to be the border of [[North Harrow]] and [[South Harrow]]. This is also where both the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines share track to Uxbridge and separate going towards Central London.

The [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan Railway|Metropolitan Railway (Harrow & Uxbridge Railway)]] constructed the line between [[Harrow on the Hill tube station|Harrow on the Hill]] and [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] and commenced services on [[4 July]] [[1904]] with, initially, [[Ruislip tube station|Ruislip]] being the only intermediate stop. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track [[electrification]] was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on [[1 January]] [[1905]].

Progressive development in the north [[Middlesex]] area over the next two decades lead to the gradual opening of additional stations along the Uxbridge branch to encourage the growth of new residential areas. Rayners Lane opened as ''Rayners Lane Halt'' on 26 May 1906.

On 1 March 1910, an extension of the [[District Line]] was opened from [[South Harrow tube station|South Harrow]] to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at Rayners Lane junction east of the station enabling District Line trains to serve stations between [[Rayners Lane]] and Uxbridge from that date. On 23 October 1933 District Line services were replaced by Piccadilly Line trains. The station was rebuilt in the early 1930s to a design by [[Charles Holden]] which features the large cube-shaped brick and glass ticket hall capped with a flat [[reinforced concrete]] roof and geometrical forms typical of the new stations built in this period.

To the west of the station, there is a reversing siding between the running tracks and, during the day, half of the Piccadilly line service reverses here. Two sidings are located south of the station but these are no longer used: there is no connection with the running lines.

==Transport connections==

[[London Buses|Bus]] routes 398, 615, H9, H10 and H12 serve the station.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|9n/i0000k9n.jpg|Platforms at Rayners Lane station, 1934}} One platform shows a London Underground style roundel name board, the other a Metropolitan Railway Diamond name board.
** {{ltmcollection|6r/i000026r.jpg|New station building, 1938}}
** {{ltmcollection|85/i0000i85.jpg|View of platforms, 1938}}

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Image:Rayners Lane stn entrance.JPG|Entrance on southern face of station building
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Image:Rayners Lane London Underground station.jpg|Platforms looking east
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Eastcote tube station

2009-08-13T11:38:02Z

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{{London stations| name = Eastcote | railcode=ZEE | image =[[Image:Eastcote tube station 1.jpg|300px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 5|5]] | locale = [[Eastcote]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hillingdon]] | years =1904 1906 1910 1933 | events =Tracks laid (Metropolitan) Opened (Metropolitan) Start (District) End (District) Start (Piccadilly) | platforms= 2 | tubeexits05= 2.041|tubeexits07=2.352 }}

'''Eastcote''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Eastcote]] in north [[London]]. The station is on the [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge branch]] of both the [[Metropolitan line]] and [[Piccadilly line]], between [[Rayners Lane tube station|Rayners Lane]] and [[Ruislip Manor tube station|Ruislip Manor]] stations. The station is located on Field End Road. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 5]].

The [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan Railway|Metropolitan Railway (Harrow & Uxbridge Railway)]] constructed the line between [[Harrow on the Hill tube station|Harrow on the Hill]] and [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] and commenced services on [[4 July]] [[1904]] with, initially, [[Ruislip tube station|Ruislip]] being the only intermediate stop. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track [[electrification]] was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on [[1 January]] [[1905]].

Progressive development in the north [[Middlesex]] area over the next two decades lead to the gradual opening of additional stations along the Uxbridge branch to encourage the growth of new residential areas. Eastcote opened on [[26 May]] [[1906]] as '''Eastcote Halt'''.

On [[1 March]] [[1910]], an extension of the [[District Line]] from [[South Harrow tube station|South Harrow]] to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at [[Rayners Lane tube station|Rayners Lane]] was opened enabling District Line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge from that date. On [[23 October]] [[1933]] District Line services were replaced by Piccadilly Line trains. The station was rebuilt in the early 1930s to a design by [[Charles Holden]] which features the large cube-shaped brick and glass ticket hall capped with a flat [[reinforced concrete]] roof and geometrical forms typical of the new stations built in this period.

The station is surrounded by the suburb of [[Eastcote]]; the original centre, now known as [[Old Eastcote]] is some distance away. The Cavendish Pavilion nearby was a popular destination for outings in the first part of the twentieth century.

==Transport connections==

[[London Buses|Bus]] routes 282 and 398 serve the station.

== Gallery ==
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Image:Eastcote.jpg
Image:Eastcote tube station 2.jpg
Image:Eastcote tube eastbound platform 1.jpg
Image:Eastcote tube eastbound platform 2.jpg
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== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|lo/i0000dlo.jpg|Eastcote Halt station, 1906}}
** {{ltmcollection|pu/i00001pu.jpg|Eastcote station, 1925}} A group of children from the [[East End of London]] wait for a train to take them home from an excursion to the Pavilion.
** {{ltmcollection|9h/i0000k9h.jpg|Eastcote station, 1933}}
** {{ltmcollection|pg/i0000cpg.jpg|The Pavilion, 1933}}
** {{ltmcollection|07/9867707.jpg|Eastcote station, 1949}}
** {{ltmcollection|m5/i00001m5.jpg|Eastcote station, 2001}}

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Ruislip Manor tube station

2009-08-13T11:19:36Z

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{{London stations| name = Ruislip Manor | railcode=ZRM | image = [[Image:Ruislip Manor tube station 1.jpg|300px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 6|6]] | locale = [[Ruislip]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hillingdon|Hillingdon]] | years =1904 1912 1933 | events =Tracks laid (Metropolitan) Opened (Metropolitan & District) End (District) Start (Piccadilly) | platforms= 2 | tubeexits05=1.327 |tubeexits07=1.477 }}
'''Ruislip Manor''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Ruislip]] in west [[London]]. The station is on the [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge branch]] of both the [[Metropolitan line]] and [[Piccadilly line]], between [[Eastcote tube station|Eastcote]] and [[Ruislip tube station|Ruislip]] stations. The station is located on Victoria Road, where the line crosses on a bridge: there are two curved entrances, with access to the platforms being by stairways. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 6]].

The [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan Railway|Metropolitan Railway (Harrow & Uxbridge Railway)]] constructed the line through Ruislip Manor between [[Harrow on the Hill tube station|Harrow on the Hill]] and [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] and commenced services on [[4 July]] [[1904]] with, initially, the only intermediate stop being at [[Ruislip tube station|Ruislip]]. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track [[electrification]] was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on [[1 January]] [[1905]].

On [[1 March]] [[1910]], an extension of the [[District Line]] from [[South Harrow tube station|South Harrow]] to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at [[Rayners Lane tube station|Rayners Lane]] was opened enabling District Line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge from that date.

Progressive development in the west [[Middlesex]] area over the next two decades lead to the gradual opening of additional stations along the Uxbridge branch to encourage the growth of new residential areas. Ruislip Manor opened on [[5 August]] [[1912]] as '''Ruislip Manor Halt'''.

On [[23 October]] [[1933]] District Line services were replaced by Piccadilly Line trains.

During the 1930s the number of passengers using the station increased greatly - from 17,000 in 1931 to 1.25m in 1937. To serve this enlarged number, a rebuilt station was opened on [[26 June]] [[1938]].

The station was given a major overhaul during 2005-2006. Both platforms were sequentially rebuilt, resulting in trains not stopping at each platform for a period of approximately 4 months. Work was completed in Autumn 2006. Local [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]] members commented that improved disability access has not been included in this overhaul. The station has a seemingly above average number of stairs up to the platforms, as the station is raised a significant amount above street-height in order to allow tall vehicles to pass beneath the station bridge, which is immediately before the station.

==Transport connections==
[[London Buses|Bus]] routes 114, 398 and H13 serve the station.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Collection]
** {{ltmcollection|9g/i0000k9g.jpg|Ruislip Manor station, 1933}}
** {{ltmcollection|z5/i00001z5.jpg|View of Platforms, 1934}}
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Image:Ruislip Manor.jpg|Roundel
Image:Ruislip Manor tube station 2.jpg|Station building
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Image:Ruislip Manor stn look west.JPG|Eastbound platform looking west
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Ruislip tube station

2009-08-13T11:10:14Z

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{{London stations| name = Ruislip | image = [[Image:Ruislip station building.JPG|300px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 6|6]] | locale = [[Ruislip]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hillingdon|Hillingdon]] | years =1904 1910 1933 | railcode=ZRU | events =Opened (Metropolitan) Start (District) End (District) Start (Piccadilly) | platforms= 2 | tubeexits05=1.649 |tubeexits07=1.571}}
'''Ruislip''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Ruislip]] in north [[London]]. The station is on the [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge branch]] of both the [[Metropolitan line]] and [[Piccadilly line]], between [[Ruislip Manor tube station|Ruislip Manor]] and [[Ickenham tube station|Ickenham]] stations. The station is located on West End Road ([[A4180 road|A4180]]). It is in [[Travelcard Zone 6]].

The [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan Railway|Metropolitan Railway (Harrow & Uxbridge Railway)]] constructed the line between [[Harrow on the Hill tube station|Harrow on the Hill]] and [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] and commenced services on [[4 July]] [[1904]] with, initially, Ruislip being the only intermediate stop. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track [[electrification]] was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on 1 January 1905. The formation was made wide enough at Ruislip to enable another pair of tracks to be constructed as passing loops or additional platform roads. Neither has ever occurred.

On 1 March 1910, an extension of the [[District Line]] from [[South Harrow tube station|South Harrow]] to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at [[Rayners Lane tube station|Rayners Lane]] was opened enabling District Line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge from that date. On 23 October 1933 District Line services were replaced by Piccadilly Line trains.

The station's eastbound (Central London) platform is accessible. Wheelchair users who wish to travel in the Uxbridge direction must travel to Sudbury Town or Northwick Park and change direction there; when coming from Central London, they must continue until Hillingdon to change direction.

It is possible to reverse trains from west to east at Ruislip. Trains must detrain in the westbound platform and then continue for approximately half a mile to a siding. When leaving the siding, the train must come back the way it came and enters the eastbound platform by means of a crossover. Unfortunately, while this manoeuvre is carried out, both the westbound and eastbound services are held up. Therefore, this manoeuvre is usually only done by some peak-hour [[Piccadilly line]] trains due to the inconvenience it causes. There was formerly a crossover to the east of the station enabling trains to leave the westbound platform in an easterly direction, and a goods yard to the north of the line.

== Transport connections ==
[[London Buses|Bus]] routes 114, 331, 398, E7, H13, U1 and U10 serve the station.

== See also ==
Other London Underground stations in Ruislip:
* [[Ruislip Gardens tube station|Ruislip Gardens]]
* [[Ruislip Manor tube station|Ruislip Manor]]
* [[South Ruislip station|South Ruislip]]
* [[West Ruislip station|West Ruislip]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|6i/i000026i.jpg|First train arriving at Ruislip station on opening day, 4 July 1904}}
** {{ltmcollection|6c/i000066c.jpg|Platforms at Ruislip station in 1934}}
** {{ltmcollection|05/9888705.jpg|Entrance to Ruslip station in 1955}}

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Image:Ruislip station westbound.JPG|Looking westwards
Image:Ruislip station eastbound.JPG|Looking eastwards
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Ickenham tube station

2009-08-13T10:58:19Z

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{{London stations| name = Ickenham | railcode=ZIC | image =[[Image:Ickenham tube station 1.jpg|300px]]| manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 6|6]] | locale = [[Ickenham]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hillingdon|Hillingdon]] | start=1905 (Metropolitan) Start 1910 (District) End 1933 (District) Start 1933 (Piccadilly) | platforms= 2 | tubeexits05=0.820| tubeexits07=1.068}}
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'''Ickenham tube station''' is a [[London Underground]] station located in [[Ickenham]] in the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]].
The station is on the [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge branch]] of both the [[Metropolitan line]] and [[Piccadilly line]], between [[Ruislip tube station|Ruislip]] and [[Hillingdon tube station|Hillingdon]] stations. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 6]]. It is the least used Underground Station on the Piccadilly Line with its 820,000 passenger entries and exits per annum; this data can be deduced by comparing the passengers per annum with those of all other Piccadilly Line stations.

The [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan Railway|Metropolitan Railway (Harrow & Uxbridge Railway)]] constructed the line through Ickenham between [[Harrow on the Hill tube station|Harrow on the Hill]] and [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] and commenced services on [[4 July]] [[1904]] with, initially, the only intermediate stop being at [[Ruislip tube station|Ruislip]]. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track [[electrification]] was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on [[1 January]] [[1905]].

Progressive development in the north [[Middlesex]] area over the next two decades led to the gradual opening of additional stations along the Uxbridge branch to encourage the growth of new residential areas. Ickenham was the first of these stations, and opened on 25 September 1905 as Ickenham Halt.

On 1 March 1910, an extension of the [[District Line]] from [[South Harrow tube station|South Harrow]] to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at [[Rayners Lane tube station|Rayners Lane]] was opened, enabling District Line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge from that date. On 23 October 1933 District Line services were replaced by Piccadilly Line trains.

A new station was opened in the 1970s.

The station is often popular with tourists to London due to the nearby parking facilities and the area where Ickenham is located. It is also popular with those wishing to go to central London but wish to avoid a lengthy commute by car. The daily parking fee (January 2009) is £2.00.

==Facilities available==
At present there are waiting rooms, one on each platform, bottled soft drinks machines, one on each platform, a Car Park run by NCP in partnership with London Underground {{Vague|date=May 2008}}, contact points on both platforms for fast communication with ticket office staff{{Vague|date=May 2008}}, a [[BT Group plc|BT]] payphone, two self service ticket machines offering all ticket types as well as [[Oyster card]], pre-pay, and season ticket functions, and a staffed ticket office.

==Transport connections==
[[London Buses|Bus]] route U10 serves the station.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ltmcollection|o6/i0000bo6.jpg|London's Transport Museum Photographic Collection}} Ickenham station in 1933

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Hillingdon tube station

2009-08-13T10:46:25Z

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{{London stations| name = Hillingdon {{access icon}} |image = [[Image:Hillingdon stn entrance.JPG|300px|Hillingdon]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 6|6]] | locale = [[Hillingdon]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hillingdon]] | years =1904 1923 1933 1992 | events =Tracks laid (Metropolitan) Opened (Metropolitan & District) End (District) Start (Piccadilly) Station moved| platforms= 2 | tubeexits05=1.154 |tubeexits07=1.314 }}
'''Hillingdon tube station''' is a [[London Underground]] station in North [[Hillingdon]] in the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]], west [[London]].

The station is on the [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge branch]] of both the [[Metropolitan line]] and [[Piccadilly line]], between [[Ickenham tube station|Ickenham]] and [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] stations and in [[Travelcard Zone 6]].

The [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan Railway|Metropolitan Railway (Harrow & Uxbridge Railway)]] constructed the line through Hillingdon between [[Harrow on the Hill tube station|Harrow on the Hill]] and Uxbridge and commenced services on [[4 July]] [[1904]] with, initially, the only intermediate stop being at [[Ruislip tube station|Ruislip]]. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track [[electrification]] was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on [[1 January]] [[1905]].

Progressive development in the north [[Middlesex]] area over the next two decades lead to the gradual opening of additional stations along the Uxbridge branch to encourage the growth of new residential areas. Hillingdon was the last of these stations to open on [[10 December]] [[1923]] when services on the Metropolitan and [[District Line|District]] Lines first stopped at the station.

On [[23 October]] [[1933]] District Line services were replaced by Piccadilly Line trains.

Between the mid 1930s and the mid 1950s the station was named as '''Hillingdon (Swakeleys)''', and shown as such on [[tube map]]s and the station name signs.

On [[6 December]] [[1992]] a new station, constructed along the line to the south of the original, was opened. The new station was required to enable expansion and rerouting of the [[A40 road|A40]] ([[Western Avenue (London)|Western Avenue]]), which now runs through the original site. Following its opening, the station won the Underground Station of the Year, 1992.

==Facilities available==
The station has a car park and is accessible for those with disabilities without using stairs or escalators. It has a staffed ticket office.

==Transport connections==
[[London Buses|Bus]] route U2 serves the station. It is also regularly served by the [[Oxford Tube]] and [[Oxford Express]] express buses between [[Oxford]] and [[London]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|9j/i0000k9j.jpg|Hillingdon station, 1933}}
** {{ltmcollection|93/9886993.jpg|Hillingdon station, 1958}}
** {{ltmcollection|rz/i0000crz.jpg|New Hillingdon station - canopy and footbridge}}
** {{ltmcollection|o1/i00005o1.jpg|New Hillingdon station - the canopy, stairs and lift}}

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image:Hillingdon stn look east.JPG|Looking east
Image:Hillingdon stn look west.JPG|Looking west
Image:Hillingdon stn roundel.JPG|Platform roundel
Image:Hillingdon stn entrance proper.JPG|Entrance proper at end of footbridge linking to street
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Uxbridge tube station

2009-08-13T10:26:54Z

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{{London stations| name = Uxbridge {{access icon}}| image = [[Image:Uxbridge station entrance.JPG|300px|Uxbridge]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 6|6]] | locale = [[Uxbridge]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hillingdon]] | years =1904 1910 1933 1938 | events =Opened (Metropolitan) Start (District) End (District) Start (Piccadilly) Moved| platforms= 3 | railcode=ZUX |tubeexits05=5.409 |tubeexits07=6.485}}
'''Uxbridge''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Uxbridge]] in the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]], north-west [[London]]. The station is the terminus of the Uxbridge branches of both the [[Metropolitan Line]] and the [[Piccadilly Line]], the next station towards London is [[Hillingdon tube station|Hillingdon]]. The station is situated 15.5 miles (25 km) west of [[Charing Cross]] and is in [[Travelcard Zone 6]].

The [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan Railway|Metropolitan Railway]] first opened a station in Uxbridge on [[4 July]] [[1904]] on Belmont Road, a short distance to the north of the existing station. The station was situated on a different track alignment, now used as sidings. The original service from central London was provided by steam-drawn trains but [[electrification]] took place the following year.

The [[London United Tramways]] extension from [[Shepherds Bush]] was opened a few weeks before the underground station: the manager, as reported in a local newspaper at the time, commented on the high prices of the underground journey: the tram journey, though, took well over an hour to reach Shepherds Bush.

On [[1 March]] [[1910]], an extension of the [[District Line]] from [[South Harrow tube station|South Harrow]] to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at [[Rayners Lane tube station|Rayners Lane]] was opened, enabling District Line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge. The original Belmont Road station had two platforms, and after the introduction of shared operation one platform was used by each line.

On [[23 October]] [[1933]] District Line services to Uxbridge were replaced by Piccadilly Line trains.

On [[4 December]] [[1938]] a new station was opened on a new alignment. The station designed by [[Charles Holden]] features a red brick facade with paired sculptures over the entrance representing stylised wheels with [[leaf spring]]s. A tall concrete canopy arches over the tracks with a row of [[clerestory]] windows above the platforms. The canopy at Uxbridge is similar to the one at [[Cockfosters tube station|Cockfosters]], the terminus at the other end of the Piccadilly Line.

The stained glass panels at the booking hall end of the platforms reflect the area's heraldic associations. The crown and three [[seax]]es on a red background are the arms of the county of [[Middlesex]] and the chained swan on a black and red background is associated with [[Buckinghamshire]]. The centre shield is possibly the arms of the local Basset family (a downward pointing red triangle on a gold background was borrowed from the Bassett arms for use on the arms of [[Municipal Borough of Uxbridge|Uxbridge Urban District Council]] in 1948).

The forecourt of the new station was originally laid out to provide a turning circle for [[trolleybuses]], which replaced [[tram]]s in 1936.

Ticket barriers are in operation.

==Transport connections==

[[Transport for London]] [[London Buses|Bus]] routes:
* [[London Buses route 222|222]] (Uxbridge to Hounslow)
* [[London Buses route 331|331]] (Uxbridge to Ruislip)
* [[London Buses route 427|427]] (Uxbridge to Acton ''Market Place'')
* [[London Buses route A10|A10]] (Uxbridge to Heathrow Central)
* [[London Buses route U1|U1]] (Ruislip to Hillingdon Hospital)
* [[London Buses route U2|U2]] (Uxbridge to Brunel University)
* [[London Buses route U3|U3]] (Uxbridge to Heathrow Central)
* [[London Buses route U4|U4]] (Uxbridge to Hayes ''Bourne Avenue'')
* [[London Buses route U5|U5]] (Uxbridge to Hayes & Harlington)
* [[London Buses route U7|U7]] (Uxbridge to Charville Lane Estate)
* [[London Buses route U9|U9]] (Uxbridge to Harefield)
* [[London Buses route U10|U10]] (Uxbridge to Ruislip ''Heathfield Rise'')
* Express route [[London Buses route 607|607]] (Uxbridge to White City ''limited stop'')
* Night route [[London Buses route N207|N207]] (Uxbridge to Holborn)

In addition non-TfL bus services include routes:
* 58 (Uxbridge to Britwell ''First Berkshire'')
* 305 (Uxbridge to High Wycombe ''Arriva the Shires & Essex / Carousel Buses'')
* 459 (Uxbridge to Langley ''Redline Buses'')
* 581 (Buckinghamshire County Rider: Uxbridge to Beaconsfield ''Carousel Buses'')
* A40 (High Wycombe to Heathrow ''Carousel'')
* CC1 (Uxbridge to Newland Park College Campus ''Magpie Travel'')
* R21 (Uxbridge to Mount Vernon Hospital ''Sullivan Buses'')
* Green Line 724 (Harlow to Heathrow ''Arriva East Herts & Essex'')

==See also==
*[[List of London Underground stations]]
*[[Uxbridge High Street railway station]]
*[[Uxbridge Vine Street railway station]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/departureboards/tube/default.asp?LineCode=metropolitan&StationCode=UXB&GoMetropolitan=Go&switchMetropolitan=off|TfL Departure board for Uxbridge station]
* [http://www.uxbridgeparish.org The Uxbridge Parish website]
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|7a/i000067a.jpg|Original station looking east, 1934}}
** {{ltmcollection|79/i0000679.jpg|Original station looking west, 1934}}
** {{ltmcollection|66/9886466.jpg|One of the pair of sculputures in the artist's studio before installation}}
** {{ltmcollection|7r/i000067r.jpg|Concrete canopy of new station in 1958}}
** {{ltmcollection|4v/i000014v.jpg|Stained glasss clerestory windows, 1982}}

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Image:Uxbridge station ticket hall.JPG|Ticket hall looking towards the platforms (latter under refurbishment - photo taken July 2008)
Image:Uxbridge station centre platform look west.JPG|Centre platforms 2 and 3 (right) looking west towards terminal building (platform 2 on left out of use during refurbishment - photo taken July 2008)
Image:Uxbridge station centre platforms looking east.JPG|Centre platforms 2 and 3 (left) looking east (refurbishment ongoing - photo taken July 2008)
Image:Uxbridge station centre platform buffers.JPG|The western end of centre platforms 2 and 3. Note stained glass windows in background. (refurbishment ongoing - photo taken July 2008)
Image:Uxbridge station platform 1 look west.JPG|Platform 1 looking west, towards the terminal building (July 2008)
Image:Uxbridge station platforms 1 and 2 look east.JPG|Platforms 1 and 2 (left, as of July 2008 out of use) looking east
Image:Uxbridge station platforms 3 and 4 look east.JPG|Platforms 3 and 4 (left) looking east
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Ealing Common tube station

2009-08-13T01:53:30Z

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'''Ealing Common''' is a [[London Underground]] station on the [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] branch of the [[Piccadilly Line]], and on the [[Ealing Broadway station|Ealing Broadway]] branch of the [[District Line]]. Eastbound the next station is [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]], westbound the next station is [[North Ealing tube station|North Ealing]] on the Piccadilly Line and [[Ealing Broadway station|Ealing Broadway]] on the District Line.

The station is located on [[Uxbridge Road]] ([[A4020 road|A4020]]) about 450m east of the junction with Gunnersbury Avenue and [[Hanger Lane]] ([[A406 road|A406]], North Circular Road). It is in [[Travelcard Zone 3]].

==History==
Ealing Common station was opened on 1 July 1879 by the [[Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR, now the [[District line]]) on its extension from [[Turnham Green tube station|Turnham Green]] to Ealing Broadway.<ref name="rose">{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Douglas |title=The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History |year=1999 |publisher=Douglas Rose/Capital Transport |isbn=1-85414-219-4 }}</ref> From 1886 until 1 March 1910 the station was known as '''Ealing Common and West Acton''' after which it changed to its current name.<ref name="rose"/>

On 23 June 1903 the MDR opened an extension of the tracks from north of Ealing Common.<ref name="rose"/> The extension initially reached as far as [[Park Royal & Twyford Abbey tube station|Park Royal & Twyford Abbey]] (closed and replaced by [[Park Royal tube station|Park Royal]] in 1931),<ref name="rose"/> where the [[Royal Agricultural Society]]'s [[Park Royal]] show grounds had been recently opened, before being opened to [[South Harrow tube station|South Harrow]] on 28 June 1903.<ref name="rose"/>

This new extension was, together with the existing tracks between Ealing Common & Acton Town, the first section of the Underground's surface lines to be [[electrification|electrified]] and operate [[electric locomotive|electric]] instead of [[steam locomotive|steam]] trains.<ref name="electric">{{cite book |last1=Day |first1= John R |last2=Reed |first2=John |origyear=1963 |year=2008 |title=The Story of London's Underground |publisher=Capital Transport |page=63|isbn=1-85414-316-7}}</ref> The deep level tube lines open at that time ([[City & South London Railway]], [[Waterloo & City Railway]] and [[Central London Railway]]) had been electrically powered from the start. Electric trains started running on the section of line between Ealing Common and Ealing Broadway on 1 July 1905.<ref name="electric"/>

During 1930 and 1931 a new station building was constructed to replace the 1879 building. The new building, by [[Charles Holden]] in a style reminiscent of his designs for the 1926 [[Morden tube station|Morden extension]] of the City & South London Railway (now part of the [[Northern Line]]),<ref name="architect">{{cite book |last1=Day |first1= John R |last2=Reed |first2=John |origyear=1963 |year=2008 |title=The Story of London's Underground |publisher=Capital Transport |page=99|isbn=1-85414-316-7}}</ref> was constructed in Portland stone and features a tall [[heptagon]]al ticket hall with glazed screens to all sides. The new building opened on 1 March 1931 and is very similar to the reconstructed station at [[Hounslow West tube station|Hounslow West]] built at the same time, also by Heaps and Holden.<ref name="architect"/>

On 4 July 1932 the Piccadilly line was extended to run west of its original terminus at [[Hammersmith tube station (Piccadilly & District Line)|Hammersmith]] sharing the route with the District line to Ealing Common.<ref name="rose"/> From Ealing Common to South Harrow, the District line was replaced by the Piccadilly line and, from this date, District line trains west from Ealing Common ran to Ealing Broadway only.<ref name="rose"/>

== The station today ==
Ealing Common is now unusual in that the District and Piccadilly lines share the same platforms. Where the lines run together between [[Barons Court tube station|Barons Court]] and Acton Town, the services are separated on different tracks and, under normal conditions, they generally serve different platforms where the Piccadilly line stops (at Barons Court, Hammersmith, Turnham Green and Acton Town). Previously, before the District line service was withdrawn on the Hounslow branch in 1964,<ref name="rose"/> both Piccadilly and District line trains used the same platforms at stations from [[Boston Manor tube station|Boston Manor]] to Hounslow West.

