Rayners Lane tube station
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Rayners Lane is a London Underground station, adjacent to Harrow Garden Village in north west London.
The station is on the Uxbridge branches of both the Metropolitan Line, between Eastcote and West Harrow stations, and the Piccadilly Line, between Eastcote and South Harrow stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 5.
The Metropolitan Railway (Harrow & Uxbridge Railway) constructed the line between Harrow on the Hill and Uxbridge and commenced services on 4 July 1904 with, initially, Ruislip being the only intermediate stop. 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 residental areas. Rayners Lane opened on 26 May 1906.
On 1 March 1910, an extension of the District Line was opened from South Harrow to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at Rayners Lane junction east of the station enabling District Line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge from that date. On 23 October 1933 District Line services were replaced by Piccadilly Line trains. The station was rebuilt in the early 1930s to a design by Charles Holden which features the large cube-shaped brick and glass ticket hall and geometical forms typical of the new stations built in this period.
To the west of the station, there is a reversing siding (during the day, half of the Piccadilly line service turns here). Two sidings are located south of the station but these are no longer used: there is no connection with the running lines.
The station is located to the west of the junction of Rayners Lane, Alexandra Avenue and Imperial Drive. The line here is considered to be the border of North Harrow and South Harrow.
Transport connections
Bus routes 398, H9, H10 and H12 serve the station.
External links
- [London's Transport Photographic Archive]
- * [Platforms at Rayners Lane station, 1934] One platform shows a London Underground style roundel name board, the other a Metropolitan Railway Diamond name board.
- * [New station building, 1938]
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