Parsons Green tube station

Parsons Green London Underground
Parsons Green
Location of Parsons Green in Greater London
Location Parsons Green
Local authority London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Managed by London Underground
Number of platforms 2
Fare zone 2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2013 Increase 6.45 million[1]
2014 Increase 6.80 million[1]
2015 Increase 6.82 million[1]
2016 Decrease 6.75 million[1]
2017 Increase 6.76 million[1]
Key dates
1880 Opened (DR)
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WGS84 51°28′31″N 0°12′4″W / 51.47528°N 0.20111°W / 51.47528; -0.20111Coordinates: 51°28′31″N 0°12′4″W / 51.47528°N 0.20111°W / 51.47528; -0.20111
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Parsons Green is an above-ground London Underground station on the Wimbledon branch of the District line that opened in 1880. It is between Fulham Broadway and Putney Bridge stations and is in Zone 2. There are entrances on Parsons Green Lane and in Beaconsfield Walk. The station is a short distance north of the green itself. It was previously a train-operator depot, until functions were transferred to Earl's Court.

History

Designed by a Mr Clemence under the supervision of John Wolfe-Barry, the station was opened on 1 March 1880 when the Metropolitan District Railway (now the District line) extended its line south from West Brompton to Putney Bridge.

Past plans

Parsons Green was a proposed stop on the Chelsea-Hackney Line. Known now as Crossrail 2. It would have either supplemented or replaced the existing District line service on much of the Wimbledon Branch.

North of the station, the line would have branched off into a new tunneled section that could carry it into Victoria station, via a new station on the Kings Road, Chelsea station. Crossrail 2 will be built to National Rail standards and will go to Wimbledon via Clapham Junction instead. The route was safeguarded in 1991 and again in 2007.

Bombing

On 15 September 2017, around 8:20am BST, an explosion inspired by ISIL on a train carriage at the station injured several people. No fatalities were reported, but 30 persons were injured.[2] The explosion was treated by the Metropolitan Police as a terrorist incident.[3]

The attacker, Ahmed Hassan, was tried for attempted murder in March 2018.[4] He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment and must serve a minimum of 34 years.[5]

Sidings

Parsons Green is an intermediate terminating point for both District line services. Below are the seven sidings explained:

  • Two sidings east of the station:
    • One is only accessible from the eastbound running line, and can accommodate two D Stock or two S Stock trains
    • The second is only accessible from the westbound running line and can accommodate one D Stock or one S Stock train
  • Five sidings west of the station:
    • Two sidings west of the eastbound platform. These are accessible from the westbound platform and accommodate one D Stock or S Stock train
    • Two sidings west of the westbound, also accessible from the westbound platform.
    • There is a siding just behind the westbound platform, which could only fit a C Stock train. As C Stock trains are no longer in use on the system, this siding is out of commission.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Parsons Green: Explosion reported on London Tube train". BBC News. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  3. ↑ Rawlinson, Kevin; Siddique, Haroon; Dodd, Vikram (15 September 2017). "London tube explosion: District line 'bucket bomb' was terrorism, say police". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Minelle, Bethany (7 March 2018). "Parsons Green accused Ahmed Hassan 'used school prize to buy bomb materials'". Sky News. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Cobain, Ian (23 March 2018). "Parsons Green tube bomber Ahmed Hassan jailed for life". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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