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 Uxbridge tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uxbridge tube station is London Underground station in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, north-west London, and the terminus of the Uxbridge branch of both the Piccadilly Line and the Metropolitan Line.
Uxbridge's original station was located in Belmont Road (now used as sidings) and was constructed with a view to a possible extension of the Metropolitan line.
The forecourt of the new station was originally laid out to provide a turning circle for trolleybuses, which had replaced the local trams in 1936.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uxbridge_tube_station   (262 words)

  
 Uxbridge, London
The line formerly to Belmont Road now terminates at the present station, Uxbridge, fronting the pedestrianised High Street, and is served by the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines from Rayners Lane.
Uxbridge is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of the 11th century, but a hundred years later the existing church, St Margaret's, was built.
Uxbridge is a place in the London Borough of Hillingdon in west London.
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 Encyclopedia: Uxbridge Road tube station
Uxbridge Road station was closed along with the rest of the branch on September 20, 1940, although it was still printed on 1947 tube maps.
Uxbridge Road was a station of the Metropolitan Line of the London Underground, on a branch which is now closed.
On this short Met stretch Uxbridge Road station was situated, just a short walk from the current location of White City on the Central Line.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Uxbridge-Road-tube-station   (235 words)

  
 Acton Town tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acton Town station is served by both the Piccadilly Line and by the Ealing Broadway branch of the District Line, and is situated in Travelcard Zone 3.
The next station on the Piccadilly Line towards central London is Turnham Green, although most trains run non-stop to and from Hammersmith.
Acton Town is a London Underground station in Acton in west London.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acton_Town_tube_station   (207 words)

  
 Rayners Lane tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The station is on the Uxbridge branches of both the Metropolitan Line, between Eastcote and West Harrow stations, and the Piccadilly Line, between Eastcote and South Harrow stations.
The station is located to the west of the junction of Rayners Lane, Alexandra Avenue and Imperial Drive.
Rayners Lane is a London Underground station, adjacent to Harrow Garden Village in north west London.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rayners_Lane_tube_station   (261 words)

  
 City Mayors: London Underground and Tube
The tube station was intended from the start to be the showpiece of the Jubilee Line Extension, and its design was awarded in 1990 to the renowned architect Sir Norman Foster.
Some visitors may regard some stations as shabby but a multi-million pound modernisation programme is underway that hopes to renovate the network fully while retaining the character of its oldest stations, which are architectural gems in their own right.
The latest surface and tube cars have passenger-operated doors with push-button control, ensuring that on open-air sections of the Underground (over half the system, despite its name) only those doors though which passengers wish to alight or board are opened, conserving train heating in cold weather.
citymayors.com /transport/london_underground.html   (2958 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - Hillingdon Times
UXBRIDGE Tube Station is undergoing a major revamp as part of work done by a partnership between London Underground and Metronet Rail.
Uxbridge MP John Randall said: "The underground is very important to the life of Uxbridge town centre.
The station was awarded Grade II listing in 1983 and a panel of stained glass windows, railway clocks and indicator boards are being preserved.
hillingdontimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=612680   (270 words)

  
 London (UK) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about London (UK)
The City Thameslink station, the first mainline railway station to be built in London for nearly a century, opened in 1991.
The City Thameslink station (1991) was the first mainline railway station to be built in London for nearly a century.
The London Underground (or ‘tube’) was the world's first underground railway, and is now the world's longest, with 12 lines and over 391 km/243 mi of routes serving the city and its suburbs.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /London+(UK)   (6463 words)

  
 Latimer Road tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Between Latimer Road and Addison Road was the closed Uxbridge Road station.
Unusually, Latimer Road and the station that bears its name are not geographically close, being approximately 500 metres apart and on opposite sides of the Westway Flyover (A40 road) - the road being to the north and the station to the south.
London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive Station platforms in 1934.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Latimer_Road_tube_station   (319 words)

  
 Map
TUBE: Uxbridge station (Metropolitan Line) is a 5 minute walk away.
BUS: Uxbridge bus station is next to the underground station and is a 5
www.waterlooroadchurch.org.uk /map.htm   (25 words)

  
 BBC NEWS UK Reporters' Log: London Tube alert
Quite a large area around the Tube station has been closed off and the police are crawling all over it, but they are not saying where their efforts are precisely focussed.
A number of London Tube stations were evacuated and some lines closed after minor blasts occurred in what the Metropolitan Police described as a "serious incident" on Thursday.
I'm around 40 or 50 metres away from the entrance to the Tube and the reason for that is that it has been all sealed off.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/4703973.stm   (4112 words)

