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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: Highbury Hill, London
N5 1LP
Opened: 15th December 1906
Station Code: ASL
Fare Zone: 2

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London Underground Line(s) Served:

Piccadilly Line

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Service Pattern(s):

18 Trains Per Hour to Cockfosters
3 Trains Per Hour to Arnos Grove
6 Trains Per Hour to Heathrow Terminal 4
6 Trains Per Hour to Heathrow Terminal 5
3 Trains Per Hour to Rayners Lane
3 Trains Per Hour to Uxbridge
3 Trains Per Hour to Northfields

Interchange(s)

None

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Station History

Gillespie Road Station was opened on their line from Finsbury Park to Hammersmith by the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 15th December 1906.

The original station building was designed in his unique style by Leslie Green with red terracotta-clad buildings, in the same way as both Caledonian and Holloway Road Stations.

Following the end of the 1912-13 football season, Woolwich Arsenal FC moved from South of the river to a new stadium constructed opposite the station. As a result of the club’s presence, and their renaming to Arsenal, the club, its manager and supporters mounted a campaign to get the station name changed, with this becoming successful on 31st October 1932 when it was renamed Arsenal (Highbury Hill).

Also during the 1930s, the original station building was deemed too small for the demands placed on it during matchdays, so the original Leslie Green buildings were demolished and replaced with a wider, more modern design.

Upon the formation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, the GNP&BR was amalgamated with other lines to form London Underground, with the station becoming part of the Piccadilly Line.

Early in 1960, the Highbury Hill suffix was dropped and the station became Arsenal, although the platform walls still bear the Gillespie Road name spelled out in tiles at either end.

Nothing of any note occurred at the station in the following decades until, in 2007, the station underwent a major restoration and upgrade. This work entailed the restoration of the station’s tilework, resurfacing of all the floors and platforms and the installation of improved CCTV and tannoy equipment.

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Address: Bowes Rd, London N11 1AN
Opened: 19th September 1932
Station Code: ASG
Fare Zone: 4

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London Underground Line(s) Served:

Piccadilly Line

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Service Pattern(s):

18 Trains Per Hour to Cockfosters
3 Trains Per Hour Terminate Here
6 Trains Per Hour to Heathrow Terminal 4
6 Trains Per Hour to Heathrow Terminal 5
3 Trains Per Hour to Rayners Lane
3 Trains Per Hour to Uxbridge
3 Trains Per Hour to Northfields (Start Here)

Interchange(s)

None

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Station History

For many years firstly the Great Northern Railway, and then its successor the London and North Eastern Railway refused to grant their consent for any extension of the London Underground into the suburbs of North London. This led to the LNER obtaining parliamentary approval for a ban on any extensions north of the existing terminus at Finsbury Park in 1902.

In 1923 a public campaign against the ban had emerged stating the severe congestion at Finsbury Park, and this was assisted by Frank Pick, the assistant managing director of the Underground Group.

Following the public campaign, and additional pressure from the Underground Group, the London and North Eastern Railway relented on their objection in 1925 and Frank Pick began working on a proposal to extend the Piccadilly Line, gaining parliamentary approval in 1929.

Construction of the extension began in 1930 and was completed as far as Arnos Grove Station in early 1932, with the Charles Holden-designed station opening for service on 19 September 1932. The station remained as a terminus until the second phase of the extension was opened to Cockfosters on 13th March 1933.

After the outbreak of World War II, a solitary German bomber dropped a bomb on a group of houses located next to Bounds Green Station, causing the northern end of the platform tunnel toi collapse. This led to no services north of Wood Green for two months so the station closed during this time.

The station was bestowed with Grade II Listed Status as a building of architectural and historical interest on 19th February 1971.

During 2005 the station underwent a refurbishment programme that included improvements to the station signage, CCTV equipment and train information provision. Repairs and redecoration were also carried out during these works, although the heritage features of the station were not altered.

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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: 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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