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Hammersmith Tube Station (Circle And Hammersmith
There are two London Underground stations called Hammersmith, located closely to each other: * Hammersmith tube station (District and Piccadilly lines) * Hammersmith tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines) See also * Hammersmith & Chiswick railway station * Hammersmith (Grove Road) railway station Hammersmith (Grove Road) was a railway station on the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), located on Grove Road (now Hammersmith Grove) in Hammersmith, west London. It was opened in 1869 and closed in 1916. For much of its existence, the s ... {{station disambiguation Disambig-Class London Transport pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or as the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England. The Underground has its origins in the Metropolitan Railway, opening on 10 January 1863 as the world's first underground passenger railway. The Metropolitan is now part of the Circle line (London Underground), Circle, District line, District, Hammersmith & City line, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines. The first line to operate underground electric locomotive, electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, is now part of the Northern line. The network has expanded to 11 lines with of track. However, the Underground does not cover most southern parts of Greater London; there are only 33 Underground stations south of the River Thames. The system's List of London Underground stations, 272 stations collectively accommodate up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammersmith Tube Station (District And Piccadilly Lines)
Hammersmith is a London Underground station in Hammersmith, London. It is served by the District line, District and Piccadilly line, Piccadilly lines, providing cross-platform interchange between the lines. On the District line, the station between Ravenscourt Park tube station, Ravenscourt Park and Barons Court tube station, Barons Court stations. On the Piccadilly line, it is between Acton Town tube station, Acton Town (or Turnham Green tube station, Turnham Green stations at very early morning and late evening hours) and Barons Court stations. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 2. The Circle line (London Underground), Circle and Hammersmith & City line, Hammersmith & City lines' Hammersmith tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines), station of the same name is a separate station to the north-west. The two stations are separated by Hammersmith Broadway (road), Hammersmith Broadway.As the crow flies, the stations are about apart door to door, although the posit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammersmith Tube Station (Circle And Hammersmith & City Lines)
Hammersmith is a London Underground station in Hammersmith, London. It is the western terminus of the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2. It is a short walk from the station of the same name on the Piccadilly and District lines. The two stations are separated by Hammersmith Broadway. They are about 60 m apart (200 ft) door to door, although the positions of the pedestrian crossings on the Broadway makes it farther on foot. The north of the two roundels is the Hammersmith & City and Circle lines station, the south one is the Piccadilly and District lines station. The Circle line has served Hammersmith since 13 December 2009. By June 2011 all of the platforms had been lengthened to accommodate the new and longer S7 Stock trains, that first entered service on the Hammersmith and City Line from the beginning of July 2012. These new trains are seven cars in length instead of the six cars of C Stock that previously operated. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammersmith & Chiswick Railway Station
Hammersmith & Chiswick was a railway terminus in west London that was opened in 1858 by the North & South Western Junction Railway and closed in 1917, during the First World War. Originally named Hammersmith but renamed Hammersmith & Chiswick in 1880, the station was located midway between Chiswick and Hammersmith and was intended to serve both areas. History Hammersmith station was opened on 8 April 1858 by the North & South Western Junction Railway (N&SWJR) on the site of a goods yard, which had opened on 1 May 1857, on Chiswick High Road in what was then a rural area. The station was at the end of a 1.5 mile (2.5 km) branch line which ran northward from the North London Railway (NLR) line at South Acton and turned sharply to run south into Hammersmith & Chiswick. The station building was not purpose-built but was a converted private house. In 1904, a writer described it as "abounding with flowers, and resembling rather the terminus of some far distant country branch li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammersmith (Grove Road) Railway Station
Hammersmith (Grove Road) was a railway station on the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), located on Grove Road (now Hammersmith Grove) in Hammersmith, west London. It was opened in 1869 and closed in 1916. For much of its existence, the station was also served by the Metropolitan Railway (MR; the precursor to today's Metropolitan line) and the Great Western Railway (GWR). Its site was adjacent to Hammersmith tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines), another station named Hammersmith, which today is served by the Circle line (London Underground), Circle and Hammersmith & City lines. LSWR trains serving Hammersmith (Grove Road) ran from London Waterloo station, Waterloo via Kensington (Olympia) station, Addison Road (now called Kensington (Olympia)) to Richmond station (London), Richmond. MR and GWR trains ran from London Paddington station, Paddington via the Hammersmith & City Railway (HCR; now the Hammersmith & City line) and also on to Richmond. History Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