  
 World War 1 and 2 - South Harrow tube station
Station on the Piccadilly Line, zone 5, between Sudbury Hill and Rayners Lane tube station.
Beyond the station the line crosses the Roxeth Marsh: the viaduct over it between South Harrow and Rayners Lane was an engineering feat of the time.
That section of railway was opened by the Metropolitan Railway as a back branch from Rayners Lane and was part of the latter's 1904 Uxbridge extension, built to allow District trains to reach Uxbridge.
www.worldwardiary.com /history/South_Harrow_tube_station   (143 words)

  
 Paddington Station on the London Tube Map
Paddington station was one of the great rail portals into London, receiving the trains that ran on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's Great Western Railway (GWR), from Cardiff and other towns to the west of London.
Praed Street Station is geographically on the south-west diagonal from Edgware Road Station, but Beck has shifted it to be due south; in a later version, he move Praed Street Station in the opposite direction, making it due east - and hence coincident with Paddington mainline station.
This is the first of a series of brief studies of how individual stations have been represented in the maps of the London Underground railway network.
easyweb.easynet.co.uk /~ursa/peter/trains/padd.htm   (2056 words)

  
 icWales - Tube station remains closed
Uxbridge Road and Wood Lane - surrounding the station - are shut.
Ms Strickland said she was shocked and surprised that that Tube Station had been targeted by terrorists.
Part of Uxbridge Road near the other Shepherd's Bush station reopened last night.
icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0600uk/tm_objectid=15768799%26method=full%26siteid=50082%26headline=tube%2dstation%2dremains%2dclosed-name_page.html   (349 words)

  
 facilities.htm
Rickmansworth station (BR and tube) and plenty of pubs are within a few minutes' walk.
There is a sanitary station and rubbish disposal at the BW yard at Norwood top lock (also the offices of BW London Canals), and a pleasant overnight mooring at the foot of Hanwell locks.
Dolphin bridge (186) is probably the safest mooring in the Uxbridge area.
www.mike-stevens.co.uk /metrocuts/gjc/facilities.htm   (1579 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - The Ultimate Guide to the London Underground - mark II
This station is characterised by an escalator of average length on which there will always be a gale force wind blowing no matter how calm the weather is elsewhere in the vicinity.
The larger Chorleywood station is used to turn the trains, as is the Chalfont connection, while the regular shuttle train waits in a single siding at Chesham.
It is the 'second' station for all the hordes of Gooners who descend on this quiet residential area every other week or so to watch the Arsenal.
www.bbc.co.uk /h2g2/guide/A408890   (7524 words)

  
 Metronet Rail News releases
Tube stations along the Metropolitan and District lines are now being fitted with large mirrors, twice the size of the originals, in response to train operators' requests to provide clearer views of passengers boarding at platforms.
Metronet Rail is pioneering a new method to strengthen embankments between Dagenham East and Elm Park Tube stations on District line.
Metronet's exhibition bus yesterday took to the streets of Chiswick to inform local residents of upgrade works to the bridge over Acton Lane, just outside of Chiswick Park Tube station.
www.metronetrail.com /?sID=1079085947735   (1189 words)

  
 Transport for London - A modern outlook for Uxbridge Tube station
UXBRIDGE Tube station is being modernised and fitted with a new public address system, CCTV and help points as part of Transport for London’s 5-Year Investment Programme.
In 1938, the new, larger station was built closer to the main high street.
During the modernisation, hoardings on the platforms will restrict space for customers, and there may be times where seating is not available.
www.tfl.gov.uk /tfl/press-centre/metro/article.asp?id=608   (140 words)

  
 Long-Distance Walks: London Loop: Day 9: Uxbridge to Moor Park
It's not far from Uxbridge tube station to the Loop, and it's worth keeping a look out for the Crown and Treaty pub on your left; this is where Charles I and the Parliamentarians met in 1645 to try to bash out an agreement, but despite 20 days of debate, it came to nothing.
Down on the canal, the Loop heads off along the towpath, past the Swan and Bottle pub and up to Uxbridge Lock, where it's fun to watch the tourist boats bumping and grinding their way through the palaver of getting through a canal lock.
From the pub it's a short hop along an old country boundary path, through some utterly urbanised woods and into Northwood, where the tube is a short hike along the railway line.
www.longdistancewalks.com /london_loop/day09.html   (520 words)

  
 Uxbridge tube station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uxbridge tube station is London Underground station in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon, north-west London, and the terminus of the Uxbridge branch of both the Piccadilly Line and the Metropolitan Line.
Uxbridge's original station was located in Belmont Road (now used as sidings) and was constructed with a view to a possible extension of the Metropolitan line.
The forecourt of the new station was originally laid out to provide a turning circle for trolleybuses, which had replaced the local trams in 1936.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uxbridge_tube_station   (262 words)

