Westbourne Park Underground Station - Great Western Road, London, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 51° 31.253 W 000° 12.043
30U E 694199 N 5711466
Westbourne Park tube station serves London Underground's Circle and Hammersmith & City Lines. The entrance and ticket hall, on the south west side of Great Western Road, extend over the platforms and tracks.
Waymark Code: WMMQ39
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/23/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 1

Wikipedia has an article about Westbourne tube station that tells us:

Westbourne Park is a London Underground station on the Circle and Hammersmith and City lines, between Ladbroke Grove and Royal Oak stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2 in The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea . Although the Metropolitan Railway 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. This closed on 31 October 1871 to be replaced the following day by a new station constructed to the east of the original. In February 1913 a bomb - possibly planted by the Suffragettes - was discovered at Westbourne Park station. It is in close proximity with Harrow Road W9.

Adjoining the station is the Tower Transit bus garage.

There were once British Rail platforms on the Great Western Main Line, but these closed in March 1992. Another station on the Hammersmith & City line, Royal Oak, also had a GWR station, but this shut with the arrival of the underground in 1871. 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 land clearance for the Crossrail project.

The station was featured in the video of the Boris Gardiner song "I Want to Wake Up with You".

London Buses routes 23; 28; 31; 328; night routes N28; and N31 serve the station.

Is there other puplic transportation in the area?: Yes

What level is the station?: Below street level

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