Shepherd's Bush is a

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station in the district of

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in the

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. The station is on the Central line, between and stations, and it lies in

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. 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

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station, with which it shares a surface-level interchange. An entirely separate London Underground station, on the

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and Hammersmith & City lines is located approximately away. Until 2008, it too was called ''Shepherd's Bush'' until it was renamed to avoid confusion.

History

The station opened on 30 July 1900 and was the original western terminus of the

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(CLR). The original surface-level station building was a

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-clad ticket hall with its entrance on the

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facing Shepherd's Bush Green. Like all CLR stations, the station building was designed by

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. To the north of the station was located the CLR's

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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. When the now disused

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station was opened on 14 May 1908 to the north, a loop tunnel was created connecting to the eastbound tunnel. An extension to Richmond planned in 1920 would have started here with the next stop at the closed

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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.

Westfield redevelopment

Shepherd's Bush tube stn eastbound look west with 1992 stock

A large-scale redevelopment began in 2005 to redevelop the

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area to the north of Shepherd's Bush Green and to construct the

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. 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

station on the West London line. The new Overground station opened on 28 September that year and is close to the site of the former station which closed in 1940. During the reconstruction of the Central line station, Transport for London closed the station completely for eight months from 4 February 2008; TfL based their decision on the need to replace the

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s 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. The local MP for the Shepherd's Bush constituency,

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, investigated the project and obtained documents under the

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which showed that the contractor,

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, had advised that the work could be completed without closing the station. Shepherd's Bush station re-opened to passengers on 5 October that year. 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

and disability pressure groups have been critical of the fact that the station remains inaccessible for those unable to use stairs.

Connections

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routes 31, 49, 72, 94, 95,

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, C1 and night routes N72 and N207 serve the station.

Gallery

File:Shepherds bush tube station 1.jpg, Before: the original 1900 building as seen in 2005 File:Shepherd's Bush Central Line station almost rebuilt - geograph.org.uk - 934452.jpg, After: the replacement building nears completion in 2008 File:Shepherd's Bush tube stn westbound look east.JPG, Westbound platform looking east File:Shepherd's Bush tube stn roundel.JPG, Platform roundel

References

External links

London Transport Museum Photographic Archive
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Details of infrastructure improvements

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