Wood Lane tube station (Metropolitan line)
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This article is about the closed station that was on the Metropolitan line. For the closed station of the same name but on the Central line, see Wood Lane tube station (Central line). For the current station which is on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, see Wood Lane tube station.
See also: Stations around Shepherd's Bush
Wood Lane was a station on the London Underground that was located in Shepherd's Bush, west London. It was opened in 1908 on the Hammersmith branch of the Metropolitan Railway (now the Hammersmith & City line), on the viaduct adjacent to the bridge over Wood Lane and close to a station of the same name but on the Central London Railway (now the Central line).
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Wood Lane | |
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Location | Shepherd's Bush |
Local authority | Hammersmith & Fulham |
Owner | Metropolitan Railway |
Number of platforms | 2 |
Key dates | |
1 May 1908 | Opened as Wood Lane (Exhibition) |
31 October 1914 | Closed |
5 November 1920 | Reopened on ad hoc basis as Wood Lane (White City) |
23 November 1947 | Renamed White City |
24 October 1959 | Closed |
Replaced by | Wood Lane |
Other information | |
Coordinates | 51°30′32.37″N 0°13′30.11″W |
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It was closed temporarily in 1914, reopened in 1920 and eventually closed permanently in 1959 at which time it was served by the Metropolitan line.