Shepherd's Bush tube station

Shepherd's Bush
The new station building opened in 2008
Shepherd's Bush Location of Shepherd's Bush in Greater London
Location	Shepherd's Bush
Local authority	London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	2
OSI	Shepherd's Bush NR
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	21.90 million[1]
2013	22.87 million[1]
2014	22.87 million[1]
2015	22.26 million[1]
Key dates
1900	Opened as terminus (CLR)
1908	Becomes through station (CLR)
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°30′16″N 0°13′08″W / 51.5044°N 0.2188°WCoordinates: 51°30′16″N 0°13′08″W / 51.5044°N 0.2188°W
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Shepherd's Bush is a London Underground station in the district of Shepherd's Bush, which is located in west London, England, United Kingdom. The station is on the Central line, between White City and Holland Park stations, and it lies in Travelcard Zone 2.

The station originally opened in 1900, but was closed for eight months in 2008 while the surface station building was replaced with a completely new structure and the underground station refurbished.

A number of stations in the area both past and present have borne the name Shepherd's Bush; today the Central line station shares its name with the adjacent London Overground Shepherd's Bush station, with which it shares a surface-level interchange.

An entirely separate London Underground station, Shepherd's Bush Market on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines is located approximately ¹⁄₃-mile (500 m) away. Until 2008, it too was called Shepherd's Bush until it was renamed to avoid confusion.

History

Map showing layout of current and former railways and stations around Shepherd's Bush

The station opened on 30 July 1900 and was the original western terminus of the Central London Railway (CLR).^[2] The original surface-level station building was a terracotta-clad ticket hall with its entrance on the Uxbridge Road facing Shepherd's Bush Green. Like all CLR stations, the station building was designed by Harry Bell Measures.

To the north of the station was located the CLR's power station and Wood Lane depot which was originally accessed by a single track tunnel. The eastbound tunnel ended to the west of the station in a dead-end reversing siding with a cross-over junction connecting it to the westbound tunnel.^[3] When the now disused Wood Lane station was opened on 14 May 1908 to the north, a loop tunnel was created connecting to the eastbound tunnel.^[2]

An extension to Richmond planned in 1920 would have started here with the next stop at the closed London and South Western Railway station at Hammersmith (Grove Road); the work was never carried out. As part of London Transport's New Works Programme, 1935 - 1940, escalators were installed to replace the original lifts and in 1938, the platforms were lengthened along with those of the other existing Central line stations to accommodate eight cars instead of the previous seven. For a short period before 2008, the station was renamed Shepherds Bush Green until the rename of the separate station to Shepherds Bush Market.

Westfield redevelopment

Stations in Shepherd's Bush (present)
Legend Central line to East Acton to Willesden Junction right-hand running starts Westway (A40) White City Wood Lane to Latimer Road Shepherd's Bush Market right-hand running ends White City depot Shepherd's Bush  Central |  National Rail Goldhawk Road to Holland Park to Hammersmith to Kensington (Olympia) Hammersmith & City, Circle lines West London Line

An eastbound train calls at the station

A large-scale redevelopment began in 2005 to redevelop the White City area to the north of Shepherd's Bush Green and to construct the Westfield Shopping Centre. As part of this project, Shepherd's Bush Central line station was reconstructed in 2008 by Westfield as part of a Section 106 contribution. The Westfield redevelopment also included the construction of an integrated bus interchange and the new London Overground Shepherd's Bush station on the West London Line. The new Overground station opened on 28 September 2008 and is close to the site of the former Uxbridge Road station which closed in 1940.

During the reconstruction of the Central line station, Transport for London closed the station completely for eight months; TfL based their decision on the need to replace the escalators at the same time as rebuilding work. This decision caused local controversy, and critics claimed that the works had been timed to benefit incoming businesses involved in the planned redevelopment of the area, at the cost of local residents and small business holders.^[4] The local MP for the Shepherd's Bush constituency, Andy Slaughter, investigated the project and obtained documents under the Freedom of Information Act which showed that the contractor, Metronet, had advised that the work could be completed without closing the station.^[5][6] Shepherd's Bush station re-opened to passengers on 5 October 2008.

During the refurbishment, Transport for London did not add lifts to the station as originally planned, citing installation costs of £100 million due to the various underground utilities nearby which would have to be diverted. The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and disability pressure groups have been critical of the fact that the station remains inaccessible for those unable to use stairs.^[7]

Connections

Shepherd's Bush Overground station

• Shepherd's Bush station is an OSI for London Overground and National Rail
• London Buses routes 31, 49, 72, 94, 95, 148, 207, 220, 228, 237, 260, 272, 283, 295, 316, 607 and C1 and night route N207 serve the station and bus station.

See also

• Shepherd's Bush stations

Gallery

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  Before: the original 1900 building as seen in 2005
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  After: the replacement building nears completion in 2008
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  Westbound platform looking east
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  Platform roundel

References

1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
2. "Central Line, Dates". Clive's Underground Lines Guide. Retrieved 2008-01-10.
3. "The Central Line at White City". Tube Prune (The Tube Professionals' Rumour Network). Retrieved 2008-01-10.
4. "Tube station closure sparks anger". BBC News. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
5. "LU internal documents retrieved by Andy Slaughter MP's Freedom of Information request". Andy Slaughter MP. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
6. "Tube station closure 'not needed'". BBC News. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
7. "Tube station lift could be ditched" (PDF). H&F News. London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2010.

External links

• London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
  • Ticket hall, 1926
  • Shepherd's Bush, 1935
  • Ticket hall, 1939
• Details of infrastructure improvements
• The front of the station building from a different angle