West Harrow tube station is a London Underground

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 station in Harrow

Harrow, London

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 in north west London

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The station is on the Uxbridge branch

Uxbridge tube station

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 of the Metropolitan line

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, between Rayners Lane

Rayners Lane tube station

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 and Harrow-on-the-Hill

Harrow-on-the-Hill station

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 stations, and in Travelcard Zone 5

Travelcard Zone 5

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The Metropolitan

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 (Harrow & Uxbridge Railway) line passed through here between Harrow-on-the-Hill

Harrow-on-the-Hill station

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 and Ruislip

Ruislip tube station

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, with services beginning on 4 July 1904. West Harrow station opened on 17 November 1913.

The line here passes over the road where The Gardens becomes Vaughan Road.

The station is one of the few underground stations without ticket barriers at one of the entrances, with passengers travelling towards Uxbridge able to access the platforms without passing a ticket barrier.

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