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[[File:Shepherd's Bush tube stn roundel.JPG|thumb|270px|The [[roundel]] sign at the present-day [[Shepherd's Bush tube station]]]]
'''Shepherd's Bush''' is an area of west [[London]], England, which has been served by a number of [[London Underground]] and [[commuter rail]] stations over the past 150 years, many of which have had similar names. The names ''Shepherd's Bush'', ''Wood Lane'' and ''White City'' have each been used by several separate stations around the [[Shepherd's Bush]] district, following a number of station renamings and closures.
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==Former stations==
{{imagestack|[[File:Underground Stations in Shepherd's Bush.svg|thumb|Stations in the Shepherd's Bush area]]
[[File:Earls Court, Studland Road, Bishops Road, Addison Road, Hammersmith, Kensington, North Pole, South Kensington, Uxbridge Road & Westbourne Park RJD 39.jpg|thumb|right|1911 diagram of West London railways]]}}

The first Shepherd's Bush station was opened in 1864 by the [[Metropolitan Railway]] and [[Great Western Railway]] (GWR) on the Hammersmith & City Railway (now part of the [[Hammersmith & City line]]), adjacent to [[Shepherd's Bush Market]]. It was closed in 1914 and replaced by two new stations: one to the north, also called Shepherd's Bush (now named [[Shepherd's Bush Market tube station|Shepherd's Bush Market]]), and one to the south named {{stl|London Underground|Goldhawk Road}}.

A station called {{stl|London Underground|Uxbridge Road}} opened on the [[West London Railway]] in 1869. This was on the GWR [[Middle Circle]] route that ran from [[Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines)|Paddington]] through Shepherd's Bush to {{stl|London Underground|Earl's Court}}. In about 1905 this route became a branch of the Metropolitan Railway, terminating at Kensington (Addison Road) (now [[Kensington (Olympia) station|Kensington Olympia]]). It was also served by [[London & North Western Railway]] [[Outer Circle (London)|Outer Circle]] trains from {{rws|Broad Street|England}} to Mansion House, but by 1914 this became an [[Earls Court tube station|Earl's Court]] to [[Willesden Junction station|Willesden Junction]] shuttle. Uxbridge Road station was located at the eastern end of Shepherd's Bush Green, close to the start of [[Holland Park Avenue]]. It closed in 1940.

The [[London and South Western Railway]] (L&SWR) opened its [[Shepherd's Bush railway station (L&SWR)|Shepherd's Bush]] station in 1869 on a loop line that connected the [[West London Line]] to the Hammersmith & City line and the L&SWR's tracks to {{stl|London Underground|Richmond}} (now the [[District line]]). The station was located on the west side of Shepherd's Bush Road ([[A219 road|A219]]) at the junction with Sulgrave Road. It closed in 1916.

The Central London Railway (CLR) opened its subterranean [[Shepherd's Bush tube station|Shepherd's Bush station]] in 1900, with its entrance overlooking [[Shepherd's Bush Green]], next to the MR's Uxbridge Road station.

The [[Franco-British Exhibition (1908)|Franco-British Exhibition]] and the [[1908 Summer Olympics]] brought about the development of the exhibition and events area known as the [[White City, London|White City]], and two new Underground stations opened to serve these major international events, both named ''Wood Lane'': the [[Wood Lane (Central line) tube station|CLR Wood Lane station]] was a sub-surface station located on the eponymous lane, while the [[Wood Lane (Metropolitan line) tube station|Wood Lane Metropolitan station]] was situated on a viaduct on its Hammersmith branch nearby. The CLR station closed in 1947 and lay derelict until 2008 when it was demolished to make way for the [[White City bus station]]. The Metropolitan station was renamed White City in 1947 and finally closed in 1959.
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==Current stations==
{{Shepherd's Bush stations}}
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In 2008 the arrangement of Shepherd's Bush stations changed when two new stations were opened, {{stnlnk|Shepherd's Bush|link=true}} on the [[West London Line]] (close to the location of the former Uxbridge Road Metropolitan line station) and {{stl|London Underground|Wood Lane}} station on the Hammersmith & City line (situated near the former Wood Lane/White City Metropolitan line station). Today, two stations bear the name ''Shepherd's Bush'': {{stl|London Underground|Shepherd's Bush}} station, on the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]], and the West London Line Shepherd's Bush station. The two present-day Shepherd's Bush stations are in close proximity and form an interchange between [[London Underground]] and [[National Rail]].

