Shepherd's Bush stations
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, United Kingdom, which has been served by a number of London Underground
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and commuter rail stations over past 150 years, many of which have had similar names. The names Shepherd's Bush, Wood Lane and White City have each been used by several separate stations around the Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush
-Commerce:Commercial activity in Shepherd's Bush is now focused on the Westfield shopping centre next to Shepherd's Bush Central line station and on the many small shops which run along the northern side of the Green....
district, following a number of station renamings and closures.
Former stations
The first Shepherd's Bush station was opened in 1864 by the Metropolitan RailwayMetropolitan railway
Metropolitan Railway can refer to:* Metropolitan line, part of the London Underground* Metropolitan Railway, the first underground railway to be built in London...
on the Hammersmith branch (now part of the Hammersmith and City line), adjacent to Shepherd's Bush Market. It was closed in 1914 and replaced by two new stations: one to the north, also called Shepherd's Bush (now named Shepherd's Bush Market, and one to the south named .
The Metropolitan Railway also opened another station called on its Middle Circle
Middle Circle
The Middle Circle was a railway route in London which operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries over tracks which are now mainly part of the London Underground...
route which ran from through Shepherd's Bush to (now part of the West London Line
West London Line
The West London Line is a short railway in inner West London which links lines at in the south to lines near Willesden Junction in the north. It has always been an important cross-London link especially for freight services...
). Uxbridge Road station was located at the eastern end of Shepherd's Bush Green, close to the start of Holland Park Avenue. It closed in 1940.
The London and South Western Railway
London and South Western Railway
The London and South Western Railway was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Its network extended from London to Plymouth via Salisbury and Exeter, with branches to Ilfracombe and Padstow and via Southampton to Bournemouth and Weymouth. It also had many routes connecting towns in...
(L&SWR) opened its Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush railway station (L&SWR)
Shepherd's Bush is a closed London and South Western Railway station in Shepherd's Bush, west London. The station was situated on the L&SWR's line between Richmond and the West London Joint Railway...
station in 1869 on a loop line that connected the West London Line to the Hammersmith and City line and the L&SWR's tracks to (now the District Line
District Line
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). The station was located on the west side of Shepherd's Bush Road (A219
A219 road
The A219, is a road in West London, England, which connects the A404 Harrow Road in Harlesden to the A24 in South Wimbledon. Running from North to South, it starts near Willesden Junction station, crosses the Grand Union Canal and runs through Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, crossing the...
) at the junction with Sulgrave Road. It closed in 1916.
The Central London Railway (CLR) opened its subterranean Shepherd's Bush station in 1900, with its entrance overlooking Shepherd's Bush Green, next to the MR's Uxbridge Road station.
The Franco-British Exhibition
Franco-British Exhibition (1908)
The Franco-British Exhibition was a large public fair held in London in the early years of the 20th Century. The exhibition attracted 8 million visitors and celebrated the Entente Cordiale signed in 1904 by the United Kingdom and France....
and the 1908 Summer Olympics
1908 Summer Olympics
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brought about the development of the exhibition and events area known as the "White City
White City, London
White City is a district in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, to the north of Shepherd's Bush. Today, White City is home to the BBC Television Centre and BBC White City, and Loftus Road stadium, the home of football club Queens Park Rangers FC....
", and two new Underground stations opened to serve these major international events, both named Wood Lane: the CLR Wood Lane station
Wood Lane (Central Line) tube station
Wood Lane tube station is a disused station on the Central Line of the London Underground. It was built to serve the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 and the 1908 Summer Olympics....
was a sub-surface station located on the eponymous lane, while the Wood Lane Metropolitan station
Wood Lane (Metropolitan Line) tube station
Wood Lane was a station in west London on the Hammersmith branch of the Metropolitan Railway . It was located on the Hammersmith & City line viaduct adjacent to the bridge over Wood Lane and close to a similarly named station on the Central London Railway...
was situated on a viaduct on its Hammersmith branch nearby. The CLR station closed in 1947 and lay derelict until 2008 when it was demolished to make way for the Westfield
Westfield London
Westfield London is a shopping centre in White City in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The centre was developed by the Westfield Group at a cost of £1.6bn,...
bus station. The Metropolitan station was renamed White City in 1947 and finally closed in 1959.
