Westbourne Park tube station
Westbourne Park | |
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Westbourne Park Location of Westbourne Park in Greater London | |
Location | Notting Hill |
Local authority | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
Managed by | London Underground |
Owner | London Underground |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Fare zone | 2 |
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Original company | Hammersmith and City Railway |
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1 February 1866 | H&C station opened |
30 October 1871 | GW main line station opened |
13 March 1992 | GW main line station closed |
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WGS84 | 51°31′16″N 0°12′04″W / 51.52111°N 0.20111°WCoordinates: 51°31′16″N 0°12′04″W / 51.52111°N 0.20111°W |
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Westbourne Park is a London Underground station in the Notting Hill area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is on the Circle and Hammersmith and City lines, between Ladbroke Grove and Royal Oak stations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2.[2]
History
Although the Metropolitan Railway (MR) had been extended to Notting Hill and Hammersmith on 1 June 1864, the first station by this name did not open until 1 February 1866.[3][4] In 1867, with the companies on better terms, the MR bought a share of the Hammersmith & City Railway (H&CR) from the Great Western Railway (GWR), after which it eliminated the broad gauge track and operated almost all the trains (the H&CR's identity being effectively lost).[3]
The original station closed on 31 October 1871, and was replaced the following day by a new station[3] constructed to the east of the original.[5] To remove this traffic from its own busy main line, the GWR built a new pair of tracks from Paddington to Westbourne Park, and on 12 May 1878 it opened a dive-under to remove conflicts where the service crossed the main line.[3][note 1] A bomb (possibly planted by the Suffragettes) was discovered at the station in February 1913.
The Circle line was extended to Hammersmith in 2009.[6] The line now operates between Hammersmith and Edgware Road via a single complete circuit of the previous route.[6][note 2] This was done with the aim of improving reliability by providing a place for trains to terminate after each trip rather than letting delays accumulate.[6] However, it means that no trains through Notting Hill Gate go east of Edgware Road.[6]
National Rail platforms
The GWR opened platforms on the Great Western Main Line on 30 October 1871, but these closed in March 1992.[7] The Up line through the station had a 30 mph speed limit, which was unacceptable for the planned Heathrow Express services; instead of modifying the station's platforms, British Rail decided that it would be more cost-effective to dispense with them, and closure notices were posted on 13 December 1990.[8]
Royal Oak, another station on the Hammersmith & City line, was also once served by the GWR, but its services were withdrawn in 1934.[9] Today, the first stop out of Paddington is at Acton Main Line. Industrial archaeologists have found the remains of buildings including a broad gauge train shed for Brunel's original lines, a turntable, and engine sheds in excavations east of the station as part of the land clearance work for the Crossrail project.[10]
Connections
London Bus routes 7, 18, 23, 28, 31, 36, 70 and 328,[11] and night routes N28 and N31[12] serve the station. In addition, bus route 23 provide a 24-hour bus service.[11]
In popular culture
The station was featured in the video of the Boris Gardiner song "I Want to Wake Up with You".[13][14]
Notes and references
Notes
References
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- 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.
- ↑ Transport for London (December 2017). Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 January 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Clive's Underground Line Guides – Hammersmith & City line
- ↑ Butt 1995, p. 244
- ↑ Rose 2007
- 1 2 3 4 5 Clive's Underground Line Guides – Circle line
- ↑ "Westbourne Park Railway Station (site), 2009 Thompson, Nigel Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 25 April 2017
- ↑ Leigh, Chris, ed. (March 1991). "Rail report: Westbourne Park closure". Railway World. 52 (611): 165.
- ↑ Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley- page78/79
- ↑ Hamish McDougall (2014). "Crossrail uncovers Brunel's railway heritage". Crossrail. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- 1 2 "Buses from Westbourne Park" (PDF). Transport for London. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ Westbourne Park Underground Station – Bus
- ↑ Tube Facts – Music Videos filmed on the tube
- ↑ Westbourne Park tube station is seen in the video from 0:58 to 1:43.
Bibliography
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- Rose, Douglas (December 2007) [1980]. The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History (8th ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 978-1-85414-315-0.
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towards Hammersmith | Circle line | |||
Hammersmith & City line | towards Barking |
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Preceding station | Following station | |||
towards Hammersmith | Metropolitan line Hammersmith branch (1864-1990) | towards Paddington |
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Acton Main Line Line and station open |
Great Western Railway Great Western Main Line |
Royal Oak Line and station open | ||
Old Oak Lane Halt Line and station open |
Great Western Railway Acton–Northolt line |