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|77/9870077.jpg|Ealing Common station, 1893}}
** {{ltmcollection|pt/i00001pt.jpg|View of station from platforms, 1928}}
** {{ltmcollection|q9/i0000gq9.jpg|Temporary station entrance in use whilst station is under construction, 1930}}
** {{ltmcollection|tn/i0000gtn.jpg|New station building being built, 1931}}
** {{ltmcollection|75/995675.jpg|New station building open, 1931}}
** {{ltmcollection|yy/i00005yy.jpg|Brick and Concrete, platform shelter and canopy, 1932}}
** {{ltmcollection|77/9889277.jpg|Ticket hall, 1957}}
** {{ltmcollection|7c/i000017c.jpg|Ealing Common station, 2001}}
** {{ltmcollection|7f/i000017f.jpg|View of station from platforms, 2001}}

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Image:Ealing Common stn westbound.JPG|Looking north from the southern end of the westbound platform
Image:EalingCommonC.jpg|Ealing Common underground station interior ''(September 2006)''
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Heathrow Terminal 5 station

2009-08-13T01:32:44Z

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{{London stations| name = Heathrow Terminal 5 {{access icon}} | image = [[Image:Heathrow T5 station AB.JPG|265px]]|caption=Heathrow Express train about to depart from Platform 3| manager = [[BAA Limited|BAA]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 6|6 (Underground only)]] | locale = [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport]] | railcode=HWV| borough = [[London Borough of Hillingdon]] | start=2008| platforms=4 (6 total) | owner=[[BAA Limited|BAA]] | tubeexits08=3.14 }}
'''Heathrow Terminal 5 station''' is a shared [[Airport rail link|railway station]] at [[London Heathrow Airport]] [[London Heathrow Terminal 5|Terminal 5]] which was opened on [[27 March]] [[2008]]. Designed by architects HOK International in conjunction with Rogers, Stirk, Harbour & Partners.

The station is staffed by [[Heathrow Express]] and ICTS<ref>http://www.icts.co.uk/01_about.htm</ref> staff unlike the underground stations at Heathrow Terminal 4 and Heathrow Terminals 1-3. The station is situated in [[Travelcard Zone 6]].

Although situated underground, parts of its roofing are made of [[translucent]] [[ETFE]] [[laminate]] panels, allowing natural daylight to flood down both ends of all six platforms.<ref>[http://www.e-architect.co.uk/london/heathrow_airport_t5.htm "Heathrow Airport T5: London Architecture"], ''e-architect'', 2008. Link accessed 2008-05-05.</ref>

The Terminal 5 station is served by the following rail services<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/heathrow/pdf/heathrow-central-london-map.pdf
|title = Central London to Heathrow
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}} - transport map for Heathrow showing Underground, Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect rail, and the N9 night bus
</ref>:
*[[Piccadilly Line]]: half the trains on the Heathrow branch terminate here, via [[Hatton Cross tube station|Hatton Cross]] and [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3]]. The other half run via Hatton Cross, [[Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station|Heathrow Terminal 4]] and Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3, and back to Hatton Cross.
*[[Heathrow Express]]: terminates here. This service replaced the Express service to Terminal 4, which instead became the terminus for [[Heathrow Connect]].

==Future links==
In addition to the above rail links, the T5 Rail Station also has two safeguarded "heavy rail" platforms for use by a west-facing connection to the [[National Rail]] network. This proposed link starting from near the the existing [[Staines railway station]] is called [[Heathrow Airtrack]] and would offer half-hourly services to [[London Waterloo]], [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], [[Woking]] and [[Guildford]]. BAA have published as part of the Airtrack consultation that they also want to extend the Heathrow Express to a new platform at [[Staines railway station]]. The plans originally included the rebuilding of [[Staines High Street railway station]] but, due to local opposition and passenger projections, the station has been dropped.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

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Image:Heathrow Terminal 5 express sign.JPG|Sign on the inside of the glass wall next to Heathrow Express platforms.
Image:Heathrow Terminal 5 tube stn roundel.JPG|Roundel on Underground station platform.
Image:Heathrow Terminal 5 express entrance.JPG|Entrance to Heathrow Express side of station, adjacent to Arrivals area.
Image:Heathrow Terminal 5 Underground entrance.JPG|Entrance to Underground side of station, adjacent to Arrivals area.
Image:Heathrow Terminal 5 platform 6 look west 1973 stock.JPG|Underground (Piccadilly line) platform 6, with train of 1973 stock.
Image:Heathrow Terminal 5 - Piccadilly Line.jpg|Entrance to Underground side of station looking from inside ticket barriers.
Image:Heathrow Terminal 5 tube stn platform 5 look east.JPG|Underground platform 5 looking east towards London
Image:Heathrow Terminal 5 platform 6 look west.JPG|Underground platform 6 looking west
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{{Heathrow rail services}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.airtrack.org/ Proposed AirTrack Rail Link]
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station

2009-08-13T01:18:26Z

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{{London stations| name = Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 {{access icon}} | image = [[Image:Heathrow Terms 123 entrance.JPG| 300px|Entrance below ground accessible from the terminals]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | owner=[[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 6|6]] | locale = [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hillingdon]] | years =1977 | events =Opened (as terminus) | platforms=2| tubeexits04=8.837| tubeexits07=9.307}}
'''Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3''' is a [[London Underground]] station at [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport]] on the Heathrow branch of the [[Piccadilly Line]]. The station is situated in [[Travelcard Zone 6]].

The station opened as '''Heathrow Central''' on [[16 December]] [[1977]] as the final phase of the Piccadilly Line's extension from [[Hounslow West tube station|Hounslow West]] to the airport. The preceding station, [[Hatton Cross tube station|Hatton Cross]], had opened as the interim terminus in [[1975]]. At its opening, the station served as the terminus of what became known as the Heathrow branch of the line — previously it had been the Hounslow branch. It was the first time that an airport had been directly served by an underground railway system.

With the development of the airport's new Terminal 4 underway for which a separate Underground station would be provided, the station was renamed '''Heathrow Central Terminals 1, 2, 3''' on [[3 September]] [[1983]]. The station gained its present name on [[12 April]] [[1986]], the same day that services began at [[Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station|Heathrow Terminal 4]].

The Terminal 4 station is located on a unidirectional single track loop from Hatton Cross to Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3. On the opening of the Terminal 4 station most direct services from Hatton Cross ceased, with most Piccadilly Line trains going first to Terminal 4. Some early morning trains still went directly to Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 to the confusion of some passengers.

For the construction of the tunnel to the new [[Heathrow Terminal 5 station]], the loop track and Terminal 4 station closed temporarily on [[7 January]] [[2005]] and Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 once again became the terminus of the line. This situation continued until [[17 September]] [[2006]], when the Terminal 5 tunnel works were sufficiently complete for the loop tunnel and Terminal 4 station to reopen.

Heathrow Terminal 5 station opened on [[27 March]] [[2008]], but the frequency of trains on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly Line remained the same as previously, with services from Hatton Cross to Heathrow split. Alternate trains run either to Terminal 4 (around the loop and back to [[Central London]] via Terminals 1, 2, 3), or direct to Terminals 1, 2, 3 and Terminal 5.

Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 has a double crossover directly to the east which can be seen from the platform. The station has six [[escalator]]s of which two operate from the platform to the ticket hall area and two operate in the opposite direction; the other two connect the ticket hall area to the surface. A mezzanine floor between the platform and ticket hall levels provide staff accommodation and facilities. Trains may serve platform 1 from either direction but platform 2 may only be served by eastbound trains. [[British Transport Police]] maintain a presence at Heathrow.<ref name=SE>[http://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/areas/london_underground__dlr.aspx#heathrow British Transport Police, London Underground Area]</ref>

Now Terminal 5 is open, and once the transfer of airlines at Heathrow from other terminals is completed, the existing Terminal 2 will be demolished and a new terminal (called "Heathrow East") will be built in its place. This may mean that the station will need to be renamed, or at least have the reference to Terminal 2 removed from its name. Current proposals suggest the station will revert to its original name of Heathrow Central.

In contrast to the [[Heathrow Express]], London Underground services do not provide free transfer between terminals. Passengers using the Piccadilly Line to travel from [[Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station|Terminal 4]] to Terminals 1, 2, 3 would need to purchase a ticket, and no direct services exist in the other direction. Airline passengers connecting between terminals at Heathrow can travel free of charge on the [[Heathrow Express]] to Terminal 5, or by using the [[Heathrow Connect]] service to Terminal 4.

[[Image:Piccadilly T5 Extension.JPG|200px|thumb|Part of a Piccadilly route map sign showing the stations at Heathrow]]

==See also==
*[[List of London Underground stations]]
*[[Heathrow Central railway station]]
*[[Dot2Dot]]

==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|58/i0000k58.jpg|Official opening of the station by Her Majesty the Queen, 1977}}
** {{ltmcollection|80/9887980.jpg|External view of station, 1979}}
** {{ltmcollection|71/i0000171.jpg|Detail of platform decoration and seating, 1980}}

*{{cite web
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|title = Central London to Heathrow
|accessdate =2008-03-22
|author = Transport for London
|date = March 2008
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Image:HeathrowT123.jpg|Train at platform
Image:Heathrow Terminals 123 outside.JPG|Entrance at street level, next to Heathrow bus station
Image:Concorde Motif at Heathrow Terminals 1 2 3 tube.jpg|Concorde Motif on platform
Image:Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 stn eastbound look west.JPG|Eastbound platform looking west
Image:Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 stn westbound look east.JPG|Westbound platform looking east
Image:Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 stn roundel.JPG|Platform roundel, backlit
Image:Heathrow T123 W.JPG|Another view of platform and roundel
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==References==
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Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station

2009-08-13T00:59:57Z

77.196.60.207:

{{London stations| name = Heathrow Terminal 4 {{access icon}} | image = [[Image:Heathrow Terminal 4 tube entrance.JPG|300px]]| manager = [[London Underground]] | owner=[[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 6|6]] | locale = [[London Heathrow Airport]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hillingdon]] | years =1986 2005 2006| events =Opened Temporary station and loop track closure Station and loop track re-opened| platforms=1 | tubeexits06=1.945 | tubeexits07=2.11}}
'''Heathrow Terminal 4''' is a [[London Underground]] station at [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport]] on the Heathrow branch of the [[Piccadilly Line]]. The station is situated in [[Travelcard Zone 6]].

The station opened on the [[12 April]] [[1986]] to serve the then recently opened [[London_Heathrow_Airport#Terminal_4|Heathrow Terminal 4]]. It is situated on a unidirectional loop tunnel which was constructed between the existing [[Hatton Cross tube station|Hatton Cross]] and [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3]] stations. The station is one of the few on the London Underground to have only one platform. In-service routing took trains from Hatton Cross to Terminal 4 then Terminals 1, 2, 3 and back to Hatton Cross.

On [[7 January]] [[2005]], both the loop track and the station were closed temporarily in order to allow the construction of a new rail junction to link to the new [[Heathrow Terminal 5 station]]. All trains reverted to using the original westbound track from Hatton Cross direct to Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 which was used prior to the opening of Heathrow Terminal 4. For passengers travelling to or from Heathrow Terminal 4, a shuttle bus was provided from Hatton Cross tube station. This situation continued until [[17 September]] [[2006]] when the loop line and station were reopened following completion of the construction, and with new security and customer announcement technologies in place at the station.

Now that the new [[Heathrow Terminal 5 station]] has opened, the service pattern is that every other train arriving at Hatton Cross will run via the Heathrow Terminal 4 loop, whilst the alternate trains will run direct to Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 and then continue down the new branch directly to Heathrow Terminal 5.

In contrast to the [[Heathrow Express]], London Underground services do not provide free transfer between terminals. Passengers using the Piccadilly Line to travel from Terminal 4 to [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Terminals 1, 2, 3]] would need to purchase a ticket, and no direct services exist in the other direction. Airline passengers connecting between terminals at Heathrow can travel free of charge on the [[Heathrow Connect]] to [[Heathrow Central railway station|Heathrow Central]] (Terminals 1, 2, 3).

==See also==
*[[List of London Underground stations]]
*[[Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* {{ltmcollection|o7/i00005o7.jpg|London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive.}} Platform of Terminal 4 station.

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Image:Heathrow Terminal 4 tube look east.JPG|Looking east along the sole uni-directional (theoretically westbound) platform, though it is from here that trains head back to central London via Terminals 1,2 & 3 station.
Image:Heathrow Terminal 4 tube roundel.JPG|Roundel on platform
Image:Piccadilly T5 Extension.JPG|Part of a Piccadilly route map sign showing the stations at Heathrow
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Hatton Cross tube station

2009-08-13T00:42:32Z

77.196.60.207:

{{London stations| name = Hatton Cross | image =[[Image:Hatton Cross stn northern entrance.JPG|300px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 5|5]] and [[Travelcard Zone 6|6]] | locale = [[Hatton, London|Hatton]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hillingdon]] | years =1975 1977 | events =Opened (as terminus) Became through station | platforms= 2 | tubeexits05=1.571 | tubeexits07=3.152}}

'''Hatton Cross''' is a [[London Underground]] station on the [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow]] branch of the [[Piccadilly Line]]. Located in both [[Travelcard]] Zones [[Travelcard Zone 5|5]] and [[Travelcard Zone 6|6]]. It is located next to Heathrow Cargo terminal and close to [[London Heathrow airport|Heathrow airport]] in [[Hatton, London|Hatton]] adjacent to the Great South West Road ([[A30 road|A30]]) on the airport's Southern Perimeter Road.

Hatton Cross station serves only a small residential community in Hatton as most of the area within easy reach of the station mainly comprises commercial [[warehouse|warehousing]] and [[light industry|light industrial]] premises associated with the airport. The nearest large residential communities are more than one mile away at [[Feltham]] or [[East Bedfont]].

==History==

The station opened on [[19 July]] [[1975]] as the first phase of the extension of the line from [[Hounslow West tube station|Hounslow West]] to [[London Heathrow Airport]] and it served as the interim terminus of the line until [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow Central]] opened as the new terminus at the airport on [[16 December]] [[1977]].

The platforms at Hatton Cross are in tunnel but, unlike the tunnels on the central section of the Piccadilly Line which are deep-bored tube tunnels, the Hatton Cross section was constructed primarily by the [[cut and cover]] technique. The platform tiling on the central columns features patterns made up from the [[British Airways]] [[Speedbird]] [[logo]]. The station building is a [[brutalist architecture|brutalist]] concrete and glass single storey box incorporating a bus station which serves the airport and surrounding area.

[[Image:Piccadilly T5 Extension.JPG|200px|left|thumb|Part of a Piccadilly route map sign showing the current arrangement of stations at Heathrow]]
For the opening of the airport's new Terminal 4 a single track loop tunnel was constructed between Hatton Cross and Heathrow Central (now "Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3") with the new [[Heathrow Terminal 4 tube station|Terminal 4 station]]. This station opened on [[12 April]] [[1986]] and, from that date, services to the airport operated as a unidirectional loop; running from Hatton Cross to Terminal 4, Terminals 1, 2, 3 and back to Hatton Cross.

To facilitate the construction of the tunnels to the new [[Heathrow Terminal 5 station]] the loop and Terminal 4 station were closed on [[7 January]] [[2005]] and trains to the airport temporarily reverted to their original two way running between Hatton Cross and the Terminal 1, 2, 3 station, with passengers for Terminal 4 taking a shuttle bus from Hatton Cross. The loop tunnel reopened on [[17 September]] [[2006]] and normal operational arrangements resumed.

With the new Terminal 5 station opening on 27 March 2008, every other train arriving at Hatton Cross from London (6 per hour) runs via the Heathrow Terminal 4 loop, and terminates at Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3. Alternate trains run direct to Heathrow Terminal 5, via Terminals 1, 2, 3.

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Image:Hatton Cross stn southern entrance.JPG|Entrance on the A30 Great South West Road
Image:Hatton Cross stn eastbound look west.JPG|Eastbound platform looking west
Image:Hatton Cross stn westbound look east.JPG|Westbound platform looking east
Image:Hatton Cross stn roundel.JPG|Platform roundel
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== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|89/i0000j89.jpg|Construction of the cut and cover tunnel near Hatton Cross, 1973}}
** {{ltmcollection|92/9863692.jpg|Hatton Cross station, 1975}}
** {{ltmcollection|al/i00009al.jpg|Platforms, 1975}}
** {{ltmcollection|51/9865051.jpg|Ticket hall, 1975}}
** {{ltmcollection|7r/i000017r.jpg|Hatton Cross Station, 2001}}

 
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Hounslow West tube station

2009-08-13T00:28:31Z

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{{London stations| name = Hounslow West {{access icon}} | image = [[Image:Hounslow West stn building.JPG|300px|Hounslow West tube station]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 5|5]] | locale = [[Hounslow]]|borough = [[London Borough of Hounslow]] | years=1884 1933 1964 1975 | events =Opened as terminus (MDR) Start (Piccadilly Line) End (District Line) Platforms moved and becomes through station | platforms= 2 | tubeexits05=2.416 | tubeexits07=3.078 | tubeexits08=2.95}}
'''Hounslow West''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Hounslow]] in west [[London]]. The station is on the [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow]] branch of the [[Piccadilly Line]], between [[Hatton Cross tube station|Hatton Cross]] and [[Hounslow Central tube station|Hounslow Central]] stations. The station is located on Bath Road (A3006) about 600m from the junction of Bath Road, [[Great West Road]] ([[A4 road (Great Britain)|A4]]) and Great South West Road ([[A30 road (Great Britain)|A30]]). It is in [[Travelcard Zone 5]].

==History==
The station was opened by the [[Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR, now the [[District line]]) on 21 July 1884.<ref name="rose">{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Douglas |title=The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History |year=1999 |publisher=Douglas Rose/Capital Transport |isbn=1-85414-219-4 }}</ref> The station was originally named '''Hounslow Barracks''' in reference to the [[Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow|Cavalry Barracks]] located to the south of the station on Beavers Lane.<ref name="rose"/> The station was the terminus of a single track branch line constructed from the MDR's existing route to [[Hounslow Town tube station|Hounslow Town]] station (now closed) located on Hounslow High Street.
[[Image:Hounslow West Station.jpg|left|thumb|The original station building in the early 1900s.]]
The branch line diverged from the main route about 300m east of [[Hounslow East tube station|Hounslow East]] station, although Hounslow East was not opened until later and when the branch opened there were no intermediate stations between Hounslow Barracks and [[Osterley tube station|Osterley & Spring Grove]] (now Osterley).<ref name="rose"/>

[[Electrification]] of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with [[electric locomotive|electric trains]] replacing [[steam locomotive|steam trains]] on the Hounslow branch from 13 June 1905.<ref name="electric">{{cite book |last1=Day |first1= John R |last2=Reed |first2=John |origyear=1963 |year=2008 |title=The Story of London's Underground |publisher=Capital Transport |page=66 |isbn=1-85414-316-7}}</ref> On 1 December 1925 the station was given its present name at the same time that Hounslow Central and Hounslow East received their current names.<ref name="rose"/>

During 1930 and 1931 a new station building was constructed facing on to Bath Road to replace the original building which was parallel with the tracks and set back at an angle from the road. The new building, by the Underground's architect [[Stanley Heaps]] in conjunction with [[Charles Holden]] in a style reminiscent of Holden's designs for the 1926 [[Morden tube station|Morden extension]] of the [[City & South London Railway]] (now part of the [[Northern line]]),<ref name="architect">{{cite book |last1=Day |first1= John R |last2=Reed |first2=John |origyear=1963 |year=2008 |title=The Story of London's Underground |publisher=Capital Transport |page=99|isbn=1-85414-316-7}}</ref> was constructed in Portland stone and features a tall [[heptagon]]al ticket hall with glazed screens to all sides. The original building was gradually demolished as the new one was built and the new building opened on 5 July 1931. The building is very similar to the reconstructed station at [[Ealing Common tube station|Ealing Common]] built at the same time, also by Heaps and Holden.<ref name="architect"/>

Piccadilly line services, which had been running as far as [[Northfields tube station|Northfields]] since January 1933 were extended to run to Hounslow West on 13 March 1933.<ref name="rose"/> From this date, the branch was operated jointly by both lines until District Line services were withdrawn on 9 October 1964.<ref name="rose"/>

[[Image:Hounslow West station.png|thumb|left|Indicative layout of Hounslow West station]]
In the early 1970s works began on the extension of the Piccadilly Line from Hounslow West to [[London Heathrow airport|Heathrow Airport]]. The original alignment of the tracks and platforms at Hounslow West was on a south westerly heading. Had the tracks been extended directly on that alignment a large section of residential west Hounslow would have been subject to demolition in order to reach the airport. Instead a route requiring little demolition was found by following the Bath Road and Great South West Road in a [[tunnel|cut and cover tunnel]] in a trench alongside the road.

The first phase of the extension works was to construct two new platforms at Hounslow West in a covered trench with a more westerly alignment that enabled the chosen route to be reached. The new platforms were adjacent and to the north of the existing three and the access from the 1930s station building was extended to reach them. The new platforms were brought into use on 14 July 1975 and the line was opened as far as Hatton Cross five days later on 19 July 1975.<ref name="new">{{cite book |last1=Day |first1= John R |last2=Reed |first2=John |origyear=1963 |year=2008 |title=The Story of London's Underground |publisher=Capital Transport |page=178|isbn=1-85414-316-7}}</ref>

==See also==
{{commonscat|Hounslow West tube station}}
*[[:Image:Hounslow Underground stations.png|Map showing operational dates for lines and stations in Hounslow]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|30/9888130.jpg|Hounslow Barracks station, 1927}}
** {{ltmcollection|w6/i0000gw6.jpg|New station building under construction beside the old, which has been partially demolished, 1931}}
** {{ltmcollection|25/997125.jpg|Ticket hall, 1932}}
** {{ltmcollection|19/i0000219.jpg|Station building from platforms, 1957}}
** {{ltmcollection|07/9863707.jpg|Hounslow West station, 1971}}
** {{ltmcollection|1a/i000021a.jpg|New platforms, 1975}}
* [http://www.pendar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Tube/Hounslow_West_station.html Abandonedstations.org.uk - Hounslow West station]

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Hounslow Central tube station

2009-08-13T00:19:45Z

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'''Hounslow Central''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Hounslow]] in west [[London]]. The station is on the [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow]] branch of the [[Piccadilly Line]], between [[Hounslow West tube station|Hounslow West]] and [[Hounslow East tube station|Hounslow East]] stations. The station is located on Lampton Road ([[A3005 road|A3005]]) about 500m north of Hounslow High Street and close to Lampton Park. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 4]].

==History==

The route through Hounslow Central station was opened by the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan District Railway|Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR, now the [[District Line]]) on [[21 July]] [[1884]] as a branch to [[Hounslow West tube station|Hounslow Barracks]] (now Hounslow West). The branch line was constructed as single track from the MDR's existing route to [[Hounslow Town tube station|Hounslow Town]] station located at the eastern end of Hounslow High Street which had opened in 1883. Initially the branch had no stations between the terminus at Hounslow Barracks and [[Osterley tube station|Osterley & Spring Grove]] (now Osterley).

Hounslow Town station was closed on [[31 March]] [[1886]] and Hounslow Central station, originally named '''Heston & Hounslow''', opened as its replacement the following day, [[1 April]] [[1886]].

In 1903 Hounslow Town was reopened and trains would be divided at Osterley with part running to Hounslow Central and Hounslow West and the other part to Hounslow Town as a short shuttle. [[Electrification]] of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with [[electric locomotive|electric trains]] replacing [[steam locomotive|steam trains]] on the Hounslow branch from [[13 June]] [[1905]]. When the branch was electrified, the track between Osterley and Hounslow Central was closed and a new loop was opened from Hounslow Town back to Hounslow Central. Trains would run from Osterley to Hounslow Town then reverse and run to Hounslow Central and on to Hounslow West.
[[Image:Hounslow Underground stations.png|400px|left|thumb|Map showing operational dates for lines and stations in Hounslow]]
This method of operation was unsuccessful and short-lived. On [[2 May]] [[1909]] the track between Hounslow Central and Osterley was reopened and Hounslow Town and its two loop tracks were closed for good. A new [[Hounslow East tube station|Hounslow Town]] station (now Hounslow East) was opened at the same time between Hounslow Central and Osterley.

On [[19 October]] [[1912]] new station buildings were opened at Hounslow Central and on [[1 December]] [[1925]] the station was given its present name at the same time that Hounslow West and Hounslow East received their current names.

Piccadilly Line services, which had been running as far as [[Northfields tube station|Northfields]] since January 1933 were extended to run to Hounslow West on [[13 March]] [[1933]]. From this date, the branch was operated jointly by both lines until District Line services were withdrawn on [[9 October]] [[1964]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|42/9863742.jpg|Early view of station and bridge over Lampton Road, date unknown}}
** {{ltmcollection|01/9863501.jpg|Ticket office, 1928}}
** {{ltmcollection|34/9863734.jpg|Station building, 1935}}
** {{ltmcollection|18/i0000218.jpg|View of Platforms, 1957}}
** {{ltmcollection|8b/i000018b.jpg|Station building, 2001}}

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Image:Hounslow_Central_eastbound.JPG|Looking eastbound
Image:Hounslow_Central_westbound.JPG|Looking westbound
Image:Hounslow_Central_roundel.JPG|Roundel on westbound side
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Hounslow East tube station

2009-08-13T00:12:10Z

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{{London stations| name = Hounslow East {{access icon}} | image = [[Image:Hounslow East stn building.JPG|300px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Hounslow]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hounslow]] | years =1884 1909 1933 1964 |events =Track laid (MDR) Opened (District Line) Start (Piccadilly Line) End (District Line) | platforms= 2 | tubeexits05=3.088 | tubeexits07=3.841}}
'''Hounslow East''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Hounslow]] in west [[London]]. The station is on the [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow]] branch of the [[Piccadilly Line]], between [[Hounslow Central tube station|Hounslow Central]] and [[Osterley tube station|Osterley]]. The station is located on Kingsley Road about 400m north of Hounslow High Street. Hounslow bus garage is a short walk to the south. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 4]].

