Hillingdon tube station
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Hillingdon tube station is a London Underground station in North Hillingdon in the London Borough of Hillingdon, west London.
The station is on the Uxbridge branch of both the Metropolitan line and Piccadilly line, between Ickenham and Uxbridge stations and in Travelcard Zone 6.
The Metropolitan Railway (Harrow & Uxbridge Railway) constructed the line through Hillingdon between Harrow on the Hill and Uxbridge and commenced services on 4 July 1904 with, initially, the only intermediate stop being at Ruislip. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track electrification was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on 1 January 1905.
Progressive development in the north Middlesex area over the next two decades lead to the gradual opening of additional stations along the Uxbridge branch to encourage the growth of new residential areas. Hillingdon was the last of these stations to open on 10 December 1923 when services on the Metropolitan and District Lines first stopped at the station.
On 23 October 1933 District Line services were replaced by Piccadilly Line trains.
Between the mid 1930s and the mid 1950s the station was named as Hillingdon (Swakeleys), and shown as such on tube maps and the station name signs.
On 6 December 1992 a new station, constructed along the line to the south of the original, was opened. The new station was required to enable the improvement of the A40 (Western Avenue) through the site of the original station. Following its opening, the station won the Underground Station of the Year, 1992.
Facilities available
At present these are as follows:- The station is accessible for those with disabilities without using stairs or escalators
- Waiting rooms, one on each platform
- Bottled soft drinks machines, one on each platform
- A car park run by NCP in partnership with London Underground
- Contact points on both platforms for fast communication with staff in ticket office
- A BT payphone
- Two self-service ticket machines offering all ticket types as well as Oyster card pre-pay and season ticket functions
- A staffed ticket office offering tickets and guidance
Transport connections
Bus route U2 serves the station.External links
- [Francis Frith Collection] Old Hillingdon station in 1960.
- [London's Transport Photographic Archive]
- * [New Hillingdon station - canopy and footbridge]
- * [New Hillingdon station - the canopy, stairs and lift]
- [Map] and [aerial photo] of from Multimap.com
- Other
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