Hanger Lane tube station

Hanger Lane is a London Underground station in north-west London.

History

A station just east of this location was originally constructed as a halt on the Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway extension line from Paddington to High Wycombe, and was named "Twyford Abbey". It was opened in 1904 but was replaced in 1911 by another station just to the west of the present station's location, named "Brentham", later "Brentham (for North Ealing)". This was closed between 1915 and 1920 due to economies during World War 1. Along with the most of the mainline stations between North Acton and West Ruislip, it was closed permanently in 1947 when the Central line was extended from North Acton along two new tracks built by the GWR and electrified for Central Line use under the LTPB New Works Programme of 1935 (the delay in opening caused by economies during World War 2). The new Central Line station in this area was opened on 30 June 1947, but named Hanger Lane, due to its proximity to that road.

The station today

The station is on the Central Line, between North Acton and Perivale stations, and in Travelcard Zone 3. The station is within walking distance of Park Royal tube station on the Piccadilly Line, the two lines crossing just east of the station. Additionally, this station is the first station on the West Ruislip branch of the Central Line after it leaves the older line to Ealing Broadway at the junction to the west of North Acton station.

The entrance and ceiling to the subsurface ticket hall forms the centre of the Hanger Lane Gyratory System, a complex roundabout in West London where the A40 Western Avenue crosses the A406 North Circular Road in an underpass. Passengers must use pedestrian subways under the gyratory to access the station, which is itself above ground.

Transport connections

London Buses routes 83 (24 hour service), 95, 112, 487 and 226 serve the site of the station.

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