==History==

:''The history of the station is linked to that of [[Hounslow Town tube station|Hounslow Town]] which it replaced in 1909.''

The route through Hounslow East station was opened by the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan District Railway|Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR, now the [[District Line]]) on [[21 July]] [[1884]] as a branch to [[Hounslow West tube station|Hounslow Barracks]] (now Hounslow West). The branch line was constructed as single track from the MDR's existing route to [[Hounslow Town tube station|Hounslow Town]] station located at the eastern end of Hounslow High Street where the bus garage is now located. That station had opened in 1883. Initially the branch to Hounslow Barracks had no stations between there and [[Osterley tube station|Osterley & Spring Grove]] (now Osterley).

Hounslow Town station was closed on [[31 March]] [[1886]] and Heston & Hounslow station (now Hounslow Central), opened as its replacement the following day, [[1 April]] [[1886]].

In 1903 Hounslow Town was reopened and trains would be divided at Osterley with part running to Hounslow West and the other part to Hounslow Town as a short shuttle. [[Electrification]] of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with [[electric locomotive|electric trains]] replacing [[steam locomotive|steam trains]] on the Hounslow branch from [[13 June]] [[1905]]. When the branch was electrified, the track between Osterley and Hounslow Central was closed and a new loop was opened from Hounslow Town back to Hounslow Central. Trains would run from Osterley to Hounslow Town then reverse and run to Hounslow West.

[[Image:Hounslow Underground stations.png|400px|left|thumb|Map showing operational dates for lines and stations in Hounslow]]
This method of operation was unsuccessful and short-lived. On [[2 May]] [[1909]] the track between Hounslow Central and Osterley was reopened with Hounslow East station (initially called '''Hounslow Town''') as a new station located about 300m west of the loop to the old station. The old Hounslow Town station and its two loop tracks were closed for good.

On [[1 December]] [[1925]] the station was given its present name at the same time that Hounslow West and Hounslow Central received their current names.

Piccadilly Line services, which had been running as far as [[Northfields tube station|Northfields]] since January 1933 were extended to run to Hounslow West on [[13 March]] [[1933]]. From this date, the branch was operated jointly by both lines until District Line services were withdrawn on [[9 October]] [[1964]].

The station has recently been rebuilt with a modern glass enclosed ticket hall on the south side of the tracks replacing the small 1909 station entrance located on the north side.
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Image:Mike Pics 908.jpg|Hounslow East
Image:Hounslow East tube station 2.jpg|
Image:Hounslow East tube station 4.jpg|
Image:Hounslow East tube station 5.jpg|Ticket hall
Image:Hounslow East tube station 6.jpg|
Image:Hounslow East tube station 7.jpg|
Image:Hounslow East tube station 9.jpg|New roundel prior to rebuilding
Image:Hounslow East tube station 10.jpg|Hounslow East roundel
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==References==
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* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|59/9854559.jpg|Station building, 1916}}
** {{ltmcollection|5/9863475.jpg|Ticket hall, 1927}}
** {{ltmcollection|nx/i00002nx.jpg|Platform waiting room, 1938}}
** {{ltmcollection|mu/i0000jmu.jpg|New station building, 2005}}
** {{ltmcollection|mt/i0000jmt.jpg|Internal view of new station building, 2005}}

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Osterley tube station

2009-08-13T00:04:03Z

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{{London stations| name = Osterley | image = [[Image:Osterley station building2.JPG|300px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Osterley]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hounslow]] | years =1883 1933 1934 1964 |events = Opened (MDR) Start (Piccadilly Line) Station Relocated End (District Line) | platforms= 2 | tubeexits05=1.784 | tubeexits07=2.056 }}
'''Osterley''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Osterley]] in west [[London]]. The station is on the [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow]] branch of the [[Piccadilly Line]], between [[Boston Manor tube station|Boston Manor]] and [[Hounslow East tube station]]. It is the only station on the Heathrow branch beginning with a [[vowel]]. It is also the last station on the [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow]] branch that doesn't begin with an [[H]]. The station is located on Great West Road ([[A4 road (Great Britain)|A4]]) close to the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]]-owned [[Osterley Park]]. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 4]]. The daily Parking fee (January 2009) is £3.70.

==History==

Osterley station was opened on 25 March 1934 adjacent to the Great West Road which had been opened in 1925. The station was designed by [[Stanley Heaps]] in the modern [[Europe]]an style used elsewhere on the Piccadilly line by [[Charles Holden]].<ref name="Day">{{cite book| last=Day | first=John R. | coauthors=Reed, John | title=The Story of London's Underground | publisher=Capital Transport | origyear=1963 |year= 2008 | page = 114 | chapter = The LPTB Takes Over | ISBN=978-1-85414-316-7}}</ref> The design uses brick, reinforced [[concrete]] and large areas of glass and features a brick tower topped with a concrete "[[obelisk]]". It was served from its outset by trains from the [[District Line|District]] and [[Piccadilly Line|Piccadilly]] Lines, although District Line services were withdrawn on 9 October 1964.

Osterley station was a replacement for an earlier station, '''Osterley & Spring Grove''' located about 300m to the east which was closed when Osterley opened.

===Earlier history===
Osterley & Spring Grove station and the tracks through the current station were opened by the District Line's predecessor, the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan District Railway|Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR), on 1 May 1883 as a line to [[Hounslow Town tube station|Hounslow Town]] (located on Hounslow High Street but now closed).

[[Image:Hounslow Underground stations.png|400px|left|thumb|Map showing operational dates for lines and stations in Hounslow]]
On 21 July 1884 a branch was constructed from shortly north of Hounslow Town to [[Hounslow West tube station|Hounslow Barracks]] (now Hounslow West). The branch line was constructed as single track and initially had no intermediate stations between the terminus and Osterley & Spring Grove. Until 31 March 1886 passengers travelling west from Osterley & Spring Grove could go to either Hounslow Barracks or Hounslow Town. On that date Hounslow Town station closed and a new station, [[Hounslow Central tube station|Heston & Hounslow]] (now Hounslow Central), opened to the west.

[[Electrification]] of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with [[electric locomotive|electric trains]] replacing [[steam locomotive|steam trains]] on the Hounslow branch from 13 June 1905. When the branch was electrified, the track between Osterley & Spring Grove and Heston & Hounslow was closed and a new loop was opened from Hounslow Town back to Heston & Hounslow. Trains would run from Osterley & Spring Grove to Hounslow Town then reverse and run to Hounslow Barracks.

This method of operation was unsuccessful and short-lived. On 2 May 190 the track between Heston & Hounslow and Osterley & Spring Grove was reopened with a new [[Hounslow East tube station|Hounslow Town]] station (now Hounslow East) located about 300m west of the loop to the old station. The old Hounslow Town station and its two loop tracks were closed for good.

Piccadilly Line services, which had been running as far as [[Northfields tube station|Northfields]] since January 1933 were extended to run to Hounslow West on 13 March 1933.

==Connections==

Osterley station is served by the H91 bus route, which runs east to [[Hammersmith]] through [[Chiswick]] and west to [[Hounslow West]].

Osterley is one of the closest stations to [[British Sky Broadcasting]]'s offices near [[Gillette Corner]]. Sky jointly runs a minibus with [[Harrods]] to the station every 15 minutes during extended office hours for visitors and staff. The bus may be labelled ''Sky'' or ''Harrods''.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|27/9920027.jpg|Osterley Park & Spring Grove station, 1932}}
** {{ltmcollection|y0/i0000dy0.jpg|Osterley station under construction, March 1934}}
** {{ltmcollection|95/9863495.jpg|Ticket hall, 1934}}
** {{ltmcollection|64/9888264.jpg|Osterley station, 1948}}
* [http://www.pendar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Tube/Osterley_station.html Abandonstations.org.uk Osterley & Spring Grove station]
* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/o/osterley/index.shtml Disused-stations.org.uk Osterley & Spring Grove station]

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image:Osterley station look west.JPG|Looking west
image:Osterley station look east.JPG|Looking east
image:Osterley station look east to old Spring Grove.JPG|Looking east towards the former station, visible ahead
image:Osterley station roundel.JPG|Platform roundel
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Boston Manor tube station

2009-08-12T23:53:48Z

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{{London stations| name = Boston Manor | image = [[Image:Boston Manor stn building.JPG|300px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Brentford]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hounslow]] [[London Borough of Ealing]] | years =1883 1933 1964 |events = Opened (MDR) Start (Piccadilly Line) End (District Line) | platforms= 2 | tubeexits05=1.466 | tubeexits07=1.864}}
'''Boston Manor''' is a [[London Underground]] station serving the [[Boston Manor]] area between [[Brentford]] and [[Hanwell]], west [[London]]. The station is on the [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow]] branch of the Underground's [[Piccadilly Line]], between [[Osterley tube station|Osterley]] and [[Northfields tube station|Northfields]] stations. The station is located on Boston Manor Road (A3002) on the boundary between the London Boroughs of [[London Borough of Hounslow|Hounslow]] and [[London Borough of Ealing|Ealing]]. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 4]].

==History==

Boston Manor station was opened by the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan District Railway|Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR), on 1 May 1883 on a line to [[Hounslow Town tube station|Hounslow Town]] (located on Hounslow High Street but now closed). The station was originally named '''Boston Road'''. The signs on the platforms gave the name as '''Boston Manor for Brentford & Hanwell'''.

[[Electrification]] of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with [[electric locomotive|electric trains]] replacing [[steam locomotive|steam trains]] on the Hounslow branch from 13 June 1905. The station was given its current name on 11 December 1911.

Between 1932 and 1934 the station was rebuilt to replace the 1883 station building. The new station was designed by [[Stanley Heaps]] in the modern [[Europe]]an style used elsewhere on the Piccadilly line by [[Charles Holden]].<ref name="Day">{{cite book| last=Day | first=John R. | coauthors=Reed, John | title=The Story of London's Underground | publisher=Capital Transport | origyear=1963 |year= 2008 | page = 114 | chapter = The LPTB Takes Over | ISBN=978-1-85414-316-7}}</ref> The design uses brick, [[reinforced concrete]] and glass. A narrow fin-like tower with an illuminated leading edge and roundel rises high above the low structure and helps identify the station from a distance.

Piccadilly Line services, which had been running as far as [[Northfields tube station|Northfields]] since January 1933 were extended to run to Hounslow West on 13 March 1933 when the partially completed Boston Manor station was opened to passengers. Building works were completed on 25 March 1934.

[[District Line]] services were withdrawn on 9 October 1964.

==Connections==
Boston Manor station is served by the 195 bus route, which runs north through [[Hanwell]] and [[Southall]], terminating at Charville Lane Estate, [[Hayes]], and south into [[Brentford]]; and the E8 bus route, which runs north through [[Hanwell]] and [[West Ealing]], terminating at [[Ealing Broadway station]], and south into [[Brentford]]. There is also a minicab firm inside the station.

==Gallery==
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Image:Boston Manor stn look east.JPG|Looking east
Image:Boston Manor stn look west.JPG|Looking west
Image:Boston Manor stn roundel.JPG|Platform roundel
Image:Boston Manor stn high westbound.JPG|Looking west from station building
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== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|f1/i0000kf1.jpg|Boston Manor station, 1916}}
** {{ltmcollection|pc/i00001pc.jpg|View of station from platform, 1930}}
** {{ltmcollection|83/i0000k83.jpg|Partially demolished station with temporary entrance, 1932}}
** {{ltmcollection|34/9864534.jpg|New station, 1934}}
** {{ltmcollection|95/9875595.jpg|Illumination of tower at night, 1935}}
** {{ltmcollection|83/i0000183.jpg|Boston Manor station, 2001}}

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Northfields tube station

2009-08-12T23:43:37Z

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'''Northfields''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Northfields, London|Northfields]], west [[London]]. The station is on the [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow]] branch of the [[Piccadilly Line]], between [[Boston Manor tube station|Boston Manor]] and [[South Ealing tube station|South Ealing]] stations. It is located on Northfield Avenue ([[B452 road|B452]]) near Lammas Park, and in [[Travelcard Zone 3]].

==History==

The route through Northfields station was opened by the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan District Railway|Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR, now the [[District Line]]), on [[1 May]] [[1883]] on a line to [[Hounslow Town tube station|Hounslow Town]] (located on Hounslow High Street but now closed). The station opened as '''Northfields Halt''' on [[16 April]] [[1908]]. The station was renamed as '''Northfields and Little Ealing''' on [[11 December]] [[1911]].

The station was rebuilt twice. As a Halt, the 1908 station was quite basic and provided only rudimentary shelters for passengers. The first rebuilding took place in the 1910s (possibly in conjunction with the 1911 renaming) and the station was given a proper booking hall on the bridge over the tracks and better platform canopies.

In the early 1930s a new Northfields station was built in conjunction with the preparations for the introduction of Piccadilly Line services on the Hounslow branch and the new Northfields depot that would house its trains. Located on the east side of Northfields Avenue, the new station was designed by [[Charles Holden]] in a modern [[Europe]]an style using brick, [[reinforced concrete]] and glass. Like the stations at [[Sudbury Town tube station|Sudbury Town]], [[Sudbury Hill tube station|Sudbury Hill]], [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]] and [[Oakwood tube station|Oakwood]] that Holden also designed, Northfields station features a tall block-like ticket hall rising above a low horizontal structure that contains station offices and shops. The brick walls of the ticket hall are punctuated with panels of [[clerestory]] windows and the structure is capped with a flat concrete slab roof.

The new station opened on [[19 May]] [[1932]] with the current name. It has two island platforms serving four sets of tracks (two eastbound and two westbound) and is connected directly to the Northfields depot immediately to the west of the station and south of the tracks. trains may terminate at Northfields station and then run on to the west to enter the depot. To avoid operational conflicts between the eastbound depot exit track and the westbound running track to Boston Manor, the westbound running track passes under the depot track in a cutting. Trains normally enter and exit service at Northfields although there is also a single track connection from the depot to the westbound running track west of Boston Manor.

Piccadilly Line services started running to Northfields from Acton Town on [[1 January]] [[1933]] and were extended to run to Hounslow West on [[13 March]] [[1933]]. From this date, the branch was operated jointly by both lines until District Line services were withdrawn west of Northfields on [[9 October]] [[1964]] and between Acton Town and Northfields on [[10 October]] [[1964]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|5e/i000095e.jpg|Northfields Halt station, 1908}}
** {{ltmcollection|82/9888282.jpg|Northfields & Little Ealing station, 1927}}
** {{ltmcollection|kn/i00002kn.jpg|Ticket hall, 1927}}
** {{ltmcollection|81/9888281.jpg|New station building, 1933}}
** {{ltmcollection|87/995687.jpg|Ticket hall, 1933}}
** {{ltmcollection|5w/i0000i5w.jpg|Approach to station looking east towards road bridge, 1935.}} The large building on the right is the London Underground's Northfields substation.
** {{ltmcollection|5y/i000095y.jpg|High angle view of station looking west along platforms, 1948}} This photograph was taken from a bridge leading to a now demolished exit in Weymouth Avenue. The foundations of the path to this exit remain on the northern embankment.

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South Ealing tube station

2009-08-12T23:34:16Z

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{{London stations| name = South Ealing | image = [[Image:South Ealing stn building.JPG|300px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 3|3]] | locale = [[Ealing]] | borough = [[London Borough of Ealing]] | years =1883 1935 1964 | events =Opened (MDR) Start (Piccadilly Line) End (District Line) | platforms= 4 | tubeexits05=3.077 | tubeexits07=3.446}}
'''South Ealing''' is a [[London Underground]] station in west [[London]]. The station is on the [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow]] branch of the [[Piccadilly Line]], between [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]] and [[Northfields tube station|Northfields]] stations. It is located on South Ealing Road ([[B455 road|B455]]) and is in [[Travelcard Zone 3]].

==History==
South Ealing station was opened by the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan District Railway|Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR, now the [[District Line]]), on [[1 May]] [[1883]] on a line to [[Hounslow Town tube station|Hounslow Town]] (located on Hounslow High Street but now closed).

[[Electrification]] of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with [[electric locomotive|electric trains]] replacing [[steam locomotive|steam trains]] on the Hounslow branch from [[13 June]] [[1905]]. Piccadilly Line services, which had been running non-stop through the station since January 1933, began serving South Ealing from [[29 April]] [[1935]]. From this date, the branch was operated jointly by both lines until District Line services were withdrawn on [[10 October]] [[1964]].

In 2006, the station was refurbished at platform level, providing new signage, passenger shelters, security equipment and public address system.

==Trivia==
South Ealing is one of only two tube stations with all five vowels in its name (the other being [[Mansion House tube station|Mansion House]]).

The centres of the platforms at South Ealing and Northfields are only 0.25 miles apart and are therefore the closest pair of open-air stations on the LU network.

==Gallery==
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Image:South Ealing stn westbound.JPG|Looking west, with nearby Northfields station visible in the distance.
Image:South Ealing stn eastbound.JPG|Looking east, showing the track layout. The left-hand eastbound track is not normally used for passenger services.
Image:South Ealing stn roundel.JPG|Roundel on westbound platforms.
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|10/9865310.jpg|South Ealing station, 1916}}
** {{ltmcollection|60/9863460.jpg|Ticket hall, 1927}}

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Acton Town tube station

2009-08-12T21:32:33Z

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'''Acton Town''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Acton, London|Acton]], west [[London]], served by the [[Piccadilly line|Piccadilly]] and [[District line|District]] lines. The station is at the junction of Gunnersbury Lane ([[A4000 road|A4000]]) and Bollo Lane and is in [[Travelcard Zone 3]].

==Services==
Between Acton Town and [[Hammersmith tube station (Piccadilly and District lines)|Hammersmith]] District line trains serve all stations, but Piccadilly line trains run non-stop to Hammersmith except for calling at [[Turnham Green tube station|Turnham Green]] at the start and end of the day. West of Acton Town, District line trains go via [[Ealing Common tube station|Ealing Common]] to [[Ealing Broadway tube station|Ealing Broadway]] and Piccadilly line trains run either via [[South Ealing tube station|South Ealing]] to [[Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 tube station|Heathrow]], or via Ealing Common to [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]].

==History==

Acton Town station was opened as Mill Hill Park on 1 July 1879 by the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan District Railway|Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR, now the District line) on its extension from Turnham Green to Ealing Broadway. On 1 May 1883 the MDR opened a branch from Acton Town to the now defunct [[Hounslow Town tube station|Hounslow Town station]], that branch developed into the Heathrow branch.

On 23 June 1903 the MDR tracks north of Acton Town to a new station at [[Park Royal & Twyford Abbey tube station|Park Royal & Twyford Abbey]] became the first of the Underground's surface lines to use electric traction instead of steam. The existing deep tube lines, ([[City & South London Railway]], [[Waterloo & City Railway]] and [[Central London Railway]]) had always been electrically powered. Services on the Hounslow branch and to central London were electrified on 13 June 1905 and 1 July 1905 respectively.

Also on 13 June 1905 passenger service began on the short branch to [[South Acton tube station|South Acton]]. At first the service ran to [[Hounslow West tube station|Hounslow West]] and to [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] but it was later reduced to a shuttle between Acton Town and South Acton.

In 1910 the station building was reconstructed and on 1 March 1910 the station was given its present name.

In 1931 and 1932 the station was rebuilt in preparation for changing the Uxbridge branch from the District line to the Piccadilly line. The new station was designed by [[Charles Holden]] in a modern European geometric style using brick, reinforced concrete and glass. As other stations Holden designed, [[Sudbury Town tube station|Sudbury Town]] and [[Sudbury Hill tube station|Sudbury Hill]] to the north, and others on the east and west Piccadilly line extensions such as [[Oakwood tube station|Oakwood]], Acton Town station features a tall block-like ticket hall rising above a low horizontal structure housing the station offices and shops. The brick walls of the ticket hall are punctuated with panels of [[clerestory]] windows and the structure is capped with a flat concrete slab roof. Reinforced concrete platform canopies replaced the original timber canopies. A short fifth platform for the single car train of the South Acton branch was provided to the north of the eastbound island platform.

On 4 July 1932 the Piccadilly line was extended west from its original terminus at Hammersmith and shared the route with the District line to Ealing Common. From Ealing Common to South Harrow, the District line was replaced by the Piccadilly line and, from that date, District line trains from Acton Town ran only either to Hounslow West or to Ealing Broadway. On 9 January 1933 Piccadilly line trains, sharing with the District line, began serving [[Northfields tube station|Northfields]] on the Hounslow branch, and their service was extended to Hounslow West on 13 March 1933, however Piccadilly line trains did not call at South Ealing until 1935.

The South Acton branch was closed on 28 February 1959 due to low usage, its platform at Acton Town has been removed and little of the branch remains except a bridge abutment on the south side of Bollo Lane.

District line services on the Hounslow branch were withdrawn from 10 October 1964 after which operations were provided by the Piccadilly line alone.

To the north of the station is the District line Ealing Common Depot. It is also here where the [[London Transport Museum]] houses its reserve collection of rail and road vehicles in the former Repair Shop known as The Depot. The Museum Depot is opened to the public on a number of weekends throughout the year. To the south west of the station, served by a siding just south of the west bound platform, is Acton Works, the former central overhaul and engineering works for the London Underground.

==Gallery==
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Image:ActonTown2.jpg|Acton Town station platforms, westbound [[Piccadilly line]] train arrives ''(September 2006)''
Image:Acton Town stn roundel.JPG|[[London Underground#Image|Roundel]] on eastbound platforms
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==See also==
*[[List of London Underground stations]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

*{{cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995}} ISBN 1 85260 508 1

*{{cite book|author=A. Jowett, |title= Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas |publisher=Atlantic Publishing |year=2000}} ISBN 0 906899 99 0

==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|53/9860553.jpg|Mill Hill Park station, circa 1908}}
** {{ltmcollection|45/9860545.jpg|Acton Town station, 1916}}
** {{ltmcollection|31/9867531.jpg|Ticket hall, 1924}}
** {{ltmcollection|81/i0000k81.jpg|New station under construction, 1931}}
** {{ltmcollection|13/995713.jpg|Interior of ticket hall, 1933}}
** {{ltmcollection|34/9860534.jpg|New station, main entrance, 1934}}
** {{ltmcollection|gh/i00005gh.jpg|Fifth platform with South Acton shuttle, 1958}}

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Turnham Green tube station

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{{London stations| name = Turnham Green | image = [[Image:TurnhamGreen.jpg|320px|Turnham Green]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 2|2]] and [[Travelcard Zone 3|3]] | locale = [[Chiswick]] | borough = [[London Borough of Hounslow]] | years=1869 1870 1877 1878 1879 1880 1894 1906 1910 1916 1963 | events=Opened (L&SWR) Started and Ended (GWR) Started (MR and MDR) Started "Super Outer Circle" (Midland) Opened Ealing Broadway branch (MDR) Ended "Super Outer Circle" Started (GWR) Ended (MR) Ended (GWR) Ended (L&SWR) Started (Piccadilly) | platforms= 4 | tubeexits05=5.227 | tubeexits07=5.900}}
'''Turnham Green''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Chiswick]] in west [[London]]. The station is served by the [[District Line|District]] and [[Piccadilly Line|Piccadilly]] Lines although Piccadilly Lines trains normally only stop at the station at the beginning and end of the day, running through non-stop at other times. To the east, District Line trains stop at [[Stamford Brook tube station|Stamford Brook]] and Piccadilly Line trains stop at [[Hammersmith tube station (Piccadilly & District Line)|Hammersmith]], To the west, District Line trains run to either [[Chiswick Park tube station|Chiswick Park]] or [[Gunnersbury station|Gunnersbury]] and Piccadilly Line trains stop at [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]].

The station is located on Turnham Green Terrace ([[B491 road|B491]]) on the eastern edge of Chiswick Common. It is about 200 m north of Chiswick High Road ([[A315 road|A315]]) and is in both [[Travelcard Zone 2]] and [[Travelcard Zone 3|Zone 3]].

==History==

Turnham Green station was opened on 1 January 1869 by the [[London and South Western Railway]] (L&SWR) on a new branch line to [[Richmond tube station|Richmond]] built from the [[West London Line|West London Joint Railway]] starting north of Addison Road station (now [[Kensington (Olympia) station|Kensington (Olympia)]]). The line ran through [[Shepherd's Bush]] and [[Hammersmith]] via a now leptated curve and initially the next station towards central London was [[Hammersmith (Grove Road) station|Grove Road]] station in Hammersmith (also now closed).

Between 1 June 1870 and 31 October 1870 the [[Great Western Railway]] (GWR) briefly ran services from [[Paddington station|Paddington]] to Richmond via Hammersmith & City Railway (now the [[Hammersmith & City Line]]) tracks to Grove Road then on the L&SWR tracks through Turnham Green.

On 1 June 1877, the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan District Railway|Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR, now the District Line) opened a short extension from its terminus at Hammersmith to connect to the L&SWR tracks east of [[Ravenscourt Park tube station|Ravenscourt Park]] station (which had opened in 1873). The MDR then began running trains over the L&SWR tracks to Richmond. On 1 October 1877, the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan Railway|Metropolitan Railway]] (MR, now the Metropolitan Line) restarted the GWR's former service to Richmond via Grove Road station.

On 5 May 1878 The [[Midland Railway]] began running a circuitous service known as the [[Super Outer Circle]] from [[St. Pancras railway station|St Pancras]] to [[Earl's Court tube station|Earl's Court]] via [[Cricklewood railway station|Cricklewood]] and [[South Acton railway station|South Acton]]. It operated over a now disused connection between the [[North London Line|North London Railway]] and the L&SWR Richmond branch. The service was not a success and was ended on 30 September 1880.

