West Harrow is a

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station in Harrow in north west

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. The station is on the

Uxbridge branch The Uxbridge (Vine Street) branch line was a railway line to Uxbridge in the historical English county of Middlesex, from the Great Western Railway main line at West Drayton. It opened in 1856 as a broad gauge single line, long. It was converted ...

of the

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, between

Rayners Lane Rayners Lane is a suburban district in the London Borough of Harrow that forms the western part of Harrow. Located between Pinner and West Harrow, it takes its name from a road in the area, also called Rayners Lane (formerly also spelt ''Rayner ...

and

Harrow-on-the-Hill Harrow on the Hill is a locality and historic village in the borough of Harrow in Greater London, England. The name refers to Harrow Hill, ,Mills, A., ''Dictionary of London Place Names'', (2001) and is located some half a mile south of the mod ...

stations, and in

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. It is the only station on the Uxbridge branch to be served exclusively by the Metropolitan.

History

The Metropolitan (

Harrow and Uxbridge Railway The Harrow and Uxbridge Railway Company was a British railway company. It was established in 1897 under the auspices of the Harrow and Uxbridge Railway Act 1897. In 1904, it opened what is now the Uxbridge branch of the Metropolitan line, conne ...

) line passed through here between

and

Ruislip Ruislip ( ) is an area in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London, and in the historic county of Middlesex. Ruislip lies west-north-west of Charing Cross, London. The manor of Ruislip appears in the Domesday Book, and some of the ear ...

, with services beginning on 4 July 1904. West Harrow station opened on 17 November 1913. The line here passes over the road where The Gardens becomes Vaughan Road. The station is one of the few underground stations without

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at one of the entrances, with passengers travelling towards Uxbridge able to access the platforms without passing a ticket barrier.

Services

Metropolitan line

The Metropolitan line is the only line to operate an express service, though currently for Metropolitan line trains on the Uxbridge branch this is southbound only in the morning peaks (06:30 to 09:30) Monday to Friday. The semi-fast trains do not stop at Northwick Park, Preston Road and Wembley Park. The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: * 8 tph to Aldgate (all stations) * 8 tph to Uxbridge The morning peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: * 2 tph to Aldgate (semi-fast) * 4 tph to Aldgate (all stations) * 4 tph to Baker Street (all stations) * 10 tph to Uxbridge The evening peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: * 7 tph to Aldgate (all stations) * 3 tph to Baker Street (all stations) * 10 tph to Uxbridge

Gallery

Image:West Harrow.jpg, Roundel Image:West Harrow stn look west.JPG, Eastbound platform looking west Image:West Harrow tube station 3.jpg, Westbound platform entrance Image:West Harrow tube station 4.jpg, Westbound platform looking east

References

{{Metropolitan line navbox Metropolitan line stations Tube stations in the London Borough of Harrow Former Metropolitan Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1913 1913 establishments in England