Hillingdon Underground Station
Hillingdon is an above-ground station of the London Underground in the London Borough of Hillingdon . It is in the Travelcard - Tarifzone 6, at the intersection of Western Avenue ( A40 ) and Long Lane. Served by the Metropolitan Line and the Piccadilly Line , the station was used by 1.63 million passengers in 2013.
history
The route of the Metropolitan Railway (predecessor company of the Metropolitan Line) between Harrow-on-the-Hill and Uxbridge existed since July 4, 1904 and was electrified six months later. For almost twenty years, the trains passed through here without stopping due to the low density of buildings. In order to develop new residential areas in the immediate vicinity, the Hillingdon station was subsequently built on the existing line and opened on December 10, 1923. Trains of the Metropolitan District Railway (predecessor of the District Line ) also stopped from day one .
The station was built in the simplest possible way and offered no comfort. In the beginning, this was completely sufficient, but with the increasing residential construction activity, the number of passengers rose steadily. There were more and more complaints from passengers, mainly complaining about the lack of toilets. Finally, on April 30, 1931, after three months of construction, the new station building was opened. On October 23, 1933, the trains of the District Line were replaced by those of the Piccadilly Line.
At the beginning of the 1990s, Western Avenue was expanded into a multi-lane expressway. For this reason, the station had to be relocated around 150 meters to the southwest. The new facility, which is completely covered with a glass roof, started operation on December 6, 1992 and was completed in 1994. While the original station building had to give way to the expressway, the new one has been a listed building since 2011.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2013 annual entries and exits. (Excel, 228 kB) Transport for London, 2014, accessed on July 27, 2014 (English).
- ^ Metropolitan Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 9, 2013 .
- ↑ a b District Line. Clive's Underground Line Guides, accessed January 9, 2013 .
- ^ Tube station among Hillingdon buildings to get protection. Uxbridge Gazette, June 13, 2011, accessed January 9, 2013 .
- ^ Hillingdon Underground Station. (No longer available online.) In: Review of Local List of Buildings of Architectural or Historic Importance. London Borough of Hillingdon, July 2011, archived from the original on December 13, 2013 ; accessed on January 9, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 13.6 " N , 0 ° 26 ′ 59.6" W.