The MDR's service between Richmond, Hammersmith and central London was more direct than either the L&SWR's or the MR's routes via Grove Road station or the L&SWR's other route from Richmond via [[Clapham Junction railway station|Clapham Junction]]. The success of the MDR's operations lead it, on 1 July 1879, to open a branch from Turnham Green to [[Ealing Broadway station|Ealing Broadway]].

From 1 January 1894, the GWR began sharing the MR's Richmond service and served Turnham Green once again, meaning that passengers from Turnham Green could travel on the services of four operators.

Following the [[electrification]] of the MDR's own tracks north of [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]] in 1903, the MDR funded the electrification of the tracks through Turnham Green. The tracks between Acton Town and central London were electrified on 1 July 1905 and those on the Richmond branch on 1 August 1905. Whilst MDR services were operated with [[electric locomotive|electric]] trains, the L&SWR, GWR and MR services continued to be [[steam locomotive|steam]] hauled.

MR services were withdrawn on 31 December 1906 and GWR services were withdrawn on 31 December 1910 leaving operations at Turnham Green to the MDR (by then known as the District Railway) and L&SWR. The L&SWR constructed an additional pair of non-electrified tracks between Turnham Green and its junction with the District at Hammersmith and opened these on 3 December 1911 although their use was short-lived as the District's trains out-competed the L&SWR's to the extent that the L&SWR withdrew its service between Richmond and Addison Road on 3 June 1916, leaving the District as the sole operator.

In the early 1930s, the [[Underground Electric Railways Company|London Electric Railway]], precursor of the London Underground and owner of the District and Piccadilly Lines, began the reconstruction of the tracks between Hammersmith and Acton Town to enable the Piccadilly Line to be extended from Hammersmith to [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] and [[Hounslow West tube station|Hounslow West]] (then the terminus of what is now the Heathrow branch). Express non-stop tracks were provided for the Piccadilly Line between the stopping lines of the District Line. Services on the Piccadilly Line began running through Turnham Green on 4 July 1932.

To provide a better interchange with the Richmond branch of the District Line, Piccadilly Line trains began stopping at Turnham Green station in the early morning and late evening only from 23 June 1963. During the rest of the day they run non-stop through the station as before. In the mid 1960s, Turnham Green was one of the stations used for the testing of experimental automatic ticket barriers later adopted throughout the network. A central line extension to Richmond would have had a station here. The next stop would have been [[Heathfield Terrace tube station]], with the previous being [[Stamford Gardens tube station]].

==Trivia==
{{trivia|date=June 2009}}

*Until June 2006, the limited service by the Piccadilly Line was indicated by a red triangle on the tube map. This has been replaced by a red [[dagger (typography)|dagger]], used to direct attention towards the more generalised service information legend.
*Chiswick Park station is closer to [[Turnham Green]] than Turnham Green station.
*An early proposal for London's [[Crossrail]] Project included the station on a south-westerly branch between [[Paddington]] and [[Gunnersbury]] stations. This would have resulted from Crossrail taking over the District line connecting Richmond and Turnham Green, via Kew Gardens and Gunnersbury. The proposed branch was later removed following strong opposition from Richmond residents, who would have lost their direct [[District Line]] service to [[London]].
*The station is mentioned in the song "Junkie Doll" by [[Mark Knopfler]] on his album ''[[Sailing to Philadelphia]]''.
*A petition was launched in February 2007, on the website of the Prime Minister, with the aim of introducing an all-day Piccadilly line service to the station.

==References==
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* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|l6/i00002l6.jpg|Turnham Green station, circa 1911}}
** {{ltmcollection|l7/i00002l7.jpg|Turnham Green station, 1934}}
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Cockfosters tube station

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{{London stations| name = Cockfosters | image = [[Image:CockfostersExterior better.jpg|300px|Cockfosters]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 5|5]] | locale = [[Cockfosters]] | borough = [[London Borough of Enfield]] | years=1933 |events=Opened (Piccadilly Line) | platforms= 4 (3 tracks) | tubeexits04=1.549 | tubeexits07=1.633}}
'''Cockfosters''' is a [[London Underground]] station on the [[Piccadilly Line]] for which it is the northern terminus. The station is located on Cockfosters Road ([[A111 road|A111]]) approximately 9 miles from central [[London]] and serves [[Cockfosters]] in the [[London Borough of Barnet]] although it is actually located a short distance across the borough boundary in the neighbouring [[London Borough of Enfield]]. The station is in [[Travelcard Zone 5]] and the next station south-east is [[Oakwood tube station|Oakwood]].

==History==

The station opened on [[31 July]] [[1933]], the last of the stations on the [[Piccadilly Line Cockfosters extension|extension]] of the line from [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]] to do so and four months after Oakwood station opened. Prior to its opening, ''"Trent Park"'' and ''"Cock Fosters"'' (an early spelling of the area's name) were suggested as alternative station names. The original site hoarding displayed the name as a single word.

The station was designed by [[Charles Holden]] in a modern [[Europe]]an style using brick, glass and [[reinforced concrete]]. Compared with the other new stations Holden designed for the extension, Cockfosters' street buildings are modest in scale, lacking the mass of Oakwood or [[Arnos Grove tube station|Arnos Grove]] or the [[avant-garde]] flourish of [[Southgate tube station|Southgate]]. The most striking feature of the station is the tall concrete and glass trainshed roof and platform canopies which are supported by [[portal frame]]s of narrow blade-like concrete [[column]]s and [[Beam (structure)|beams]] rising from the platforms and spanning across the tracks. The trainshed roof constructed at [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] in 1937-38 was built to a similar design. Cockfosters station is a Grade II [[listed building]].

The station has three tracks with platforms number 1 to 4; the centre track being served from both sides by platforms 2 and 3. Most northbound Piccadilly trains terminate here although some terminate at [[Oakwood tube station|Oakwood]] or [[Arnos Grove tube station|Arnos Grove]], particularly in peak hours or in the evenings. Cockfosters depot is located between Oakwood and Cockfosters and trains can access or leave it from either direction.

==2006/7 Refurbishment==

In late 2006, Cockfosters Station began an intensive refurbishment programme to bring it up to standards with all other stations on the Tube network, as part of the Tube's £10billion upgrade scheme. The aim was to modernise the area, but still maintain the charm of the old building.

The plans included:

*Resurfacing the staircase on the East and West entrances to make them more user-friendly for those with sight problems.

*Painting of the original wooden seating areas on the East side entrance as well as minor restoration.

*Fitting of "Emergency Signal" notices on either side of the station to alert passengers of closed entrances.

*Installation of electronic platform train schedule systems, which inform passengers of immediate tube departures in addition to the destination. This aims to reduce confusion as to which of the three tube platforms' trains will be leaving first, and when.

*Installation of full [[CCTV]] operation both above and below the station grounds to improve security.

*Installation of London Underground Passenger Information systems, both above and below ground

The above improvements were made to the station as well as a number of more minor additions to improve the building and bring it up to modern-day usage standards.

The improvements were completed by May 2007.

==Places Nearby==

*[[Trent Park]]
*[[East Barnet]]
*[[Enfield Chase]]
*Cat Hill Campus [[Middlesex University]]
*The "[[London Outer Orbital Path|London LOOP]]" walk uses the station's foot tunnel to cross Cockfosters Road.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Cockfosters station platform concourse.JPG|Inside Cockfosters station
Image:Cockfosters station bus stand.JPG|Cockfosters station bus stand
Image:Cockfosters station centre track platforms 2 and 3 look east.JPG|Platforms 2 and 3 looking towards buffers
Image:Cockfosters station centre track platforms 2 and 3 westbound.JPG|Platforms 2 and 3 looking towards Oakwood
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==See also==
*[[List of London Underground stations]]

==Local Connections==
This station has no direct interchange with any other railway station however [[New Barnet railway station|New Barnet station]] is accessible from taking the [[London Buses route 384|384 bus]]. This station is also served by the [[London Buses route 299|299 Bus]] which also has its terminus there and the [[London Buses route 298|298 bus]] which has its terminus further north at [[Potters Bar]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
**{{ltmcollection|5x/i0000k5x.jpg|Cockfosters station, 1933}}
**{{ltmcollection|9l/i000099l.jpg|View of platform showing concrete structure and glazed screens, 1933}}
**{{ltmcollection|9i/i000099i.jpg|Long view of trainshed and canopies spanning three tracks, 1935}}
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**{{ltmcollection|72/9861972.jpg|Bus shelter and subway entrance opposite station with new building behind, 1966}}

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Oakwood tube station

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{{London stations| name = Oakwood {{access icon}} | image = [[Image:oakwood tube station better.jpg|300px|Oakwood]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 5|5]] | locale = [[Oakwood, London|Oakwood]] | borough = [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] | years=1933 | events=Opened (Piccadilly Line) | platforms= 2 |tubeexits06=2.353 | tubeexits07=2.612 }}
'''Oakwood''' is a [[London Underground]] station on the [[Piccadilly Line]]. It is the second most northerly station, between [[Southgate tube station|Southgate]] and [[Cockfosters tube station|Cockfosters]] stations, and is in [[Travelcard Zone 5]]. The station is on the edge of the [[Oakwood, London|Oakwood]] area of [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] ([[N postcode area|N14]]) and is situated at the junction of Bramley Road ([[A110 road|A110]]) and Chase Road (the other end of Chase Road is close to [[Southgate tube station]]).

==History==
The station opened on [[13 March]] [[1933]] as part of the [[Piccadilly Line Cockfosters extension|Cockfosters extension]].<ref name=rose>{{cite book |last=Rose |first=Douglas |title=The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History |year=1999 |publisher=Douglas Rose/Capital Transport |isbn=1-85414-219-4 }}</ref> The station did not appear on the original plans to extend the Piccadilly line beyond [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]] - the original plan only provided for seven additional stations.

The station building is a fine example of the architecture [[Charles Holden]] built for the Piccadilly Line extensions, with a large and imposing box-shaped ticket hall surrounded by lower structures containing shops. Mirroring proportions found in classical architecture, albeit in a distinctly 20th century structure, the dimensions of the ticket hall are approximately a "double-cube" (its front elevation is roughly twice its height and width). The station is similar to Holden's slightly earlier designs for [[Sudbury Town tube station|Sudbury Town]] and [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]] stations at the western end of Piccadilly Line. Oakwood Station is a Grade II [[listed building]].

Like other extensions of the London Underground lines elsewhere, the opening of the Cockfosters extension stimulated the rapid development of new suburbs and much of the open countryside that had existed in 1930 when construction started was quickly covered by new housing developments.

==2006/2007 Upgrade==

In early October 2006 to December 2007, the station underwent an upgrade as part of London Underground's £10billion upgrade to the whole of the London Underground Network. As part of the upgrade, a new lift was installed to provide step free access to the platforms. The Public Address system was also upgraded, with new information indicators installed on the platforms and inside the ticket hall. In addition 27 new CCTV cameras were installed in the station bringing the total number of CCTV cameras to 29.

==Station name==
Prior to its opening the [[Underground Electric Railways Company|London Electric Railway Company]] (forerunner of London Underground) suggested names for the station including ''Oakwood'', ''Merryhills'' and ''East Barnet'' but the station was named ''Enfield West'' at opening and renamed ''Enfield West (Oakwood)'' the following year.<ref name=Name>{{cite book |last=Harris |first=Cyril M. |title = What's in a name? |publisher = Capital Transport |origyear=1977 |year=2006 |pages=53 |isbn=1-85414-241-0}}</ref>

The station was located in the area of [[Municipal Borough of Southgate|Southgate Council]] and, following protests from the council, the station was eventually renamed to ''Oakwood'' on [[1 September]] [[1946]].<ref name=SubRail>{{cite book |last=Wolmar |first=Christian |authorlink = Christian Wolmar |title = The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever |publisher = Atlantic Books |origyear=2004 |chapter=Reaching Out |pages=229 |isbn=1-84354-023-1}}</ref><ref name=Name/>

==Operations==
Currently a few trains in the early morning and late evening enter/leave service at Oakwood, from Cockfosters Depot (which has an entrance point north of Oakwood station). There is additionally a crossover for trains to reverse, and the possibility of an extra platform built using an existing siding has been mooted to provide extra peak-hour reversing capacity.

==Transport connections==
A free bus service for [[Middlesex University]] students to the nearby [[Trent Park]] campus runs from the station. Public buses also run from outside the station - 307 to Barnet, Arkly Hotel, 121 to Enfield Lock and 377 to Ponders End bus garage. A local mini cab firm, Oakwood Cars, operates from the station ticket hall, and when the station is shut operates from a black cab permanently situated in the station's car park.

==Gallery==
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Image:Oakwood station look westbound.JPG|Platforms looking south ("westbound" direction). Visible on far right is a siding from Cockfosters depot (to the north).
Image:Oakwood station look eastbound.JPG|Platforms looking north ("eastbound" direction)
Image:Oakwood station roundel.JPG|Platform roundel
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==See also==
*[[List of London Underground stations]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
**{{ltmcollection|7m/i0000k7m.jpg|Junction of Bramley Road and Chase Road, site for new station, September 1930}}
**{{ltmcollection|7n/i0000k7n.jpg|Platforms under construction, looking south-east over open countryside, October 1932}}
**{{ltmcollection|60/997060.jpg|External view of Enfield West station, April 1933}}
**{{ltmcollection|61/9888061.jpg|Ticket hall showing structure supporting concrete roof, April 1933}}
**{{ltmcollection|b0/i00009b0.jpg|View from end of platform of open countryside, July 1934}}
**{{ltmcollection|bh/i00009bh.jpg|Similar view, houses have replaced countryside, August 1936}}

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Southgate tube station

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{{London stations| name = Southgate | image =[[Image:Southgate station building2.JPG|300px|Southgate station]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Southgate, London|Southgate]] | borough = [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] | years=1933 | events = Opened (Piccadilly Line) | platforms= 2 |tubeexits06=4.592 | tubeexits07=4.805}}
'''Southgate''' is a [[London Underground]] [[Piccadilly Line]] station in [[Southgate, London|Southgate]]. It is located between [[Arnos Grove tube station|Arnos Grove]] and [[Oakwood tube station|Oakwood]] stations and is in [[Travelcard Zone 4]].

==History==

Southgate station opened on [[13 March]] [[1933]] with Oakwood on the second phase of the northern [[Piccadilly Line Cockfosters extension|extension]] of the Piccadilly line from [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]] to [[Cockfosters tube station|Cockfosters]]. Prior to the station's opening, alternative names were suggested including ''"Chase Side"'' and ''"Southgate Central"''. On opening, local residents were given a free return ticket to Piccadilly Circus.<ref>{{Cite book| last=Mott | first=R. | year=2001 | title=A Southgate Boyhood | publisher=Edmonton Hundred Historical Society | isbn=0902922610 | p=22}}</ref>

== Architecture ==

The station is built in the [[Art Deco]]/[[Streamline Moderne]] design style using brick, [[reinforced concrete]] and glass and is one of the best known of the many stations [[Charles Holden]] designed for [[London Underground]]. The station building is circular with a flat projecting concrete roof. Externally, the flat roof of the raised central section appears, impossibly, to be supported by nothing more than a horizontal band of windows that provide daylight to the ticket hall. The roof is actually supported, [[umbrella]]-like, from a central column within the ticket hall. The whole building is topped by an illuminated feature resembling a [[Tesla coil]].

Like Arnos Grove, Oakwood and Cockfosters, Southgate is a Grade II [[listed building]] and retains much of its original decoration. The two escalators have the original column lighting, while bronze panelling is in evidence throughout the station. However; the station is not without change: in the late 1990s, one of the three entrances was filled in to be used as a new ticket office, and due to the design of the automatic barriers, one of the two remaining entrances is exit only.

In [[2008]] the station was extensively renovated, with new tiling at platform level, a new floor in the main ticket hall, and improved signage throughout.<ref>http://www.drywallcontractsltd.co.uk/londonug/</ref>

The preserved condition of the station's original features, particularly the escalators, makes Southgate popular for filming scenes for period dramas, including scenes for the 1999 version of the film, [[The End of the Affair]].

== Location ==
The station was developed as a bus/underground interchange and the main building sits on an island between Southgate Circus and Station Parade where a series of bus stops are located. A secondary building containing shops wraps around the other side of the parade.

The station is located on a hill and whereas the platforms at the stations on each side are on the surface those at Southgate are in a short section of tunnel. The tunnel portals are visible from the platforms when looking north, a unique occurrence for a deep-level London Underground station. As usual on the Piccadilly Line, the platforms are labelled Westbound and Eastbound. However, the tunnels run roughly north-south at Southgate, so eastbound is northbound and westbound is southbound.

In the early 1980s, moving picture advertising was tested in the tunnels south of the station. The pictures were of a child on a beach turning to face the camera.

==Gallery==
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Image:Southgate station southbound look north.JPG|Tunnel portal visible from southbound platform, looking north
Image:Southgate station southbound look north tunnel.JPG|Northern end of southbound platform, looking north
Image:Southgate station northbound look south.JPG|Northbound platform looking south
Image:Southgate station roundel.JPG|Platform roundel
Image:SouthgateTubeStation.JPG|The station canopy
Image:Southgate station2.jpg|Southgate station
Image:Southgate station3.jpg|Southgate station
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==Buses==
Bus routes
[[London Buses route 121|121]],
[[London Buses route 125|125]],
[[London Buses route 298|298]],
[[London Buses route 299|299]],
[[London Buses route 382|382]],
[[London Buses route 628|628]],
[[London Buses route 688|688]],
[[London Buses route 699|699]],
[[London Buses route W6|W6]] and [[London Buses route 616|616]] serve Southgate Station.

==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|7k/i0000k7k.jpg|Site for Southgate station, 1930}}
** {{ltmcollection|7q/i0000k7q.jpg|Cutting and tunnel portals under construction, 1932}}
** {{ltmcollection|7j/i0000k7j.jpg|Station under construction, March 1933}}
** {{ltmcollection|5z/i0000k5z.jpg|Station open, November 1933}}
** {{ltmcollection|lx/i00005lx.jpg|view of the escalators and original 1930s lighting}}
*[http://www.charlesholden.com Charles Holden.com]
** [http://www.charlesholden.com/html/charlesholden_gallery_pages/Southgate_1.htm Southgate station, external]
** [http://www.charlesholden.com/html/charlesholden_gallery_pages/Southgate_5.htm Southgate station, internal]
** [http://www.charlesholden.com/html/charlesholden_gallery_pages/Southgate_3.htm Southgate station, at night]

==Notes==
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Arnos Grove tube station

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{{London stations| name = Arnos Grove | image =[[Image:Arnos Grove stn building.JPG|300px|Exterior of Arnos Grove station]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Arnos Grove]]<ref name = "HL">[http://www.hidden-london.com/arnosgrove.html Hidden London – Arnos Grove, Enfield].</ref> | borough = [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] | years =1932 1933 | events =Opened (as terminus) Became through station| platforms= 4 (3 tracks) |tubeexits07=4.314 }}
'''Arnos Grove''' is a [[London Underground]] station on the [[Piccadilly line]] between [[Bounds Green tube station|Bounds Green]] and [[Southgate tube station|Southgate]]. The station is in [[Travelcard Zone 4]] and is located in [[Arnos Grove]] - near [[Arnos Park]] on Bowes Road, [[London]]. The station and the surrounding neighbourhood of [[Arnos Grove]] take their names from the Arnos Grove estate, which was north of the station.<ref name = "HL">[http://www.hidden-london.com/arnosgrove.html Hidden London – Arnos Grove, Enfield].</ref>. The station is the first surface station north after the long tunnelled section from [[Barons Court tube station|Barons Court]] via [[Central London]].

==History==

The station was opened on [[September 19]] [[1932]] as the most northerly station on the first section of the Piccadilly Line [[Piccadilly Line Cockfosters extension|extension]] from [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]] to [[Cockfosters tube station|Cockfosters]]. The station acted as the interim terminus of the line until services were further extended to [[Oakwood tube station|Oakwood]] on [[March 13]] [[1933]]. The station's name was chosen after public deliberation: alternatives were ''"Arnos Park"'' and ''"Southgate"''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Southgate |last=Dumayne |first=Alan |year=1998 |publisher=Sutton Publishing Limited |isbn=0750920009 |pages=44 }}</ref>

Like the other stations [[Charles Holden]] designed for the extension, Arnos Grove was built in a modern [[Europe]]an style using brick, glass and [[reinforced concrete]] and basic geometric shapes. A circular drum-like ticket hall of brick and glass panels rises from a low single storey structure and is capped by a flat concrete roof. A similar design was employed by Holden for the rebuilding of [[Chiswick Park tube station|Chiswick Park]] on the [[District Line]] (also in 1932), although the drum there is supplemented with an adjacent brick tower. The centre of the ticket hall is occupied by a disused ticket office (a passimeter in London Underground parlance) which houses an exhibition on the station and the line. Like Holden's other stations on the extension, Arnos Grove is a Grade II [[listed building]]. The building features as one of the 12 "Great Modern Buildings" profiled in [[The Guardian]] during October 2007,<ref name="Guardian">[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/greatbuildings/ The Guardian's Great Modern Buildings Series]</ref> and was summarised by [[Jonathan Glancey]], an [[architecture|architectural]] critic, as "...truly what German art historians would describe as a gesamtkunstwerk, a total and entire work of art."<ref name="Guardian-Glancey">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2007/oct/16/architecture3 Going underground - Jonathan Glancey guardian.co.uk, Tuesday October 16 2007 23:33 BST]</ref>

Three parallel train tracks pass through the station, with two double-sided platforms positioned between the central track and the outer tracks. The edges of the platforms are labelled platform 1 and 2, and platform 3 and 4, respectively, in such a way that the two outer tracks are accessible by platforms 1 and 4, and the central track, usually used by trains that terminate and reverse at Arnos Grove station, is accessible via platforms 2 and 3. Platforms 1 and 2 are designated for trains to [[Cockfosters tube station|Cockfosters]], platforms 3 and 4 for trains to [[Central London]]. When operational problems occur on the line, Arnos Grove station may act as a temporary terminus of a reduced service - either a shuttle service between Arnos Grove and Cockfosters or a truncated service from Central London. The station has a set of seven sidings to its south for stabling trains.

In 2005 the station underwent a refurbishment programme including improvements to signage, security and train information systems. Some of the original signs are in a 'petit-serif' adaptation of the [[London Underground]] [[typeface]], [[Johnston (typeface)|Johnston Sans]]. This type-face was designed by [[Charles Holden]] and Percy Delf Smith.

The station is part of the Arnos Grove group of stations, comprising all seven stations from Cockfosters to Turnpike Lane, and the management office for the group is in Arnos Grove station. Linked to the station by a lineside passageway is Ash House, which is a drivers' depot. Arnos Grove is often noted for its station [[cat]] (a rarity on the [[London Underground]] network), called Spooky, who now occupies the station car park after being evicted due to the introduction of UTS gates.<ref name="Cat">[http://thincities.tfl.gov.uk/projects/station-further-information.php?id=4 Platform for art - Thin Cities - Arnos Grove - Transport for London]</ref>

==Nearby places==

* [[Bounds Green]]
* [[Muswell Hill]]
* [[New Southgate]]
* [[Palmers Green]]
* [[Southgate, London|Southgate]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Arnos Grove stn northbound.JPG|Looking north from eastbound through platform 1
Image:Arnos Grove stn centre northbound.JPG|Looking north from terminating platform 3
Image:Arnos Grove stn centre southbound.JPG|Looking south from terminating platform 3
Image:Arnos Grove stn southbound.JPG|Looking south from westbound through platform 4
Image:Arnos Grove stn roundel.JPG|Roundel on platform 4
Image:ArnosGroveTrain.jpg|A Piccadilly line train at Arnos Grove with its doors open onto platforms 2 and 3.
Image:Arnos_Grove_platform.jpg|Arnos Grove platforms, as seen from a Westbound train on platform 4.
Image:Arnos_Grove_platforms.jpg|Arnos Grove platforms, as seen from the southern end of platform 3.
</gallery>

==Transport connections==
===Arnos Grove Bus Station===
The following [[London Buses|London Bus]] routes serve the bus station (the tube station forecourt)<ref name="Bus-Station">[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/information.asp?time=now&mode=buses&line=all&incident=1000797_Realtime Live Travel News (TfL) - Arnos Grove Bus Station (Bowes Road)]</ref>:
* [[London Buses route 34|34]]
* [[London Buses route 184|184]]
* [[London Buses route 232|232]]
* [[London Buses route 251|251]] (Terminates at Arnos Grove)
* [[London Buses route 298|298]] (Terminates at Arnos Grove)
* [[London Buses route 382|382]]
* [[London Buses route N91|N91]] (Night bus)

===New Southgate railway station===
[[New Southgate railway station]] is a five minute walk from Arnos Grove or a two minute bus journey on the 232 and 382 bus routes.<ref name="Tfl">[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/arnosgroveandnewsouthgate-2400.pdf TfL - Bus services from Arnos Grove].</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of London Underground stations]]

==References==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|fh/i0000bfh.jpg|Architectural drawing showing elevation and cross-section of station}}
** {{ltmcollection|1v/i0000d1v.jpg|Station under construction, May 1932}}
** {{ltmcollection|77/998077.jpg|Station the day after opening, September 1932}}
** {{ltmcollection|c2/i00009c2.jpg|Trackside view of station, 1932}}
** {{ltmcollection|68/9920768.jpg|Passimeter ticket office, 1932}}
* [http://www.charlesholden.com/html/charlesholden_gallery_pages/ArnosGrove_1.htm Charles Holden.com - Early image of Arnos Grove tube station]
* [http://www.enfield.gov.uk/Leisure%20&%20Culture/local%20history/Southgate%20A%20History.htm History of Arnos Grove and Southgate]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/greatbuildings/ The Guardian's Great Modern Buildings Series]
* [http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=3f11db16adb4efeb67ba32180c650172 Arnos Grove 3D model for Google Earth]

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Bounds Green tube station

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{{London stations| name = Bounds Green | image = [[Image:Bounds Green stn building.jpg|300px|Bounds Green]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 3|3]] and [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Bounds Green]] | borough = [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]] | years=1932 | events=Opened (Piccadilly Line) | platforms= 2 | tubeexits06=5.361 | tubeexits07=5.498}}
'''Bounds Green tube station''' is a [[London Underground]] station, located at the junction of Bounds Green Road and Brownlow Road, in [[North London|North]] [[London]].

