Shepherd's Bush is an

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between the Mildmay line of the

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and

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services operated by Southern, located in

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. 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

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station, on the Circle line and

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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

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and the

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on the Middle Circle route. In 1905 the line became branch of the

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, and later

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. Uxbridge Road was closed in 1940 after the line was bombed several times during

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. In 2005, construction began on a major redevelopment project in the White City area, including the large-scale Westfield Shopping Centre, developed by the

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. Shepherd's Bush station was designed and funded by the

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

operate using

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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

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routes 31, 49, 72, 94, 95, 148,

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, 220,

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, 237,

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, 272,

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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

References

External links

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Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway Mildmay line stations