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Queensway London Underground
LocationQueensway
Local authorityWestminster
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
Fare zone1
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Decrease 8.25 million[1]
2020Decrease 2.12 million[2]
2021Increase 3.62 million[3]
2022Increase 6.52 million[4]
2023Decrease 6.15 million[5]
Railway companies
Original companyCentral London Railway
Key dates
30 July 1900Opened as Queen's Road
1 September 1946Renamed Queensway
Other information
External links
London transport portal

Queensway is a London Underground station on the Central line, just inside the boundary of the City of Westminster with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is at the junction of Queensway and Bayswater Road, and is opposite the north-west corner of Kensington Gardens. It is between Template:LUL stations to the west and Template:LUL stations to the east, and is in Travelcard Zone 1.

History

It opened on 30 July 1900, as Queen's Road, and was renamed on 9 September 1946. The building is an unusual survivor of the buildings designed for the Central London Railway by Harry Bell Measures, with a flat roof so that commercial development could take place above - in this case, a hotel.

The station today

There is a crossover east of the station to allow trains to terminate there. The crossover is hardly ever used.

Redevelopment

The station was closed between 8 May 2005 and 14 June 2006 for modernisation works. These works were prompted by the need to replace the station's two (very old) lifts, which had been breaking down quite frequently prior to the station's closure. In addition the station has been modernised and re-tiled, as well as having replicas of the original lamps fitted to the façade.

Metronet, the private maintenance contractors, were originally given a deadline of 9 May 2006 to complete the works. When they failed to meet this or the revised 12 June deadline, Transport for London issued a harshly worded press release quoting London Underground Managing Director Tim O'Toole as saying "This is a further, and one hopes final, pathetic delay on a project that Metronet has failed to manage to time."[6] The station finally re-opened on 14 June 2006.

During modernisation, the closest station was Template:LUL stations on the Circle and District lines, which is also located in Queensway approximately 100 metres north of the Queensway station. While the two stations are in close proximity, they are not connected.

London Bus routes 70, 94, 148 and 390.

  • Eastbound platform
    Eastbound platform
  • Westbound platform
    Westbound platform
  • Roundel on platform
    Roundel on platform

References

  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Queensway station opening delayed again". Transport for London. 12 June 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
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