Ladbroke Grove tube station
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Ladbroke Grove is a London Underground station on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, between Latimer Road and Westbourne Park stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2 set in The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Ladbroke Grove  | |
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  Ladbroke Grove Location of Ladbroke Grove in Greater London | |
| Location | North Kensington |
| Local authority | Kensington and Chelsea |
| Managed by | London Underground |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Fare zone | 2 |
| London Underground annual entry and exit | |
| 2019 |  6.13 million[1] |
| 2020 |  2.84 million[2] |
| 2021 | 2.65 million[3] |
| 2022 | 5.10 million[4] |
| 2023 | 5.75 million[5] |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Hammersmith and City Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Hammersmith and City Railway |
| Post-grouping | Hammersmith and City Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 13 June 1864 | Opened as Notting Hill |
| 1869 | Renamed Notting Hill (Ladbroke Road) |
| 1880 | Renamed Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove |
| 1 June 1919 | Renamed Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington) |
| 1938 | Renamed Ladbroke Grove |
| 13 December 2009 | Circle line service introduced |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51.5172°N 0.2106°W |
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History
Originally opened by the Hammersmith and City Railway on 13 June 1864, the station was originally named Notting Hill. With the extension of that line from Paddington to Hammersmith it was renamed Notting Hill & Ladbroke Grove in 1880 and Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington) on 1 June 1919 before acquiring the present name in 1938. The renamings were efforts to avoid confusion with the opening of Notting Hill Gate tube station, which had occurred in 1868. The station is named after the street of the same name, where its main entrance is located.
The station is the nearest to Portobello Road Market and market traders and shopkeepers in the market have started a campaign to have the station renamed Portobello Road in an effort to strengthen recognition of the market's proximity.[6] The roundels at platform level do say "For Portobello Road" underneath the station name in smaller text, enabling passengers to alight if they are looking for the market. [citation needed]
In 2009, because of financial constraints, TfL decided to stop work on a project to provide step-free access at Ladbroke Grove and five other stations, on the grounds that these are relatively quiet stations and some are already one or two stops away from an existing step-free station.[7] Ladbroke Grove is two stops away from Wood Lane which has step-free access. The project at Ladbroke Grove would have provided two new lifts to platform level and a new step-free entrance. £3.06 million was spent on Ladbroke Grove before the project was halted.[8]
Gallery
View from the Westbound platform
Ticket Office
View from the Eastbound platform
Roundel
See also
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