Hanger Lane tube station

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Hanger Lane
Location
Place	Park Royal
Local authority	London Borough of Ealing
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit	1.722 million
Transport for London
Zone	3
History
Key dates	Opened 1947
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail

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

[edit] History

The station 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 Park Royal. It was opened in 1903 by King George V, who was at that time the Prince of Wales, and the first train was timed to coincide with the Royal Agricultural Society's Exhibition being held in the then empty fields surrounding the station. The halt, along with the rest of the stations on the West Ruislip branch, was bought from the GWR and the tracks converted to electricity for Central Line use under the LTPB New Works Programme of 1935. The Central Line Station was opened on 30 June 1947, but with the name changed to Hanger Lane, due to the proximity of the Piccadilly Line Station 'Park Royal' built in 1931.

[edit] 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.