The station is on the [[Piccadilly Line]], between [[Wood Green tube station|Wood Green]] and [[Arnos Grove tube station|Arnos Grove]] stations, and is on the boundary between [[Travelcard Zone 3]] and [[Travelcard Zone 4|Zone 4]].

Like all stations on the [[Piccadilly Line Cockfosters extension|Cockfosters extension]], Bounds Green station which opened on [[19 September]] [[1932]], set new aesthetic standards, not previously seen on London's Underground. During the planning period of the extension to Cockfosters, alternate names for this station, ''"Wood Green North"'' and ''"Brownlow Road"'' were considered but rejected.

Architecturally, this tube station, designed in the typical "Box-style" of the architect [[Charles Holden]] by his colleague [[C. H. James]], is a well-preserved example of the modernist house style of London Transport in the 1930s. The octagonal frontage is flanked by a ventilation tower.

The sub-surface areas of the station are tiled in biscuit coloured tiles lined with red friezes. The station tunnels have, in common with those of [[Southgate tube station|Southgate]], a diameter of 21 feet (6.4 metres). In contrast, the much busier Wood Green, [[Turnpike Lane tube station|Turnpike Lane]] and [[Manor House tube station|Manor House]] have 23 foot (7 metre) diameter platform tunnels. The construction of "suicide pits" between the rails was also innovative. These were built in connection with a system of passageways under the platforms to give access to the track.

[[Image:BG-tube-memorial.jpg|300px|thumb|Memorial plaque placed in 1994 for the 1940 air raid victims]]
On the night of [[13 October]] [[1940]], a lone [[The Blitz|German]] aircraft dropped a single bomb on houses to the north of the station. The destruction of the houses caused the north end of the westbound platform tunnel to collapse, killing or injuring many people amongst those sheltering from the air raid. The train service was disrupted for two months. A memorial plaque (at the north end of the westbound platform) erroneously commemorates "sixteen Belgian refugees and... three British citizens who died" in the attack. The records of the civilian deaths held by the [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] indicate that in fact sixteen people died at the scene - only three of whom were Belgian -
with a seventeenth dying in hospital the following day. Approximately twenty people were injured, but survived.

The station was refurbished as part of Transport for London’s £10 billion Investment Programme. The works were completed overnight and in a series of weekend closures. New train indicators were placed and much of the flooring and tiling has been cleaned/replaced.

Unlike others on this extension, the station is not nationally listed as of special architectural interest, and as of August 2008 an application is being made to [[English Heritage]] for a listing recommendation.

==Gallery==
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Image:Bounds Green stn northbound.JPG|Eastbound (actually Northbound) platform looking south
Image:Bounds Green stn southbound.JPG|Westbound (actually Southbound) platform looking north
Image:Bounds Green stn roundel.JPG|Platform roundel
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==Nearby places==
* [[Bounds Green]]
* [[Muswell Hill]]
* [[Wood Green]]

== References ==
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* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|08/997008.jpg|Bounds Green station the day after opening, 1932}}
** {{ltmcollection|fq/i00002fq.jpg|Station tunnel filled with rubble from bomb, 1940}}
** {{ltmcollection|dg/i00009dg.jpg|Station tunnel showing repairs, 1952}}

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Wood Green tube station

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{{London stations| name = Wood Green | image = [[Image:Wood Green tube station 070414.JPG|300px|Wood Green]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 3|3]] | locale = [[Wood Green]] | borough = [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]] | years=1932 | events=Opened (Piccadilly Line) | platforms= 2 |tubeexits06=10.183 |tubeexits07=10.968 | tubeexits07=10.968}}
'''Wood Green''' is a [[London Underground]] station on the [[Piccadilly Line]]. The station is between [[Turnpike Lane tube station|Turnpike Lane]] and [[Bounds Green tube station|Bounds Green]] stations and is in [[Travelcard Zone 3]]. It is located at junction of [[Green Lanes|Wood Green High Road]] and [[Lordship Lane, Haringey|Lordship Lane]]. It serves [[The Mall Wood Green|Wood Green Shopping City]] and the nearby [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey Council]] administrative complex as well as a densely populated residential area.

==History==
The station opened on [[19 September]] [[1932]] when the first section of the [[Piccadilly Line Cockfosters extension|Cockfosters extension]] from [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]] was brought into operation

Like all stations on the extension, Wood Green set new aesthetic standards, not previously seen on London's Underground. During the planning period of the extension to Cockfosters, alternate names for this station, ''"Lordship Lane"'' and ''"Wood Green Central"'', were considered but rejected. Architecturally, this station, designed by the [[Charles Holden]], is a well-preserved example of the modernist house style Holden developed for London Transport in the 1930s. Located on a corner site, the main frontage is curved and is flanked by two ventilation towers, although these are later additions to the station. On the northern side, the structure also incorporates a shop which forms part of the parade in High Road. The other end of the parade features a large London Underground sub-station.

The below surface areas of the station are tiled in biscuit-coloured tiles lined with green friezes. The station tunnels have, in common with those of [[Manor House tube station|Manor House]] and [[Turnpike Lane tube station|Turnpike Lane]], a diameter of 23 feet (7 metres) and were designed for the greater volume of traffic expected. In contrast, [[Bounds Green tube station|Bounds Green]] and [[Southgate tube station|Southgate]] have only 21 foot (6.4 metre) diameter platform tunnels. The construction of "suicide pits" between the rails was also innovative.

To the north of the station is a reversing siding. This was used for reversing northbound trains so that they could return back towards central London and [[Hounslow]] or [[Uxbridge]]. Until the 1990s trains were regularly turned back here. However, this was abandoned after Health & Safety laws were introduced which would have meant each train being checked before reversing via the siding {{Fact|date=February 2007}} - this was deemed to take too long to carry out and would delay the service. Trains now only reverse at Wood Green in times of service disruption, or to regain time after late running.

On [[16 March]] [[1976]], the station was the site of a [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA]] bombing, when a device exploded on an empty train as it prepared to enter the reversing siding, before heading west to pick up football supporters at [[Arsenal tube station|Arsenal]]. One passenger standing on the platform was injured by flying glass.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = 1976: Tube driver shot dead
| work = On This Day [[15 March]] [[1976]]
| publisher = BBC News Online
| date =
| quote = The day after this incident a man was injured when a bomb exploded on a tube train at Wood Green, in north London.
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/15/newsid_2543000/2543605.stm
| accessdate =2007-02-11}}</ref>

The [[National Rail]] station now called [[Alexandra Palace railway station|Alexandra Palace]] was formerly called Wood Green; it was renamed in 1984.

==Gallery==
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Image:Wood Green stn southbound look north.JPG|Westbound platform (actually southbound) looking north. The lights in the tunnel denote the location of the reversing siding.
Image:Wood Green stn northbound look south.JPG|Eastbound platform (actually northbound) looking south.
Image:Wood Green stn roundel.JPG|Roundel on platform
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of London Underground stations]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|64/i0000k64.jpg|Wood Green station the day after opening, 1932}}
** {{ltmcollection|6s/i0000k6s.jpg|Interior of ticket hall, 1934}}

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Turnpike Lane tube station

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{{London stations| name = Turnpike Lane | image = [[Image:Turnpike Lane stn building.JPG|300px|Turnpike Lane]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 3|3]] | locale = [[Turnpike Lane]] | borough = [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]] | start=[[19 September]] [[1932]] | platforms= 2 | tubeexits04=7.634 | tubeexits07=9.765}}

'''Turnpike Lane tube station''' is a station at [[Turnpike Lane]] on the [[Piccadilly Line]] of the [[London Underground]], between [[Manor House tube station|Manor House]] and [[Wood Green tube station|Wood Green]] stations, and in [[Travelcard Zone 3]].

It is located within the [[London Borough of Haringey]]. When opened on [[19 September]] [[1932]], Turnpike Lane became the first Underground railway station within the [[municipal borough]] of [[Tottenham]].

Like all stations on the [[Piccadilly Line Cockfosters extension|Cockfosters extension]], Turnpike Lane station set new aesthetic standards, not previously seen on London's Underground. During the planning period of the extension to Cockfosters, alternate names for this station (''North Haringey'' and ''Ducketts Green'') were considered but rejected.

== Architectural style ==
Architecturally, this tube station, designed by the architect [[Charles Holden]], is a well-preserved example of the modernist house style of London Transport in the 1930s. The station ticket-hall is an enormous brick box, with two large ventilation towers, half-sunk into the surrounding ground. Its high walls contain segmented windows which during the day allow natural light to shine far into the station. The effect in late afternoon light is akin to that in a cathedral transept. Two of the street level entrances gave access to the tram routes to and from [[Alexandra Palace]] via tramway island exits into [[Turnpike Lane]]. These tram services were withdrawn in 1938 and replaced by buses which continued to use the tram islands until 1968 when they were removed.

The sub-surface areas of the station are tiled in biscuit coloured tiles lined with yellow friezes. The station tunnels have, in common with those of [[Manor House tube station|Manor House]] and [[Wood Green tube station|Wood Green]], a diameter of 23 feet (7 metres) and were designed for the greater volume of traffic expected. In contrast, [[Bounds Green tube station|Bounds Green]] and [[Southgate tube station|Southgate]] have only 21 foot (6.4 metres) diameter platform tunnels. The construction of "suicide pits" between the rails was also innovative. These were built in connection with a system of passageways under the platforms to give access to the track.

The [[bus station]] at the back of the station complex was covered in 1968 as part of a "reshaping plan" of London bus services. The roof has since been removed as part of the rebuilding in the late 1990s.

==Gallery==
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Image:Turnpike Lane stn southbound.jpg|Westbound platform (actually Southbound) looking south
Image:Turnpike Lane stn northbound.jpg|Eastbound platform (actually Northbound) looking north
Image:Turnpike Lane stn roundel.JPG|Platform roundel
Image:Turnpike Lane stn southwest entrance.JPG|Subway entrance to the southwest. The only remaining shelter, originally provided for bus and tram passengers.
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== Restoration ==
Turnpike Lane station is currently being restored to its former glory. Damaged tiles in the interior are being painstakingly refurbished; and significant water damage caused over the years is being repaired.

The station is mentioned in the song "Junkie Doll" by [[Mark Knopfler]] on his album ''[[Sailing to Philadelphia]]''.

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Manor House tube station

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{{London stations
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| manager = [[London Underground]]
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'''Manor House tube station''' is a station on the [[Piccadilly Line]] of the [[London Underground]], on the boundary between [[Travelcard Zone 2]] and [[Travelcard Zone 3|Zone 3]]. It straddles the border between the London Boroughs of [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]] and [[London Borough of Haringey|Haringey]], the postal address<ref>http://www.londontown.com/LondonInformation/Underground_Stations/Manor_House/ad0d/</ref><ref>http://www.londontown.com/LondonPC/n41bx.html</ref> and three of the entrances being in the former, and one entrance in the latter.

The station, named after a nearby public house, is situated at the junction of [[Seven Sisters Road]] and [[Green Lanes]] and was designed by [[Charles Holden]]. Opened [[19 September]] [[1932]], it lies between [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]] and [[Turnpike Lane tube station]]s. Like all stations on the [[Piccadilly Line Cockfosters extension|Cockfosters extension]], Manor House station set new aesthetic standards, not previously seen on London's Underground. The station was equipped with nine street level entrances, two of which gave access to tram routes to and from [[Tottenham]], [[Edmonton, London|Edmonton]] and [[Stamford Hill]] via tramway island exits into Seven Sisters Road. The last of these tram services were withdrawn in 1938 and replaced by [[Trolleybuses]] and the exits were removed in 1951.

The sub-surface areas of the station were tiled in biscuit coloured tiles lined with blue friezes. These were refurbished in 2005. The station tunnels have, in common with those of [[Turnpike Lane tube station|Turnpike Lane]] and [[Wood Green tube station|Wood Green]], a diameter of 23 feet (7 metres) and were designed for the greater volume of traffic expected. In contrast, [[Bounds Green tube station|Bounds Green]] and [[Southgate tube station|Southgate]] have only 21 foot (6.4 metres) diameter platform tunnels. The construction of "suicide pits" between the rails was also innovative. These were built in connection with a system of passageways under the platforms to give access to the track.

During the planning of the [[Victoria Line]] a proposal to transfer Manor House station to the Victoria Line was put forward. New tunnels were also proposed for the Piccadilly Line between Finsbury Park and Turnpike Lane, considerably reducing the travelling time from Outer North London to Central London. The inconvenience caused during re-construction, as well as the cost, ensured that the idea was not pursued.

Next to the northern exit are the remains of a [[tram]]way track which leads into the rear of the former Metropolitan Electric Tramways Headquarters (M.E.T) building, later the Eastern Divisional Office of London Transport Buses.

[[Harringay Green Lanes railway station]] is about 650m away, northward along Green Lanes.

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Image:Manor House stn northbound.JPG|Eastbound platform (actually Northbound) looking south
Image:Manor House stn southbound.JPG|Westbound platform (actually Southbound) looking north
Image:Manor House stn roundel.JPG|Platform roundel
Image:Manor House stn southeast entrance.JPG|Southeastern subway entrance
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Finsbury Park station

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| caption = Eastern entrance on Station Place
| manager = [[First Capital Connect]]
| manager1 = [[London Underground]]
| zone = [[Travelcard Zone 2|2]]
| locale = [[Finsbury Park, London|Finsbury Park]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Islington]]
| years = 1850 1861 1867 1904 1906 1932 1954 1964 1968 1970 1976
| events =Tracks laid Opened (GNR) Opened (Edgware branch) Opened (GN&CR)) Opened as terminus (GNP&BR) Became through station (Piccadilly) Closed (Edgware branch, passengers) Closed (Northern City Line) Opened (Victoria) Closed (Edgware branch) Opened (Northern City Line)
| platforms=10 (6 National Rail<ref>Finsbury Park station has six National Rail platforms, numbered 1 through 6, but only five tracks given that platforms 4 and 5 cover the same track.</ref>, 4 Underground)
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'''Finsbury Park Station''' is a busy transport interchange in North [[London]]. The interchange consists of an interconnected [[National Rail]] station, [[London Underground]] station and two bus stations. The main entrances are by the eastern bus station on Station Place. The National Rail ticket office here lies in between one entrance marked by the Underground roundel symbol, while the other is marked by the National Rail symbol, and provides direct access to the main line platforms. There is another exit by the western bus station along Wells Terrace, incoroporating the Underground ticket office, plus a narrow side entrance to the south on the [[A503 road|A503]] Seven Sisters Road. The complex is located in [[Travelcard Zone 2]].

The station is close to [[Finsbury Park]], one of the oldest of London's [[Victorian Era|Victorian]] parks, and the [[Finsbury Park mosque]]. It is also used by many [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] supporters on matchdays, as the club's ground is just a short walk away, along Isledon or St Thomas' Roads.

When the Victoria Line was built in the 1960s, the walls in Finsbury Park station were decorated with mosaics of hot air balloons and duelling pistols, which can still be seen. This was based on a mistaken identification of Finsbury Park with [[Finsbury Fields]], which was used by Londoners since medieval times for archery and sports, and also associated with 18th century duels and one of the first hot air balloon flights. However, Finsbury Fields actually occupied a location close to the present-day [[Finsbury Square]].<ref>tfl webpage; see external links</ref>

Finsbury Park station has a long and complex history involving the participation of many railway companies during its lifetime and has been subject to a number of operational changes and changes to the configuration of station infrastructure. [[British Transport Police]] maintain a presence at Finsbury Park.<ref name=SE>[http://www.btp.police.uk/about_us/areas/london_underground__dlr.aspx#finsbury British Transport Police, London Underground Area]</ref>

==History==
====1861 - Great Northern Railway====

Finsbury Park is on the route of the [[East Coast Mainline]] from King's Cross to the north of England and Scotland. The southern section of this was built in stages during the 1840s and early 1850s by the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]] (GNR). Tracks were first laid through Finsbury Park in 1850 to the GNR's temporary terminus at [[Maiden Lane railway stations|Maiden Lane]] just north of the permanent terminus at King's Cross (which opened in 1852). The first station at Finsbury Park opened in 1861 and was originally named '''Seven Sisters Road (Holloway)'''.

====1867 - Edgware Branch====

Soon after the first station opened, the [[Edgware, Highgate and London Railway]] (EH&LR) began construction of a line from Finsbury Park to [[Edgware railway station|Edgware]]. The GNR took over the EH&LR shortly before its opening on [[22 August]] [[1867]]. The station was given its current name in 1869. The Edgware branch platforms were on each side of the main tracks. The southbound ("up") track of the branch crossed over the main line by a bridge on its way into the station.

====1904 - Great Northern & City Railway====

The [[Northern City Line|Great Northern & City Railway]] (GN&CR) was an underground railway planned to provide a tunnel link between Finsbury Park and [[Moorgate station|Moorgate]] in the [[City of London]] as an alternative London terminus for GNR trains. The tunnels were constructed with a large [[diameter]] to accommodate this service but a dispute between the two companies prevented the GN&CR connecting its tunnels to the GNR platforms. The GN&CR tunnels, instead, terminated beneath the mainline station without a connection to the surface and the line operated as a shuttle between Finsbury Park and Moorgate. The line opened on [[14 February]] [[1904]].

====1906 - Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway====

The [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]] (GNP&BR) (now London Underground's Piccadilly Line) opened on [[15 December]] [[1906]] between Finsbury Park and [[Hammersmith tube station (Piccadilly & District Line)|Hammersmith]] in west London. The tube railway originated as the [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway|Great Northern & Strand Railway]] (GN&SR) in 1897 and was initially supported by the GNR as a means of relieving congestion on its main line into King's Cross by constructing a tube line under the GNR's tracks from [[Alexandra Palace railway station|Alexandra Palace]] to King's Cross and then to the [[Strand, London|Strand]]. The GN&SR was taken over in 1901 by a consortium led by [[Charles Yerkes]]' before any work had been carried out and the section north of Finsbury Park was cancelled. The GN&SR was merged with the [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway|Brompton & Piccadilly Circus Railway]] to form the GNP&BR.<ref name=Lost>{{cite book |last=Badsey-Ellis |first=Antony |title=London's Lost Tube Schemes |origyear=2005 |publisher=Capital Transport |pages=77 and 138 |isbn=185414-293-3 }}</ref> It was constructed with the smaller diameter tube tunnels common to other underground railways being constructed in London at that time. Its platforms were constructed by the GNR parallel with the GN&CR's platforms beneath the mainline station.

====1932-1933 - Piccadilly Line extension====

The transport interchange at Finsbury Park had long been recognised as a severe bottle-neck for passengers heading north from central London and calls had been regularly made to improve the situation by extending northwards one of the two underground lines serving the station. Until the mid 1920s this had been resisted by the GNR and its successor the LNER as a threat to its suburban passenger traffic, but mounting pressure finally forced the LNER to relinquish its veto and lift its objections to the Underground making an extension.

With financial support from the government, the Underground began construction of an [[Piccadilly Line Cockfosters extension|extension]] of the Piccadilly Line northwards to [[Cockfosters tube station|Cockfosters]] and the first section, to [[Arnos Grove tube station|Arnos Grove]], opened on [[19 September]] [[1932]]. The route was opened fully on [[31 July]] [[1933]].

====1935-1954 "Northern Heights" plans and cancellation ====
[[Image:Northern Heights Map Mockup.png|thumb|right|300px|How Finsbury Park might have appeared on the [[London Underground Map]] today if the Northern Heights branch to [[Alexandra Palace]] had been transferred to the [[Northern Line]] and connected to the [[Northern City Line]].]]
By 1935 the GNR had become part of the [[London and North Eastern Railway]] (LNER) and the GN&CR had become the Northern City branch of London Underground's [[Northern Line]] (having previously, in 1913, been bought by the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan Railway|Metropolitan Railway]], the forerunner to London Underground's [[Metropolitan Line]]).

In 1935, London Underground announced its [[Northern Line#New Works Programme 1935–40: the Northern Heights plan|New Works Programme]]. This included plans to take over the steam-operated LNER branch lines from Finsbury Park to Edgware, [[High Barnet tube station|High Barnet]] and [[Alexandra Palace railway station (Muswell Hill branch)|Alexandra Palace]] - collectively known as the "Northern Heights" lines. These routes were to be joined to the Northern City Line by the construction of new tracks from Drayton Park to the surface at Finsbury Park as had originally been intended by the GN&CR. Trains would then have been able to run from any of the three LNER termini to Moorgate. The Northern City Line tunnels from Drayton Park to Finsbury Park would have been taken out of use. A separate connection between [[Archway tube station|Archway Underground station]] (then named Highgate) and [[East Finchley tube station|East Finchley station]] was also planned, including a new Underground station below the then-existing surface station at Highgate.

In early 1939 London Underground announced that the Drayton Park to Alexandra Palace route would begin operation in autumn 1940) The start of the [[Second World War]] caused the postponement and eventual cancellation of this and much of the other plans, leaving operations at Finsbury Park unchanged. The surface connection between Drayton Park and Finsbury Park was abandoned and the Northern City Line continued to run between Moorgate and Finsbury Park in tunnel. Traffic on the Edgware branch diminished and it was closed to passengers in 1954.

====1964-1968 - Victoria line====

London Underground had for many years been planning a new route across central London to relieve pressure on the central sections of the Piccadilly and Northern Lines. In the early 1960s the plans were consolidated into a single plan for the [[Victoria Line]]. The route of the new line was designed to provide the maximum number of interchanges with other Underground and [[British Rail]] lines as possible and Finsbury Park was an ideal candidate for this.

The plan for Finsbury Park called for the reconfiguration of the four underground platforms used by the Northern City Line and the Piccadilly line. To allow the construction works necessary for the provision of [[cross-platform interchange]]s between the Piccadilly and the Victoria Lines the Northern City service to Finsbury Park was ended on [[3 October]] [[1964]]. After this date trains from Moorgate ran only as far as Drayton Park.

The Northern City platforms became the southbound platforms for both the Piccadilly and Victoria Lines which were connected to the previously dead-end tunnels to the north of the platforms. The old southbound Piccadilly Line platform then became the Victoria Line northbound platform, with the northbound Piccadilly Line platform unchanged. New connecting tunnels were constructed. There are cross-over connections between each pair of northbound and southbound tunnels to enable stock transfers, given that the Victoria line is otherwise completely self-contained.

The first section of the Victoria line, including Finsbury Park, opened between [[Walthamstow Central tube station|Walthamstow Central]] and [[Highbury & Islington station|Highbury & Islington]] on [[1 September]] [[1968]].

====1970s - New connections====
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London Underground continued to use the Edgware branch occasionally for stock movements between its depot at Highgate and Finsbury Park until September 1970. The tracks were removed in 1971 and the platforms at Finsbury Park which served this line were demolished and their location is now the pedestrian access to the eastern station entrance. The bridge over Stroud Green Road which carried the tracks was removed. The abutment walls remain.

In 1976 part of the abandoned Northern Heights plan was completed in reverse. The [[Northern City Line]], which had originally run to the underground part of the station was transferred from London Underground to British Rail. An unfinished surface connection between [[Drayton Park railway station|Drayton Park]] and Finsbury Park begun as part of the "Northern Heights" project was completed to make it possible to bring trains to the surface at Finsbury Park and run through trains from Moorgate on to the north. The service commenced operation on [[8 November]] [[1976]].

== Current services ==
===National Rail===
The above-ground [[National Rail]] station, which has a separate ticket office to the Underground station, is managed and served by [[First Capital Connect]]. Trains from [[Moorgate station|Moorgate]] and [[London King's Cross railway station|Kings Cross]] form inner suburban services to [[Welwyn Garden City railway station|Welwyn Garden City]] and [[Hertford North railway station|Hertford North]] and outer suburban services start from Kings Cross towards [[Peterborough railway station|Peterborough]] and [[Cambridge railway station|Cambridge]]. Inner suburban service do not serve the Moorgate branch during late evenings and at weekends, being diverted to [[London Kings Cross]] instead. There are six platforms, but only five tracks, given that platforms 4 and 5 share a track. Platform 1 is used by London Moorgate services heading into London, platform 6 by Moorgate services heading northbound. Platforms 2 (southbound) and 3 (northbound) by Kings Cross services, usually fast but sometimes stopping. Platforms 4/5 by stopping northbound trains from Kings Cross.

