Harefield Road tube station
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| Harefield Road | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Ruislip |
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| Opened by | Never Opened |
| Planned by | London Underground |
| Platforms | 2 |
Harefield Road was a proposed London Underground station on the western extension of the Central Line beyond the current terminus of the line at West Ruislip.
Under the London Passenger Transport Board's 1935-1940 New Works programme, the station would have been built on the existing Great Western & Great Central Joint Railway (GW&GCJR) line between West Ruislip and Denham, the extension's intended terminus.
Like many other new stations built by London Underground in the rural areas around the capital city, the construction of the station was intended to stimulate new housing developments in what was a rural part of Middlesex. Works on the extension were postponed during World War II and, after the war, Green belt legislation was introduced to limit the expansion of urban areas. The area beyond West Ruislip was within the designated Green Belt area and the intended developments were, therefore, no longer allowed. Consequently, the extension was cut back to West Ruislip and it opened in stages during 1947 and 1948.
