Boston Manor (London Underground)
Boston Manor is an above-ground station on the London Underground in the London Borough of Hounslow . It is named after the manor house of the same name in the area and is located in the Travelcard tariff zone 4 on Boston Manor Road. In 2013, 2.08 million passengers used this station served by the Piccadilly Line .
The station opened on May 1, 1883, when the Metropolitan District Railway (predecessor of today's District Line ) put the line between Acton Town and Hounslow Town into operation. On June 13, 1905, after electrification was complete, the first electric trains ran on the line. At the beginning the station was called Boston Road ; it received its current name on December 11, 1911. On March 13, 1933, trains on the Piccadilly Line stopped at Boston Manor for the first time. Since October 9, 1964, only the Piccadilly Line operates on the section west of Acton Town, as the District Line was shortened.
Between 1932 and 1934 the old station building was replaced by a new building designed by Charles Holden in the Art Deco style . It is made of red bricks, reinforced concrete and glass. A square tower rises above the entrance hall. The building has been a listed building ( Grade II ) since 2002 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 annual entries and exits. (Excel, 228 kB) Transport for London, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
- ^ District Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 18, 2013 .
- ↑ Piccadilly Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 18, 2013 .
- ^ Boston Manor Underground station. In: National heritage list of England. National Heritage, accessed January 18, 2013 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 44.3 " N , 0 ° 19 ′ 29.6" W.