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===Gallery===
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Image:Finsbury Park railway stn entrance Station Place.JPG|National rail entrance on Station Place, next to the Underground entrance
Image:Finsbury Park mainline southbound.JPG|Platforms 1 and 2, mainline, looking south, platforms 3 and 4 on the right.
Image:Finsbury Park mainline northbound.JPG|Platform 2, mainline, looking north
Image:Finsbury Park mainline signage.JPG|Signage on mainline platform 1, with the old [[West Anglia Great Northern|WAGN]] colours
Image:The ticket office at Finsbury park station.JPG|The ticket office at the exterior of the station building.
Image:Finsbury Park stn mainline platform 5 look south.JPG|Platform 5 looking south, with platform 4 on left.
Image:Finsbury Park stn mainline platform 6 look south.JPG|Platform 6 looking south.
Image:Finsbury Park stn mainline platform 5 look north.JPG|Platform 5 looking north, with platform 4 on right.
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===London Underground===

The station is served by the [[Piccadilly Line|Piccadilly]] and [[Victoria Line|Victoria]] lines. Although thought of as a 'deep-level' tube station, Finsbury Park has neither lifts nor escalators as its lines are less than 20' (6.1 m) below street level, though there used to be lifts from the high-level platforms to the tube level. These were the last hydraulically operated lifts on LT. The access to the Piccadilly and Victoria line platforms is by staircase only, reached via two narrow passages that physically prevent the installation of automatic ticket barriers - remarkable, considering its Zone 2 location. Manual ticket inspections do, however, regularly take place. [[Oystercard]] readers are available for "pay as you go" customers.
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===Gallery===
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Image:Finsbury Park stn Victoria southbound.JPG|Victoria line southbound platform, looking south. Originally the GN&CR southbound platform - note generous tunnel mouth diameter.
Image:Finsbury Park stn Piccadilly southbound.JPG|Piccadilly line southbound platform, looking south. Originally the GN&CR northbound platform - note generous tunnel mouth diameter.
Image:Finsbury Park stn Victoria northbound.JPG|Victoria line northbound platform, looking north. Originally the Piccadilly southbound platform.
Image:Finsbury Park stn Piccadilly nortbound.JPG|Piccadilly line northbound platform, looking north. Note balloon motifs on the mosaics.
Image:Finsbury Park stn Victoria motif.JPG|Victoria line platform motif - duelling pistols
Image:Finsbury Park tube roundel.JPG|Roundel on Piccadilly line northbound platform
Image:Finsbury Park tube balloon mosaic.JPG|Balloon mosaic on Piccadilly northbound platform
Image:Finsbury Park stn entrance Wells Terrace.JPG|Western entrance on Wells Terrace
Image:Finsbury Park stn entrance Seven Sisters Rd.JPG|Southern entrance on Seven Sisters Road
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==Bus connections==

*4: Northbound: [[Archway tube station]]; Southbound: [[London Waterloo station]]
*19: Northbound: ''Terminates''; Southbound: [[Battersea Bridge]]
*29: Northbound: [[Wood Green]] Southbound: [[Trafalgar Square]]
*106: Northbound: ''Terminates''; Southbound: [[Whitechapel]]
*153: Northbound: ''Terminates''; Southbound: [[Liverpool Street Station]]
*210: Northbound: [[Brent Cross Shopping Centre]]; Southbound: ''Terminates''
*236: Northbound: ''Terminates''; Southbound: [[Hackney Wick]] (Eastway)
*253: Northbound: [[Hackney Central station]]; Southbound: [[Euston railway station]]
*254: Northbound: [[Holloway, London|Holloway]]; Southbound: [[Aldgate tube station]]
*259: Northbound: [[Edmonton Green railway station]]; Southbound: [[King's Cross Station]]
*W3: Northbound: [[Northumberland Park Station]]; Southbound: ''Terminates''
*W7: Northbound: [[Muswell Hill]]; Southbound: ''Terminates''

Night Buses

*N19: Northbound: ''Terminates''; Southbound: [[Clapham Junction]]
*N29: Northbound: [[Enfield Town]]; Southbound: [[Trafalgar Square]]
*N106: Northbound: ''Terminates''; Southbound: [[Aldgate tube station]]
*N253: Northbound: [[Tottenham Court Road]]; Southbound: [[Aldgate tube station]]
*N279: Northbound: [[Waltham Cross railway station]]; Southbound: [[Trafalgar Square]]

==The station in fiction==

In [[JoWooD]]'s transport game [[Traffic Giant]], the opening video shows a station platform (similar to a typical [[London Underground]] station) bearing the station name Finsbury Park.

Finsbury Park is also a character created by the comedian [[Harry Hill]] and the station's name was used as a term of amazement and exclamation by British comedy double-act [[Vic Reeves]] and [[Bob Mortimer]] during the series [[Vic Reeves Big Night Out]].

==See also==
*[[Graham Bond]] musician (died at the station).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
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** {{ltmcollection|09/9861209.jpg|Wells Terrace entrance, 1925}}
** {{ltmcollection|32/9865932.jpg|Ticket office, 1934}}, when the Northern City Line was still operated by the [[Metropolitan Line]]
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Arsenal tube station

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| zone = [[Travelcard Zone 2|2]]
| locale = [[Highbury]]
| borough = [[London Borough of Islington|Islington]]
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'''Arsenal tube station''' is a [[London Underground]] station located in [[Highbury]], north [[London]]. It is on the [[Piccadilly Line]], in [[Travelcard Zone 2]], between [[Holloway Road tube station|Holloway Road]] and [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]]. Originally known as '''Gillespie Road''', it was renamed in 1932 after [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal Football Club]], who at the time played at the nearby [[Arsenal Stadium]]. It is the only Tube station named directly after a [[football club]].<ref>Several tube stations, including [[West Ham station|West Ham]] and [[Wimbledon station|Wimbledon]], share their names with football clubs, but only Arsenal was named directly after a club rather than the associated area.</ref> Although Arsenal Stadium closed in 2006, the station retains its name and is still used by spectators attending matches at Arsenal's new [[Emirates Stadium]], but it is otherwise quieter than other stations on the same stretch of line.

==History==
[[Image:Arsenal tube station interior.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tiling on the platform betrays the station's previous guise as "Gillespie Road"]]
Arsenal tube station was opened by the [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]] (GNP&BR) as ''[[Gillespie Road]]'' on 15 December 1906.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.berga.nu/Lennart_T/lu/1900s.html | title=London Underground history 1900-1909 }}</ref> The GNP&BR later renamed the [[Piccadilly line]] after the consolidation & nationalisation of the Tube network as [[London Underground]]. The original station building and ticket hall were [[red terracotta]]-clad buildings designed by [[Leslie Green]], similar to neighbouring [[Holloway Road tube station|Holloway Road]] and [[Caledonian Road tube station|Caledonian Road]] stations.

At the time of Gillespie Road's construction, it served a residential area and a local divinity college. In 1913, [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal Football Club]] moved to [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]] on the site of the college's playing fields, and the club's presence there eventually led to a campaign for a change of name. Arsenal manager [[Herbert Chapman]] was a particularly keen advocate, and on 5 November 1932 it was renamed ''Arsenal (Highbury Hill)''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?thisNav=News&article=469699 | title=Local tube station changes to 'Arsenal' | work=Arsenal.com | accessdate=2007-08-08}}</ref> The station was expanded in the 1930s, with the original station building demolished and being replaced with a wider building of a more modern design.

The ''(Highbury Hill)'' suffix was dropped from the station's name some time around 1960, giving the current name of ''Arsenal''.<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/clivebillson/tube/1960.html An early 1960 edition] of the [[Tube map]] shows the "Highbury Hill" suffix but one from [http://www.clarksbury.com/cdl/maps/tube60.jpg later in 1960] shows it without. No subsequent maps include the suffix. References: {{cite web | url=http://www.clarksbury.com/cdl/maps.html | title=The London Tube Map Archive | accessdate=2007-08-08 }} {{cite web | url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/clivebillson/tube/tube.html | title=A History of the London Tube Maps | accessdate=2007-08-15}}</ref> The original tiled walls of the platforms still bear the Gillespie Road name, spelt out in large letters. In 2007, the station underwent a major upgrade; as part of this the wall tiling was completely restored, the floor resurfaced and an electronic tannoy system introduced.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/4560.aspx | title=Modernisation of Arsenal station continues | publisher=[[Transport for London]] | date=2007-02-21 }}</ref>

==Structure==
[[Image:Arsenal station passageway.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Passageway linking the tunnels to the ticket office, looking towards the latter. Note tidal flow segregation, in operation on football match days (fans using the wider section).]]
The station is in a narrow [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] residential street: when built, the station building was squeezed incongruously between residential properties on each side, occupying the width of just two terraced houses. Even after the surface building was rebuilt in the early 1930s and widened, with a further house being demolished, it has one of the narrowest frontages of any underground station. It is also unusual in not having any [[bus]] routes pass its entrance, though routes [[London Buses route 4|4]], [[London Buses route 19|19]], [[London Buses route 106|106]] and [[London Buses route 236|236]] serve nearby [[Blackstock Road]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/arsenalemiratesstadium-12926.pdf | title=Buses from Arsenal / Emirates Stadium | publisher=Transport for London}}</ref>

Unusually for a "deep level" tube station, Arsenal possesses neither [[escalators]] nor [[elevators|lifts]]. Instead, a sloping passageway leads down to the platforms. This is due to the combination of the tunnels being both relatively shallow at this point and being some distance from the station entrance (being underneath the [[East Coast Main Line]]). Due to short flights of [[stairs]] at both ends of the passageway the station is not [[wheelchair accessible]], When the station was rebuilt in the early 1930s an extra tunnel was dug to platform level from the main access passage in anticipation of increased traffic, which is now used to handle the large crowds on match days. The station has a "tidal" system unique on the Underground network, with a narrow section on one side divided from the main passageway by a full-height fence. The narrow section is used on match days for the lighter flow, according to time of day - for passengers catching trains before matches, or leaving the station afterwards.

==Usage==
[[File:Ashburton Grove.svg|thumb|right|250px|Map of Arsenal's old and new stadiums in relation to Arsenal tube station]]
The station is located in a residential area, away from any main roads, and is considerably less busy than other stations on the same stretch of line. In 2007 only 2.735 million entries and exits were recorded, compared with [[Holloway Road tube station|Holloway Road]]'s 7.487m and [[Caledonian Road tube station|Caledonian Road]]'s 5.333m.<ref name="infobox_stats_ref_tube"/> It is largely deserted outside rush hours except on Arsenal match days.

In 2006 Arsenal FC moved to a new stadium, the [[Emirates Stadium]]. The stadium is on the site of Ashburton Grove, a former industrial estate approximately 500 yards from Highbury, and closer to [[Drayton Park station|Drayton Park]] and Holloway Road stations. However, Drayton Park (along with the rest of the [[Northern City Line]]) is closed on weekends and weekday evenings, and trains do not stop at Holloway Road before and after matches to prevent overcrowding. Arsenal station meanwhile is still within easy walking distance of the new stadium and is recommended by the club for use on matchdays.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arsenal.com/emirates-stadium/get-to...-emirates-stadium | title=Get to... Emirates Stadium | work=Arsenal.com | accessdate=2009-04-01 }}</ref> The station thus still retains the "Arsenal" name and, along with Finsbury Park and Highbury & Islington, is still used by many Arsenal supporters to get to matches.

As part of the commemoration of Arsenal's move, a temporary [[mural]] was placed along the walls of the station passageways as part of London Underground's [[Platform for Art]] scheme.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/projectsandschemes/artmusicdesign/pfa/artists/arsenal.asp | title=Platform for Art: Arsenal Football Club’s last season at Highbury | publisher=[[Transport for London]] | accessdate=2007-08-08 }}</ref> It was unveiled in February and removed in September 2006.

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{Butt-Stations}}
*{{Jowett-Nationalised}}
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* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|73/9887773.jpg|Station exterior, 1907}}
** {{ltmcollection|17/9884817.jpg|Rebuilt station building in 1934}}.

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Holloway Road tube station

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{{London stations| name = Holloway Road| image = [[File:Holloway Road stn building02.jpg|240px|centre|Holloway Road Station]]| manager = [[London Underground]]| zone = [[Travelcard Zone 2|2]] | locale = [[Holloway, London|Holloway]] | borough = [[London Borough of Islington|Islington]] | start= 1906 | platforms=2| tubeexits04= 6.11 | tubeexits07=7.487}}

'''Holloway Road''' is a station on the [[London Underground]]. It is on the [[Piccadilly Line]] between [[Caledonian Road tube station|Caledonian Road]] and [[Arsenal tube station|Arsenal]] stations, and in [[Travelcard Zone 2]]. The station opened on 15 December 1906.

The station was constructed by the [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]] and was built with two lift shafts, but only one was ever used for lifts. The second shaft was the site of an experimental spiral [[escalator]] which was built by the American inventor of escalators, [[Jesse W. Reno]]. The experiment was not successful and was never used by the public. In the 1990s, remains of the escalator equipment were excavated from the base of the lift shaft. These are stored at the London Transport Museum Depot in [[Acton, London|Acton]]. From the platforms, you can see a second exit which is no longer in use. This exit leads to the back of the used lift shaft.

The station is close to the new [[Emirates Stadium]] the new home of [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] football club. As part of the planning permission £5m was due to be spent expanding the current station to cope with increased passenger numbers on match days. However subsequent studies showed that to ensure the station could cope with the numbers the lifts would have to be replaced with escalators which would cost £60m. As a result the redevelopment plans were put on hold and now on match days the station will close, or be exit only. <ref> [http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/search/story.aspx? brand=ISLGOnline&category=News&itemid=WeED07%20Jun%202006%2010:41:13:157&tBrand=ISLGOnline&tCategory=search Station improvements Scrapped] </ref>

==Recent refurbishment works==

In early July 2007, refurbishment works, as part of [[Tube Lines]] station upgrade programme for 2007-8, begun at Holloway Road station. The station was closed to the public over the weekend of October 13-14 and also the following Sunday (October 21), October 27-28, and November 10-11 and 17.<ref>[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/6166.aspx Holloway Road station improvements | Transport for London]</ref> Other closures took place in early 2008 although these closures didn't clash with football matches at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.

The refurbishment works included the installation of a new public address system, replacement of ageing customer information screens, and other aesthetic changes to improve the look, feel and security of the station. This includes improved lighting and a dramatic increase in the number of CCTV cameras.

==See also==
* [[Leslie Green]] - architect of stations on the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.

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Image:Holloway Road stn northbound look south.JPG|Northbound platform looking south
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Image:Holloway Road stn roundel.JPG|Roundel on northbound platform
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==Transport connections==

[[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 43|43]], [[London Buses route 153|153]], [[London Buses route 271|271]] and [[London Buses route 393|393]] serve the station.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|98/i0000k98.jpg|Spiral escalator during construction, 1906}}
** {{ltmcollection|1d/i000041d.jpg|Parts of the experimental spiral escalator}}
** {{ltmcollection|08/9888508.jpg|Ticket hall, 1927}}
** {{ltmcollection|8k/i000018k.jpg|Holloway Road station, 2001}}
* [http://www.pendar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Tube/Holloway_Road_station.html Pictures of the disused staircase]
* [http://tubephotos.dannycox.me.uk/stations/hollowayRoad.html More photographs of Holloway Road station]

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Caledonian Road tube station

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'''Caledonian Road''' is a station on the [[Piccadilly Line]] of the [[London Underground]], between [[King's Cross St. Pancras tube station|King's Cross St. Pancras]] and [[Holloway Road tube station|Holloway Road]], and in [[Travelcard Zone 2]]. It was opened on [[15 December]] [[1906]] by the [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]].

Caledonian Road station is located on [[Caledonian Road (London)|Caledonian Road]] in Holloway, north [[London]]. The station continues to use [[elevator|lifts]], never having been upgraded to [[escalator]]s. Unusually for stations of its era, the lifts descend directly to platform level with no secondary staircases. In recent times this has meant that the station is now advertised as "Step Free" on line maps without rebuilding work taking place.

The next southbound station from Caledonian Road was originally [[York Road tube station|York Road]]. This station closed in 1932, but can still be seen from trains.

==Service Pattern==
The typical off-peak service from this station is as follows:
*12 tph to [[Heathrow Airport]] via Central London
*3 tph to [[Rayners Lane tube station|Rayners Lane]] via Central London
*3 tph to [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] via Central London
*3 tph to [[Northfields tube station|Northfields]] via Central London
*18 tph to [[Cockfosters tube station|Cockfosters]]
*3 tph to [[Arnos Grove tube station|Arnos Grove]]

==Transport and local connections==

[[London Buses]] routes [[London Buses route 17|17]], [[London Buses route 91|91]] and [[London Buses route 259|259]] serve the station. [[London Buses route 274|Route 274]] stops close by.

[[Caledonian Road & Barnsbury railway station|Caledonian Road and Barnsbury station]] on the [[North London Line]] is about half a mile to the south.

The station is close to [[Pentonville Prison]] and Caledonian Park, the site of the former [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[Caledonian Cattle Market|Metropolitan Cattle Market]], is a short distance away on Market Road.

==See also==

*[[Leslie Green]] - architect of stations on the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway.

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Image:Caledonian Road stn southbound.JPG|Southbound platform, looking south
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Earl's Court tube station

2009-08-10T04:37:39Z

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'''Earl's Court tube station''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Earls Court]]. The station is located between Earls Court Road and Warwick Road (both [[A3220 road|A3220]]). It is on the boundary of [[Travelcard Zone 1]] and [[Travelcard Zone 2|Zone 2]] and is in both zones.

On the [[Piccadilly Line]] the station is between [[Barons Court tube station|Barons Court]] and [[Gloucester Road tube station|Gloucester Road]]. It is the major junction of the [[District Line]], with [[West Brompton station|West Brompton]], [[Kensington (Olympia) station|Kensington (Olympia)]] and [[West Kensington tube station|West Kensington]] to the west, [[High Street Kensington tube station|High Street Kensington]] to the north and [[Gloucester Road tube station|Gloucester Road]] to the east.

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==History==

On [[12 April]] [[1869]], the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan District Railway|Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR, now the District Line) opened tracks through Earl's Court as part of a south-westward extension from its station at [[Gloucester Road tube station|Gloucester Road]] to [[West Brompton station|West Brompton]] where the MDR opened an interchange with the [[West London Line|West London Extension Joint Railway]] (WLEJR, now the [[West London Line]]). At its opening, the extension had no intermediate station.

[[Image:Earl's Court District Line platforms.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Overhead view of the District Line platforms at Earl's Court]]

The 1870s was a busy decade for the MDR. On [[3 July]] [[1871]] the MDR opened a northward link from the West Brompton branch which connected to the [[Inner Circle (London Underground)|Inner Circle]] (now the [[Circle line (London Underground)|Circle Line]]) south of [[High Street Kensington tube station|High Street Kensington]]. Shortly afterwards, on [[30 October]] [[1871]], the MDR opened its first station at Earl's Court.

The original station was on the east side of Earls Court Road rather than the west. On [[1 February]] [[1872]], the MDR opened a northbound branch west of Earl's Court station to the WLEJR which it connected to at [[Kensington (Olympia) station|Addison Road]] (now Kensington (Olympia)). From that date the ''"[[Outer Circle (London)|Outer Circle]]"'' service began running over the MDR's tracks. The service was run by the [[North London Railway]] (NLR) from its terminus at [[Broad Street railway station (London)|Broad Street]] (now demolished) in the [[City of London]] via the [[North London Line]] to [[Willesden Junction station|Willesden Junction]], then the West London Line to Addison Road and the MDR to [[Mansion House tube station|Mansion House]] - at that time the eastern terminus of the MDR.

From [[1 August]] [[1872]], the ''"[[Middle Circle]]"'' service also began operations through Earl's Court running from [[Moorgate station|Moorgate]] along the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan Railway|Metropolitan Railway's]] (MR's) tracks on the north side of the Inner Circle to Paddington then over the [[Hammersmith & City Line|Hammersmith & City Railway]] (H&CR) track to [[Latimer Road tube station|Latimer Road]] then, via a now demolished link, to the West London Line to Addison Road and the MDR to Mansion House. The service was operated jointly by the H&CR and the MDR.

On [[9 September]] [[1874]] another extension was opened which took the MDR west from Earl's Court to [[West Kensington tube station|West Kensington]] and [[Hammersmith tube station (Piccadilly & District Lines)|Hammersmith]]. Trains from Earl's Court could then travel via five different routes and the station's efficient operation was central to the MDR's success. Unfortunately, the location of the station close to the eastern junction meant that the original station was congested. A fire on [[30 November]] [[1875]] damaged the station and a more substantial replacement was built to the west of Earls Court Road. It was opened on [[1 February]] [[1878]].

On [[5 May]] [[1878]] The [[Midland Railway]] began running a circuitous service known as the ''"[[Super Outer Circle]]"'' from [[St. Pancras railway station|St Pancras]] to Earl's Court via [[Cricklewood railway station|Cricklewood]] and [[South Acton railway station|South Acton]]. It operated over a now disused connection between the NLR and the [[London and South Western Railway|London & South Western Railway's]] branch to [[Richmond station (London)|Richmond]] (now part of the District Line). The service was not a success and was ended on [[30 September]] [[1880]].

By the start of the 20th century competition from [[bus]]es and the new electric [[tram]]s was eroding passenger numbers and to make itself more competitive the MDR began planning for the electrification of its services. An experimental service was operated for six months in 1900 when electric trains were tested over the section of track between Earl's Court and High Street Kensington. Following protracted negotiations with the MR over the method of electrification to be used the first electrified section of the MDR was opened in 1903. Electric services through Earl's Court were begun on [[1 July]] [[1905]].

[[Image:Eastbound Piccadilly Line platform at Earl's Court tube staiton 01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The eastbound Piccadilly Line platform]]

The first decade of the 20th century saw other developments at Earl's Court station. On [[30 June]] [[1900]] The Middle Circle service was withdrawn east of Earl's Court which became the terminus of the service until [[31 January]] [[1905]] when the service was cut back again to terminate at Addison Road. On [[15 December]] [[1906]], the [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]] (GNP&BR, now the Piccadilly Line) opened between Hammersmith and [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]] serving Earl's Court from platforms in deep tube tunnels constructed beneath the surface station. Unlike at Gloucester Road and [[South Kensington tube station|South Kensington]], other stations served by both the District and Piccadilly Lines, a new building to house the [[elevator|lifts]] to the deep level platforms was not required. Instead space was provided within the existing station shed and the lifts descended directly to platform level without the need for intermediate stairs below ground.

On [[31 December]] [[1908]], Earl's Court became the terminus of the Outer Circle service when services east of the station to Mansion House ended. By this date the service was operated by the [[London and North Western Railway|London & North Western Railway]] (LNWR, successor to the NLR). It was reduced again in 1912 to a shuttle service operating between Willesden Junction and Earl's Court only.

The lift access was supplemented in 1911 by the London Underground's first [[escalator]]s. These operated from new passageways beneath the surface platforms down to the GNP&BR platforms. Stories of a one-legged man named "Bumper Harris" travelling all day on the escalator to demonstrate its safety appear to be apocryphal as no evidence of this has been found by the [[London's Transport Museum]]. A new station building on Earls Court Road was constructed to a design by Harry Ford in 1915.

The Warwick Road entrance was rebuilt in between 1936 and 1937 in the modern brick and glass style being employed by London Underground at the time <ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50329&strquery=hammersmith%20talgarth#s8 British History Online]</ref>.

During [[World War II]], bomb damage to the West London Line caused the closure of the line and the Willesden to Earl's Court shuttle last ran on [[2 October]] [[1940]]. The section to Kensington (Olympia) was reopened on [[20 December]] [[1946]] but ran only when exhibitions were open at [[Olympia, London|Olympia]].

An additional glass rotunda was built on top of the Warwick Court entrance in the 1960s to house the station's operation room.

In 1986, the Kensington (Olympia) service became a full-time operation, running regardless of whether an exhibition was open.

In the 1990s additional lifts for the mobility impaired were added from the District Line platforms to a new overbridge which was connected to the high level walkway which joins the two station entrances.

The station is currently (as of November 2007) undergoing further construction to repair the roof. Work takes place at night, and scaffolding is present throughout the station.

From 17th December 2008 the scaffolding for the repaired roof has been removed and the platform restored to its original state.

==Operations==

Although it is theoretically possible for a train to be routed from any one of Earl's Court's five adjacent District Line stations to any other, operations are currently simplified by limiting the number of operational routes as follows:

* Kensington (Olympia) to High Street Kensington
* West Brompton to High Street Kensington
* West Brompton to Gloucester Road
* West Kensington to Gloucester Road

==Name==

Since the early 1950s, the station name has been spelled with an [[apostrophe]] on the [[tube map]] although the name of the local area is generally spelled without. Prior to the 1950s tube and rail maps show the station name without the apostrophe and on the station buildings the name has variously appeared with and without the apostrophe. Oddly, the name of the local area has always been shown with an apostrophe on [[Ordnance Survey]] maps, and also by [[Geographer's A–Z Street Atlas|A-Z]], but other mapmakers do not use one.

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Image:EarlsCourtEntrance1.jpg|Warwick Road Entrance with rotunda above.
Image:EarlsCourtTube TrainIndicators.jpg|The next train indicators on the District line platforms
Image:London Train Station.jpg|The District Line platforms.
Image:2008-12 London Earls Court - District Line - Eastbound.JPG|The District Line Eastbound platform.
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==See also==
*[[List of London Underground stations]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|lq/i00006lq.jpg|Future site of Earl's Court station during construction of West Brompton extension, 1867.}} Glass roof of Gloucester Road station is visible in distance.
** {{ltmcollection|83/9884683.jpg|The new Earl's Court station, 1878}}
** {{ltmcollection|k1/i00002k1.jpg|District Line platforms, 1896}}
** {{ltmcollection|20/9888120.jpg|Warwick Road entrance, 1927}}
** {{ltmcollection|91/9863691.jpg|Warwick Road entrance, 1937}}
** {{ltmcollection|/36/9868236.jpg|Interior of Warwick Road entrance, 1937}}
** {{ltmcollection|95/9863695.jpg|View of station from roof of Exhibition hall, 1937}}
** {{ltmcollection|58/9862958.jpg|Earls Court Road entrance, 1959}}
*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/image.aspx?compid=50472&filename=figure0366-133-a.gif&pubid=366 British History Online - Warwick Road entrance, 1907]

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Barons Court tube station

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'''Barons Court''' is a [[London Underground]] station on the [[District Line|District]] and [[Piccadilly Line|Piccadilly]] lines in [[West Kensington]], [[Greater London]]. The station is located on Gliddon Road, a short distance from Talgarth Road ([[A4 road (Great Britain)|A4]]) in the [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]. Barons Court is between [[West Kensington tube station|West Kensington]] and [[Hammersmith tube station (Piccadilly and District lines)|Hammersmith]] on the District Line, and between [[Earl's Court tube station|Earl's Court]] and Hammersmith on the Piccadilly Line. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 2]]. East of the station, the Piccadilly line descends into tunnel towards Earl's Court and the District line continues on the surface to West Kensington.
If travelling to Heathrow with luggage via the District/Piccadilly line it is a good place to change lines as they both use the same platform at Barons Court, so it is simply a case of stepping out of the District Line train, across the platform and on to the Piccadilly Line train - no steps or escalators to negotiate.
==History==
The tracks through Barons Court were first opened on 9 September 1874 when the [[Metropolitan and Metropolitan District Railways#Metropolitan District Railway|Metropolitan District Railway]] (MDR, now the District Line) opened an extension from Earl's Court to Hammersmith. When the line was constructed the area now known as Barons Court was open fields and [[Market gardening|market gardens]] to the west of the settlement of North End and there was no call for a station between West Kensington and Hammersmith. By the beginning of the 20th century; however, the area had been developed for housing and, on 10 October 1905, the District Railway (DR) opened the station to serve these new developments and in preparation for the opening of the [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]] (GNP&BR, now the Piccadilly Line), then under construction.

The GNP&BR began operations on 15 December 1906, running between Hammersmith and [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]]. The GNP&BR tracks come to the surface east of Barons Court and the station has two island platforms to provide an interchange between the two lines - the inner pair of tracks is used by the Piccadilly Line and the outer tracks by the District Line.

The station building was constructed to a design by Harry Ford in a style similar to that used at Earl's Court and Hammersmith and is now a [[Grade II]] [[listed building]] as it retains many of its original features. The wooden benches on the platform with the station name along the back on enameled metal panels are a unique feature.

