Shepherd's Bush is an
interchange station
An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system that allows passengers to change from one route to another, often without having to leave a station or pay an additional ...
between the
Mildmay line of the
London Overground
London Overground (also known simply as the Overground) is a Urban rail in the United Kingdom, suburban rail network serving London and its environs. Established in 2007 to take over Silverlink Metro routes, it now serves a large part of Greate ...
and
National Rail
National Rail (NR) is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, a group representing passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales. The TOCs run the passenger services previously provided by ...
services operated by
Southern, located in
Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush is a suburb of West London, England, within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham west of Charing Cross, and identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan.
Although primarily residential in character, its ...
,
West London
West London is the western part of London, England, north of the River Thames, west of the City of London, and extending to the Greater London boundary.
The term is used to differentiate the area from the other parts of London: Central London, N ...
. It opened on 29 September 2008 and lies within
Travelcard Zone 2.
A number of stations in the area both past and present have borne the name ''Shepherd's Bush''; today the National Rail station shares its name with the adjacent
Central line , with which it shares a surface-level
interchange.
An entirely separate
London Underground
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The Undergro ...
station, on the
Circle line and
Hammersmith & City line
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located approximately 500 metres (0.3 miles) away was originally called ''Shepherd's Bush''. This station was renamed on 12 October 2008 to ''Shepherd's Bush Market'' to avoid confusion.
History
Previously a station existed almost on the same site as the present Shepherd's Bush station.
Uxbridge Road station was opened in 1869 by
London & North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. In the late 19th century, the LNWR was the largest joint stock company in the world.
Dubbed the "Premier Line", the LNWR's main line connec ...
and the
Great Western Railway
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on the
Middle Circle route. In 1905 the line became branch of the
Metropolitan Railway
The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex su ...
, and later
London Underground
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The Undergro ...
's
Metropolitan line
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. Uxbridge Road was closed in 1940 after the line was bombed several times during
the Blitz
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Towards the end of the Battle of Britain in 1940, a co ...
.
In 2005, construction began on a major redevelopment project in the
White City area, including the large-scale
Westfield Shopping Centre, developed by the
Westfield Group
Westfield Group was an Australian shopping centre company that existed from 1960 to 2014, when it split into two independent companies: Scentre Group, which owns and operates the Australian and New Zealand Westfield shopping centre portfolio; ...
.
Shepherd's Bush station was designed and funded by the
Westfield Group
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as part of a
Section 106 redevelopment contribution, and construction was
project-managed by
Capita Symonds; this project also included the provision of an integrated bus interchange and the reconstruction of the London Underground Central line station.
Building work on the West London line station began in early 2006 and it was due to open in summer 2007. Although largely completed on time, the station was unable to open due to the northbound platform being too narrow to comply with railway safety regulations, based on the anticipated number of passengers using the station. Following remedial reconstruction work on the platform, the station opened on 29 September 2008.
The three-letter station code SPB and
location code 9587 appear on ticketing systems, and train times for the station began appearing on timetables from May 2007.
With a 2007 opening date in mind, the station was to have been served by
Silverlink trains, and it was fitted out with Silverlink-branded signage. By the time the station actually opened to passenger service, the rail franchise had passed to London Overground, and the station signage was rebranded.
In April 2015 the station platforms were extended to accommodate longer, 8-car Southern trains, and a footbridge and a new entrance were constructed at the northern end of the station to ease passenger flows. The £1.35m station upgrade work was supported with £3.9 million from the Westfield Shopping Centre and the platform lengthening was part of a nine-month, £25 million project funded by Network Rail to extend platforms along the West London line.
Services
Services on the
Mildmay line of the
London Overground
London Overground (also known simply as the Overground) is a Urban rail in the United Kingdom, suburban rail network serving London and its environs. Established in 2007 to take over Silverlink Metro routes, it now serves a large part of Greate ...
operate using
EMU
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s; National Rail services along the
West London line operated by
Southern are run using related EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
* 4 tph to via (Mildmay line)
* 1 tph to (Southern)
* 4 tph to (Mildmay line)
* 1 tph to (Southern)
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours. During the late evenings, Mildmay line services run between Clapham Junction and Willesden Junction only.
Connections
London Buses
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routes
31,
49,
72,
94,
95,
148,
207
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,
220,
228
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,
237,
260
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''Ab urbe condita' ...
,
272,
283
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,
295,
316,
C1 and
SL8 and night routes
N72 and
N207 serve the station.
Gallery
File:Shepherd's Bush Overground stn look north.JPG, Platforms looking north
File:Shepherd's Bush Overground stn look south.JPG, Platforms looking south
File:Shepherd's Bush Overground stn high northbound.JPG, Station looking north from Uxbridge Road
File:Shepherd's Bush Overground stn footbridge look south.JPG, Footbridge looking south
File:Shepherd's Bush Overground stn footbridge look north.JPG, Footbridge looking north
File:Unit 313112 at Shepherd's Bush Overground.JPG, Class 313 unit departs with a northbound Overground service
File:Shepherd's Bush r.st.jpg, Platform roundel, based on the famous symbol of London Transport, but with Overground orange circle
File:Shepherd's Bush Overground stn entrance from south.JPG, Station entrance viewed from the south
See also
*
Shepherd's Bush railway station (1874–1916) – a closed station of the same name south of Shepherd's Bush Common on a closed
London and South Western Railway
The London and South Western Railway (LSWR, sometimes written L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Originating as the London and Southampton Railway, its network extended to Dorchester and Weymouth, to Salisbury, Exete ...
branch line
*
Shepherd's Bush stations
*
Imperial Wharf railway station – another newly opened station on the West London line
References
External links
Map of London OvergroundSome details on the transport aspects of the new development including this station
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shepherd's Bush Railway Station
Railway stations in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Railway stations opened by Network Rail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2008
Railway stations served by London Overground
Railway station
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Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway
Mildmay line stations