Ickenham tube station

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Ickenham
Location
Place	Ickenham
Local authority	Hillingdon
Operations
Managed by	London Underground
Platforms in use	2
Transport for London
Zone	6
Annual entry/exit	0.820 million †
History
Key dates	Opened 1905 (Metropolitan) Start 1910 (District) End 1933 (District) Start 1933 (Piccadilly)
Transport for London List of London stations: Underground \| National Rail
† Data from Transport for London [1]
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Ickenham tube station is a London Underground station located in Ickenham in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The station is on the Uxbridge branch of both the Metropolitan line and Piccadilly line, between Ruislip and Hillingdon stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 6.

The Metropolitan Railway (Harrow & Uxbridge Railway) constructed the line through Ickenham between Harrow on the Hill and Uxbridge and commenced services on 4 July 1904 with, initially, the only intermediate stop being at Ruislip. At first, services were operated by steam trains, but track electrification was completed in the subsequent months and electric trains began operating on 1 January 1905.

Progressive development in the north Middlesex area over the next two decades lead to the gradual opening of additional stations along the Uxbridge branch to encourage the growth of new residential areas. Ickenham was the first of these stations to open on 25 September 1905 as Ickenham Halt.

On 1 March 1910, an extension of the District Line from South Harrow to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at Rayners Lane was opened enabling District Line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge from that date. On 23 October 1933 District Line services were replaced by Piccadilly Line trains.

A new station was opened in the 1970s.

[edit] Facilities available

At present these are as follows:

Waiting rooms, one on each platform
Bottled soft drinks machines, one on each platform
A Car Park run by NCP in partnership with London Underground
Contact points on both platforms for fast communication with staff in ticket office
A BT payphone
Two self service ticket machines offering all ticket types as well as Oyster card pre-pay and season ticket functions
A staffed Ticket office offering tickets and guidance