With the addition of another station bearing the name ''Shepherd's Bush'', it was decided to rename the Shepherd's Bush station on the Hammersmith & City line (the old 1914 Metropolitan line Shepherd's Bush station) to [[Shepherd's Bush Market tube station|Shepherd's Bush Market]] to avoid confusion with the Overground and Central line stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/9336.aspx|title=Travelling by Tube|accessdate=2008-10-09|publisher=[[Transport for London]]}}</ref>

None of the 1908 White City exhibition stations now survive and all the stations in the Wood Lane area are newer constructions: the present Central line [[White City tube station|White City Underground station]] (opened in 1947 to replace the former Wood Lane station) and the 2008 Wood Lane Hammersmith & City line station.
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==List of stations==
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!Station!!Line!!Opened!!Closed!!class="unsortable"|Location
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|[[Goldhawk Road tube station|Goldhawk Road]]||Hammersmith & City line<br>Circle line||1914||open||Located on [[Goldhawk Road]], south-west of [[Shepherd's Bush Green]]. Opened when original Metropolitan line Shepherd's Bush station was relocated.
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|[[Shepherd's Bush Market tube station|Shepherd's Bush]]||Metropolitan line||1864||1914||South of [[Uxbridge Road]] on the Hammersmith branch (now Hammersmith & City line); moved to present [[Shepherd's Bush Market]] site 1914
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|[[Shepherd's Bush railway station (L&SWR)|Shepherd's Bush]]||L&SWR||1869||1916||Shepherd's Bush Road, north of Sulgrave Road
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|{{stl|London Underground|Shepherd's Bush}}||Central line||1900||open||[[Shepherd's Bush Green]] east end
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|{{stl|London Underground|Shepherd's Bush Market}}||Hammersmith & City line<br>Circle line||1914||open||[[Uxbridge Road]]: originally named ''Shepherd's Bush'' (1914–2008) and moved from original 1864 site in 1914
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|{{stnlnk|Shepherd's Bush}}||West London Line||2008||open||[[Shepherd's Bush Green]] east end
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|{{stl|London Underground|Uxbridge Road}}||Metropolitan line||1869||1940||[[Middle Circle]] branch (now part of the [[West London Line]])
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|{{stl|London Underground|White City}}||Central line||1947||open||Wood Lane, opposite [[BBC Television Centre]]
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|[[Wood Lane (Central line) tube station|Wood Lane]]||Central line||1908||1947||Wood Lane, site now under [[White City bus station]]
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|[[Wood Lane (Metropolitan line) tube station|Wood Lane (White City)]]||Metropolitan line||1908||1959||North of present Wood Lane station on the Hammersmith branch (now Hammersmith & City line); originally named ''Wood Lane'' (1908–1947)
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|{{stl|London Underground|Wood Lane}}||Hammersmith & City line<br>Circle line||2008||open||Wood Lane, on viaduct
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<gallery class=center heights=100 mode=packed caption="Present-day stations: visual identifier">
File:Shepherd's Bush tube stn southern entrance.JPG|alt=metal and glass building with open front and escalators on Shepherd's Bush Green|Shepherd's Bush Central line
File:Shepherd's Bush Overground stn entrance.JPG|alt=metal and glass building with swing doors and stairs on Shepherd's Bush Green|Shepherd's Bush Overground
File:Shepherd's Bush Market stn east entrance.JPG|alt=high-level station up stairs on brick viaduct near the market|Shepherd's Bush Market Hammersmith & City/Circle
File:White city tube station.jpg|alt=brick building with open front on Wood Lane|White City Central line
File:Wood Lane tube station 8.jpg|alt=metal and glass building with open front on Wood Lane|Wood Lane Hammersmith & City/Circle
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==See also==
* [[List of London Underground stations]]

==References==
{{cite book|last=Rose|first=Douglas|title=The London Underground: a Diagrammatic History|publisher=Capital Transport Publishing|year=1999|edition=7th|isbn=1-85414-219-4}}
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==External links==
* [http://www.alwaystouchout.com/project/24 Shepherd's Bush and White City development]

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