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Address: Pallister Rd, London W14 9EA
Opened: 9th October 1905
Station Code: BAC
Fare Zone: 2

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London Underground Line(s) Served:

District Line
Piccadilly Line

Service Pattern(s):

District Line
12 trains per hour to Upminster
6 trains per hour to Ealing Broadway
6 trains per hour to Richmond

Piccadilly Line
18 trains per hour to Cockfosters
3 trains per hour to Arnos Grove
6 trains per hour to Heathrow Terminal 5
6 trains per hour to Heathrow Terminal 4
3 trains per hour to Northfields
3 trains per hour to Rayners Lane
3 trains per hour to Uxbridge

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Interchange(s)

None

Station History

Although the District Railway laid their new extension from Earl’s Court to Hammersmith in 1874, no station was provided here due to the rural nature of the Baron’s Court area.

The turn of the 20th century saw the situation change with rapid housing development taking place. This change led to the District Railway constructing a station at Barons Court that opened for service on 9th October 1905.

Services through the station were improved fourteen months later, when the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened their line from Hammersmith to Finsbury Park on 15th December 1906.

The formation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933 saw both the District and GNP&BR Railways absorbed into London Underground, becoming the District and Piccadilly Lines respectively.

Barons Court’s Harry Ford designed station building, which was similar to those provided at Earl’s Court and Hammersmith was granted Grade II Listed status as a building of architectural interest on 14th February 1985.

During the 1990s, the station’s original features inclusing its terracotta tiling and unique platform benches were carefully restored to original condition.

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Address: Station Parade, Barking IG11 8TU
Opened: 13 April 1854
Station Code: BAG
Fare Zone: 4

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London Underground Line(s) Served:

District Line
Hammersmith & City Line

Service Pattern(s):

District Line:
12 trains per hour to Upminster
6 trains per hour to Ealing Broadway
6 trains per hour to Richmond

Hammersmith & City Line:
6 trains per hour to Hammersmith

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Interchange(s)

National Rail, London Overground Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside

Station History

Barking station was opened by the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway on their new line to Tilbury on 13 April 1854. Following the construction of two further new lines by the LT&SR, the station was extensively rebuilt in 1889.

9 July 1894 saw the Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway (a joint enterprise between the Midland Railway and the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway), open their line which connected to the existing LTSR line at Woodgrange Park. From opening, the Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway services (operated by the Midland Railway) ran through to Barking and beyond.

Services operated by the District Railway arrived at Barking in 1902, however these were withdrawn in 1905 when electrification of the line was paused at East Ham. Barking did not regain its District Line service until the continuation of the electrification arrived in 1908. Further electrification saw the District Line service extended to Upminster in 1932, closely followed by the arrival of Metropolitan Line services in 1936.

Following the nationalisation of British Railways in 1948, the station came under the ownership of the Eastern Region. Architects H.H. Powell and John Ward were charged with designing a new booking hall for the station and construction began in 1959 with the station being reopened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 1961.

The Station booking hall was granted Grade II listed status by English Heritage (now Historic England) on 24th November 1995.

Barking is the second busiest Underground station outside of Zones 1 and 2.

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Address: Ealing Rd, Wembley, Middlesex HA0 4LL
Opened: 28th June 1903
Station Code: ALP
Fare Zone: 4

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London Underground Line(s) Served:

Piccadilly Line

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Service Pattern(s):

Off-Peak

6 trains per hour to Cockfosters
3 trains per hour to Rayners Lane
3 trains per hour to Uxbridge

Peak

12 trains per hour to Cockfosters
6 trains per hour to Rayners Lane
6 trains per hour to Uxbridge

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OSI:

N/A

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Station History

With the desire of the District Railway to extend its network from Ealing to Harrow and Uxbridge, a route was surveyed to Roxeth (South Harrow) in 1892. Two years later, an Act of Parliament, namely the Ealing and South Harrow Railway Act 1894 was passed.

Construction of the new line commenced in 1897 and was completed, along with its stations by the end of 1899 although low traffic prospects meant that it remained unopened.

In fact, it was four years until the line, and ‘Perivale Alperton’ Station opened for traffic on 28th June 1903. From the start, services were provided by electric traction, the first non-deep level service to be operated this way.

On 7th October 1910, the station was renamed to Alperton.

Before the formation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, the decision was taken to withdraw District Railway services from the line and replace them with the Piccadilly Line via an extension from the original terminus at Hammersmith. As part of this extension, the original District Railway station buildings were demolished and a replacement, designed by Charles Holden and Stanley Heaps, was constructed between 1931-2 with Piccadilly Line services commencing on 4 July 1932

The night of 2nd March 1944 saw heavy bombing by the German Luftwaffe across the local area, and severe damage was caused to the line just west of Alperton resulting in services through the station being withdrawn for five days.