Current stations
In 2008 the arrangement of Shepherd's Bush stations changed when two new stations were opened, station on the West London LineWest London Line
The West London Line is a short railway in inner West London which links lines at in the south to lines near Willesden Junction in the north. It has always been an important cross-London link especially for freight services...
(close to the location of the former Uxbridge Road Metropolitan line station) and station on the Hammersmith & City line (situated near the former Wood Lane/White City Metropolitan line station). Today, two stations bear the name Shepherd's Bush: station, on the Central Line
Central Line
The Central line is a London Underground line, coloured red on the tube map. It is a deep-level "tube" line, running east-west across London, and, at , has the greatest total length of track of any line on the Underground. Of the 49 stations served, 20 are below ground...
, and the West London Line Shepherd's Bush station. The two present-day Shepherd's Bush stations are in close proximity and form an interchange between London Underground
London Underground
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and National Rail
National Rail
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.
With the addition of another station bearing the name Shepherd's Bush, it was decided to rename the Shepherd's Bush station on the Hammersmith and City line (the old 1914 Metropolitan line Shepherd's Bush station) to Shepherd's Bush Market to avoid confusion with the Overground and Central line stations.
None of the 1908 White City exhibition stations now survive and all the stations in the Wood Lane area are newer constructions: the present Central Line White City tube station
White City tube station
White City tube station is a London Underground station situated on Wood Lane in White City in west London. The station is on the Central Line, between Shepherds Bush and East Acton stations, in Travelcard Zone 2.-History:...
(opened in 1947 to replace the former Wood Lane station) and the 2008 Wood Lane Hammersmith & City line station.
List of stations
| Station | Line | Opened | Closed | Metropolitan line | 1864 | 1914 | South of Uxbridge Rd. on the Hammersmith branch (now Hammersmith & City line); moved to present Shepherd's Bush Market site 1914 |
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| Shepherd's Bush Shepherd's Bush railway station (L&SWR) Shepherd's Bush is a closed London and South Western Railway station in Shepherd's Bush, west London. The station was situated on the L&SWR's line between Richmond and the West London Joint Railway... |
L&SWR | 1869 | 1916 | Shepherd's Bush Road, north of Sulgrave Road |
| Central Line | 1900 | open | Shepherd's Bush Green east end | |
| 1914 | open | Uxbridge Road; originally named Shepherd's Bush (1914–2008) and moved from original 1864 site in 1914 | ||
| West London Line | 2008 | open | Shepherd's Bush Green east end | |
| Metropolitan line | 1869 | 1940 | Middle Circle Middle Circle The Middle Circle was a railway route in London which operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries over tracks which are now mainly part of the London Underground... branch (now part of the West London Line) |
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| Central line | 1947 | open | Wood Lane, opposite BBC Television Centre BBC Television Centre BBC Television Centre at White City in West London is the headquarters of BBC Television. Officially opened on 29 June 1960, it remains one of the largest to this day; having featured over the years as backdrop to many BBC programmes, it is one of the most readily recognisable such facilities... |
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| Wood Lane Wood Lane (Central Line) tube station Wood Lane tube station is a disused station on the Central Line of the London Underground. It was built to serve the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 and the 1908 Summer Olympics.... |
Central line | 1908 | 1947 | Wood Lane, site now under Westfield bus station |
| Wood Lane (White City) Wood Lane (Metropolitan Line) tube station Wood Lane was a station in west London on the Hammersmith branch of the Metropolitan Railway . It was located on the Hammersmith & City line viaduct adjacent to the bridge over Wood Lane and close to a similarly named station on the Central London Railway... |
Metropolitan line | 1908 | 1959 | North of present Wood Lane station on the Hammersmith branch (now Hammersmith & City line); originally named Wood Lane (1908–1947) |
| 2008 | open | Wood Lane, on viaduct | ||