==Name==
Many people mistakenly believe that name Barons Court is inspired by [[Earl's Court]] to the east and the association of the area in the early 19th century with the [[Christian Frederick Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach|Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach]] (died 1806) and his English wife [[Elizabeth Craven|Elizabeth]] (the [[Margravine]], the widow of the [[William Craven, 6th Baron Craven|6th Baron Craven]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p10875.htm#i108747|title=The Peerage.com|acceesdate=2009-03-02}}</ref> They had a home at [[Brandenburg House]] immediately to the west of the site of [[Charing Cross Hospital]]. The Margravine died in 1828 and is commemorated by a number of roads in the area (Margravine Road and Margravine Gardens) and the Margrave possibly by Barons Court Road although the approximate equivalent rank in the British peerage to Margrave is a [[Marquess]].

The name Barons Court is probably inspired by the Baronscourt estate in Ireland, where Sir William Palliser, who built the entire area, had connections. As well as Palliser Road itself, all the roads in the area are named after members of his family.

Perham Road - his wife 
Charleville Road - his cousins, the Earls of Charleville 
Gledstanes Road - his mother 
Barton Road - his grandmother 
Challoner Street - his great-grandmother 
Fairholme Road - his married sister 
Vereker Road - his married aunt, wife of Viscount Gort 
Comeragh Road - after the family estate in Ireland 
Castletown Road - after the Baronets Pallisers' estate in Ireland 

Sir William's brother, John Palliser (the explorer) inherited the Comeragh estate in County Waterford. Sir William did not have an Irish estate of his own. Instead, he tried to develop this London estate. He died very suddenly on 4th February 1882, and the lawyers had a field day, selling everything off, including the 11 acres which would become the Queen's Club. Sir William was heavily in debt, though if he had not died so suddenly and had managed to sell many of the houses he could have been a wealthy man. As it was, the family ended up with nothing.

A book in the Society of Genealogists, annotated in pencil by R. Burnet Morris who knew Sir William personally, provides a history of the area. Morris declared Barons Court was named "after Sir William's Irish Estates". However, a member of the Barron family believes it was named after his family's estate of Barronscourt in County Waterford. Neither theory is confirmed, but as the Pallisers had no connections with Northern Ireland, the former theory is more likely.

Unlike its neighbouring station, [[Earl's Court]], Barons Court is written without an apostrophe.

===Services===
The typical off-peak service from this station is as follows:
*12 tph to [[Heathrow Airport]] via [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]] ([[Piccadilly Line]])
*3 tph to [[Rayners Lane tube station|Rayners Lane]] via [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]] ([[Piccadilly Line]])
*3 tph to [[Uxbridge tube station|Uxbridge]] via [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]] and [[Rayners Lane tube station|Rayners Lane]] ([[Piccadilly Line]])
*3 tph to [[Northfields tube station|Northfields]] via [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]] ([[Piccadilly Line]])
*6 tph to [[Ealing Broadway station|Ealing Broadway]] via [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]] ([[District Line]])
*6 tph to [[Richmond tube station|Richmond]] ([[District Line]])
*18 tph to [[Cockfosters tube station|Cockfosters]] via Central London ([[Piccadilly Line]])
*3 tph to [[Arnos Grove tube station|Arnos Grove]] via Central London ([[Piccadilly Line]])
*6 tph to [[Tower Hill tube station|Tower Hill]] ([[District Line]])
*6 tph to [[Upminster station|Upminster]] via [[Tower Hill tube station|Tower Hill]] ([[District Line]])

==Nearby places==
*[[Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College]]'s Hammersmith site is across Talgarth Road on Gliddon Road.
*[[The Queen's Club]], location of the [[Stella Artois Championships]] tennis championship, is at the end of Palliser Road.
*The [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]], (LAMDA), is on the Talgarth Road.

==See also==
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*[[List of London Underground stations]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|9h/i0000e9h.jpg|Entrance to GNP&BR tunnel between District Railway tracks, 1906.}} In the distance can be seen the Great Ferris wheel at Earl's Court exhibition ground.
** {{ltmcollection|d5/i00002d5.jpg|Barons Court station, 1916}}
** {{ltmcollection|62/9869062.jpg|Booking hall, 1939}}
** {{ltmcollection|uu/i00000uu.jpg|View of platforms, 1983}}

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Knightsbridge tube station

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{{London stations| name = Knightsbridge| image = [[Image:Knightsbridge-tube-station-sloane-street-entrance.jpg|250px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 1|1]] | locale = [[Knightsbridge]] | borough = [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|Kensington & Chelsea]] | start= 1906 | platforms=2| tubeexits04=17.843 | tubeexits07=21.575}}
'''Knightsbridge tube station''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Knightsbridge]]. It is on the [[Piccadilly Line]] between [[South Kensington tube station|South Kensington]] and [[Hyde Park Corner tube station|Hyde Park Corner]], and is in [[Travelcard Zone 1]].

==History==

The station was opened on [[15 December]] [[1906]] by the [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]] (GNP&BR, now the Piccadilly Line). When opened, the platforms were accessed in the standard manner by four [[elevator|lifts]] and an emergency staircase connecting to parallel passageways and bridges to midway along the platforms. The original station building designed by [[Leslie Green]] was located on [[Brompton Road]] a short distance west of its junction with [[Knightsbridge]] and [[Sloane Street]]. A rear entrance was located on Basil Street.

The location of the station in a busy and fashionable shopping district meant that patronage at the station was high from the beginning, particularly due to the presence locally of the [[Harrods]] and [[Harvey Nichols]] emporiums. This contrasted with the next station on the line westward - [[Brompton Road tube station|Brompton Road]], where passenger numbers were so low that from soon after its opening many trains were timetabled not to stop there.

===Reconstruction===

In the early 1930s, the availability of government grants to stimulate the [[great depression|depressed economy]] enabled the [[Underground Electric Railways Company|Underground Group]] to carry out a major modernisation programme, during which many central London stations were brought up to date with [[escalator]]s to replace the original lifts. Knightsbridge was one of the Piccadilly Line stations to benefit from the installation of escalators.

To enable the escalators to reach the existing platforms without excessive below ground reconstruction or interference with station operations a new ticket hall was constructed under the Brompton Road/Knightsbridge/Sloane Street junction and new circulation passages were constructed at the lower level. A new station entrance was inserted into the existing building on the corner of Brompton Road and Sloane Street and the original entrances were closed (the building has subsequently been demolished). Subway entrances on the other corners of the junction enabled pedestrians to avoid the traffic on the busy junction.

To ease congestion, it was also decided to provide an additional entrance to the western end of the platforms closer to Harrods. The additional exit would further diminish the passenger numbers at Brompton Road so this station was scheduled to close. A separate ticket hall was provided for the western escalators which is accessed by a long subway from the surface entrance at the corner of Hans Crescent. This narrow subway was to be a regular problem, often becoming congested with groups of passengers trying to pass each other in the confined space.

Eventually, in 2004, this congestion was solved by the expansion of this exit into a large circular area, under the road towards Harrods, with the way out of the station being by a stairway in the midst of the road.

The station recently underwent the first major refurbishment of the platforms since the reconstruction with the 1930s cream-coloured tiles being concealed behind a modern metal cladding system.

== Miscellany ==

*It is the only tube station on the London Underground network to have six consecutive consonants in its name.
*The tunnels between Knightsbridge and South Kensington stations follow a particularly twisting route to avoid a 17th century [[plague pit]]. <ref name="Arnold">Arnold, C. Necropolis: London and Its Dead</ref>

== In popular culture ==

The station appeared in a 1992 episode of ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' (''Rumpole and the Children of the Devil''), as Horace Rumpole and his wife Hilda travel there separately from [[Temple tube station|Temple]] and [[Gloucester Road tube station|Gloucester Road]] stations respectively.

The opening scene of the 1997 film version of [[Henry James]]'s ''[[The Wings of the Dove (film)|The Wings of the Dove]]'' was set on the east-bound platforms at both Dover Street and Knightsbridge stations, both represented by the same studio mock-up, complete with a working recreation of a [[London Underground 1906 Stock|1906 Stock]] train.

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Image:Knightsbridge station westbound look east.JPG|Westbound platform looking east
Image:Knightsbridge station eastbound look west.JPG|Eastbound platform looking west
Image:Knightsbridge station roundel.JPG|Platform roundel
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== External links ==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|2d/i000062d.jpg|Original station building featuring non-standard decorative relief at high level, 1906}}
** {{ltmcollection|24/9887424.jpg|Basil Street entrance, 1925}}
** {{ltmcollection|71/i0000k71.jpg|Ticket hall, 1927}}
** {{ltmcollection|19/9859619.jpg|New station building, 1934.}} Compare elevation with current image which shows changes have been made to increase the width of the façade and to the first floor windows
** {{ltmcollection|53/9865053.jpg|New sub-surface ticket hall with ticket machines and top of escalators, 1934}}
** {{ltmcollection|68/9865068.jpg|Western ticket hall from end of sub-way with ticket machines, 1934}}
** {{ltmcollection|74/9865074.jpg|Sub-way to western ticket hall, 1934}}
** {{ltmcollection|58/9865058.jpg|Sub-way to western ticket hall, alternative view, 1934}}

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Hyde Park Corner tube station

2009-08-10T03:39:06Z

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{{London stations| name = Hyde Park Corner | image =[[Image:Old Hyde Park Corner station building.jpg|220px]] |caption =Former Hyde Park Corner station building| manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 1|1]] | locale = [[Hyde Park Corner]] | borough = [[City of Westminster|Westminster]] | start=1906 | platforms= 2 | tubeexits04=4.449 | tubeexits07=5.597 }}
'''Hyde Park Corner''' is a [[London Underground]] station near [[Hyde Park Corner]] in [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]]. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 1]], between [[Knightsbridge tube station|Knightsbridge]] and [[Green Park tube station|Green Park]] on the [[Piccadilly Line]].

== History ==
The station was opened by the [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]] on 15 December 1906. The original, [[Leslie Green]]-designed station building still remains to the south of the road junction, notable by its ox-blood coloured tiles; it is currently used as a [[pizza|pizza restaurant]]. The building was taken out of use in the early 1930s when the station was provided with [[escalators]] in place of [[elevators|lifts]] although an emergency stairway provides a connection to the platforms. The lift shafts are now used to provide ventilation. This non-operational part of the station is said to be chillingly haunted by the sound of girls crying, so station staff are reluctant to visit this part of the station at night.{{Fact|date=July 2007}}

When the station was rebuilt with escalators the adjacent little-used station at [[Down Street tube station|Down Street]] to the east (towards Green Park) was taken out of use.

== Station Information ==
It is one of the few stations which have no associated buildings above ground, the station being fully underground. The current entrance to the station is accessed from within the pedestrian underpass system around the Hyde Park Corner junction.

When the central section of the Piccadilly Line is closed (such as after the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]]), the station becomes the terminus of the western part due to the presence of a crossover tunnel to the east of the station.

==Refurbishment==

Work started in May 2009 to improve parts of the station, as part of [[Transport for London]]'s ''Transforming the Tube'' investment programme. Whilst these works take place trains will not stop at the station between 22:00 and 06:00 the following morning, from Sunday to Thursday inclusive (apart from selected dates, mainly when concerts are being held in nearby Hyde Park)<ref>[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/livetravelnews/realtime/tube/station-closures.pdf Transport for London station closures]. Retrieved on 2009-07-08.</ref>.

By June 2009, evidence of the works was visible at the platform level, with contractors beginning to remove some of the old glazed tiles from the walls.

== Paranormal Events ==
The station, like many on the [[London Underground|underground]] has had numerous encounters with ghosts and spirits. Many have been focused around, [[escalators]] switching themselves on when they have been turned off, faces of ghostly spirits in the station booking hall, etc. Station staff have reported seeing these unexplained ghosts to many people. Some staff have seen the ghosts and not returned to the station. The station was also on [[The History Channel|The History Channel's]] programme entitled 'Ghosts on the Underground'.

== References ==
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Image:Hyde Park Corner stn westbound look east.JPG|Westbound platform looking east
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Green Park tube station

2009-08-10T03:19:10Z

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'''Green Park tube station''' is a [[London Underground]] station located on the north side of [[Green Park]], close to the intersection of [[Piccadilly]] and the pedestrian Queen's Walk. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 1]].

The station is served by the [[Piccadilly line]], between [[Piccadilly Circus tube station|Piccadilly Circus]] and [[Hyde Park Corner tube station|Hyde Park Corner]], the [[Victoria line]], between [[Victoria Station (London)|Victoria]] and [[Oxford Circus tube station|Oxford Circus]], and the [[Jubilee line]], between [[Bond Street tube station|Bond Street]] and [[Westminster tube station|Westminster]].

==History and structure==

The station was opened on 15 December 1906 by the [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]] (GNP&BR), the precursor of the Piccadilly line. The station was originally named '''[[Dover Street]]''' due to its location in that street. When the station was rebuilt in 1933 with [[escalator]] access to the platforms, a new sub-surface ticket hall was built to the west under the roadway and new station entrances were constructed on the corner of Piccadilly and Stratton Street and on the south side of Piccadilly. The station name was changed at this time.

With the rebuilding of the station and similar works at Hyde Park Corner, the little-used Piccadilly line station between the two at [[Down Street tube station|Down Street]] was taken out of use.

The Victoria line platforms opened on 7 March 1969; interchange between that line and the Piccadilly line was via the ticket hall (without having to pass through the exit barriers). The Jubilee line platforms opened on 1 May 1979, at which time the next station south on the Jubilee Line was its then southern terminus, [[Charing Cross tube station|Charing Cross]]; those platforms were closed when the Jubilee line was extended on a new alignment towards Westminster; at the same time interchange facilities at Green Park were improved. When travelling south from Green Park on the Jubilee Line, Green Park Junction, where the new line diverges from the old, is visible from the train. While passenger services no longer operate to Charing Cross on the Jubilee Line, the old line is used regularly to reverse trains when the eastern part of the line is closed due to engineering works.

On the 9 October 1975, terrorists belonging to the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] detonated a bomb outside Green Park tube station, killing a 23-year old Graham Ronald Tuck. Similar attacks during [[The Troubles]] resulted in deaths at [[West Ham station]] in 1976 and [[Victoria Station (London)|Victoria Station]] in 1991.

== In popular culture ==
The opening scene of the 1997 film version of [[Henry James]]'s ''[[The Wings of the Dove (film)|The Wings of the Dove]]'' was set on the east-bound platforms at both Dover Street and [[Knightsbridge tube station|Knightsbridge]] stations, both represented by the same studio mock-up, complete with a working recreation of a [[London Underground 1906 Stock|1906 Stock]] train.

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Image:green.park.tube.london.arp.jpg|Jubilee Line at Green Park Tube station
Image:Green Park Victoria Line train.jpg|Victoria Line platform and train
Image:Green Park Jubilee Leafs.jpg|Leaf design on the Jubilee Line platforms represents the trees in nearby Green Park
Image:Green Park stn Victoria motif.JPG|Original tree motif tiling restored on Victoria line platforms represents the trees in nearby Green Park
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==Transport connections==

[[London Buses]] routes 9, 14, 19, 22, 38 and C2 serve the station.

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/9/newsid_2531000/2531191.stm BBC: On this day]
*[http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
**{{ltmcollection|43/9858843.jpg|Dover Street station, 1911}}
**{{ltmcollection|6x/i0000k6x.jpg|Ticket office and lift lobby, 1927}}
**{{ltmcollection|18/9865918.jpg|New sub-surface ticket hall and Piccadilly line escalators, 1934}}
**{{ltmcollection|27/9858827.jpg|New station entrance on north side of Piccadilly, 1934}}
**{{ltmcollection|eo/i0000deo.jpg|New station entrance and bus shelter on south side of Piccadilly, 1934}}

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Covent Garden tube station

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{{London stations| name = Covent Garden | image = [[File:Covent Garden stn building.JPG|300px|Covent Garden]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 1|1]] | locale = [[Covent Garden]] | borough = [[City of Westminster|Westminster]] | start=1907 | platforms=2 | tubeexits05= 15.518 | tubeexits07=12.742}}
[[Image:Covent Garden stn tiling.JPG|left|thumb|Signage on the platforms]]'''Covent Garden''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Covent Garden]]. It is on the [[Piccadilly Line]] between [[Leicester Square tube station|Leicester Square]] and [[Holborn tube station|Holborn]]. The station is on the corner of [[Long Acre]] and James Street. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 1]].

The station was opened by [[Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway]] on 11 April 1907, four months after services on the rest of the line began operating on 15 December 1906.

Covent Garden station is one of the few stations in [[Central London]] for which platform access is only by [[elevator|lift]] or [[stairs]] and is reportedly the busiest station on the network of this type. To control congestion on Saturday afternoons, when the surrounding shopping areas are at their busiest, the station was previously exit only to avoid the risk of dangerous overcrowding of the platforms, but following replacement of the lifts, this restriction has been lifted. There are four lifts which give access to street level, although a final flight of stairs from the lifts to the platforms means that the station is wheelchair inaccessible. Alternatively, there is an emergency spiral stair. During the lift journey a recorded announcement is played asking passengers to have their tickets/passes ready as they exit the lifts and advising where to turn for Covent Garden's market.

The journey between Leicester Square station and Covent Garden is only 260 metres (0.161 miles), the shortest distance between two adjacent stations on the Underground network.<ref>[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/modesoftransport/londonunderground/1608.aspx Key facts | Transport for London]</ref> Interestingly, this means that London Underground's standard £4 single fare for the journey between these two stations<ref>http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/tickets/faresandtickets/2007/farefinder/default.asp?from=Covent+Garden&to=Leicester+Square&type=Adult&showfares=Show+fares</ref> equates to £24.84 a mile, making this fare for this particular journey more expensive per mile than the [[Venice Simplon Orient Express]]<ref>[http://www.orient-express.com/web/vsoe/journeys/3_939.jsp Orient Express: London-Paris-Venice aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express luxury train]</ref>. Posters at the station give details of the alternative methods of getting to and from Covent Garden using surrounding stations.

[[Transport for London]] has made a commitment to ease the congestion at the station, which may involve the creation of a new exit further north along Long Acre (i.e. away from [[Covent Garden|Covent Garden Piazza]] and nearer the eclectic shopping area which surrounds [[Neal's Yard]]), and the provision of escalator access.

It is said that the ghost of actor [[William Terriss]] haunts the station<ref>[http://www.timeout.com/london/features/89.html Timeout London article, "City of the Dead", by Peter Watts, dated 25 October 2005]</ref>.

==References==
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* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|ia/i00009ia.jpg|Passengers boarding a train at Covent Garden, 1921}}
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** {{ltmcollection|zz/i0000czz.jpg|Lift with ticket inspector, 1936}}
** {{ltmcollection|49/9859649.jpg|Station facade, 1937}}

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Roding Valley tube station

2009-08-09T23:48:14Z

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{{London stations| name = Roding Valley <code>{{Access icon}}</code> | image =[[Image:Roding Valley building.jpg|300px]]| manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Buckhurst Hill]] | borough = [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]]/[[Epping Forest]] | years=1903 1936 1947 1948 | events=Track laid (GER) Opened (LNER) Closed (LNER) Opened (Central Line) | platforms=2 |tubeexits05=0.198 | tubeexits07=0.201 }}
'''Roding Valley''' is a [[London Underground]] station situated directly on the border between the [[Epping Forest (district)|Epping Forest]] district of [[Essex]] and the [[London Borough of Redbridge]]. The station is between [[Chigwell tube station|Chigwell]] and [[Woodford tube station|Woodford]] stations. It is located in Station Way and Cherry Tree Rise (off Buckhurst Way). Since [[2 January]] [[2007]], the station is in [[Travelcard Zone 4]]. Since January 2009, it has had step-free access.

With roughly 201,000 passengers a year, Roding Valley is the least used station on the entire Underground network, although passenger numbers are growing.
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==History==
The tracks though Roding Valley were opened on [[1 May]] [[1903]] by the [[Great Eastern Railway]] (GER) on its Woodford to [[Ilford railway station|Ilford]] line (the [[Fairlop Loop]]). The station was not opened until [[3 February]] [[1936]] by the [[London & North Eastern Railway]] (LNER, successor to the GER). It was originally named '''Roding Valley Halt''' (though while the full name appeared on tickets and timetables, the word "Halt" appeared on only some of the station signage), and was opened to serve new housing developments between Buckhurst Hill and Woodford. It was named after the [[River Roding]] which is close by to the east. The track rises towards Chigwell and crosses the Roding over an impressive viaduct. Woodford Junction, where the Hainault branch leaves the main Central Line to [[Epping tube station|Epping]], is very close to the station - Roding Valley's platforms are visible from the train in either direction between Woodford and Buckhurst Hill (on the left of the train towards Woodford).

As part of the 1935-1940 "New Works Programme" of the [[London Passenger Transport Board]] the majority of the [[Woodford]] to [[Ilford]] loop was to be transferred to form the eastern extensions of the Central line. Although work started in 1938 it was suspended at the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] in 1939 and work was only was resumed in 1946. In connection with the alterations required for the electrification of the line, the station was closed from [[29 November]] [[1947]]. It reopened, with its present name, and was first served by the Central Line from [[21 November]] [[1948]]. The rather basic station buildings (all-wooden on the Woodford-bound side) were replaced by more substantial structures by 1949.

From the mid 1960s until the early 1990s the Woodford-Hainault section was largely separately operated from the rest of the Central Line, using four-car (later three-car) trains of 1960 Stock. The three car units had a 1938 tube stock middle carriage. These trains were adapted for [[Automatic train operation|Automatic Train Operation]] (ATO): the Woodford-Hainault section became the testing ground for ATO on the Victoria Line. Some Victoria Line (1967 Stock) trains were also used to operate this section and named FACT, 'Fully Automatic Controlled Train'. The separate operation has now been abolished, the 1960 Stock withdrawn and through trains to Central London now operate, albeit via Hainault. Because of this, it is normally quicker to travel to Woodford and change there, as trains to central London run frequently from that point. At the build up to the peak periods, some trains starting from Hainault depot operate to central London via Grange Hill, Chigwell, Roding Valley and Woodford, although this service is provided merely for operating convenience rather than passenger demand.

Roding Valley is the most lightly used station on the Underground, and since [[5 February]] [[2006]] has been one of the small number of stations on the network to have no staffed ticket office, though like at neighbouring Chigwell a member of staff sometimes is present at the station. Before this, the ticket office was only staffed for a few hours every week to allow the sale of period [[Travelcard]]s and other season tickets. In the 1980s the station had a foreman, a ticket office clerk and two railmen, one of whom sold tickets on the Woodford bound (inner rail) platform using a Gibson machine, the other collecting tickets on the Chigwell bound (outer rail) platform.

On [[19 November]] [[2006]] service at the station was extended from 8 pm to approximately midnight.<ref>[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-centre/press-releases/press-releases-content.asp?prID=912 Transport for London] - ''Later Tube services on Hainault loop''</ref>

The station is served regularly by bus service 549 (as of June 2003) although the hourly service runs along Buckhurst Way with the stop outside the Monkhams Pub and not the station itself.

==References==
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* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|67/9855967.jpg|Roding Valley Halt station, 1937}}
** {{ltmcollection|qz/i00008qz.jpg|Roding Valley station shortly after Underground services commenced, 1948}}

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Image:1992 Stock Roding Valley.jpg|Train arrives on a Hainault-bound service
Image:Roding_Valley_stn_west.JPG|Looking west towards Woodford
Image:Roding_Valley_stn_east.JPG|Looking east towards Chigwell and Hainault. Train arrives on a Woodford-bound service
Image:Roding_Valley_entr_south.JPG|Southern entrance on Station Approach
Image:Roding_Valley_roundel.JPG|Roundel on Hainault-bound platform
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Chigwell tube station

2009-08-09T23:41:35Z

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{{London stations| name = Chigwell | image = [[Image:Chigwell stn building.JPG|300px]]| manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Chigwell]] | borough = [[Epping Forest (district)|Epping Forest]] | years=1903 1947 1948 | events=Opened (GER) Closed (LNER) Opened (Central Line) | platforms=2 |tubeexits05= 0.203 | tubeexits07=0.380 }}
'''Chigwell''' is a [[London Underground]] station at [[Chigwell]] in the [[Epping Forest (district)|Epping Forest]] district of [[Essex]]. It is located on the [[Hainault Loop]] of the [[Central Line]] and is between [[Grange Hill tube station|Grange Hill]] and [[Roding Valley tube station|Roding Valley]] stations. Since [[2 January]] [[2007]], the station is in [[Travelcard Zone 4]].

==History==
The station was opened on [[1 May]] [[1903]] by the [[Great Eastern Railway]] (GER) on its [[Woodford]] to [[Ilford]] line (the [[Fairlop Loop]]).<ref name=CULG_01>{{cite web
| title = Clive's Underground Line Guides, Central Line, Dates
| url = http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/central.html#dates
| accessdate = 2007-12-29 }}</ref> As a consequence of the 1921 [[Railways Act 1921|Railways Act]], the GER was merged with other railway companies in 1923 to become part of the [[London & North Eastern Railway]] (LNER).

The Woodford to Ilford loop was largely integrated into the London Underground Central Line as part of the [[London Passenger Transport Board]]'s "New Works Programme" of 1935 - 1940, which saw an extension of electric tube services into north-east London. As part of this work the station closed on [[29 November]] [[1947]].<ref name=CULG_01/> Electric Underground trains served the station from [[21 November]] [[1948]].<ref name=CULG_01/>

From the mid-1960s until the early 1990s, the Woodford-Hainault section was operated largely separately from the rest of the Central Line, using four-car (later three-car) trains of [[London Underground 1960 Stock|1960 Stock]]. These trains were adapted for [[Automatic train operation|Automatic Train Operation]] (ATO); the Woodford-Hainault section became the testing ground for ATO prior to its implementation on the [[Victoria Line]]. Separate operation has now been abolished and through trains to Central London now operate.

On [[19 November]] [[2006]], service at the station was extended from 8 pm to approximately midnight.

