West Brompton station

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West Brompton is located in Greater London
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West Brompton

Location of West Brompton in Greater London
Location West Brompton
Local authority Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Managed by London Underground[1]
Station code WBP
Number of platforms 4
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access [2]
Fare zone 2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2007 increase 3.777 million[3]
2008 decrease 3.710 million[3]
2009 increase 3.715 million[3]
National Rail annual entry and exit
2006–07 increase 0.519 million[4]
2007–08 increase 0.633 million[4]
2008–09 increase 0.644 million[4]
1866 Opened (WLEJR)
1869 Opened as terminus (MDR)
1880 Became through station (MDR)
1940 Closed (WLL)
1999 Reopened (WLL)
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Coordinates: 51°29′12″N 0°11′45″W / 51.4866°N 0.1957°W / 51.4866; -0.1957

West Brompton is a Network Rail West London Line (WLL) and London Underground District Line station in west London. It is located on Old Brompton Road (A3218) immediately south of Earls Court Exhibition Centre and to the west of Brompton Cemetery.

The station is on the Wimbledon branch of the District Line between Earl's Court and Fulham Broadway stations.

On the WLL, National Rail services are provided by Southern and London Overground. The station is between Kensington (Olympia) and Imperial Wharf stations.

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[edit] History

The West London Extension Joint Railway (WLEJR) was opened in the early 1860s. It joined the southern end of the West London Joint Railway at Kensington (Olympia) station with Clapham Junction station and ran through West Brompton although a station was not opened until 1866.

On 12 April 1869, the Metropolitan District Railway (MDR, now the District Line) opened its own station adjacent to the WLEJR station as the terminus and only station on its extension from Gloucester Road station (Earl's Court station did not open until 1871). The original plan was to connect the MDR to the WLEJR but this did not take place.

On 1 March 1880, the MDR opened an extension south from West Brompton to Putney Bridge.

In 1940, during World War II, several WLL stations sustained bomb damage. Passenger services on the WLL between Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction were withdrawn on 21 October 1940. The Underground station remained in use and the WLL continued in use for freight traffic. The WLL station buildings and platforms were subsequently demolished.

Full passenger services resumed on the WLL in 1994, but it wasn't until 1 June 1999 that new Network Rail platforms were opened at West Brompton. The works were funded by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham on whose border the station lies.

The WLL platforms do not have a separate entrance and access is from the Underground station. The District Line serves platforms 1 and 2 and the WLL serves platforms 3 and 4. There is a fence between platforms 2 and 3, but they are on the same level and it is possible to pass directly between them.

[edit] Services

Services off-peak in trains per hour are: London Overground

Southern

[edit] Image gallery

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: West Brompton station

  • Station, entrance on Old Brompton Road in 1963

  • West Brompton underground station platforms, with northbound train arriving (September 2006)

  • West Brompton underground station footbridges (September 2006)

  • West Brompton overground station - southbound Southern Class 377 Electrostar service at the platform (September 2006)

  • London Overground branded sign at West Brompton Station.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide". Transport for London. December 2009. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/step-free-tube-guide-map.pdf. Retrieved 8 February 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c "Customer metrics: entries and exits". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. 2003-2010. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/performance/default.asp?onload=entryexit. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011.  Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  4. ^ North London Line/West London Line timetable from 22nd May 2011.

[edit] Transport links

London bus routes 74, 190, 430, C1, C3 and night route N74 and N97.

[edit] External links

Preceding station   Underground no-text.svg London Underground   Following station
towards Wimbledon
 District line
Preceding station   London Overground National Rail London Overground   Following station
West London Line
towards Stratford
National Rail National Rail
Kensington (Olympia)   Southern
Milton Keynes - South Croydon		   Imperial Wharf
Kensington (Olympia)   Southern
Olympia to Wandsworth Road
Limited service		   Imperial Wharf
    Former Services    
Chelsea and Fulham   West London Line   Kensington (Olympia)
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