Shepherd's Bush railway station

For other uses, see Shepherd's Bush station (disambiguation).

Shepherd's Bush station is a station located in the district of Shepherd's Bush in Greater London for London Overground and National Rail services.

Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush Location of Shepherd's Bush in Greater London
Location	Shepherd's Bush
Local authority	London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Managed by	London Overground
Owner	Network Rail
Station code(s)	SPB
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes[1][2]
Fare zone	2
OSI	Shepherd's Bush
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	7.955 million[3]
– interchange	27,703[3]
2019–20	7.647 million[3]
– interchange	15,125[3]
2020–21	2.272 million[3]
– interchange	3,749[3]
2021–22	5.009 million[3]
– interchange	6,712[3]
2022–23	5.705 million[3]
– interchange	15,841[3]
Railway companies
Original company	Network Rail
Key dates
29 September 2008	Opened[4]
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
Coordinates	51.505128°N 0.217561°W / 51.505128; -0.217561
London transport portal

It opened on 29 September 2008 and is served by the Overground's West London line and Southern rail services. It 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 Shepherd's Bush, with which it shares a surface-level interchange.

An entirely separate London Underground station, Shepherd's Bush Market on the Circle line and Hammersmith & City line located approximately 500 metres (0.3 miles) away was originally called Shepherd's Bush. This station was renamed on 12 October that year to Shepherd's Bush Market to avoid confusion.^[5]

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Watford Junction Greater London boundary Harrow & Wealdstone Wembley Central West Coast Main Line to Euston North London line to Stratford Grand Union Canal Shepherd's Bush Kensington (Olympia) West Brompton Imperial Wharf River Thames Brighton Main Line to Victoria Clapham Junction Wandsworth Common Balham Streatham Common Norbury Thornton Heath Selhurst East Croydon Brighton Main Line and Oxted line

History

Map showing layout of current and former railways and stations around Shepherd's Bush

Original Silverlink signage installed in 2007.

Previously a station existed almost on the same site as the present Shepherd's Bush station. Uxbridge Road station was opened in 1869 by London & North Western Railway and the Great Western Railway on the Middle Circle route. In 1905 the line became branch of the Metropolitan Railway, and later London Underground's Metropolitan line. Uxbridge Road was closed in 1940 after the line was bombed several times during the Blitz.

In 2005, construction began on a major redevelopment project in the White City area, including the large-scale Westfield Shopping Centre, developed by the Westfield Group.^[6] Shepherd's Bush station was designed and funded by the Westfield Group 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.^[7] Although largely completed on time, the station was unable to open due to the northbound platform being 460 millimetres (18 in) too narrow to comply with railway safety regulations, based on the anticipated number of passengers using the station.^[8] Following remedial reconstruction work on the platform, the station opened on 29 September 2008.^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11][12]

Services

Services at Shepherd's Bush are operated by Southern and London Overground using Class 377 and 378 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[13][14]

• 4 tph to Stratford via Willesden Junction
• 1 tph to Watford Junction
• 4 tph to Clapham Junction
• 1 tph to East Croydon

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

During the late evenings, London Overground services at the station run between Clapham Junction and Willesden Junction only.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Wembley Central		Southern West London Line		Kensington (Olympia)
Preceding station		London Overground		Following station
Willesden Junction towards Stratford		West London Line		Kensington (Olympia) towards Clapham Junction

Connections

London Buses routes 31, 49, 72, 94, 95, 148, 207, 220, 228, 237, 260, 272, 283, 295, 316, C1 and SL8 and night routes N72 and N207 serve the station.^[15]

Gallery

• 
  Platforms looking north
• 
  Platforms looking south
• 
  Station looking north from Uxbridge Road
• 
  Footbridge looking south
• 
  Footbridge looking north
• 
  Class 313 unit departs with a northbound Overground service
• 
  Platform roundel, based on the famous symbol of London Transport, but with Overground orange circle
• 
  Station entrance viewed from the south

See also

• Shepherd's Bush railway station (L&SWR) – a closed station of the same name south of Shepherd's Bush Common on a closed London and South Western Railway branch line
• Shepherd's Bush stations
• Imperial Wharf railway station – another newly opened station on the West London line

References

1. Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. April 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
2. National Rail Enquiries: Station facilities for Shepherd's Bush (SPB) Accessed 23 July 2010]
3. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
4. "Shepherd's Bush Overground Station Welcomes Passengers". Transport for London. 29 September 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
5. "Wood Lane and Shepherd's Bush Market to join Tube map" (Press release). Transport for London. 6 November 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
6. "Westfield London". Structural Systems. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
7. "White City Development" (PDF) (Press release). Transport for London. 1 August 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
8. Barney, Katharine. "New railway station over budget...and undersized". Evening Standard. London. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2007.
9. "New railway station set to open" (Press release). BBC. 16 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
10. Silverlink. "Current Timetables: Sunday 20 May to 8 December 2007". Retrieved 28 October 2007.
11. "New London Overground entrance at Shepherd's Bush". Transport for London. 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
12. "Westfield extension plans approved". London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
13. Table 59, 66, 170, 176 National Rail timetable, June 2024
14. "London Overground Timetable: Stratford to Richmond and Clapham Junction" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
15. "Buses from Shepherd's Bush" (PDF). TfL. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

External links

• Map of London Overground
• Some details on the transport aspects of the new development, including this station