At the end of the Festival of Britain in September 1951, one of the wooden escalators from the Dome of Discovery was dismantled, relocated and installed at the station from the ticket hall up to the Eastbound platform, opening in 1955.

After the King’s Cross fire in 1987, several recommendations were made to improve safety and fire protection. As a result of these recommendations, the escalator at Alperton was taken out of use in 1988. However, due to the costs associated, and the amount of work required, the escalator remains in place to this day, although it was bricked in and is only accessible via locked doors at either end.

More information about the station and its escalator can be found in the excellent Hidden London Hangouts video below.

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Address: Whitechapel High St,
London E1 7PT
Opened: 31st October 1938
Station Code: ALE
Fare Zone: 1

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London Underground Line(s) Served:

District Line, Hammersmith & City Line

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Service Pattern(s):

District Line –

12 trains per hour to Upminster
3 trains per hour to Barking
6 trains per hour to Ealing Broadway
6 trains per hour to Richmond
3 trains per hour to Wimbledon

Hammersmith & City Line –

6 trains per hour to Barking
6 trains per hour to Hammersmith

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OSI:

Aldgate (280 Metres) for Circle and Metropolitan Lines

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Station History

The original Aldgate East Station was opened jointly by the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway on the new eastern extension of the latter on 6th October 1884.

Little of note occurred at the station in the following decades until the London Passenger Transport Board was formed in 1933.

The new entity conceived the 1935-1940 New Works Programme which detailed a large number of projects aimed at extending and improving the services it provided on the Underground.

One of these projects was to remedy an issue that had existed since the opening of the new District Line extension, that of the extremely tight track curve between it and the Metropolitan Railway.

To necessitate the enlargement of the curve, and to provide sufficient space for trains to be held on any leg of the triangle without fouling points or signals, it was determined that Aldgate East Station needed to be relocated.

In advance of construction being started, the next station along the line, St Mary’s (Whitechapel Road), was closed on 30th April 1938. The new Aldgate East was deemed close enough to make St Mary’s surplus to requirement.

The new station was designed to be completely underground, allowing for the construction of a much-needed pedestrian underpass below the local roads. To allow room for this, the tracks below needed to be lowered by 2 metres. For this to happen while keeping services running, the ground below the track was excavated and was placed on temporary wooden trestles.

Upon completion of the new station platforms and the associated infrastructure, over 900 workmen were assembled on the site and they completed the lowering of the entire track to the new level overnight.

The original station saw its last passenger service on the evening of 30th October 1938 and it was closed, with the new station, located 150 metres to the east, commencing operation at the start of service on 31st October.

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Address: Gunnersbury Lane, London W3 8HN
Opened: July 1879
Station Code: ACT
Fare Zone: 3

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London Underground Line(s) Served:

District Line – Ealing Broadway Branch
Piccadilly Line – Heathrow & Uxbridge Branches

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Service Pattern(s):

District Line – 6 trains per hour to Ealing Broadway or Upminster
Piccadilly Line –

6 trains per hour Cockfosters – Heathrow Terminal 5 (via Terminals 1, 2, 3)
6 trains per hour Cockfosters – Heathrow Terminal 4
3 trains per hour Cockfosters – Uxbridge
3 trains per hour Cockfosters – Rayners Lane
6 trains per hour Arnos Grove – Northfields

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Station History

Mill Hill Park station was opened on July 1st 1879 by the District Railway, providing a temporary terminus for their new extension from Turnham Green towards Ealing Broadway.

The terminus lasted for four years until, on May 1st 1883 the District opened a new branch from the station to Hounslow Town, followed by another new line to Park Royal & Twyford Abbey on 23rd June 1903.

Further changes to the station and its services came on June 13th 1905, when a short platform was opened just to the North of the existing eastbound island platform and the lines were electrified simultaneously. A single-car service was originally operated from this platform to Hounslow West and Uxbridge, but this was later curtailed to South Acton on February 15th 1932.

The original brick station building, designed by John Wolfe_Barry, was reconstructed in February 1910 before the following month saw renaming to Acton Town Station. Between mid 1931 and 1932, the station building was demolished, before being replaced by the current Charles Holden structure of brick, reinforced concrete and glass.

July 4th 1932 saw the Piccadilly Line extended from its current terminus at Hammersmith, sharing the District Railway tracks as far as Ealing Common. At this time, the Piccadilly Line replaced the existing service to South Harrow, leaving the District to serve Hounslow West or Ealing Broadway.

Piccadilly Line services were again altered on 9th January 1933 when they began sharing the District Line tracks as far as Northfields, before extending to Hounslow West on 13th March of that year. With this change, District Line services along the Hounslow branch ceased on 10th October 1964.

Also during this period, the South Acton shuttle service ceased due to lack of patronage, with the final service running on February 28th 1959.

The station’s design by Charles Holden has been recognized for its architectural significance and was granted Grade II Listed Building status on May 17, 1994.

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