On [[5 February]] [[2006]], the station became one of the first on the network to operate without a staffed ticket office, though like at neighbouring Roding Valley, a member of staff is sometimes present at the station.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|12/9864312.jpg|Booking hall of Chigwell station, 1955}}

==Gallery==
{{commonscat|Chigwell tube station}}
<gallery>
Image:Chigwell_stn_west.JPG|Looking west (operationally, 'eastbound' due to the loop line from Hainault)
Image:Chigwell_stn_east.JPG|Looking east (operationally, 'westbound' due to the loop line from Woodford)
Image:Chigwell stn roundel.JPG|Roundel on 'eastbound' platform, towards Woodford
</gallery>

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Grange Hill tube station

2009-08-09T23:30:25Z

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{{London stations| name = Grange Hill | image = [[Image:Grange Hill stn entr.JPG|300px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Chigwell]] | borough = [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]] | years=1903 1947 1948 | events=Opened (GER) Closed (LNER) Opened (Central Line) | platforms=2 |tubeexits05=0.227 | tubeexits07=0.395 }}

'''Grange Hill station''' is a [[London Underground]] station on the [[Central Line]] which lies on the boundary between the [[London Borough of Redbridge]] and the [[Epping Forest (district)|Epping Forest]] district of [[Essex]]. The station is between [[Hainault tube station]] and [[Chigwell tube station]]. The station has been in [[Travelcard Zone 4]] since [[2 January]] [[2007]].

The station was opened by the [[Great Eastern Railway]] on [[1 May]] [[1903]] on their [[Fairlop Loop]] line between [[Woodford]] and [[Ilford]].

As a consequence of the 1921 [[Railways Act 1921|Railways Act]], the GER was merged with other railway companies in 1923 to become part of the [[London & North Eastern Railway]] (LNER). As part of the 1935 - 1940 "New Works Programme" of the [[London Passenger Transport Board]] the majority of the [[Woodford]] to [[Ilford]] loop was to be transferred to form the eastern extensions of the Central line. Although work commenced in 1938 it was suspended upon the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] in 1939 and work only recommenced in 1946. In connection with the alterations required for the electrification of the line, the station was closed from [[29 November]] [[1947]]. It reopened and was first served by the Central Line from [[21 November]] [[1948]]. The station ticket office was reconstructed as part of this work following destruction of the original building by a [[Germany|German]] V1 '[[V-1 flying bomb|Doodlebug]]' in July 1944. The 1903 building was very similar to the next station to the north, [[Chigwell tube station|Chigwell]], which is still largely untouched to this day, and the original building further south at [[Newbury Park tube station|Newbury Park]], demolished in 1956 to make way for a road improvement.

From the mid 1960s until the early 1990s the Woodford-Hainault section was largely separately operated from the rest of the Central Line, using four car (later three car) trains of 1960 Stock. These trains were adapted for [[Automatic train operation|Automatic Train Operation]] (ATO); the Woodford-Hainault section became the testing ground for ATO on the [[Victoria Line]]. The separate operation has now been abolished and through trains to Central London via Hainault now operate. At the beginning of the morning and evening peak periods, some trains starting from Hainault depot enter service at Grange Hill and work to central London via Woodford although in the current timetable, no trains return to Hainault depot via Grange Hill, doing so instead via Newbury Park and Hainault.

As of [[5 February]] [[2006]], the station became one of the first on the network to operate without a staffed ticket office, though like at neighbouring Chigwell, a member of staff is sometimes present at the station.

On [[19 November]] [[2006]] service at the station was extended from 8 pm to approximately midnight.<ref>[http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/3474.aspx Transport for London] - ''Later Tube services on Hainault loop''</ref>

==Trivia==
The station has no connection with the long-running (1978 onwards) [[BBC]] children's [[Grange Hill|television series]] of the same name, even though the series was (until 2003) set in [[Greater London]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|18/9855918.jpg|Grange Hill station, 1955}}
** {{ltmcollection|15/9864315.jpg|Booking hall, 1955}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Grange_Hill_stn_north.JPG|Looking north ('eastbound' due to loop line from Hainault), at northern end of station
Image:Grange_Hill_stn_south.JPG|Looking south ('westbound' due to loop line from Woodford)
Image:Grange_Hill_stn_roundel1.JPG|Roundel on 'westbound' platform
Image:Grange_Hill_stn_sidings.JPG|Looking south at southern end of station towards access to Hainault depot
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Hainault tube station

2009-08-09T23:21:20Z

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{{London stations| name = Hainault | image =[[Image:Hainault stn building.JPG|300px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Hainault]] | borough = [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]] | years=1903 1908 1930 1947 1948 1948 | events=Opened (GER) Closed (GER) Reopened (LNER) Closed (LNER) Opened as terminus (Central Line) Became through station | platforms=3 |tubeexits05=1.772 | tubeexits07=2.242 }}
'''Hainault''' is a station on the [[Central Line]] in [[Hainault]] in the [[London Borough of Redbridge]]. Since [[2 January]] [[2007]] the station is in [[Travelcard Zone 4]].

The station was opened on [[1 May]] [[1903]] as part of the [[Great Eastern Railway]]'s (GER) [[Woodford]] to [[Ilford]] "loop" or branch line (the [[Fairlop Loop]]). This line designed to stimulate suburban growth was closed due to a lack of custom on [[1 October]] [[1908]] and did not reopen until [[2 March]] [[1930]]. In the interim the 1921 [[Railways Act 1921|Railways Act]], had caused the GER to be merged with other railway companies in 1923 and the new operator was the [[London & North Eastern Railway]] (LNER). As part of the 1935 - 1940 "New Works Programme" of the [[London Passenger Transport Board]] the majority of the loop was to be transferred to form the eastern extensions of the Central line. Although work commenced in 1938 it was suspended upon the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] in 1939 and work only recommenced in 1946.

Steam train services serving Hainault were suspended on [[29 November]] [[1947]] and electrified Central Line passenger services, to Central London via [[Gants Hill tube station|Gants Hill]], finally commenced on [[31 May]] [[1948]]. The line from [[Newbury Park tube station|Newbury Park]] to Hainault had been electrified for empty train movements to the new depot at Hainault from [[14 December]] [[1947]]. The services to [[Woodford tube station|Woodford]] via [[Grange Hill tube station|Grange Hill]], were reintroduced on [[21 November]] [[1948]].

Alterations at Hainault included a new island platform on the west side of the station to allow the bulk of services via Gants Hill to be terminated here as well as allowing access to Hainault Depot. This, situated to the north of the station is the major train depot on the eastern end of the line. The building was completed in 1939 but was used by the [[US Army Transportation Corps]] until 1945. The depot was in use for Central Line stock from [[14 December]] [[1947]].

For many years, the lightly used Woodford-Hainault section was largely operated as a separate shuttle. The section was adapted in the mid 1960s for experimental [[Automatic Train Operation]] (ATO) using modified [[London Underground 1960 Stock|1960 Stock]] units. ATO was subsequently adopted on the [[Victoria Line]]. The Woodford-Hainault service is no longer operated separately and the 1960 Stock (along with the rest of the Central Line's [[London Underground 1962 Stock|1962 Stock]]) has been superseded by trains of [[London Underground 1992 Stock|1992 Stock]].

An ongoing refurbishment programme has seen the ticket office completed, with work now continuing on a supervisors office and the mobility impaired lifts street to platforms being the next stage on the project.

==Service==

Typical off-peak service level is:

* 3 trains per hours (tph) to [[Woodford tube station|Woodford]]
* 9 tph to [[Ealing Broadway station|Ealing Broadway]] via [[Newbury Park tube station|Newbury Park]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{commonscat-inline}}
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|86/9855286.jpg|Hainault LNER station, 1935}}
** {{ltmcollection|79/9855279.jpg|Hainault station rebuilt, 1948}}
** {{ltmcollection|59/9888359.jpg|Booking hall, 1955}}
** {{ltmcollection|rz/i00001rz.jpg|View of platforms, 1955}}
** {{ltmcollection|b6/i00001b6.jpg|Hainault station, 2001}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Hainault_south_p2.JPG|Looking south ('westbound') from platform 2
Image:Hainault_south_p3.JPG|Looking south ('westbound') from platform 3, sidings from depot visible on right
Image:Hainault_north_p2.JPG|Looking north ('eastbound') from platform 2
Image:Hainault_north_p3.JPG|Looking north ('eastbound') from platform 3, depot visible in distance
Image:Hainault_north_p23.JPG|Looking north ('eastbound') along platforms 2 (right) and 3, with 1930s style shelter
Image:Hainault_stn_roundel.JPG|Roundel on platform 2
</gallery>

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Fairlop tube station

2009-08-09T22:52:32Z

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{{London stations| name = Fairlop | image =[[Image:Fairlop stn building.JPG|300px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Barkingside]] | borough = [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]] | years=1903 1947 1948 | events=Opened (GER) Closed (LNER) Opened (Central Line) | platforms=2 |tubeexits05=0.456 | tubeexits07=0.697 }}

'''Fairlop''' is a station on the [[Central Line]] of the [[London Underground]]. It has been in [[Travelcard Zone 4]] since [[2 January]] [[2007]]. It is on the north side of Forest Road, in [[Fairlop]], just north of [[Barkingside]].

The station was opened on [[1 May]] [[1903]] as part of the [[Great Eastern Railway]]'s (GER) [[Woodford]] to [[Ilford]] "loop" or branch line (the [[Fairlop Loop]]). This line, designed to stimulate suburban growth, had a chequered career. As a consequence of the 1921 [[Railways Act 1921|Railways Act]], the GER was merged with other railway companies in 1923 to become part of the [[London & North Eastern Railway]] (LNER). As part of the 1935 - 1940 "New Works Programme" of the [[London Passenger Transport Board]], the majority of the loop was to be transferred to form the eastern extensions of the Central Line. Although work commenced in 1938, it was suspended on the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] in 1939 and work only recommenced in 1946.

Steam train services serving Fairlop were suspended on [[29 November]] [[1947]] and electrified Central Line passenger services, to Central London via [[Gants Hill tube station|Gants Hill]], finally commenced on [[31 May]] [[1948]]. The line from [[Newbury Park tube station|Newbury Park]] to [[Hainault tube station|Hainault]] through Fairlop had been electrified for empty train movements to the new depot at Hainault from [[14 December]] [[1947]].

Few alterations took place during this transfer, and the station remains a fine example of an [[Edwardian]] railway station including canopies that still bear the "GER" symbol in the bracketry.

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==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|62/9855262.jpg|Fairlop LNER station, 1935}}
** {{ltmcollection|sb/i00001sb.jpg|View of platforms, 1953}}
** {{ltmcollection|37/9864337.jpg|Booking hall, 1955}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Fairlop_north.JPG|Looking north, with GER bracketry visible beneath the canopy.
Image:Fairlop_south.JPG|Looking south.
Image:Fairlop_roundel.JPG|Roundel on "eastbound" platform.
Image:GER bracketry Fairlop.JPG|Close-up of GER bracketry still visible beneath the platform awnings.
</gallery>

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== References ==
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Barkingside tube station

2009-08-09T22:42:06Z

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{{London stations| name = Barkingside | image = [[Image:Barkingside full stn building.JPG|300px]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Barkingside]] | borough = [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]] | years=1903 1947 1948 | events=Opened (GER) Closed (LNER) Opened (Central Line) | platforms=2 |tubeexits05= 0.539 | tubeexits07=0.859 }}

'''Barkingside tube station''' is a [[London Underground]] station on the [[Central Line]]. It has been in [[Travelcard Zone 4]] since [[2 January]] [[2007]]. It is on the eastern edge of [[Barkingside]] in the [[London Borough of Redbridge]], at the end of a cul-de-sac called Station Road. The station is above ground and has two platforms - northbound and southbound. The station is located at {{gbmapping|TQ448894}}.

The station originally opened on [[1 May]] [[1903]], as part of a [[Great Eastern Railway]] (GER) branch line from [[Woodford]] to [[Ilford]] via [[Hainault]]. This "[[Fairlop Loop]]", designed to stimulate suburban growth had a chequered history and Barkingside station was temporarily closed to passenger traffic, due to World War 1 economies, from [[22 May]] [[1916]] until [[30 June]] [[1919]]. As a consequence of the 1921 [[Railways Act 1921|Railways Act]], the GER was merged with other railway companies in 1923 to become part of the [[London & North Eastern Railway]] (LNER).

As part of the 1935 - 1940 "New Works Programme" of the [[London Passenger Transport Board]] the majority of the loop was to be transferred to form the eastern extensions of the Central Line. Although work commenced in 1938 it was suspended upon the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 and work only recommenced in 1946. Steam train services serving Barkingside were suspended on [[29 November]] [[1947]] and electrified Central line passenger services, to Central London via [[Gants Hill tube station|Gants Hill]], finally commenced on [[31 May]] [[1948]]. The line from [[Newbury Park tube station|Newbury Park]] to [[Hainault tube station|Hainault]] through Barkingside had been electrified for empty train movements to the new depot at Hainault from [[14 December]] [[1947]].

Few alterations took place to the station upon transfer to the Underground. Barkingside station is a "Grade II" [[listed building]], marking it as a structure of architectural significance. Probably designed under the direction of W. N. Ashbee, the GER architect, it is dominated by a substantial brick building, surmounted by a cupola. The interior is notable for the fine [[hammerbeam roof]] to the ticket hall. Both platforms retain the ornate canopies with the "GER" initials still visible in the bracketry.

==Gallery==
<Gallery>
Image:087642 92759454.jpg|looking south from Station Road
Image:Barkingside_stn_north.JPG|looking north ('eastbound')
Image:Barkingside_stn_south.JPG|looking south ('westbound')
Image:Barkingside stn entrance.JPG|Close-up of entrance
Image:Barkingside_roundel.JPG|roundel on 'eastbound' platform
</Gallery>

==External links==
* [http://photos.ltmcollection.org London Transport Museum Photographic Archive]
** {{ltmcollection|50/9855250.jpg|Barkingside LNER station, 1930s}}
** {{ltmcollection|sc/i00001sc.jpg|Barkingside station, 1953}}
** {{ltmcollection|49/9865049.jpg|Booking hall, 1955}}

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[[Category:London Travelcard zone 4]]
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Newbury Park tube station

2009-08-09T22:33:14Z

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{{London stations| name = Newbury Park | image = [[Image:Newbury Park Tube station.jpg|300px|Newbury Park]] | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Newbury Park, London|Newbury Park]] | borough = [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]] | years=1903 1947 1947 1948 | events=Opened (GER) Closed (LNER) Opened as terminus (Central Line) Became through station | platforms= 2 | tubeexits05= 2.678 | tubeexits07=3.382}}
'''Newbury Park tube station''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Newbury Park, London|Newbury Park]], in the [[London Borough of Redbridge]]. It is on the [[Hainault tube station|Hainault]] loop of the [[Central Line]], in [[Travelcard Zone 4|Zone 4]].

Newbury Park originally opened on [[1 May]] [[1903]], as part of a [[Great Eastern Railway]] (GER) branch line from [[Woodford tube station|Woodford]] to [[Ilford railway station|Ilford]] via Hainault, known as the [[Fairlop Loop]]. This line, designed to stimulate suburban growth, had a chequered career. As a consequence of the 1921 [[Railways Act 1921|Railways Act]], the GER was merged with other railway companies in 1923 to become part of the [[London & North Eastern Railway]] (LNER).

As part of the 1935 - 1940 "New Works Programme" of the [[London Passenger Transport Board]] the majority of the loop was to be transferred to form the eastern extensions of the Central line. Although work commenced in 1938 it was suspended upon the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] in 1939 and work only recommenced in 1945. This involved the construction of a new tube tunnel from [[Leytonstone tube station|Leytonstone]] via [[Redbridge tube station|Redbridge]] which surfaced at Newbury Park to connect with the lines of the existing Ilford - Woodford branch.

Steam train services serving Newbury Park were suspended on [[29 November]] [[1947]] and electrified Central line passenger services, to Central London via [[Gants Hill tube station|Gants Hill]], finally commenced on [[14 December]] [[1947]]. On the same day the line beyond, to the new Hainault depot, was electrified for empty train movements. The station ceased to be the temporary terminus of the Central line on [[31 May]] [[1948]] with the extension of passenger services to Hainault station. The surface tracks from Newbury Park to Ilford were severed by expansion of Ilford Carriage Sheds in 1947, whilst those to Seven Kings were severed in 1956. The former alignment was in a cutting which was filled in and subsequently provided land for allotment gardens and (more recently) housing. Three road bridges apparently spanning a missing alignment are the only clues to the old railway. The last vestige of the former line was a turn-back siding south of the station, used by main-line freight trains travelling around the loop from Woodford until 1965, and by Underground engineering trains until 1992 when it was finally abandoned.

North of the station, the tracks were rearranged upon transfer to London Underground such that the former through eastbound road became a reversing siding, though retaining the connection towards [[Barkingside tube station|Barkingside]], whilst through trains use a road formerly part of the sidings and freight-yard built to the west of the running lines. The northern end of the platforms were truncated to facilitate insertion of the points-work for the re-arrangement. The sidings were abandoned when Hainault depot fully opened in 1948, whilst the freight yard closed in 1965. Today some eastbound trains still terminate at Newbury Park before reversing back to central London.

The station's most prominent feature is the adjacent bus station. designed by Oliver Hill, and opened on [[6 July]] [[1949]]. Distinguished by the copper covered barrel-vaulted roof the structure, now "Listed" as being of architectural merit, it also won a [[Festival of Britain]] architectural award in 1951. The rest of the station's proposed reconstruction was not completed due to post-war economies. The original station building, which was very similar to [[Chigwell tube station]] (further north on the Loop), was demolished in 1956 to facilitate widening of the adjacent [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12]] ''Eastern Avenue''. Another similar building existed at [[Grange Hill tube station]] (the next station south from Chigwell) but this was flattened by a [[Germany|German]] [[V1 flying bomb]] in 1944.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{ltmcollection|0l/i000050l.jpg|London Transport Museum Photographic Archive}} - Bus Station shortly after opening

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Newbury_Park_north.JPG|Just to the north of the station, there is a reversing "siding" for terminating eastbound trains, though this is actually a through track.
Image:Newbury_Park_roundel.JPG|Roundel near northern end of westbound platform.
Image:Newbury_Park_westbound.JPG|Looking westbound, though as the platforms are aligned north/south, we are actually looking south!
Image:Newbury_Park_eastbound.JPG|Looking eastbound, though as the platforms are aligned north/south, we are actually looking north!
Image:Newbury_Park_roundel2.JPG|Roundel near southern end of westbound platform.
Image:Newbury_Park_south.JPG|The [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12]] ''Eastern Avenue'' crosses the [[Central line]] just to the south of the station. Note eastbound tunnel portal.
Image:GER bracketry Newbury Park.JPG|GER bracketry still visible beneath the platform awnings.
Image:Newbury Park portals.JPG|Looking south from the ''Eastern Avenue'' towards the former alignment towards [[Ilford]], with the modern tube diverging either side and burrowing underground to head westwards to [[Gants Hill]] and beyond.
</gallery>

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Gants Hill tube station

2009-08-09T22:23:20Z

77.196.60.207:

{{London stations| name = Gants Hill | image = [[Image:Gants Hill stn southwest entrance.JPG|300px|Southwestern station entrance]]
| manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Gants Hill]] | borough = [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]] | start=1947 | platforms= 2 |tubeexits05 = 3.799 | tubeexits07=4.527}}
'''Gants Hill tube station''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Gants Hill]], in the [[London Borough of Redbridge]]. It is served by the [[Central Line]] and is in [[Travelcard Zone 4|Zone 4]].

Construction originally began in the 1930s but was suspended during the [[Second World War]]. During the war the station was used as an [[air raid shelter]] and the tunnels as a [[munitions]] [[factory]] for [[Plessey]] electronics. The station was finally completed and opened on [[14 December]] [[1947]]. Originally, it was to have been named ''"North Ilford"''.

The station, like many others on the same branch, was designed by notable Tube architect [[Charles Holden]]; during the planning period London Underground advised on the construction of the new [[Moscow Metro]], which is why the barrel-vaulted halls of Gants Hill echo many stations on the Russian capital's system.<ref>http://www.pootergeek.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gants_hill.jpg</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Lawrence, David|title=Underground Architecture|publisher=Capital Transport|location=Harrow|date=1994|isbn=185414-160-0}}</ref>

The station is located beneath Gants Hill roundabout, and accessed via the pedestrian subway under the roundabout. It is thus almost invisible from ground level; the only visible traces are the London Transport signs at some of the entrances to the subway and (for the sharp-eyed) the ticket office windows on the roundabout.

There are three escalators from the ticket office to the platforms.

==Usage==
[[Transport for London]] reports the station had 3.5 million entries and exits in 2004. The station is in a densely populated area and is served by several 'feeder' [[List of London bus routes|bus routes]] to the station, namely [[London Buses route 66|66]], [[London Buses route 123|123]], [[London Buses route 128|128]], [[London Buses route 150|150]], [[London Buses route 167|167]], [[London Buses route 179|179]], [[London Buses route 296|296]], [[London Buses route 396|396]] and [[London Buses route 462|462]].

==Current condition==
[[Image:Gantshillroundabout23032008.jpg|thumb|right|180px|The accident in March 2008]]
One of the southeastern entrances to the pedestrian subway (on the corner of the A12 Eastern Avenue and A123 Cranbrook Road) was destroyed when a car crashed into the entrance on 23 March 2008. The entrance was closed for many months and no repairs were carried out. As of January 2009, the entrance has been repaired and reopened.

In Summer 2007 the station was regularly closed because of flooding.<ref>http://barkingside21.blogspot.com/2007/07/gants-hill-tube-flood.html</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.charlesholden.com/html/charlesholden_gallery_pages/GantsHill.htm Gants Hill at CharlesHolden.com]
*{{ltmcollection|/4b/i0000d4b.jpg|London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive}} - Entrance to station in 1953, with low roof of ticket hall visible in background
* [http://tubephotos.dannycox.me.uk/gantshill.html More photographs of Gants Hill]

==Gallery==
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Image:Gants Hill stn eastbound look west.JPG|Eastbound platform
Image:Gants Hill stn westbound look east.JPG|Westbound platform
Image:Gants Hill stn roundel.JPG|Roundel on platform
Image:Gants_Hill_stn interior concourse.JPG|Lower level concourse
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Redbridge tube station

2009-08-09T22:14:18Z

77.196.60.207:

{{for|the railway station in Hampshire|Redbridge railway station}}
{{London stations| name = Redbridge| image = [[Image:Redbridge station entrance east.JPG|300px]]| caption = station building looking west| manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Redbridge, London|Redbridge]] | borough = [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge ]] | start=1947 | platforms=2 |tubeexits05= 1.904 | tubeexits07=2.27}}
'''Redbridge tube station''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Redbridge, London|Redbridge]], on the [[Hainault Loop]] of the [[Central line]], in [[Travelcard Zone 4|Zone 4]]. It is on the [[Eastern Avenue, London|Eastern Avenue]].

The station was opened on [[December 14]], [[1947]]. Construction had begun in the 1930s but was delayed by the onset of [[World War II|World War 2]]. During the war, the completed train tunnels at Redbridge were used by the [[Plessey]] company as an [[aircraft]] parts factory. The station building was designed by renowned Tube architect, [[Charles Holden]], who also designed other stations on the same branch. Originally, the station was to have been named ''"West Ilford"'', then this changed to ''"Red House"'', before the final decision was made on ''"Redbridge"'' (also given in the plans as ''"Red Bridge"''.)

Since the station was built, a large roundabout has been constructed next to it, being a junction between the [[A406 road|A406]] (originally the terminal section of the [[M11 motorway|M11]]), and the [[A12 road (Great Britain)|A12]].

Redbridge is often described as the shallowest deep level (as opposed to [[cut and cover]]) station on the network, as it is only 7.9m (26ft) beneath the surface. However, this is misleading as the station tunnel was constructed by the cut and cover method, with the running lines descending into genuine tube tunnels at either end of the platforms - similar to the Central Line platforms at [[Mile End station|Mile End]].

The station is located at {{gbmapping|TQ418883}}.

It was also mentioned in the [[Department S]] episode The Last Train To Redbridge.

==Image gallery==
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Image:Redbridge station westbound look east.JPG|Westbound platform looking east
Image:Redbridge station eastbound look west.JPG|Eastbound platform looking west
Image:Redbridge station roundel.JPG|Platform roundel
Image:Redbridge_station_entrance north.JPG|<center>View of the station building looking south</center>
Image:Redbridge_station ticket_hall ceiling.JPG|<center>Ticket hall ceiling</center></gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.charlesholden.com/html/charlesholden_gallery_pages/Redbridge.htm Redbridge station at CharlesHolden.com]
* [http://tubephotos.dannycox.me.uk/redbridge.html More photos of this station]

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Wanstead tube station

2009-08-09T22:02:53Z

77.196.60.207:

{{London stations| name = Wanstead | image = [[Image:Wanstead station building northwest.JPG|300px]]| caption = Northern entrance | manager = [[London Underground]] | zone = [[Travelcard Zone 4|4]] | locale = [[Wanstead]] | borough = [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge ]] | start=1947 | platforms=2 | tubeexits05= 1.906 | tubeexits07=2.212 }}
'''Wanstead tube station''' is a [[London Underground]] station in [[Wanstead]], on the [[Hainault Loop|Hainault]] loop of the [[Central Line]]. It is in [[Travelcard Zone 4|Zone 4]].

Construction of the station had started in the 1930s, but was delayed by the onset of [[World War II|World War 2]]. Wanstead was not opened until [[December 14]], [[1947]]. The station buildings, located opposite The Green, were designed by architect [[Charles Holden]], like many other stations on the branch.

The station has been extensively refurbished since 2006, with the original platform wall tiling, that had become badly damaged, being replaced.

At the same time as refurbishment works began, passenger information/alarm terminals were installed. However, they have never been in use and are still covered up as of May 2009.

The station will be closed from Sunday June 21 until Sunday August 30 2009, and will then shut in the evenings from 21.00 hours from Monday August 31 to Sunday October 11 2009.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.charlesholden.com/html/charlesholden_gallery_pages/Wanstead.htm Wanstead station on CharlesHolden.com]

==Gallery==
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Image:Wanstead station eastbound look west.JPG|Eastbound platform, illustrating nearly complete refurbishment (photo: Aug. 2008)
Image:Wanstead station westbound look east.JPG|Westbound platform, illustrating nearly complete refurbishment (photo: Aug. 2008)
Image:Wanstead_station roundel.JPG|Platform roundel
Image:Wanstead station building southwest.JPG|View from the southwest showing the southern entrance
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