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Hillingdon London Underground
Interior of the station entrance
LocationHillingdon
Local authorityLondon Borough of Hillingdon
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone6
London Underground annual entry and exit
2019Decrease 1.65 million[2]
2020Decrease 0.84 million[3]
2021Decrease 0.75 million[4]
2022Increase 1.33 million[5]
2023Increase 1.37 million[6]
Key dates
1904Line opened (Metropolitan)
1923Opened (Metropolitan & District)
1933End (District)
1933Start (Piccadilly)
10 August 1964Goods yard closed[7]
1992Station rebuilt at new location
Other information
External links
London transport portal

Hillingdon is a London Underground station in North Hillingdon in the London Borough of Hillingdon, west London formerly Middlesex. Located between Uxbridge and Ickenham and is in Travelcard Zone 6. It is the penultimate station on the Uxbridge branch of both the Metropolitan line and the Piccadilly line. It is also the most recent station to be built on the Metropolitan line in 1992.

History

The Metropolitan Railway (Harrow and Uxbridge Railway) constructed the line between Harrow on the Hill and Uxbridge, opened on 4 July 1904 with an intermediate station at Ruislip. At first services were operated by steam trains, but electrification was completed on 1 January 1905.

The original station building, 1933

Development in north Middlesex over the next two decades led to the opening of additional stations to encourage the growth of new residential areas. Hillingdon was the last of these to open, on 10 December 1923, with Metropolitan and District line services.

On 23 October 1933 the District line service was replaced by the Piccadilly line. Between the mid-1930s and the mid-1950s the station was named Hillingdon (Swakeleys), a name which is still displayed on the platform roundels.

The original station was demolished to enable the rerouting of the A40 (Western Avenue) through the site. A new station opened to the south on 6 December 1992 and received the 1994 Underground Station of the Year award.[8] The station was identified in July 2011 as one of the London Borough of Hillingdon's locally listed buildings.[9]

The station has a car park and is accessible for those with disabilities without using stairs or escalators. It is staffed but had its ticket office closed in July 2015. Next train indicators were intsalled in the ticket hall and on both platforms during May 2016 coinciding with works aimed to improve the station including cleaning the glass station canopy and sealing of areas of the roof to deter nesting birds.

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:[11]

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

The morning peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[12]

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

The evening peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[13]

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

Piccadilly line

Between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge there is no Piccadilly Line service before approximately 06.30 (Monday - Friday) and 08.45 (Saturday - Sunday), except for one early morning departure from Uxbridge at 05.18 (Monday - Saturday) and 06.46 (Sunday).[14]

The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:[15]

  • 3tph to Cockfosters
  • 3tph to Uxbridge

The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is:[16]

  • 6tph to Cockfosters
  • 6tph to Uxbridge

Connections

References

  1. ^ "Step free Tube Guide" (PDF). Transport for London. April 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2023. Transport for London. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  7. ^ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (591). London Underground Railway Society: 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
  8. ^ Coombs, Dan (13 June 2011). "Tube station among Hillingdon buildings to get protection". Uxbridge Gazette. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Hillingdon Underground Station". London Borough of Hillingdon. July 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services
  11. ^ http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services
  12. ^ http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services
  13. ^ http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html#services
  14. ^ http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf
  15. ^ http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf
  16. ^ http://content.tfl.gov.uk/wtt-56-piccadilly.pdf
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