Westbourne Park tube station

Not to be confused with Westcombe Park railway station.

Westbourne Park

Westbourne Park Location of Westbourne Park in Greater London
Location	Westbourne Green
Local authority	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
London Underground annual entry and exit
2007	2.873 million
2008	3.110 million
2009	2.899 million
1 February 1866	H&C station opened
30 October 1871	GW main line station opened
13 March 1992	GW main line station closed
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink

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 First Centrewest bus garage.

Westbourne Park railway station

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.

In popular culture

The station was featured in the video of the Boris Gardiner song "I Want to Wake Up with You".^{[citation needed]}

Transport links

London bus routes 23, 28, 31, 328 and night route N28 and N31.

Gallery

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  View from the Westbound platform

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  Platforms from footbridge

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  Roundel

References

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 
• Rose, Douglas (December 2007) [1980]. The London Underground: A Diagrammatic History (8th ed.). Harrow Weald: Capital Transport. ISBN 978 1 85414 315 0. 
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AuHibzE0aY Westbourne park station is seen in the video from 0:58 to 1:43.

Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Ladbroke Grove towards Hammersmith		Circle line		Royal Oak towards Edgware Road (via Aldgate)
		Hammersmith & City line		Royal Oak towards Barking