Uxbridge tube station

Uxbridge is a London Underground station in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, north-west London. The station is the terminus of the Uxbridge branches of both the Metropolitan line and the Piccadilly line. The next station towards London is Hillingdon. The station is 15.5 miles (25 km) west of Charing Cross and is in Travelcard Zone 6. The closest station on the Chiltern Line and Central line is West Ruislip, accessible by the U1 and U10 buses. The closest station on the Great Western Main Line (in future Crossrail) is West Drayton, accessible by the U1, U3, U5 and 222 buses. Uxbridge was formerly the terminus of a branch of the District line which ran from Ealing Common; the Piccadilly line took over in 1933.

For the station in the York–Durham Heritage Railway, see Uxbridge railway station (Ontario).
Uxbridge
Main entrance
Uxbridge
Location of Uxbridge in Greater London
LocationUxbridge
Local authorityLondon Borough of Hillingdon
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms4 (facing 3 tracks)
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone6
London Underground annual entry and exit
2014 8.07 million[2]
2015 8.34 million[2]
2016 8.45 million[2]
2017 8.38 million[2]
2018 7.43 million[3]
Key dates
1904Opened (Metropolitan)
1910Start (District)
1933End (District)
1933Start (Piccadilly)
1938Moved
1 May 1939Goods yard closed[4]
Listed status
Listing gradeII
Entry number1358405[5]
Added to list12 January 1983
Other information
External links
WGS8451.5459°N 0.4783°W / 51.5459; -0.4783
 London transport portal

History

The Harrow and Uxbridge Railway (later merged into the Metropolitan Railway) first opened a station in Uxbridge on 4 July 1904 on Belmont Road, a short distance to the north of the existing station. The station was situated on a different track alignment, now used as sidings. The original service from central London was provided by steam-drawn trains but electrification took place the following year.

The original Uxbridge station at Belmont Road in October 1933

The London United Tramways extension from Shepherds Bush was opened a few weeks before the underground station. The manager, as reported in a local newspaper at the time, commented on the high prices of the underground journey: the tram journey however took well over an hour to reach Shepherds Bush.

On 1 March 1910, an extension of the District line from South Harrow to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at Rayners Lane was opened, enabling District line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge. The original Belmont Road station had two platforms, and after the introduction of shared operation one platform was used by each line.

On 23 October 1933 District line services to Uxbridge were replaced by Piccadilly line trains.

On 4 December 1938 the current station was opened on a new alignment.[6]

On 12 January 1983, the station buildings were given Grade II listed status.[7]

The London Borough of Hillingdon announced in June 2011 that it would be lobbying Transport for London to have the Central line diverted from West Ruislip station to Uxbridge. Such a project would require a business case approved by TfL and the completion of signal upgrade work on the Metropolitan line.[8]

Design
Ticket hall in February 2011 looking towards Uxbridge High Street entrance following refurbishment

The station was designed by Charles Holden with L H Bucknell and features a red-brick facade with paired sculptures by Joseph Armitage over the entrance, representing stylised "winged wheels" with leaf springs.[9] A tall concrete canopy arches over the tracks with a row of clerestory windows above the platforms. The canopy at Uxbridge is similar to the one at Cockfosters, the terminus at the other end of the Piccadilly line. The station is below street level in a cutting.

The stained glass panels by Erwin Bossanyi at the booking hall end of the platforms reflect the area's heraldic associations.[9] The crown and three seaxes on a red background are the arms of Middlesex County Council and the chained swan on a black and red background is associated with Buckinghamshire. The centre shield is possibly the arms of the local Basset family; a downward-pointing red triangle on a gold background was borrowed from the Bassett arms for use on the arms of Uxbridge Urban District Council in 1948.

The forecourt of the new station was originally laid out to provide a turning circle for trolleybuses, which replaced trams in 1936. Ticket barriers are in operation.

Services

Metropolitan line

The Metropolitan Line is the only line to operate an express service, though currently for Metropolitan Line trains on the Uxbridge branch this is eastbound only in the morning peaks (06:30 to 09:30) Monday to Friday.[10]

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[10]

  • 8tph to Aldgate (all stations)
  • 8tph terminating at Uxbridge

The morning peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[10]

  • 2tph to Aldgate (semi-fast)
  • 4tph to Aldgate (all stations)
  • 4tph to Baker Street (all stations)
  • 10tph terminating at Uxbridge

The evening peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[10]

  • 7tph to Aldgate (all stations)
  • 3tph to Baker Street (all stations)
  • 10tph terminating at Uxbridge

Piccadilly line

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:

  • 3tph to Cockfosters
  • 3tph terminating at Uxbridge

The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:

  • 6tph to Cockfosters
  • 6tph terminating at Uxbridge

Connections
Platforms 3 (right) and 4 looking east

London Buses routes:

  • 222 (Uxbridge to Hounslow)
  • 331 (Uxbridge to Ruislip)
  • 427 (Uxbridge to Acton Old Town Hall) – this route acts as a shorter-distance stopping service of the 607.
  • A10 (Uxbridge to Heathrow Central)
  • U1 (Ruislip to West Drayton)
  • U2 (Uxbridge to Brunel University)
  • U3 (Uxbridge to Heathrow Central)
  • U4 (Uxbridge to Hayes Prologis Park)
  • U5 (Uxbridge to Hayes & Harlington)
  • U7 (Uxbridge to Hayes Sainsbury's)
  • U9 (Uxbridge to Harefield Hospital)
  • U10 (Uxbridge to Ruislip Heathfield Rise)
  • Express route 607 (Uxbridge to White City limited stop)
  • Night route N207 (Uxbridge to Holborn)

In addition non-London Buses routes include:

  • First Berkshire route 3 (Uxbridge to Slough)
  • Carousel Buses route 580 (Uxbridge to High Wycombe)
  • Carousel Buses route 581 (Uxbridge to Beaconsfield) – branded as Buckinghamshire County Rider
  • Carousel Buses route 101/102 (High Wycombe to Uxbridge/Heathrow Airport)
  • Carousel Buses route 105 (Hemel Hempstead to Uxbridge)
  • Magpie Travel route CC1 (Uxbridge to Newland Park College Campus)
  • Red Rose route R21 (Uxbridge to Mount Vernon Hospital)
  • Redline Buses route 583 (Uxbridge to Slough)

As well as the Green Line Coaches service:

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See also

References
  1. "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. May 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2020.
  2. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures (2007-2017)" (XLSX). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. January 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be – freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News. London Underground Railway Society (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
  5. Historic England. "Uxbridge Underground Station (1358405)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  6. Pearce, K. R. (2009). Uxbridge From Old Photographs. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-84868-390-7.
  7. Historic England. "Uxbridge Underground Station (1358405)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  8. Coombs, Dan (17 June 2011). "Extending Central Line to Uxbridge will cut traffic". Uxbridge Gazette. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011.
  9. Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1991). London 3: North West. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. p. 362. ISBN 978-0-300-09652-1. Retrieved 5 February 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  10. "CULG - Metropolitan Line". www.davros.org.
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
TerminusMetropolitan line
towards Baker Street or Aldgate
Piccadilly line
towards Cockfosters
  Former services  
Preceding station   London Underground   Following station
TerminusDistrict line
(1910–1933)
towards Upminster

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