  
 The Evening Standard (London, England) : Woman is gang raped as she leaves Tube station. @ HighBeam Research
Start / T / The Evening Standard (London, England) / June 11, 2001 / Woman is gang raped as she leaves Tube station.
The woman, 25, was abducted as she made her way home from North Ealing Tube station at about midnight on Thursday.
Woman is gang raped as she leaves Tube station.
static.highbeam.com /t/theeveningstandardlondonengland/june112001/womanisgangrapedassheleavestubestation/index.html   (264 words)

  
 Osterley tube station -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Osterley is a (Click link for more info and facts about London Underground) London Underground station in (Click link for more info and facts about Osterley) Osterley in west (The capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center) London.
Osterley is one of the closest stations to (Click link for more info and facts about British Sky Broadcasting) British Sky Broadcasting's offices near Gillette Corner.
The bus may be labeled Sky or Harrods as staff from the two companies share the service.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/O/Os/Osterley_tube_station.htm   (117 words)

  
 Town Of Uxbridge on Almondnet
Uxbridge Ontario and Uxbridge Ontario Canada and Uxbridge London and Uxbridge Map...
Uxbridge is a town located in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Uxbridge vacations: Visit TripAdvisor, your source for the web's best reviews and travel articles about tourism and vacation packages in Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
www.business-centres-london-uk.co.uk /businesslondon/town_of_uxbridge.html   (370 words)

  
 Samatha Buddhist Meditation Classes in London
(entrance along Friends walk, from York Road or Belmont Road), near Uxbridge tube station, which is on the Metropolitan and the Piccadilly line.
It is a five minute walk from the Richmond tube/rail station on Kew Road or from the bus station where buses such as 337 from Putney/Sheen or 33 from Barnes stop.
It is close to the bus stops on George Street for buses such as No. 65 from Kingston, 490 or R70 from Twickenham, or H37 from St Margaret’s.
www.samatha.org /london   (360 words)

  
 1st Uxbridge Cubs :: Lion King sleepover 2003
On the Saturday, we headed into London on the tube from Uxbridge tube station, and went to the BFI London IMAX at Waterloo where we saw Disney’s Lion King on a screen the height of five double decker buses.
The Lion King sleepover took place during the february half-term in 2003 and took place at the Scout hut in Uxbridge as well as an all-day visit into London on the Saturday.
1st Uxbridge Cubs :: Lion King sleepover 2003
www.1stuxbridge.com /cubs/events/lionking03/index.html   (235 words)

  
 John Gallinari's Tube page.
Station supervisors each take over a section of the Central line, used by more than 500,000 passengers a day, in the event of the main control centre near White City breaking down.
We have raised this matter before but LU is continuing with the operation." A formal letter of complaint, dated 17 July, claims that station staff have only been given "familiarisation" sessions, "which ranged from 45 minutes to four days, depending on the complexity of the control panel at their station".
This meant that three deep-level stations in succession were shut and, under safety regulation, the line was then closed down completely between Finchley Road and Charing Cross at 9.05.
www.ucl.ac.uk /~ccaajmg/tube.html   (2572 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London
It is now back outside Uxbridge Tube station with protective fencing around it until work is completed later this month.
ANTICIPATION, the bronze statue that disappeared from Uxbridge after being unveiled by the Queen last year, is back.
The feature was unveiled by The Queen on her Jubilee visit to the town on June 25 last year but within two days it had to be taken away after it was found to be unstable.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=293728   (179 words)

  
 "Loiterers" cycle club in Surrey/London/South East
Uxbridge tube station is closed for the forseeable future so you will have a 2-3ish mile ride
Uxbridge station was closed for a few days a couple of weeks ago, but is open now.
The W London Loiterers have rides every Wednesday and Sunday at 10.00 from Uxbridge Station.
www.cyclingforums.com /t21560.html   (1466 words)

  
 Piccadilly Line The beginnings Later changes Piccadilly Circus tube station Southern Railway Hounslow West Art Deco Manor House Leicester Square Gloucester Road Alperton
Passenger station buildings were all of uniform elevation design: the buildings were clothed in ruby-red glazed bricks (still to be seen on many of the original buildings).
This station was renamed Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3 in 1984, with the opening of a further extension via Heathrow Terminal 4.
There had been, in 1902, 26 Bills before Parliament to construct tube railways in London, and it required a Parliamentary Committee to decide on the most worthy of them as far as the Piccadilly tube was concerned.
en.powerwissen.com /p3%2BA9JnRrtAdo%2B%2BT%2BxNKZw%3D%3D_Piccadilly_Line.html   (921 words)

  
 Uxbridge Hotels. Hotels in Uxbridge - Accommodation UK
Close to Barbican and Farringdon tube stations and only a few stops from Kings Cross or Euston.
All our discount Uxbridge hotels are specially selected with guaranteed low internet rates for all our England and UK hotels.
From a cheap Uxbridge hotel, to 4 and 5 star Uxbridge hotels with special offers, you are sure to find the best Uxbridge hotel Accommodation for you.
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