Shepherd's Bush tube station (Hammersmith and City Line)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected future events.
It may contain tentative information; the content may change as the event approaches and more information becomes available.


Shepherd's Bush
Location
Place	Shepherd's Bush
Local authority	Hammersmith & Fulham
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Transport for London
Zone	2
Annual entry/exit	2.897 million †
History
1864 1914	Opened Resited
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
London Transport Portal

Shepherd's Bush Station on the Hammersmith and City Line, also known as Shepherd's Bush Metropolitan, is a London Underground station in Travelcard Zone 2, between Goldhawk Road and Latimer Road stations.

The first station of the name opened south of the present location on 13 June 1864 as part of the Metropolitan Railway extension to Hammersmith. The present station replaced it on 1 April 1914. From 1 October 1877 until 31 December 1906 there were also direct services to Richmond.

Looking north from Shepherd's Bush towards BBC Television Centre

Shepherd's Bush Central Line Station is an entirely separate London Underground station about half a kilometre west beyond the end of Shepherd's Bush Common. The area near the stations has several popular concert venues, and Loftus Road Stadium which is the home of Queens Park Rangers F.C.. Shepherd's Bush Market lies on the opposite side of the street.

1 Future
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

In 2008 this station will be renamed Shepherd's Bush Market^[1]^[2] to avoid confusion with the Shepherd's Bush Central Line station.
Other station developments are taking place near Shepherd's Bush Central Line Station. ^[1]^[2].