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Hillingdon
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File:Hillingdon tube station inside entrance.jpg

Interior station entrance

LocationHillingdon
Local authorityLondon Borough of Hillingdon
Managed byLondon Underground
Number of platforms2
AccessibleHandicapped/disabled access [1]
Fare zone6

London Underground annual entry and exit
2009File:Decrease2.svg 1.33 million[2]
2010File:Decrease2.svg 1.30 million[3]
2011File:Increase2.svg 1.40 million[4]

1904Tracks laid (Metropolitan)
1923Opened (Metropolitan & District)
1933End (District)
1933Start (Piccadilly)
10 August 1964Goods yard closed[5]
1992Station rebuilt at new location

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Template:Portal-inlineCoordinates: 51°33′14″N 0°27′00″W / 51.5538°N 0.45°W / 51.5538; -0.45

Hillingdon tube station is a London Underground station in North Hillingdon in the London Borough of Hillingdon, west London.

The station is on the Uxbridge branch of both the Metropolitan line and Piccadilly line, between Ickenham and Uxbridge stations and in Travelcard Zone 6.

History[]

The Metropolitan Railway (Harrow and Uxbridge Railway) constructed the line through Hillingdon between Harrow on the Hill and Uxbridge and commenced services on 4 July 1904 with, initially, the only intermediate stop being at Ruislip. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track electrification was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on 1 January 1905.

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The original station building, photographed in 1933

Progressive development in the north Middlesex area over the next two decades lead to the gradual opening of additional stations along the Uxbridge branch to encourage the growth of new residential areas. Hillingdon was the last of these stations to open on 10 December 1923 when services on the Metropolitan and District Lines first stopped at the station.

On 23 October 1933 District Line services were replaced by Piccadilly Line trains. Between the mid-1930s and the mid-1950s the station was named as Hillingdon (Swakeleys), and shown as such on tube maps and the station name signs.

The station was demolished to enable the rerouting of the A40 (Western Avenue) which now runs through the original site. A new station opened south along the line from the original in 1994, and received that year's Underground Station of the Year award.[6] The station was identified in July 2011 as one of the London Borough of Hillingdon's locally listed buildings.[7]

The station has a car park and is accessible for those with disabilities without using stairs or escalators. It has a staffed ticket office.

Transport connections[]

Bus route U2 serves the station. It is also regularly served by the Oxford Tube and Oxford Espress express buses between Oxford and London.

References[]

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  2. Template:Citation London Underground performance exits 2003 to 2011
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  5. "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago" (March 2011). Underground News (591): 175–183. London Underground Railway Society. ISSN 0306-8617. Retrieved on 3 March 2011. 
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  7. Hillingdon Underground Station. London Borough of Hillingdon (July 2011). Retrieved on 7 November 2012.

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